Show Elder Kenneth Nickell Headlines Sports News In Rated Valuable Citation EDITOR'S NOTE The March 30 issue of Dessert News Church Section carried a story of two young Latter-day Saints- who had made sports headlines in One is pretty old Sharon daughter of a National Canadian political who takes time to coach a Mormon Elders' basketball The other in the story is our own Kenneth who made history in basketball for the Mormon Following is a reprint from the as reported by the British United an active member of the Ottawa Branch of the Canadian Mission of the Latter-day Saints is the daughter of Social Credit Leader Solon she's won plenty of popularity votes in her own This year she has been chosen both Red as the top at the college and queen of the r r on t 1 t she placed second among competitors for the title of Ottawa Rough last Win Coveted Trophy on the sports pages of the Ottawa Elder Ken an from has been in the headlines as Captain of the Mormon Elders team in the Senior City Basketball a favorite aggregation in local sports Ken has led the league's and recently the league's Bert Marshall Trophy as the most valuable The made annually for the past 24 has been won by a member of the Elders' team in each of the three years their team has been in League The 1951 winner was Dale OUTSTANDING PLAYER award goes to Elder Ken Nickell and the 1942 winner was Tom Elder a son of and Lynn was once a member of the winning team in the All-Church one of the largest hoop competitions in the world held annually in During the season just clos ing he has scored points for the Elders and also holds the season record for the highest single-game He was an easy selection for the league's all-star team with which he is making several postseason excellent player and a was the comment in announcing his selection for the coveted Marshall Trophy |