b'Athlete of the Year AwardTo be eligible for Athlete of the Year, a nominee must: Earn a Varsity letter in at least 2 sports during the last school year. They must show high academic effort. They must ALWAYS represent GDS in a positive manner. They must demonstrate leadership, honesty, integrity and good sportsmanship And of course, they must reach a high level of Athletic Excellence. This could be in the form of awards from coaches, the school, the conference, the state, or the region.Each year our Varsity Head Coaches, from all 3 seasons, nominate athletes, and cast a single vote for male athlete and female athlete of the Year. The 2018-19 Athlete of the Year Award recipients are Carson McCorkle 20, Helen Noone 19 and Caison Dillon 19.Carson McCorkle 20 was a memberHelen Noone 19 was captain of bothCaison Dillon 19 served as a team of the basketball and golf teams.Hethe tennis and lacrosse team.As a ten- captain of the lacrosse team and was was selected as the Piedmont Triadnis player, she earned All-Conferencerecognized as the teams offensive Most Athletic Conference Co-Player of theall 4 years of high school.As a lacrosseValuable Player this season.He was the Year, made the NCISAA 4A All-Stateplayer, she leaves GDS as the All-TimeConference Player of the Year and earned team, recognized on the Associatedleading scorer in program history.SheAll Conference recognition all 4 years Press Public and Private All-State Teamwas recognized as the Conference Play- of his high school career. He earned All and was named the News and Recorder of the Year in 2019 and made theArea and All State recognition for the Private School All-Area Player of theNCISAA 4A All-State team.second year in a row and was named as Year. His senior year is still aheadan All American by US Lacrosse. He set of him and he is committed to thethe North Carolina state record for goals University of Virginia. scored in a single season with 105 goals and scored a total of 310 goals during the past 4 years of his high school career, which is also the new state record.30 | Summer 2019'