IUSD is excited to announce the District’s 2025-26 Senior Athlete Awardees in the Categories of Athlete of the Year, Scholar Athlete, Multiple Sport Athlete and Sportsmanship. This year marks the introduction of additional recognition categories created to more fully reflect the many ways student-athletes make an impact both on and off the field, court, track or pool.
Eight athletes, one male and one female, from each comprehensive high school were recognized in every category.
These outstanding student-athletes represent all of the incredible athletes and sport programs. They demonstrate excellence in competition, commitment in the classroom, leadership among peers and integrity within their school communities.
Athlete of the Year Awardees
✨The Athlete of the Year Award recognizes student-athletes who demonstrated exceptional performance, leadership and achievement at the highest level of high school competition. Recipients were selected based on top-tier athletic success, including honors such as state championships, CIF recognition, Player of the Year awards, and other premier achievements within their sport.
Irvine High School
Summer Wilson
Smith Spivey
Northwood High School
Natalie Keith
Andrew Maksymowski
Portola High School
Taylor Strickland
Maxwell Mapstone
University High School
Claire Hipszer
Cole Barkett
Woodbridge High School
Mady Nolan
Brady Tallakson
Scholar Athlete Awardees
✨The Scholar-Athlete award goes to senior student-athletes who have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher throughout their high school careers and have made significant and admirable contributions on the Varsity level for their respective sport(s).
Irvine High School
Alyssa Brown
Aastine Bastine Arockiaraj
Northwood High School
Megan Liu
Abhinav Shrivastava
Portola High School
Chloe Chen
Nex Li
University High School
Carson Cruz
Ameen Gish
Woodbridge High School
Lisa Polkanova
Matthew Ko
Sportsmanship Awardees
✨The Sportsmanship Award recognizes student-athletes who consistently demonstrate integrity, respect, leadership and character in competition. Recipients were selected based on verified examples of sportsmanship, including commendations from officials, opposing coaches, and athletic directors who witnessed these students displaying exceptional honesty, respect, and leadership during competition.
Irvine High School
Chloe Won
Lennon Coffin
Northwood High School
Nicole Theodorou
Ethan Han
Portola High School
Josephine Liu
Jacob Doan
University High School
Gidget Smith
Kaden Moss
Woodbridge High School
Garryn Forde
Henry Uhrik
Multiple Sport Athlete Awardees
✨The Multiple-Sport Athlete Award recognizes student-athletes who excelled across multiple sports while maintaining a strong commitment to their academics and teams. Recipients were selected based on their impact and achievement across different sports, including earning multiple varsity letters and/or receiving All-League or All-CIF honors in more than one sport.
Irvine High School
Summer Wilson
Cole Riedel
Northwood High School
Marissa Lee
Sidney Francisco De Paula Junior
Portola High School
Amelia Booth
Reginald Thorn
University High School
Ruby Danner
Joey Davis
Woodbridge High School
Sophia Penaflor
Selim Youssef