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Landen Williams-Callis, Randle High
THE HOT 100: Williams-Callis, Mosely, Sampson top Houston's Athletes of the Year; photo gallery
The primary factor in determining the rankings was their performance during the 2025-26 school year. Additional consideration was given to multi-sport athletes, college commitments, national recruiting status and overall accomplishments at the district, regional, state and national levels.
The result is a collection of the area's most dynamic and accomplished athletes — competitors who have proven themselves on the biggest stages in 2025-26.
So here are the Top 50 Boys Athletes for the 2025-26 season.
Cardae Mack, Atascocita
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TOP 50
No. 1 Landen Williams-Callis, Randle, Football and Track
Texas Gatorade Player of the Year; VYPE POY
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No. 2 Alvin Mosely, Crawford, Football and Basketball
VYPE Basketball POY Finalist; First-Team Football
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No. 3 CJ Sampson, Tomball, Baseball
2X State Champion, State MVP (Texas A&M-signee)
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No. 4 Jermaine Bishop Jr., Willis, Football and Basketball
All-time leading WR in Houston HS Football; UT-signee
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No. 5 Blake Hamilton, Tompkins, Football and Track
The Fastest Man in Houston? TD Club of Finalist
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No. 6 Keisean Henderson, Legacy SSS, Football
No. 1 QB in the Country, UH-signee
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No. 7 Reese Alston, Second Baptist School, Basketball
2X TAPPS State Champion; Guy V. Lewis Winner
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No. 8 Grant Sperandio, Memorial, Football and Baseball
Star QB, Texas-commit on the Mound; State Finalist
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No. 9 John Hebert, Strake Jesuit, Football
4th All-Time Yardage for RBs in Houston (UH-signee)
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No. 10 Dillon Mitchell, CE King, Football and Track
Fastest Man in Nation, Team’s Top WR
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No. 11 Andrew Jones, Klein Collins, Track
Won State Gold in Both Events, Back to Back
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No. 12 Cardae Mack, Atascocita, Football
Massive Career for Eagles, Arizona State-signee
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No. 13 Parker Glenn, Cain, Soccer
2X State Champ, District MVP
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No. 14 Isaiah Santos, Seven Lakes, Basketball
VYPE Public School Player of Year; Regional Finals
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No. 15 Micah Tennison, Oak Ridge, Swim
Two Golds at State, Texas A&M-signee
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No. 16 JD Wallace, Yates, Football, Basketball and Track
All-District Football; Basketball; Track (UTEP-signee)
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No. 17 Xavier Muhammad, South Houston, Football, Basketball and Track
Major DI Football, All-District Basketball (Michigan-commit
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No. 18 Jaylen Addai, Shadow Creek, Football, Basketball and Track
The Future of Shadow Creek.
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No. 19 Colton Coney, Clear Creek, Water Polo
State MVP; The State’s Top Player
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No. 20 Sean Perez, Humble, Wrestling
Best Pound for Pound Wrestler in H-Town; State Champion
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No. 21 TK Gaines, Waller, Football and Baseball
2x Baseball USA Gold; Unanimous Football All-District QB
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No. 22 Carson White, Iowa Colony, Football, Baseball and Track
Junior Had Huge Year. One of Top QBs, Starting CF, Relays in Track (OSU-commit)
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No. 23 Adam Boyd, Atascocita, Basketball
MVP of District; Led Team to State Semis (La.Tech-signee)
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No. 24 Peter Dorsey, Wheatley, Football and Basketball
D1 Defensive End; Led Wildcats to State Semis in Hoops
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No. 25 Kosi Okpala, Mayde Creek, Football
TD Club Defensive POY; Dominant Hitter (UT-signee)
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No. 26 Wayne Shanks, Kinkaid, Football and Track
Led Falcons to SPC Title… again (Arizona-commit)
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No. 27 Landon Veal, Houston Christian, Basketball
Star on SPC Champs; High Major Hooper
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No. 28 Miguel Becerra, College Park, Soccer
School Made History Winning State Title
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No. 29 Marcus Cantu, Lutheran South, Baseball
Helped Lead Pioneers to Another TAPPS Title (Coastal Carolina-signee)
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No. 30 Kaleb Maryland, North Shore, Football
Won State as a Senior at QB (Utah State-signee)
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No. 31 CJ Toney, Atascocita, Football and Baseball
1,400 Yards Offense; Centerfielder for Regional Semifinalist (Wash State-signee)
