THE KELLY CUP PLAYOFFS. KMBC NINE AND HY-VEE RECOGNIZED HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES IN THE AREA WHO PERFORM IN ATHLETICS IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN THE COMMUNITY. TONIGHT, SCHOLAR ATHLETE IS NOT ONLY PASSIONATE ABOUT SPORTS, HE SHARES HIS PASSION WITH THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. JUDSON MCINTOSH HAS BEEN SERVING UP WINS FOR THE BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH TENNIS TEAM FOR YEARS. THIS LAST YEAR I WENT IN SINGLES AND GOT EIGHTH. TENNIS WAS A SPORT FOR HOURS A DAY DURING THE SUMMER. JUST EVERY ALL DAYS OF THE WEEK. TOURNAMENTS ON THE WEEKENDS. BUT THEN SOMETHING SHIFTED. LOOKING AT COLLEGES, I KIND OF LIKE THE PLACE THAT I REALLY WANTED TO GO. WERE SO HARD TO PLAY TENNIS AT, AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, MAYBE I KIND OF WANT TO PLAY SPORT IN COLLEGE. SO JUDSON FOCUSED ON HIS OTHER SPORT, SWIMMING. HE HAD PLENTY OF SUCCESS THERE, TOO. HOW’D YOU DO THIS YEAR? I GOT FOURTH IN THE 50 AND 100. SUCCESS ON THE COURT. SUCCESS IN THE POOL AND SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM WITH A 4.447 GPA. BUT WHAT REALLY STOOD OUT FOR THE SCHOLAR ATHLETE IS HIS DESIRE TO SHARE HIS PASSION OF SWIMMING. HE SPENT HIS SUMMER TEACHING KIDS FROM A DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELTER HOW TO SWIM. BEING ABLE TO SAY, BASICALLY SAVE THEIR OWN LIVES BY LEARNING HOW TO SWIM AND BEING ABLE TO PLAY WITH THEIR FRIENDS IN THE POOL AND NOT HAVE TO BE SCARED ABOUT DROWNING IS JUST LIKE, SO FULFILLING. WE’RE HERE WITH THE BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH TENNIS TEAM, AND NOW TO DO THE HONORS FROM HY-VEE IS CHRIS, ON BEHALF OF HY-VEE, I WANT TO PRESENT JUDSON HERE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, GUYS, LET’S HEAR IT. JUDSON WILL BE OFF TO LEHIGH UNIVERSITY IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE HE WILL SWIM FOR THE MOUNTAIN HAWKS NEXT SEASON.