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Top senior athletes reflect on storied Batavia careers
Dawn DeHart earned ten letters in cross country basketball and track, held state records in discus and shot put, and won multiple MVP and all city honors while planning college study in agriculture. Chuck Embry, Jim Evans, Bridget Ferguson, Bill Fischer, and Wendy Fontaine also share standout multi sport careers, school leadership, and college plans at Ohio State University, Otterbein, Central State, and the University of Dayton.
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Dawn DeHart
Dawn
Daryl) Radcliff
Chuck) Lafata
Ron) DeWitt
Loveland
Smith
Chuck Embry
Cincinnati Technical College
Chuck
CNE
Tim) Birie
Tony) Liming
Batavia
Jim Evans
Jim
Army
Otterbein
Central State
Williamsburg
Western Brown
Frank) Montgomery
Ray Ayres
Dennis) Wells
Bridget Ferguson
Prow
Bridget
Ohio State University
Greenhills
Reading
Bethel
New Richmond
Linda
Sparks
Norma
Buckner
Chuck) Moore
Luke Maxwell
St. Bernadette School
Bill Fischer
Eagles
Hustle
Harold Shelly
Bill
University of Dayton
Mariemont
Glen Este
Wendy Fontaine
Wendy
Princeton
Mike) Rapp