Ethan Flowers and Jessica Lindsey took top honors at the annual Semoball Awards banquet on Saturday evening at the Bedell Performance Hall on the River Campus of Southeast Missouri State University.
Ethan Flowers received the Boys Tennis Player of the Year Award.
Jessica Lindsey received the Volleyball Player of the Year Award.
Flowers finished the season with 9-2 singles record and a 17-6 doubles record. Along with his teammates earned Dexter their first boys tennis District title in ten years.
Flowers received the Singles Award at Dexter High School earlier this year.
Ethan is the son of Tim and Kim Flowers and will be a senior at Dexter High School in the fall. He is a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Future Teachers of America, DHS Honor Society, and is on the DHS Varsity Tennis Team and Varsity Basketball Team.
Lindsey completed her season with a team-high 297 kills, 15 aces served, and 72 blocks kills. Along with her teammates they won their first District title since 2000 finishing the season 29-4-1. She had 99.6 serving percentage and had 138 digs. She also received a second-team All-State Honors in Class 3 and was named to the Academic All-State Team.
Jessica was also selected first team All-Conference and SCAA Player of the Year. Earlier last season she was named Defensive Player of the Year and the Most Kills Award at Dexter High School.
She is the daughter of Elaina Lindsey and Kevin and Sara Lindsey. She has been a volleyball player all four years of high school and has signed to play at Mineral Area College in the fall.
Over 150 high school athletes from 57 schools were recognized at the event presented by SoutheastHEALTH.
Seven total athletes from Dexter High School were nominated for awards. Ethan Stevens, Shyann Jines, MaKayla Waldner, Melanie McKuin, and Noah Kronk were also spotlighted for their athleticism.
Ethan Stevens was nominated for football. Shyann Jines was nominated for volleyball. MaKayla Waldner was nominated for track. Melanie McKuin was nominated for girls’ basketball and Noah Kronk was nominated for football.
Congratulations to all of the athletes!!
Shown in the photo are from left to right: Ethan Stevens, Jessica Lindsey, Shyann Jines, MaKayla Waldner, Melanie McKuin, Noah Kronk and Ethan Stevens.Photo by Greg Mathis.
