2025-26 Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards: Winter nominees

The 2025-26 Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards, Presented by Ponce Law, is proud to announce player of the year nominees for the winter sports season.

The player of the year winners for each sport will be announced during the live show on June 9 at Music City Center.

During the live show, these nominees will be honored, along with player of the year nominees and winners from the fall and spring sports seasons. The fall nominees have already been announced and can be found here.

The Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards is part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards program.

The show also will announce the winners of our premier awards, which include boys athlete of the year, girls athlete of the year, boys team of the year, girls team of the year, coach of the year and our Courage Award recipient.

Nominated athletes who register for the event here will receive a free ticket thanks to our sponsors.

Additional tickets to the event can be purchased on the show’s website here.

The Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards, Presented by Ponce Law, is part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards program.

Here are the winter nominees:

Boys basketball

• Cam Blivens, Lipscomb Academy, SR
• Cayman Camfield, Wayne County High School, JR
• Ty Cobb, Upperman High School, JR
• Davis Cochran, Brentwood High School, JR
• Camden Cole, Eagleville High School, SR
• Braylin Davis, University School of Nashville, SR
• Lawson Lee, Battle Ground Academy, SR
• Will McCrary, Jackson County High School, SR
• Trey Pearson, Pope John Paul II High School, SR
• Cutter Sisk, Beech Senior High School, SR
• Armani Smith, Kirkwood High School, JR
• Chris Washington Jr., Providence Christian Academy, SR

Girls basketball

• Ava Ashley, Wayne County High School, JR
• Makynli Bacon, Webb School - Bell Buckle, SO
• Kayte Madison Bjornstad, Providence Christian Academy, SR
• Cecilie Brandimore, Franklin High School, SR
• Gracie Clark, White County High School, SR
• Laila Downs-Darden, McEwen High School, JR
• Jane Ellis, Christ Presbyterian Academy, JR
• Jules Ferrell, Middle Tennessee Christian High School, JR
• Cara Lee Gilbert, Cookeville High School, SR
• Ava Jarrett, Lipscomb Academy, SR
• Zoey Nicholas, Pickett County High School, SR
• Raylee Werner, Alvin C York Institute, SR

Girls bowling

• Riley Akins, Creek Wood High School, JR
• Salena Bhakta, Stewarts Creek High School, FR
• Nicola D'Avirro, Green Hill High School, SR
• Samantha Malone, Dickson County High School, SO
• Jessica McClintock, Lipscomb Academy, SO
• Kalli Patton, Upperman High School, JR
• Isabella Warner, Independence High School, SO

Boys bowling

• John Campbell, Franklin Road Academy, JR
• Will Determan, Mount Juliet Senior High School, SO
• Westyn Griffin, Siegel High School, SR
• Erik Martin, Smyrna High School, JR
• Zachariah McLean, Siegel High School, JR
• Matteo Quinterro, Stewarts Creek High School, JR
• Brody West, Friendship Christian High School, JR

Hockey

• Matthew Almeida, Hendersonville High School, SR
• Nicholas Claas, Centennial High School, SR
• Henry Cravens, Nolensville High School, SR
• Jake Farrell, Ravenwood High School, SR
• Zach Fonnesbeck, Father Ryan High School, JR
• Gage Hart, Father Ryan High School, SO
• Hudson Honeybone, Ensworth High School, SR
• Spencer Kern, Nolensville High School, SR
• Joshua Kuehn, Hillsboro High School, SR
• Keaton Moffitt, Ravenwood High School, JR
• Matthew Moore, Montgomery Bell Academy, SR
• Bingston Soundara, Nolensville High School, SR

Boys swimming & diving

• Elliott Darr, Ensworth High School, SR
• Gavin Fu, Centennial High School, SR
• Brandon Horn, Ensworth High School, SR
• Zaki Ibrahim, Homeschool, JR
• Quincy Topping, Ensworth High School, JR
• Hutch Paxton, Montgomery Bell Academy, SO
• Caleb Asebrook, Ravenwood High School, JR

Girls swimming & diving

• Faith Gorey, Brentwood Academy, JR
• Alexandra Joyce, Ravenwood High School, SR
• Zara Kocak, Station Camp High School, JR
• Molly Stallman, Brentwood High School, JR
• Bryce Wizenread, Homeschool, JR
• Emilia Trailov, Father Ryan High School, JR
• Linnea Woolbert, Brentwood Academy, JR

Boys wrestling

• Matthew Anderson, Ravenwood High School, SR
• Colten Calvin, Father Ryan High School, SO
• Ryan Dietrick, Ravenwood High School, JR
• Braxton Eason, Father Ryan High School, JR
• Zachary Little, Summit High School, SR
• Reed Loeffel, Brentwood High School, SR
• JD Longley, Ravenwood High School, JR
• Brodie Melzoni, Nolensville High School, SR
• Yamil Rashid, Stewarts Creek High School, SR
• Houston Rettig, Eagleville High School, SR
• Tanner Tran, Father Ryan High School, SO
• Andrew Workman, Blackman High School, JR

Girls wrestling

• Mariana Bowen, West Creek High School, SR
• Alexandra Erb, Clarksville High School, FR
• Ava Johnson, Clarksville High School, JR
• Sally Johnson, Clarksville High School, SR
• Lakeria Kelly, Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School, JR
• Audrey Levendusky, Montgomery Central High School, SR
• Samantha O'Leary, Summit High School, SR
• Tatiana Pena-Corona, Clarksville High School, SR
• Johanna Pentojas, Riverdale High School, SR
• Talea Rodriguez, Green Hill High School, JR
• Nevada Wildheart, Rossview High School, JR
• Emery Wilson, Ravenwood High School, JR

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY High School Sports Wire: 2025-26 Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards: Winter nominees