Congrats to our Burghardt Sporting Goods Athletes of the Month for January 2024, Deondre Williams (Boys Wrestling) and Lillia Carson (Girls Basketball). These two wonderful student athletes set a good example for others and exhibit the greatest all around attributes of our Core Values: Relationships, Communication, Growth, Love & Biblical Truth and our
#PillarsofAthletics: Faith, Excellence, Commitment and Character.
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Head coach, Tony Romano said, "Deondre has continued to show outstanding leadership both in the wrestling room and at competitions. Even without the title of Captain this season he has stepped up into that role and leads both verbally, physically and emotionally. Often tournaments and duals come down to a match or two and I always feel confident when Dre is the one representing ML in those spots. Dre has also continued to show his strength in balancing school and sport. He continues to have A's and B's and maintains one of the highest GPAs on the team. The ML wrestling program is blessed to have such an amazing young man on the team."
Head coach, Corey Scheel said, "Lillia always leads by example by her hard work and effort in practice and games. Lillia has always been extremely coachable and listens too and takes constructive feedback well and then works hard to improve. Even though she is not very tall, many of her teammates look up to her for her leadership. Lillia always gives 110% in everything she does whether it’s in the classroom, on the court or in her service to her school and community."
Martin Luther High School recognizes an Athlete of the Month each month of the school year. Using the selection criteria below, the coaching staff of each varsity sport being played during any given month will nominate one individual in a sport being played that month. The ML Admin team will select a winner from the pool of nominees based on the selection criteria below in addition to performance statistics from competitions during that month.
Athlete of the Month selection will be based on the following criteria based of our core values:
- Relationships
- Commitment (toward practices, games and continued improvement)
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Focus and Discipline
- Accountability for oneself and others
- Growth
- Positive attitude and enthusiasm for their sport both on and off the field/court
- Work Ethic
- Willingness to learn (coachability)
- Perseverance (overcoming challenges)
- Love
- Sportsmanship (respect coaches, officials, opponents, teammates)
- Honesty (playing by rules, character)
- Biblical Truth
- Community service and involvement
- Demonstrates their faith on a consistent basis.
It should be noted that the Athlete of the Month may not merely be the “star” player, but rather a team member who sets a good example for others and exhibits the greatest all around attributes of our core values.