The video presents the Johnston Ziegler Youth Leadership Award, a merit‑based scholarship that honors a local high‑school senior who exemplifies leadership, advocacy, and service. Through a series of testimonials from teachers, coaches, community partners, and the award recipient himself, the clip highlights Grant Tadic’s outstanding academic record (5.0 weighted GPA), his role as a scholar‑athlete on Butler’s Dream Team, his commitment to community service through a partnership with Bain Elementary, and his personal philosophy of giving back. Grant also discusses his athletic achievements in baseball and his future plans to study biomedical engineering in college. The selection process is explained as a competitive nomination reviewed by a Teen Advisory Board composed of peers, underscoring the award’s focus on teen‑to‑teen evaluation.
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The Johnston Ziegler Youth Leadership Award, a merit-based scholarship that recognizes a local high school senior demonstrating outstanding leadership, advocacy, and service.
Well, I think it gives the community a chance to see that there are students out there who are really, really special. They're excelling in sports, they're excelling in academics, they're excelling in leadership, and This award will recognize one of those outstanding individuals.
Teaching AP Chemistry, it's a really tough course. Grant rises to every occasion. He, he's pretty much a dream student for a teacher to have in class.
Dream student. With a weighted GPA of 5.0, Grant Tadic is also part of Butler's Dream Team, a group of senior scholar-athletes committed to being drug, alcohol, tobacco, and violence-free.
It's been cool to see that I can make a positive influence on people in school and around in the community.
Bain Elementary has reached out to us and said, okay, let's team up with this. So we went ahead and paired with a 3rd grader, and they go every single week all year. So they've developed a bond, a very great relationship.
From being someone who I am, who's had a lot of opportunities and been Now that I'm successful in what I've done, I think it's important to do what I can for others.
He's just that nice guy, and he's so modest about all these gifts because he is extremely intelligent.
I'm planning on studying engineering in college, and I'm looking at biomedical engineering right now. So baseball, I've played for my whole life. Last year we were able to make it to the semifinals for the state of North Carolina, and this year we're hoping to hopefully be state champions.
Working with these kids, you finally actually I feel a lot of hope for the generation that we teach and we coach because there are kids like Grant. So on and off the field, they're doing great things, and they really care. They genuinely are great kids. They're not just there to do it for a resume builder. They're good kids.
Those that were nominated should be— should feel proud that they got into the nominating process. It's very competitive, and the decision is eventually made by our Teen Advisory Board. So it's teens making the decision about other teens on who should get this award.
This is Grant Tadic, Johnston Ziegler Scholarship recipient 2016.
