2021 ETVarsity BEST PREPS

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The Longview News Journal ETVarsity Best Preps Nominations

The ETVarsity Best Preps, presented by Peters Chevrolet, is an awards program for outstanding high school student athletes based not only on their athletic performance but also their GPA and their volunteerism and community involvement. Each Best Preps student has been nominated by their coach and has maintained at least a 3.0 GPA this year and has at least 10 hours of volunteerism this year. The Longview News Journal, along with these generous sponsors are proud to honor these hard working and dedicated student athletes.

ETVarsity Best Preps Nominations

The Bobby Taylor Award for Football

Presented by Eastman Credit Union:

Longview	Justin Beltran
Pine Tree	DJ Freeman
Spring Hill	Brandon Krenek
White Oak	Luke Ummel
Gilmer	Mason Hurt
Tatum	Allen Flores
Ore City	Johnathan Tatum
Union Grove	Matthew Bower

Carolee Musick Award for Volleyball

Longview	Angell Evans
Pine Tree	Malaeka Wilson
Spring Hill	Sam Schott
Marshall	Jordan Terry
Hallsville	Emma Rogers
White Oak	Alysa Hall
Gilmer	Raeven Harris
Tatum	Kayla Jones
New Diana	LiAnn James
Ore City	Brooklynn Richardson
St. Mary’s	Mia Kittner
Union Grove	Carleigh Judd
Harmony	McKinzee Settles

The Natalie Bach-Prather Award for Boys Cross Country

Longview	David Laguna
Pine Tree	Zack Russell
Spring Hill	Nick Bodenheimer
White Oak	Adrian Pinson
Kilgore	Austin Bain
Tatum	Bryan Hawkins
St. Mary’s	Dominic Tucker
Union Grove	Kole Burns

The Natalie Bach-Prather Award for Girls Cross Country

Longview	Isabel Breaux
Pine Tree	Melina Venegas
Spring Hill	Blaire Bodenheimer
White Oak	Morgan Benge
Kilgore	Cristina Rosas
Tatum	Yuvia Vazquez
Union Grove	Macey Alston

Pine Tree	Luis Vasquez
Gilmer	Jabier Bocanegra
Tatum	Jackson Richardson
Ore City	Johnathan (Jon) Tatum

Pine Tree	Jia Lewis
Spring Hill	Rachel Petree
Gilmer	Sydnee Parker
New Diana	Julia Loeza

The Texas Real Estate Executives award for Boys Basketball.

Longview	DaMarcus Washington
Spring Hill	Aaron Collier
Marshall	Jack Mottershaw
Hallsville	David Ruff
Kilgore	Issac Hoberecht
Carthage	Camden Foster
Tatum	Kendric Malone
Trinity	Marlin Reeves
St. Mary’s	Dominic Tucker
Union Grove	Kole Burns

The Evelyn Blalock Award for Girls Basketball

Longview	Kyra Taylor
Pine Tree	D’Karia Woodard
Marshall	Jordan Terry
Hallsville	Baylie Perkins
White Oak	Payton Palmer
Kilgore	Alexis T. Anderson
Carthage	Jakyra Roberts
Tatum	Trinity Edwards
Trinity	Georgia Scott
New Diana	Sarah Yount
Ore City	Toni Gabaldon
St. Mary’s	Rebecca Dunn
Union Grove	Makena Littlejohn

The Chris Davis Award for Baseball

Longview	Trenton Bush
Pine Tree	Jackson (Wade) Fell
Spring Hill	Marshall Lipsey
Marshall	Jim Weaver
White Oak	Graham Young
Kilgore	Cade Pippen
Tatum	Garrett Friend
Ore City	Lane Burks
Union Grove	Cannon Cowan

The Jenilee Skender Award for Softball

Presented by Keebaugh & Company:

Pine Tree	Tionna Lewis
Spring Hill	Samantha (Sam) Schott
Marshall	Adriana Vences
White Oak	Lexi Dodson
Kilgore	Cerenity Exline
Gilmer	Karsyn Lindsey
Carthage	Madison Reynolds
Tatum	Anna Halton
New Diana	Haley Manns
Ore City	Anna Green
Union Grove	Sydney Chamberlain

