Enquirer names winter nominees for 2026 High School Sports Awards

The Enquirer's 2026 Cincinnati High School Sports Awards is approaching, with a different format expected for the June event at Princeton High School. The Enquirer will focus the live show on the winners, who we will announce weeks before the event, to be more time-efficient while maintaining categories for both sides of the river. While no tickets will be distributed, winners' RSVPs will be required. All finalists will be invited to a reception before the awards presentation, where they can have light refreshments, browse booths, connect with other athletes, receive their certificates and take red-carpet photos. They are invited to join a group photo about 15 minutes before the start of the live show and to stay to hear the keynote speaker. Families who cannot attend the early reception will have 30 minutes after the show to take part in the same activities, except for the group photo. The Enquirer will make a separate announcement when the speaker and date are finalized. Please note this event is separate from the all-city teams and athlete of the week voting. Grady Barber, Williamsburg; Jason Caimano, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy; A’mire Gill, Princeton; Antwan Hinton, Taft; Max Joiner, Summit Country Day; Isaiah Mack-Russell, Winton Woods; Chase Martin, Loveland; Zevin Sesslar, Waynesville; Eli Stroud, Badin; Josh Tyson, Lakota West; Antonio White, Deer Park; Kellen Wiley, Wyoming Anthony Blaackar, Lloyd Memorial; Anthony Coppola, Ryle; Austin Davie, Campbell County; Finn Louden, Conner; Amontae Lowe, Newport; Athens McGillis, Covington Catholic Lauren Bain, Seton; Gabby Chadwell, Milford; Braelyn Even, Badin; Katie Fox, Lakota West; Anna Habra, Mason; McKenzie Jones, Springboro; Yaya Parrish, Western Hills; Bella Rogers, Loveland; Bella Swisshelm, West Clermont; Erin Thomas, Princeton; Mia Vieth, Mount Notre Dame; Samaya Wilkins, Purcell Marian Emma Holtzapfel, Notre Dame; Izzy Jayasuriya, Campbell County; Jaelyn Jones, Ryle; Haylee Noel, Cooper; Brynli Pernell, Simon Kenton; Natalie Stenger, East Central Matthew Alvear, Lebanon; Ty Barrett, West Clermont; Jayden Brown, Elder; Randy Eckman, Blanchester; Joseph Geers, St. Xavier; Easton Pierani, Sycamore Tyler Blume, Simon Kenton; Mason Bowman, Covington Catholic; Dylan Davis, Covington Catholic; Maddox Kuryla, Boone County; Aleck Meredith, Simon Kenton; Bryce Sargent, Campbell County Kiley Comberger, Wilmington; Kendall Cook, Mercy McAuley; Caitlyn Kober, Lebanon; Kenlie Littelmann, Seton; Hannah Weigle, Little Miami; Ella Weinmann, Oak Hills Alyssa Bechtol, Notre Dame; Kree Brewer, Pendleton County; Mary Hollon, Simon Kenton; Hayley Pelstring, Notre Dame; Abby Sargent, Campbell County; Abree Young, Dixie Heights Leah DeVilbiss, Lakota East; Kiera Laite, Mariemont; Zoey Ostdiek, Lakota West; Ella Oum, Turpin; Chesnie Weisbrod, Kings; Hayden Zimmerman, Cincinnati Country Day Trever Bauwens, Northern Kentucky Norsemen (Walton-Verona); Colin Custer, St. Xavier; Carter Jung, Elder; Christian Rivard, Moeller; Landon Schroeder, Springboro Danny Beyerbach, Seven Hills; Brady Campbell, Milford; Tucker Charles, St. Xavier; Liam Clark, Mason; Bryce Cousins, West Clermont; Oliver Erck, Sycamore; Braden Fuller, Lakota East; Owen Gee, St. Xavier; Chase Grisi, St. Xavier; Quinn Heis, Mariemont; Luke Mignery, Ross; Juju Nkhumane, Mason Andrew Boh, Covington Catholic; Noah