Sinclair Sweeps OCCAC Sportsmanship of the Year Awards

Sinclair student-athletes Jazzlyn Petry and Alec Holtrey were recently named to receive the 2017-18 OCCAC Sportsmanship of the Year award. Petry competes on the softball squad, while Holtrey spends his time on the hardwood as a member of the men’s basketball team. Petry also earned her second straight spot on the OCCAC All-Sportsmanship Team.

The first OCCAC Sportsmanship Award was presented a year ago and was given to a recipient from each of the five conference-sponsored sports. In 2017-18, the award criteria was refined to honor just one female and one male from among all sports.

Jazzlyn Petry (SO-Greenville H.S.) is pursuing her degree in the Physical Therapy Assistant program and was named to the Dean’s List while making the OCCAC All-Academic Team. She has served as a leader of the softball program both on and off the field, earning the respect of her teammates and coaching staff. Petry’s guidance of a young pitching staff led to a second-place showing in the league standings. She was also front and center during the softball program’s community service projects. Petry was known for arriving first and not leaving until she was sure there was nothing else that could be done to help.

Alec Holtrey (FR-Springboro H.S.) made a meaningful impact during his lone season at Sinclair (accepted a scholarship offer to play at Webber International University next year) serving as a tri-captain. In that role, he went above and beyond by taking a pair of Jamaican student-athletes under his wing and mentoring them daily. Like Petry, he, too, led the community service efforts. From visiting military veterans, to monthly youth camps to serving 6,000 Thanksgiving dinners to those in need; Holtrey was also the “first one in, last one to leave” individual.

Sinclair continues to be great in the 3 C’s as the Pride won over 70% of all games played, volunteered over 1,400 student-athlete hours to community service and most impressively out of our 75 student-athletes; 36% in the fall and 37% in the spring earned academic all-conference honors chased by 21% being named to the NJCAA All-Academic teams.