DON’T WAIT! 📆 Nominations close April 15.
Nominate a student-athlete, coach, athletic director, or athletic trainer who makes the culture better just by how they show up.
Nominate at the 🔗 in bio.
You already have the discipline, the coachability, and the resilience you learned through your sport. Our new Positive Athlete App features a Character Development Library that is designed to help you articulate, build, and leverage those skills.
Inside the app, you’ll:
📄 Translate your skills with the Resume Builder
🎓 Certify your leadership with X-Factor Modules
🤝 Connect directly with career opportunities that value your skill set.
All Positive Athlete nominees get lifetime free access. Nominate TODAY
PositiveAthlete.org/nominate or at the 🔗 in our bio to activate your student-athletes future.
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#beyondthegame
Nominating a student-athlete does more than recognize their character—it unlocks their future.
Every nominee receives access to the Positive Athlete web and mobile app where they gain practical tools for life after sports:
⭐ Personalized profiles showcasing their complete story
⭐ Character certifications that stand out to colleges and employers
⭐ Pathways to meaningful careers and opportunities
This is preparation, not just recognition. Give a deserving student-athlete the tools to thrive beyond the field at positiveathlete.org/nominate
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The VKTRY “Good Sole Award” Scholarships recognize student-athletes who demonstrate perseverance through adversity, leadership, positive influence within their team or school community, and a commitment to becoming the best version of themselves both in and out of sport.
Congratulations to all the 2026 VKTRY Boys “Good Sole Award” Scholarship recipients from this year’s Positive Athlete program!
Trevor Prock – Montrose High School (CO)
Andy Paulino – New Utrecht High School (NY)
Isaiah Respert – Howard High School (GA)
Michael Borjon – Mineral Wells High School (TX)
Rahim Abdulsamad – Venice High School (CA)
Thomas Hungarland – Galileo Magnet High School (VA)
Tristan Slater – Negaunee High School (MI)
These young men represent what it truly means to be a Positive Athlete; competing with passion, leading with character, and making an impact far beyond the game. VKTRY and Positive Athlete are honored to celebrate student-athletes who continue to raise the standard in their schools and communities every day.
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The VKTRY “Good Sole Award” Scholarships recognize student-athletes who demonstrate perseverance through adversity, leadership, positive influence within their team or school community, and a commitment to becoming the best version of themselves both in and out of sport.
Congratulations to all the 2026 VKTRY Girls “Good Sole Award” Scholarship recipients from this year’s Positive Athlete program!
Ava Rassool – Frank W. Cox High School (VA)
Avery Ross – Fellowship Academy (TX)
Elizabeth Nilson – North Atlanta High School (GA)
Jessica Hernandez – San Fernando High School (CA)
Margaret Glanz – Southampton High School (NY)
Megan Waters – Lakewood High School (CO)
Mia Hilton – Thornapple Kellogg High School (MI)
These young women show that true strength is not only measured by performance, but by resilience, leadership, character, and the ability to inspire others. VKTRY and Positive Athlete are proud to stand behind student-athletes who embody that every day.
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Welcome to Coach’s Corner: Leading Beyond the Scoreboard Ep. 2 - This series is about the values coaches protect, the leadership they develop in every student-athlete, and how recognition amplifies the character work happening all across the Positive Athlete West Region.
May’s featured coach is Lucas Weber, Athletic Director at McQueen High School. Lucas grew up a Lancer. He played football, basketball, and ran track at McQueen before going on to play linebacker at the University of Nevada. Now five years into leading athletics at his alma mater, he coaches the football weights program in the morning and runs the department every afternoon. One of his student-athletes won a 2025 O.P.E.R.A.T.E. Scholarship, and more are nominated again this year. Scroll through to hear how Lucas defines the standard at McQueen.
Lucas’s standard is clear. Show up. Hold the line on accountability, effort, and respect. Choose right, even when it’s the harder choice. When character is named alongside talent, programs become something bigger than wins. That is leading beyond the scoreboard.
Follow along as we feature more coaches, athletic directors, and trainers across the West Region who lead with this standard.
Leadership doesn’t stay in one place. It evolves, travels, and shows up wherever you go.
This National Student Leadership Week, we’re celebrating Positive Athlete alum Johnathan Wogu, who continues to turn the leadership he built through high school sports into impact at the University of Southern California.
As a varsity basketball captain and point guard in high school, Johnathan learned how to lead with purpose, being the voice of reason, thinking strategically, and setting the standard both on and off the court. That foundation didn’t end with his final game.
Now at USC, he’s applying those same skills in new ways, making intentional decisions, collaborating with others, and helping create a positive culture in the classroom and across campus.
As a Chem E/Pre-Med student, Johnathan is chasing a future in chemical engineering, where the discipline, teamwork, and problem-solving he honed through sports continue to guide him forward.
Because leadership isn’t tied to a jersey. It’s a skill you build, carry, and use to impact every space you step into.
#PositiveAthlete #StudentLeadershipWeek #LeadershipInAction #DualThreatAthlete #NSLW2026
In Football they say Defense Travels - similarly Leadership travels—and Nate Stark is proof. 💪
As the 2025 Michigan Market Positive Athlete OPERATE winner, Nate honed his leadership skills through high school sports—leading by example, communicating with purpose, and creating impact across his school community.
