Beginning in September the Amarillo Globe-News recognized some of the top high school performances by soliciting nominations and naming finalists for the Happy State Bank High School Athlete of the Week.
Weekly voting lasted throughout the school year and produced 35 Athletes of the Week.
Now readers will have a chance to choose from those honorees to name a Happy State Bank Fan Favorite High School Athlete of the Year.
Voting will be broken down over multiple weeks beginning June 1 and will run Monday through Thursday each week, alternating weeks between boys finalists and girls finalists.
The 16 athletes who receive the most votes this week will advance to the second round of voting.
The eight athletes with the most votes from the second week advance to the final week of voting.
Voting totals will reset each week.
The athletes represent schools of every size across the area.
Each athlete is listed alphabetically with the sport they were participating in when they were chosen Athlete of the Week. Take a look at the finalists and vote below for the 2025-26 Happy State Bank Fan Favorite High School Athlete of the Year.
2025-26 Boys Athlete of the Week winners
David Abeyta, Tulia baseball
Isaac Acosta, Boys Ranch football
Landon Barker, Amarillo High track
Jensen Betzen, Randall tennis
Zayden Brewer, Tascosa baseball
Zach Bryant, West Texas football
Tharcisse Butoyi, Palo Duro boys soccer
Alan Carrasco, Caprock boys soccer
Alejandro Casas, Stratford football
Jayden Cedillo, Amarillo High baseball
Ga’Quorie Chatham, Dimmitt baseball
Noah Cooper, Canyon boys cross country
Bo Cowan, Gruver baseball
Luis Davila, Caprock boys soccer
Izak Dominguez, Hereford track
Joseph Dominguez, Canadian boys cross country
Peyton Earls, Pringle-Morse boys basketball
LaDarius Godbolt, Tascosa boys basketball
Leonel Gomez, Palo Duro boys soccer
ZJ Jara, Dumas football
Lincoln Krause, Bushland baseball
Angel Lara, Bovina football
Jaxon Lawler, Bushland boys track
Josh Marler, Highland Park football
Jacob Mora, Childress football
Max Neff, Pampa football
Riggs Pennington, Canadian boys basketball
Braylen Preciado, Randall football
Blake Robinson, Dumas baseball/track
Luke Schmucker, Panhandle boys basketball
Kelby Sherwood, West Texas football
Conner Smith, Dumas boys wrestling
Austin Turner, Canyon football
Elijah Vasquez, West Plains baseball
Cayde Winters, West Texas football
VOTE HERE
Submit nominees, with stats, honors and accolades from the previous week by Saturday each week to sports@amarillo.com
This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: Vote for the Globe-News Athlete of the Year, presented by Happy State Bank
Reporting by Quinton Martinez, Amarillo Globe-News / Amarillo Globe-News
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