2024-25 Detroit High School Sports Awards: See all fall Player of the year nominees
The Detroit High School Sports Awards program is proud to announce player of the year nominees for the fall sports season.
The winners will be announced during the live show June 16 at The Fillmore Detroit. We’ll announce our celebrity guest soon. The show is produced with the support of Gift of Life Michigan, who is a full partner sponsor and the show’s ticket sponsor. Tickets are complimentary for nominated athletes, thanks to our presenting and partner sponsors. It is also free for the athletes’ family, friends and supporters, courtesy of our ticketing sponsor. More information is available on the show’s website.
During the live show, these nominees will be honored, along with player of the year nominees and winners from the winter and spring sports seasons.
The show will also announce the winners of our premier awards, which includes 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 RSVP for the event will receive a free ticket thanks to our sponsors. Details on how additional tickets can be obtained will be available soon.
The Detroit High School Sports Awards show is part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards.
Here are the fall nominees:
Boys Cross Country
- Abenezer Cerone, Royal Oak High School — JR
- Jack MacGregor, Howell High School — SO
- Colin Murray, Dearborn Divine Child High School — SR
- Kyle O’Rourke, Milford High School — JR
- Aiden Pengelly, Canton High School — JR
- Ethan Powell, Northville High School — SR
Girls Cross Country
- Eliza Bush, Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory High School — SR
- Lucy Cook, Rochester High School — SR
- Natasza Dudek, Ann Arbor Pioneer — FR
- Natalia Guaresimo, Romeo High School — JR
- Kaelin Hughes, Livonia Stevenson High School — SR
- Kaylie Livingston, Whitmore Lake High School — SO
Football Defense
- Elijah Dotson, Belleville High School — SR
- Alex Graham, Detroit Cass Technical High School — SR
- Brady Hamby, Macomb Dakota High School — SR
- Justin Jones, Howell High School — SR
- Bobby Kanka, Howell High School — SR
- Rowan Kawa, Rochester Adams High School — SR
- Xavier Newsom, Detroit King High School — SR
- Jalen Oosting, Hudsonville High School — SR
- Jaden Pydyn, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School — SR
- Trey Sloothaak, Zeeland West High School — SR
- Darrin Strey, Paw Paw High School — SR
- Lex Wilson, Grosse Pointe South High School — SR
Football Offense
- Jace Clarizio, East Lansing High School — SR
- Avery Gach, Birmingham Groves High School — SR
- JJ Hirdes, Coopersville — SR
- Antonio Johnson, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Preparatory School — SR
- Lincoln Keyes, Saline High School — JR
- Aidan O’Neill, Clarkston High School — JR
- Corey Sadler Jr., Detroit Cass Technical High School — JR
- Derrick Simmons, Frankenmuth — SR
- Jayden Terry, Grandville High School — JR
- Bryce Underwood, Belleville High School — SR
- Kadale Williams, Jackson Lumen Christi High School — SR
- N’Kye Wynn, Muskegon — SR
Girls Golf
- Maeve Casey, Farmington Hills Mercy High School — SR
- Anaya Kumar, Rochester High School — JR
- Avery Manning, Dexter High School — JR
- Mia Melendez — SR
- Hannah Wang, Rochester Adams High School — JR
- Madison Yang, Rochester High School — SR
Boys Soccer
- Reid Dennis, Rochester Adams High School — SR
- Salvatore DiNoto, Rochester Adams High School — SR
- Anthony Elias, Romeo High School — SR
- Daniel Kadiu, Troy Athens High School — JR
- William Lanham, Pontiac Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy — SR
- Logan Lilla, Rochester Adams High School — SR
- Daniel Makara, Warren De La Salle Collegiate High School — SR
- Alex McCallum, Northville High School — SR
- Kai Nielsen, Berkley High School — SR
- Anthony Piacentini, Rochester Adams High School — SR
- Alex Rosin, Rochester Adams High School — SR
- Josh Ross, Warren De La Salle Collegiate High School — SR
Girls Swimming & Diving
- Avery Anderson, Birmingham Seaholm — SR
- Caroline Bryan, Grosse Pointe South High School — FR
- Elizabeth Eichbrecht, West Bloomfield High School — JR
- Ursula Ott, Ann Arbor Pioneer — SR
- Adrienne Schadler, Ann Arbor Skyline High School — SO
- Avery Tack, Farmington Hills Mercy High School — SO
Boys Tennis
- Chad Anderson, Rochester High School — JR
- Patrick Cretu, Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice — SR
- Neel Nagappala, Troy High School — JR
- Pierce Shaya, Bloomfield Hills — SR
- Connor Shaya, Bloomfield Hills — JR
- Andrew Vincler, Stoney Creek — SR
Volleyball
- Ella Andrews, Farmington Hills Mercy High School — JR
- Izzy Busignani, Bloomfield Hills Marian — SR
- Ella Craggs, Northville High School — SR
- Campbell Flynn, Farmington Hills Mercy High School — SR
- Olivia Grenadier, Detroit Country Day — SR
- Kayla Nwabueze, Bloomfield Hills — JR
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