MHSEL 2024 Award Winners

The Michigan High School Esports League is proud to announce the winners of our first-ever awards program for the Spring 2024 season and 2023-24 school year. The winners of our All-State, Player of the Year and Coach of the Year awards embody the best attributes that positively impact the sport and esports community through outstanding performance, skill, leadership and sportsmanship.

"We are so incredibly proud of the inaugural recipients for the MHSEL award program honors. This group of students and coaches are incredibly talented and have proven themselves as the best of the best in the state," said Ryan Cayce, MHSEL Director. "Through a tough nomination and selection process the winners from this past season and year are extremely deserving and will serve as exemplars for the high school scholastic esports environment in Michigan."

The nomination and selection process reviewed a multitude of information such as individual and team performance, accolades, sportsmanship, leadership and more. Through a rigorous selection and voting process by MHSEL staff, Advisory Board, and college/pro partners, we are pleased to announce the following award winners. Note: awards are only provided to the nine state league game titles.

All-State Selections

SELECTED FOR ALL-STATE IN RECOGNITION OF BEING A TOP PLAYER IN MICHIGAN THROUGH OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE, EXCEPTIONAL SKILL AND ADVANCED STRATEGY DURING THE MHSEL'S SPRING 2024 SEASON.

League of Legends

Griffin Berwick, Saline
Ryan Doroslovac, West Bloomfield
Nam Le, East Kentwood
Caleb McGillicuddy, Grandville
Gabriel Ortiz, Fremont

Madden NFL

Kymen Cartwright, East Kentwood
Aaron Mayfield, Taylor
Michael Piper, Success Virtual Learning Center - Port Huron

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Talen Holdwick, Richmond
Drake Johnson, Novi
Marco Mathews, Saline
Griffin Morin, Pinconning
Samuel Schmidt, Northview
Ryan Teets, Howell
Xavier VanderBerg, Lawton
Eric Young, Bloomfield Hills

NBA 2K

Cris Battles, Belleville
Lucas McKnight, Owendale-Gagetown

Overwatch 2

Faye Engel, Linden
Chris Feutz, Rockford
Braeden Galbraith, Hartland
Peter Hoang, De La Salle
Michael Jones, North Branch
Amir Al Nasih, Universal Learning Academy
Nex Perez, Taylor
Brendan Silver, Utica
Ben Yancy, Detroit Catholic Central
Elbert Zhang, Novi

Rocket League

Jacob Bennett, Detroit Catholic Central
Kyle Duncan, Northview
Colin Gribble, Divine Child
William Guiffre, Dakota
Brandon Kidder, Caledonia
Nick Miller, Linden

Splatoon 3

Dominic Blaskis, Northview
NyKolas Harris, West Bloomfield
Nimona McKone, Novi
William Pudelko, Howell
Reyna Roden, Divine Child
Nathaniel Smith, Hartland

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Luke Guiboux, Novi
Luke Meier, Plymouth
William Pudelko, Howell
Ivan Ruffin, Belleville
Koby Small, Godwin Heights
Lance Toma, Detroit Catholic Central
Taivan Willemse, Northview

Valorant

Landon Burgess, Rockford
Ravit Chandra, Novi
Michael Dooley, Saline
Ian Lee, Detroit Catholic Central
Cody Twiss, Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Connor Webster, Linden

Players of the Year

IN RECOGNITION OF BEING THE MHSEL'S TOP PLAYER FOR THEIR SPECIFIED GAME TITLE!
Award is provided to individuals that not only show great skill & performance but also show exemplary leadership & perseverance.

League of Legends
Nam Le, East Kentwood

Madden NFL
Kymen Cartwright, East Kentwood

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Griffin Morin, Pinconning

NBA 2K
Cris Battles, Belleville

Overwatch 2
Chris Feutz, Rockford

Rocket League
Nick Miller, Linden

Splatoon 3
Reyna Roden, Divine Child

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Lance Toma, Detroit Catholic Central

Valorant
Ravit Chandra, Novi

Coaches of the Year

IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND UNPARALLELED CONTRIBUTIONS TO ADVANCING HIGH SCHOOL ESPORTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
Meet the nine finalists and two winners!

Finalists for Coach of the Year

Vincenzo Bilof, Dakota
Jerrod Braman, Dansville
Eric Heinz, Divine Child
Hunter Hill, Richmond
Adam Howard, Belleville
Stephen Juncaj, Detroit Catholic Central
Cameron Montney, Hartland
Sherry St. Clair, Linden
Steve Vasiloff, Saline

Coaches of the Year

Eric Heinz
Divine Child

Stephen Juncaj
Detroit Catholic Central

Both the winners and finalists should be extremely proud of their accomplishments. They help lift up our league to be the premier high school esports league in the state. Winners will be invited to our in-person semi-finals and championships event on Saturday, April 27 at Oakland University to receive the awards.

Thank you to all of the coaches, assistant coaches, students and administrators who participated in the nomination process. You made it extremely difficult to select the recipients which speaks to the quality of student athletic performance and coaching taking place in the MHSEL. Please help us congratulate all of the winners for this season and year!

This league hosted by the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals and the Michigan Association of Student Councils and Michigan Association of Honor Societies in partnership with PlayVS.