The ninth annual Babe Didrikson Zaharias Junior Golf Awards will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, in the Cardinal Club of the Montagne Center at Lamar University.
The 2019 awards are being presented by Champions Youth Development and the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Foundation and the dinner is being sponsored by South Hampton Resources and Cheddar’s.

Guest speaker for this year’s event is Giles Kibbe. The former Lamar golfer is currently the senior VP and General Counsel for the Houston Astros and the Crane Capital Group.

The “finalists” for the Boys and Girls Player of the Year categories and the Boys and Girls Character/Leadership categories are listed below (alphabetically by last name):

Girls Player of the Year finalists: Emma Bruney, Nederland; Cari Denson, Hankamer; Montana DiLeo, Little Cypress-Mauriceville; Elizabeth Townsend, Hardin-Jefferson;

Boys Player of the Year finalists: Jack Burke, Little Cypress-Mauriceville; Brody Jeanes, Hardin Jefferson; Brendan Marley, Nederland; Collin Todora, Kelly;

Girls Character/Leadership finalists: Montana DiLeo, Little Cypress-Mauriceville; Makenna Henry, Hardin Jefferson; Caroline Ogden, Hamshire-Fannett; Mackenzie Sears, Silsbee; Elizabeth Townsend, Hardin-Jefferson; Cadence Underwood, Bridge City;

Boys Character/Leadership finalists: Jack Burke, Little Cypress-Mauriceville; Brody Jeanes, Hardin-Jefferson; Daniel Cormier, Nederland; Jack Tindel, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Peyton Weems, Lumberton.