Players of the Week

2018-19 boys' athlete of the year

tad fisher

Bracken County

Honorable Mention: Honorable Mention: Brecken Thomas (Greenup County) FAN VOTE WINNER!, Ryan Bryant (Ashland Blazer), Landon Swartz (Bath County), Jonah Lamb (Calvary Christian), Chase Blanton (Harrison County), Cameron Ruckel (Lewis County), Seth Wright (Lewis County), Carson Brammer (Mason County), Jake Swolsky (Mason County), Pharaoh Davis (Montgomery County), Luke Fuller (Montgomery County), Isaac Fryman (Nicholas County), Jamaun Clark (Paris), Cody Sullivan (Pendleton County), Jake Gallenstein (St. Patrick), Jackson Bond (West County).

2018-19 girls' athlete of the year

promise cross

Rowan County

Honorable Mention: Honorable Mention: Madison Hill (Greenup County) FAN VOTE WINNER!, Mary Alice Thornburg (Ashland Blazer), McKenna Moore (Bath County), Mariah Frommeyer (Bishop Brossart), Gracie Borders (Boyd County), Taylor Watson (Campbell County), Taylor Hall (East Carter), Maleigh McDaniel (Elliott County), Sidney Argo (Fleming County), Emma Hacker (Menifee County), Zoe Strings (Paris), Olivia Verst (Pendleton County), Samantha Verst (Pendleton County), Summer Secrist (Scott), Gabby Kallmeyer (Scott), Elizabeth McKay (St. Patrick), Hailey Smith (Wolfe County).

2017-18 boys' athlete of the year

Michael prater

Morgan County

Honorable Mention: Josh Crump (Fleming County), Bryce Donnelly (Bishop Brossart), Josh Moran (Calvary Christian), Tay Offut (Lewis County), Jamaun Clark (Paris), Malkolm Devine (Mason County), Allen Jump (Bishop Brossart), Tad Fisher (Bracken County), Ryan Bryant (Ashland Blazer), Grant Jolly (Campbell County), Bryce Williams (Bath County), Gavin Fannin (Elliott County), Devin Johnson (Montgomery County), Josh Adkins (Morgan County), Spencer Morris (Nicholas County), Sam Hamilton (Nicholas County), Isaac Fryman (Nicholas County), Aaron Maggard (Paris), Adam Antrobus (Pendleton County), Rylie Potter (Raceland), Ryan Mullen (Rowan County), Noah Tansil (Rowan County), Jax Downs (Russell), Nelson Perrin (Scott), Baylen Bauer (St. Patrick), Jake Swolsky (St. Patrick), Nathan Landsaw (Wolfe County).

2017-18 girls' athlete of the year

samantha sowell

Nicholas County

Honorable Mention: Promise Cross (Rowan County), Taylor Jackson (East Carter), Madison Hill (Greenup County), Emma Hacker (Menifee County), Kiara Garrard (Paris), Summer Secrist (Scott), Mariah Frommeyer (Bishop Brossart), Sarah Rymer (Ashland Blazer), Mary Alice Thornburg (Ashland Blazer), Nicole Arthur (Augusta), Gracie Borders (Boyd County), Lydia Kramer (Campbell County), Sydney Ekers (Fairview), Jordan Rakes (Fairview), Kailee Finch (Paris), Anna Askren (Pendleton County), Samantha Verst (Pendleton County), Shelby Nibert (Rose Hill Christian), Bellamee Sparks (Rose Hill Christian), Delaynee Sparks (Rose Hill Christian), Makenlee Sparks (Rose Hill Christian), Lindsey Fox (Scott), Libby Gallenstein (St. Patrick), Rosie Jump (Bishop Brossart), Ally Schultz (Bishop Brossart).

2016-17 boys' athlete of the year

donovan triplett

Wolfe County

Honorable Mention: Jekobi Wells (Paris), Jake Ohmer (Scott), Michael Prater (Morgan County), Nick Conley (Russell), Jherrell Jackson (Greenup County), Bailey Walker (Raceland), Austin Crawford (Bracken County), Seth Adkins (Russell), Dalton Brown (West Carter), Eugene Hamm (Fleming County), Jovon Williams (Harrison County), Keegan Duncan (Fleming County), Peyton Brown (West Carter), Zac Alexander (Fleming County), Kyle Gammon (Greenup County), Gabe Hughes (Greenup County), Quentin Turley (Harrison County).

