2024-25 Central Mass High School Sports Awards: See all winter player of the year nominees
2024-25 Central Mass High School Sports Awards: See all winter player of the year nominees
The Central Mass High School Sports Awards are part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards program.
The 2024-25 Central Mass High School Sports Awards program is proud to announce player of the year nominees for the winter sports season.
The winners will be announced during the live show June 25 at the DCU Center in Worcester. We'll announce our celebrity guest soon. The show is produced with the support of Lundgren Honda of Auburn.
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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 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 here will receive a free ticket thanks to our sponsors. Additional tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.
The Central Mass High School Sports Awards show is part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards.
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Here are the winter nominees …
Boys basketball – Presented by Whitin Community Center
Nick Barnes, St. John's High School
Jack Christopher, Shrewsbury High School
Jimmer Donnelly, Millbury High School
Jayden Johnson, Leominster High School
Davis Lunn, Clinton High School
Patrick Madden, Hopedale High School
Justin McCaffrey, Westborough High School
James McKinney, Nipmuc High School
Cheyton Marshall, Burncoat High School
Zach Romich, Groton-Dunstable Regional High School
Jayden Rubio, David Prouty High School
Jamel Walker, Doherty High School
Girls basketball – Presented by Whitin Community Center
Bryan Bascones, South High School
Phoebe Carroll, Hopedale High School
Calleigh Currier, Maynard High School
Molly Gahan, Northbridge High School
Sophie Gibbons, Wachusett Regional High School
Anna Lagarde, Nashoba Regional High School
Teegan Lanpher, Wachusett Regional High School
Amalya LeBlanc, Oakmont Regional High School
Addison Pong, Notre Dame Academy
Jaelynn Scott, Wachusett Regional High School
Tati Vazquez, Gardner High School
Alison Welton, Bay Path High School
Gymnastics
Anjali Burdagunta, Westborough High School
Dylan Gaffny, Marlborough High School
Emily Kratzer, Marlborough High School
Samantha Mahoney, Marlborough High School
Lily Robinson, Marlborough High School
Lily Taylor, Westborough High School
Boys Hockey – Presented by New England Sports Center
Brady Chenevert, St. John's High School
Landon Connor, Auburn High School
Nathan Dono, Auburn High School
Joey Fisher, Doherty High School
Ethan King, Littleton High School
Colin Kreuz, St. Paul
Daniel Menyalkin, St. John's High School
Owen Nanartowich, Hudson High School
Timmy O'Malley, Hudson High School
Cody Penniman, Wachusett Regional High School
Dom Reidy, St. John's High School
Jaxon Sabataso, Shrewsbury High School
Girls hockey
Adrianna Boucher, Shrewsbury High School
Addy Cagan, Algonquin Regional
Blaire Fay, Shrewsbury High School
Brenna Gendron, Leominster High School
Madelyn Glynn, Algonquin Regional
Maddy Hemlin, Leominster High School
Chloe LeMay, Auburn High School
Allie Martel, Shrewsbury High School
Lauren O'Malley, Algonquin Regional
Rachel Simkewicz, Leominster High School
izzy Spencer, Auburn High School
Olivia Viens, Auburn High School
Boys indoor track
Ray Beardmore, Lunenburg High School
Sean Blaze, Clinton High School
Greyson Duane, Groton-Dunstable Regional High School
Darius Gibbons, Shrewsbury High School
Anthony Graves, Shepherd Hill Regional High School
Jonah Gould, Algonquin Regional
Henry Jacobson, Parker School
Ari Levine, Hopedale High School
Miles Lipka, Algonquin Regional
Kyle McLaughlin, Auburn High School
Cole New, Ayer-Shirley Regional
Derek Shimer, Shrewsbury High School
Girls indoor track
Rosie Bradley, The Bromfield School
LaAnna Draper, Fitchburg High School
Emily Flagg, Whitinsville Christian School
Arianna Gentile, Algonquin Regional
Rahma Giwa, Wachusett Regional High School
Savannah Liles, Littleton High School
Haley McCormack, Tantasqua Regional High School
Meghan McEleney, Groton-Dunstable Regional High School
Tanvi Mehta, Algonquin Regional
Keoni Savoie, Tantasqua Regional High School
Evelyn Wood, The Bromfield School
Isabel Zukowski, Auburn High School
Boys skiing
Lucas Anderson, St. John's High School
Scott Cronin, St. John's High School
Jack deDiego, The Bromfield School
Jackson Fraser, Groton-Dunstable Regional High School
Aidan Ghidella, Shrewsbury High School
Maddox Lee, St. John's High School
Owen Ludden, St. John's High School
Cole Maddalone, The Bromfield School
Reilly Silva, Algonquin Regional
Matthew Sungarian, Shrewsbury High School
Nathan White, Westborough High School
Owen Wood, The Bromfield School
Girls skiing
Leona Azare, Nashoba Regional High School
Emelia Beauchesne, Algonquin Regional
Jillian Bradford, Nashoba Regional High School
Lilyanna deDiego, The Bromfield School
Cara Leonard, Algonquin Regional
Mary Lubin, Wachusett Regional High School
Alana Marchetti, Lunenburg High School
Phoebe McKenna, Shrewsbury High School
Kate Robinson, Wachusett Regional High School
Audrey Slavin, The Bromfield School
Chloe Sparks, Nashoba Regional High School
Nikita Vertil-Kant, Shrewsbury High School
Boys swimming and diving
Braedon Ando, Grafton High School
Aryaman Jain, Westborough High School
George Lam, Grafton High School
Alex Olson, Gardner High School
Jacob Pervier, Gardner High School
Vance Petrossi, The Bromfield School
Adam Picard, St. John's High School
Maxwell Qi, Algonquin Regional
Bracan Shea, Grafton High School
Simon Turcotte, Grafton High School
Bryan Zhang, Westborough High School
Ethan Zhu, Tantasqua Regional High School
Girls swimming and diving
Mina Chung, Algonquin Regional
Georgia Davis, Grafton High School
Isabelle Dumas, Gardner High School
Abbey Korenda, Tantasqua Regional High School
Laila Kvarcein, Shrewsbury High School
Eilana Laham, The Bromfield School
Julia McMahon, Wachusett Regional High School
Elise Moury, Grafton High School
Ella Reeves, Gardner High School
Avery Rogers, Advanced Math and Science Academy
Marissa Pedorella, Grafton High School
Elizabeth Walsh, Algonquin Regional
Boys wrestling
Sawyer Ayotte, Shepherd Hill Regional High School
Matthew Batista, Worcester Technical High School
Beckham Cabrera, Marlborough High School
Taetum Cassella, Nashoba Regional High School
Cody Coonrod, Northbridge High School
Connor Cox, Nashoba Regional High School
Daniel de Almeida, Nashoba Regional High School
Matthew Dudley, Northbridge High School
Dan Greaney, Leominster High School
Troy Greaney, Leominster High School
Isaac Silva, Marlborough High School
Cooper Wiebe, Monty Tech Regional Vocational High School
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