The 2024-25 Central Ohio High School Sports Awards program is proud to announce athlete of the year nominees for the winter sports season.
The winners will be announced during the live show June 18 at Upper Arlington High School. We will announce our celebrity guest soon.
The event is produced with the support of Meijer.
During the live show, these nominees will be honored, along with athlete of the year nominees and winners from the fall and spring sports seasons. Fall nominees have already been announced and can be found here.
The show also will announce the winners of our premier awards: boys and girls athletes of the year, boys and girls teams of the year, boys and girls coaches of the year, Courage Award and Lifetime Achievement Award.
Nominated athletes who RSVP for the event here will receive a free ticket thanks to our sponsors. Additional tickets are available for purchase here.
The Central Ohio High School Sports Awards show is part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards.
Here are the winter nominees:
- Devin Brown, Olentangy Orange High School
- Jaden Calloway, Hartley High School
- Theo Falkenhain, Columbus Academy
- Jordan Fisher, Reynoldsburg High School
- Noah Knostman, Whetstone High School
- Tyler Kropp, Olentangy Liberty High School
- P.J. Noles, DeSales High School
- Tai Perkins, Westerville North High School
- Jason Singleton, Columbus Academy
- Alex Smith, Upper Arlington High School
- Landon Vanderwarker, Delaware Hayes High School
- Micah Young, Westerville North High School
- Jae’Veyonna Brown, Africentric Early College
- Zoe Coleman, Pickerington High School Central
- Ariyana Cradle, Westerville South High School
- Ella Hazelrigg, Buckeye Valley High School
- Kennedy Houston, Centennial High School
- Elizabeth Hunt, Upper Arlington High School
- Sa’Mahn Johnson, Reynoldsburg High School
- Ella Martin, Westerville Central High School
- Claire Mikola, Olentangy Liberty High School
- Sydney Mobley, Big Walnut High School
- Whitney Stafford, Olentangy High School
- Christian Thompson, Fairfield Union High School
Boys bowling
- Dominic Bolton, Big Walnut High School
- Kael Clous, Gahanna Lincoln High School
- Drew Damron, Jonathan Alder High School
- Quinn Dean, Reynoldsburg High School
- Mitchell Genson, Gahanna Lincoln High School
- Kraig Gibson, Pickerington High School North
- Will Gray, Gahanna Lincoln High School
- Aiden Lieb, Hilliard Davidson High School
- Payton Love, Heath High School
- Braiden McMahan, Marysville High School
- Sam Rodgers, Teays Valley High School
- Darren Thomas, DeSales High School
Girls bowling
- Kenna Barnes, Teays Valley High School
- Amber Brockway, Worthington Kilbourne High School
- Jordan Carruthers, Gahanna Lincoln High School
- Kamryn Dixon, Granville High School
- Montana Donohue, North Union High School
- Lacey Holden, Gahanna Lincoln High School
- Rachel Johnson, Hilliard Bradley High School
- Madden Karg, Hamilton Township High School
- Sydney McMullen, Whetstone High School
- Anja Muskopf, Worthington Christian School
- Delaney Sherwood, Marysville High School
- Abbie Wheeler, London High School
- Amalia Cardoso, Upper Arlington High School
- Paige Chen, Olentangy High School
- Alyssa Delgado-Heaberlin, Hilliard Darby High School
- Maria D’Orazio, Watterson High School
- Tia Estrada, Olentangy Berlin High School
- Alaina Fisher, Watterson High School
- Molly Hayes, Watterson High School
- Caroline Kman, Olentangy Liberty High School
- Erica Lee, Dublin Jerome High School
- Macy Medley, Olentangy Orange High School
- Aubree Norbuta, Olentangy High School
- Konyinsola Sofowora, Dublin Jerome High School
- Dylan Bell, St. Charles Preparatory School
- Connor Hagkull, Upper Arlington High School
- Ethan Halligan, Dublin Jerome High School
- Mason Herndon, Upper Arlington High School
- Matan Lefebvre, New Albany High School
- Andrew Leonard, Olentangy Liberty High School
- Grant Levins, Olentangy High School
- Alec O’Sullivan, Dublin Coffman High School
- Ty Rook, Upper Arlington High School
- Tommy Scharfenberger, St. Charles Preparatory School
- Jake Struck, Olentangy Liberty High School
- Henry Thackeray, Upper Arlington High School
Boys swimming & diving – Presented by British Swim School
- Caden Blamer, Upper Arlington High School
- Austin Carpenter, St. Charles Preparatory School
- Sammy DaJusta, Upper Arlington High School
- Luke DeFrancisco, DeSales High School
- Michael Gaier, Olentangy Liberty High School
- Austin Hickok, Worthington Christian School
- Andy Li, Columbus Academy
- Jake Lloyd, St. Charles Preparatory School
- Vince Masters, Upper Arlington High School
- Jackson Monus, Bexley High School
- Cameron Petitt, The Wellington School
- Jacob Rider, Watterson High School
- Maren Berg, Upper Arlington High School
- Katie Drummond, Bexley High School
- Sofia Frangos, Pickerington High School North
- Carrie Furbee, Grandview Heights High School
- Hayden Hollingsworth, Upper Arlington High School
- Katrina Kollin, Dublin Coffman High School
- Owynn LaFollette, Bexley High School
- Milly Leonard, Dublin Jerome High School
- Olivia Lewis, Columbus Academy
- Alexis Peltcs, Hilliard Darby High School
- Isabella Pribonic, Newark Catholic High School
- Helen Randolph, Dublin Jerome High School
Boys wrestling
- Zade Archibald, Olentangy Liberty High School
- Andrew Barford, DeSales High School
- Michael Boyle, Watterson High School
- Marius Garcia, Bexley High School
- Aiden King, Hartley High School
- James Lindsay, Watterson High School
- Alex Taylor, Mount Vernon High School
- Rayce Watson, Jonathan Alder High School
- Loc Webber, Dublin Coffman High School
- Joel Welch, DeSales High School
- Tommy Wurster, Dublin Coffman High School
- Mitchell Younger, Watterson High School
Girls wrestling
- Ashlynn Brokaw, Mount Vernon High School
- Mackenzie Carder, Olentangy Orange High School
- Lori Grimes, Marysville High School
- Arden Heckman, Westerville North High School
- Lydia Heinrich, Olentangy Orange High School
- Reagan Knapp, Pickerington High School North
- Lacie Knick, Olentangy Orange High School
- Desi Lee, Marysville High School
- Cami Leng, Marysville High School
- Addi Lyon, Marysville High School
- KyLee Tibbs, Gahanna Lincoln High School
- Chloe Tompkins, Olentangy Orange High School
The Dispatch high school sports staff can be reached at sports@dispatch.com and at @DispatchPreps on X.