NFHS Award of Excellence
The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) together with the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has established the NFHS Award of Excellence for Sportsmanship, Ethics & Integrity to honor remarkable student-athletes who have demonstrated exceptional character and sportsmanship in their athletic pursuits. Deserving students will be presented with a certificate from the Chief Executive of the NFHS, Karissa Neihoff, and the Executive Director of the TSSAA, Mark Reeves.
Leadership among both the staff and students within our schools is vitally important and is a significant tool in molding the future of our communities and nation. Leaders who show respect, integrity and good sportsmanship not only influence their peers but demonstrate values that extend beyond athletics. They contribute to a positive school environment and often become role models that inspire younger students to follow the path of good leadership.
Please use the form linked below to share a story about a student-athlete you know who has demonstrated exceptional sportsmanship, integrity, and ethics. If you have any questions about the award or the nomination process, please contact Courtney Brunetz (cbrunetz@tssaa.org).
We look forward to your submissions recognizing your outstanding student-athletes who embody good sportsmanship and ethical behavior and exude a spirit of fairness and respect.
Award Receipients
| Student's School | Student's Name |
|---|---|
| Anderson County HIgh School | Nick Moog |
| Austin-East High School | Shaniya Cherry |
| Avery Trace Middle School | Sophia Warren |
| Bartlett High School | Jayda Hunter |
| Bartlett High School | Taylor Wooten |
| Baylor School | Mae Mae Powe |
| Boyd Buchanan | Nora Stone |
| Brainerd High School | Briasia Peek |
| Brentwood Academy | MJ Arthur |
| Brentwood High School | Bella Sandberg |
| Briarcrest Christian School | Bella Sherrod |
| Briarcrest Christian School | Eliyah McIlwain |
| Briarcrest Christian School | Julia Loschinskey |
| Cane Ridge High School | Bryan Keith White, II |
| Central Magnet Middle | Avery Dale |
| Christian Brothers High School | Jake Smith |
| Clarksville Academy | Tanner Wilson |
| Clarksville Academy | Bennett Smith |
| Clayton Bradley Academy | Mia Adkins |
| Clinton High School | Riley Owens |
| Cocke Co High School | Kirsten Moore |
| Collinwood High School | Alex Newborn |
| Collinwood high school | Christian Zepeda |
| Collinwood High School | Kate Brison |
| Collinwood High School | Tessa Statom |
| Cookeville | Josh Heard |
| Copper Basin High School | Sarah Collis |
| Covington High School | Jada Powell |
| Craigmont High School | Chelsey Welsey |
| Craigmont High School | Sha'mya Johnson |
| Craigmont High School | Yvonne Hopson |
| Creek Wood High School | Anthony Collins |
| Cumberland County High School | Jacob Atkinson |
| Cumberland Gap High School | Lacey Gulley |
| Daniel Boone High School | Kyleigh Bacon |
| Davidson Academy | Amelia Benton |
| Dayspring Academy | John-Michael Martin |
| Dayspring Academy | Jordan Jackson |
| Dupont Hadley Middle School | Jordan Edwards |
| East Middle School | Kevaris Jones |
| East Nashville Magnet Middle | Armonie Scales |
| Ezell Harding Christian School | Emme Ellis |
| Fairview High School | Brooke Lindsey |
| Fairview High School | Sommer Reinfelder |
| Fayette Academy | Andrew Bailey |
| Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School | Morgan Johnson |
| Fort Loudon Middle School | Aaliyah Underwood |
| Franklin County High School | Cooper Stevens |
| Franklin County High School | Kaylee Coker |
| Franklin County High School | Osiris Rodriguez |
