Post Dispatch Scholar Athlete 2024
Senior, Abagail Mooney, has been selected as this year’s St. Louis Post Dispatch Scholar Athlete from Silex High School. This is the 58th year for the Scholar Athlete program, which honors one student from every area school, requiring that they participate in athletics and excel in the classroom. Mooney is ranked third in the Class of 2024 and has played Varsity softball, basketball and track for the Silex Lady Owls all four years of her high school career. She will continue her academic career at Culver-Stockton College majoring in Elementary Education and also playing for the Lady Wildcats women’s basketball team. On the softball field she earned 1st and 2nd team All Region, 1st team All District, 1st team All Conference and All State honors. In basketball she has earned 1st and 2nd team All Conference, 1st and 2nd team All District as well as being named to the All Tournament Team at the Clopton Tournament. She is a three time All State athlete in track & field and was named All Conference Jumper for two years. She is involved in Future Christian Athletes (FCA), Students Against Disruptive Driving (S.A.D.D), Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Students Council/ Executive Student Council, Future Farmers of America (FFA) and National Honor Society (NHS). Abagail is the daughter of Jason and Crystal Howard of Silex, MO.
The Scholar Athlete Program was the brainchild of Hall of Fame Baseball writer Bob Broeg in 1965. Broeg wanted to honor high school seniors whose success was not only on the field, court or ice rink - but students who excelled in the classroom as well.
These are young men and women who lettered in at least one varsity sport, are in the top 25 percent of their graduating class and are in good standing at their respective high schools. (stltoday.com)