6/22/2009
Dru Anthrop
of Lafayette Central Catholic
High School was
recognized by members of the IHSAA Executive Committee as this year’s recipient
of the L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Award in Class A baseball.
The award
is presented annually to an outstanding senior participant who has demonstrated
excellence in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability.
The award is named in honor of the late L.V. Phillips, who served as the second
commissioner of the IHSAA from 1945-1962.
Anthrop was
the starting shortstop for the Knights and was a member of two state
championship teams (2007, 2009). He was a 2007 First Team All-State selection
and Honorable Mention in 2008. He also played basketball and tennis for the
school.
Anthrop is
a member of the National Honor Society, was the recipient of the Rotary Club
Student Citizen Award and has been on the Central Catholic Honor Roll all eight
semesters of high school. He ranks eighth in his class of 49 students.
He has
accepted an offer as a preferred walk-on with the Purdue University
basketball team where he will study business.
He is the
son of John and Jana Anthrop of West
Lafayette.
Indiana
Farm Bureau Insurance, the corporate partner of the IHSAA, presented a $1,000 scholarship
to Central Catholic High School in the name of Anthrop.
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