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Gabriel Phillips Class of 2022 Sports: Cross Country, Basketball, Track & Field Gabriel was a dedicated leader, scholar and athlete with a concentrated focus on running. A standout both academically and athletically, he was a four-year varsity letterman in Cross Country and Track & Field, and a Varsity Basketball player. Ga briel earned multiple First Team All-Conference accolades and multiple Academic-Athletic recogni tions. He is a two-time Academic All-State Athlete and 2021 Cross Country All-State Athlete. Gabriel graduated as a 4.0 Valedictorian and dual-enrolled, 4.0 student at Mott Community College. Outside of organized school sports, Gabriel is an enthusiastic cross”tter, training at •e Pursuit in Frankenmuth, MI. Gabriel is active in his church, Living Promise and also a “politics junkie” as all of his teachers will attest! Gabriel has accepted a full-ride scholarship to attend/run with Lansing Community College in the fall. After LCC, he anticipates furthering his educa tion and running career at a four-year university.

Taryn Eckert

Class of 2022 Sports: Varsity Volleyball, Varsity Soccer Taryn was a four-year varsity player for both vol leyball (three-year captain)

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and soccer (two-year captain). For Varsity Volleyball, she received First Team honors three years in a row, as well as All-Region for three years and All-State honors. For Var sity Soccer, Taryn was a two-time First Team player and an All-State and All-Region player. She was also picked as Kiwanis Athlete of the Month for December of 2021. In addition, Taryn carried a 3.89 GPA and in her senior year alone accumulated 30 hours of community service. Taryn was a member of National Honor Society,Travel Volleyball and Travel Soccer teams, and a youth sports trainer. In the fall of 2022, she will

attend Ball State Univer sity to pursue her BSN in Nursing and eventu ally work in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. 

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