Danny Savalza and Kena Knott celebrate Coupeville beating South Whidbey this season and bringing The Bucket home.
Amanda d’Almeida gets tips from Wolf tennis guru Ken Stange during districts. (Dan d’Almeida photo)
Bessie Walstad (left), seen here with fellow senior Maria Rockwell, was a captain in all her sports. (John Fisken photo)
Drew Chan swingin’ for the cheap seats. (Shelli Trumbull photo)
It was a banner night for the seniors.
The Class of 2013 claimed all four major sports-related honors announced Thursday night by Coupeville High School Athletic Director Lori Stolee.
The memory of Danny Savalza and Amanda d’Almeida will live on in the hallway leading into the CHS gym, where their framed photos will join past winners of the school’s highest athletic honor, the Athlete of the Year.
d’Almeida was a three-time district doubles champ in tennis and made a great final run as a singles player this spring, while also leading the Wolf girls’ soccer team in the fall.
A 4.0 student, she has accepted a scholarship to play soccer at Carleton College in Minnesota.
Savalza played football and soccer, but his impact was also felt off the field. The leader of the Wolf student cheering section, he could rally an entire gym, clad in his (unwashed) thrift store dress and Bow Down hat.
Joining them in hauling away awards were Bessie Walstad and Drew Chan, who were selected for the Cliff Gillies Student Awards.
The honor, named for a longtime principal and executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, go to student/athletes who combine “scholarship, citizenship and participation.”
Walstad was a team captain in volleyball, basketball and softball, while Chan performed the same duties in basketball and baseball.
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