Dispatch announces spring honorees for 2023 Central Ohio High School Sports Awards

In the fall and winter, we reveal the honorees for the Central Ohio High School Sports Awards one sport at a time. But time is short in the spring, so we’re announcing the selections from those sports in one story to give them time to register for the live show at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 15, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

Athletes from 30 sports will be honored at the show, which is presented by Encova Insurance and produced with the support of Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Each honoree is a finalist to be named Athlete of the Year in their sport. Also during the show, we’ll reveal the overall Boys Athlete of the Year, Girls Athlete of the Year, Coach of the Year, Boys Team of the Year and Girls Team of the Year for 2022-23.

In addition, $63,000 in scholarships will be awarded thanks to Encova Insurance and the Warren B. Sneed Memorial Scholarship. Former Dublin Coffman, Notre Dame and NFL quarterback Brady Quinn will be the guest speaker.

Nominated athletes need to register for the show at sportsawards.usatoday.com/centralohio. Each athlete will receive one free ticket to the show, and additional tickets can be purchased at ventures.enmotive.com/events/register/central-ohio-high-school-sports-awards.

The Central Ohio High School Sports Awards show is part of the USA Today High School Sports Awards program, the largest high school sports recognition program in the country.

Our Dispatch All-Metro stories highlighting athletes from all spring sports will run in the coming weeks. We also are selecting one All-Metro Coach of the Year for each sport.

Here are the spring sports honorees:

Baseball

• Brock Amelung, sr., Olentangy Liberty

• Adam Buerger, sr., Gahanna Lincoln

• Cole Cahill, sr., Olentangy Orange

• Kaid Carpenter, sr., Fredericktown

• Thatcher Dietz, sr., Westerville South

• Cam Gilkerson, sr., Hilliard Darby

• Keegan Holmstrom, jr., Grove City

• Matthew Keener, sr., Fairfield Christian

• Nick Kudika, jr., Watterson

• Ashton Martin, so., Jonathan Alder

• Mason Onate, sr., Olentangy Liberty

• Conner Peer, sr., Dublin Scioto

Boys lacrosse

• Elliott Baur, jr., Watterson

• Blake Carawan, jr., DeSales

• Cade Galko, sr., Hilliard Davidson

• Harlee Hanna, jr., Canal Winchester

• Hayes Hundley, sr., Upper Arlington

• Luke McLoughlin, sr., Dublin Jerome

• Dominic Shaw, jr., Pickerington Central

• Cooper Simpson, jr., DeSales

• Braydon Spencer, sr., Olentangy Liberty

• Marek Tzagournis, sr., Dublin Jerome

• Adam Van Voorhis, jr., Hilliard Davidson

• Mason Wolford, sr., Jonathan Alder

Girls lacrosse

• Marissa Dolciato, jr., Worthington Kilbourne

• Makena Harrington, sr., Olentangy Liberty

• Cate Isaacson, sr., Thomas Worthington

• Ellie McClelland, jr., New Albany

• Meg Newcomb, sr., Watterson

• Amelia Sarap, sr., Granville

• Audrey Schoemer, sr., Upper Arlington

• Kampbell Stone, sr., Upper Arlington

• Lily Thompson, jr., Olentangy Berlin

• Kate Tyack, sr., Dublin Coffman

• Caroline Weber, jr., Big Walnut

• Mikayla Williams, sr., Bexley

Softball

• Kirnan Bailey, sr., Gahanna Lincoln

• Tareyn Born, sr., Marysville

• Carsyn Cassady, jr., Watkins Memorial

• Cara Cooper, sr., Circleville

• Renae Cunningham, sr., Heath

• Ella Esterby, sr., Gahanna Lincoln

• Jordan George, sr., New Albany

• Brooke Mannon, sr., West Jefferson

• Chloe Sayre, sr., Hilliard Bradley

• Macy Walters, sr., Johnstown

• Izzie Wilson, sr., Olentangy Berlin

• Jordyn Wycuff, jr., Watkins Memorial

Boys tennis

• Hummza Ali, jr., Olentangy Liberty

• Kallan Arledge, sr., Olentangy Orange

• Ben Bilenko, jr., New Albany

• Brandon Carpico, sr., Gahanna Lincoln

• Jackson Clements, so., New Albany

• Sam Lessard, so., Bexley

• Nason Lo, fr., Columbus Academy

• Jayanth Ramakaggari, jr., Olentangy Liberty

• Ethan Samora, sr., Upper Arlington

• Sanjan Shanker, jr., Wellington

• Pavan Uppu, sr., Pickerington North

• Lucas Xue, so., Columbus Academy

Boys track and field

• Connor Ackley, sr., Hilliard Davidson

• Dylan Chittum, sr. Bloom-Carroll

• Jayden Douglas, sr., Beechcroft

• Jaxson Eckert, sr., Olentangy Liberty

• Daniel Edwards, sr., Lancaster

• D.J. Fillmore, sr., Licking Heights

• A.J. Jordan, sr. Independence

• Troy Lane, sr., Pickerington Central

• Mason Louis, sr., Bexley

• Sam Ricchiuti, jr., Dublin Jerome

• Josh Richardson, sr., New Albany

• Romearo Wells, sr. Gahanna Lincoln

Girls track and field

• Camden Bentley, sr., Gahanna Lincoln

• Amryne Chilton, sr., Gahanna Lincoln

• Victoria Harvey, sr., Watkins Memorial

• Amari Kiluvia, sr., Westerville Central

• Juliette Laracuente-Huebner, sr., Highland

• Macy Miller, sr., Fairbanks

• Olivia Pace, jr., Westerville Central

• Marissa Saunders, sr., Westerville South

• Celia Schulte, fr., Hilliard Davidson

• Sydnie Smith, sr., Bexley

• Camryn Thompson, sr., Olentangy Liberty

• Ashtan Winfrey, jr., Africentric

Boys volleyball

• Evan Althouse, sr., DeSales

• Noah Franz, sr., St. Charles

• Parker Gantt, jr., Mount Vernon

• Stuart Hankinson, jr., St. Charles

• Will Haslett, sr., Worthington Kilbourne

• Mason Heit, jr., Hilliard Darby

• Cameron Hoying, sr., DeSales

• Aidan Kolb, jr., Hilliard Darby

• Andrew Rakocy, jr., New Albany

• George Smith, so., Watterson

• Parker Van Horne, jr., Olentangy Berlin

• Caden Whiteside, jr., Olentangy Liberty

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