from our first-ever Academic All-Stars banquet.
I've entered the names and sponsors on 1-2 occasions, but here are the numbers that blow me away.
Of the twenty Academic All-Stars, four of them are Valedictorians, six of them are Salutatorians.
The overall grade-point-average of all twenty All-Stars is 99.996 and the overall class ranking of all twenty All-Stars is fourth.
We have everything ready to go, just a matter of getting to 7:00pm on Wednesday night.
David Smoak
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Academic All-Stars Banquet is less than two weeks away...
Our promotions director, Casey Hartmann, is really doing a great job running our 1st-ever Academic All-Stars program.
We'll honor the 20 Academic All-Stars on Wednesday, May 25th, and we have a lot of work to do.
*Gathering all the information, logos and pictures for a Full-Page, Full-Color Ad
*Ordering the Plaques for the recipients
*Ordering roses for the female recipients and all the mothers
*Getting the checks from the Waco Foundation
*Finalizing all details for our guest speaker, Grant Teaff
*Producing our banquet program
*Seating chart for head table, All-Stars, sponsors, media, additional guests, and potential new sponsors
And, I'm sure there's something else I haven't thought about.
David Smoak
We'll honor the 20 Academic All-Stars on Wednesday, May 25th, and we have a lot of work to do.
*Gathering all the information, logos and pictures for a Full-Page, Full-Color Ad
*Ordering the Plaques for the recipients
*Ordering roses for the female recipients and all the mothers
*Getting the checks from the Waco Foundation
*Finalizing all details for our guest speaker, Grant Teaff
*Producing our banquet program
*Seating chart for head table, All-Stars, sponsors, media, additional guests, and potential new sponsors
And, I'm sure there's something else I haven't thought about.
David Smoak
An enjoyable Saturday...
I'm finishing up a very enjoyable weekend, 18-holes at Twin Rivers, grilled some shrimp and a rib-eye, Scalloped potatoes, and the weather has been really unbelievable.
I was playing really well, felt like everything was clicking, birdied 14, the long, downhill par 3 and was +5 thru 14. But, on a short, tight, par 4, 15th, I somehow just completely shanked a 3-iron off the tee box and my round only got worse.
I was so stunned by the shot, I lost complete concentration and finished, triple-bogey, par (sand save), triple-bogey and triple-bogey. I haven't had a triple-bogey in my previous 5-6 rounds this year.
I can understand hitting a poor shot, even a shank, that's why I'm only a 6-handicap, bad shots happen, but I haven't had a meltdown like this in some time. I was still fine after 15, had a nice up and down 16 for a par out of the sand, but damned if I didn't top my tee shot on the easy par 5 17th hole. Ridiculous.
Oh well, there's another 1:30pm tee-time on Sunday. I have really been peaking over the past 3-4 rounds, but still not quite able to finish a round. Hopefully, I can do that on Sunday afternoon at Twin Rivers.
David Smoak
I was playing really well, felt like everything was clicking, birdied 14, the long, downhill par 3 and was +5 thru 14. But, on a short, tight, par 4, 15th, I somehow just completely shanked a 3-iron off the tee box and my round only got worse.
I was so stunned by the shot, I lost complete concentration and finished, triple-bogey, par (sand save), triple-bogey and triple-bogey. I haven't had a triple-bogey in my previous 5-6 rounds this year.
I can understand hitting a poor shot, even a shank, that's why I'm only a 6-handicap, bad shots happen, but I haven't had a meltdown like this in some time. I was still fine after 15, had a nice up and down 16 for a par out of the sand, but damned if I didn't top my tee shot on the easy par 5 17th hole. Ridiculous.
Oh well, there's another 1:30pm tee-time on Sunday. I have really been peaking over the past 3-4 rounds, but still not quite able to finish a round. Hopefully, I can do that on Sunday afternoon at Twin Rivers.
David Smoak
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Here is our 2011 Academic All-Stars Team
2011 ACADEMIC ALL-STARS
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE 1ST-EVER ESPN RADIO-CENTRAL TEXAS “ACADEMIC ALL-STARS” TEAM.
TWENTY OF THE VERY BEST SENIOR STUDENT-ATHLETES WHO EXCEL IN ATHLETICS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, ACADEMICS.
WE RECEIVED 100 NOMINATIONS FROM HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS. AND WE’LL HONOR OUR ACADEMIC ALL-STARS AT A BANQUET ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 25TH AT THE TEXAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
FORMER BAYLOR HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AND THE EXECUTUVE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION GRANT TEAFF WILL BE OUR GUEST SPEAKER.
THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT STUDENT-ATHLETES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS, AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE VERY BEST.
FEMALE ACADEMIC ALL-STARS:
BROOK BRASHEAR, CAMERON YOE H.S.
ALLISON SMITH, CRAWFORD H.S.
MARYAM KHAN, HARKER HEIGHTS H.S.
EMILY NEUBERT, MIDWAY H.S.
BRITTNEY FRAZIER, SALADO H.S.
KATE HARRISON, REICHER CATHOLIC H.S.
CALLIE CLUGSTON, RIESEL H.S.
LINDSAY FLOYD, GLEN ROSE H.S.
KAYLA HINES, ROBINSON H.S.
BRITTNY SCHWERTNER, JARRELL H.S.
MALE ACADEMIC ALL-STARS:
JAKE TALBERT, CRAWFORD H.S.
ARNOLD MARTINEZ, UNIVERSITY H.S.
TAYLOR BARNES, BOSQUEVILLE H.S.
ZACH TIMMONS, ROBINSON H.S.
NEIL RABROKER, ROSEBUD-LOTT H.S.
RYAN REKIETA, BREMOND H.S.
TYLER UNDERWOOD, LORENA H.S.
MICHAEL MARTIN, CHINA SPRING H.S.
GABE WAPLES, MART H.S.
JA’QUAIL HASKINS, KILLEEN H.S.
THE 1ST-EVER ESPN CENTRAL TEXAS ACADEMIC ALL-STARS TEAM IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
ALLEN SAMUELS, DODGE, CHRYSLER, JEEP, RAM
SOUTHWEST SPORTS MEDICINE
HILLCREST BABPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
FUDDRUCKERS
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CENTRAL TEXAS
TARGET RESTORATION
COCA-COLA
LOCHRIDGE-PRIEST
AND ESPN RADIO-CENTRAL TEXAS
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR, DONOR OR CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS PROGRAM. PLEASE CONTACT DAVID SMOAK, PAUL CATALINA OR BUTCH HENRY.
DAVID SMOAK (smoaky@1660espn.com)
PAUL CATALINA (paul@1660espn.com)
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