2025-26 Milwaukee High School Sports Awards: see all winter nominees

The 2025-26 Milwaukee High School Sports Awards, Presented by Piggly Wiggly , is proud to announce player of the year nominees for the winter sports season. The player of the year winners for each sport will be announced during the live show on June 15 at Brookfield Conference Center. During the live show, these nominees will be honored, along with player of the year nominees and winners from the fall and spring sports seasons.

Fall nominees have already been announced and can be found here . The show also will announce the winners of our premier awards, which include boys athlete of the year, girls athlete of the year, boys team of the year, girls team of the year, coach of the year and our Courage Award recipient. Nominated athletes who RSVP for the event here will receive a free ticket thanks to our sponsors.

Additional tickets to the event can be purchased on the show’s website here. The Milwaukee High School Sports Awards, Presented by Piggly Wiggly, is part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards. Here are the winter nominees: Boys basketball Jalen Brown, Wauwatosa West High School, JR Zavier Castillo, Greendale High School, SR Kaleb Colbert, Golda Meir School, SR Rashaad Davis, Nicolet High School, SR Yusef Gray Jr.

, West Allis Central High School, SR Dooney Johnson, Milwaukee Juneau, JR Cahlil Jones, Germantown High School, SR Zeak Jones, Dominican High School, JR Jack Kohnen, Slinger High School, JR Cal Loose, Port Washington High School, SR Jakari Smith, Bradley Tech High School, SR Zavier Zens, Wisconsin Lutheran High School, SR Girls basketball Ariell Allen, Milwaukee Academy Of Science, JR Aniya Blackmon, Golda Meir School, SR Jessiah Collins, Milwaukee Hamilton High School, JR Rowan Counsell, Whitefish Bay High School, JR Giselle Janowski, Pewaukee High School, SR Bella Klages, Hartford Union High School, SR Maya Kovacic, Brookfield East High School, SR Natalie Kussow, Arrowhead High School, SR Mikaia Litza, Wauwatosa East High School, SR Brooklyn Love, Dominican High School, SR Sage Miskel, Whitefish Bay High School, SR Amirah Taylor, Golda Meir School, SR Gymnastics Journee Carter, Arrowhead High School, SR Kendall Chuckel, Arrowhead High School, SO Sophia Emanuelson, Franklin High School, SR Gabi Ortiz Fleet, University School Of Milwaukee (Upper School), SR Mackenzie Gruszynski, Hartford Union High School, SR Grace Hibler, Muskego High School, SR Lexi Hummer, Waukesha West High School, SO Maddy Johnson, Brookfield East High School, SR Kayla Kestner, Homestead High School, SR Peyton McPherson, Cedarburg High School, JR Hailey Schuneman, Brookfield East High School, JR Riley Strube, West Allis Nathan Hale High School, JR Boys hockey Ben Brown, Franklin High School, SR Tyler Cook, University School Of Milwaukee (Upper School), SR Archer Hillig, Sussex Hamilton High School, SO Andrew Kunz, Oak Creek High School, SR Jack Templeton, Wauwatosa East High School, SR Everett Waltersdorf, University School Of Milwaukee (Upper School), JR Girls hockey Elizabeth Bowers, Cedarburg High School, JR Kennedi Bystol, Cedarburg High School, SO Chloe Katsma, West Bend West High School, SR Valley Lindemann, University School Of Milwaukee (Upper School), FR Esmè Loomans, University School Of Milwaukee (Upper School), SO Caroline Olson, Whitefish Bay High School, JR Boys swimming & diving John Brostowitz, Catholic Memorial High School, SR Steven Camacho, Whitefish Bay High School, SR Tyler Emory, Whitefish Bay High School, SR Gabe Hernandez, Wisconsin Lutheran High School, SO Jude Hill, Nicolet High School, JR Fischer Jakowski, Whitefish Bay High School, SR Miles Jakowski, Whitefish Bay High School, JR Logan Loppnow, Brookfield East High School, JR Charlie Prince, Port Washington High School, SR Grayson Rudich, Cedarburg High School, JR Cole Waldron, Franklin High School, SR Ryan Wanner, Waukesha West High School, JR Boys wrestling Zahn Beal, Arrowhead High School, SO Emmitt Becker, Slinger High School, JR Samuel Gehring, Slinger High School, JR Ayden Grulke, Hartford Union High School, SR Maximus Hay, Brown Deer High School, SR Garett Kawczynski, Port Washington High School, SR August Lubinski, West Bend West High School, JR McAllister Ramage, Lake Country Lutheran High School, SR Lincoln Swick, Oconomowoc High School, FR Jackson Villarreal, Oak Creek High School, SR Isaac...