2011 MT AAU Outstanding MALE Athlete of the Year
Mike Person: Football, MSU, Glendive,

Mike Person, Laris Roberts, and Jean Olson, MT AAU District Governor

Mike Person:

Mike was the first MSU player since 2006 to get invited to the NFL Scouting Combine held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. He was also invited to participate in the Texas vs the Nation All-Star Game in San Antonio. Mike is a 2-time First-Team All Big Sky Conference selection (2009 & 2010 seasons). He was a 2010 Consensus First-Team FCS All-American after being selected first team by the College Sporting News, The Sporting News, American Football Coaches Association and the Walter Camp Foundation. He was a team captain for the Bobcats, who were Big Sky Conference Champions. Mike had 43 career starts while at MSU. During that time he gave up just 6.5 sacks, including none during his final 20 games. Last season MSU had one of its best offensive seasons ever, leading the Big Sky in scoring offense, total offense, passing offense and first downs. The coaches at MSU recognized Mike’s valuable contributions and selected him as the recipient of the 2010 Dennis Erickson Award for the Offensive Most Valuable Player. In 2009 Mike started all 11 games at right tackle. In 2008 he started all 12 games and was a big factor in the Bobcats’ claim to the most rushing yards and fewest sacks allowed in the Big Sky Conference. Other awards Mike has received at MSU include: the Chuck Karnop Award for Physical and Mental Toughness (spring 2010 & 2008)); the D’Agastino Strength and Conditioning Award for his work in the weight room (spring of 2010); Most Improved Player (spring 2008); Honorable Mention All-Big Sky Conference (2008) and Most Inspirational Player (spring 2008) During Mike’s summers in Bozeman he has worked at the MSU Little Bobcat Football Camps. His home town of Glendive honored him for his achievements by naming him Mayor for the Day last December 30th. In high school Mike earned Class A All-State honors 2 years, was team MVP as a senior and was selected to the Shrine and MonDak all-star games. He was also a 2-time state discus champion. Mike graduated from MSU in the fall of 2010 with a degree in history. Mike’s overall GPA was a 2.7, however during the final two years it was over a 3.0. He is currently working towards his dream of making an NFL team. If that doesn’t work, he will return to school for a Masters in either Education or History, and hopefully work as a graduate assistant for the football team at the school he is attending.

Semi-Finalist-

Michael French: Wrestling, University of Great Falls, from Malta, Senior

Chase Reynolds, Football, University of Montana, from Drummond, Senior

Bobby Howard: Basketball, Montana State University, from Great Falls, Senior

2011 MT AAU Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year
Jessica Overstreet: Volleyball, Rocky Mountain College, Three Forks

Rachel Semansky, Jessica Overstreet, Lindsey Hall, and Jean Olson

Jessica Overstreet:

Jessica was a middle hitter/defensive and all-around player for Rocky as a 4 year starter for the team. Her accolades include: 2007, selected to the Frontier All-Freshman Team and voted the Most Improved Player at Rocky; 20008, selected to the Frontier All-Conference Second Team and was also Academic All Conference (must be a sophomore, junior, or senior with a 3.0 or higher); 2009, set a school record 38 digs in a match which helped her earn Rocky Mountain’s Defensive Player of the Year Award, Academic All-Conference for a second time, and Academic All-American (must be junior or senior with a 3.5 or higher); 2010, served as team captain, selected First Team All-Conference, Academic All-Conference and Academic All-American, and ranked 3rd in the conference in hitting percentage with 29.2 percent. Her career record at Rocky included 78 wins-45 losses, 1,163 total digs, 562 total kills, and 337 total blocks. As team captain, Jessica’s many responsibilities included ensuring everyone receives information, getting food orders for trips, making sure that everything they needed for a trip was on the bus and ready to go and getting equipment out for practice and putting it away after practice. The Rocky Volleyball team runs a volleyball practice at several schools in the Billings area every year and a 2-day tournament for high school teams every August. This year they participated in a Special Olympics event at Nationals where they worked with the kids for half a day. Other activities included going around to businesses each year handing out their team’s season posters, attending luncheons on campus with Rocky boosters and Billings business people and serving dinner at the faculty and coaching banquet last spring. Their fellow students also appreciate the goodie bags the team members prepare for them every spring. Jessica played volleyball and basketball at Three Forks High School. She led the volleyball team to a 3rd place finish at the State B Championships during her senior year. Jessica was named Economics Student of the Year last year by her teacher, Dr. James McDowell. She has a 3.86 GPA with a Business Management major and a minor in Economics..

Semi-Finalist-

Rachel Semansky: Basketball, Montana State University, from Highwood, Sophomore

Sage Indendi: Basketball, Oregon State University, from Livingston, Sophomore

Lindsey Hall: Track, University of Montana, from Missoula, Sophomore