The students below were awarded the NFHS Award of Excellence for Sportsmanship, Ethics & Integrity for demonstrating exceptional character and sportsmanship in their athletic pursuits. The deserving students were presented with a certificate from the Chief Executive of the NFHS, Karissa Neihoff, and the Executive Director of the TSSAA, Mark Reeves.
2025-26 Winners
| Student's School | Student's Name |
|---|---|
| Algood Middle School | Heidi Stalnaker |
| Algood Middle School | Jaycee Thomas |
| Algood Middle School | Makenzie Thompson |
| Anderson County High School | Landon Nichols |
| Anderson County High School | Reese Russell |
| Austin-East High School | Alexionna "Lexi" Hinton |
| Battle Creek Middle School | McKinley Sawyer |
| Battle Ground Academy | Annie Harney |
| Battle Ground Academy | Lauren Atkins |
| Battle Ground Academy | Lola Padula |
| Blackman High School | Ashlyn Hopper |
| Blackman High School | Bryson Brown |
| Blackman High School | Ellie Hogan |
| Blackman High School/Rutherford County Virtual School | Braxton Head |
| Bledsoe County High School | Logan Holland |
| Booker T. Washinton High School | Damia Burnside |
| Boyd Buchanan School | Macy Beard |
| Boyd-Buchanan School | Edith McCall |
| Boyd-Buchanan School | Nolan Hardeman |
| Bradley Central High School | Olivia Chastain |
| Brainerd High school | Marnaysha D. Roseberry |
| Brentwood Academy | Micah Robinson |
| Brentwood High School | Emma Kate Shepheard |
| Brentwood High School | Grace Hooper |
| Brentwood Middle School | Knox Duncan |
| Brentwood Middle School | Warner Rich |
| Briarcrest Christian High School | Victoria Lankhorst |
| Brighton High School | Greta Garrett |
| Camden Central High School | Kellie Trull |
| Cane Ridge High School | Alon Giles |
| Cascade High School | Suzanna Crews |
| Chattanooga Charter School of Excellence Middle | Za'reyah Jackson |
| Cherokee High School | Julina Allen |
| Chilhowee Middle School | Olivia Gorman |
| Chilhowee Middle School | Sydnee Vanpelt |
| Christian Academy of Knoxville | Addy Giles |
| Chuckey-Doak High School | Blake Lippard |
| Claiborne High School | Jaylen Pressnell |
| Clarksville Academy | Layla Clark |
| Clarksville Academy | Vicky Anderson |
| Clarksville High School | Ally Howard |
| Clarksville High School | Julianna Vaughn |
| Clayton-Bradley Academy | Scout Severance |
| Collierville High School | Maret Roberts |
| Collinwood High School | Brilea Pigg |
| Collinwood High School | Jordan Andrews |
| Collinwood Middle School | Adley Whitten |
| Collinwood Middle School | Josie Rich |
| Community High School | Lu Moore |
| Cookeville High School | Abby Johnson |
| Cookeville High School | Chloe Roberts |
| Cookeville High School | Haley Walkner |
| Cookeville High School | Lily Winningham |
| Cookeville High School | Jaycee Wilson |
| Copper Basin High School | Drew Crowder |
| Copper Basin High School | Kendra Deal |
| Crockett County High School | Amarion Hobson |
| Crosstown High School | Kate Robinson |
| CSLA | Eli Basham |
| CSLA/Tyner Middle High Academy (Tyner Middle Football) | Aiden Dubose |
| Cumberland County High School | Molly Neal |
| Cumberland County High School | William Schaub |
| Cumberland County Middle School | Rylee Gibson |
| Daniel Boone | Dru Fleming |
| Daniel Boone High School | Ella Wilson |
| Dobyns-Bennett High School | Luke Garner |
| Donelson Middle School | Ace Matthews |
| Donelson Middle School | Zaniyah Battle |
| East Hamilton High School | Katina Jackson |
| East Hamilton High School | Luke Mountain |
| East Hamilton High School | Luke Richardson |
| East Middle School | Bailey Albert |
| East Ridge High School | Angela Perez |
| East Ridge High School | Ashlyn McClendon |
