WETUMPKA , AL – The Board of Administrators of the Joe Sewell Memorial Award and John Sewell Memorial Scholarship have launched the names of its 2023 Senior Finalists.

This 12 months’s nineteenth Annual Joe Sewell Memorial Award banquet shall be held Tuesday, Could 2nd, at 6:30 pm on the Wetumpka Civic Middle.  The ninth Grade Certificates Winners shall be acknowledged at a 4:00 pm ceremony with their households.

This 12 months’s keynote speaker shall be Abby Lutzenkirchen Forristall. She is the Director of Occasions and Alternatives with the Lutzie 43 Basis. The Basis, created to honor the reminiscence of Abby’s older brother Philip Lutzenkirchen, exists to cut back the variety of distracted driving incidents.

This 12 months’s senior Finalists are:

ELENA ADAMS

Edgewood Academy

Volleyball

The River of Life Church  Nursery Employee  YMCA Volleyball Coach  FDA Drug and Tobacco Examine   UAB Sleep Examine  Genesis Venture Outreach  Wednesday Evening Meals Service  VBS Volunteer  Class Officer  Beta Membership  Nationwide Honor Society  High 10% Award  SGA Vice-President  Topic Awards for Precalculus and Anatomy  Mathlete Workforce   Cottey Faculty (Missouri) Advantage and Volleyball Scholarships  Daughter of Phil and Kimberley Adams

MADISON ELIZABETH BAILEY

New Life Christian Academy

Cheer, Golf, Softball

Grace Pointe Church of Christ  Golf Workforce State Championship  Softball Coronary heart of Champion Award  Alpha Omega Honor Society  Nationwide Society of Excessive Faculty Students  Volunteer for Cops4Kids, Humane Shelter, VBS/Nursery/Youngsters’s Church  AUM Counselor Scholarship  Enlisted in Military Nationwide Guard: Primary Coaching Ft. Leonard Wooden Missouri, July 2023  Will attend AUM and Auburn College  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Daughter of Brad and Amy Holmgren

BELLA MARIE BARFOOT

Stanhope Elmore Excessive Faculty

Cheer

Coosada Baptist Church  Varsity Cheer Captain  UCA All-Star Cheer Award  High 10% of Senior Class  Nationwide Science, English, Pc Science, Mu Alpha Theta-Math Honor Societies  Bryant-Jordan Scholar Athlete Consultant  Church Preschool Trainer  MissionFuge Camps  Junior Civitan Secretary  Senior Senate  SGA Vice-President  Millbrook Chamber of Commerce Junior Ambassador  College of South Alabama-USA Jaguar Achievement Admission Scholarship  Early Nursing Faculty Acceptance  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Daughter of Austin and Sandy Barfoot

GAVAN BAXLEY

Wetumpka Excessive Faculty

Cross Nation, Observe

Mulder Memorial United Methodist Church  Cross Nation: Workforce Captain, All-Metro, Sectional Champion  Wetumpka Herald Participant of the Week   Alabama State Video games Male Athlete of the 12 months  7 occasions Cross Nation/Observe State Finalist  2019 USATF Jr Olympic Nationwide Finalist  Heisman Scholarship Faculty Winner  DECA  Nationwide Honor Society  Tribal Speak  WHS Athletics Social Media Supervisor  Play by play announcer for WHS Athletics  Troy College Management Scholarship / Troy Observe Workforce member  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner   Son of Ben and Nacole Baxley

BRADLEY BOONE

Edgewood Academy

Soccer, Baseball, Observe, Basketball

Mulder Memorial United Methodist Church  Soccer: All-State, All-Metro, All-County   2022 Central Alabama High 22 in Soccer  Alabama Unbiased Faculties Soccer All-Star  Baseball All-County    Beta Membership    Nationwide Honor Society   Chemistry Highest Common Award    Subject of Desires Volunteer    Twister Reduction Volunteer   Mr. Edgewood    Troy College    Southern Union    Son of Michael and Sherrie Boone

