Shorewood senior swimmer Makey Hopen wins scholar-athlete award

Shorewood senior swimmer Mackey Hopen has won a scholar-athlete of the year award from the Davis Law Group.

The top male and female scholar-athletes from Western Washington high schools got their awards at the Columbia Tower Thursday night. Each won a $1,000 scholarship.

Mackey Hopen. Photo by Wayne Pridemore.

Finalists for the award came from 30 weekly winners. Each weekly winner won a $100 scholarship.

Other finalists came from these high schools: Eastside Catholic, Eastlake, Tahoma, Bellevue Christian, Enumclaw, Lakes, Kentridge, Kentlake, Cascade of Everett, Foster, Redmond, Auburn, Union of Vancouver, Kingston, Bothell, Olympia, Cedarcrest of Duvall, Edmonds Woodway, Chief Sealth, Hazen of Renton, and Inglemoor.

In February, Hopen won the State 3A championship in the 50-yard freestyle, finished second in the 100 breaststroke and swam on second-place teams in the 200 medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay.