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Alexander Farr
Southwood High School (Wabash)
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Indianapolis NBA All-Star Rising Stars Class of 2021 - Individual Descriptions
A Kid Again
Meg Kirk, Danville Community High School (Danville, IN)
At Meg Kirk s core is a devotion to putting the needs of others far ahead of her own. Her big heart is especially visible within the Indiana Chapter of A Kid Again – a national organization centered on fostering hope, happiness and healing for children with life-threatening illnesses – where she has volunteered the past two years. Meg Kirk truly is a rising star, beams Katie Pappas, Executive Director of A Kid Again-Indiana Chapter. It is clear Meg is passionate about helping others and takes a leadership role in school and in her community. She s creative, fun, and engaging with our families and guests, and the best part is she always has a smile on her face.
Watts joined the sports medicine staff in the summer of 2019. She came to comes to Middlebury from Terre Haute South Vigo High School in Terre Haute, Indiana, where was a graduate assistant athletic trainer. Watts recently earned her clinical doctorate in athletic training from Indiana State University.
Watts recently completed her second year at Terre Haute South Vigo High School, providing care for the school’s 21 varsity teams. During that time, she mentored professional level athletic training students and headed the policy and procedures manual, as well as the Emergency Action Plans (EAP) revitalization project. Watts engineered and implemented effective lower extremity injury prevention programs in high school soccer and basketball. Upon Watts’ departure, the high school was awarded the Safe Sports School First Team Award by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA).
Spectators will be allowed at games with each participant being allowed two parents.
Though there won t be as many people in attendance, Terre Haute South athletic director Ed Jarvis says he doesn t think that will affect the level of play or the importance of the tournament. When it comes down to that championship game, that final night, there s going to be two teams there going for it. It s going to be like everything we ve seen since COVID s happened, said Ed Jarvis. There s going to be a lot of heart and a lot of people out there that want that title.