BRYSON BOONE

Edgewood Academy

Soccer, Baseball

Mulder Memorial United Methodist Church  Soccer All-State, All-Metro, All-County  2022 Central Alabama High 22 in Soccer  Beta Membership  Nationwide Honor Society  Tega Wanogho Youth Soccer Camp Volunteer  Subject of Desires and Baseball Camps Volunteer  Twister Reduction Volunteer  Auburn College Air Power ROTC Scholarship  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Son of Michael and Sherrie Boone

BRADLEY BROWN

Edgewood Academy

Cheer, Softball

Brush Poppers Cowboy Church  UCA All-American Cheerleader  Pin It Ahead Recipient  AISA All-Star Cheerleader   Excellent Store Class Scholar  Elmore County Meals Pantry Thrift Retailer Volunteer  Junior Cheer Clinic Volunteer  Beta Membership  Promenade Committee  Accepted with scholarships to College of Alabama,  Mississippi State College , College of South Alabama, Ole Miss, Jacksonville State College, and Huntingdon Faculty  Troy College  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Daughter of Steve and Kelley Brown

EMMA RENEE CHAVERS

New Life Christian Academy

Volleyball, Softball, Basketball

Millbrook First United Methodist Church  Volleyball Most Helpful Participant Award  Volleyball All-State  Softball Most Helpful Participant Award   Softball All-State  Beta Membership  Scholar Council  Trip Bible Faculty and Youngsters’s Church Volunteer  Elmore County Meals Pantry Volunteer  Bible Drive for Inmates  YMCA Youth Volleyball Volunteer and Volleyball Camp Volunteer  Volleyball Scholarship to  Cumberland College Scholarship (Lebanon, Tennessee)  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Daughter of Brian and Sonya Chavers

MICAH COLE

Tallassee Excessive Faculty

Soccer, Wrestling, Basketball, Observe

Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church  Massive Cat and Iron Man Award  Soccer: All-Metro, Area, County, Space  Wrestling-MVP  Basketball-Coaches Award  Jr. MANNERS Skilled Improvement Program  Nationwide Honor Society  Alabama Boys State  FCA  Tallassee Space Chamber of Commerce Ambassador  Operates Public Tackle System at Church  A number of scholarship embody Marion Navy, Belhaven, Montevallo, South Alabama  Morehouse Faculty (Atlanta, GA) Soccer and Educational scholarships  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Son of Kerry and Michelle Cole

ABBIE DAVIS

Tallassee Excessive Faculty

Softball, Cheer, Observe

First Baptist Church Tallassee  First Baptist Youth Group Chief  Two occasions UCA All American Cheerleader  Highest GPA Dance Workforce and Cheer Workforce  Cross Nation Regional Qualifier  Throws Javelin  Tallassee Space Chamber of Commerce Ambassador  Nationwide Honor Society  Fellowship of Christian Athletes President  Future Enterprise Leaders of America Vice President  Member Key  Membership & Lions Membership  Softball Workforce Prayer Chief  Softball Athletic Scholarship Coastal Alabama Neighborhood Faculty  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Daughter of Bradley and Catherine Davis

TAYLOR GUNN

Wetumpka Excessive Faculty

Cross Nation, Soccer, Observe

Redland Hills Baptist Church  Youth Group Management Workforce  Church Tech Workforce  Neighborhood Yard Work  Nationwide Honor Society  Beta Membership President  SGA President   Expertise USA Vice President  File for quickest WHS Cross Nation Workforce   Certified for Junior Olympics of the USATF Soccer Playoffs  Tribal Speak Host and Editor  Central Alabama Electrical Youth Tour Member  AGAPE of Central Alabama Volunteer  Auburn College Honors Faculty: Spirit of Auburn Founders Scholarship and Alumni Scholarship  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner    Son of Wes and Amanda Gunn

KHLOE GRACE JONES

Stanhope Elmore Excessive Faculty

Softball

Elmore Church of Christ  Youth Group Chief, Youngsters’s Bible Class Trainer, Women for God  Elmore Youth In Motion  Softball: Most Improved, All County  Wetumpka Herald Participant of the Week    Beta Membership  Nationwide Science Honor Society  Mu Alpha Theta (Vice-President) DECA (Credentialed in Advertising and marketing, Private Finance & Enterprise Expertise 2022)  Twister Reduction Volunteer  Assists aged and shut-ins in her neighborhood  Enterprise State Neighborhood Faculty Softball Scholarship Daughter of Kevin and Stephanie Jones

