Mollie Morris of Union County is one of two winners of the fifth annual Louis Stout Memorial Scholarship that would have been presented during the Sweet 16 last month.
Morris receives a one-time $2,000 scholarship payable to an institution of higher learning, and was chosen after careful review, with selection criteria based on athletic activities, non-athletic activities, non-school activities and an essay on the role a student-athlete should play in the community.
According to the KHSAA, former Commissioner Louis Stout’s widow Anna directed that donations on his behalf go to the Louis Stout Memorial Fund for Students. Mrs. Stout felt this was an opportunity for the KHSAA to honor student-athletes who excel in athletics, academics, school service and community service. Louis Stout died in 2012.
A two-sport letterman at Union County, Morris is a four-time All-District Academic Team selection in basketball and a three-time All-District Academic Team honoree in softball, where she helped the Bravettes to a 2017 District title. A 4.0 GPA student, Morris is involved in numerous extracurricular activities and organizations outside of athletics, including the Health Occupations Students of America, where she served as president as a junior and senior, and secretary as a sophomore.
As a head coach in the American Basketball Association Training League, Morris volunteered for third and fourth grade girls’ basketball, planning practices and coaching games. She is a member of the Pep Club, Environmental Awareness Club, National Beta Club, National Honor’s Society and served as a captain in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes during her junior and senior years. She also interned with Morganfield Nursing and Rehabilitation and shadowed family medicine and pediatrician doctors at Methodist Hospital.
Taylor County’s Ryan Maynard was the other scholarship winner selected.
