The Cedar Rapids Kernels and the Kernels Foundation will present Linn-Mar senior Niki Sharma as the winner of the 2015 Nick Adenhart Memorial Scholarship before the Kernels' game with Peoria Wednesday at 12:05 p.m.

Sharma was selected for the award for her school activities, academic achievement and accomplishments in basketball and track. She plans on attending Washington University in St. Louis as a pre-med student.

Adenhart was a bright young pitcher who played for the Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2006 and was a rising star in the Los Angeles Angels organization. Only hours after his 2009 season debut on the mound for the Angels, a drunk driver tragically killed him on April 9, 2009 at age 22.

Adenhart's family continues to honor him with an annual $1,000 scholarship in his memory.