ALLYE JUSTISS

Elmore County Excessive Faculty

Volleyball, Basketball

Good Hope Baptist Church  VBS Worship Chief   Volunteer for Operation Christmas Youngster, Life South Blood Financial institution, Elmore County Humane Shelter, and Meals Pantry   Nationwide English Honor Society (President)  Beta Membership  Mu Alpha Theta   Elmore County Excessive Faculty Educational Elite  First Precedence (Vice-President) Fellowship Christian Athletes  ECHS Panther Ambassador  Volleyball: Coronary heart of a Panther Award  Linley Heflin Scholarship  Elk Lodge Nationwide Scholarship   College of South Alabama Honors Faculty (Jaguar Achievement & Freshman Management Scholarships)  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Daughter of Josh and Tiffany Pack; Wesley Justiss

CARLIE SHEA LANIER

Holtville Excessive Faculty

Soccer, Cross Nation, Cheer

Shoal Creek Baptist Church  Brazil Mission Journey   VBS Bible Story Trainer and Youngsters’s Ministry Volunteer   Nationwide Honor Society  Mu Alpha Theta  Fellowship of Christian Athletes (President)   Vice President FCCLA (Household, Profession, & Neighborhood Leaders of America)  Soccer: Workforce Captain, Participant of the Recreation  Membership Soccer: Wetumpka United and Alabama FC  Auburn College  Auburn College Montgomery  Huntington Faculty  Troy College  Central Alabama Neighborhood Faculty Southern Union  Daughter of Charlie and Jessica Lanier

JAMES CAMERON NICHOLS

New Life Christian Academy

Soccer, Basketball, Baseball

East Memorial Baptist Church  Power to Stand Conferences   Volunteer with Meals Drives and Bible Drives    Peer Tutor    Beta Membership Chaplain and Vice-President  Nationwide Honor Society   Boy Scouts  Scholar Council Vice-President and Chaplain  Drama Membership President  E book Membership  Soccer Offensive/Defensive Line  Scholar Soccer Coach  Coronary heart of a Champion Award  Basketball Guard/Ahead  Baseball Outfielder/Second Baseman  College of Alabama (Basis in Excellence Scholarship) Troy College Chancellor’s Scholarship & Students Award   Brother of Christopher Smith

WESLEY COOPER ROGERS

Elmore County Excessive Faculty

Baseball, Basketball, Soccer

Good Hope Baptist Church  Trip Bible Faculty Recreation Chief  An Eclectic Christmas Forged Member  Volunteer for Summer time Youngster Vitamin Program  Beta Membership Govt Board  State Beta Conference Agriculture Competitors  Nationwide English Honor Society  Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society  Fellowship of Christian Athletes  Baseball: Workforce Chief, All County  Lurleen B. Wallace Neighborhood Faculty Baseball Athletic and Educational Scholarships  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Son of Wes and Karen Rogers

KENNETH PAUL ROGERS

Stanhope Elmore Excessive Faculty

Cross Nation, Observe

Millbrook Presbyterian Church   Church Youth Group   Beta Membership  SkillsUSA  High 50 on CLT10 (Liberal Arts Faculty Entrance Examination)  Cyberpatriot Cyber Safety Membership  JROTC Firm Commander  JROTC Educational Workforce  1st Officer Path Life USA (Christian Boys Scouts)  Scholar Eagle Program  Scholar Publication (Chief Author)  Cross Nation State Meet  YMCA Life Guard  Auburn College Montgomery Twin Enrollment Lessons  Will attend Wheaton Faculty or The Citadel  Son of Ben and Carol Rogers

COURTNEY SIDES

Elmore County Excessive Faculty

Volleyball, Observe

Good Hope Baptist Church  Mission Journey, VBS, Reward Band  President of Senior Class, Beta Membership, Key Membership, and Scholar Council   Founder ECHS Fellowship of Christian Athletes Huddle  Volleyball All County  ALFA’s Excellent Feminine Athlete  Alabama & Nationwide Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation Scholar Management Summit   Ranked 1st in ECHS Senior Class   Elmore County Distinguished Younger Lady 1st Runner Up  Women State Treasurer  Volunteer: Hope for Houston, An Eclectic Christmas, Operation Christmas Youngster  Bryant Jordan Regional Scholar Athlete  College of Cellular (Presidential & William Weaver Full Scholarship)   ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Daughter of Scott and Kim Sides

