Nevada's Hines, Rea, and Swearingen named finalists for MO HOF Sports Commission Awards

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame named Nevada High School senior swimmer Ben Hines, junior golfer Owen Swearingen, and junior tennis player Evan Rea as finalists for this year’s Sports Commission Awards.

At a ceremony to take place between 6-8:15 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, the multiple-time MSHSAA Class 1 state champion Hines — who will swim for the University of Alabama starting in the fall — Swearingen — who placed second at the Class 3 state golf tournament this past spring — and Rea — who qualified for the Class 1 state tennis championship — will be in the running along with five other athletes in their respective sports for the awards, which honor the top high schoolers in southwest Missouri athletics.

The full list of finalists includes:

GIRLS TENNIS

Lexi Berry & Megan Roberts – Bolivar

McKenna Cox & Taylor Reese – Willow Springs

Elsie Crawford – Republic

Lucy Huang – Glendale

Erin Jarvis – Springfield Catholic

Melissa Peralta-Sanchez – Ozark

Lexi Phipps – Lamar

GIRLS GOLF

Lily Allman – McDonald County

Hailey Bryant – Carthage

Lyla Louderbaugh — Springfield Catholic

Kyleigh Pfitzner — Springfield Catholic

Brooke Wagner — Logan-Rogersville

Raegan Zibilski — Springfield Catholic

BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING

Gabriel Austin – Kickapoo

Lucas Chadwell – Glendale

Caleb Chrestman – Ozark

Ben Hines – Nevada

Michael Jasinski – Glendale

Colin McNew – Glendale

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Riley Arnold – Blue Eye

Alicen Ashley — Nixa

Klaire Brown – Kickapoo

Jennalee Dunn – Joplin

Brayden Kantola – West Plains

Jordan Kantola – West Plains

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Daelen Ackley – El Dorado Springs

