Circle of Stars Player of the Year Banquet 

It was a great night at the Circle of Stars/VYPE 2019 High School Football Players of the Year Awards banquet. With eight weeks of nominees, 8-Man thru Class 6A and 64 total nominees overall with Player of the Year nominees from each class, the room was packed with tremendous talented representing proud schools and coaches. 

“I think it’s great for the athletes to get a chance to meet each other. Some of these athletes go on to do great things not only in sports but have very successful careers,” said Eric Anderson, President of Circle of Stars Academy. 

Many people and companies help put this event on. Anderson mentioned them during the ceremony. 

“Our main contributor is VYPE Magazine. We are very grateful for this partnership because we have the same mission and that is to showcase student athletes on and off the field. But other sponsors are Chipotle, Jesse Miller with Farmers Insurance, Hog Wild, Worksafe, Kansas Cornhusker Club, Coleman, Bethel College, and Alumni CAP,” said Anderson. “We have quite few things planned for Circle of Stars, football, basketball, and softball camps, our partnership with USD259 “Books over Balls” programs, and our Celebrity Softball Game.”

The Players of the Year are:

6A – Lem Wash – Derby

5A – Reagan Jones – Wichita Northwest

4A – Shomari Parnell – Andover Central

3A – Scott Grider – Halstead

2A – Jaxson Gebhardt – SE Saline

1A – Owen Bradley – El Saline

8-Man I – Jayden Garrison – Little River

8-Man II – Deonis Coon – Hutchinson Central Christian 

Special thanks to Circle of Stars, COS President-Eric Anderson, Tony Veland-Nebraska National Champion & Denver Super Bowl Champion, Kendra Douglas-KSN, Chipotle, Wichita Brewing Company Event Center & nearly 200 players, parents, coaches as fans in attendance. Bigger and better every year!