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Sixteen seniors from across the state have been selected as Lindy Callahan Scholar-Athletes for 2017.
The honorees — one boy and one girl from high schools in each of the MHSAA’s eight geographical districts — were chosen for their academic accomplishments as well as their participation in high school athletics and extracurricular activities.
Each winner will receive a $1,500 college scholarship through the support of MHSAA partners like BankPlus, Mississippi Sports Medicine, C Spire, Polk’s Meat Products and the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
The 16 scholar-athletes will be honored April 10th in Jackson at the 22nd annual banquet. The event will be livestreamed on the NFHS Network’s Mississippi channel at www.misshsaa.tv .
Lindy Callahan Scholar-Athletes for 2017
| Bo Thomas | Boy | Mooreville | 1 |
| Abby Kensington Pitts | Girl | Booneville | 1 |
| Riley Hall Bogue | Boy | West Union | 2 |
| Swayze Elliott | Girl | Oxford | 2 |
| Christian Hannah | Boy | Gentry | 3 |
| Kimberly Thomas | Girl | Humphreys County | 3 |
| Jake Fanning | Boy | Neshoba Central | 4 |
| Shanika Musser | Girl | Starkville | 4 |
| Steven Sasser | Boy | South Jones | 5 |
| Kelly Bator | Girl | Meridian | 5 |
| Randy Townsend | Boy | Ridgeland | 6 |
| Kaelyn Thompson | Girl | Pearl | 6 |
| Ryan Ivey | Boy | North Pike | 7 |
| Courtney Wyant | Girl | Loyd Star | 7 |
| Corbin J. Blanchard | Boy | Saint Stanislaus | 8 |
| Kennedy Runnels | Girl | Petal | 8 |
