Class: Senior Age: 18 GPA: 3.6 April achievements: Also known as Alex, the Saints’ shot putter qualified for the national-level Penn Relays with a toss of 53-7. He finished 12th in the competition with a 54-7. Was an indoor track All-Metro choice after a school-record 54-11¾ put in the VISAA indoor meet. Ranked No.1 in the state for private schools; No.5 for all athletes. Other athletic accomplishments: Three-time all-state and all-Prep League. Won the Prep League shot put crown (earlier this month) with a 53-10½. The next week, he broke his school record and won the VISAA outdoors meet event with a toss of 55-9¾. Academic achievements: National Achievement Commended Scholar; Honors List as a senior. College plans: Will attend William and Mary and compete in track and field. Favorite subject: Math Favorite food: Pancakes Key to sports success: “Working hard in the weight room and the circle. Making sure that I practice the right form in practice.“ Key to academic success: “When you have a considerable amount of work to do, get it over with before you take any breaks.“ Top priority: “Become a doctor dealing with sports medicine.“ Pet peeve: “When people give up easily without trying. They never know what could have been.“ Best sports memory: “Breaking the indoor [shot put] record in the state meet.“ If you could travel anywhere: “Japan. They have a lot of good music over there.“ Most prized possession: “My Nike Zoom SD2 shoes.“ He wears them for meets. Biggest challenge: “Trying to get in med school.“ - Arthur Utley

Class: Senior Age: 17 GPA: 3.8 April achievements: A softball pitcher, she was 4-0. In 32 innings, she struck out 42, walked two and gave up four earned runs. She batted .370, drove in eight runs and scored eight. Was selected for the VHSCA All-Star game this summer. Other athletic accomplishments: Currently hitting .420 with 15 RBI. Has 78 strikeouts in 57 innings. Pitched all 20 innings in a loss to Lee-Davis in the district tournament final. Is district pitcher of the year this season and a four-time all-district first-teamer. Second-team all-Central Region and All-Metro last year. Academic achievements: Beta Club; district all-academic four years; region all-academic three years; volunteer at Atlee Little League; umpire for Mechanicsville Little League. College plans: Will attend Radford University and play softball. Favorite subject: History/government Favorite food: Chicken tenders Key to sports success: “My father. He’s pushed me, and he’s supported me.“ Key to academic success: “I push myself to get good grades. I don’t like grades that are unacceptable.“ Top priority: “Getting myself ready for my freshman year in college so I won’t be homesick.“ Pet peeve: “When I’m texting, and it takes someone 30 minutes to answer.“ Best sports memory: “Pitching 20 innings. I wasn’t getting tired. I was impressed with myself. I didn’t know I could go that long.“ If you could travel anywhere: “Australia.“ Most prized possession: “The puppy we got at Christmas.“ Biggest challenge: “Procrastinating. A lot of time, I’ll wait to the last minute to do a project or a paper. I get it done. Once I get started, I’m all right.“ - Arthur Utley

Deadline for nominations for the Scholar-Athlete Award for April is May 8. This will be the last monthly award of the year. The award, sponsored by the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Richmond Sports Backers, goes each month to one male and one female from high schools in the metropolitan Richmond area. Grade levels 9, 10, 11 and 12 are eligible.