Poplar Bluff HS athletes Clara Rahlmann and Blaise Rowland announced as athletes of the month
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — The Mules Booster Club has named Clara Rahlmann and Blaise Rowland of Poplar Bluff High School the September Athletes of the Month, presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.
Blaise, a junior soccer player, has 5 goals and 3 assists this season thus far. He made the All-Tournament team during the Rolla Soccer Tournament. In the classroom, he maintains a 10.893/11 weighted grade point average, according to his coach Rusty Craaption:fton.
Blaise is a “great leader on and off the field,” Crafton said. He has a “great work ethic” and “wants to be the best.鈥�
Clara, a senior softball player, leads the team with 78 plate appearances, a .688 average with runners in scoring position, 32 hits, 24 runs and only 3 strikeouts; she is second on the team with 70 at-bats, a .457 average, and a field percentage of .902; No. 3 with a .500 on-base percent; and has scored 14 RBIs from the leadoff spot. On the mound, Clara leads the team with 47.2 innings pitched, 35 strikeouts per inning, a 4.993 ERA and a .314 opponents’ batting average. She is otherwise an active student, with a 4.0 GPA this semester, according to her coach Aaron Duncan.
鈥淚t is her dedication in performing the little things (setting up/breaking down and putting away equipment after games/practices), leading and teaching teammates in practice, and holding high expectations for herself and her teammates that sets her apart as a complete student-athlete,鈥� Duncan said. “Her work ethic in the classroom, on the field, and as a teammate exemplifies her as a standout student-athlete.鈥�
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