NFHS Award of Excellence

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.

Online Nomination Form


Award Receipients
Student's School Student's Name
Adamsville High School Elam Dierks
Alcoa High School Whitley Piercy
Anderson County High School AJ Colorusso
Arlington Middle School Morgane Nichols
Austin East magnet High school Ja'Onna Witt
Austin East Magnet High School Tymirrianna (Ree Ree) Brown
Austin-East High School Gabrielle Sparks
Austin-East High School Travis Claiborne
Bearden High School Mallory Simpson
Beech High School Ava Goggin
Black Oak Natalie Daniel
Blackman High School Malayah Starks
Blanche School Josiah Beard
Boyd Buchanan School Ella Meade
Boyd Buchanan School Lane Park
Boyd Buchanan School Stella Lovitt
Brainerd High School Danielle dunning
Brainerd High School/UTC University High Makayla
Brentwood Academy Kalia Liuchan
Brentwood High School Skyler Elle Kryscynski
Brenwood High School Lauren Miller
Briarcrest Christian School Lindsay Robichaux
Briarcrest Christian School Maggie Ewing
Bridgeforth Middle School Kason Brooks
Bridgeforth Middle School Piper Morris
Brighton High School Greta Garrett
Brighton High School Leah Finley
Brighton High School Maggie Livingston
Brighton Middle School JCAMERAN PITCHFORD
Brighton Middle School Sophie Randall
Bruceton High School Keely Williams
Campbell County High School Eden Elkins
Cane Ridge High School Jayden Mercado
Celina K8 Isabella (Izzie) Smith
Central Magnet Middle School Elizabeth Hamilton
Central Magnet Middle School Maddy Strickland
Chapel Hill Christian Academy Eleanor Krueckeberg
Charlotte Middle School Kylie Melton
Charlotte Middle School Racie Gibson
Chattanooga Charter School of Excellence Jayla High
Chattanooga Christian Nathan DeLoach
Chattanooga Girl's Leadership Academy Amaya Dieng
Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts Jack Spann
Cheatham County Central High School Kekoa Jines
Cherokee High School Nolan Kenner
Christiana Middle School Mckenna Kendrick
Chuckey Doak Middle School Dani Shelton
Chuckey-Doak High School Layla Fox
Clarksville Academy Evan Ozolins
Clarksville Academy Jerhen Jamison
Clarksville Academy Lucy Lindsey
Clarksville Academy Tanner Wilson
Clarksville High School Ian Castaneda
Clay County High School Mia Ledbetter
Clayton Bradley Academy Jordyn Taylor
Clayton-Bradley Academy Nadya Alborz
Cleveland High School Landri Nelson
Collinwood High School Grace Ann Oliver
Collinwood High School Zali Daniels
Colonial Middle School Malayzia Combest
Columbia Central High School Maci Kaeshoefer
Copper Basin High School Zoe Green
Covington High School Jada Powell
Covington High School Caroline Cole
Cumberland County High School Marleigh Gargac
Dickson County High School Addi Kate King
Dickson County High School Lucy Tant
Dobyns Bennett High School Emery Corpstein
Dobyns-Bennett High School Austin Sykes
Dyer County High School Macey Armstrong
Dyersburg High School Chelby Jordan
EA Cox Middle School Xavier Lee
East Hamilton High School Jacob Heffner
East Nashville Middle School Zion Brown
Ellis Middle School Mason Greenwell
Evangelical Christian School Braddock Waites
Evangelical Christian School Campbell Pallera
Fairview High School Jackie Reding
Fairview High School Sommer Reinfelder
Fairview Middle School Wyatt Branham
Fall Branch elementary school Grayson Clark
Farragut High School Anika Patel
Father Ryan High School Margaret Jordan
Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School Za'Mya Siler
Fayetteville Sam Willoughby
First Assembly Christian Achool Thomas Drane
First Assembly Christian School Abigail Shelton
First Assembly Christian School Brooke Evans
Forrest School Emory Hall
Frank Hughes School Aiden Dicus
Franklin Road Academy Shelby Franklin
Freedom Prep Academy Charter Schools Sa’Rhiya Smith
Freedom Prep HS Myriah Guy
Friendship Christian School Kyla Scharfman
Gallatin High School Benton Andrews
Gallatin High School Gage Shrum
Gibbs High School Mikel Van Pelt
Gibbs High School Jadyn Parker
Girls Preparatory School Katherine Potts
Gladeville Middle School Effi Dorning
Goodlettsville Middle School Andrea Garcia
Grace Academy (Chattanooga, TN) Megan Hilke
Grace Christian Franklin Luke Rains
GREEN HILL Nick Owens Jr
Green Hill High School Nick Owens, Jr.
