On May 25, Franklin High School athletes, coaches and family members gathered in the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts for the 2022-23 FHS Athletic Awards Ceremony. Those awards are listed as follows:
Individual Female Athlete of the Year Isabelle Duchemin
Individual Male Athlete of Year Blake Cassada
Team Sport Female Athlete of the Year Tori Ensley
Team Sport Male Athlete of the Year Davis Anders
Senior Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Male - Seth Brewer
Female - Callie Roper
Team Most Valuable Player and Panther Awards
Football
Panther Award - Aiden Stewart
MVP - Ty Handley
Cheer
Panther Award - Brianna Quiroz
MVP - McKenzie Holland
Volleyball
Panther Award - Taylor Moss, Kendall Reis
Offensive MVP - Andrea Terrell
Defensive MVP - Tori Ensley
Cross Country
Panther Award - Logan Russo, Hannah Ludwig
Men’s MVP - Barrett Stork, Mindi Holbrooks
Men’s Soccer
Panther Award - Aaron Jennings
MVP - Noel Rivera-Villa, Cristian Chavez
Women’s Tennis
Panther Award - Logan Guynn
MVP - Alyssa Smith, Kate Phillips
Men’s Basketball
Panther Award - Parker Cabe
MVP - Cal Drake, Max McClure
Women’s Basketball
Panther Award - Roslynn McCollum, Andrea Terrell
MVP - Cali Queen
Wrestling
Panther Award - Malaina Alberry, Wyatt Browning
MVP - Jasmin Valencia, Nathan Diaz
Swim and Dive
Panther Award - Logan Guynn, Zoi Walker, Rylee Cassada, Gavin Rinker, Jonah Brant
MVP - Natalie Claire Ballard, Callie Roper, Clayton Guynn
Indoor Track and Field
Panther Award - Seth Brewer, Addison Coker
MVP - Elijah Cochran, Boston Stringer
Baseball
Panther Award - Caleb Cloer
MVP - Davis Anders, Josiah Hursey
Women’s Soccer
Panther Award - Stephanie Ortiz, Lillian Holt
MVP - Jasmin Valencia, Madalynn Brannon
Men’s Golf
Panther Award - Max McClure
MVP - Tanner Jones
Outdoor Track and Field
Panther Award - Aiden Stewart, Amy Mendoza-Lopez
MVP - Isaiah Roots, Laura Covarrubias
Softball
Panther Award - Tessa Dehart
MVP - Tori Ensley
Men’s Tennis
Panther Award - Gavin Rinker, Eli Adams
MVP - Jack Sgro, Mica Jacobs
Panther Pride Award
Blair King
Above and Beyond Award Lynette Gibson
Tommy Rotten Memorial Award Andrea Terrell
FCA Award Tori Ensley, Aiden Stewert and Josh Zoellner
Scholarship Awards
Tom Raby Memorial Scholarship Davis Anders and Tori Ensley
Walter Scruggs Memorial Scholarship Brayden Watts and Abby Carpenter
Brandon Stiwinter Memorial Scholarship Abby Carpenter
Parker Mathis Memorial Scholarship Davis Anders and Hannah Ludwig
Walter Wright Memorial Scholarship Ben Waldroop
Eric Witherington Athletic Scholarship Tori Ensley, Andrea Terrell, Davis Anders, Ben Waldroop and Brayden Watts
Booster Club Athletic Scholarship Davis Anders and Hannah Ludwig
Franklin Panther Sports Network Plays of the Year
Blake Cassada, for his gold medal-winning pole vaults at the 3A Indoor and 3A Outdoor State Championships
Abby Carpenter and Jasmin Valencia, for winning the first-ever Women’s West Regional Wrestling Championships in the 126 and 132-lb weight classes
Isaiah Roots, for his last-second goal to beat Smoky Mountain in men’s soccer
Cal Drake, for his fourth-place triple jump at the 3A Outdoor State Championships after being erroneously excluded from the initial list of finalists
FHS would like to thank First Bank for their contributions to Panther athletics in 2023.