By SCOTT NOVAK
Dowagiac Daily News

Cousins Torie Lowe and Kasey Proshwitz never spent any time on a freshman or junior varsity team in their four-year careers at Dowagiac.

The pair earned varsity letters in all the sports they participated in.

Lowe and Proshwitz, who combined to earn 25 varsity letters, were named the girls’ and boys’ All-Sports Award winners at the 61st annual banquet held Thursday night at the Dowagiac Middle School’s Performing Arts Center.

Lowe, who is the first Dowagiac athlete to earn All-Wolverine Conference honors all four years, finished with 10 varsity letters.

Proshwitz, who competed in four varsity sports, finished with 15 letters.

Lowe lettered two years in golf, earning All-Wolverine Conference honors as a junior and helped lead the Chieftains to the league championship her sophomore year.

She was a four-year all-conference performer in basketball where she helped Dowagiac win the league championship as a freshman.

She was also special mention BCAM All-State her junior and seniors seasons.

Lowe, who holds several records in girls’ basketball, finished her career as the second leading scorer in school history with 1,376.

She has earned four varsity letters in softball, where she helped the Chieftains win the conference title as a freshman.

She is a four-time all-conference performer and tied the school record for homeruns in a single season with six.

Lowe will attend Aquinas College on a softball scholarship.

She was also awarded the basketball and softball awards, as well as receiving the Athletic Booster Scholarship.

Proshwitz participated in boys’ soccer, cross country, wrestling and track during his career.

In soccer, Proshwitz was all-district his junior and senior seasons, as well as first team All-Wolverine this past year.

In cross country, which is also held in the fall along with soccer, he was the team MVP as a sophomore and a state qualifier as a senior.

Proshwitz earned all-conference honors in wrestling this past winter as a senior.
He also received the soccer award.

The Chris Taylor camp scholarships went to Ben Luth, Ryan Smit and Jacob Worthington, while the Taylor Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Sinjin Ownby, who also picked up the Athletic Booster Golf Outing Scholarship.

Casey Collins was given the Leon Dodd Commemorative Scholarship, and Cody Cox won the Larry Cox Memorial Scholarship and an Athletic Booster Club Scholarship.
The Dick Dorgan Memorial Scholarship went to Andrew Kurdelmeyer and the Dick Boles Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Cassie Stone.

The Booster Club, which presents the annual banquet, also awarded scholarships to Andrew Cripe and Alyssa Greenwood.

Macy Howard received the other golf outing scholarship.

Valparaiso basketball coach Dr. Homer Drew was the feature speaker.

In a change from previous years, there was no dinner before the awards program began.

Instead refreshments were served following the program.

Others awards were presented to:
Boys’ Soccer – Kasey Proshwitz
Boys’ Cross Country – Proshwitz
Girls’ Cross County – Leana Allen
Boys’ Golf – Max Howe, Chris Craft
Boys’ JV Golf – Gaige Grant
Girls’ Varsity Basketball – Torie Lowe
Girls’ JV Basketball – Kelsie Primley
Boys’ Varsity Tennis – Chris Craft
Varsity Football – Cody Cox
JV Football – Sam Courtney
Cheerleading – Bridget Reed
JV Cheerleading – Chelsea Grahl
Boys’ Varsity Basketball – Dontel Highsmith
Boys’ JV Basketball – Tyler Clark
Varsity Volleyball – Alyssa Greenwood
JV Volleyball – Carly Polomcak
Wrestling – Sinjin Ownby, Ben Luth
JV Wrestling – Kyle Gilson
Girls’ Golf – Cassie Stone
Varsity Softball – Torie Lowe
JV Softball – Corinne Kasper
Varsity Baseball – Cody Cox
JV Baseball – Logan Pellow
Girls’ Track – Kaisha Martin
Boys’ Track – Kyle Wright, Jon Myers
Girls’ Varsity Soccer – Morgan Tanzillo
Girls’ JV Soccer – Heather Mollett
Girls’ Tennis – Casey Collins, Marquira Smith
Girls’ JV tennis – Kristina Bunn
Manager – Michael McLenahan, Armapal Sarao
Spirit Award – Anthony Davis
Girls’ Sportsmanship – Andrea Bradshaw
Boys’ Sportsmanship – Sinjin Ownby
Boys’ Fall Sportsmanship – Brett Scanlon
Girls’ Fall Sportsmanship – Haley Smith
Boys’ Winter Sportsmanship – Brenton Murray
Girls’ Winter Sportsmanship – Erica Greenwood
Boys’ Spring Sportsmanship – Aaron Blaske
Girls’ Spring Sportsmanship – Maggie Cripe
Outstanding Freshman Female – Amanda Hassle, Maggie Cripe
Outstanding Freshman Male – Dontel Highsmith
Richard Boles Scholarship – Cassie Stone
Athletic Booster Scholarship – Andrew Cripe, Alyssa Greenwood, Cody Cox, Torie Lowe
Dick Dorgan Scholarship – Andrew Kurdelmeyer
Larry Cox Scholarship – Cody Cox
Leon Dodd Commemorative Award – Casey Collins
Chris Taylor Award – Ben Luth, Ryan Smit, Jacob Worthington, Sinjin Ownby
Golf Outing Scholarships – Macy Howard, Sinjin Ownby
Dick Boles Scholarship – Cassie Stone