I can't believe it is this time of year again all ready! This means school is just about done for the year and another school year has flown by. Carson only has two more years of High School left! Where does the time go?
Carson wasn't sure which awards (if any) he may get this year.
The competition is pretty stiff in High School Sports!
He was pleasantly surprised when he was awarded MVP of volleyball. Mr. Larsen, his coach, talked about him consistently being at all practices and always the hardest working player there. He said that Carson was the most intentional person he had ever coached and that he would internalize every piece of feedback he was given and make it work on the court. He is definitely the kind of player that every coach loves to have on their team. He was literally involved in almost every single rally they played the entire volleyball season and was a huge contributor to their success as a team. Way to go Carson. Some really nice things said about you from your coach!
Then on to basketball. . . . With Darcy being the coach of the team he was the one to pick the MVP. Going into the season he never wanted to play favouritism to his son and is actually harder on Carson than on any other player on the team. Brody and Carson were neck and neck all season in their stats and by the end, the difference in the hustle factor that Darcy calculated every game was 1/100th of a decimal place off of each other. He awarded 2 MVP's instead of an MVP and a coaches award. Brody and Carson were thrilled to receive these awards together and all of their teammates would agree that they deserved it!
There are some good things to come from these boys in the next
few years at Ernest Manning High School.
Then the big award. Athlete of the year! There were 8 nominees up for this award. Mr. Larsen had more really great things to say about this athlete. "This person really is the epitome of what Athlete of the Year should be. As an athlete he is one of the most gifted people that I have come across. On each team that he was a part of he was the leader or one of the leaders. Whether it was in practice or in games, whatever he was involved in, he was the hardest worker. Despite his great ability and work ethic, he still realizes that to be where he is, he needs to continue to work hard and that there is always room for improvement. He recognizes this and is always more than willing to work hard in order to grow and improve. I had the pleasure of coaching this young man this year and I feel safe in saying that any coach would be more than happy to take him and make a whole bunch of clones to make a dream team. This year's winner of male athlete of the year goes to . . . Carson Weston."
Carson was pretty excited but received this award very humbly and graciously.
There were some other really good athletes that were nominated for this so it was a quite an honour for Carson to receive this award!
Tessa (the female athlete of the year) and Carson with their trophy!