SAMUEL ALLEN SILAS

Holtville Excessive Faculty

Baseball

Shoal Creek Baptist Church  Volunteer with Christmas Neighborhood Retailer and Meals Drives  Youth Group Mentor for Freshman Develop Journey  Baseball: All State, All County, All Metro  Golden Glove Award  AHSAA All-Star Recreation  Coaches Affiliation All-Star Recreation  Excellent Recreation All American  Nationwide Honor Society  Beta Membership  Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society  Bulldog Ambassador  Chief of the Pack   Jacksonville State College Athletic Baseball and Educational Scholarships  Son of Robbie and Audra Silas

KILEY SISSON

Wetumpka Excessive Faculty

Soccer, Volleyball, Tennis

Mulder Memorial United Methodist Church  Mission Journey to North Carolina  Elmore County Meals Pantry  100+ neighborhood service hours  Volleyball JV Defensive Participant of the 12 months  Tennis 2nd seed  DECA Membership: third in State Advertising and marketing Competitors  DECA Nationwide Advertising and marketing Competitors  Yearbook Head Editor  Tribal Council  Key Membership  Authorities Membership Vice President  Fellowship of Christian Athletes  Nationwide Honor Society  Beta Membership  Senior Class Rep  Auburn College : Spirit of Auburn Founders Scholarship, Ever to Conquer Scholarship. C.S.& Louise Bazemore Scholarship  Daughter of Weston and Mary Sisson

MATTHEW PAYTON STEPHENSON

Elmore County Excessive Faculty

Baseball, Basketball, Soccer

First Baptist Church Eclectic  Mission work in Florida & Kentucky  Space Catastrophe Reduction  All County, All Metro, All State in Baseball, Basketball & Soccer  document for ECHS  County Participant of the 12 months in each Basketball & Soccer  WSFA Fever Star Athlete  Faculty data: Most Touchdowns in a Recreation; Most Profession Touchdowns; Basketball Most Factors in a Recreation  Beta Membership Govt Officer  Mu Alpha Theta  English Honor Society  ECHS Educational Elite  College of Montevallo Baseball and Educational Scholarships  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Son of Ricky and Pleasure Stephenson

MARLEE STEWART

Tallassee Excessive Faculty

Volleyball, Softball, Observe

First Baptist Church Tallassee  RENEW Weekends   Power to Stand Convention  Church Nursery and VBS volunteer  Volleyball: Workforce Captain, All County, Most Kills, Most Solo Blocks, Most Assaults, 95 Good Serves Senior 12 months Softball: State Playoffs   Chamber of Commerce Ambassador  Senior Class President  Alabama Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation Management Workforce  High 5 in Class  Nationwide Honor Society Mu Alpha Theta  FCA  Southern Union State Neighborhood Faculty Presidential Scholarship  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Daughter of Jackie and Allison Stewart

MASON DWAYNE STEWART

Tallassee Excessive Faculty

Soccer, Baseball

First Baptist Church Tallassee  Affiliation of Christians in Tallassee for Service (ACTS)  Participated in Winter Excessive and TRIBES  Volunteer for VBS, Fall Pageant, and Church Nursery  Soccer: Bengal Award, Greatest Hustle Award, Butch Davis Scholar Athlete Award, Burlsworth Character Award  Bryant-Jordan Basis Scholar Athlete Award  High 5 in Class  Head Chemistry Lab Assistant  Chamber of Commerce Ambassador  Boys State  Southern Union State Neighborhood Faculty Technical Scholarship (Electrician)  Son of Jackie and Allison Stewart

