Character & Leadership Spotlight – Burlington-Edison High School

The Northwest Conference loves celebrating our student-athletes in and outside of the classroom. Character Development and Leadership are a top priority in the conference, and we want to provide our communities with a simple and efficient way to see character, leadership and sportsmanship of our student-athletes through the traits that make them up.

The Northwest Conference is asking every school to select two of the 32 character traits to show recognition to two student-athletes within their programs for that trait.  This will be going on throughout the summer and will include the follow words:

Character and Leadership play an important role in the development and success of our schools, and athletics show them in one of the most polarizing ways possible. Today we are recognizing two stellar student-athletes from Sedro-Woolley High School!

BURLINGTON-EDISON HIGH SCHOOL

HUMILITY

Spencer Betz (Burlington-Edison)

Spencer is a 3 sport athlete in Tennis, Basketball and Track.  He is consistently the hardest worker in any sport he is in.  He is one of the best athletes in our school, yet is very humble. He definitely lets his actions do the talking.  He is very coachable, always looking for ways to get better, but never questioning or making excuses when things do not go well.  A great teammate and a joy to coach and be around. 

Kevin Gudgel, Head Track and Cross Country Coach

SPORTSMANSHIP

Damian Fernandez (Burlington-Edison)

Damian placed 8th in state in only his second year of wrestling. This is an accomplishment that very few in the wrestling world have done. He did so with grace, hard work, and dedication to the team. He has continued this approach throughout the summer by leading workouts for younger classmen. He encourages others to join the sport and inspires other athletes all while keeping his own successes to himself. 

Kip Jones, Head Boys Wrestling Coach