Whitehall High School is celebrating the 50 women who have won the Gerrie & Carl Beausang Award since its 1977 inception at a short ceremony Saturday, Dec. 20 before its girls basketball Alumni Game, which will take place at 3 p.m.
The program has been taking steps to reach out to all the Beausang Award winners throughout the fall, and Vikings' coach Brian Milliron said Monday that so far 15 of the 50 award winners have committed to attend, including the award's first winner, Deborah Zylstra, and its most recent, Grace McDowell. Other award winners slated to be part of the ceremony are highlighted in red in the provided list.
One year - 1982 - saw the award committee choose two winners, both now Whitehall Sports Hall of Famers - Pam Sheesley and Gail Burch.
This activity is being organized by two Whitehall sophomore athletes - Peyton Schultz and Mayson Milliron. A 50/50 fundraiser will be available with all proceeds going to Whitehall girls basketball.
