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Cherokee High School students named Olympic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award winners

Cherokee High School seniors Sophia Eick and Jack Walters were recently honored as Olympic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award Winners.

Special to The Sun: From left are Stephanie Walters, Neil Walters, Jack Walters, Sophia Eick, Sydney Eick and Michele Eick. Cherokee High School seniors Sophia Eick and Jack Walters were recently honored as Olympic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award Winners.

Cherokee High School seniors Sophia Eick and Jack Walters were recently honored as Olympic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award Winners.

Eick is a three-sport athlete who participates in cross country, indoor track and field and spring track and field. She was named second team Girls Cross Country All-Conference as a sophomore and first team Girls Cross Country All-Conference as both a junior and senior.

Eick also held the title of captain of the cross-country team this past fall.

She is actively involved at Cherokee as a member of Students Movement against Cancer, Together for Autism Research, Renaissance and team captain for Relay for Life. Academically, Sophia has a weighted GPA of 5.5 out of a 6.0 scale. Eick will be attending Delaware University in the fall where she will major in nursing.

Walters is a two-sport athlete who participates in football and baseball. He was named second team Baseball All-Conference and first team Football All-Conference. Walters was also a member of the NJFCA 100 All-State Football Team in 2017, named to the All-Burlington County Football Team and received The Burlington County Scholar-Athlete award.

He is actively involved in Cherokee and the Evesham community as a member of Peer Leaders, Marlton Sports Unity Buddy Basketball, Cherokee Connection, a participant in Relay for Life and President of the Meteorology Club.

Academically, Jack is a member of the National Honor Society and has a weighted GPA of 5.95 out of a 6.0 scale and is ranked seventh in a class of 538 seniors.

Walters will be attending Johns Hopkins University in the fall where he will major in bio-medical engineering and will continue his baseball career.

Cherokee officials offer congratulations to these two scholar-athletes and good luck to them in the next chapter of their lives.

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