Now at Alma College, he’s carried that same approach into his college journey as a two-sport athlete in football and wrestling. From helping lead a conference championship team to earning the GOJO Award—voted by teammates for energy and culture—his leadership continues to elevate those around him.
Because leadership is a skill you build… and one that transfers wherever you go.
As he pursues business management or exercise science with goals of starting his own business in sports, Nate continues to lean on the same foundation: intentionality, positivity, and strong communication.
Happy National Student Leadership Week 🙌
Celebrate the leaders who make others better.
We can’t wait to celebrate this year’s next generation of leaders across the country!
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You did the hard part. Someone in your corner saw what you bring to your team, your school, your community, and they put your name forward.
Now we want to hear it from you.
If you’ve been nominated for Positive Athlete this year, your profile on the app is where your story actually lives. What drives you, who’s shaped you, what you care about outside the game. That’s what we read when we’re making decisions about awards and scholarships, and it’s what we pull from when we’re celebrating you on here.
You have until Sunday, April 19 to get it filled in. It’s free, it stays with you for life, and it takes less time than you think.
Coaches, parents, friends, if you know a nominee, tag them so they see this!
A-Z in Sports: The Finish Line. 26 letters. 26 nominees. 26 student-athletes proving that what you do when no one is watching matters more than what you do when everyone is.
S is for Soccer - Samuel Hunter, Buford High School (SC). 4.0 GPA across four sports. Accepts coaching like it’s a gift and treats every teammate like family.
T is for Tennis - Paige Johnson, Ennis High School (TX). Five years of an undiagnosed illness couldn’t stop her. Now she’s all-district, leading her team, and shadowing doctors so she can help kids the way hers helped her.
U is for Utility Player - Calleigh Bush, Manteo High School (NC). Pitcher. Outfielder. Infielder. Number one golfer on a brand-new program. Team photographer. Small business owner. She doesn’t wait to be asked. She just shows up.
V is for Volleyball - Fabio Manzini II, Taylorsville High School (UT). Captain before he’d ever played a high school match. First-gen college student. The son of immigrants who taught him that showing up and working hard every day matter.
W is for Water Skiing - Sophia Belcher, Kenyon-Wanamingo High School (MN). Four-sport athlete, international competitor, and the girl who spends her summers teaching wheelchair athletes to ski because she believes the water belongs to everybody.
X is for X Games - Parker Allen, SEED LA (CA). Skateboarder. Flag football captain. Basketball captain. Caregiver. Mentor. She has been taking care of others since she was eight years old and she has never stopped.
Y is for Yachting - Marin Purdy, Viewpoint School (CA). Type 1 Diabetes at 12. Celiac. Graves’ Disease. A wildfire that took her town and her pool. She made CIF finals anyway, earned Freshman of the Year, and is building a surf collective so T1D kids never feel like they have to sit anything out.
Z is for Z Receiver - Walker Buice, North Gwinnett High School (GA). Walked away from quarterback so his team could be better. The youngest of eight brothers who pours into everyone else first and asks for nothing in return.
Celebrating our April Nominees of the Month from across the nation! These seven student-athletes are leading with character, positivity, and excellence both on and off the field.
🏅 South Central: Ellison Haynes (LA)
🏅 Southeast: Amelia Gallogly (FL)
🏅 Mid-Atlantic: Haven Gindoff (SC)
🏅 Mountain: Colton Munns (ID)
🏅 Northeast: Hailey Geller (NJ)
🏅 West: Lloyd Pehrson (AK)
🏅 Great Lakes: Chuy Rodriguez (OH)
Congratulations to all our nominees for embodying what it means to be a Positive Athlete! 🙌
TODAY is the last day to nominate a deserving student-athlete. Nominate at positiveathlete.org or the 🔗 in our bio!
A-Z in Sports: Part 3. The deadline is TOMORROW. From the platform to the pitch, M through R:
M is for Mountain Biking - Joseph Kan, Cheyenne Mountain High School (CO). Top-5 nationally in downhill, top-10 in snowboarding slopestyle, and three summers coaching Kids on Bikes camps because the best part of riding is getting someone else hooked on it.
N is for Netminder - Jeremy Ade, Benedictine High School (OH). First in his class, first one at Morning Meeting, and the player his hockey and baseball teams rally behind. Leads the National Honor Society and still finds time to manage the football team’s sideline.
O is for Outside Hitter - Emmy Chadwick, Pope High School (GA). Freshman with a 4.2 GPA and five competitive sports behind her before giving volleyball her full focus. Coaches youth players at her church loves to spread the passion found in sports.
P is for Powerlifting - Ethan Levin, Bishop Shanahan High School (PA). Walked away from baseball to chase the barbell. Podium at USAPL PA States, 4.0 GPA, and now founding a powerlifting team at his school to open the door for others.
Q is for Quarterback - David Cooper, Cedar Park High School (TX). Three-sport varsity athlete with a 4.0 who was named Football Athlete of the Year as a sophomore. Faced one of life’s hardest losses and never stopped showing up for everyone around him.
R is for Rugby - Morgan Saylors, El Camino Fundamental High School (CA). 4.0 student ranked 4th in her class, wrestler, rugby scholarship to Quinnipiac. Positivity and sportsmanship aren’t just words on her profile, they’re how she competes
These are Positive Athlete Nominees. Is yours next?
TOMORROW is the LAST DAY. Nominate now at the 🔗 in bio!
