The Flint Metro league announces Owosso's Katie Clevenger and Lake Fenton's Brenden Schroeder as the female and male Athletes of the Month for December.

Katie Clevenger is a two-time All State diver for Owosso in both her junior and senior seasons.  Katie also earned All Metro honors, All County and All Regional honors as a diver in both her junior and senior years.  Katie was also a member of the state qualifying medley relay team.  She was named to the Lansing Dream Team as a senior.  Katie also excels in track where she qualified for the state meet last year in the 4x100 relay.  A scholar-athlete with a 3.92 GPA, Katie plans to pursue her diving and academic career at Oakland University where she will major in Marketing.

Brenden Schroeder is a two sport athlete for the Blue Devils lettering in cross country and track.  A two time state qualifier, Brenden led Lake Fenton to a Regional Championship as a junior.  As a senior, Brenden was selected as the team captain and earned a spot on the 2nd All Metro team.  He also earned All County, All Regional honors and was selected as a State Bank Athlete of the Week.  Sidelined by injury much of his junior track season, Brenden plans to run again this spring.  The 3.09 scholar-athlete is currently undecided between the Air Force or continuing his cross country and track career at the collegiate level.

Fenton's Lillie Kromer and Linden's Tyler Buchanan have been selected by the AD's of the Flint Metro League as Athletes of the Month of December for the Stripes Division.

Lillie a two time All Stater has been a four year standout swimmer for the Tigers.  She has played a key role in helping Fenton to four consecutive Metro League Championships during her HS tenure.  A school record holder in both the 200 Medley and 400 Free relays, Lillie has earned 1st Team All Metro honors in each event for the past three seasons.  She also earned 1st Team Metro individually in the 100 free and 50 free for the past two seasons.  Lillie has been a state qualifier 9 times and a MITCA qualifier 12 times since her sophomore year.  In the classroom, Lillie has maintained a 3.65 GPA.  She will attend Cedarville University in the fall majoring in Environmental Science with minors in Missions and Bible.

Tyler has been a multiple All-Stater in both cross country and track for Linden.  In cross country, Tyler has been All-State for three straight seasons and finished 6th overall in this year's MHSAA State Finals.  He was also the individual Metro Champion and Regional Champion for the past three seasons. As a junior, Tyler was named the Tri-County Male Athlete of the Year and was recently announced as this year's Tri-County CC runner of the year.  On the track, Tyler has been a versatile champion earning All State honors in the 3200M as a freshman and sophomore, 3200M relay as a sophomore and the 1600M as a junior.  He has been a two time 1st team All Metro champion in both the 3200 and 1600 as well as a Regional champion in the 3200M, 3200 relay, 1600M and 800M.  A 3.0 GPA  student, Tyler will continue his cross-country and academic career at Wayne State University where he will major in Computer Science.

The Flint Metro League is proud to announce that both Lillie and Tyler have also been selected as the Flint Kiwanis Female and Male Athletes of the Year.  Both of these exceptional scholar-athletes will now be in the running for the Greater Flint Kiwanis Athlete of the Year.