Natchitoches Leadership Through Athletics Committee (NLTAC) will hold its 7th annual awards ceremony on Saturday, May 20 at 10 am in the AT&T Room at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum in downtown Natchitoches. The “Best-of-the-Best” senior-year athletes from Lakeview, Natchitoches Central and St. Mary’s High Schools will be recognized for out standing athletic contributions via their chosen sanctioned-Louisiana High Athletic Association (LHSAA) sport(s), academic profile and school/Community extracurricular activities.
Elijah Nixon, sports reporter/sports analyst at NBC affiliate KALB Channel 5 in Alexandria, will be the guest speaker at the event.
Several standing awards will be presented They include: “Becca” Allen Softball Award, Joe Dumars Basketball Award, J.D. Garrett Football Award, Shantel Hardison Basketball Award, Pat Listach Baseball Award, E. Petey Perot Football Award, Stephanie Sowell Track and Field Award and the Charlie Tolar Football Award. The specialty awards includes: the Andre’ Jackson, Sr. Memorial Football Award and Scholarship and the W.D. Braxton Extra-Mile Award. The new (2023) awards, Robert Lewis Walker Memorial Award and the Calvin C. “Snoop Dogg” Broadus Leadership Award.
For information, call: (318) 357-2492 or (318) 332-8254.
