Tony Williams, Vice-President of the Southeast District Athletic Board, presents the James Mains Memorial Scholarship to 2024 North Adams graduate Cody Hesler. (Photo provided)
2024 Southeast District Scholarship winners. Front row, from left, Tariq Cottrill (Federal Hocking), Kendra Allen (Chillicothe), Kimberly Aubrey (Wellston), Kenzley Urban (Maietta) and Caleb Redding (Fairfield Union); Back row, from left, Cody Hesler (North Adams), Will Briggs (Wellston), and Jace Copley (Valley). Not pictured, Ryan Blum (Chillicothe), Isabella Claxon (South Webster), Max Hagans (Wheelersburg), Cole Hines (Gallia Academy), Isaac Martin (Unioto), Raine Rodich (Sheridan), Emma Sayre (Portsmouth West), Tyler Sommer (South Webster), Sydney Skiver (Wheelersburg) and Cole Wright (Trimble).
Press Release
The Ohio High School Athletic Association annually provides scholarships for outstanding student athletes from its member schools. Each member high school may submit one senior male and one senior female candidate for scholarship consideration as well as one senior female minority and one senior male minority candidate.
The OHSAA and SEDAB scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who have excelled academically and athletically. To be nominated by their high school students must meet the following criteria: must be a graduating senior; have a grade point average of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale; must have received a minimum of three varsity letters in one OHSAA sanctioned sport or four varsity letters in a combination of any two or more OHSAA sanctioned sports.
In conjunction with the OHSAA, the Southeast District Athletic Board awarded eighteen scholarships to graduating senior athletes across the district for 2024 and hosted the annual scholarship banquet on June 24 at Parks Edge in Jackson, Ohio to honor this year’s recipients. Scholarships awarded include the SEDAB James Mains Memorial Scholarship, the SEDAB Roger Thompson Memorial Scholarship, the Male and Female Ethnic Minority Scholarship, along with 14 additional scholarships. Each scholarship was in the amount of $1,000.
The SEDAB is pleased to announce Cody Hesler of North Adams High School has been awarded the Southeast District James Mains Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000.
