03/15/25 – Britt Redman Earns NFHS Section 2 Spirit of Sport Award

March 15, 2025 2024-2025 News Releases

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 15, 2025

Britt Redman, a state champion football player from Christian Academy-Louisville who is battling cancer, has been selected as the 2025 Section 2 recipient of the National High School Spirit of Sport Award by the NFHS.

The National High School Spirit of Sport Award was created by the NFHS to recognize individuals who exemplify the ideals of the spirit of sport that represent the core mission of education-based athletics.

Diagnosed with testicular cancer during the football playoffs of his junior season, Redman battled the disease to return for his senior campaign in 2024. The wide receiver helped lead the Centurions to a Class 3A state championship and helped create a foundation to support kids battling cancer.

The NFHS is divided into eight geographical sections of state high school associations. Section 2 includes Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.

 

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About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.

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