Izzy Carpenter of Linton-Stockton High School was recognized by members of the IHSAA Executive Committee as this year’s recipient of the Mental Attitude Award in Class 2A softball.

Ms. Carpenter finished 11^th in her class of 81 while participating in the Academic Honors Diploma program.  She received numerous scholarship awards including Beta Sigma Phi, Kappa Kappa Kappa, Phil Harris and the James M. Brown.

While a four-year member of the softball team, Carpenter was named All-Conference three years and was a co-captain for two years.  Izzy was a two-year letter winner in basketball, a three-year letterwinner in volleyball and was named co-captain of the Miner’s basketball team.

Carpenter attends Switz City Baptist Church and an active member of 4-H while volunteering her time with children’s basketball and volleyball camps, the Glenburn/Linton Nursing Home and Head Start Preschool.

At Linton-Stockton she was class president all four years as well as being president of the National Honor Society, Spanish Club and S.A.D.D.

Izzy plans on studying Optometry at Indiana University in Bloomington.

She is the daughter of Mark and Sandy Carpenter of Linton.

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, the corporate partner of the IHSAA, presented a $1,000 scholarship to Linton-Stockton High School in the name of Izzy Carpenter.