The West Texas high school sports season is over, and the Standard-Times will now ask fans and the community for their input on who they believe should be the San Angelo Standard-Times Athlete of the Year, presented by City National Bank.
The West Texas, Concho Valley, and San Angelo area saw plenty of outstanding performances during the high school sports season, as local athletes in football, volleyball, cross country, swim and dive, basketball, track and field, tennis, golf, baseball, and softball competed throughout the regular season and postseason.
After the season concluded, there were 32 San Angelo Standard-Times Athlete of the Week winners throughout the West Texas high school sports season. Those winners will be split into three rounds of voting for Athlete of the Year.
The first round of voting had all 32 Athlete of the Week winners competing for a spot in the top 16 in the second round of voting. Then, the final round of voting will have the top eight competing for the Athlete of the Year title.
Here are the top 16 vote getters, which will begin on Monday, June 8, and end at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 11.
Round of 16 nominees
Chris Alvizo, San Angelo Lake View football
Avery Clark, Sterling City girls basketball
Coy Evans, Forsan boys basketball
Jesus Garza, Sonora boys track and field
Sebastian Gonzales, San Angelo Central boys track and field
Brook Kaiser, Sonora volleyball
Wyatt Killough, Sonora boys basketball
Caden Klingelhefer, Mason boys track and field
Jimena Lejia, Sonora girls powerlifting
Ella Losoya, San Angelo Lake View softball
Will Nye, Christoval baseball
Mia Obenhaus, Colorado City softball
Mason Plummer, Wall boys basketball
Michael Preddy, Ozona football
Izaiah Rios, San Angelo Lake View football
San Angelo Central boys cross country team
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How to nominate for Athlete of the Week next year
Nominations for AOTW are due by 5 p.m. every Saturday and can be submitted through email at sports@gosanangelo.com.
Students participating in all varsity sports are eligible for nomination. Please include an athlete’s statistics/times from a single game/event in an email to the San Angelo Standard-Times.
Athletes who win Athlete of the Week cannot win the award twice for the same sport. An athlete can be nominated in a different sport, but can’t win the award more than three times in a school year.
Paul Witwer covers high school sports and Angelo State University sports for The San Angelo Standard-Times. Reach him at sports@gosanangelo.com. Follow him on X @Paul_Witwer, Instagram and TikTok at pwitwer_sast.
This article originally appeared on San Angelo Standard-Times: Vote for the 2025-26 San Angelo Standard-Times Athlete of the Year, presented by City National Bank
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