GREENVILLE – Greenville Senior High School honored its spring athletes with the school’s annual Spring Sports Awards night.
“Spring is a season that is over before you realize it,” said Greenville Athletic Director Aaron Shaffer. “It’s a short season, a bunch of great athletes, senior athletes are wrapping up their careers. It’s nice to see the effort and energy and the competitiveness they put into it, but also for a group of them, it’s coming to an end, so it is bittersweet.”
Coach Shaffer welcomed GHS athletes, family, and friends to the event. He introduced each spring sports varsity coach for the introduction of teams and coaching staffs: Adam Eberwein, Baseball; Jerrod Newland, Softball; Bill Plessinger, Track and Field; and Sam Bowers, Boys’ Tennis.
“We have great parents,” Shaffer said. “They support their kids, they take them to and from practice, provide them with food, washing uniforms, all the things that it takes to let our kids shine on the court or field or the track. It all comes from our parents.”
“We have a great group of kids who work hard, they are committed, good students,” he continued. “They get that from their parents, that comes from home. I am thankful to have great parents like we do, and it’s nice to have people supportive of our athletic programs.”
Shaffer took time to thank Greenville Superintendent Doug Frieze for his many years of service to Greenville City Schools.
“Tonight was his last sports awards ceremony as our Superintendent, obviously, he’s retiring,” Shaffer noted. “He had a fantastic career here as a school counselor, baseball and basketball coach … more known for basketball, but was also our baseball coach. With those things alone, he made a tremendous impact on our community, and then to come back as a superintendent, it has been great.”
“He was superintendent building the new school and renovating the high school, he’s seen us put in turf, a new track facility, a field house, and now a stadium,” continued Shaffer. “Helped guide us through a pandemic, a tornado. It hasn’t been an easy 10 years with all the hard work, but I wish him all the best, a great man, a great educator, and our athletic department greatly appreciates his work in our community.”
One of the highlights of the evening was Coach Shaffer welcoming Coach Jeff Martin back to his duties as assistant athletic director following a recent illness.
MVL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ella Oswalt (Softball)
MVL COACH OF THE YEAR
Jerrod Newland (Softball)
Sam Bowers (Boys Tennis
MVL CHAMPIONS
Lady Wave Softball
MVL FIRST TEAM
Girls Track
Brooke Schmidt (Discus)
Boys Track
Owen Marker (3200 Run)
David Conway (High Jump)
Softball
Ella Oswalt (Pitcher)
Kendall Cromwell (Catcher)
Kylar Arnett (Infield)
Zoey Burns (Infield)
Leah Force (Infield)
Lizzie Shaffer (Outfield)
Boys Tennis
Mason Pierri (Singles)
Drew Beisner (Doubles)
Avery Yount (Doubles)
MVL SECOND TEAM
Girls Track
Brooke Schmidt (Shot Put)
Lucy Gettinger (Discus)
Boys Track
Johnny Bar (High Jump)
Lukas Thorp (Long Jump)
Johnny Barr (300 Hurdles)
Softball
Lily Brubaker (Infield)
Boys Tennis
Kaitlin Combs (Doubles)
Silas Lacey (Doubles)
Academic Team
Damien Lock
MVL HONORABLE MENTION
Girls Track
Sami Elam (4×800 Relay)
Lauren Schmitmeyer (4×800 Relay)
Shyanne Gibboney (4×800 Relay)
Meredith Hunt (4×800 Relay)
Romane Rondineau (Pole Vault)
Boys Track
Cash Bubeck (4×200 Relay)
Cullen Schmidt (4×200 Relay)
Jeff Boltin (4×200 Relay)
Lukas Thorp (4×200 Relay)
David Conway (Long Jump)
Academic Team
Riley McCartney
MVL SCHOLAR ATHLETES
Paige Adkins
Rebekah Bunch
Zoey Burns
Kaitlin Combs
Adam Edwards
Jenica Feitshans
Shyanne Gibboney
Carson Good
Layne Hocker
Owen Mcgreevey
Mason Pierri
Kamdon Riethman
Romane Rondineau
Brookelyn Schmidt
Lauren Schmitmeyer
Morgan Thompson
Braeden Wills
Andrew Winner
Avery Yount
THREE SEASON MVL SCHOLAR ATHLETES
Carson Good
Layne Hocker
Owen Mcgreevey
Brookelyn Schmidt
Andrew Winner
