We recently announced the nominee field of about 30 boys up for Player of the Year. Those nominees have been narrowed down to six finalists for the honors! The six include a pair from Dawson County in Luke Chism & Jasper Gibson, as well as Banks’ Carl Cleveland, Union’s Sawyer Drake, White’s Austin Harris, Towns’ Kolby Moss, and Stephens’ Ty Nails.

NOTE: This is NOT for public voting. All Player of the Year voting is done internally through our BLITZ panel consisting of sports producers, former coaches & players, officials, etc. The voting is collected Heisman-style.

Luke Chism (Dawson Co SR F #23)

19.3 PTS, 9.3 REB, 4.7 AST, 3 STL, 2.1 BLK, 17 Double-Doubles, 2,062 Career Pts, 7-AAA Player of the Year

Carl Cleveland (Banks Co JR G/F #35)

28.1 PTS, 11.4 REB, 4 AST, 1.2 BLK, 1.1 STL, 48% FG, 33% 3PT, 19 double-doubles, 2 triple-doubles

Sawyer Drake (Union Co JR F #22)

14 PTS, 6.1 REB, 2.8 AST, 2.6 STL

Jasper Gibson (Dawson Co JR G #33)

19 PTS, 5.1 AST, 4.3 REB, 2.2 STL, 100 3-pointers made (41%), 7-AAA All-Region, 1,500+ Career Pts

Austin Harris (White Co SR G #5)

22.3 PTS, 3.5 REB, 2.8 AST, 1.7 STL, 50% FG, 32% 3PT (1,200 Career Pts, 7^th All-Time at WC)

Kolby Moss (Towns Co SO F #15)

18.8 PTS, 6.5 REB, 5 AST, 1.2 STL, 41% FG, 31% 3PT

Ty Nails (Stephens Co SR G #3)

18 PTS, 8 REB, 1,700 Career Pts (School Record)