| Franklin County High School | William Roberts |
| Franklin Road Academy | Sloan Kaczynski |
| Gallatin High School | JK Ingrun |
| Gatlinburg-Pittman High School | Leah Stinnett |
| Gatlinburg-Pittman Junior High | Dekodah Spence |
| Georgian hills middle school | Andreaunna Jackson “GiGi” |
| Girls Preparatory School | Farah House |
| Gladeville Middle School | Adelyn Rensch |
| Gladeville Middle School | Tommy Pearson |
| Goodpasture Christian School | Ava Hayes |
| Goodpasture Christian School | Daniel Whitman |
| Goodpasture Christian School | Julia Kate Adams |
| Grace Christian Academy | Audrey George |
| Grace Christian Academy | Hannah Patrick |
| Green Hill High School | Tate Gray |
| Greenbrier Middle School | Nolan Griffin |
| Greenbrier Middle School | Tanza Rote |
| Greenbrier middle school | Brody Hilliard |
| Greenfield School | Anastyn Vujicic |
| Greenfield School | Ginny Archie |
| Grundy County High School | Kathryn Lusk |
| H.G. Hill middle school | Minnie Nickens |
| Hardin Valley Academy | Keara Stump |
| Harding Academy | Will Adkins |
| Harpeth High School | Landon Turner |
| Harpeth High School | Madison Neely |
| Henry County | Bayleigh Thompson |
| Heritage High School (Maryville, TN) | Izzy Hutsell |
| Hickman County High School | Kole Hellman |
| Hillsboro High School | Alayna Mitchell |
| Hollow Rock Bruceton Central High School | Sal Sala |
| Horace Maynard Middle School | Jasper Brown |
| Hunters Lane High School | Isaiah McGill |
| Independence High School | Kate Gilley |
| Independence High School | Peyton Kirton |
| Independence High School | Brooke Bolden |
| Independence High School | Spencer Kon |
| Isaac Litton Middle | Patterson Thacker |
| Isaac Litton Stem Magnet School | Ruby Spacek |
| Jacksboro Middle School | Jack Stooksbury |
| John F Kennedy Middle School | Anaya Curington |
| Jonesborough Middle School | Lily Dolinger |
| Kenwood High School | Yavilka Penaloza Burton |
| Knoxville Catholic High School | Ben Hebert |
| Lake Forest Middle School | Sydney Lewallen |
| Lebanon High School | Kerigan Gill |
| Lexington High School | Zaley Haynes |
| Loudon High School | Aidan Degnan |
| Loudon High School | Noah Eller |
| Macon County High School | Laityn Kirby |
| Madison Middle School | Valencia Hailey |
| Martin Luther King Jr Academic Magnet High School | Siena Austin |
| Martin Middle School | Ruby Hays |
| McMinn County High School | Braden Mayfield |
| Meigs County High School | Taylor Lenker |
| Meigs County High School | Katelynn Harris |
| Meigs Magnet Middle/ East Football | Zach Jones |
| Meigs Magnet Middle/East Football | Finn Casella |
| Memphis Rise Academy | Yoseline Zarate |
| Memphis School of Excellence Cordova | Liam Beecham |
| Memphis University School | Henry Duncan |
| Merrol Hyde Magnet School | Avery Morris |
| Middleton High School | Lakiya Badie |
| Midway High School | Abigail Patterson |
| Midway High school | Kali Kile |
| Millington Central Middle High School | Elias Barbosa |
| Millington Intermediate and High School | Abby White |
| Mitchell High School | Kyndall Gray |
| Mitchell High School | Nyteria Wooten |
| Morristown-Hamblen East High School | LB Jordan |
| Mount Juliet High School | Bella Brewer |
| Mount Juliet High School | Chloe Younggren |
| Mount Juliet High School | Sierra Shoop |
| Mt Juliet Christian Academy | Ellie Gee |
| Mt. Juliet High School | Carly Phillips |
| Mt. Juliet Middle | Brady Coleman |
| Mt. Juliet Middle | Jayden Varpness |
| Mt. Juliet Middle School | Jill Hunter |
| Munford Middle School | Keke Lee |
| Murfreesboro Central Magnet School | Harper Guthrie |
| Nolensville High School | Summer Smith |
| Norris Middle School | Rese Myers |
| Northeast Middle School | Makhi Lee |
| Northwest High School | Allison Smith |
| Oliver Springs High School | Addi Griffith |
| Overton High School | Keron Johnson |
| Pearl-Cohn High School | Jaida Parr |
| Portland East Middle School | Weston Napier |
| Raleigh Egypt High School | Jewell Smith |
| Richview middle school | Aiden Sturdivant |
| Riverdale High School | Diora Webb |
| Rockvale High School | Kyleigh Washington |
| Rogers Creek Elementary School | Jayci Shelton |
| Rogersville City School | Elin Bryan |
| Rogersville City School | Rylee Sivert |
| Rose Park Middle School | Riyan Aseer |
| Rossview High School | Lily Avalos |
| Rucker Stewart Middle School | La'Zavion Bartlett |
| Scott High School | Caleb Mize |
| Scott High School | Cameron Parker |
| Scott High School | Cayden Moffette |
| Sequoyah High School | Billy Barr |
| Sequoyah High School | Emilio Sanchez |
| Seymour Junior High School | Cale Helton |
| Signal Mountain Middle High School | Tynan Borders |
| Silverdale Baptist Academy | Savannah Inman |
| Soddy Daisy High School | Nate Landtroop |
| South Cumberland Elementary | Tanner Pauley |
| South Doyle High School | Mikoal Stephens |
| South Greene Middle School | Savannah Thomas |
| South Lawrence | Avery Cheatham |
| South Lincoln Middle School | Paisley Morgan |
| Spring Station Middle | Dawson Peach |
| Spring Station Middle School | Ella Gribben |
| Spring Station Middle School | Ethan Glesne |
| Springfield High School | Mikiah Souza |
| St. Andrew's-Sewanee | Emilie Leathers |
| St. Cecilia Academy | Simone Dela Merced |
| Stewart County High School | Cadence Acree |
| Stewart County High School | Caleb Goldsmith |
| Stone Memorial High School | Shelby Vitous |
| Stratford middle school | Tyshawn “Tee” Harrison |
| Stratford STEM Lower Campus | Caden Parker |
| Stratford STEM Lower Campus | Cheyenne Harris |
| Sullivan East High School | Brooklyn Mooneyham |
| Sullivan East High School | Jacob Turpin |
| Sullivan East High School | James Shirk |
| Sullivan East High School | Matt Durham |
| Sullivan East Middle School | Jolee Meade |
| Sunbright | Bryar Jones |
| Sunbright High School | Shannon Freels |
| Sweetwater High School | Allie Cofer |
| Tennessee High School | Kaylie Hughes |
| Tennessee Middle School | Jenna Latham |
| The Howard High school | Aasean Oliver Whitener |
| The Huntland School | Alyssa Archer |
| The Webb School | Chelsea Callis |
| Thompsons Station Middle School | Dawson Burgess |
| Thurgood Marshall Middle School | Bentley Robinson |
| Tipton Rosemark Academy | Matthew Christian |
| Trezevant High School | JOJO PARKER |
| Union County High School | Zoey Smith |
| University School of Jackson | Brady Smith |
| University School of Jackson | Hayes Carney |
| University School of Nashville | Josie Whelan |
| University School of Nashville | Tate Barbieri |
| Volunteer High School | Veda Barton |
| Warren County Middle School | Natalie Payne |
| Wartburg Central | Jayden Pemberton |
| Webb School of Knoxville | Eva Muresan |
| Webb School of Knoxville | Corisa Lowery |
| Webb School of Knoxville | Katelyn Overton (KO) |
| West Carroll High School | Zac Fowler |
| West Carroll High School | Joe Vermillion |
| West Greene High School | Wyatt Moody |
| West Greene High School | Morgan Brown |
| West Greene Middle School | Brayden Reedy |
| West Greene Middle School | Tytus Shelton |
| West Junior High School | Markylon Terry |
| West Valley Middle | Cadence Nesbit |
| West Valley Middle | Ella Bush |
| White House Heritage High School | Brayden Crouch |
| White House Heritage High School | Eli Gregory |
| White Station High | Kimerious Hamilton |
| White station high, Memphis | Jasper Bell |