| East Ridge High School | Daisha Lawson |
| East Ridge High School | Kya Halfacre |
| East Ridge High School | Lila Dial |
| Elizabethton High School | Lindzie Swecker |
| Ensworth High School | Audrey Bailey |
| Fairview Middle School | Adleigh Cato |
| Father Ryan High School | Ava Francescon |
| Fayette-Ware Comprehensive High School | Markevius Brown |
| Franklin Christian Academy | Eva Gavranovic |
| Franklin Road Academy | Cheyann Franklin |
| Gallatin High School | Gracie Hibdon |
| Gallatin High School | madison galicki |
| Gleason High School | Trey Mayo |
| Grace Christian Academy Franklin | Sara Logan Verner |
| Green Hill High School | Nicki D'Avirro |
| Grundy County High School | Vince Bryant |
| H.G. Hill Middle School | Claudia Urizar Ruiz |
| Halls High School | Regan Hurd |
| Hamilton High School | Travisha Jackson |
| Hardin Valley Academy | Conner Williams |
| Harding Academy | Emily Green |
| Harpeth High School | Brooke Hamilton |
| Harris Middle School | Sophia Grimes |
| Head Magnet Middle School | Lily Gray |
| Head Magnet Middle School | Rayna Denning |
| Heritage High School | Grace Livingston |
| Heritage High School | Trinity Roberts |
| Hickman County High School | Lalayla Haney |
| Highland Rim School | Brantley Johnson |
| Hillsboro High School | Parker Stevenson |
| Hixson High School | Alexander Esparza |
| Houston High School | Kate Vincent |
| Humboldt Junior/Senior High School | Demarion Emerson |
| Hunters Lane High School | Antwon Hall |
| Hunters Lane High School | Jordan Thompson |
| Independence High School | Caitlyn Bragg |
| Isaac Litton Stem Magnet School | Heidi Vasquez |
| Jackson Christian School | Tucker Jones |
| James Lawson | William Meacham |
| Jellico Elementary | Lauren Brandenburg |
| Jellico Elementary School | Caleb Lawson |
| Jellico High School | Addie Mae Perkins |
| Jellico High School | Eli Alsip |
| Jo Byrns High School | Jake Walker |
| Jonesborough Elementary School | Leigha Greenwell |
| Karns Middle School | Claire Kramer |
| Kenwood High School | Karlos Ransom II |
| Kirkwood High School | Moses Hester |
| Kirkwood Middle School | Leilani Conley |
| LaFollette Middle School | Angelo Simmons |
| Lakeland Prep | Tatum Madden |
| Lakeland Preparatory School | Abby Stevens |
| Lawrence County High School | Emily Craig |
| Lawrence County High School | Lilly Benefield |
| Leoma Elementary School | Harley Rohling |
| Lester Prep Middle | Khloe Hunt |
| Lexington High School | Hadley Corbitt |
| Liberty Bell Middle School | Cari Visconti |
| Liberty Creek High School | Nadia Cook |
| Liberty Tech | Jamayla Harris |
| Loftis Middle School | Aubree Wilson |
| Loretto High School | Anna Kate Cheatham |
| Loretto High School | Brinley Rigsby |
| Loretto High School | Jessie Chance |
| Loudon High School | Julia Hatcher |
| Madison Middle School An International Arts Magnet | Miryam Ghirmay |
| Maplewood High School | Victor Rice |
| Martin Luther King Jr | Sophie Vazquez |
| Maryville High School | Abby French |
| MASE Middle School | JK Ja'Kara Clay |
| Maury Middle School | London Trosclair |
| McKenzie High School | Ryan Toombs |
| McMinn Central High School | Thomas Mullins |
| Memphis East High School | Linus O’Reilly |
| Memphis University School | Charlie Hottinger |
| Milan High School | Kaelyn Puentes |
| Milan High School | Taylor Barrentine |
| Millington Central Middle High School | Kennedy West |
| Monterey High School | Carly Wright |
| Monterey High School | CJ Heady |
| Morristown East High School | Daniela Pascual Ruiz |
| Mt Pisgah Middle School | Alannah Futrell |
| Mt. Juliet High School | Henry Davenport |
| Murfreesboro Central Magnet School | Will Hemmrich |
| Nashville Christian School | Adelaide Brasel |
