Victoria Bennett and Payne Denman were named 2009 DCHS basketball Most Valuable Players, Tuesday night, at the annual team banquet, while Alison Curtis was selected as Most Valuable Cheerleaders. The awards were presented by Chad Kirby of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, in memory of his late grandfather, Allen D. Hooper, whom the MVP and MVC awards are named after.
Bennett was the lone senior member of the Lady Tiger basketball team this past season, while Denman was a junior guard for the Tigers and also a member of the All-District 7-AA Second Team. Curtis, meanwhile, was one of three seniors on the DCHS Basketball Cheerleading squad, all of which were members of three State Cheerleading Championships in the last four years.
Curtis also received the Captain Award, along with fellow seniors, Jessica Cook and Rosemary Apple. Apple was also the recipient of the Scholar Athlete award, while Cook received the award for Best Jumps. Other individual cheerleading awards went to Ashlee Whitehead (Most Improved), Kendra Foutch (Gymnastics) and Amanda Ours (The Tiger Spirit Award).
Other Lady Tiger basketball awards were as follows:
Best Offensive Player/Best Ball Handler/Best Free Throw Shooter – Cynthia Woodward
Best Defensive Player – Morgan Page
Best Sixth Man – Nikki Bass
Best Rebounder/Most Improved – Martha Webb
Best Passer – Kristina Stephens
Best Attitude – Elicia Cantrell
Best Practice Player – Mackenzi Gibson
Hardest Worker/Most Coachable – Katy England
Best Newcomer – Alex Meadows
For the Tigers, Denman was also the recipient of the Best Offensive Player, Best Ball Handler, Best Free Throw Shooter and Smartest Player honors. Other Tiger awards were as follows:
Best Defensive Player/Hustle Award – Hunter Poteete
Best Passer/Most Improved – Abram Edwards
Best Athlete – Seth Willoughby
Best Rebounder – J.J. Herriott
Best Sixth Man – Hunter Stewart
Best Attitude – Cody Atnip
Best Practice Player – Jeff Miller
Seth Willoughby, J.J. Herriott and Jeff Miller were also recognized for being named All-District Honorable Mention, while Poteete was honored for making the All-Region team.
Players for both the Tigers and Lady Tigers, respectively, voted on the team awards. The awards were presented by each team’s coach.
Meanwhile, Jathan Willoughby was named the Tiger basketball Fan of the Year, and received a plaque in recognition of his dedication to the program. He was presented the award by Tiger junior, Hunter Poteete.
The annual DCHS basketball banquet was held, Tuesday night, at the Smithville First United Methodist Church Christian Fellowship Center.
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