REAGAN MCKENZIE THORN

Holtville Excessive Faculty

Volleyball, Softball

Centerpoint Fellowship Church  Child’s Ministry volunteer  Volleyball: Defensive Award, Most Digs, Serving Award, Coach’s Award, All County Honorable Point out  Softball: 1st participant at HHS to hit a Full Cycle  Fan’s Alternative Participant of the Week  Softball Management Workforce  Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society  Beta Membership  Fellowship of Christian Athletes  First Precedence  ACT Bronze Medal   E book Membership  College of South Alabama Jaguar Achievement Scholarship and Jaguar Dream Scholarship   Daughter of Kimberly Thorn, Rick Thorn, and Kevin Maze

COLTON WAYNE WHEELER

Holtville Excessive Faculty

Soccer, Soccer

Prattville Church of Christ Volunteers with Subject of Desires, Neighborhood Christmas Retailer, Elmore County Meals Pantry, and Stuff the Bus  Soccer Workforce Captain  Soccer Workforce Captain  Boys State Consultant   Jr. Civitan Membership  Leaders of the Pack, President  SGA Vice President  Senior Class Secretary  Mu Alpha Theta  Beta Membership  I Dare You Award  Enlisted in Alabama Nationwide Guard: Primary Coaching at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Summer time 2023  Will attend Auburn College (Aerospace Engineering)  ninth Grade Joe Sewell Certificates Winner  Son of Todd and Kim Wheeler

COLIN BRYANT WOODHAM

Stanhope Elmore Excessive Faculty

Baseball, Basketball

Coosada Baptist Church  Volunteered with Horizon Camp, Trip Bible Faculty, Easter Egg Hunt, Millbrook Males’s Membership, and Stuff the Bus  Elmore County Cy Younger Award Winner  Baseball: Rookie of the 12 months, All County, All State, All Metro  Baseball Coaches Affiliation All Star Recreation  Beta Membership  Science Nationwide Honor Society  Jacksonville State College Baseball Athletic Scholarship  Son of Lance and Michelle Woodham

BECCA WORRELL

Wetumpka Excessive Faculty

Soccer, Observe, Volleyball

Mulder Memorial United Methodist Church Volunteered with Humane Shelter and Catastrophe Reduction

 Soccer: Workforce Captain, Space Championship  Observe: State Relay Races  Volleyball: JV Workforce Captain

 Women State Delegate  Beta Membership President  Key Membership Webmaster  Nationwide Honor Society  AP Scholar with Honors Award  FCA Group Chief  Robotics Membership  Awards at South’s Greatest Robotics  Auburn College Honors Faculty:  Spirit of Auburn Founders Scholarship, Bazemore Scholarship, Blount Scholarship, Alabama E

The award was established in 2005 to acknowledge excellent highschool senior athletes in Elmore County who’ve persistently represented the best beliefs of Christian management.  Annually, one male and one feminine senior from Elmore County excessive faculties are chosen for the highest honor – the Joe Sewell Memorial Award and $3000 John Sewell Scholarship.  Female and male class winners are additionally chosen for lecturers, athletics, management, and church, neighborhood, and character, with every class winner receiving a $1000 scholarship. The Joe Sewell Memorial Award is the one program of its type within the River Area that presents scholarship cash at the side of the awards to total and class winners.

Moreover, the award serves to honor the legacy of Joe Sewell, a local of the Titus neighborhood who established a really profitable baseball profession within the Majors from 1920-1933 and was inducted into the Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame in 1977.  Sewell’s athletic talent was obvious as he holds two of Main League Baseball’s data together with the lifetime document for fewest strikeouts in his 14 12 months profession with solely 114 in 7,132 at-bats.  His excellent character and management are qualities that function the muse of this award.  His cousin John Sewell, for whom the highest scholarships are named, cherished sports activities and spent a lot of his free time teaching and serving to younger individuals.  Each males left a legacy in Elmore County that youth and adults alike can emulate.

A restricted variety of advance banquet tickets can be found on the market to the general public at Eventbrite.com, an internet ticketing web site. Tickets is not going to be out there on the door.

The Joe Sewell Board of Administrators expresses their appreciation for the constant generosity of the sponsors whose contributions permit the awarding of this system’s scholarships, in addition to the chance to rejoice these college students’ accomplishments with a proper award occasion annually. For extra info concerning the award and scholarship program, go to http://joesewellaward.com

Freshmen acknowledged this 12 months with Certificates are proven under.

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