A combination of talent, commitment and hard work led to athletic success for seniors Hayley Lundstrom and Dejon Devroe; those qualities also earned the respect of the Oak Harbor High School varsity coaches who voted the pair 2014-15 Athletes of the Year.

Hayley Lundstrom

Lundstrom is a vanishing breed —- a three-sport athlete. And even more rare is for an athlete in a school the size of Oak Harbor to earn 11 varsity letters: four in soccer, four in track and three in basketball.

Her commitment to athletics didn’t come at an academic cost. Lundstrom owns a 3.99 grade point average. (She received an “A-” in AP calculus.)

Lundstrom, the daughter of Dwight and Shanna Lundstrom, closed out her impressive Oak Harbor High School career by placing 12th in the state 3A high jump. She finished in a group of four that made the same height (5 feet); they were placed ninth through 12th based on a tie breaker. She was also just one made height from placing fourth.

Lundstrom was third in the high jump in the 2015 district meet, won Oak Harbor High School’s Coaches’ Award in 2015 and was the Wildcats’ co-Jumper of the Year in 2015 and Jumper of the Year in 2013.

“Hayley is one of our hardest working and committed athletes in the school,” girls track coach Eric Peterson said. “She leads by example, and the younger kids look to her as a model athlete and student.”

Basketball coach Jonathan Atkins said, “Hayley is a great athlete and a great person. She is the kind of athlete who doesn’t give up; she had to put in a lot of work to be a good basketball player.

“As a three-sport athlete, she always had a lot of demands on her time, but she always made time for each sport and stayed up on her studies.”

Soccer coach Mike Lonborg said, “Hayley is a natural athlete and could pick up any sport and succeed if she wanted. Although she is naturally gifted, she still works hard to excel. Off the sports field, Hayley is a well-rounded student, exceeding academically as well as giving back to the Oak Harbor community.”

Dejon Devroe

Devroe, a three-year letter winner in football and track, put the icing on his athletic-achievement cake by winning the state 3A 800 meters in school-record time last weekend.

Here are the other ingredients:

Football: All-conference, first-team running back, 2013 and 2014; Oak Harbor High School Most Valuable Offensive Player, 2013 and 2014; second-team running back, Everett Herald’s All-Area Team, 2014; nominated for the all-state game, 2014.

Devroe, the son of Lynette Jenkins, rushed for 1,214 yards this past football season, fifth most in school history, and averaged 12.6 yards per carry, a school record. He also scored 16 touchdowns, nine by 40 yards of more.

For his career, Devroe ran for 2,199 yards, third most on the record board, with an average of 9.7 yards per carry, also a school record.

Track: state 800 champion, 2015; sixth in state 400, 2014; league 400 champion, 2014 and 2015; first-team, all-league, 2014 and 2015; district 400 champion, 2014; Oak Harbor High School Newcomer of the Year, 2012; OHHS Most Valuable Sprinter, 2014; OHHS Runner of the Year, 2015.

The track list would be longer but Devroe went to school in Florida during his sophomore track season.

“Dejon is simply one of the best to ever come out of Oak Harbor,” football and track coach Jay Turner said. “He has the rare blend of being extremely talented and also being the hardest working athlete on the team.

“I feel blessed to have been a small part of his life, as it was absolute pleasure being able to coach him. He will never be forgotten; he is the type of student-athlete that we will talk about for years to come.”