The News Leader readers have chosen their male athlete of the year.
Readers chose Riverheads’ baseball standout Brody Phillips with 55% of the nearly 78,000 votes cast. Phillips was a first team all-state shortstop in Class 1, as well as earning first team all-Region 1B and all-Shenandoah District shortstop. He was also a second team all-Region 1B and Shenandoah District pitcher for the Gladiators.
Phillips helped lead Riverheads to the Region 1B championship and the Class 1 state semifinals.
The rest of the top five male athletes of the year chosen by readers were, in order, Wilson Memorial’s Mason McWhorter, Buffalo Gap’s Dalton Coffey, Staunton’s Zyleke Shepherd and Stuarts Draft’s Baylor Graber.
Check out this video from The News Leader’s Patrick Hite and WHSV TV3’s Connor Burgan and see who they picked as male athlete of the year.
On the girls side, readers chose Buffalo Gap’s Rachel Showalter as female athlete of the year.
Patrick Hite is a reporter at The News Leader. Story ideas and tips are always welcome. Connect with Patrick (he/him/his) at phite@newsleader.com and on Instagram @hitepatrick. Subscribe to us at newsleader.com.
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