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Shayne Van Ness
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Onalaska High School
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Kora Malecek
Onalaska High School
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Malecek closed-out her scholastic career by winning her second straight Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 state championship in the fall. She won the race in a time of 17-minutes-52.8-seconds, eight seconds ahead of the second place runner. In 2019, she won the gold medal and set a course record with her winning time of 17-minutes-44.60-seconds.
Last September, Kora and her two sisters, Amalia and Lydia (they are triplets), achieved a big goal when they announced they would all be running in college at the University of Illinois. In 2019, Kora was a finalist at the Nike Cross Nationals. In track, she won the state gold medal in the 3200 meter race in 2019.
Kora is an excellent student, who will study pre-veterinary at Illinois.
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Harpeth Hall School
Walsh capped off her stellar scholastic career with a silver medal at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Walsh capped off her stellar scholastic career with a silver medal at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Alex Walsh
Harpeth Hall School
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Walsh capped off her stellar scholastic career with a silver medal at the 2020 Olympic Games.
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Walsh closed-out her scholastic career with a national high school record at the TISCA Tennessee Girls State Swimming and Diving Championships earlier this year.
The University of Virginia-recruit established a national 100-meter backstroke record with a time of 51-point-35 seconds.
Walsh, who along with her sister led Harpeth Hall to Swimming World’s 2018 and 2019 national
championships, is a member of Team USA. At the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships she won two golds medals — the 200-meter individual medley and the 400-meter freestyle relay.
After her freshman, sophomore and junior seasons, she was named the Tennessean’s girls’ swimmer of the year.
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Lake Norman Charter High School
Means scored 42 goals with 11 assists, leading the Knights to a perfect 19-0 record.
Means scored 42 goals with 11 assists, leading the Knights to a perfect 19-0 record.
Asha Means
Lake Norman Charter High School
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Means scored 42 goals with 11 assists, leading the Knights to a perfect 19-0 record.
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Means scored 42 goals with 11 assists, leading the Knights to a perfect 19-0 record and a Class 2A state championship. She was named MVP of the state title game after scoring three goals.
She was also named the conference Offensive Player of the Year in the South Fork 2A.
The 2A All-State selection is a A-student in the classroom who will play collegiately at the University of North Carolina.
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Chesterton High School
Bowser ended his scholastic career by leading his school to a 3A state championship.
Bowser ended his scholastic career by leading his school to a 3A state championship.
Zack Bowser
Chesterton High School
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Bowser ended his scholastic career by leading his school to a 3A state championship.
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Bowser ended his scholastic career by leading his school to a 3A state championship. He scored 40 goals and passed 11 assists. For his high school career, he amassed 88 goals.
Bowser was named the 2020 Indiana Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year and was a United Soccer Coaches High School All-American selection.
In the classroom, he carries a 4.44 GPA and will attend Mount Vernon Nazarene University in the fall.
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Cashmere High School
Van Lith has been called Washington’s greatest girls’ basketball player of all-time.
Van Lith has been called Washington’s greatest girls’ basketball player of all-time.
Hailey Van Lith
Cashmere High School
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Van Lith has been called Washington’s greatest girls’ basketball player of all-time.
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Van Lith has been called Washington’s greatest girls’ basketball player of all-time, graduating from Cashmere as the state’s all-time leading scorer with 2,994 points. Van Lith, who carried a 4.0 grade point average, led her school to a runner-up in Washington 1A classification while averaging 32.6 points per game, 9.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 4.2 steals.
Van Lith, who was considered the top guard recruit in the nation, has accepted a scholarship to play at the University of Louisville. She was a starter for the USA Basketball U19 Women’s World Cup Team and was named MVP of the 2019 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup. Van Lith was chosen to play in both the McDonald’s All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic.
Van Lith is the first Washington athlete to win the NHSCA National Senior Girls’ Basketball Athlete of the Year Award.
Minnehaha Academy
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Chet Holmgren
Minnehaha Academy
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Holmgren closed-out his brilliant high school career by helping Minnehaha to its fourth straight Minnesota state championship. The 7-foot-1-inch center with incredible ballhandling skills scored 18 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, handed-out seven assists and blocked two shots in the AAA championship game.
Holmgren, who is considered the top college basketball recruit in the Class of 2021, averaged 20.8 points per game during his senior season. He also averaged 12.6 rebounds per contest, 4.5 assists and 4.7 blocks while shooting 80% from the field.
For his outstanding season, Holmgren was also named the winner of the Naismith Award that is given to the top boys’ high school basketball player in the country.
