UIL Banquet Honors Students
Garden City High School recently honored students for their accomplishments in sports and academics at its annual University Interscholastic League Banquet. In track, outstanding athletes for the various events were: Michelle Fuchs and Cornelius Koethler, cross country; Michelle Fuchs and Justin Hillger, runners; M’Lynn Niehues and Kendall Goodwin, field events. Outstanding tennis players were Collene Cox and Summer Eoff, girls’ doubles; Max Batla and Brandon Bednar, boys’ doubles; Linda Branham, girls’ singles and Roger Alvarado, boys’ singles. The outstanding power lifter was Anthony Talamantes.
Outstanding football players were: Kyle Kight and Brandon Schraeder, linemen; Justin Hillger and Julio Talamantes, offensive players and Anthony Wheat, defensive player. Outstanding offensive basketball players were M’Lynn Niehues, Justin Hillger and Kendall Goodwin; outstanding defensive basketball players were Collene Cox, Ryan Batla and Erik Halfmann.
Ryan Batla and M’Lynn Niehues won the Kat’s Paw Awards; Justin Hillger and Summer Eoff won the Fighting Heart Awards, and the UIL Student Awards went to Ryan Batla and M’Lynn Niehues. The band’s John Philip Sousa Award went to Dana Wilde.
Top Student Awards went to Daniel Martinez, math; Lucy Gonzalez, foreign language; M’Lynn Niehues, science; Ryan Batla, social studies; Anthony Wheat, shop; and M’Lynn Niehues, English.