The Kenta Bell Award for Boys Track & Field

Longview	Dekalon Taylor
Pine Tree	Joseph Monk
Spring Hill	Marshall Bodenheimer
Marshall	Daqavion Jackson
White Oak	Colton Cobb
Kilgore	Matthew Tyeski
Tatum	Savian Bush
Trinity	Sixto Mendez
Ore City	Jonathan Tatum
St. Mary’s	Evan Hodge
Union Grove	Aubrey Woodard

The Kenta Bell Award for Girls Track & Field

Presented by Cubby Hole Texas:

Longview	Peja Mathis
Pine Tree	Kendall King
Spring Hill	Kenzie Gee
Marshall	Tinaya King
White Oak	Kailyn Terry
Kilgore	Alexis T. Anderson
Gilmer	Tai Reid
Tatum	Adrianna McCoy
Trinity	Lexi Abbott
Ore City	Jacee Burks
Union Grove	Macey Alston

The Cristian Monreal Award for Boys Soccer

Longview	Alejandro Rojas Monsivais
Pine Tree	Erik Gonzalez
Spring Hill	Jonathan Alvarez
Marshall	Luis Garcia
Kilgore	Josue Rosas
Carthage	Jose Hernandez
Tatum	Adrian Olguin
St. Mary’s	Roman Almazan

The Cristian Monreal Award for Girls Soccer

Longview	Camryn Jacobs
Spring Hill	Haleigh Yoder
Kilgore	Emma Taylor
Carthage	Jenae Rivers
Tatum	Yuvia Vazquez
New Diana	Taylor Garrett
Gladewater	Lexi Hart

The Dick Williams Award for Boys Golf:

Gilmer	Kaleb Fitzgerald
Tatum	Graham Skinner
Trinity	Hudson Parr

The Dick Williams Award for Girls Golf:

Tatum	Abby Sorenson
Trinity	Sophie Cook

The Butch Clay Award for Boys Tennis

Presented by Texas Bank and Trust:

Longview	Elliot Murphy
Pine Tree	Dillan Shelton
Spring Hill	Carson Barnhill
Hallsville	John Larry
White Oak	John Langley
Kilgore	Chase Borders
Trinity	Jon Marc Gorges
Gladewater	Gage Mitchell

The Butch Clay Award for Girls Tennis

Presented by Texas Bank and Trust:

Longview	Kelsey Quiett
Pine Tree	Cambrie Salser
Spring Hill	Maz Morton
Hallsville	Olivia Tennison
White Oak	Mattie Simpson
Trinity	Ella Stevens
New Diana	Rylee Camp

Longview

Braden Nickel

Longview

Caroline Taylor

The Eastman Credit Union award for Cheerleading

Presented by Eastman Credit Union:

Longview	Alexandra Sanchez
Pine Tree	Holly James
Spring Hill	Peyton Borens
White Oak	Macy Weeks
Kilgore	Jaiden Thompson
Gilmer	Raeven Harris
Tatum	Chloe Permenter
Trinity	Macy Newland
New Diana	Riley Holly

The Bobby Taylor Award for Football

Presented by Eastman Credit Union:

Longview	Justin Beltran
Pine Tree	DJ Freeman
Spring Hill	Brandon Krenek
White Oak	Luke Ummel
Gilmer	Mason Hurt
Tatum	Allen Flores
Ore City	Johnathan Tatum
Union Grove	Matthew Bower

Carolee Musick Award for Volleyball

Longview	Angell Evans
Pine Tree	Malaeka Wilson
Spring Hill	Sam Schott
Marshall	Jordan Terry
Hallsville	Emma Rogers
White Oak	Alysa Hall
Gilmer	Raeven Harris
Tatum	Kayla Jones
New Diana	LiAnn James
Ore City	Brooklynn Richardson
St. Mary’s	Mia Kittner
Union Grove	Carleigh Judd
Harmony	McKinzee Settles

