SuburbanOneSports.com recognizes a male and female featured athlete each week. The awards, sponsored by Univest, are given to seniors of high character who are students in good standing that have made significant contributions to their teams. Selections are based on nominations received from coaches, athletic directors and administrators.
Univest’s SuburbanOneSports.com Featured Female Athlete (Week of Nov. 26, 2015)
Mention Meghan Klee’s name to her coaches, and it’s a safe bet they’ll mention the intangibles she brings to the team before they’ll talk about her talent. Brittany Remmey recalls a defining moment during a difficult stretch in last year’s basketball season when the team was going through a losing streak. “She wrote a letter on the white board for the players to read before the game,” the Panthers’ coach said. “I had no idea she was going to do that. The kids probably played their best game – just the camaraderie, the intensity. She’s the pulse of the team.” A quiet leader, Klee will leave Quakertown with the unique distinction of serving as captain of her basketball team three years and her softball team for two years. “She’s a team leader and one of the players the younger girls look up for guidance,” Quakertown softball coach Rich Scott said. “She’s definitely a positive person. The glass is always half full, which is definitely what you need in tough situations.” “It’s a pleasure coaching her,” Remmey added. “When you’re going through tough games and tough scenarios, it’s nice to have the pulse of the team giving you positivity and reinforcing amongst them – ‘Hey guys, we’re still in this.’”
Klee has gone through some tough seasons in both basketball and softball, but it is her perseverance in basketball that just might be the most remarkable. During Klee’s sophomore year, the basketball team won just one game, and it would have been easy for Klee to walk away. That was never a consideration – even though she recently signed a letter of intent to play softball at Shippensburg University. “A lot of people have asked me (why I play),” she said. “Basketball isn’t my top sport. Obviously, I love softball, but I do love the sport still. Honestly, the reason I have stayed with it is because of the people who I’m with – my teammates and my coaches – because they’re the most amazing people and the best friends you could ever have. They’re more than just teammates. They’ve helped me to do so much, and they just made it fun. Even though we don’t always win, we always work hard, and we make each other better on the court and off the court.”
Last season, Klee – a four-year letter winner – earned second team all-league honors in basketball. “She’s our leading scorer, she’s one of our leading rebounders, she leads us in foul shooting,” Remmey said. “She does everything for us. It’s very obvious when she’s not at practice – not only her leadership but just her intensity on the basketball court. She brings everybody up a level.”
A standout softball player, Klee also excels in the classroom. She is a member of the National Honor Society and is enrolled in three AP classes with her remaining schedule mostly honors classes. She is a member of student council, the MiniThon Committee and an editor of the yearbook. Next year, she will major in elementary education at Shippensburg.
To read Klee’s complete profile, please click on the following link: http://www.suburbanonesports.com/featured-athletes/female/meghan-klee-0057733
Univest’s SuburbanOneSports.com Featured Male Athlete (Week of Nov. 26, 2015)
Every senior strives to make his or her senior season the best it can possibly be. For Bensalem’s Ryan Molz, earning second team All-National Conference honors while helping lead the Owls to a rare postseason berth certainly made his senior season a stellar way to end his high school soccer career. Of course, for Molz, simply being able to play an entire season was a victory on its own. “It was my first complete season healthy and with no injuries,” he said. It was a triumphant return for Molz, who spent the majority of the first three years of his high school soccer career on the sidelines, nursing multiple long-term injuries. Yet despite those injuries – tears to both ACLs and a fractured ankle – Molz took to his senior season with no fear or hesitation.
“There’s not a player or coach in this league who would say that Ryan didn’t give 100 percent out there,” Bensalem coach Joe Leone said. “He was aggressive, he gave it his all every play, every game. Some kids may get injured and shy away from contact or not be as aggressive as they used to be. Ryan was the opposite – he left it all on the field. He was out there making the most of every game.”
The first significant setback of Molz’s high school career happened during the first game of his freshman year as a member of the varsity. Though the injury – a torn ACL - would keep him off the pitch for the remainder of the season, it didn’t keep him away from the team. “Ryan would sit on the bench with a smile on his face,” Leone said. “He was happy to be part of the team. Some kids might get an injury and bag the team; he was there for every practice.”
In his first club team tournament after rehabbing his ACL, Molz fractured his ankle. He would miss his entire sophomore season for the Owls. Despite having played all of five minutes in his high school career, Molz was named a captain for his junior year. But early in the year, more bad luck struck. As Molz was running with the ball, his left knee gave out. It turned out to be a torn ACL. Back in the lineup as a senior co-captain, Molz provided the perfect example for the underclassmen about perseverance and overcoming obstacles. “Ryan really was the heart of our team,” Leone said. “He was always there to talk to the kids. He was inspirational to the other players on the team, and he has a lot of talent.”
Molz also gives 100 percent in the classroom and when he represents his schools and community. Molz takes numerous honors and AP classes, and he is part of the Owls Television Network, serves as Vice President in student government, is a member of National Honor Society and participates in Building Bridges.
To read Molz’s compete profile, please click on the following link: http://www.suburbanonesports.com/featured-athletes/male/ryan-molz-0057736
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