Another good year is in the books for Panther sports.
On May 28, Franklin High School athletes, coaches and family members gathered in the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts for the school’s 2025-26 Athletic Awards Ceremony. Those awards and their recipients are listed as follows:
Team Sport Female Athlete of the Year - Kendall Rumans
Team Sport Male Athlete of the Year - Addix Sutton
Individual Female Athlete of the Year - Amy Mendoza Lopez
Individual Male Athlete of the Year - Jonas Phillips
Senior Scholar-Athletes of the Year - Isabella Shope, Mark Vanhook
Franklin Panther Sports Network Play of the Year - Gabe Harrison, for his game-winning blocked extra point for Panther football in Round 2 of the state playoffs versus Forest Hills
Panther Pride Award - Amanda Dowdle
Above and Beyond Award - Ute Sanders
Fellowship of Christian Athletes Award - Sara Crupi, Addix Sutton
Tommy Roten Panther Award - Meliah Mason, Brock Bradley
Walter Scruggs Memorial Scholarship - Carrie Holland, Brock Bradley
Tom Raby Memorial Scholarship - Kendall Rumans, Addix Sutton
Brandon Stiwinter Memorial Scholarship - Payton King
Parker Mathis Memorial Scholarship - Meliah Mason, Mace Waldroop
FHS Booster Club Scholarship - Meliah Mason, Addix Sutton
Cross Country - Panther Award: Abby Timan, Lana Walker, Jase Rogers, Conner Ramey. MVP: Amy Mendoza Lopez, Evan Pyles
Cheer and Dance - Panther Award: Aspen Applewhite, Valerie Perez. MVP: McKinzy Carver, Mariam Sanders
Football - Panther Award: Mace Waldroop, Addix Sutton. MVP: Garrett Young
Men’s Soccer - Panther Award: Malik Walker. MVP: Kevin Torres, Christian Vasquez-Cruz.
Volleyball - Panther Award: Carrie Holland. Offensive MVP: Audrey Pressley. Defensive MVP: Bristol Brooks
Women’s Tennis - Panther Award, MVP: Clara Stork, Marlee Barnes
Men’s Basketball - Panther Award: Addix Sutton. MVP: Jack-Jack Teesateskie
Women’s Basketball - Panther Award: Meliah Mason. MVP: Bristol Brooks
Swim and Dive - Panther Award: Dalila Canzone, Lana Walker, Gavin Alverson, Thatcher Daniels, Malik Walker. MVP: Kenna Keyworth, Jonah Brant
Indoor Track and Field - Panther Award: Abigail Pope, Meliah Mason, Siler Kinsland. MVP: Michelle Ortega, Ken Modlin
Wrestling - Panther Award: April Perez, Bri Dezarn, Branch Browning, Devlin Bailey; MVP: Carrie Holland, Garrett Young
Baseball - Panther Award: Brock Bradley, Addix Sutton; MVP: Gunner McConnell, Damion Bowles
Softball - Panther Award: Ashlyn McConnell, Meliah Mason; MVP: Kendall Rumans
Men’s Golf - Panther Award: Oakley Brooks; MVP: Tanner Jones
Men’s Tennis - Panther Award: Drew Hodges; MVP: Hunter Thompson, Miles Caldwell
Outdoor Track and Field - Panther Award: Mindi Holbrooks, Annalee Ledbetter, Ivan Martinez, Gabe Harrison; MVP: Anna Timan, Morgan Cress, Reid Laseter, Jonas Phillips
Women’s Soccer - Panther Award: Alivia Clouse; MVP: Carramia Ramos