Gracey, Highlands; Chase Knopf, Ryle; Nash Parsons, Ryle; Cono Presti, Beechwood; Isaiah Reinhart, Simon Kenton Aubrey Buchanan, St. Ursula; Dana Fairbanks, Mason; Isabella Giraldo, Mason; Grier Gordon, Ursuline; Gabby Henz, Indian Hill; Marissa McNerney, Seven Hills; Ansley Neff, Wyoming; Reese Reilly, Roger Bacon; Calli Rieskamp, Taylor; Isabelle Schroeder, Loveland; Quinn Schureck, Walnut Hills; Maya Schweikert, Kings; Bella Teply, Mason Savannah Bien, Notre Dame; Clare Herfel, Notre Dame; Gabrielle Lee, Beechwood; Chris Nowak, Cooper; Gabriella Stephens, Ryle; Danaka Tucker, Notre Dame Greyson Boner, Harrison; Caleb Curry, Elder; Grant Dallio, Harrison; Ryan Hager, Williamsburg; Noah Jackson, Moeller; Jett Manley, Waynesville; Khary McCall Jr., Springboro; Landen Messer, Moeller; Alijah Mohanna, La Salle; Marshall Morency, Anderson; Caden Orr, Moeller; Kane Shawger, St. Xavier; Colin Wooldridge, La Salle Cordion Abernathy, Conner; Clayton Badida, Conner; Cody Blevins, Simon Kenton; Aiden Brinkman, Ryle; Christian Brown, Cooper; Kayson White, Highlands Caiden Baird, Harrison; Natalie Carlisle, Lebanon; Kimora Carpenter, Princeton; Camryn Gresham, Lakota East; Teegan Herrington, Badin; Liberty Johnson, Clermont Northeastern; Kelsey King, Lakota West; Haylynn Littleton, Harrison; Elizabeth Madison, Loveland; Eleanor Polking, Oak Hills; Kaylee Vera, Little Miami; Leah Willen, Harrison Peyton Brinkman, Ryle; Emma Hood, Highlands; Emma Moore, Walton-Verona; McAyla Steffen, Campbell County; Preslee Steiber, Ryle; Aaliyah Svec, Cooper More: Northern Kentucky in your inbox. Sign up for our NKY Briefing newsletter Caleb Anderson, Turpin; Jagger Dollenmeyer, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy; Dom Ellis, St. Xavier; Nate Gockerman, CHCA; Owen Huff, Oak Hills; James O'Driscoll, Indian Hill; Ryne Reynolds, Little Miami; Carson Spencer, Turpin; Caden Winship, Mason; Ronan Wolfer, Loveland; Liam Woodward, Summit Country Day; Paras Yadav, Mason Ethan Mann, Conner; Joe Mayer, Covington Catholic; Joh Nerswick, Covington Catholic; Sam Neuhaus, St. Henry; Ryan Richards, Cooper; Paul Van Laningham, Cooper Elle Campbell, Milford; Delaney Cilley, Loveland; Aleah Coster, Oak Hills; Campbell Coyne, Seven Hills; Molly Deardorff, Lakota East; Callie Fox, Summit Country Day; Heidi Harmeyer, Seton; Atalia Hawkins, Milford; Havannah Long, Kings; Abra Mills, Talawanda; Ava Shepard, Lakota West; Lucy Staarmann, St. Ursula Norah Barker, Notre Dame; Callie Bentley, East Central; Stella Carpenter, Ryle; Lila Dunlevy, Campbell County; Abigail Ford, Villa Madonna; Lily Parke, Beechwood Josie Broenner, Mount Notre Dame; Lexie Burke, Ursuline Academy; Chloe Castellini, Summit Country Day; Kaydance Givens, Indian Hill; Elizabeth Herzner, Mount Notre Dame; Cat Johnson, Ursuline Academy; Maddie Lanphear, Indian Hill; Anna Lange, St. Ursula Academy; Aubrey Ludwig, Mount Notre Dame; Alison Strang, Mount Notre Dame; Liz Thurnau, St. Ursula Academy; Fay Van de Meulengraaf, Indian Hill and Maddie Wells, Walnut Hills. Tommy Becker, Elder; Lance Cantrell, Talawanda; Gage Croley, Goshen; Kaden Estep, Elder; Jackson Frey, St. Xavier; Lem Grayson, Badin; Levi Guttman, Cincinnati Country Day; Ryder Hooks, Lakota East; Marcus Hughbanks, Batavia; Nile Knutson, Lakota East; Matt Ponatoski, Moeller; Griffin Ridner Richard, CHCA; Gray Robinson, Williamsburg; Owen Scalf, Anderson; Monsanna Torbert, Taft; Tysin Weaver, Anderson Kaleb