Olentangy Orange soccer, basketball and monitor and area standout Levi Davis was chosen by Dispatch.com readers because the central Ohio boys athlete of the yr within the 2024-25 college yr.
Davis shined in all three seasons, however particularly so through the winter. Davis handed for two,023 yards and 20 touchdowns and ran for 853 yards and 12 scores as a quarterback, was level guard for the Pioneers’ first Division I state championship basketball workforce within the winter and received lengthy soar district and regional championships this spring. Davis, who additionally was district champion and regional runner-up within the excessive soar, has dedicated to play soccer at Ohio College.
He acquired 37.7 of the vote, adopted by Olentangy Liberty’s Andrew Leonard, who acquired 15%, Watterson’s Mitchell Youthful (14%), Fairfield Union’s Andrew Walton (8.9%), Olentangy’s C.J. Sanna (8.9%), Olentangy Liberty’s Jake Struck (8.4%), Jonathan Alder’s Ashton Martin (4%) and St. Charles’ Austin Carpenter (3.3%).
Leonard, the runner-up, started his senior yr by passing for 3,191 yards and 35 touchdowns through the soccer workforce’s run to their first Division I state championship. He then had 29 objectives and 37 assists throughout hockey season, when Liberty made a regional closing, and was an honorable point out all-state pitcher and shortstop through the baseball workforce’s run to a regional semifinal.
Youthful completed his highschool profession by profitable his third Division II state wrestling championship at 144 kilos, going 36-0 lower than a yr after battling well being points that put his season in danger. Youthful, who has signed with North Carolina, additionally received state as a freshman and sophomore and was fourth at 150 as a junior. He completed highschool with a report of 126-8.
Walton repeated as Division II state cross nation champion within the fall, on the heels of profitable each the Southeast District and regional, and this spring was state runner-up within the 1,600 and fifth within the 3,200 at state. He received the mile in a regional-record 4:12.9 — a time he bested by greater than a second at state — and was third within the meet within the 3,200.
Sanna starred each on the soccer area and as a thrower in monitor and area, capping a yr by which he verbally dedicated to Ohio State as a linebacker by profitable the Division I state discus championship in his closing state monitor meet. Sanna was district and regional champion within the district runner-up within the shot put. In soccer, Sanna made a team-high 97 tackles and shared the workforce lead in sacks with seven.
Struck, named The Dispatch’s Boys Athlete of the Yr on the Central Ohio Sports activities Awards, Struck was a three-time state champion with one title every in soccer, hockey and lacrosse. All of these championships had been the primary for his or her groups at Liberty. Struck accounted for greater than 1,800 yards and 31 complete touchdowns in soccer and is profession objectives, assists and factors chief for each the hockey and lacrosse groups.
Martin, a senior pitcher and the Division IV district and state Participant of the Yr, Martin powered the Pioneers’ run to a regional closing. The Wright State signee batted .500 with 11 doubles, 5 triples, one residence run, 32 RBIs, 30 runs scored and 20 stolen bases. On the mound, he was 6-0 with a 0.76 ERA, 60 strikeouts and 5 walks in 37 innings. Martin had 5 full video games and 4 shutouts.
Carpenter powered the Cardinals to their first state swim championship since 2008, profitable the 100-yard freestyle (43.21) earlier than bringing the 400 free relay again from a 1.34-second deficit on the ultimate leg of the ultimate occasion of the Division I state meet. Carpenter, who has dedicated to Texas, additionally was on the profitable 200 medley relay (1:28.04) and was state runner-up within the 100 breaststroke (53.81).
The Athlete of the Week will resume in August.
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