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Carter Plowman Named Laguna Blanca's Phil Womble Award Recipient
Carter Plowman '26’s dedication to athletics as a member of the football and tennis teams along with his contributions to Laguna Blanca’s campus earned him the school’s Phil Womble Ethics in Sports Award.
As it states on the SBART website, “This award acknowledges student-athletes who value and incorporate into their daily lives, the following qualities: accountability, respect of teammates, opponents, and officials, honesty, positive attitude, reliability, loyalty, sportsmanship, others above self, and team above personal interest.”
The junior has found plenty of success in athletics, earning All-Frontier League First Team honors for the Laguna Blanca football team.
He also gets the job done in the classroom, holding a 3.98 GPA. He volunteers his time for the Civil Air Patrol, an organization within the U.S. Air Force. He is a two-time Laguna Blanca Scholar-Athlete award recipient.
“Carter is the choice for this award, frankly, because when you look at the characteristics that define this award, each of them individually are the things that he possesses,” Laguna Blanca Athletic Director Matt Steinhaus said. “I’ve been an AD for 13 years and been at Laguna for four, and I’ve never really come across a guy like this."
“He inspires his teammates to be better, he never hangs his head, he never says 'why me'… He’s an amazing young man and a great part of the Laguna community.”
Plowman is the third of eight Phil Womble Ethics in Sports award winners for this school year, joining Dos Pueblos’ Anastasia Brunner and Cate’s Josh Butler. The award is sponsored by Dave Pintard of the Pintard Group.
In his message at the Santa Barbara Athletics Round Table luncheon in November, Plowman thanked Steinhaus, Laguna Football Coach Matt Escobar and his parents.
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