The best high school golfers in Southeast Texas will soon be honored during the 13th annual Babe Zaharias High School Junior Golf Awards.
The banquet, set for May 31 at 5 Under Golf Center in Beaumont, will recognize the area’s top high school golfers and team leaders from this season.
In addition to the awards, keynote speaker Brian White will be in attendance to share words of encouragement with the crowd. White is a Kelly Catholic graduate and former head golf coach at Lamar University. He’s currently the Director of Sales for the Houston Astros Golf Association.
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Xander Parks of Orangefield was last year’s boys player of the year, while Little Cypress-Mauriceville’s Montana Dileo won on the girls side. Parks is once again nominated for the boys award, while Dileo has moved on to Lamar University.
All the nominations for this year’s awards are listed below:
Girls Player of the Year
Annabel Cardenas – Kelly Catholic
Hallie Westfall – Hardin Jefferson
Trinity Smith – East Chambers
Boys Player of the Year
Lincoln Parks – Orangefield
Vincent Mazola – Kelly Catholic
Xander Parks – Orangefield
Girls Character Award
Ashley Hale – Bridge City
Saylor Moreaux – Bridge City
Anabel Cardenas – Kelly Catholic
Boys Character Award
Xander Parks – Orangefield
Preston Deserrano – Nederland
Braden Tappe – Vidor
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Girls Underclassmen Player of the Year
Tatumn Bean – Port Neches-Groves
Peyton Hidalgo – Hardin Jefferson
Peyton Caywood – Nederland
Boys Underclassmen Player of the Year
Julian Mathews – Kelly Catholic
Drake Andrepoint – Hardin Jefferson
Girls Underclassmen Character Award
Peyton Hidalgo – Hardin Jefferson
Chloe Olson – West Brook
Ava Borne – Port Neches-Groves
Boys Underclassmen Character Award
Drake Andrepoint – Hardin Jefferson
Connor Tentrup – Port Neches-Groves