 Good afternoon everyone, my name is Bob Keener, I'm the co-chair of the Athletic Leadership Council here at NCSSO. I'm proud to be played by varsity and club sports during my time here. It's a real honor and pleasure to unite so many people who have been positively affected by NCSSO. Before we begin, I feel compelled to say that NCSSO is not just a STEM school or an academic powerhouse, it's so much more. NCSSO is a global celebratory showcase of the most talented young individuals in North Carolina, the most talented students, artists, communal servants, and not least of all, athletes. Before coming to NCSSO, I did not know that I'd find an intellectual engagement in both the classroom and the training room. I did not know that Wednesday night home games would be my go-to idea of what community means here. I did not know that I'd find, in a PC and on the practice fields, such a profound sense of respect for the abilities of my peers. Welcome to the NCSSO Athletic Committee. Today we celebrate all that I did not know, and we commence the year-long showcase of our immensely talented athletic community. Thank you, and please welcome Christine Altnery. I'm a state 2A conference champion, and they went to the third round of the state's playoffs, so congratulations ladies. And for all conference, we have Andesie Brown, Emma Wright, and Ellen Hew. I will mention, we have Cameron Mill, Tanisha Paul, and Megan Wu. Mr. McClunny would like to come up and give any personal awards. Not here, alright. In the mid-state 2A conference, and also went to the third round of state playoffs. And for all conference, we have Josh Abrams, Lou Kow, Vincent Shia, and Richard McClunny was the mid-state 2A conference men's tennis coach of the year. And for all conference, we have Jeffrey Filak. The record may not have been what we wanted it to be, but I guarantee you that every team is nervous about next year. Some juniors, we have a lot to look forward to coming into next season. So, again, I appreciate everybody's time. I just came from teaching large, so we'll teach you. And that's it. Thank you. We have just a few players from Alcock. The coach's awards, and one that... Ben Nichols and Hunter Wood. The enthusiasm comes from the leader from his first day involved in the board. This year, we'll offer many RBI's, Haley Porter. There are other kids out, and those of you who don't know that much about what it is. But in a lot of tests, a lot of running. This year, the type of team we had is harder to keep people from running too much than to keep them actually active. We had a lot of people that put in a lot of mileage and did a lot of good things. In the conference meet, we actually had... One of our young men was the conference runner of the year. I want to recognize him before I go through the team awards. That was his award. We've got some here and some that aren't. Some of you know we have tested more and more right now. And still some college visits. The girls most valuable runner was Gaby Monisha, because they were among the best in the state. It takes a lot, as you know, to come here and to do well in a lot of different areas. A lot of these folks were running seven days a week, not just six days a week. And certainly not just five days a week, most of them. And as far as I'm concerned, they did take the greater challenge and symbol of what their path was going to be this year. So congratulations to these folks. It's been a good time working for us and hopefully next year. So it was a challenge and a blessing to coach this year. Once we got everyone coming to practice regularly, it was a great time for me at least. I know for some of them it was a problem last month. But the track team performed really, really well this year. It was fun to have a really competitive team. The girls, as I said, finished really well in the conference now. So finished fourth overall in the regional meet. And had a really good running chance to get a pretty good standing at the state meet when we opened this weekend. The boys also finished sixth in the regional meet. And Ethan was the number one scorer at the conference, and he tied for the highest point. Lost in the tiebreaker, which was most of the politics play. It's been fun coaching. I look forward to coaching in the future, but I'm happy to have a really dedicated crew behind me. Dedicated crew sitting out in the crowd and dedicated crew out doing other academic stuff. Committing to practices, meets, regionals to be commuted in, 95 out with the 12 hour meet. And half of the kids were sitting there doing homework in the 95. So that was really just an honor to be there watching when my kids do homework and then get on the track and kick everyone's butt. And moved down to seventh. So it's a pretty... The first one is the things you learn from sports, setting both beings part of a team, confidence, that's invaluable. It's not about trophies and ribbons. It's about being on time to practice and accepting those challenges. This team is what made us get first place and second place in this conference. We had all conference. We've had people win states. But this is what brings to this school the proud moments. This year, we had an official from Riverside, not Riverside, sorry, Reedsville emailed Mr. Lynch about this team. This team came up, and this Reedsville is a brand new swim team. They practiced one day a week for about an hour. They