Michel a Milward Simpson Award finalist
The honors keep coming for Laramie High School senior Stephen Michel. The University of Wyoming-bound track athlete was one of 10 Wyoming senior athletes to have been selected as finalists for the Milward Simpson Athlete of the Year Award. The boys’ and girls’ winners of the award will be announced on June 21 during the Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame Banquet in Casper.
The other four finalists for the boys award are Cody Emrick of Sundance High School, Erik Heiss of Kelly Walsh High School, Skyler Hoopes of Lusk High School and Rob Johnson of Tongue River High School. The five girls' finalists are Chelsey Lybeck of Cheyenne Central High School, Jordan Merback of Kelly Walsh High School, Maggie Ochsner of Lingle-Fort Laramie High School, Kristen Scheffler of Lovell High School and and Kelsey Scott of Douglas High School. Scheffler will be attending UW on a women’s baskletball scholarship this fall.
Michel won eight letters and six all-state awards in track. In outdoor track, he won five state championships, including four his senior year (100, 200, long jump, triple jump). He set overall state meet records in the 100, 200 and triple jump as a senior and also won the triple jump as a junior. In indoor track, he won six state championships and swept the 55, 200, triple jump and long jump as a senior; he won the triple jump and 200 as a junior. He also had six combined state runner-up finishes in the indoor and outdoor seasons.
The Milward Simpson Athlete of the Year Award is considered by many to be the most prestigious honor bestowed upon a Wyoming high school athlete. This will be the 33rd year for the award, which is named in honor of the late Milward Simpson, a former Wyoming governor and United States Senator from Cody. Simpson served as the team captain for the University of Wyoming football , basketball, and baseball teams and earned varsity letters in each sport from 1917-1921. He turned down a professional baseball contract to attend Harvard Law School. Simpson served as the Governor of Wyoming from 1954-58, and later as a United States Senator, 1962-67.
Last year's athletes of the year were Brendan Ames and Hillary Carlson, both of Cheyenne Central High School. Other former winners include NFL players Brady Poppinga and Brett Keisel, former Major Leaguer Mike Lansing, and Olympians John Godina, Jesseca Cross and Lance Deal.
The other four finalists for the boys award are Cody Emrick of Sundance High School, Erik Heiss of Kelly Walsh High School, Skyler Hoopes of Lusk High School and Rob Johnson of Tongue River High School. The five girls' finalists are Chelsey Lybeck of Cheyenne Central High School, Jordan Merback of Kelly Walsh High School, Maggie Ochsner of Lingle-Fort Laramie High School, Kristen Scheffler of Lovell High School and and Kelsey Scott of Douglas High School. Scheffler will be attending UW on a women’s baskletball scholarship this fall.
Michel won eight letters and six all-state awards in track. In outdoor track, he won five state championships, including four his senior year (100, 200, long jump, triple jump). He set overall state meet records in the 100, 200 and triple jump as a senior and also won the triple jump as a junior. In indoor track, he won six state championships and swept the 55, 200, triple jump and long jump as a senior; he won the triple jump and 200 as a junior. He also had six combined state runner-up finishes in the indoor and outdoor seasons.
The Milward Simpson Athlete of the Year Award is considered by many to be the most prestigious honor bestowed upon a Wyoming high school athlete. This will be the 33rd year for the award, which is named in honor of the late Milward Simpson, a former Wyoming governor and United States Senator from Cody. Simpson served as the team captain for the University of Wyoming football , basketball, and baseball teams and earned varsity letters in each sport from 1917-1921. He turned down a professional baseball contract to attend Harvard Law School. Simpson served as the Governor of Wyoming from 1954-58, and later as a United States Senator, 1962-67.
Last year's athletes of the year were Brendan Ames and Hillary Carlson, both of Cheyenne Central High School. Other former winners include NFL players Brady Poppinga and Brett Keisel, former Major Leaguer Mike Lansing, and Olympians John Godina, Jesseca Cross and Lance Deal.
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