2024/2025
T.J. Hansen
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024
School: Freeland High School
Hansen topped a field of 109 runners to win the John Bruder Classic in Shepherd on Sept. 4 with a time of 14:49.3, beating the next-closest finisher by nearly a full minute and posting the top time in the state.
Emilia Garces
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024
School: Dow High School
Garces topped a field of 115 runners to win the Northwood Invitational in Midland on Sept. 7 with a personal-record time of 17:57.2, which is the top time in the state among freshmen and the second-best time in all of Division 1.
Austin King
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024
School: Dow High School
King won his No. 1 singles match 6-0, 6-0 against Mount Pleasant on Sept. 10, giving him a state-record 53 victories by the score of 6-0, 6-0 in his career. He then won three matches on Sept. 11 and three more on Sept. 14, extending his winning streak to 58 straight victories, which ranks third in state history.
Clara Kaczor
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024
School: Freeland High School
Kaczor ran a time of 18:46.1 to win the Division 3 girls’ race at the Duane Ruffin Festival of Races in Holly on Sept. 14. Her winning time topped a field of 90 runners, as she won the individual title in Holly for the second straight year.
2024
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
Landon Wisneski
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024
School: Midland High School
Wisneski scored twice in a Sept. 16 win over Davison, then had 14 saves as a goalkeeper in a Sept. 18 loss to rival Dow High.
Amelia Malarz
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024
School: Dow High School
Malarz earned Swimmer of the Meet honors at the Tri-Cities Championship on Sept. 21, helping the Chargers win the team title, setting a meet record in the 100 breaststroke, helping the Chargers win both the 200 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay, and finishing second in the 200 individual medley.
Collin Stockero
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024
School: Coleman High School
Stockero had five receptions for 74 yards, including two leaping touchdown catches; returned an interception for a touchdown; had another interception at the goal line to thwart a touchdown; and caught a 2-point conversion pass in a Sept. 28 win over St. Charles.
2024
MONTH OF OCTOBER
Victoria Garces
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024
School: Dow High School
Garces won the girls’ Elite Division title at the Shepherd Blue jay Invitational on Sept. 28, topping a field of 237 runners with a time of 17:26.07 a week after winning the Veterans Serving Veterans meet with a time of 17:16.91, which is the third-fastest time in the state, in her season debut.
Jared DeVrieze
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024
School: Coleman High School
DeVrieze rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns, caught six passes for 58yards and a TD, and had 14 tackles in an Oct. 4 win over Carson City-Crystal.
Nicole Giardina
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024
School: Midland High School
Giardina had 16 kills and 17 digs on Oct. 2 as the Chemics rallied from a 2-0deficit to beat Grand Blanc 3-2, then had 22 kills a day later as Midland rallied from an early deficit to beat Mount Pleasant 3-1.
Justin Alade
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024
School: Dow High School
Alade scored three goals in a 4-0 district quarterfinal win over rival MidlandHigh on Oct. 10.
Sophia Lee
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024
School: Dow High School
Lee shot a 2-over-par 74 at an Oct. 9 regional tournament to finish second individually and qualify for the Division 2 state tournament.
Austin King
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024
School: Dow High School
King won a second straight No. 1 singles state championship on Oct. 19 and finished a second consecutive season without losing a match or dropping a set. He finishes his prep career on a 75-match win streak, is the state’s all-time leader in 6-0, 6-0 victories, and ranks in the top three in the state all-time in single-season wins, career wins, and consecutive wins.
Victoria Garces
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024
School: Dow High School
Garces ran a school-record time of 16:59.51 to win an individual championship and lead the Chargers to a team championship at the Saginaw Valley League meet on Oct. 16. She became the first Dow girl ever to eclipse the 17-minute mark on a 5K course, and she set a new school record for the third time.
Zach Buschlen
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024
School: Midland High School
Buschlen had a game-high nine tackles on defense and, as a punter, pinnedrival Dow High back on its own 1-yard-line twice in a 17-6 win over the Chargerson Oct. 25.
Clara Kaczor
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024
School: Freeland High School
Kaczor ran a school-record time of 18:07.96 to win a Division 2 regionalchampionship and lead the Falcons to a team title and a state final berth on Oct.26.
T.J. Hansen
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2024
School: Freeland High School
Hansen won a Division 2 individual state championship in record time for the second straight year on Nov. 2, running a time of 14:50.5 to break his own Michigan International Speedway record and become the first repeat champion in Division 2 since 2015.
Victoria Garces
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2024
School: Dow High School
Garces won Dow’s first-ever individual Division 1 state championship on Nov. 2, running a school-record time of 16:37.1 to beat out the next-closest runner by nearly 24 seconds and topping her own previous school record by nearly 18 seconds.
2024
MONTH OF OCTOBERNOVEMBER
Colton Pfenninger
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2024
School: Gladwin High School
Pfenninger completed 8 of 13 passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a TD in a 28-19 win over sixth-ranked Ogemaw Heights in a Nov. 8 district final.