have slimmers that can't even really finish the event, which we have done on our team. We have someone that wrote the statement, wrote our school record all the way to someone that just could hardly touch the wall. I think one of the things that this person said was about their support and enthusiasm. One of the jobs of the captains plus the team is that they are to shake hands with the officials. And the goal is for me not to tell them, the goal is for them to do it. They're the ones that will shake hands with all of, where all the other teams, they go to the water. And that's what we're all about, a science and math, and that's what I'm really proud of. And for our divers, because our divers are hidden. Last year we were at Duke, so we got to see him, but this year they were hidden again. And we got some lacrosse kids that liked to do somersaults. So he said, this is cool for crossfit exercises. So I'm not too special because his mother and father coached me swimming. And so his mother was pregnant with Ryan, so it took official. So thank you for congratulations. Remember you have a couple more days, so let's behave. And juniors, you've got a while, so behave. Remember to smile, because what you do for NCCSM on the field, on the core and in the pool means so much to us. And keep that in your life. Science and math is an amazing place. So best of luck, great job. Science and math, to my seniors, when I came in with last year, I'm very happy to send them out on a winning note. We finished the conference second place, made it to the conference finals, tournament finals, made it to the second round in the playoffs. So I think I know last year is a great success and I'm very proud. The hard work put in in August, it translated over to the record season and to the playoffs. For our playoff game, just to see the fans, parents come out and cheer on our ladies. It was a very, very good time. I've never seen this in the gym that loud since I've been here. And we really fed off the energy in the playoff game. We brought the people home. And like I said, I'm very, very happy for my ladies. Very happy, very excited about next year because we've got bigger and better things. We've got to finish business. Barley has him. So one thing before, amazing coach. He's my, he's my motivator. He's my strength, strategic trainer coach. He's my, he's just an amazing guy. He'll say some things that will make you think, words we're talking about. I always go back and I definitely thank him for being a good assistant coach. And also his recruiting skills is top notch. Because he always comes up to a stupid asking if they want to play basketball. He'll say, yeah, I'll come out and I'll show up. But still, it's the effort that counts. Coach Grace, I thank you so much for all that you do. I know the ladies are great. They appreciate you. To the wards, again, I'm very grateful for the ladies. I thank y'all so much for all the hard work. We had to have our come to Jesus moment after a eight-picture friendship. And we had to hash out all the differences. And after that, I think we was, we hit the ground running. So first award, I'd like to look out for the coach's award, this player, whenever I needed, messages handed out to the ladies, to the team, text message. I always knew I had a number on speed dial. I knew the text and doubt she would give a message to the team. Also during some work, all these workouts, she was there every day, smiling face, ready to work, ready to get better as a basketball player. And I greatly appreciated her. She's been on the team for the last two years. And I thank her so much for all the hard work and dedication. And our coach's award goes to Angelo. I don't think I ever seen her get mad. Me and Coach Grace, we wanted her to get mad so bad. She just never would get mad. She's our gentle giant. She always has the ball in her face, win or loss. She's always laughing in practice, always giggling, joking around. During current times, she always has the ball in her face, seems like nothing ever bothers her. Sometimes it's frustrating. Sometimes it's a good thing that she's a calm, cool, lead player. But I'm grateful for her to be a part of the team. I can't wait to see the Chiefs that she made next year. So I sportsmanship award goes to Shannon. She came for the season, so I felt that she had. She was ready on the basketball board. And once she got to the court, she made her presence felt. And everybody in the county knew where the ball was going. So it wasn't no surprise. She made my job easy. And she's a hard worker. And I hope she continues to work hard, continue to get better and get ready for that player-to-year award next year that you're going to get. So I hope this player award goes to Layla Bonley. When we went to Barley-Hancy, the outcome didn't turn out as we wanted to. And that's when me and Coach Gray realized that this player, she made such a big impact on the different men in the ball. I think she was out for like four games. And luckily we win three during that stretch. But she was a very impactful player on the defensive end. And during the playoffs, the second round we played both kid potential state champions. She held the best player on the top scores in two-way basketball to only 15 points. And she basically had one-on-one all night. And they let me know right there that she's a top-notch defender. And she can only get