Highschool sports activities: Salisbury’s Geter is Male Athlete of the Yr – Salisbury Publish

Through Mike London
mike.london@salisburypost.com

SALISBURY — Mike Geter’s soccer and basketball seasons contributed closely to Central Carolina Convention championship {hardware} for the Salisbury Hornets, nevertheless it was once his unexpected baseball comeback that put him excessive.

Geter, a emerging senior at SHS, is the Darrell Misenheimer Award winner as Rowan County’s Male Athlete of the Yr for the 2022-23 faculty 12 months.

“Large D” Misenheimer was once a larger than existence athlete who competed for East Rowan within the Nineteen Seventies. He broke monitor and box information within the shot put, excelled as a heavyweight wrestler and was once a Shrine Bowl soccer lineman.

Geter’s listing of accolades contains being All-Rowan County and All-CCC in soccer, basketball and basketball. No longer many highschool athletes can say they’re males for all seasons,  however Geter is a throwback to an previous technology when the best athletes had been anticipated to compete year-round.

“It’s sports activities, sports activities, sports activities for me on the subject of at all times,” Geter stated. “Sports activities stay me busy.”

Baseball is a sport of 1000 small talents. It’s no longer usually a recreation you’ll be able to depart for 4 years, after which soak up once more with any stage of good fortune.

However Geter did it.

“I hadn’t performed baseball since 7th grade,” Geter stated. “Trainer (Carson) Herndon have been in need of me to play for some time, and it became out to be an relaxing enjoy. I performed heart box and pitched some.”

Geter greater than cling his personal. He led the Hornets with 26 runs scored and 24 stolen bases. His batting reasonable (.411) and on-base share (,554) had been crowd pleasing. He made most effective two mistakes within the box. He even hit one over the fence.

“He may have overlooked his calling, with all the ones years he didn’t play baseball,” Herndon stated. “His athletic talent stands proud. He was once superb for us.”

Geter is football-first.

As a freshman at the Salisbury varsity, he was once dynamite each time he touched the ball for a state championship group.

The closing two seasons he’s quarterbacked the Hornets to a tall stack of victories. They had been 11-2 closing fall and received the CCC championship and two playoff video games.

The Hornets had been a run-heavy group within the fall of 2022, however that they had Virginia Union signee JyMikaah Wells, so it made sense to be run-heavy. Salisbury had the fewest passing makes an attempt of any group within the county, however Geter was once crisply environment friendly with 1,226 passing yards and 17 passing touchdowns. He was once tricky and elusive as a runner, racking up 933 dashing yards, the third-highest general within the county. He ran for 13 touchdowns, so he accounted for 30 TDs in 13 video games.

He added to his accomplishments as a defensive again for the Hornets. He picked off two passes in a single sport.

“He was once an outstanding participant on all sides of the ball and a super chief off and on the sector,” Salisbury head soccer trainer Clayton Trivett stated. “He’s very deserving of Athlete of the Yr. He’s the kind of participant each trainer needs on their group.”

Salisbury’s soccer season ended with a hard-fought loss at Burns on Nov. 18.

Geter’s basketball season started precisely one week later, and he scored in double digits on opening night time.

“I’m used to creating that transition yearly from soccer to basketball, so I at all times put within the additional paintings to organize for it,” Geter stated. “I need to be in basketball form each time a soccer season ends. I would like in an effort to do the rest that could be anticipated of me.”

Salisbury loved a robust hoops season — 22-6 with a CCC co-championship, a CCC event championship and 3 playoff triumphs, together with a scintillating street victory at West Caldwell, which have been unbeaten at house. Geter averaged 9 issues according to sport however bumped up his scoring within the tougher video games. His rebounding, protection and management had been at all times extra vital than his issues.

“We misplaced an excellent level guard (Bryce Dalton) midway during the season, so we needed to ask Mike to be our level guard,” stated former Salisbury head trainer Bryan Withers. “Mike was once in a position to maintain that activity as a result of he’s a herbal chief, and taking part in level guard is so much like taking part in quarterback for the soccer group. Mike makes sense. He is aware of so much. He is aware of the place to head and he is aware of when to head. He at all times was once there for us after we wanted him maximum.”

Geter isn’t loud, but if he has one thing to mention everybody can pay consideration. He is aware of what to mention and he is aware of when to mention it.

He’s 6 toes tall and a cast 190 kilos. His scholarship gives so far were in soccer, faculties reminiscent of Campbell, North Carolina Central, Catawba and Lenoir-Rhyne.

Military and Military could be within the operating. The carrier academies are intrigued through Geter’s mixture of toughness, management and flexibility and his 3.7 GPA.

Geter is not going to play quarterback in faculty regardless of passing accuracy and arm energy which might be remarkable for a highschool participant.

“Most faculties have talked to me about perhaps taking part in receiver or protection — and perhaps each techniques,” Geter stated.

Geter were given banged up lately when Salisbury attended a 7-on-7 pageant at Virginia Tech. He hyper-extended a leg, and that’s going to imply extra leisure and less camps for him this summer time.

However he expects to be wonderful for his senior soccer season. He’ll be able to run, throw and select off passes — regardless of the Hornets want from him.

“Mike is a phenomenal athlete and an outstanding child,” Withers stated. “The secret’s he’s a man who needs to win.”