The 2007 Greater Nevada Credit Union Community Choice Youth Awards Banquet celebrated the excellence of 44 Douglas County youth at Genoa Lakes Golf Club last week.
Student-athletes were honored for their academic excellence, athletic committment and community service. There were 150 individuals who attended the event.
Highlights from this year's banquet included Carson Valley Middle School student Amy Rice who sang the national anthem and performed another song during the event.
One of the 2007 honorees, Breana Lummus, recited a poem and MEFIYI board of trustee Mike McLaughlin of RAMAC Industries designed a power point presentation of each award winner.
Genoa Lakes hosted the dinner reception.
Carson Valley Middle School student-athletes Mia Townsell and Maddy Gilbert co-hosted the event.
MEFIYI co-founders JoJo and Suzi Townsell expressed that the youth of Douglas County deserve an event that recognizes their talents, abilities, ambitions and service to the community.
This year's event also featured two $500 scholarships for one outstanding senior female and one senior female student-athlete.
Kelly Karmann of Whittell High School and Matthew McLaughlin of Douglas High School were the winners.
Karmann plans to attend Cornell University and McLaughlin has been accepted to UCLA.
This is the third year the Community Choice Youth Awards Banquet has honored Douglas County student-athletes. The banquet and 2007 MEFIYI programs are supported by grants from NFL Charities, The E.L. Cord Foundation, Robert R. Banks Foundation, Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation and Smallwood Foundation. MEFIYI also wanted to thank The Record-Courier, Carson Valley Accounting, Mark and Debbie Williams and David and Susan Semas, Genoa Lakes and the Brewery Arts Center for their support. They also noted Mysta Townsell and Molly Lahlum for volunteering their time and effort for the evening.
JoJo Townsell also said that the foundation's thoughts were with George and Josie Graham, who inspired the creation of the event.
The 2007 Greater Nevada Credit Union Honor Roll included:
Bridget Maestretti, Douglas High School
Shannon Hubbard, Pau-Wa-Lu Middle School
Robert Shawhan, Douglas High School
Melissa Chambon, Carson Valley Middle School
Kari Lee TenBroeck, Minden Elementary School
Christine DuPuis, Carson Valley Middle School
Jeffrey Williams, Pinon Hills Elementary School
Kelly Karmann, George Whittell High School
Jenna Geyer, Carson Valley Middle School
David J. Williams, Douglas High School
Andrew Pozun, Douglas High School
Rachael Lambin, Laurel Springs School
Clara Ritger, Douglas High School
Alexandra Laing, Carson Valley Middle School
Jacob Wartgow, Gardnerville Elementary School
Jessica Vega, Carson Valley Middle School
Micky Murphy, Kingsbury Middle School
Megan Esquivel, George Whittell High School
Matthew McLaughlin, Douglas High School
Gina Pfaffenberger, Douglas High School
Matthew Williams, Carson Valley Middle School
Alison Chambon, Carson Valley Middle School
Haley Von Schottenstein, Carson Valley Middle School
Lauren Seymour, Douglas High School
Amanda Wartgow, Carson Valley Middle School
Josh Vega, Douglas High School
Jamie Lundergreen, Carson Valley Middle School
Morgan LeFever, Douglas High School
Krysta Palmer, Carson Valley Middle School
Brianne Burnside, Carson Valley Middle School
Taryn Williams, Douglas High School
John-Henry Lambin, Laurel Springs School
Katie Dry, Carson Valley Middle School
Victoria Levi, Douglas High School
Breana Lummus, C. C. Meneley Elementary School
Derrik Jenkins, Douglas High School
Samantha Johnson, Douglas High School
Heidi Schefcik, Carson Valley Middle School
Luke Wartgow, Douglas High School
Ashley Amaral, George Whittell High School
Amelia Ritger, Carson Valley Middle School
Rochelle Seymour, Pau-Wa-Lu Middle School