2016-17 girls' athlete of the year

jordan frodge

Mason County

Honorable Mention: Sara Hieneman (Russell), Maddie Boone (Mason County), Rebecca Cline (Campbell County), Tori Ishmael (Fleming County), Whitney O'Mara (Mason County), Samantha Sowell (Nicholas County).

2015-16 boys' athlete of the year

braden brown

West Carter

Honorable Mention: Andrew Trame (Scott), Connor Snapp (Augusta), Koebe Garrard (Paris), James Clark (Paris), Caden Messer (Bath County), Dalton Brown (West Carter).

2015-16 girls' athlete of the year

destiny goins

Boyd County

Honorable Mention: Gabby Kallmeyer (Scott), Taylor Jolly (Campbell County), Haleigh Yazell (Bourbon County), Kendra Willoughby (Wolfe County), Emma Ison (Russell).

2014-15 boys' athlete of the year

connor messer

Raceland

Honorable mention: Blake Schneider (Scott), Justin Graham (Rowan), Braden Brown (West), Wilder Williams (Fleming), Hunter Holbrook (Elliott County), Aaron Williams (Paris), Alex Roy (Fairview), Larry Whelan (Rowan County), Wesley Whelan (Ashland Blazer), Trevor P’Simer (West Carter), Connor Maddox (Augusta), Koebe Garrard (Paris), James Clark (Paris), Quinton Baker (Ashland Blazer).

2014-15 girls' athlete of the year

cristi petersen

Fleming County

Honorable mention: Holly Kallmeyer (Scott), Sandra Skinner (George Rogers Clark), xxx (Bishop Brossart), Megan Bretz (Nicholas County), xxx (Ashland Blazer), xxx (Russell), Katie Pfeffer (Fleming County), Kassidy Cook (Harrison County), .

2013-14 boys' athlete of the year

connor messer

Raceland

Honorable Mention:

Messer did a little bit of everything for Raceland this year. He was the 1016sports’ Football Player of the Year and won state Class A track & field titles in the 110-meter hurdles, high jump and pole vault, and taking second in the triple jump. To no surprise, he walked away from that meet with the Kentucky National Guard Best & Brightest Award. He captured the hurdle title by nearly six tenths of a second, the pole vault crown by two feet and the high jump championship by four inches. He fell just an inch shy of winning the triple jump and four state crowns. He also swept the regional titles in all four events. On the gridiron, he tallied 711 receiving yards on 34 catches for 10 touchdowns, added 29 rushes for 224 yards and four scores on the ground, and was 9-for-15 passing for 97 yards and four TDs. No less of a threat on defense, Messer also collected 53 total tackles, including 33 solo efforts, and snared three interceptions, two of which he returned for scores. Messer also was the team’s primary return man on special teams and ran back a punt for TD. He even kicked an extra point for Raceland, which finished 11-3 and won its first-ever regional crown. During the winter, the multi-dimensional Messer averaged 12.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, while shooting 62.5 percent from the field, despite playing in just 16 games for the Ram basketball team. Messer was the lone individual to earn 1016sports’ Player of the Week honors three times this year.

2013-14 girls' athlete of the year

sandra skinner

George Rogers Clark

Honorable Mention:

Skinner made her biggest mark on the basketball court, where she averaged 14.5 points and eight rebounds per game, in addition to shooting 54.8 percent from the field during the regular season, en route to helping lead the Lady Cardinals to the state semifinals, before finishing with a 27-8 record and both a district and regional title. In the team’s state tournament opener against Corbin, she finished with 25 points on 9-of-11 shooting to go along with seven rebounds, four assists and two blocks. In the round-of-16 game against Marshall County, she followed up with 15 points (on 6-of-8 shooting), 12 boards and two blocks. She was one of the top junior hoopsters in the state and at the end of the season was named to the Kentucky-Indiana Junior All-Star team as one of the state’s six core team members. She also ran cross country for the Lady Cards, but made her biggest contributions away from the basketball court on the track, where she boasted Class AAA state championship finishes of fifth in the high jump, eighth in the triple jump and 14th in the long jump. At the track and field regionals, she won the high jump, was second in the triple jump and placed fourth in the long jump.