Howard named area scholar athlete

Deborah Howard was named one of four female scholar athletes from the Amarillo area by the Amarillo Globe-News and Happy State Bank.

The newspaper’s “Athletes of the Week” and “Athletes of the Year”

program is eleven years old, according to publisher Lee Simpson. The banquet to honor scholar athletes and 21 other student athletes from schools of all classifications was held in the Heritage Ballroom of the Amarillo Civic Center, and students were honored from all Amarillo schools (Tascosa, Amarillo High, Palo Duro, and Caprock) as well as from many other area schools like Wellington, Tulia, Bushland, and Clarendon.

Deborah was one of only two scholar athletes chosen from 1A schools in the area. The banquet was emceed by sportswriter Lance Lahnert and TV anchor Jay Ricci, local media personalities. Coach Molly Weatherred, who nominated Howard for the award, said Deborah was “one of a kind” with “great leadership qualities” and “the definition of a scholar athlete.”