32 winners, Sam Bradford highlight the night at the OKC Metro High School Sports Awards
More than 250 athletes were honored Thursday night at the 2023 OKC Metro High School Sports Awards show, presented by BancFirst. The show was held at The OKC Convention Center. Featured speaker for the event was Oklahoma City native and former Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford.
Nine Premier Awards were also presented at the show, which featured high school student-athletes and coaches from 84 schools in the area.
Here are the Premier Award winners:
Boys Team of the Year: Santa Fe South High School Boys Soccer
Girls Team of the Year: Bethany High School Girls Basketball
Boys Athlete of the Year, sponsored by BancFirst: Brandon Garrison, Del City High School
Girls Athlete of the Year, sponsored by BancFirst: Piper McNeil, Shawnee High School
Boys Team Coach of the Year: Steven Alexander, Frederick A. Douglass High School
Girls Team Coach of the Year: Pete Papahronis, Edmond North High School
Courage Award: Gray Blevins, Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School
School Spirit Award: Crooked Oak High School
Best Band Fan Favorite, sponsored by Love's Travel Stops: Mustang High School
Complete stories on all these winners, as well as photo galleries from the event, will be posted at oklahoman.com in the next several days.
The show also recognized winners in 23 individual sports played in the fall, winter and spring sports season. Those winners are:
Baseball Player of the Year, sponsored by Ortho Central Surgery Center: Colin Fisher Noble High School
Boys Basketball Player of the Year, sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings: Brandon Garrison, Del City High School
Girls Basketball Player of the Year, sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings: Laci Steele Edmond, North High School
Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year: Keegan Thomas, Stillwater High School
Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year: Liesel Kehoe, Edmond North High School
Defensive Football Player of the Year, sponsored by Suntech Heat & Air Conditioning: Taje McCoy, Putnam City High School
Offensive Football Player of the Year, sponsored by Suntech Heat & Air Conditioning: Xavier Robinson, Carl Albert High School
Boys Golfer of the Year: Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma Christian School
Girls Golfer of the Year: Lucy Darr, Stillwater High School
Boys Soccer Player of the Year, sponsored by Rose State College: Fabian Hernandez, Crooked Oak High School
Girls Soccer Player of the Year, sponsored by Rose State College: Narissa Fults, Norman North High School
Softball Player of the Year, sponsored by Ortho Central Surgery Center: Maggie Place, Washington High School
Boys Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Year: Ryan Healy, Edmond North High School
Girls Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Year: Piper McNeil, Shawnee High School
Boys Tennis Player of the Year: Gray Ferguson and Emerson Ritenour, Heritage Hall High School
Girls Tennis Player of the Year: Sofia Acuña, Classen School of Advanced Studies
Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year: Heston Thompson, Stillwater High School
Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year: Emmanuella Njenje, Edmond Santa Fe High School
Girls Volleyball Player of the Year: Kathrin Rowe, Edmond Memorial High School
Boys Wrestler of the Year: Cael Hughes, Stillwater High School
Girls Wrestler of the Year: Peyton Hand, Choctaw High School
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: OKC Metro High School Sports Awards: Winners list
