Graduated West Noble High School senior McKale Bottles earned quite an honor in being named one of eight Albright Gemlick Scholarship winners. Below is a formal press release from Parkview Health Foundations and Parkview Sports Medicine, which sponsored the scholarships.
Graduating seniors across the region were honored Tuesday, June 9, during the 2026 Albright Gemlick Scholarships banquet at Parkview Mirro Center for Research & Innovation. Eight winners received $8,000 scholarships – made possible by Parkview Health Foundations – for their academic excellence, athletic achievement and community involvement.
The 2026 winners are: Hannah Clark of Concordia Lutheran High School, Wijdan Mohammedain of North Side High School, McKale Bottles of West Noble High School, Laney Musall of North Miami High School, Caitlyn Mead of Wayne Trace High School, Madison Caldwell of Peru High School, Samantha Aselage of Bishop Dwenger High School/PSM EDGE and Brayden Rice of Northfield High School (Carter Fleck Memorial Scholarship).
Student-athletes were nominated by PSM athletic trainers at the students’ schools or by PSM Performance specialists who work with the athletes in sports performance training. Winners are selected among the nominees by the PSM Working Committee. Eligible student-athletes must participate in one sport their senior year and hold a grade point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale (9.0 on a 12.0 scale).
This year, 61 nominees from 37 high schools were recognized during the banquet with a video produced by the PSM Outreach Team and a certificate from PSM.
Rapheal Davis, a former basketball star at South Side High School and Purdue University turned Big Ten Network analyst, served as the guest speaker at the banquet. Davis founded CREW Life, a non-profit organization that provides life skills development through youth sports programming. Brett Rump, the Voice of High School Sports on 1380 The Fan/100.9FM, served as the emcee of the event.
The Albright Gemlick Scholarships have been awarded since the 2003-04 school year, and bear the names of two late SportONE physicians: Dr. James E. Albright, who passed away in 1993; and Dr. Brett F. Gemlick, who passed away in 2019. Over 23 years, more than 100 scholarships totaling more than $300,000 have been awarded to student-athletes in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
Bottles was one of two West Noble students who were among the 61 in the running for the scholarships, the other being Nathan Troxel, who participated in cross country and track at West Noble and was also active with FFA and National Honor Society among his bevy of activities.
On Bottles specifically, Parkview stated:
McKale Bottles played football, baseball, ran track and played one year of basketball during his time at West Noble. In football, McKale earned All-Northeast Corner Conference and KPC All-Area honors three times, and was named Team MVP as a senior. He was a three-year starter in baseball, and ran the 200-meter dash in track. He also volunteers as an elementary school track coach and serves as a peer tutor for English Language Learner classmates. In the community, he volunteers at The Caring Closet for families in need, helps at the Ligonier Recreation Center and rings bells for the Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign. While at West Noble, McKale took part in a work-based learning program that provided him job shadow opportunities at the Parkview Ortho Hospital and Parkview Heart Institute. McKale earned a 4.09 GPA, ranked fourth in the West Noble senior class, and was a member of the National Honor Society. He will attend the University of Indianapolis to study biology on a pre-med path while playing linebacker for the UIndy football team.