El Dorado’s senior class of 2023 didn’t bring home a lot of athletic championships. The Lady Wildcats won their second 5A state track championship and the cheerleaders won the 5A state title for the first time.
Success can be measured in a number of ways.
The 2022-2023 El Dorado News-Times Scholar-Athletes of the Year were announced this week. El Dorado’s Julia Jackson was the Female Scholar-Athlete with El Dorado’s Kieran Obiozo named the Male Scholar-Athlete winner.
Addrienna Gray worked hard both athletically and academically to give herself options after high school. A member of El Dorado’s back-to-back 5A state champion track and field teams, Gray can now pick which path she’d like to travel.
She hasn’t ruled out exploring them all.
El Dorado leads a strong contingent of Union County athletes who qualified for the prestigious Meet of Champions, which will be held Wednesday at Russellville.
The five finalists for El Dorado News-Times Female Scholar Athlete of the Year boast abilities to overcome adversity as well as championship DNA. The finalists include Addrienna Gray, Julia Jackson, Caroline Meadows, Daisy Tabe and Mallory Whitten.