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No. 32 Catcher Hopkins, Tomball Baseball
2X State Champ; Heartbeat of Tomball; (Texas A&M-signee)
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No. 33 Lincoln Frazier, Willis, Football
Led State in Passing as a Freshman
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No. 34 Damon Miles, Clear Lake, Basketball
Led State in Texas in Scoring
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No. 35 Joshua Shelton, Pearland, Track
Won the 400 Meters at State
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No. 36 Za’Qwaun Nunn, North Shore, Football, Track, Wrestling
District MVP on the State Champion; Regional Track
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No. 37 Logan Milsaps, College Park, Wrestling
State Champion. One of Nation’s Best Wrestlers
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No. 38 Miles Young, Episcopal, Baseball
SPC Champ and Perfect Game Rated 10 of 10 (Georgia-signee)
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No. 39 Nicholas Ferguson, Heights, Track
State Camp in the 800 Meters
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No. 40 Noah Ballard, Klein Cain, Football and Soccer
State MVP for Soccer; Won State; Kicks Field Goals too
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No. 41 Obinna Umeh, St. Thomas, Football
VYPE Private School Player of the Year (Duke-signee)
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No. 42 Jack Smejkal, The Woodlands, Baseball
Second Team All-State; Ace Pitcher (Texas-signee)
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No. 43 Landon Brown, Iowa Colony, Baseball
Led Team to Historic Playoff Run; 3rd Team All-State (Miss. State-Signee)
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No. 44 Joseph Credit, Pearland, Football
District Defensive POY; TD Club Finalist (Kansas-signee)
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No. 45 Camden Gibson, College Park, Track
Tremendous in XC; Won 1600 at State Class 6A (Tulsa-signee)
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No. 46 Ashten Ballew, Katy, Baseball
District Offensive POY, Led Katy to Regional Finals
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No. 47 Alim Olajuwon, Episcopal, Basketball
All-SPC, ESPN 4-Star, SPC Finalist
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No. 48 Griffin Saacke, Bridgeland, Cross Country and Track
Houston’s Top Long Distance Runner
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No. 49 Peyton Trummell, Lake Creek, Baseball
Led Lions to State Finals; All-Time Leading HR Man at LC
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No. 50 Pierce Ritchey, St. John’s, Wrestling
VYPE Private School Wrestler of the Year
THE HOT 100: Smith, Thompson, Bryant are the leading ladies of Greater Houston; photo gallery
The VYPE Hot 100 "Girls List" recognizes the Top 50 female athletes in the Houston area, celebrating those who have distinguished themselves through elite performance, athletic achievement and impact on their respective programs.
The primary factor in determining the rankings was their performance during the 2025-26 school year. Additional consideration was given to multi-sport athletes, college commitments, national recruiting status and overall accomplishments at the district, regional, state and national levels.
The result is a collection of the area's most dynamic and accomplished athletes — competitors who have proven themselves on the biggest stages in 2025-26..
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Halle Thompson, Grand Oaks
TOP 50
No. 1 EK Smith, Katy, Softball
Nation’s Top Softball Recruit, State Champ (OU-commit)
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No. 2 Halle Thompson, Grand Oaks Volleyball
2X State Champ, Under Armour All-American (Wisconsin-signee)
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No. 3 Macie Bryant, Barbers Hill, Softball
Super Ace; Threw Perfect Game in State Final (LSU-commit
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No. 4 Kennedy Simpson, Summer Creek, Basketball
Led team to back-to-back State Titles, All-State (Tulane-signee)
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No. 5 Sara Wiggins, Lake Creek, Softball
Ace on Back-to-Back State Champs (Wichita State-signee)
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No. 6 Landri Von Gonten, College Park, Wrestling
Junior is a 3x State Champion
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No. 7 Elsa St. Rose, Tompkins Volleyball, Basketball and Track
District MVP led Falcons to Final Four
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No. 8 Lainy Zabiegala, Lake Creek, Soccer
Scored nearly 40 goals on State Champion Team
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No. 9 Emerson Lechler, Foster, Volleyball and Softball
District MVP in VBall and Softball (Baylor-signee)
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No. 10 Bayleigh Taylor, Liberty, Softball
Carried Liberty to State Championship (Florida State-commit)
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No. 11 Ogechi Okeke, Hightower, Basketball
Top 15 National Recruit; All State; Went to Regional Final
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No. 12 Gemma Hopkins, Tomball, Volleyball
District MVP led Tomball to State Finals (Arkansas-commit)
