It was Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh’s first opportunity to hand out the annual Mayor’s Trophy for the Kern High School District’s top scholar athlete, and she presented an award to one of the city’s most stellar examples of scholarship, academics and activities.
During the Kern High School District’s annual PEAAK Awards, which were held May 17 at Bakersfield High School’s Harvey Auditorium, Goh called the name of BHS senior Ryan Crowley, who shined for the Drillers in sports and in the classroom.
Crowley becomes the third consecutive Driller to earn the prestigiuous award, but the first boy since 2012.
How about these statistics:
- Has above a 4.0 GPA in his high school career
- Varsity Captain of both the Driller Football and Basketball Teams
- Will be attending Stanford University in the Fall
- Wants to studied applied match and science and eventually become a doctor
- One of 25 seniors in the nation honored with the U.S. Army Pro Football Hall of Fame Award for Excellence and Marshall Faulk honored him with his award.
Here are the past winners of the Mayor’s Trophy:
1977 Brian Busacca, Bakersfield
1978 Scott Whitley, West
1979 Vincent E. Sakowski, Garces
1980 Karen S. Weisman, Highland
1981 Danne DeWalt, East Bakersfield
1982 Mary K. Haller, Garces Memorial and Fred H. Laningham III, West
1983 Pamela Ash, North
1984 Randy Graham, Bakersfield
1985 Linda Ross, North
1986 Mark D. Fletcher, West
1987 David L. Nahama, Foothill
1988 Bryan Mitchell Taylor, West
1989 Denise A. DeWalt, East Bakersfield
1990 Kathleen Elizabeth Haller, Garces
1991 Lisa M. Johns, North High
1992 Jeff Buckey, Bakersfield High
1993 David R. Beard, Foothill High
1994 Nicolette D. Ornelaz, Bakersfield
1995 Amber Jung, Foothill
1996 Jacob J. Stuebbe, Centennial
1997 Joshua Andrew Williams, North
1998 Matthew J. Antongiovanni, Garces and Bolanle O. Alade, Foothill
1999 Jill Christine Hodges, Stockdale
2000 Melissa Porter, East Bakersfield
2001 David Mathew Robles, Garces
2002 Blair J. Groefsema, Bakersfield
2003 Jacob Anthony Ceccarelli, Highland
2004 Katie Renee Pierucci, Centennial
2005 Richard Samuel Helvie, Garces
2006 Julia Aide Avila, South High
2007 Stephen John Hale, Garces
2008 Peter Alexander Mitchell, Bakersfield
2009 Darci Nicole Smith, Liberty
2010 Matthew Darr, Frontier
2011 Alexandra Collatz, Stockdale
2012 Silas Nacita, Bakersfield
2013 Kathryn Cornford, Frontier
2014 Lauren O’Connell, Frontier
2015 Ali Vaughn, Bakersfield
2016 Noelle Pardo, Bakersfield
