Boothe starred on court, in classroom

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On the basketball court, she makes it look so easy you actually start thinking that Sarah Boothe never sweats.

Not true.

Just ask her about the experience of applying for admission to Stanford University, including what she was doing while the minutes and hours and days and weeks passed as she waited to hear if she had been accepted into one of the most prestigious universities in the country.

Trust me on this. She was sweating.

The Warren senior called working through Stanford's lengthy, demanding admissions process one of the most difficult things she's had to do -- ever.

And after completing the process, waiting to hear from Stanford qualified as the second-most difficult thing she's had to do.

Compared to that, what she accomplished during her four years at Warren was, well, no sweat.

If you're scoring at home, let it suffice to say that she easily is the most celebrated high-school girls basketball player ever to graduate from a Lake County school.

Emphasis on "easily."

And for every success on the basketball court, there was an equal success in the classroom, where she earned a 3.98 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale at Warren.

With her numbers in the classroom and her numbers on the basketball court, it's easy to see why she was selected as The News-Sun's 2007-2008 Female Student-Athlete of the Year.

She follows Lakes High volleyball/basketball player Kathleen Gliva, who was our selection in 2006-2007 -- the first year that the award was given.

Sarah's successes on the basketball court have been well-documented in the past four years.

So, here's what Warren athletic director Mark Pos had to say about the 6-foot-5 senior:

"She is, far and away, the most-decorated athlete to come through our doors. What makes this award even more special is the fact that she is about as humble a person as you will ever meet.

"She has taken her success in stride and truly has become the perfect student-athlete. She has set the bar high for future athletes at Warren."

Boothe and Male Student-Athlete of the Year Johnny Lindquist of Highland Park received their awards at Monday night's annual Prep Sports Awards Banquet, which was held at the Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center.

The good news for Boothe's fans is that they will be able to follow her basketball career at Stanford. As one of the top three collegiate women's hoops programs in the nation, several of Stanford's games air on TV channels carried by our local cable system.