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- Jacquizz Rodgers
- Lamar Consolidated, Rosenberg, TX
- Football and Track
- Jaquizz, a senior running back and sprinter at Lamar Consolidated, set the state record for career touchdowns (136) and last fall ran for 2,902 yards and scored 43TDs; he was a Parade All-American. He also won the District 24-4A title in the 200 meters.
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- Tarik Hislop
- Paint Branch High, Burtonsville, MD
- Basketball
- Tarik, a junior guard at Paint Branch High and Gatorade's girls' player of the year in Maryland, averaged 21.0 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 4.8 steals to lead the Panthers to a Class 3A title and a 25-0 season, with an average victory margin of 29.5 points.
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- Abby Gauthier
- St. Mary's High, Lynn, Mass
- Hockey
- Abby, a senior forward at St. Mary's High, Is the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association's all time leading scorer (girls or boys) with 358 points (179 goals, 179 assists). She had 42 goals and 48 assists this year to lead the Spartans to the Division 1 title.
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- Jessica Russo
- Wayne Valley High, Wayne, NJ
- Fencing
- Jessica, a junior at Wayne Valley High, Had a 28-3 record and won the New Jersey title in girl's saber. A two-time Passaic County champion, she has 87 career wins and took seventh place in the Cadet World Cup in Poland last year.
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- Scotti Sentes
- Riverdale High, Fort Myers, FL
- Wrestling
- Scotti, a senior in the 125-pound division at Riverdale High, pinned all four opponents in the state tournament to finish 51–0 and win his fourth Class A title; he is Florida's eighth four-time state champ. He was 213–3 with 152 pins for his career.
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- Kyle Larson
- Pleasant Grove High School, Elk Grove, CA
- Auto Racing
- Kyle, 15, a sophomore at Pleasant Grove High, is the youngest driver in the World of Outlaws, the nation's premier winged sprint car series. A 2007 rookie of the year finalist in two sprint car divisions, he has won four karting national titles.
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- Shekinna Stricklen
- Morrilton High School, Morrilton, ARK
- Basketball
- Shekinna, a senior forward at Morrilton High, is averaging 26 points and 15 rebounds and has scored 2,458 career points. The Tennessee signee was named Parade All-American first-team and has been all-state three times.
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- Mike Fout
- LaPorte High School, LaPorte, IND
- Cross-country
- Mike, a senior at LaPorte High, won the Foot Locker National High School Boys Cross Country Championship, completing the 5K course in 14:50 and winning by seven seconds. He won the Indiana Title in 15:31.9, beating the field by 24.7 seconds.
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- Adam Small
- Corona del Sol High, Tempe, ARIZ.
- Swimming
- Adam, a senior at Corona del Sol High and a member of the U.S. junior national team, won the 50- and 100-yard freestyles at the Arizona Class 5A Division I meet; his 50 time (20.22) broke the state record set by Olympian Gary Hall Jr. in 1994.
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- Alex Strom
- Choctawhatchee Senior High, Fort Walton Beach, FLA
- Swimming
- Alex, a freshman at Choctawhatchee Senior High, broke the under-14 national record in the 100-meter breaststroke in a time of 1:12.78 at the AAU Junior Olympics. He won five events at the meet and earned medals in three others.
