TRACK AWARDS- The Smyer High School Boys’ Track Team was honored at an awards ceremony in the high school auditorium last Tuesday. Individual awards included: Area and Regional Qualifier and Top Field Award, Gavin St. Clair; Area Qualifier and Top Sprinter Award, Christian Charles; Area and Regional Qualifier and Most Valuable Player, Micah Zapata; Academic All State Track Honorable Mention, Cameron Gutierrez; Academic All State Track First Team, Ben Steele. Pictured from left to right: Front row; Rylan Smith, Charles, St. Clair, Zapata, Gutierrez, Steele; Second row; Preston Moore, Landon Benevedes, Brayden Wade, Max Benevedes, Brent Billington, Christian Hernandez; Skyler Pond, Jose Bueno: Back row; Cody Armes, Nick Baker. (Photo Courtesy of Jay Kelley) STRONG AWARD- The Strong as Steele Award is given to the student athlete who has lettered for at least three years and exemplifies service and selflessness in athletics and academics. It is given in honor of the late Tim Steele who passed away while a student at Smyer High School. This year’s winner was Ben Steele, Tim’s younger brother and the award was present by his parents, Brian and Rene. (Photo Courtesy of Jay Kelley) CROSS COUNTRY AWARDS- The Smyer High School Cross Country Team was honored at an awards ceremony in the high school auditorium last Tuesday. Individual boys awards included: Most Valuable Player, Micach Zapata, Newcomer, Ismael Pizano, Blue Heart, Joe Bueno. The boys team qualifed for the regional meet and Zapata was a state qualifier. Pictured from left to right are: Landon Benevedes, Brent Billington, Micah Zapata and Jose Bueno. (Photo Courtesy of Jay Kelley) BASKETBALL AWARDS- The Smyer High School basketball team was honored at a sports awards ceremony in the high school auditorium last Tuesday. Individual awards included: First Team All District, Shawn Barrett; Second Team All District, Landon Polk; Honorable Mention, Ethan Morris; All District Utility Team, Cameron Gutierrez: Texas High School Coaches Association First Team All State Academic Team, Ben Steele, Second Team, Gutierrez, Honorable Mention Barrett: Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Academic All State, Steele, Gutierrez and Barrett; TABC 2A Student Assistant of the Year, Steele; Rebound Leader, Barrett; Assist Leader, Gutierrez; Most Valuable Player, Barrett; Offensive Most Valuable Player, Polk; Defensive Most Valuable Player, Gutierrez; Trust Team, Love Team Award, Gutierrez; Pictured from left to right: Front row; Gutierrez, Barrett, Steele; Back row; Brayden Wade, Drew Overstreet, Micah Zapata. (Photo Courtesy of Jay Kelley) TWO YEAR- Two year letter winners at Smyer High School were honored at an awards ceremony at the high school auditorium last Tuesday. Pictured from left to right; Front row; Shawn Barrett, Kristen Gonzales, Payton Cassilas, Christian Hernandez, Shelbi Albert, Christian Charles, Kassandra Gomez. Back row; Brayden Wade, Brodie Medart, Preston Moore, Matheu Corder, Kaden Price, Berenicce Lara, Jose Paredes, Maegan Smith, Micah Zapata. (Photo Courtesy of Jay Kelley)