The 2025-26 Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards, Presented by Ponce Law, 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 9 at Music City 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. The 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 register 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 Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards, Presented by Ponce Law, is part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards program.

Chris Washington Jr., Providence Christian Academy, SR

Kayte Madison Bjornstad, Providence Christian Academy, SR

Jules Ferrell, Middle Tennessee Christian High School, JR

Lakeria Kelly, Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School, JR

Audrey Levendusky, Montgomery Central High School, SR

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY High School Sports Wire: 2025-26 Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards: Winter nominees