Gazette AOY 2011: The voting

MALE

Finalists

1. DERRICK LOVELESS, Solon (6) ... 48

2. AUSTIN BLYTHE, Williamsburg (5) ... 45

3. ALEX CARR, C.R. Washington ... 14

4. BRENDON BOERM, North Tama ... 12

(tie) JARROD UTHOFF, C.R. Jefferson ... 12

Others receiving votes (alphabetic order):

DUSTY ALBAUGH, Marion; MATT BOHANNON, Linn-Mar; AUSTIN CHRISTENSEN, Cedar Rapids Kennedy; JORDAN CRESS, Olin; CONNER HERMAN, Cedar Rapids Jefferson; MARSHALL KOEHN, Solon; JOSH OGLESBY, Cedar Rapids Washington; CASEY SEMLER, Marion; MATT STOCKER, Cedar Rapids Prairie; ANDREW UTTERBACK, Sigourney.

(Stocker received one first-place vote)

Others nominated (alphabetic order):

MICHAEL ALDEMAN, Mid-Prairie; ANDREW BELLAMY, Mount Vernon; CLAY COOK, West Branch; KYLE DUNN, Linn-Mar; JAMES ESTABROOK, North Linn; JACOB ETTEN, Central City; NATHAN EVEN, Cedar Rapids Xavier; COLT FELTES, Maquoketa Valley; CHRISTIAN FRENCH, Cedar Rapids Kennedy; JER GARMAN, Linn-Mar; TYLER GUNDERSON, Lisbon; CADE ISENHOWER, North Tama; SAM JOENS, Cedar Rapids Prairie; JOEL LAM, Springville; ZACH MANDERS, Clear Creek Amana; ANDREW McNULTY, Iowa City High; TANNER SCHILLING, Iowa City West; RYAN SHELDON, Cedar Rapids Kennedy; BILL SPENCER, Iowa Mennonite; KYLE STOCKER, Cedar Rapids Prairie; JACK VERDUCCI, Iowa City Regina; TYLER WALLS, Clear Creek Amana.

FEMALE

Finalists

1. KIAH STOKES, Linn-Mar (7) ... 52

2. VIRGINIA JOHNSON, Iowa City High (3) ... 33

3. SARAH RYAN, Mount Vernon ... 24

4. AMANDA PLATTE, Mount Vernon ... 21

5. ALI STARK, Mount Vernon (2) ... 18

Others receiving votes (alphabetic order):

LAYLONI BEARD, Cedar Rapids Washington; KATIE CARVER, Cedar Rapids Prairie; TIA DAWSON, Cedar Rapids Washington; TAYLOR DICUS, Mount Vernon; SHAUNA HAPPEL, Cedar Rapids Kennedy; JENNA HERMSEN, West Delaware; COURTNEY KINTZEL, Mount Vernon; KRISTIN KRAMER, Marion; AMANDA PICHE, Linn-Mar; REBECCA RETHWISCH, Iowa City High; TYLER SAMPSON, Cedar Rapids Xavier; HOLLY SALZBRENNER, Mount Vernon; MICAH WIEDITZ, Mount Vernon.

Others nominated (alphabetic order):

ANNA BRUNS, West Branch; KAILEY BRYANT, Center Point-Urbana; NATALIE FEIGENSPAN, Mid-Prairie; VANESSA FIECHTNER, Central City; SAMANTHA HEINZE, Clear Creek Amana; DARA LIPKE, Alburnett; MORAN LONNING, Decorah; ASHLEY MADSEN, Cedar Rapids Jefferson; OLIVIA MEIER, Cedar Rapids Kennedy; ALLI O'DEEN, Iowa City West; ALLISON PASKER, West Delaware; ALEX SAXEN, Cedar Rapids Xavier; LAUREN SMITH, North Fayette; LEAH SMITH, Marion; SHANNON WARING, North Linn; KYLEA WEBER, Mount Vernon; ALEX WILSON, Lisbon; ABBEY WOOTEN, Maquoketa Valley; KATIE WYMAN, Springville.

Note: 12 sports staffers of SourceMedia Group News participated in the voting; points were tabulated on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis.