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Dr. Jack Parry Awards honour top graduating student-athletes

The winners of the annual Dr. Jack Parry Awards as the top graduating high school student-athletes in Chatham-Kent will be announced Thursday, June 4.

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The high school sports year isn’t over quite yet.

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Although all spring sports were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the top graduating student-athletes in Chatham-Kent will still be recognized.

The winners of the annual Dr. Jack Parry Awards will be announced Thursday, June 4, but there is no ceremony this year.

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The awards are for athletic success, academic excellence, and contributions to the school and community.

The two winners – one male and one female – each receive a $1,000 scholarship courtesy of the Parry family.

Each school can nominate one male and one female. There are 17 nominees this year, three below the limit.

Megan McCarter of Wallaceburg and Ryan Baker of McGregor were last year’s winners.

The awards have been presented since 1994 in Parry’s memory.

He was a Chatham anesthetist who received the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery in the Second World War.

He won the 1942 Grey Cup with the Toronto RCAF Hurricanes. He made the 1948 Canadian Olympic track and field team but didn’t compete because of an injury. He also played baseball with the London Majors and was scouted by the Cleveland Indians.

He’s been inducted into the Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame and Western University’s W Club Hall of Fame.

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