NEWARK – The Advocate sports staff later this week will announce and celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of The Advocate Male Athlete of the Year.
As part of the USA Today’s 250 for 250 celebration, however, we decided to take a look back at some of the best male athletes to play in Licking County. We of course cannot go back 250 years, but we decided to take a quick glance at The Advocate Male Athlete of the Year honorees from the past two decades.
2006 Eric Arnett, Watkins Memorial
2007 Kendall Stinson, Newark
2008 Mark Nichols, Newark Catholic
2009 Storm Klein, Licking Valley
2010 Bryan Large, Lakewood
2011 Travis Drumm, Heath
2012 Joey Comisford, Granville
2013 Mitch Cox, Newark Catholic
2014 Grant Russell, Newark
2015 Darius Shackleford, Newark
2016 Andrew Jordan, Watkins Memorial
2017 Aaron Latiolais, Heath
2018 Chandler Wilhelm, Heath
2019 Chase Whisner, Licking Valley
2020 Xavier Foehl, Heath
2021 Dylan Dodson, Licking Valley
2022 Reece Huber, Heath
2023 Jibreel Smith, Newark
2024 Brayden Bayles, Heath
2025 Austin Rose, Newark
This article originally appeared on Newark Advocate: Check out last 20 The Advocate Male Athlete of the Year winners
Reporting by Kurt Snyder, Newark Advocate / Newark Advocate
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