CHARACTER & LEADERSHIP WITHIN SPORTS
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:
| PASSION | APPRECIATION | PREPARATION | SELFLESSNESS | GRIT | ACCOUNTABILITY |
| SPORTSMANSHIP | HUMILITY | COMPETITIVENESS | HONESTY | CARING | CONFIDENCE |
| COMPOSURE | TOLERANCE | COURAGE | POSITIVE ATTITUDE | SERVICE | ENTHUSIASM |
| LEADERSHIP | DETERMINATION | CHARACTER | EFFORT | COMMITMENT | TEAMWORK |
| DESIRE | WORK ETHIC | COACHABLE | TRUST | FOCUS | GOOD JUDGEMENT |
| PERSEVERANCE | INTEGRITY |
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 Meridian High School!
MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL
POSITIVE ATTITUDE
Ian Forbes (Meridian)
His baseball Coach Steve Slesk had this to say about Ian:
“Ian Forbes is a young man with great character and resolve. On the baseball diamond he can be counted on to give everything he has for the team first and himself second. He is a very unselfish player and a great teammate. He is a great baseball player but even a better young man. On or off the field he is a great leader. He does not only lead by words but by action. He is the real deal.”
COURAGE
Sydney TenKley (Meridian)
Her softball coach Meghan Monaghan had this to say about Sydney:
“Sydney is a Junior softball player at Meridian and a team Captain. She is a natural leader. She was injured her sophomore year and wasn’t able to play most of the season. She came to every practice and every game and continued to help her team mates and coaches in different ways. She has put a lot of time in the off season and has worked hard to get herself back into softball shape. She represents her team well on and off the field.”
