The common thread tying together all six finalists for Times Free Press Scrappy Moore Male Athlete of the Year in 2024 is that each was dominant in multiple sports. Most were also nationally rated prospects in at least one sport.
The winner will be announced during Tuesday’s Best of Preps awards banquet at the Chattanooga Convention Center, which begins at 6 p.m. The guest speaker will be University of Tennessee point guard Zakai Zeigler, an All-Southeastern Conference selection who helped the Volunteers reach the NCAA tournament’s Elite Eight this past season.
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The six finalists are Bradley Central’s Boo Carter, McCallie’s Carson Gentle, Baylor’s Amari Jefferson and Tomas Valincius, Dade County’s Landon Williams and Heritage’s Evan Wingrove.
Before he became an early enrollee at the University of Tennessee — and proceeded to impress coaches and teammates with his overall athleticism during spring football practices with the Volunteers — Carter helped lead Bradley Central’s Bears to the state semifinals for the first time since 1976 by rarely coming off the field.