Student Athlete of the Week: Moss Point’s Kaleb Raston
Region three champs three years running, Moss Point’s football season didn’t end quite how they wanted it to, losing to Poplarville in the second round of the…
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News 25 Student Athlete of the Week: Gulfport’s Kate Smith
Gulfport’s Kate Smith has been recognized numerous times as a part of the Lady Admirals soccer program and she still has a whole senior season ahead…
Student Athlete of the Week: St. Stanislaus’ Keegan Leverett
Straight off the bus from a day at the Hancock Youth Leadership Academy to sitting down for a TV interview to soccer practice, senior Keegan Leverett never…
Student Athlete of the Week: Ocean Springs Volleyball’s Maddy Corrall
Back again for another edition of Student Athlete of the Week featuring another spotlight-worthy volleyball player from here on the Coast this time hailing from Ocean…
Student Athlete of the Week: Vancleave Volleyball’s Lyndi Bakker
For four consecutive years, the Vancleave volleyball program sat atop class 4A as state champions. When the Lady Bulldogs were moved up to the 5A ranks this…
Student Athlete of the Week: Long Beach Swimmer Gwendolyn Lee
Long Beach swimmer Gwendolyn Lee has lived in five different states and two countries. The one constant in her life has been her love for the…
Student Athlete of the Week: St. Martin’s Sophie Whitehead
For cheerleader Sophie Whitehead, being a Yellowjacket is a family affair. Her dad, Eddie Wayne Whitehead, is the head football coach. Her brother, Easton, was a football…
Student Athlete of the Week: Gulfport Volleyball’s Sydney Mitchell
This week’s News 25 Student Athlete of the Week is Gulfport’s Sydney Mitchell. The star outside hitter for the Lady Admirals like to play the game fast,…
Student Athlete of the Week: Ocean Springs Quarterback Bray Hubbard
Brayson Hubbard is certainly no stranger to making a television appearance here on News 25 as one of the unquestioned leaders of both the Ocean Springs…
Student Athlete of the Week: St. Patrick’s Riya Malone
Our WXXV Student Athlete of the Week always excels in the classroom as well as on the court, in the gym, on the field, in the water,…
Student Athlete of the Week: Gautier Quarterback Kaden Irving
WXXV Student Athlete of the Week is back for the 2021-2022 school year. This week’s selection recently caught the attention of Sports Illustrated All-American declaring him the…
Student Athlete of the Week: Gulfport’s Laurel Dennis and Ryland Buford
This week for WXXV’s Student Athlete of the Week, we’re giving you two for the price of one, we’re featuring two Coast athletes that you could say are a package deal. News 25’s Grace Boyles catches up…
Student Athlete of the Week: Gymnast Elizabeth Janssen
We’re taking a visit to a local collegiate gymnast factory, Lanier’s Gymnastics in Gulfport, for this week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week. From the same gym that produced LSU’s Sarah Edwards out of Ocean Springs is…
Student Athlete of the Week: D’Iberville Middle School’s Julie Segroves
D’Iberville’s stand out pole vaulter and straight A student Julie Segroves is soaring to new heights this season and she’s only in the eighth grade. D’Iberville High Pole Vault Coach Weldon Galle said, "I think she's brought…
Student Athlete of the Week: St. Stanislaus’ Jack Lawson
Out of St. Stanislaus, Jack Lawson has exploded onto the high school golf scene this season, but he’s been knocking down putts on the Coast and across the country for the last eight years. In his young life, there…
Student Athlete of the Week: Gautier High’s Ladrika Jefferson
The high school powerlifting season wrapped up this weekend, producing several state champions here on the Coast. However, possibly none quite as impressive or strong, pound for pound, as Gautier’s 97-pound state champ Ladrika Jefferson, who happens to be this…
Student Athlete of the Week: Harrison Central Softball’s Melina Seiferd
Even after a full day of school and practice, this week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week can never bear to part ways with the softball field. Harrison Central’s Melina Seiferd has been known to watch an entire middle school…
Student Athlete of the Week: Pascagoula's Keilon Parnell
Adding his name to the roster of athletes to receive the honor of being WXXV’s Student Athlete of the Week is a dual-sport athlete that is no stranger to the program: Pascagoula’s sophomore phenom, Keilon Parnell. "It's something I've got…
Student Athlete of the Week: Long Beach High’s Nathanial Mink
This week on Student Athlete of the Week, News 25’s Grace Boyles heads to Bearcat Country and shines a spotlight on Long Beach senior Nathanial Mink. Despite picking up swimming his sophomore year and track his senior year, Mink’s heart…
Student Athlete of the Week: East Central’s Christian Balcer
Over at East Central High School, this week’s Student Athlete of the Week distance runner Christian Balcer has been cruising past personal and state records in his four years of running both cross country and track for the Hornets. However,…
News 25 Student Athlete of the Week: Gulfport’s Morgan Stiglets
Up to bat in this week’s edition of WXXV Student Athlete of the Week is Gulfport senior Morgan Stiglets. News 25’s Grace Boyles talks with the senior about her family, how she’s approaching this season, and the meaning behind her…
Student Athlete of the Week: Pass Christian’s Daydria Cuevas
For this week’s Student Athlete of the week, News 25’s Grace Boyles heads over to Pass Christian to highlight a member of the Lady Pirates basketball squad, just coming off a deep run in the state tournament. The team’s success…
News 25 Student Athlete of the Week: West Harrison’s Luke Holland
It may be over five months until high school football returns to the Coast, but there’s never an off-season for WXXV Student Athlete of the Week Luke Holland. This West Harrison junior approaches life as a competitor, making him not…
Student Athlete of the Week: Ocean Springs Softball’s Kennedy Jones
Accomplished scholar and student of the game, Ocean Springs softball’s Kennedy Jones is the epitome of a student athlete. This ambitious junior has as high of expectations for herself on the softball diamond as she does in the classroom. Life…