Vera Roberson
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2024
School: Dow High School
Roberson was named Swimmer of the Meet and earned First Team All-Saginaw League honors after leading the Chargers to victory in the league championship meet on Nov. 9, winning both the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle, and helping the Chargers win both the 200 medley relay and the 200 free style relay.
Caden Nemeth
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2024
School: Dow High School
Nemeth scored four goals in the Chargers’ season-opening 9-1 win over Cheboygan on Nov. 23.
MONTH
2024
OF NOVEMBER - DECEMBER
Amelia Malarz
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2024
School: Dow High School
Malarz became the first Dow swim freshman to win an individual state championship, winning the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.18 at the Division 2 finals on Nov. 23. She also earned All-State status in three other events, finishing fourth in the 200 individual medley, helping the 200 medley relay team finish fourth, and helping the 400 freestyle relay team finish eighth.
Trace Corlew
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2024
School: Gladwin High School
Corlew had 11 receptions for 111 yards in a Nov. 15 regional final against top-ranked Frankenmuth.
Elle Savage
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2024
School: Calvary Baptist Academy
Savage had 19 kills and eight blocks in a Nov. 12 regional semifinal against Big Rapids Crossroads Academy, then had nine kills in a Nov. 14 regional final against second-ranked Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.
Wilson Huckeby
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2024
School: Freeland High School
Huckeby scored 32 points in a Nov. 26 season-opening win over Bay City Western, then scored 27 points in a Nov. 30 win over perennial power Warren De La Salle.
Averie
Miller
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2024
School: Midland High School
Miller finished with 334.15 points to place fifth at the Division 2 state final Nov. 22-23, becoming the first Chemic to earn All-State status at a girls’ swimming and diving final in at least 11 years.
Ben VanSumeren
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2024
School: Dow High School
VanSumeren had 21 points and 18 rebounds in a Dec. 3 win over Bay City Central.
Halen McLaughlin
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2024
School: Meridian High School
McLaughlin averaged 26.7 points and 8.3 rebounds in three games from Dec. 3-7, including a 33-point, 10-rebound performance in a Dec. 7 win over Alma.
Ian Roberts
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2024
School: Beaverton High School
Sophomore basketball player Roberts hit seven 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 26 points in a Dec.13 game against Bullock Creek.
Addie Seemann
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2024
School: Freeland High School
Senior basketball player
Seemann had 25 points and 11 rebounds in a Dec. 13 win over Mount Pleasant.
Wynn Diegel
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2024
School: Dow High School
Diegel had a game-high 18 points and six assists in a Dec. 19 win over rival Midland High.
Aesa Jingles
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2024
School: Dow High School
Jingles became the first female hockey player to play for the Chargers, earning the win in net in a Dec. 7 game against West De Pere (Wis.) and in a Dec. 11 game against Grand Blanc, then making 22 saves in a Dec. 14 win over Birmingham Unified.
2024-2025
MONTH OF DECEMBER - JANUARY
Noan Anderson
MONTH OF JANUARY 2025
School: Midland High School
Anderson went 5-0 in dual matches on Dec. 21, as the Chemics won the Caro Invitational.
Jozelynn Begick
MONTH OF JANUARY 2025
School: Freeland High School
Begick went 8 of 10 from 3-point range and scored 39 points in a Dec. 20 win over Essexville Garber.
Alex Sampson
MONTH OF JANUARY 2025
School: Meridian High School
Sampson went 5-0 at 106 pounds at the Battle of the Bridge tournament in Sault Ste. Marie on Dec. 21.
2025
MONTH OF JANUARY
Ellee Arnold
MONTH OF JANUARY 2025
School: Midland High School
Arnold had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and six blocks in a Dec. 19 win over rival Dow High
J.P. Salogar
MONTH OF JANUARY 2025
School: Dow High School
Salogar stopped 37 of the 39 shots he faced for a save percentage of .948, as the Chargers beat Marysville on Jan. 2 and Chelsea on Jan. 4 to extend their winning streak to seven straight.
Maddie Voelker
MONTH OF JANUARY 2025
School: Northwood University
Voelker scored a career-high 30 points to reach the 1,000-point milestone during a Jan. 2 win over Lake Erie. During the game, she shot 10 of 14 from the floor, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, and 7 of 8 from the foul line.
Jack Waskevich
MONTH OF JANUARY 2025
School: Midland High School
Waskevich had 32 saves in a Jan. 11 win over Grand Haven.
Halen McLaughlin
MONTH OF JANUARY 2025
School: Meridian High School
McLaughlin scored 30 points in a Jan. 9 win over Pinconning, making her Meridian’s all-time leading scorer, male or female, with 1,662 points.
Konner Minuth
MONTH OF JANUARY 2025
School: Dow High School
Minuth set a Grand Blanc pool record in 1-meter diving with 226.35 points during a Jan. 23 win over the Bobcats.
Chloe Williams
MONTH OF JANUARY 2025
School: Calvary Baptist Academy
Williams had 26 points, seven rebounds, and six steals in a Jan. 24 win over Genesee.