Tyler Harris – Kickapoo

Joe Kremp – Lamar

Sam Shuman – Spokane

Riley Simpson – West Plains

SOFTBALL

Haidyn Berry — Webb City

Katie Brooks – Bolivar

Ellie Dougherty — Skyline

Ella Facklam — Kickapoo

Jayden LaBarge — Kickapoo

Madeline McCall — McDonald County

Chloe Merced — Kickapoo

Halle Miles — Logan-Rogersville

Lauren Schallert — Purdy

BOYS SOCCER

Luke Courtney – Kickapoo

Carlton Epps – Branson

Jack Gintz – Glendale

Dillon Holesapple – Ozark

Camden Meyer – Glendale

Joshua Patino — Monett

Alberto Robledo – Neosho

VOLLEYBALL

Maddy Bushnell — Willard

Jaycee Fixsen — Nixa

Sydney Golden – Nixa

Salma Lewis – Carl Junction

Kate Owen – Kickapoo

Payton Van Veen – Willard

FOOTBALL – OFFENSE SKILL POSITIONS

Patrick Carlton – Carthage

Cooper Ezard – Camdenton

Jericho Farris – Cassville

Titus Seley – West Plains

Case Tucker – Lamar

Devrin Weathers – Webb City

FOOTBALL DEFENSE – LINEBACKERS & DEFENSIVE BACKS

Zach Coenen – Cassville

Luke Gall – Carthage

Connor Lair – West Plains

Treghan Parker – Webb City

Steven Ward – Nixa

Austin Wilkerson – Lamar

FOOTBALL-LINEMEN

John Gholson – Nixa

Grant Goltra – Webb City

Aiden Logan – Carthage

Jack Roweton – Bolivar

Tristan Wilson – Lebanon

Rylan Wooldridge – Lamar

GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING

Maddie Atwood – Logan-Rogersville

Emma Lacey – Carl Junction

Karissa Metzger – Republic

Chloe Miller – Carl Junction

Ashlyn Moore – Kickapoo

Maggie Moore – New Covenant Academy

GIRLS WRESTLING

Halea Bartel – Lebanon

Breyna Crahan – Nixa

Catherine Dutton – Central

Ashlyn Eli – Nixa

Annie Moore — Cassville

Skyler Maverick – Buffalo

BOYS WRESTLING – LOWER WEIGHTS

Elias Barrientos – Monett

Christian Finley – Willard

Zan Fugitt – Nixa

Kyshin Isringhausen – Branson

Tyson Moore – Bolivar

Brady Roark – Seneca

Braxton Strick – Ozark

BOYS WRESTLING – UPPER WEIGHTS

Cayden Auch – Neosho

Jesse Cassatt – Carl Junction

John Golson – Nixa

Daylon Kannengieter – Marshfield

Jeremiah Larson – Neosho

Hunter Tennison – Ozark

Ethan Umfleet – Monett

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Bug Bailey – Hollister

Kaemyn Bekemeier – Republic

Makaiya Brooks – Central

Faith Gilkey – Walnut Grove

Indya Green – Kickapoo

Bella Fontleroy – Kickapoo

Ashton Judd – West Plains

Lacy Stokes – Mount Vernon

BOYS BASKETBALL

Anton Brookshire – Kickapoo

Isaac Haney – Kickapoo

Zach Howell – Springfield Catholic

Drew McMillin – Republic

Aminu Mohammed – Greenwood Laboratory School

Ryce Piper – Hartville

Kyle Pock – Bolivar

Colin Ruffin – Nixa

BOYS TENNIS

Gavin Brown — Branson High School

Ian Ding — Thomas Jefferson Independent

Nate Fletcher — Greenwood Laboratory School

Caden Lingenfelser — Willard High School

Evan Rea — Nevada High School

Alex Shunyakov — Central High School

BOYS GOLF

Aiden Asby, Bolivar

Max Bowman, Glendale

Fielding Campbell, Joplin

Adam Floyd, Glendale

William Satterlee, Joplin

Owen Swearingen, Nevada

GIRLS TRACK

Tia Cupp, Sarcoxie

Sydney Johnson, Ozark

Addison Lawrence, College Heights Christian School

Alanza Montez, Carl Junction

Brianna Utecht, Marshfield

GIRLS FIELD EVENTS

Emily Beres, Webb City

Cali Essick, Branson

Sadie Heisner, Mount Vernon

Taylor Mayo, Kickapoo

Madison Ponder, Skyline

Kyren Postlewait, Cassville

BOYS TRACK

Daelen Ackley, El Dorado Springs

Colsen Conway, Branson

Angel Dickerson, Camdenton

Riley Simpson, West Plains

Peter Wormek, Camdenton

BOYS FIELD EVENTS

Luke Brumit, Webb City

Donovan Fowler, Joplin

Mekhi Garrard, Webb City

Brendan Jewell, Carl Junction

Marshall Swadley, Willard

GIRLS SOCCER

Abby Bilbao, Kickapoo

Kaya Cocanougher, Nixa

Carla Fronaberger, Republic

Abby Harrison, Nixa

Sabrina Jones, Kickapoo

Macie Stephens, Glendale

BASS FISHING

Payton Evans & Bryse Dodson, Ava

Hunter Driskell & Bobby Lindholm, Clever

Brock Pearce & Preston Trapp, Diggins

Gage and Kendall Meadors, Logan Rogersville

Kyren Hepko & Luke Rasmussen, Seymore

BASEBALL

Ryker Harrington, Republic

Treghan Parker, Webb City

Jeremy Rader, Springfield Catholic

Landon Richards, Hollister

Dalen Stewart, Willard

GIRLS PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Lexi Berry & Megan Roberts, Bolivar

Maggie Moore, New Covenant Academy

Lacy Stokes, Mount Vernon

Lilly Whitten, Skyline

Reagan Zibilski, Springfield Catholic

BOYS PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Donovyn Fowler, Joplin

Luke Gall, Carthage

Daylon Kanengieter, Marshfield

Drew McMillin, Republic

Ty Pinon, Skyline

Marshall Swadley, Willard

GIRLS TEAM OF THE YEAR

College Heights Christian Cross Country

College Heights Christian Track & Field

Lebanon Wrestling

Purdy Softball

Skyline Softball

Springfield Catholic Golf

West Plains Cross Country

Willard Volleyball

BOYS TEAM OF THE YEAR

El Dorado Springs Track & Field

Glendale Swimming & Diving

Hartville Basketball

Kickapoo Basketball

Lamar Football

Marionville Baseball

Webb City Track & Field

Willard Baseball

GIRLS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Riley Arnold, Blue Eye

Justine Barb, Skyline

Lexi Berry, Bolivar

Maggie Moore, New Covenant Academy

Reese Schaaf, El Dorado Springs

Lacy Stokes, Mount Vernon

BOYS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

John Gholson, Nixa

Daylon Kanengieter, Marshfield

Treghan Parker, Webb City

Jamen Smith, Buffalo

Hunter Tennison, Ozark

Case Tucker, Lamar

INSPIRATION AWARDS

Mollie Beeson – Pierce City

Lilah Genel – Parkview

Ashlyn Grier – Marshfield

Morgan Green – Marshfield

Bennie Hank Joiner – Lebanon

Victor Kelbaugh – Reeds Spring

Cross Kubik – Kickapoo

Camryn Ledford – Joplin