better. And hopefully she can get her shoot in the ball next year. Because she can't shoot. She don't think she can, but she can. But I'm definitely grateful to have on the defensive end Coach Gray. We stress defensive end a lot. And this player, she really brings that hunger, that fight, that heart. Coach Gray is always saying on the defensive end, so I think he's a player of the year. I think she was the third coach on the team. She probably has a very, very high IQ for basketball. Sometimes things she say like basketball goes over my hand. I have to give her the pump face. But this player, she works hard day in and day out. Every day she's in the gym. Every day she wants to work out. Now she's trying to get Coach Gray to work out, running doing things that our bodies can't do right now. But we definitely appreciate the hard work. And we saw both from our first game to our last game. And I know she, Scott lived before, she has all the abilities to be one of the best players and best point guards, best players overall in the conference. And I thank you so much for your hard work and dedication to the team. And our most improved players, Anisha and Noche. To my seniors, Christina Debra for the ones that have been with me for two years. Like I said, I'm very grateful I'm getting to go out and watch my teammates go on and do big, great things next year. And again, thank you so much and hope everybody has all the best players there, Grace. Thank you, Marys. MPP. What can I practice in games? She had the team in kills, boxing, sentencing. Our conference coaches voted as second and as player of the year. And thus, she was named as full conference player. She was on the ABCA and our host association and a 217 Old Phenomenal List and earned spots on the NCVBA North Carolina Valley World Association. She was also on the mention to that team on the old state Congratulations, Kate, the spells. To be truly being a world of one member I couldn't manage getting the gym set up and making sure we had advantages and with us every game. Good luck in college and whatever your future holds. I'll miss you. Maya, Faye. As far as how athletically and academically talented everyone is in this room and who are in this room at the moment, it's just an amazing experience. It's very exciting to hear all conference. I mean, there are some schools in this conference that get very little all-conference in any sport. I mean, it's just amazing how many all-conference athletes we have. We've had a great year in competition with the three conference championships this year and top two finish in the Wells Fargo Cup so we're very strong. We've also kind of just treated high in the state GPA, which we should expect that, but we're dominating in wrestling, especially you won five in the last six years of the last wrestling team in the state. We also finished second in soccer and basketball. We also won third place in men's indoor track and women's outdoor track. So let's get a round of applause for that help for his help and support as I'm in charge of student life. Thank you so much for joining us on our athletic staff and coaches. I believe truly that we have the best staff in the state and not the country in high school athletes. We had four coaches of the year, including Michael Newbar, can you come up? You're going one year soon to get to know more of the showcases of student athletes who have excelled in the two sports here at Science and Math. They've been extraordinary in their accomplishments while at Science and Math. They've just made a multiple varsity sports. Our award winners are the N.C.S.S.S.S.S. and the top female male athlete from 2017-18 are Amy Dollsbury and Ben Nichols. The women's basketball team are women's soccer teams. Ben was on conference both years in soccer and wrestling. That's hard to do. He was also a team captain of most sports. Let's get a both in the round of applause. As a STEM school, I think in order to have an excellent STEM school, you need to have an excellent now. So this is probably the part of the presentation. I'm going to ask the parents to please. Where are my seniors that can usually stay? You can participate in N.C.S.S.S.S.S.S.S. and mathematics as a senior. I hope they have them. Coaches, can you please stand if you're not a student? We have a lot of fun and I just have a better appreciation just for trying to figure things out and change everything. So coaches, thank you for everything that you do here in the school. I know that your time in athletics. And then last but not least, I do want to acknowledge our athletics department for putting on this award ceremony but also their efforts throughout the year. There's a lot that goes into running an athletics department here at a residential school, whether it's the management of this space, game operations, financial commitments and obligations, physical therapy appointments, scheduling issues, trying to make up game and friends when we have weather related issues. So the Jordan, Kathleen, Brian, John, Miss F. O'Reanna and last but not least, Mr. Jarvis for this leadership. Thanks for all the small and big things that you do at NCSU. I truly am proud of the work that goes on in this department. I just want to be able to say thank you. Our award ceremony, again I want to say thank you and look forward to the rest of this school year and once again congratulations for all of your success.