Check out our watch list for 2023-24 USA TODAY HSSA Boys Tennis Player of the Year
The USA TODAY High School Sports Awards is pleased to announce its watch list for 2023-24 USA TODAY HSSA Boys Tennis Player of the Year!
This initial list includes 50 current student-athletes who meet the nomination criteria for this year’s national Boys Tennis Player of the Year award. These athletes were either nominees in last year’s national show, or athletes who were seriously considered based on season-wide performance, state championships and any other state, regional and/or national recognition.
Watch last year's full show: 2023 USA TODAY High School Sports Awards
Here's a little more about this year's program and how it works:
The official 2023-24 USA TODAY HSSA Boys Tennis Team will be announced later this spring. All 25 final team members will be honored as nominees for national Boys Tennis Player of the Year. The winner will be revealed during the fourth annual USA TODAY High School Sports Awards. Visit the event website for updates leading up to this summer's on-demand event, and to view all of the award winners from last year's show!
Note: The purpose of this watch list is to track eligible nominees for this year’s national show. Athletes could be removed from this list if they no longer play for their high school team (either by choice or injury), or if their high school no longer participates in a state-sanctioned championship tournament for this sport.
Who else should we be tracking for national Boys Tennis Player of the Year?
This watch list is only a starting point. All student-athletes who compete for state-sanctioned interscholastic championships are eligible for our program. Player of the Year suggestions can be submitted to both roleary@usatventures.com and BFontana@usatventures.com.
2023-24 USA TODAY HSSA Boys Tennis Watch List:
Clayton Anderson — SR | Rochester High School | Rochester Hills, Michigan
Graeme Angus — SO | Beaufort High School | Beaufort, South Carolina
Nolan Arado — SR | Lebanon High School | Lebanon, New Hampshire
Aidan Atwood — SR | Lambert High School | Suwanee, Georgia
Rafael Bote — FR | Saint Andrew's School | Boca Raton, Florida
Charlie Burdell — SR | Westminster School | Atlanta, Georgia
Simon Caldwell — SO | West Catholic High School | Grand Rapids, Michigan
Max Chen — SR | Ladue Horton Watkins High School | St. Louis, Missouri
Dylan Chou — JR | Douglas Southall Freeman High School | Richmond, Virginia
Brennon Chow — SR | True North Academy | Miami, Florida
Noey Do — JR | Kempner High School | Sugar Land, Texas
Zane Ensminger — JR | Spruce Creek High School | Port Orange, Florida
Parker Free — SR | Bob Jones High School | Madison, Alabama
Braeden Gelletich — SR | Goshen Central High School | Goshen, New York
Nathan Gold — JR | Kent Denver School | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
Blake Gold — JR | Highland Park High School | Highland Park, Illinois
Benedict Graft — JR | Marmion Academy | Aurora, Illinois
Drew Hedgecoe — JR | Terry Sanford High School | Fayetteville, North Carolina
Niels Hoffmann — SR | Corona del Mar High School | Newport Beach, California
Ajinkya Karnataki — SO | American Heritage Schools | Delray Beach, Florida
Andrew Kotzen — SR | Newark Academy | Livingston, New Jersey
Sachiv Kumar — SR | Northville High School | Northville, Michigan
Mark Lapko — JR | Bishop Gorman High School | Las Vegas, Nevada
Jacob Lee — SO | Johns Creek High School | Johns Creek, Georgia
Tyler Li — SR | Culver Academies | Culver, Indiana
Hunter Liao — JR | Boonsboro High School | Boonsboro, Maryland
Edward Liao — SR | Commack High School | Commack, New York
Jaden Litt — SO | Rancho Solano Prep | Scottsdale, Arizona
AJ Mercer — SR | Huntington High School | Huntington, West Virginia
Hunter Nelson — SO | Lincoln East High School | Lincoln, Nebraska
Payton Jim On — SR | Punahou School | Honolulu, Hawaii
Shaan Patel — SO | John Burroughs School | St. Louis, Missouri
Nicholas Patrick — JR | Alleman Catholic High School | Rock Island, Illinois
Max Pettingell — SR | Saint Stephen's Episcopal School | Bradenton, Florida
Steven Rice-Barbe — SR | Barbe High School | Lake Charles, Louisiana
Ethan Richardson — SR | Jonesboro High School | Jonesboro, Arkansas
Jack Satterfield — JR | Plant High School | Tampa, Florida
Will Semler — SR | Lincoln High School | Portland, Oregon
Pierce Shaya — JR | Bloomfield Hills High School | Bloomfield Twp, Michigan
Gurjot Singh — SO | Monroe Township High School | Monroe Township, New Jersey
Andrew Spurck — SR | William Fremd High School | Palatine, Illinois
Matthew Staton — SR | Colgan High School | Manassas, Virginia
Nikolas Stoot — SO | Coral Gables High School | Coral Gables, Florida
Adam Sun — SR | Kellis High School | Glendale, Arizona
Brayden Tallakson — SO | Woodbridge High School | Irvine, California
Gabriel Valdes — SO | True North Academy | Miami, Florida
John Varley — JR | Priory School | St. Louis, Missouri
Vincent Yang — SR | Lakeside School | Seattle, Washington
Andy Zhu — SR | Archmere Academy | Claymont, Delaware
Cyrus Zia — JR | St. Albans School | Washington, D.C.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2023-2024 USA TODAY High School Sports Awards Boys Tennis Watch List
