The first Walsh-Platt Athletic Banquet was held in the Spring of 1962. Construction of Cascade High School had been completed the preceding fall, and now housed on the new campus were 800 students in the sophomore and junior classes. There was no senior class until the following school year (1962-1963).

With the opening of the new high school, the whole concept of high school athletics in the city of Everett would undergo a change. In an effort to encourage continuing the existing high standard in athletics in both high schools, Walsh-Platt Motors (now Dwayne Lane’s Family of Auto Centers) made this proposal:

“In furtherance of the meritorious desires of the Principals for Everett High School and Cascade High School and their athletic directors to jointly build a high standard, good citizenship athletic program with a reasonable competitive relationship appealing to the parents of the school district, and to properly reward scholarship and good sportsmanship, Walsh-Platt deem it a privilege to sponsor an award to the individual school representative in the form of a college scholarship.”

In September 1994, Everett Public Schools opened Henry M. Jackson High School and they were added to the pool. In 2012 the name of the award was changed to the Dwayne Lane Athletic Award.

 

The award honors student-athletes who carry a minimum 2.5 GPA and excels in athletic competition. Each high school nominates four student-athletes and a committee of community representatives select the male and female winners. Below are the past winners.

 

 

Year	Winner	School
2019	Paris Smith	Cascade
	Max Nelson	Cascade
2018	Megan Gordon	Everett
	Daniel Arias	Jackson
2017	Marlena Urvater	Everett
	Jacob Elenbaas	Cascade
2016	Sydney Taggart	Everett
	Nick Blair	Everett
2015	Brooke Kingma	Jackson
	Aaron Roe	Jackson
2014	Anna Pischer	Jackson
	Jason Todd	Jackson
2013	Conner Hayes	Jackson
	Sarah Jenkins	Cascade
2012	Jody Barhanovich	Everett
	Sam Brown	Jackson
2011	Leann Haathaa	Jackson
	Lucas Sontra	Everett
2010	Juliette Becker	Jackson
	Malaki Seanoa	Everett
2009	Jahleel "JB" Barnes	Jackson
	Katy Gross	Cascade
2008	J. Hopkins	Everett
	Kristi Kingma	Jackson
2007	Dirk Snell	Cascade
	Maureen Frauenholtz	Everett
2006	Travis Snider	Jackson
	Whitney Hooks	Cascade
2005	Nicole Barhanovich	Everett
	Tom Heneghan	Jackson
2004	Amy Hudson	Everett
	Niko Sievers	Everett
2003	Christine Lee	Jackson
	Nick Casillas	Cascade
2002	Emily Olson	Everett
	Mike Skoor	Cascade
2001	Dan Sparks	Jackson
	Natalie Hardin	Cascade
2000	Grady Sizemore	Cascade
	Stephanie Jaross	Cascade
1999	Joey Cronin	Everett
	Robyn Larson	Jackson
1998	Letesha Moore	Everett
	Mike Montgomery	Jackson
1997	Anne Pearson	Cascade
	Scott Stencil	Everett
1996	Eric "Otto" Olson	Everett
1995	Joshua Heron	Cascade
1994	Kim Corbray	Cascade
1993	Jerry Jensen	Cascade
1992	Dan Gilday	Cascade
1991	Kristen Glass	Cascade
1990	Michelle Stengrund	Cascade
1989	Tom Tri	Cascade
1988	Tom Lane	Everett
1987	David Clark	Cascade
1986	Amy Pelton	Cascade
1985	Scott Thompson	Cascade
1984	Kim Sultze	Cascade
1983	Amy Pettersen	Everett
	Chris Chandler	Everett
1982	Kris Reykdal	Cascade
1981	Kathy Wilson	Everett
1980	Bruce Overstreet	Everett
1979	Meg Metzger	Everett
1978	Chuck Nelson	Everett
1977	Lloyd White	Everett
1976	Molly O'Neil	Everett
1975	Mark Pederson	Cascade
1974	Jeff Strom	Cascade
1973	John Simek	Cascade
1972	John Osborne	Everett
1971	Bill Spencer	Cascade
1970	Vic Alinen	Cascade
1969	Todd Wallenberg	Everett
1968	Tom Young	Everett
1967	Bob Cummins	Everett
1966	Steve Eadie	Everett
1965	Eric Youngstrom	Cascade
1964	Lou Stevenson	Cascade
1963	Jeff Cushman	Cascade
1962	Terry Ennis	Everett