Congratulations to the 2025-2026 HCPS Athletics Winter Sports Awards recipients! The following student-athletes were honored this morning for their excellence in academics and athletics.
Team GPA Awards
Girls Basketball — Wharton High School, 3.612 GPA
Boys Basketball — Plant High School, 3.551 GPA
Girls Soccer — Steinbrenner High School, 3.793 GPA
Boys Soccer — Newsome High School, 3.532 GPA
Cheerleading — Plant High School, 3.828 GPA
Girls Wrestling — Robinson High School, 3.710 GPA
Boys Wrestling — Brandon High School, 3.566 GPA
Individual Awards
Dottie McGahagin Girls Basketball Award — Ashley Knox, Tampa Catholic High School
Alson “Mac” McGahagin Boys Basketball Award — Jackson Byam, Sickles High School
Joel Medgebow Wrestling Coach of the Year — Mark Church, Bloomingdale Senior High School
Hillsborough County Female Wrestler of the Year — Hazuki Sykes, Sumner High School
Hillsborough County Male Wrestler of the Year — Arron McCarty, Robinson High School
Williamson-Snapp Outstanding Cheerleader Award — Madelynn Hardwick, Plant City High School
