The 2025-26 Detroit High School Sports Awards, Presented by Gift of Life Michigan, 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 24 at Motorcity Casino Hotel. The show is presented with the support of Michigan Orthopaedic Surgeons, Consumers Energy and Buddy's Pizza.
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 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 Detroit High School Sports Awards, Presented by Gift of Life Michigan, is part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards program.
Here are the winter nominees:
Boys basketball
• Tyre Acuff, Detroit Central High School, SR
• Jaylohn Allen, Wayne Memorial High School, SR
• Keandre Burtin, Warren Fitzgerald High School, SR
• Drew Cabana, Chelsea High School, FR
• Christian Cast, Birmingham Detroit Country Day, JR
• Jordan Fuller, Romulus Summit Academy North High School, SR
• Greg Grays Jr., Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, SR
• Stevie Hall, Detroit Cass Technical High School, JR
• Kayden Harmon, New Haven High School, SO
• Jordan Harrison, Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, SR
• Maurice Jackson, Detroit University Preparatory Academy, SR
• Mareon Knott, Detroit King High School, SR
• Lewis Lovejoy, Pontiac Arts & Technology Academy, SO
• Jordan McDaniel, Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, FR
• Kaiden Morning, Huron High School, SR
• Damani Oliver, Detroit Douglass College Preparatory Academy, FR
• Quanez Smith, Detroit Pershing High School, SR
• Eden Vinyard, Ferndale High School, JR
Girls basketball
• Se'Crette Carter, Belleville High School, SR
• Kenna Hunt, Jackson Lumen Christi, SO
• Sydney Savoury, Belleville High School, JR
• Lilly Williams, Howell High School, SR
• Keira Roehm, Saline High School, SR
• Harlem Simpson, Birmingham Groves High School, JR
• Mariah Cross, Wayne Memorial High School, SR
• Jaebri'an Autry, Detroit Renaissance High School, SR
• Angela Meggison, Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory High School, SR
• Sheridan Beal, West Bloomfield High School, SR
• Allie Crighton, Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory School, JR
• Emerson Holder, Warren Regina High School, SO
• Nyla Lake, South Lyon East High School, SR
• Elli Robak, Clarkston High School, SR
• Madleen Hussein, Flat Rock Community High School, SR
Boys bowling
• Cody Champion, Detroit Loyola High School, SR
• Evan Cicotte, Utica Eisenhower High School, JR
• Drew Dimuzio, St. Clair Shores Lakeview High School, FR
• Hunter Earl, Utica Henry Ford II High School, SR
• Jacob Fester, Warren De La Salle Collegiate High School, SR
• Andrew Fsadni, Salem High School, JR
• Darvin Goldsmith, North Farmington High School, FR
• Le'Veon Greenwade, Taylor Trillium Academy, SR
• Tyson Hill, Carleton Airport High School, SO
• Christian Lamb, Dearborn High School, SR
• Noah Magolan, Troy Athens High School, SO
• Noah Makoweic, White Lake Lakeland High School, JR
• Connor Martin, Walled Lake Central High School, SR
• Cole Rogus, Macomb Dakota High School, SR
• Emory Stone, U-D Jesuit High School and Academy, SR
• Gavin Trudeau, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, SO
• Greyson Wiedling, Romulus Summit Academy North High School, JR
• Hunter Wyszynski, New Boston Huron High School, JR
Girls bowling
• Sara Augustitus, St. Clair Shores Lake Shore High School, JR
• Sophia Best, Livonia Churchill High School, SR
• Madison Caparo, New Baltimore Anchor Bay High School, SR
• Isabella Gillin, Wayne Memorial High School, SR
• Aria Ragland, Taylor High School, SR
• Kaitlyn Reed, White Lake Lakeland High School, JR
• Savannah Reed, White Lake Lakeland High School, JR
• Madison Reed, White Lake Lakeland High School, JR
• Jacey Thibodeau, Madison Heights Bishop Foley High School, SR
• Madison Thomas, Belleville High School, JR
• Ava Mazza, Utica High School, JR
• Keegan McClain, Wyandotte Roosevelt High School, SO
• Maggie Smith, Milan High School, SR
• Grace Taylor, Flat Rock Community High School, FR
• Jaysa Taylor, Southfield High School for Arts & Technology, SR
• Abby Hill, Carleton Airport High School, SR
• Brianne Jakuszanek, Macomb Dakota High School, SR
• Teresa Schudt, Madison Heights Bishop Foley High School, JR
Gymnastics
• Zoe Cerda, Brighton/Howell, JR
• Mikayla Dicks, Farmington United, SR
• Olivia Flatt, Hartland High School, JR
• Alexis Fundich, Hartland High School, SR
• Isabel Galindo, Plymouth High School, SR
• Kate Gostlin, Hartland High School, SR
• Ava Grung, Plymouth High School, JR
• Evie Lee, Plymouth High School, SR
• Allie Lentine, Birmingham United, JR
• Stella Musialowski, Huron Valley United, SR
• Michelle Walker, Northville High School, JR
• Aubrey Woodman, Farmington United, JR
• Milania Mainella, Livonia Red, SR
• Nevaeh Smith, Livonia Red, JR
• Reagan Jacobi, Northville High School, SR
• Hannah Grace, Gross Pointe United, SR
• Cate Beardsley, Novi High School, SR
• Reagan Skaglin, Huron Valley United, SR
Hockey
• Diezel Cariera, Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory School, SR
• Jack Dorgan, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, SR
• Donovan Durbin, Trenton High School, SR
• Ryan Dye, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, SR
• Grandon Echols, Trenton High School, SR
