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| Written by Gene Morris | |||
| Friday, 05 June 2009 08:00 | |||
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Four area high school seniors will be among the 100 Kansas City Star scholar athletes honored Sunday during a banquet at Kauffman Stadium. Kortney Bailey (Osawatomie), Taelor Karr (Paola), Zach Lutz (Spring Hill) and Chelsea Morland (Louisburg) will be guests of the Kansas City Royals and will receive tickets to a future game as well as a scholar-athlete certificate and T-shirt. Scholar athletes were chosen based 45 percent for athletics, 35 percent for academics, 10 percent for other activities and 10 percent for overall community impact. Final judges for the scholar-athlete honors were Matt Besler, the No. 1 draft choice of the Kansas City Wizards; Toby Cook, vice president of community affairs and publicity for the Kansas City Royals; Jodi Esley, marketing and public relations coordinator at Kansas Speedway and former basketball player at Benedictine College; Kendall Gammon, former long snapper for the Kansas City Chiefs and radio sports analyst; and Bob Kendrick, director of marketing for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Each area high school in the Kansas City metro area could nominate up to three scholar-athletes for the awards. One athlete was selected from each school. Local schools in the metro area included by the Star were Louisburg, Osawatomie, Paola and Spring Hill. Bailey Kortney Bailey ranks sixth in a class of 66 with a 3.86 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.  She earned 11 varsity letters. Bailey was a four-year letter winner in basketball and volleyball. She lettered three seasons in track and field. Bailey was a volleyball team captain and was a second-team all-league selection. She was a Pioneer League champion in track and field. She is a student council president, a member of the science club and a youth basketball and volleyball coach. Bailey plans to attend Kansas State University. Also nominated from Osawatomie was Dakota Hunke. Karr Taelor Karr ranks 18th in a class of 159 with a grade-point average of 3.86 on a 4.0 scale.  She earned four varsity letters in basketball and three in track and field. Karr qualified for state two years in basketball and all three years in track and field. Karr is an Academic All-American Scholar, listed in Who’s Who Among American High School Students, a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Future Business Leaders of America and Students Against Destructive Decisions. She was an all-league and all-state selection in basketball, playing point guard for the Paola Panthers. Karr plans to attend Kansas State University on a basketball scholarship. Other students nominated from Paola were Adam Henn and Taylor Smith. Lutz Zach Lutz ranks ninth in a class of 126 with a 3.8 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.  He earned two varsity letters in soccer, playing for the Broncos’ inaugural high school program two years ago and a second season his senior year. Lutz was a team captain, helping build the newly created soccer program at Spring Hill. He plans to attend Wheaton College in Illinois. Also nominated from Spring Hill were Patrick Donahue and Catelyn Smith. Morland Chelsea Morland ranks first in a class of 110 with a 4.0 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.  She earned four varsity letters in track and field. She was a state medalist in the javelin. Morland was an all-conference selection in volleyball and was chosen to represent Louisburg in the Missouri-Kansas all-star volleyball classic, swept five games to none by Kansas. She earned two letters in volleyball. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Teens Against Tobacco, honor roll and class president her junior and senior years. Morland plans to attend Simpson College. Other students nominated from Louisburg were Cassandra O’Brien and Ryan Dvorak.
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