LEWISTON, Idaho – The nominees for the third annual Warrior Athletics Association High School Awards were announced by officials from Lewis-Clark State College on Tuesday. Athletic directors from 21 area high schools in southeastern Washington and north central Idaho selected their school's nomination for Male Athlete of the Year, Female Athlete of the Year, Coach of the Year, Team of the Year, and the Meritorious Award. The complete list of nominees is shown in the table below.
All of this year's nominees will be honored on Oct. 14 at the WAA High School Awards Dinner. At this event one individual from each category will be announced as the overall winner. The awards banquet will be held at the Lewis-Clark State College Activity Center starting at 7 p.m. Doors open and a meet-and-greet social will begin at 6 p.m.
Tickets for the banquet are $25 per person and can be purchased from the LCSC Athletic Ticket Office, located upstairs in the Activity Center. Tickets also can be purchased with a credit card by calling (208) 792-2471.
Now in its third year, the WAA High School Awards program is an event that brings area high schools and communities together to congratulate and encourage regional high school athletes and teams on their efforts and accomplishments.
High schools ranging from as far west as Pomeroy, north as Potlatch, and east as Grangeville submitted their nominations based on no set criteria. From these nominees, finalists and the overall winners will be chosen by officials from Lewis-Clark State College, the Warrior Athletic Association, and area high school sports enthusiasts.
The finalists in each of the categories will be announced Oct. 1.
Last year, with 21 schools participating, Grangeville High School's Morgan VanderEsch, Orofino High's DJ Wright, Moscow track coach Dean Walker, Kamiah High's Bob Squires, and the Clarkston High boy's tennis team all came away with top honors.
In 2007, the winners were Orofino High School's Ellen Rouse, Kamiah High's Clayton Foster, the Genesee High boy's basketball team, and Asotin High football coach Sal Lopez.
2009 WAA High School Award nominees:
| School | Female Athlete of the Year | Male Athlete of the Year | Team of the Year | Coach of the Year | Meritorious Award |
| Asotin | Jessi Johnson | Creighton Alford | Boy's Golf | Tim Gundy | Fritz Servatius |
| Clarkston | Elise Rooney | Dustin McConnell | Boy's Basketball | Brenden Johnson | Pat Holman |
| Clearwater Valley | Alexis Pickering | Jonathan Paul | Girl's Basketball | Krisi Pratt | Alan Syron |
| Culdesac | Kayla Dau | Cody Dawes | Track | Kelley Hewett | (no nominee) |
| Deary | Hannah Thompson | Luke Seubert | Football | Darrah Eggers | Lori Brown |
| Genesee | Nikki Long | Beau Dahmen | Boy's Basketball | Jason Boyd | (no nominee) |
| Grangeville | Shiann Dreadfulwater | Jason Lorentz | Football | Matt Elven | Ernie Knight |
| Highland | Kellie Brian | Cody Boltz | Softball | Shawn Tiegs | Shannan Randall |
| Kamiah | Shelby Cash | Luke Lane | Volleyball | Leah York | Howard Daugherty |
| Kendrick | Myriah Deeds | Kyle Curtice | Track | Bill Reid/Chris Baldus | Fay Leidke |
| Lapwai | Chelsey Leighton | Steven Weber | Girl's Basketball | Shawn Spencer | (no nominee) |
| Lewiston | Amanda Hoffman | Ryan Young | Boy's Basketball | Dave Cornelia | Les MacDowell |
| Moscow | Laura Kleffner | John Merickel | Boy's Golf | Robin Barnes | Dick Leander |
| Nezperce | Kaleigh Carpenter | Damon Leitch | Boy's Basketball | Kevin Sheffler | Larry Braun |
| Orofino | Jenni Jasper | Frank Haskett | Football | Galen Kuykendall | (will not submit) |
| Pomeroy | Taelor Braun | Tye Knebel | Wrestling | Randy Mulrony | John Gates |
| Prairie | Kaylee Uhlenkott | Kyler Shumway | Football | Travis Mader | (no nominee) |
| Pullman | Erika Hanson | Cody Weber | Softball | Jeff Martin | Mike Kallaher |
| Summit Academy | Kimberly Frei | Dustin Lustig | (no nominee) | (no nominee) | (no nominee) |
| Timberline | Kayla Hodges | Andrew Blain | Volleyball | Darren Von Hofwagen | Grant Miles |
| Troy | Jessica Case | Nick Garrison | Track | Ed Coulter | Brad Malm |
