WA’s Caroline Scott selected as state Wendy’s Heisman winner
Caroline Scott led the way for Waccamaw Academy tennis team this fall as the Lady Warriors finished fourth at the NCISAA 1A finals at Wilson.
Scott’s attention turns to soccer in the spring. Along with tennis and soccer, she also plays basketball and is a member of the Warrior cheerleading squad. She has attended Waccamaw Academy since she was a 3-year-old pre-schooler, and she is currently ranked second in the WA senior class.
Staff photos by Mark Gilchrist
By DAN BISER
Sports Editor
Caroline Scott, a mainstay in four sports at Waccamaw Academy as well as a top-ranked member of the school’s senior class, was selected Monday as the female winner of the North Carolina Wendy’s Heisman Award.
Since the award’s inception 14 years ago, it is considered the most prestigious and coveted recognition that a high school student-athlete can obtain.
Daniel Stallsmith of South Lake Christian Academy in Huntersville is the North Carolina male recipient.
Scott and Stallsmith were selected from a field of 20 finalists for the award.
“I still can’t believe it,” she said. “Just about all the other finalists attend public schools that are much larger than Waccamaw Academy. I just didn’t know what my chances of being selected would be.”
Each high school in the state can nominate a male and female student-athlete for the award, which is part of same association that annually presents the Heisman Trophy to the top NCAA Division I football player each year.
Scott and Stallsmith are now in the running for national recognition as 12 regional winners (six male, six female) will be chosen from the field of state winners later this month.
The national finalists will attend the Heisman presentations on Dec. 9 in New York, and the national male and female winners will be announced.
Scott, the daughter of Neil and Gay Scott of Fair Bluff, has attended Waccamaw Academy since pre-school and began playing varsity sports as a middle-schooler.
She has claimed all-conference honors in tennis, basketball, soccer and cheerleading while also being a leader in the classroom and in the community.
She is currently ranked second academically in the WA Class of 2008
At Waccamaw Academy, she is president of the Key Club, the Monogram Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Students Against Drunk Driving chapter. She is also vice-president of the National Honor Society.
She is president of youth fellowship group at Fair Bluff United Methodist Church, and is an accomplished pianist.
She plans to follow in the footsteps of her older sister Mary Beth and attend Campbell University to pursue a degree in pharmacy.
“Mary Beth is the one who really helped get me started in sports,” she said. “I’ve been involved in sports for as long as I can remember. Tennis has always been my favorite, but I enjoy them all.”