Jeannie Fletcher, Worth County school custodian and Tiger superfan, has been nominated for the Varsity Brands School Spirit Award in the “Staff Member” category.
Varsity Brands, the market leader in sport, spirit and achievement, today announced that its signature school pride event, the Varsity Brands School Spirit Awards, has named finalists for its 2019 School Spirit Awards. This marks the event's fourth consecutive year of recognizing schools, organizations and individuals across 25 categories that go above and beyond the call of duty to build school pride, student engagement and community spirit.
Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on May 11th at the Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida.
"These passionate, spirited students, faculty members and community leaders exemplify student engagement and the school spirit we see all across the country," said Adam Blumenfeld, CEO of Varsity Brands. "And, importantly, this is the kind of positive energy that, in turn, yields better school and student performance. The entire Varsity Brands family – BSN SPORTS, Varsity Spirit and Herff Jones – is inspired by the submissions we have received this year, and we eagerly anticipate the awards show on May 11th."
"Varsity Brands is dedicated to recognizing the motivated, engaged and passionate individuals who ensure that school spirit remains a priority in school communities," added Nicole Lauchaire, Executive Director of the Varsity Brands School Spirit Awards. "These unsung heroes are absolutely essential to reinforcing the strong correlation between school spirit, involvement, achievement and self-confidence. We are honored to recognize them and their positive contributions across the country."
Category winners will receive $3,000. All winners will be announced at the Varsity Brands School Spirit Awards Show on May 11, 2019 at Walt Disney World® Resort in Orlando, FL.
Fletcher was featured on KQ2 recently. As custodian, she has spent countless hours above and beyond the call of duty fixing up the school, making school spirit posters, keeping stats for both basketball and football, and supporting the team win or lose. She is the wife of current Tiger boys basketball coach Mark Fletcher, who has also coached girls basketball and football during his time at Worth County.
They have three children, Jamie, Ben, and Becky. Jeannie’s granddaughter, Regan, plays for the Tiger basketball team and was just named to the All-GRC First Team. The Fletcher family has held the single game scoring record on the girls side for over 20 years. Becky first secured it in 1997 in an epic scoring duel in Eagleville against Tracy Parkhurst and the Shamrocks; Parkhurst had 31, but Fletcher had 33 in the 63-61 victory. More recently, Regan Allee scored 38 in 2016 as a freshman as the Tigers beat Nodaway-Holt in Burlington Junction at the Northwest Missouri Tournament. Their son, Ben, also lives in Worth County.
The Fletchers first came to Worth County in 1991, and Mark guided the Tigers to a 7-2 record. In 1995, Worth County won its first of seven state titles under Fletcher and made the playoffs again in 1996 with Ben as quarterback. In 1995, the Tiger boys basketball team, under Fletcher, won the GRC Title outright after beating Princeton in overtime as two other teams which could have tied with them faltered that night. In 1996, Worth County won 21 games and won the Albany Tournament, beating Donnie Edwards and the Jefferson Eagles.
In more recent years, Mark Fletcher served at Albany and North Harrison, but always came back to Worth County, while Jeannie always remained loyal to the Tigers.
Both Mark and Jeannie were dedicated athletes in their younger days, and they always instilled that dedication in their children and grandchildren. Becky, for instance, spent plenty of time in the gym after basketball practices and had a rule to always finish with a made 3-pointer. Jamie was a physical player who always had a way of tying up enemy players; as a softball player, she was a steady hand behind the plate.
Ben was a solid clutch player in both basketball and football; he always wanted the ball with the game on the line. He scored the game-winning sneak as time expired against powerhouse Fairfax in 1996 to give the Tigers a 34-32 win that erased a 20-point deficit; it is still the biggest comeback win in school history. In basketball, he made one of two free throws in a 1997 game against Gallatin with ten seconds left to give his Tigers a 57-56 win after Worth County held. “I’m glad we hung on, or he would have shut himself up all weekend,” said Mark at the time.
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