Greeneville High School Bethanie Bryant
Greeneville High School Julia Woolsey
Greeneville Middle School Maggie Moore
Grundy County Vincent Bryant
Halls High School Brody Foster
Hardin Valley Academy Brock Connatser
Hardin Valley High School Kiley McConaha
Harpeth Hall School Neelam Bittles
Harpeth High School Madie Holley
Head Magnet Middle School Andrew Pugh
Head Magnet Middle School Langston Franklin
Head Magnet Middle School Lauren Currie
Head Magnet Middle School Sydney Bonner
Head Middle Magnet School Harmony White
Hendersonville High School John Becker
Hendersonville High School Mady Akin
Hendersonville High School Sonny French
Henry County High School Breely Peirpoint
Heritage High School Cole McCampbell
Heritage High School Izzy Hutsell
Hickman County High School Ethen Conant
Hillcrest High School De’Raigah Johnson
Hillcrest High School Taniah Bartholomew
Hillsboro High School Nia Donaldson
Hollow Rock Bruceton Central Madison Holder
Houston County High School My'Quel Valerio
Houston County High School Preston Mitchell
Houston Middle School Kingsley Buck
Humboldt City schools Faith Cox
Humboldt Jr/Sr High school Mendy Pettigrew
Hume-Fogg Academic Kylie Thewes
Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet Christopher Martin
Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School Lillian Conatser
Jackson Central Merry Early College Keyon Davis
Jackson Christian Kaden Cook
Jackson Co High School Isaiah Thomas
Jefferson County Joanna James
Jellico High School Raylee Loudin
Jellico Middle School Macoy Johnson
Jellico Middle School Mckenzie Bowlin
John Sevier Middle School Azlyn Bateman
John T. Moore Middle Drew Flynn
Kenwood High School Alesha Williams
Kenwood middle school Josiah Thompson
Kingston High School Allan Roney
Kipp Antioch College Prep Middle School Austin Thomas
Kipp Antioch College Prep Middle School Ayden Wilkerson
Kipp Antioch College Prep Middle School Skye Blocker
KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle Darrell Shack III
KIPP Nashville College Prep Jaida Buchannan
Kirkwood Middle School Brooklyn DuBeau-Moya
Knoxville Catholic High School Ben Hebert
Knoxville Catholic High School Haley Baker
Knoxville Catholic High School LB Brown
Lakeland Middle Preparatory School Claire Kiesel
Lakeland Middle Preparatory School Riley Spencer
Lakeland Prep High School Jayda Neeley
Lakeland Preparatory School Jack McDaniel
Lakeland Preparatory School Tatum Madden
Lakeway Christian Academy Carli Sawyer
Lawrence County High School Faith Braswell
LEAD Academy High School A.J. Petway
LEAD Southeast High School Kelycia Covington
Lewis County High School Addie Morgan
Liberty Bell Middle School Audrey Richards
Liberty Creek High School Katelyn Williams
Lincoln Heights Middle School Addison Sanders
Lipscomb Academy Mia Brauss
Loretto High School Libby Sanders
Loudon High School Noah Brewer
Macon Co High School Laykin Ellis
Madison Academic Softball Team/Early College High Leah Malone
Madison Arts & Magnet Middle School Tiana Jones
Marion County High School Jake Layne
Marion County High School Javon Blalock
Marshall County High School Eli Cross
Marshall County High School Ronan Scott
Martin Luther King Jr Academic Magnet HS Kamdyn Phillips
McGavock High Addyson Brown
McGavock High School Asia Braden
McGavock High School Cailyn Ekberg
McMinn County High School Taylor Sears
Mcminn county high school Dane Pennington
McNairy Central High School Kolben Bussell
Meadowview Middle School Geray Lopez Vasquez
Meadowview Middle School Matias Cruz Portugal
Meigs Academic Magnet Middle School Jacari Mitchell
Meigs Academic Magnet Middle School Mya Allen
Meigs Academic Magnet School Elle Goldman
Meigs County High School Kyndal Woods
Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering Kayla Murray
Memphis Business Academy High School Khamoni Williams
Memphis Business Academy High School Winton Smith
Memphis Business Academy High School Michael Smith
Memphis Business Academy High School Shawn Bradley
Memphis Business Academy Middle School Germarione Turner
Memphis Business Academy Middle School Kylan Simmons
Memphis Central High Paige Nixon
Memphis Central High School Joshua Hollowell
Memphis School of Excellence - Mendenhall Brooklyn Thompson
Memphis School of Excellence Cordova Secondary Charles Walker
Memphis School of Excellence- Cordova Michael Gray
Merrol Hyde Magnet School Katelyn DeHart
Middle College high Daylon Dockery
Middle College High School Christian Burford
Middle College High School Kiya Mell
Milan High School Ashlyn Barton
Mitchell High School Carlay Bryson
Monterey Jr High School Anna Novak
Montgomery Central Devin Jost
Montgomery Central Middle School Summer Whitmore
Mt Juliet Christian Academy Cole Launsby
Mt. Juliet High School Nicky Nita
Munford High School Emily Bey
Nolensville High School Ella Claire Tharpe