• Ethan Egelski, Northville High School, SR
• Bode Farr, Utica Eisenhower High School, SR
• Nick Gould, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett School, SR
• Nolan Hizer, Rochester United, JR
• Nick Kogut, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, JR
• Nathan Ligi, South Lyon Unified, SR
• Tommy Marinoff, Northville High School, SR
• Sam Masek, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, JR
• Cullen McGowan, Dearborn Divine Child High School, SO
• Brody McNamara, Dearborn Divine Child High School, JR
• Patrick Neton, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, SR
• Efe Oztorun, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, SR
• Thaddeus Raynish, Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory School, JR
• Graham Ryba, Northville High School, SR
• Nathan Schilkey, Utica Eisenhower High School, SR
• Brendan Sise, Livonia Stevenson High School, SR
• Colin Stroble, Livonia Stevenson High School, SR
• Blake Tice, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, SR
• Joey Zelenak, Utica Eisenhower High School, SR
Boys skiing
• Logan Brown, Clarkston High School, JR
• Weston Buckley, Brighton High School, JR
• Gannon Cervin, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek High School, JR
• Erik DeKeyser, Brighton High School, SR
• Will Hannah, Pontiac Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, SR
• Pierson Kuhn, Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory School, JR
• Noah Morley, Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory School, SR
• Nathan Saker, Clarkston High School, SR
• Zachary Sobczak, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, SR
• Dane Studt, Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory School, SR
• Anthony Ventimiglia, Clarkston High School, JR
• Brady Webster, Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory School, SR
Girls skiing
• Jenna Brown, Clarkston High School, SR
• Finley Decubber, Holly/Oxford, SR
• Ava Hierlihy, Bloomfield Hills Marian, JR
• Madison Karakashian, Bloomfield Hills Sacred Heart, SR
• Izzy Karmo, Rochester Adams High School, JR
• Tessa Rontal, Berkley/Athens/Troy, SR
• Avery Siudara, Birmingham Detroit Country Day, JR
• Maren Studt, Pontiac Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy ,SR
• Eve Tice, Birmingham Detroit Country Day, JR
• Annie Way,Birmingham Detroit Country Day, SO
• Payton Wedekemper, Brighton High School, JR
• Ainslie White Rochester High School, SR
Boys swimming & diving
• Issac Adanin, Saline High School, JR
• Henry Baumhover, Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, SR
• Benjamin Bricker, Troy High School, SR
• Samuel Campbell, Milford High School, SR
• AJ Farner, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, SR
• Jack Higgins, Birmingham Detroit Country Day, SR
• Benjamin Hu, Northville High School, SR
• Charles Knoepp, Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, JR
• Anthony Kopinski, Dexter High School, JR
• Trae Lewis, West Bloomfield High School, SR
• Miles Marx, Bloomfield Hills High School, JR
• Charlie McCuiston, U-D Jesuit High School and Academy, JR
• Jack McCuiston, U-D Jesuit High School and Academy, SO
• Charlie J Michael, U-D Jesuit High School and Academy, JR
• Carter Mitton, Saline High School, JR
• Justin Okopny, Northville High School, SO
• Drew Reed, Novi High School, SR
• Elliot Rijnovean, Birmingham Seaholm, SR
• Nathan Stebbins, Birmingham Groves High School, SR
• Brady Stenson, Northville High School, SR
• Camren Turowski, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, JR
• Ryan VanDyke, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, JR
• Ethan Xu, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, JR
• Edward Zhang, Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, SR
Boys wrestling
• Alexander Buskirk, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, SR
• Nate Carter, Clarkston High School, SR
• Lucas Christopher, Fenton High School, SO
• Grayson Fuchs, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, JR
• Jamison Gregory, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, JR
• Caden Krueger, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, JR
• Thomas Leahy, St. Clair Shores Lake Shore High School, JR
• Wayne Lees, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, SR
• Deacon MacNeill, Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, SR
• Anthony Madafferi, Novi High School, SR
• Hadi Mazraani, Dearborn High School, SR
• Deacon Morgan, Rochester Adams High School, JR
• Dominic Nauss, Brighton High School, SO
• Carl Nihranz, Macomb Dakota High School, SR
• Braxten Roche, Novi Detroit Catholic Central High School, SO
• Jase Sensor, Hartland High School, SO
• Jay'Den Williams, Roseville High School, SR
• Cyrus Woodberry, Detroit Cass Technical High School, SO
Girls wrestling
• Paisley DeNault, Clarkston High School, SR
• Olivia Kemp, Carleton Airport High School, JR
• Nada Kibi, Plymouth High School, SR
• Alexis Lazar, Brighton High School, SR
• Kanata Richardson, Bloomfield Hills High School, SR
• Niya Rines, Ferndale High School, FR
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY High School Sports Wire: 2025-26 Detroit High School Sports Awards: See all winter nominees