The Natalie Bach-Prather Award for Boys Cross Country

Longview	David Laguna
Pine Tree	Zack Russell
Spring Hill	Nick Bodenheimer
White Oak	Adrian Pinson
Kilgore	Austin Bain
Tatum	Bryan Hawkins
St. Mary’s	Dominic Tucker
Union Grove	Kole Burns

The Natalie Bach-Prather Award for Girls Cross Country

Longview	Isabel Breaux
Pine Tree	Melina Venegas
Spring Hill	Blaire Bodenheimer
White Oak	Morgan Benge
Kilgore	Cristina Rosas
Tatum	Yuvia Vazquez
Union Grove	Macey Alston

Pine Tree	Luis Vasquez
Gilmer	Jabier Bocanegra
Tatum	Jackson Richardson
Ore City	Johnathan (Jon) Tatum

Pine Tree	Jia Lewis
Spring Hill	Rachel Petree
Gilmer	Sydnee Parker
New Diana	Julia Loeza

The Texas Real Estate Executives award for Boys Basketball.

Longview	DaMarcus Washington
Spring Hill	Aaron Collier
Marshall	Jack Mottershaw
Hallsville	David Ruff
Kilgore	Issac Hoberecht
Carthage	Camden Foster
Tatum	Kendric Malone
Trinity	Marlin Reeves
St. Mary’s	Dominic Tucker
Union Grove	Kole Burns

The Evelyn Blalock Award for Girls Basketball

Longview	Kyra Taylor
Pine Tree	D’Karia Woodard
Marshall	Jordan Terry
Hallsville	Baylie Perkins
White Oak	Payton Palmer
Kilgore	Alexis T. Anderson
Carthage	Jakyra Roberts
Tatum	Trinity Edwards
Trinity	Georgia Scott
New Diana	Sarah Yount
Ore City	Toni Gabaldon
St. Mary’s	Rebecca Dunn
Union Grove	Makena Littlejohn

The Chris Davis Award for Baseball

Longview	Trenton Bush
Pine Tree	Jackson (Wade) Fell
Spring Hill	Marshall Lipsey
Marshall	Jim Weaver
White Oak	Graham Young
Kilgore	Cade Pippen
Tatum	Garrett Friend
Ore City	Lane Burks
Union Grove	Cannon Cowan

The Jenilee Skender Award for Softball

Presented by Keebaugh & Company:

Pine Tree	Tionna Lewis
Spring Hill	Samantha (Sam) Schott
Marshall	Adriana Vences
White Oak	Lexi Dodson
Kilgore	Cerenity Exline
Gilmer	Karsyn Lindsey
Carthage	Madison Reynolds
Tatum	Anna Halton
New Diana	Haley Manns
Ore City	Anna Green
Union Grove	Sydney Chamberlain

The Kenta Bell Award for Boys Track & Field

Longview	Dekalon Taylor
Pine Tree	Joseph Monk
Spring Hill	Marshall Bodenheimer
Marshall	Daqavion Jackson
White Oak	Colton Cobb
Kilgore	Matthew Tyeski
Tatum	Savian Bush
Trinity	Sixto Mendez
Ore City	Jonathan Tatum
St. Mary’s	Evan Hodge
Union Grove	Aubrey Woodard

The Kenta Bell Award for Girls Track & Field

Presented by Cubby Hole Texas:

Longview	Peja Mathis
Pine Tree	Kendall King
Spring Hill	Kenzie Gee
Marshall	Tinaya King
White Oak	Kailyn Terry
Kilgore	Alexis T. Anderson
Gilmer	Tai Reid
Tatum	Adrianna McCoy
Trinity	Lexi Abbott
Ore City	Jacee Burks
Union Grove	Macey Alston

The Cristian Monreal Award for Boys Soccer

Longview	Alejandro Rojas Monsivais
Pine Tree	Erik Gonzalez
Spring Hill	Jonathan Alvarez
Marshall	Luis Garcia
Kilgore	Josue Rosas
Carthage	Jose Hernandez
Tatum	Adrian Olguin
St. Mary’s	Roman Almazan

