Students Honored at IndyStar Awards

On Sunday, April 29th, Jasper High School senior Sarah Monesmith and junior Amelia Kiefer got invited to Indianapolis for the IndyStar Sports Award. Sarah Monesmith was honored for her achievements in tennis and Amelia Kiefer for bowling. The awards ceremony honored hundreds of high school athletes across Indiana with 28 awards for specific sports, such as the male and female athletes of the year. These were all for students of the 2017-2018 school year. The keynote speaker of the event was the former Colts receiver Reggie Wayne.

Monesmith received two complimentary tickets: one for her and one for a guest of her choice. Kiefer was offered the same thing, and she has been bowling since 6th grade, since she was three years old. She was named a finalist for Girls Bowling.

Kiefer did not attend the event due to a bowling tournament. She was wishing to go, but due to being a finalist, the game had to be played as a top priority.

The tennis nominees were all recognized, but the winner will not be announced until July when the sport is over, as this is the same with all spring sports. Both the tennis player and the bowler claimed that they were very happy to be nominated. Kiefer claimed that she has been nominated for bowler of the week two times of her three years playing at Jasper. Kiefer claimed, “I feel like I had a really good season this year and it felt good to be commended for that. I am also good friends with Kennedy Craig, the recipient of this years IndyStar High School Bowler of the Year, and I could not be happier for her and the year that she had!” Kiefer is planing to further her bowling career at the collegiate level for a NCAA DI or DII school. Both Kiefer and Monesmith were happy to be nominated for this award and appreciated everything that had happened.