We reached out to all head coaches for nominees for Player of the Year (max 5 players). Coaches submitted the following 27 players. If no response was provided, BLITZ nominated based on stats/accolades. From here, we will narrow down the nominees to a finalist pool, and allow the public to vote on one nominee that didn’t make our finalist group to join it with a ‘last finalist’ vote. Following the ‘Last Finalist’ selection, our internal voting panel will vote Heisman-style for the winner.

*Stephens, Jefferson, and Habersham nominees chosen by BLITZ (All Region players) based on no response from team*

Trace Adcock – Rabun County FR G #55

STATS: 16.0 PTS, 3.0 REB, 3.0 AST, 2.0 STL, 1.5 BLK, 53% FG, 51% 3PT, 86% FT, 127 3PT (most in Georgia, 14th in Nation), GHSA 3PT Competition Champion, 493 PTS (most in Rabun history as a freshman), All-Region 1st Team

Neyo Bain – Tallulah Falls SR G #4

STATS: 14.3 PTS, 4.0 REB, 3.4 AST, 1.3 STL, 0.2 BLK, 46.8% FG, 23.3% 3PT, 60.5% FT, 1,000+ Career Pts, All-Region 1st Team, All-State

Huey Blalock – Rabun County SR PG #3

STATS: 19.0 PTS, 10.0 AST, 4.0 REB, 2.0 STL, 54% FG, 44% 3PT, 88% FT, State Leader in AST/GM & 10th in Nation, All-Region 1st Team, Region POY (B2B), GACA A-DI State POY, State Championship Game MVP, 1,964 Career Pts, 953 Career Ast (most in Rabun history)

Reed Burrell – Rabun County JR G #12

STATS: 8.0 PTS, 4.0 REB, 3.0 AST, 1.0 STL, 46% FG, 43% 3PT, All-Region 2nd Team

Tucker Engert – Towns County SO PG #11

STATS: 15.1 PTS, 3.3 REB, 3.8 AST, 2.0 STL, 0.1 BLK, 48% FG, 26.1% 3PT, 80.5% FT, All-Region 1st Team, Preseason All-State

Hayes Free – Rabun County SR F #23

STATS: 19.0 PTS, 8.0 REB, 2.0 STL, 1.0 BLK, 66% FG, 45% 3PT, 72% FT, All-Region 1st Team, 1,330 Career Pts, 680 Career Reb, 1st Team All-State

Colton Grant – Jefferson SR G #10

STATS: All-Region 1st Team (nominated by BLITZ)

Blayne Gunter – White County JR G #14

STATS: 22.0 PTS, 10.0 REB, 1.8 AST, 1.0 STL, 44% FG, 33% 3PT, 80% FT, All-Region 1st Team

Jayden Haynie – Stephens County SR G #14

STATS: All-Region 1st Team (nominated by BLITZ)

Bentley Huff – Franklin County SR G #11

STATS: 19.0 PTS, 5.0 REB, 5.0 AST, 2.0 STL, 33% 3PT, 45% FG, 70% FT, 1,000+ Career Pts, All-Region 1st Team

Hudson Huff – Franklin County SO PG #15

STATS: 22.0 PTS, 4.0 REB, 4.0 AST, 2.0 STL, 32% 3PT, 45% FG, 73% FT, 1,000+ Career Pts, All-Region 1st Team

Macade Huff – Banks County SO F #14

STATS: 18.0 PTS, 10.0 REB, 50% FG, All-Region 2nd Team

Landon Lee – Dawson County SR G #23

STATS: 20.7 PTS, 3.9 REB, 2.2 AST, 1.7 STL, 42% FG, 35% 3PT, 70% FT, 1,000+ Career Pts, All-Region 1st Team

Essien Lockleer – Commerce JR G #5

STATS: 14.9 PTS, 4.5 REB, 5.0 AST, 3.2 STL, 52% FG, 38% 3PT, All-Region 1st Team

Vince Marevka – Union County SR F #12

STATS: 14.8 PTS, 13.7 REB, 1.5 STL, 59% FG, 19 Double-Doubles, All-Region 1st Team

Jake Mihalick – Habersham Central SR F #5

STATS: ~20.0 PTS, 11.0 REB, 7.0 AST, All-Region 1st Team, (Nominated by BLITZ)

Maki Mitchell – Commerce JR G #4

STATS: 15.0 PTS, 4.5 REB, 1.3 STL, 75 3PT, All-Region 1st Team

Brian Neely – Tallulah Falls JR F #24

STATS: 8.4 PTS, 5.7 REB, 1.9 AST, 0.9 STL, 51.6% FG, 64.2% FT, All-Region 1st Team

Clay Owen – Jefferson SR G #11

STATS: All-Region 1st Team (nominated by BLITZ)

Darren Pinkard – Jefferson SR F #4

STATS: All-Region 1st Team (nominated by BLITZ)

Jordan Richardson – Lumpkin County SR G #1

STATS: 15.6 PTS, 4.2 REB, 3.2 AST, 39.7% 3 PT, 52.4% FG, All-Region 1st Team

Dayden Rogers – Banks County SR C #11

STATS: 18.0 PTS, 6.0 REB, 41% FG, 1,000+ Career Points, All-Region 1st Team

Jonas Rouse – Towns County SR G #3

STATS: 12.3 PTS, 7.0 REB, 2.1 AST, 1.5 STL, 1.0 BLK, 44.8% FG, 22.1% 3PT, 61.1% FT, All-Region 1st Team

Karter Shields – Jefferson SR F #20

STATS: All-Region 1st Team (nominated by BLITZ)

Todor Stanimirovic – Tallulah Falls JR F #12

STATS: 8.8 PTS, 6.0 REB, 1.1 AST, 1.2 STL, 0.5 BLK, 42.8% FG, 32.1% 3PT, 82.8% FT, All-Region HM

Donnie Warren – Habersham Central SR G #0

STATS: All-Region 1st Team, (Nominated by BLITZ)

Judge Wilbanks – Habersham Central SR F #13

STATS: ~20.0 PTS, 12.0 REB, 5.0 AST, All-Region 1st Team, Region Offensive POY (Nominated by BLITZ)

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