The Cristian Monreal Award for Girls Soccer

Longview	Camryn Jacobs
Spring Hill	Haleigh Yoder
Kilgore	Emma Taylor
Carthage	Jenae Rivers
Tatum	Yuvia Vazquez
New Diana	Taylor Garrett
Gladewater	Lexi Hart

The Dick Williams Award for Boys Golf:

Gilmer	Kaleb Fitzgerald
Tatum	Graham Skinner
Trinity	Hudson Parr

The Dick Williams Award for Girls Golf:

Tatum	Abby Sorenson
Trinity	Sophie Cook

The Butch Clay Award for Boys Tennis

Presented by Texas Bank and Trust:

Longview	Elliot Murphy
Pine Tree	Dillan Shelton
Spring Hill	Carson Barnhill
Hallsville	John Larry
White Oak	John Langley
Kilgore	Chase Borders
Trinity	Jon Marc Gorges
Gladewater	Gage Mitchell

The Butch Clay Award for Girls Tennis

Presented by Texas Bank and Trust:

Longview	Kelsey Quiett
Pine Tree	Cambrie Salser
Spring Hill	Maz Morton
Hallsville	Olivia Tennison
White Oak	Mattie Simpson
Trinity	Ella Stevens
New Diana	Rylee Camp

Longview

Braden Nickel

Longview

Caroline Taylor

The Eastman Credit Union award for Cheerleading

Presented by Eastman Credit Union:

Longview	Alexandra Sanchez
Pine Tree	Holly James
Spring Hill	Peyton Borens
White Oak	Macy Weeks
Kilgore	Jaiden Thompson
Gilmer	Raeven Harris
Tatum	Chloe Permenter
Trinity	Macy Newland
New Diana	Riley Holly

Heart & Desire Sponsor

Female & Male Athlete of the Year Sponsor

Going the Extra Mile Sponsor

Outstanding Achievement Academics Sponsor

Sportsmanship Sponsor

Community Excellence Sponsor

Coach of the Year Sponsor

Athletic Director of the Year Sponsor

Varsity Sponsor

2020 Peters Cars ETVarsity Best Preps

Watch the 2020 Peters Cars ETVarsity Best Preps awards presentation here.

Schools that Participate

Longview High School

Pine Tree High School

Spring Hill High School

Marshall High School

Hallsville High School

White Oak High School

Kilgore High School

Gilmer High School

New Diana High School

Gladewater High School

Ore City High School

Carthage High School

Tatum High School

Trinity School of Texas

Harmony High School

St. Mary’s

Christian Heritage

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2021 BEST PREPS

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2021 BEST PREPS

Speakers

2021 BEST PREPS Speaker

Philip Humber

2020 BEST PREPS Speaker

Charean Williams

2019 BEST PREPS Speaker

Jon Peters

2021 ETVarsity BEST PREPS

The Longview News Journal ETVarsity Best Preps Nominations

ETVarsity Best Preps Nominations

Heart & Desire Sponsor

Female & Male Athlete of the Year Sponsor

Going the Extra Mile Sponsor

Outstanding Achievement Academics Sponsor

Sportsmanship Sponsor

Community Excellence Sponsor

Coach of the Year Sponsor

Athletic Director of the Year Sponsor

Varsity Sponsor

2020 Peters Cars ETVarsity Best Preps

Schools that Participate

Longview High School

Pine Tree High School

Spring Hill High School

Marshall High School

Hallsville High School

White Oak High School

Kilgore High School

Gilmer High School

New Diana High School

Gladewater High School

Ore City High School

Carthage High School

Tatum High School

Trinity School of Texas

Harmony High School

St. Mary’s

Christian Heritage

2021 BEST PREPS

2021 BEST PREPS

Speakers

2021 BEST PREPS Speaker

2020 BEST PREPS Speaker

2019 BEST PREPS Speaker

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