Holly Balber-Kemp Most Inspirational Award

Holly Balber-Kemp was an outstanding member of the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic National Team and an amazing Clovis Academy teammate.

Congratulations to our 2023 recipients, Arielle Roark and Caleb Gurman!
Thank you for having a positive impact on our Clovis Academy family.

The Holly Balber-Kemp Most Inspirational Award is given to the Clovis Academy gymnast who inspires her teammates to be helpful and caring towards others, respectful of teammates and coaches, never gives up, and has a positive outlook on life. Voted on by the gymnasts, this award is given in loving memory of our friend and fellow gymnast, Holly Balber-Kemp.

Be the Best of
Whatever You Are

If you can’t be a pine
On the top of the hill
Be a scrub in the valley but be
The best little scrub
By the side of the rill
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree

We can’t all be captains
We’ve got to be crew
There’s something for all of us here
There’s big work to do
And there’s lesser to do
And the task you must do is near

If you can’t be a highway
Then just be a trail
If you can’t be the sun be a star
It isn’t be size
That you win or you fail
Be the best of whatever you are!

~ Douglas Malloch

Success

She has achieved success
Who has lived well
Laughed often and loved much;
Who has gained the respect
Of intelligent men
And the love of little children;
Who has filled her niche
And accomplished her task;
Who has left the world
Better than she found it;
Who has never lacked appreciation
Of Earth’s beauty or failed to express it;
Who has looked for the best in others
And given the best she had;
Whose life was an inspiration
Whose memory is a benediction.

~ Mrs. A. J. Stanley

2023 Arielle Roark
Caleb Gurman
2022 Miah Raymundo
2019 Ryleigh Heck
Connor Linford
2018 Paige Beard
2017 Abigail Robinson
2016 Madison Isaak
2015 Brandon Wong
2014 Skyy Vang
2013 Jesslyn Petersen
2012 Julia Nakamura
Annaya Jones
2011 Julia Nakamura
2010 Candice Gallegos
2009 Megan Qualls
2008 Nicole Falkenstein
2007 Kara Yatabe
Desiree Gaytan
Ashleigh Garrett
2006 Desiree Gaytan
Lizzy Norvell
2005 Traci Takeda
Kali Hensley
2004 Courtney Rhodes
Brittney Russell
2003 Kaylene Snow
2002 Courtney Papike
2001 Becky Belman
Meghan Padgett
2000 Orley Szmuch
1999 Orley Szmuch
1998 Heidi Schmidt
1997 Jessica Conzen
1996 Sabrina Schmidt
Kristen Strid
1995 Alanna York
1994 Beth Sharp
Katie Hendersen
1993 Jolene Dahl
1992 Tammi Mason
1991 Nicole Jensen
1990 Nicole Jensen