Earlier this month, Holmgren announced he was accepting a scholarship to Gonzaga, which finished runner-up this past season in NCAA Tournament.
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North Star High School
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Liem Chot
North Star High School
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Chot’s journey to becoming a three-time Nebraska high school cross country state champ is an incredible story.
He was born in a refugee camp in Ethiopia and both of his parents died before he was three. He arrived in America at the age of 10 years old and two years later became a naturalized citizen. Chot is only the sixth Nebraskan to capture three straight boys’ cross country state titles. He was undefeated during the 2020 season and won 20 of 23 races since his sophomore year.
This past season he set three course records. In the past three seasons, Chot never finished lower than third in his meets.
Young is the first Nebraska runner to win the NHSCA Senior Boys’ Cross Country Runner of the Year Award.
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St. John Bosco High School
“Always calm, cool, collected regardless of the noise! His mental and physical preparation is why you see him play with so much confidence and command of the offense.” -Tim Roken, St. Joseph’s Head Coach
“Always calm, cool, collected regardless of the noise! His mental and physical preparation is why you see him play with so much confidence and command of the offense.” -Tim Roken, St. Joseph’s Head Coach
Kyle McCord
St. John Bosco High School
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“Always calm, cool, collected regardless of the noise! His mental and physical preparation is why you see him play with so much confidence and command of the offense.” -Tim Roken, St. Joseph’s Head Coach
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This honor is jointly presented with our partner High School Football America.
McCord closed-out his scholastic career by leading St. Joseph’s Prep to its third straight Pennsylvania Class 6A state championship and a No. 6 ranking in the High School Football America 100 national rankings. McCord, who owns a 3.5 GPA in the classroom, was a three-year starter for the Hawks, ending his career with 6,887 yards passing and 88 touchdowns.
In his final game as a high school quarterback, McCord was 21-for-28 with 336-yards and four touchdowns in SJP’s 62-13 state championship game win over Central York. The all-state QB has also won the Maxwell Football Club’s Jim Henry Award and MaxPreps.com’s Pennsylvania Player of the Year Award.
“When you turn on the film going back even to his sophomore year, it doesn’t lie. Kyle’s ability to hurt you as a defense in rhythm, under pressure or outside the pocket is special! I believe what separates Kyle though is his mindset and his leadership. Always calm, cool, collected regardless of the noise! His mental and physical preparation is why you see him play with so much confidence and command of the offense. Kyle is about the day to day not just game day and with that put a stamp on an amazing career here at the Prep. Very happy for him to receive this honor,” said St. Joseph’s Prep head football coach Tim Roken.
McCord, who is an early enrollee at Ohio State University, was ranked as the No. 27 overall college football prospect, according to 247Sports.com’s composite rankings for the Class of 2021. He was the No. 3 ranked Pro-Style QB in the class.
“Kyle had one of the most all-time best high school football careers in Pennsylvania,” said Jeff Fisher, founder of High School Football America and head of the NHSCA Athlete of the Year nominating committee. “If it wasn’t for an injury late in his junior year, he would have become the first quarterback in Pennsylvania history to win three straight state championships.”
McCord is the fourth Pennsylvania high school football player, and second in a row, to win the award, which has been won by future Heisman Trophy winners Kyler Murray (Allen HS, Texas in 2015), Derrick Henry (Yulee HS, Florida in 2013) and Johnny Manziel (Kerrville Tivy HS, Texas in 2011). Last year, current Ohio State wide receiver Julian Fleming of Southern Columbia won the award. The other Pennsylvania winners are Terrelle Pryor of Jeannette High School for the 2007 high school football season and Austin Scott of Parkland High School for the 2002-03 sports season.
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Guilford High School
Tillier capped off her outstanding senior season with 24 goals and eight assists.
Tillier capped off her outstanding senior season with 24 goals and eight assists.
Hannah Tillier
Guilford High School
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Tillier capped off her outstanding senior season with 24 goals and eight assists.
Biography
Tillier had an outstanding senior season with 24 goals and eight assists in leading Guilford to the Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC) A Division championship game where Tillier and her teammates beat Cheshire 5-1 for the title, which was the school’s third straight conference title. The senior co-captain scored a goal and dished-out two assists in the title game.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Connecticut didn’t hold a postseason, which denied Guilford a shot at a third straight Class M state championship.
Tillier’s outstanding senior season led to her being named the 2020 SCC Division A Player of the Year and GameTimeCT’s Player of the Year. Tillier, who scored 42 goals during her career and handed-out 28 assists, is a two-time member of the All-SCC team and GameTimeCT’s All-State field hockey team.
Tillier will attend Boston University in the Fall.