| Nashville Classical | Amiyah “Ace” Harper |
| Nolensville High School | Audrey Ackerman |
| Normal Park Museum Magnet School | Jaylee Hutchinson |
| Northeast Middle School | Lucas Gross |
| Northpoint Christian School | Lucca Bramlett |
| Northview senior academy | Savannah Clifford |
| Northwest High School | Alyssa Scholma |
| Northwest High School | Kissleine Casarez |
| Oakhaven High School | Derrick Betts |
| Oakhaven High School | Marion Harris |
| Oakland High School | Addie Peay |
| Oliver Springs High School | Wyatt Ziegler |
| Ooltewah High School | Riley Coburn |
| Page High School | Kamryn Hudson |
| Portland High School | Abby Sanders |
| Prescott South Middle School | Kali Kennedy |
| Providence Academy (Johnson City, Tn) | Ellie Smith |
| Providence Academy (Johnson City, Tn) | Gabe Pennington |
| Providence Academy (Johnson City, TN) | Margo Baldridge |
| Providence Christian Academy | Abe Soucy |
| Providence Christian Academy | Briley Renfrow |
| Providence Middle Academy | Katherine Gouge |
| Ravenwood High School | Andrew "AJ" Algood |
| Ravenwood High School | Sam Stepan |
| Richard Dinkins Middle School | Journey Richardson |
| Rockwood Middle School | Kellen Norton |
| Rocky Fork Middle School | Kilby Wilson |
| Rose Park Middle School | Elijah Buckley |
| Sequoyah High School | Carolina Cortes |
| Seymour Junior High School | Addie Jane Arnold |
| Shelbyville Central High School | Kena Dotson |
| Silverdale Baptist Academy | Noah Williams |
| Silverdale Baptist Academy | Reese Creekmore |
| Smith County High School | Tayden Rigsby |
| Smyrna High School | Jia "Alex" Ming Dong |
| Smyrna High School | Kenia Olivares |
| Soputh Greene High School | Noah Case |
| South Side High School | Gavin Stewart |
| South-Doyle Middle School | Chloe Goddard |
| South-Doyle Middle School | Kenadee Ulen |
| St Andrews-Sewanee | Vie Virkhaus |
| Stewart County High School | Adrien Florez |
| Stone Memorial High School | Addison Norris-Machic |
| Stratford Middle School | Sophia Shelton |
| Sullivan East Middle School | Hadliegh Harrison |
| Sunbright High School | Alyssa Washam |
| Sweetwater High School | Daisy Hawkins |
| Sweetwater High School | Kennady Westfield |
| Sweetwater High School | Kennedi Johnson |
| Tellico Plains Junior High School | Ellie Lynn |
| Tellico Plains Junior High School | Keegan Taylor |
| The Webb School | Anna Kate Gregory |
| Three Oaks Middle School | Allie Carter |
| Thurgood Marshall Middle School | Sophia Davis |
| Trinity Christian Academy | Jenna Joyce |
| Tullahoma High School | Brindley Duncan |
| Tullahoma High School | Lyndlee Damron |
| Tyner Middle High Academy (Middle) | Riley Wadley |
| University School - ETSU | Ansley James |
| University School of Jackson | Sophie King |
| University School of Johnson City | Nalancia (Dalencia) Kittrell |
| University School of Nashville | Madeleine Wiseman |
| University School, Johnson City | Ophelia Taylor |
| Upperman High School | Harper Cummings |
| Warburg Central High School | Haven Hall |
| Wartburg Central High School | Braylen Melton |
| Wartburg Central High School | Caleb Armes |
| Wartburg Central High School | Gracie Wilson |
| Wartburg Central High School | Tru Scarborough |
| Watertown High School | Izzie Burns |
| Waverly Central High School | Zech Evans |
| Wayne County High School | Daygen Smith |
| West Middle School | Mary Margaret Hatfield |
| Westview High School | Chanler Spendlove |
| White County Middle School | Bianca Villano |
| White House High School | Easton Sims |
| White Pine School | Jade Jones |
| Whitehaven High | Cory House Jr |
| Whitwell High School | Lindsay Gonzalez |
| William Blount High School | Ally Everett |
| William Blount High School | Eliza Hicks |
