Category Archives: CalHiSports Players of the Year

Mr. Football 2025: Trent Mosley

The last two performances for the senior standout from Santa Margarita Catholic of Rancho Santa Margarita wound up being the difference in a close call over two others. Mosley is the first-ever winner of the state’s longest-running player of the year honor from his school, but he’s the eighth in the last 10 years from […]

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More Football State Players of the Year

To go along with Mr. Football State Player of the Year Trent Mosley, check inside this post for the honorees who have been chosen among juniors, sophomores, freshmen, medium schools and small schools. It’s more clear-cut this year with these additional honors since the overall winner is a senior and from a large/Open Division school. […]

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Teagan O’Dell: State Athlete of Year

Record-breaking, multi-event swimmer Teagan O’Dell from Santa Margarita takes the honor of being the top overall athlete on the girls side for the 2024-25 school year. There have been single-sport swimmers selected for this honor in the past, but Teagan is the first one from Orange County since multi-gold medal winner Janet Evans in 1989. […]

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More State Girls Athletes of Year

To go with overall honoree Teagan O’Dell, we have others selected as the best among girls athletes for juniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5) for the 2024-25 school year. Last year’s top honoree, Ventura’s Sadie Engelhardt, is picked again, this time for D2. We also have a flag […]

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McKay Madsen: State Athlete of Year

Clovis North of Fresno’s McKay Madsen completed one of the most rare double-doubles in CIF state track history after enjoying an all-state first team season at running back/linebacker. This year’s State Athlete of the Year for the boys also is a very cool one since he was named for a previous winner. For a look […]

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More State Boys Athletes of Year

Going with overall honoree McKay Madsen, others have been honored this week as the best among boys athletes for juniors, sophomores, freshmen and those from divisions (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5) for the 2024-25 school year. For the full story on our 2024-25 Boys State Athlete of the Year, CLICK HERE. WE HOPE YOU […]

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Ms. Softball 2025: Taelyn Holley

Being the exclusive compilers of state softball records in California can make a difference at times for player of the year consideration. So with Murrieta Mesa’s Taelyn Holley putting her name on all sorts of all-time offensive categories, that was the difference for her in another close call for the state’s most long-running softball player […]

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More Softball Players of the Year

Two of these honorees — Ayla Tuua for juniors and Coral Williams for sophomores — also were both close to being the Ms. Softball State Player of the Year. The freshman winner is another one coming up from the Inland Empire while the medium schools and small schools top honors are going to the Northern […]

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Mr. Baseball 2025: Seth Hernandez

It may be one of the no-brainer picks of all-time for Corona High’s Seth Hernandez to be the 2025 Mr. Baseball State Player of the Year, but going back-to-back as the player of the year in the greatest state in the nation for baseball is a remarkable achievement. It’s only the third time ever that […]

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More Baseball State Players of the Year

Norco lands the State Freshman of the Year honor for the second straight year, but the winner from last year was edged out as the State Sophomore of the Year. We also had to make a difficult call for State Junior of the Year among three strong candidates. In addition, we have State Medium Schools […]

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