2024-25 Iowa High School Sports Awards: See summer and fall player of the year nominees
The Iowa High School Sports Awards program is pleased to announce player of the year nominees for the summer and fall sports seasons.
The winners will be announced during the live show June 12 at EMC Expo Center in Des Moines. We’ll announce our celebrity guest soon.
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 also will 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 Iowa High School Sports Awards show is part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards.
Here are the summer and fall nominees:
Baseball
- Kayden Anderson, Glenwood — SR
- Trever Baumler, Dowling Catholic — SR
- Nolan Grawe, Cedar Rapids Kennedy — SR
- Taitn Gray, Dallas Center-Grimes — JR
- Boyd Jones, Saydel — SR
- Isaiah Kettler, Pella — JR
- Grant Mather, Cedar Rapids Kennedy — SR
- Colin McDermott, Western Dubuque — SR
- Joey Oakie, Ankeny Centennial — SR
- Owen Siegert, West Marshall — SR
- Brett White, Solon — SR
- Reece Wrage, North Polk — SR
Softball
- Skylar Benesh, North Linn — SR
- Jessica Clemons, Pleasant Valley — SR
- Carly Goodwin, Sigourney — SR
- Marin Heller, Valley — JR
- Erica Houge, Collins-Maxwell — SR
- Ava Husak, North Polk — JR
- Kasey Kane, Pleasant Valley — JR
- Ella McGee, Waukee — SR
- Sophia Schlader, Waukee Northwest — 8TH
- Ruth Tauber, Wahlert Catholic — SO
- Maddie Waldorf, Van Meter — SR
- Mary-Paige Withers, Pleasant Valley — SR
Boys Cross Country
- Keegan Decker, Iowa City Liberty — SO
- Gavin Grunhovd, North Iowa — SR
- Jaden Merrick, Cedar Falls — JR
- Quentin Nauman, Western Dubuque — JR
- Emerson Vokes, Grundy Center — JR
- Ethan Zuber, Ankeny — SR
Girls Cross Country
- Elsie Brenneman, Pella — SO
- Lili Denton, Saint Albert — JR
- Marissa Ferebee, Pella — JR
- Piper Messerly, Dallas Center-Grimes — SO
- Anika Mohrhauser, Ankeny Centennial — SR
- Noelle Steines, Tipton — SR
Football
- Brady Bixel, West Hancock — SR
- Gunnar Black, Xavier Catholic — SR
- Michael Bormann, Wahlert Catholic — SR
- Carson Costello, Dike-New Hartford — SR
- Nathan Feldmann, North Polk — SR
- Keaton Harpenau, Remsen St. Mary’s — SR
- Will Hawthorne, Gilbert — SR
- Rayce Heitman, Williamsburg — SR
- Carter Johnson, Waukee — SR
- Bryce Kock, West Lyon — JR
- Sutton Koller, Iowa City Liberty — SR
- Jack Limbaugh, Algona — SR
- Cooper Martinson, Southeast Polk — SR
- Marcus McGregor, Valley — SR
- Thomas Meyer, Clear Lake — SR
- Hayden Overgaard, Bishop Heelan Catholic — SR
- Zay Robinson, Valley — SR
- Ryker Thoren, Grundy Center — SR
- Will Tompkins, Cedar Falls — SR
- Joey VanWetzinga, Pleasant Valley — SR
- Jackson Wacha, Ballard Community — SR
- Jack Wallace, Iowa City West — SR
- Nate Warner, Pella — SR
- Mason Woods, Iowa City West — SR
Girls Swimming & Diving
- Lillian Andedo, Bettendorf — FR
- Hayden Bailey, Waukee Northwest — SR
- Faith Frantum, Johnston — SR
- Annie Gilligan, Dubuque Senior — SO
- Dawsyn Green, Pleasant Valley — SR
- Willa Hage, Waukee Northwest — SR
- Ginny Heddinger, Dowling Catholic — JR
- Grace Hoeper, Iowa City High — SR
- Leah Mason, Cedar Falls — FR
- Lucy Parson, Waterloo West — SO
- Camryn Russell, Grinnell — JR
- Jaya Stacy, Bettendorf — SO
Volleyball
- Carli Cline, West Burlington — SR
- Maliyah Hacker, Bishop Heelan Catholic — SR
- Reagan Hanfelt, Ankeny — SR
- Sydney Huber, Mount Vernon — SR
- Channing Johnson, Denver — JR
- Isabelle Kremer, Pleasant Valley — JR
- Chloe Meester, Mount Vernon — SR
- Bailey Mullihan, Denver — JR
- Reese Naeve, Regina Catholic — SR
- Katie Quick, Ankeny Christian Academy — SR
- Molly Shafer, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont — SR
- Avery Vogt, Waukee Northwest — JR
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