Nolensville High School Matthew McCarter
Nolensville High School Olivia Schrope
Nolensville High School Sarah Kate Bennett
North Greene High School Kaydence Marshall
North Greene Middle School Mackenzie Moorman
North Side High School Ayanna Douglas
Northeast High School Matthew Robertson
Northeast Middle School Orlando Spivey
Northwest High school Mckena Whitten
Oakland Middle School Victoria Lester
Obion County Central High School Jamariana Foster
Obion county central high school Kodie Robbins
Ooltewah High School Allie Tipton
Ooltewah High School Ayden Schultz
Peabody High School Brody Reuter
Pearl-Cohn High School Nikila Robertson
Pigeon Forge High School Wyatt Howard
Pope Saint John Paul II High School (JPII) Julia Torr
Power Center Academy HS Jerin Williams
Providence Academy Skylar Olds
Ravenwood High School Ella Perez
Richland High School Mary Avery McNeese
Ripley High School Edgar Flores
Riverdale High School Jaida Lovett
Riverview K-8 Amber Thompson
Riverview Middle School Antjuan “AD” Doyle
Rock Springs Middle School Dresden Ide
Rockvale High School Aidan Sinclair
Rockvale High School Jayden Batts
Rockvale High School Sameah Pye
Rockvale Middle School Sophia Holladay
Rockwood High School Railey Jones
Rockwood High School Jayden Davidson
Rockwood Middle School Katelynn Reano
Rockwood Middle School Kayven Brackett
Rogers Creek Elementary School Aubrey Rogers
Rogers Creek Elementary School Makenize Wicker
Rogers Creek Elementary School Makenna Harris
Rogers Creek Elementary School Rhys Dressler
Rogersville City School Elin Bryan
Rogersville Middle School Jessabella Allen
Rossview High School Lily Avalos
Rossview High School Tae Atkinson
Rucker Stewart Middle School King Dorsey
Rutherford County Virtual School/Blackman High School Braxton Head
Sale Creek High School Cassie Wilson
Science Hill Peyton Abel
Sequatchie County High School Jaci Smith
Sequatchie County High School Mia Smith
Sequoyah Highschool Tia Giles
Siegel High School Lilly Keene
Signal Mountain High School Sam Edmondson
Snowden School Kelsey Bowdery
Soddy Daisy High School Brylee Edmondson
Soddy Daisy Middle School Delaney Plumlee
South Greene Middle School Savannah Thomas
Springfield High School Connor Reeves
St. Cecilia Academy Dalton Vaughn
St. George's Independent School Arabella Larson
St. George’s Independent School Kimbriel Winfield
St. Mary's Episcopal School Sophia Wilson
Station Camp High School Fletcher Beck
Stewart County High School Alexis German
Stewart County High School Jackson Burkhart
Stratford Middle School Taylor Cummings
Sullivan East Middle School Madi Ryals
Summertown High School Emma Perry
Summit High School Emma Wheeler
SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL ANDREA JONES
Sweetwater High School Emily Campbell
Tellico Plains High School Abbi Wear
Tennessee High Declan McSheehy
Tennessee Middle School Josh Amos
Tennessee Middle School Caden Lambert
Three Oaks Middle School Ayden Fowler
Three Oaks Middle School Maelynn McCrary
Trinity Christian Academy Logan Lott
Tullahoma High School Amaya Sharp
Unaka High School Emma Taylor
Unaka High School Laikyn Stevens
Union City High School Allysia Davis
Union County High School Aiden Bowman
University Middle School Sophia Argueta
University School of Jackson Corben Howard
University School of Jackson Mills Terry
University School of Jackson Noah Spencer
University School of Jackson Sawyer Hunley
University School of Jackson Wallace Driver
Upperman High School Ella Anderson
Upperman High School Khloe Harper
Upperman Middle School Logan Roberts
Upperman Middle School Averie Wilken
Volunteer High School Aliah Laster
Volunteer High School Brayden Cheek
Volunteer High School Joshua Hathaway
Walker Valley HIgh School Zeke Garrison
Warren County High School Noah Greer
Warren County Middle School McKenzie Hillis
Wartburg Central High School Caleigh Crouch
Watertown High School Lola Chappell
Watertown High School Aaron Roeder
Waverly Central High School Zachariah Evans
Webb School of Knoxville Gracen Kinley-Lawrence
Webb School of Knoxville Marianne Krutsch
West End Middle School A’Maryee Griffey
West End Middle School Khloe Fouse
West End Middle School Peyton Evans
West End Middle School Rylee Hearst
West Greene High School Sarah Justis
West High School Harris Eddins
West High School Justin Harrison
West Junior High School Zyion Yates
West Wilson Middle School Channing Linton
Westminster Academy Emma Kate McDaniel
White House Heritage High School Alex Taylor
White House Heritage High School-Homeschooled Tessa Palmer
White Pine School Megan Vazquez
White Station High School Ethan McCreight
Whitwell High School Ella Grace Harvey
Whitwell Middle School Ryan Eggert
Whitworth-Buchanan Middle School Caroline Hensley
William Blount High School Eliza Hicks
Wilson Central High School Mallory Lee
Wooddale Middle School Dervies Ramirez
Past Winners