by Erin Hogan
The Spring Sports Awards Ceremony occurred on June 10 at 6 pm at the High School in Cherry Plain. At this ceremony students who participate in baseball, softball and track are honored. Since this ceremony is at the end of the year though, there are also special awards given out to outstanding athletes from the whole year.
For this softball season, under Coaches Art Schmich and Paul Slaver, pitcher Erin Berschwinger was honored as Most Improved Player, and Deanna Nash was honored as Most Valuable Player.
For baseball, under the new coach Kasson Sauer, Llewellyn Palmer was the Most Improved Player, and the Most Valuable Player was Dylan Hover.
For the track team, coached by Jen Burhans, the most improved runners were Ashlyn Hillis and Mike Reger. The most valuable participants on the track team were Conner Hoyt and Kayleigh Corrado. Kayleigh along with being the MVP was also a State Qualifier.
This year the Gabe Duffy award, an award that goes to an athlete who shows outstanding leadership, sportsmanship and generosity, went to senior Victoria Muller. The CHVL award for an outstanding athlete went to Emily Dooley and Jordan Rathbun.
Finally, the Berlin athletes of the year were crowned. Deanna Nash was named the female athlete of the year, and Drew Webster and Shawn Willis were named male co-athletes of the year.
