Athletes of the Year: Heitstuman and Drew

By Dave Ornauer
Published: June 10, 2007

Hats off to our Athletes of the Year, a pair of three-sport stars who were vital in their teams’ successes – cross-country runner, wrestler and soccer defender David Heitstuman, a junior at E.J. King in Japan, and Kadena senior volleyball spiker, basketball guard and softball shortstop Zori Drew.

Heitstuman becomes just the first athlete selected for such honors in E.J. King’s history, and the 21-year history of Stripes’ Athlete of the Year awards. Drew is the fourth Kadena athlete to receive such recognition in the last five years.

Congrats to our athletes of the quarter!

By Dave Ornauer
Published: June 2, 2007

Congratulations to Kat Nufable and Demond Dean for earning Stars and Stripes Pacific spring Athlete of the Quarter honors, and to all others mentioned in all categories. Well deserved!

Next … Stars and Stripes recognizes its Pacific Athletes of the Year in our ~~June 3~~ June 10 editions.

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