Evans, Lloyd Memorial; Tyler Fryman, Beechwood; Crue Gilmour, Lawrenceburg; Cash Harney, Covington Catholic; Tayden Lorenzen, Highlands; Cam O’Hara, Cooper Kobe Clapper, St. Xavier; Luke Czarnecki, Williamsburg; Jake Dixon, Milford; James Hall, St. Bernard-Elmwood Place; Rihyael Kelley, Winton Woods; Adam Kirtley, Taft; Brady Kuhn, Anderson; Alex Pate, Badin; Aden Reeder, St. Xavier; Brayden Reilly, St. Xavier; Max Rhodes, Oak Hills; Evan Riggs, Indian Hill; J.D. Singletary, Middletown; Cam Thomas, Lakota West; Derek Uran, Elder; Jordan Vann, Middletown Brady Ballart, South Dearborn; Ryker Campbell, Cooper; Nyden Euson, East Central; Chase McDaniel, Beechwood; Jacob Savage, Ryle; Lincoln Tomlinson, Lloyd Memorial Toku Fujiwara, Lakota West; Matia Kastner, Seven Hills; Zac McGrath, St. Xavier; Marshall Morency, Anderson; Blake Rohling, Roger Bacon; Griffin Wullenweber, Lakota West Talen Beane, Campbell County; Parker Isaacs, St. Henry; Hayden Li, Ryle; Paxton McKelvey, Ryle; Alex Race, Highlands; Jack Woolwine, Dixie Heights Eva Becerril, Sycamore; Campbell Drum, MND; Sophia Fink, CHCA; Ellie Hartung, Madeira; Ellie Lamkin, Anderson; Charlotte Soller, Mariemont Tatjana Andracenko, Dixie Heights; Anika Okuda, Ryle; Maria Penaranda, Notre Dame; Rowan Pies, East Central; Kendal Raney, Conner; Sarah Smith, Grant County Rowen Arnold, Springboro; Ryan Boyd, Lakota West; Rocco Fischer, Wyoming; Paolo Girandola, Walnut Hills; Aidan Gross, Mariemont; Kai Kuebler, Turpin; Karson Lang, Moeller; Brody Sucher, Kings; Jack Sweeney, St. Xavier; Elijah Warner, Summit Country Day; Davion Washington, Seven Hills; Edward Zha, Mason Donovan Lameier, Dixie Heights; Grady Noble, Conner; Maddox Pemberton, Cooper; Tanner Robertson, Covington Catholic; Max Runge, Bishop Brossart; Logan Thoss, St. Henry Nina Brandon, Anderson; Ella Cook, Little Miami; Natasha Davis, Madeira; Braelyn Even, Badin; Anna Habra, Mason; Mady Linenkugel, Oak Hills; Allie McCauley, Indian Hill; Bree Reder, Summit Country Day; Abby Smith, Harrison; Mia Stevens, Summit Country Day; Emma Yeager, Clermont Northeastern; Addy Zawaly, Mariemont Kennedy Crowley, Campbell County; Izelee Kerns, Conner; Maria Mayer, East Central; Ella Smith, Simon Kenton; Kylie Smith, Bishop Brossart; Sadie Yapp, Notre Dame Addison Cassidy, Mason; Pratyusha Chaudhuri-Emma Wagner, Mason; Renee Harper, Oak Hills; Corrine Labin-Miranda Wang, CHCA; Adriana Moreno-Saanvi Reddy, Mason; Allison Sayles-Serena Sayles, Sycamore; Sophia Thompson, Indian Hill Kendall Bosse, Ross; Callie Combs, Seton; Jillian Forrest, Ursuline Academy; Emma Frietch, St. Ursula; Grace Jones, Seton; MaKenna Kirlin, Loveland; Ava McIntyre, Kings; Morgan Meiring, Fenwick; Kendall Northern, Summit Country Day; Cara Richter, Mount Notre Dame; Savanna Stacey, McNicholas; Ali Strange, McNicholas Audrey Dyas, Notre Dame; Morgan Heater, Ryle; Jenna Kitchens, Simon Kenton; Milyn Minor, Scott; Charlotte Patton, Conner; Grace Portwood, Notre Dame Dan Ahrens, St. Xavier; Dylan Cahill, Mason; Marco Di Loreto Tarot, Mason; Ernie Manders, Walnut Hills; Ciaran Skinner, Sycamore; Dominic Walters, St. Xavier; Aaron Zelvy, Sycamore Adalynn Dvorak, Mason; Meredith Ehlerding, Princeton; Madeline House, Milford; Veronika Khudiakova, Mason; Cameron Kilimnik, Milford; Maisie Moran, Walnut Hills; Claire Ponstingle, Mason This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Enquirer winter nominees, 2026 High School Sports Awards