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No. 13 Cadence Johnson, Bellaire, Swim
VYPE Swimmer of Year and State Meet (UCLA-commit)
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No. 14 Carolyn Liu, Katy Jordan, Golf
Won Class 6A State Golf
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No. 15 Jayden Robinson, Ridge Point Volleyball
Under Armour All-American (Nebraska-signee)
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No. 16 Addison Martin, Summer Creek, Basketball
All-State, 2x State Champ, Offensive POY
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No. 17 Madalyn Davis, Lake Creek, Softball
2x Offensive POY, 3-Time State Champ (UNC-signee)
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No. 18 Wiggles Ngoh, Seven Lakes Volleyball, Basketball, Track and Flag Football
Explosive Junior Headed to USC Volleyball
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No. 19 Emily Betran, Katy Wrestling
Won state individually and was on best team in H-Town
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No. 20. Ahona Chowdhury, The Woodlands, Tennis
State Champ in Tennis Singles
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No. 21 Jenna Thedford, Dawson, Volleyball
Defensive POY; Led to State Finals (Texas A&M-signee)
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No. 22 Hope Smith, Bridgeland, XC and Track
Finished 6th on State XC Champ; Silver in Both Long Distance Events
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No. 23 Concepcion Maya, Kingwood Soccer
Led Kingwood to State; District MVP
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No. 24 Ma’Ryiah Alfred, Kinkaid, Basketball
Won SPC State, TABC All State
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No. 25 Naomi Booker, Tomball, Track and Field
Gold & Bronze in Hurdles; Defending Champ (Texas A&M Signee)
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No. 26 Nadi’ya Shelby, Friendswood, Volleyball
State Final Four (Florida-signee)
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No. 27 Avery Koonsen, Dawson, Volleyball
District MVP; Led to State Finals (SFA-signee)
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No. 28 Laney Barnes, Cy Woods, Cross Country
Silver at State (Texas A&M-signee)
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No. 29 Ari Holbert, Logos Prep, Swim
4 Gold Medals at TAPPS State Meet
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No. 30 A’Zyua Blair, Houston Christian, Basketball
Dominated SPC as a Junior Transfer; TABC All State
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No. 31 Tyler Weaver, Kingwood, Soccer
The State MVP (DBU-Signee)
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No. 32 Ashtyn Lewis, Iowa Colony, Track and Field
Gold in the 100m; Silver in 200 Meters
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No. 33 Claire Guydon, The Woodlands, Wrestling
Highlander dominated and won State
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No. 34 Courtland Cloud, Shadow Creek, Basketball
District MVP; Led Sharks to Final Four
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No. 35 Zora Bello, Cypress Ranch, Volleyball
District MVP (Rice-commit) led ‘Stangs to State Final Four
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No. 36 Winnie Liu, Dulles, Swim
Won 2 Silver Medals at Class 6A State (Rice-signee)
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No. 37 Ryan Fox, Episcopal, Soccer
Led Knights to Back-to-Back SPC Titles (ULL-signee)
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No. 38 Hunter Quentel, Kingwood, Softball
Best hitter, pitcher on one of city’s best teams
(Oklahoma State-commit)
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No. 39 McKale Lee, Alief Taylor, Track and Field
Gold in 800m
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No. 40 Delaney Wright, Montgomery, Volleyball
District MVP, City’s Leading Kill Artist (Utah-commit)
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No. 41 Faith Etienne, Dawson, Basketball
Was District MVP, 1000-points, Went to Regional Final
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No. 42 Jacey Carroll, St. John’s, Volleyball
Dominant in SPC play, won State Title
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No. 43 Rowan Saake, Bridgeland, Cross Country
Led Bears to State Gold, Finished 5th at State
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No. 44 Makenzie Thomas, Clear Springs, Softball
USA Softball Team, Beast at the Plate
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No. 45 Saniya Reynolds, Cypress Ranch, Volleyball
District Attacker of Year (Kentucky-commit)
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No. 46 Ashley Baxter, Friendswood, Soccer
Scored 46 goals as sophomore; US National Player
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No. 47 Reagan Rohrlich, TWCA, Softball and Track
One of State Top Private School Players (Texas A&M-signee)
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No. 48 Taylor Synnott, St. John’s, XC and Track
Sophomore has won Back-to-Back SPC Titles
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No. 49 Eguonome Akpobassa, Bridgeland, Track
Won Class 6A Gold, Silver in Jumps
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No. 50 Macey deGroot, Clear Springs, Swim
Gold at Class 6A State (Arizona-signee)