Two Oxford High School seniors were selected among 32 students to receive the Michigan High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete award.
Rikki Jarvis and Jordan Macocha will receive a $1,000 scholarship from Farm Bureau Insurance, who is in its 21st year of sponsoring the award. The award goes to individuals who represent their member schools in at least one sport which the MHSAA sponsors a post-season tournament.
Other qualifications include maintaining at least a 3.5 grade point average and showing active participation in other school and community activities. Applicants also had to produce an essay about the importance of sportsmanship in educational athletics.
Jarvis is a three-year letter winner in track and field and a two-year winner in basketball, swimming and diving. She is also a scholar-athlete in each sport.
She was the captain of the swim team during her senior season, and received the Blue & Gold award for sportsmanship and was voted most dedicated.
Her academic endeavors include being the treasurer, vice president and president on the student council and being named the Fundraiser Committee Chairman during her time in the National Honor Society.
Other accomplishments include being a state qualifier in ‘Business & Financial? for DECA and was the runner-up for DAR Good Citizen award.
Jarvis stated in her essay on sportsmanship that ‘sportsmanship is not only a trait shown to the opposing team, but on the home court as well. It’s brought friends, a sense of character and has also taught me how to represent myself and my school.?
She plans on attending Michigan State University to study public relations and advertising.
Macocha was a two-year letter winner in both basketball and baseball. He was named the team captain of the baseball team in both his junior and senior season. He was also named a Flint Metro League Scholar-Athlete for four-years.
Other athletic accomplishments include serving as group leader in football, basketball and baseball camps. Academically, he is a member of NHS, wrote and published a book and finished second in the National Invention Contest. He was awarded the Prudential Spirit of Community Service award as a senior.
Macocha wrote in his essay that sportsmanship is ‘doing the little things for others whether they are your teammates, opponents, friends or foes. Sportsmanship can be as simple as a postgame handshake, returning an opponent’s dropped gloves or acknowledging your opponent on a good play.?
He plans on studying kinesiology at the University of Michigan.