Nelson, Gilmore earn tennis recognition

Freshman Frank Medlicott earned Rookie of the Year honors at the boys’ tennis team season-ending get together. A pair of seniors who represented Stanwood High at the Northwest 4A District Championships came away with a handful of honors at the seasonending boys’ tennis banquet recently.

Teague Nelson and Chris Gilmore, the squad’s No. 1 and No. 2 singles players all season before joining forces to capture the WesCo 4A North championship and then compete at the district level, took home several plaques between them.

Nelson was the team’s only 4-year letter winner, served as a co-captain, earned a Coaches Award and became a member of the 100-Hour Club.

Gilmore was equally honored as he earned his third letter, was co-captain, was voted a Coaches Award as well and put in hours of extra work on the tennis court to join the 100-Hour Club.

Frank Medlicott, a freshman, was recognized as Rookie of the Year by his coaches, Trudy Abrams and Ron Shanander.

Jonathan Wolf and Jacob Hamiter also became members of the 100-Hour Club as a result of their extra work on the courts this past season.

Besides Gilmore, Zach Meyer and Hamiter earned their third tennis letters.

Second-year awards went to David Zietz, Drew Pollock, Joey Zingarelli and James McCune.

First-year emblems were taken home by Dan McDonald, Gavin Voelckers, Matt Bridenbaugh, Dean Bretland, Derek Britain, Jimmy Besancon, Nathan Beykovsky, Sean Dolan, Joel Shroyer, Wolf and Medlicott.

Participation awards were earned by Cory Graham, Kyle Burns, Nick McIntosh, Matt Pratt, Jon Hamiter, CJ Alumbaugh, Aaron Griffin, Jack Lund, Kurtis Hushagen, Keaton Urling, Jake Amancio, Skyler Wright, Trent Larson, Arthur Sands, Paul Jacobi, Eric Saekow, Peter Holmes, Riley Swenson, Seth Kvam and Juan Colmenares.