News 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 the Southeast District Athletic Board 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 athletes across the district and hosted the annual scholarship banquet on June 22 at Parks Edge in Jackson, Ohio to honor this year’s recipients. Scholarships awarded included the SEDAB James Mains Memorial Scholarship, the SEDAB Roger Thompson Memorial Scholarship, the Male and Female Ethnic Minority Scholarship, and 14 additional scholarships. Each scholarship was in the amount of $1,000.
The SEDAB is pleased to announce Beau Hesler of North Adams High School has been awarded an OHSAA Southeast District Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. Hesler was one of the most dominant track and field athletes in southeast Ohio during his high school career, including an OHSAA state championship in the 800M to cap off his junior season.