All Arkansas Preps What is All Arkansas Preps? The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s All Arkansas Preps and it’s awards banquet, sponsored by CHI St.
Vincent, celebrates high school athletes and their accomplishments on a state level in 12 different sports: Football, basketball, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, track, cross-country, wrestling, swimming and soccer (male and female categories). The teams are chosen either by overall tournaments (golf, tennis and track) or by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports department. The students will be
recognized throughout the year in stories and advertising in the newspaper. The finale will be the All Arkansas Preps Awards Banquet in June in Little Rock, which will feature a celebrity athlete who will speak at the event. First Security Bank, Arkansas Select Buick GMC, Dillard's, SportClips and New Balance are also sponsors of this event. Students chosen throughout the year will be invited to attend the dinner and receive a certificate for their accomplishments, and the Outstanding Player of the Year in each sport will be honored on stage at the event. Parents, coaches and the general public will also be invited to attend.
03/28/2025
Welcome to 2024-25 All Arkansas Preps, Tennis! North Little Rock junior, Caroline Jones caps her season as our Girls Tennis Player of the Year and Rogers junior Harrison Deer captured the Boys Tennis Player of the Year title. Riverside Coach Terry Conner led the Lady Rebels to their first state title since 2018 and the Rebels to their third consecutive championship, leading the school to 11 combined titles since 2010.
These tennis players and coach will be honored at the June 14 banquet, featuring current New Orleans Saints linebacker and ASU alumni Demario Davis.
We are thrilled to announce that Demario Davis, the heart and soul of the New Orleans Saints’ defense, will be the keynote speaker at the All Arkansas Preps Awards Banquet on June 14!
Demario, a standout linebacker and leader on the field, has had an incredible career in the NFL, including:
• 2× Pro Bowler (2019, 2021)
• First-Team All-Pro (2021)
• Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Nominee (2021)
• Super Bowl Champion with the New Orleans Saints (2010)
• Over 1,000 career tackles and countless game-changing moments on defense!
Demario’s journey from Arkansas to the NFL is a true inspiration, and we can’t wait for him to share his wisdom and experiences with our athletes.
Spring is in the air and that means it's getting closer to announcing our 2025 Preps Keynote Speaker! This year we're shifting from basketball to another popular sport in Arkansas from an in-state college team!
Welcome to 2024-25 All Arkansas Preps, Volleyball! Shiloh Christian senior, Bella Bonanno caps her season as our Player of the Year and Conway coach, Laura Crow is our Coach of the Year!
08/06/2024
Celebrating 20 years!
06/20/2024
Our 2024 Hussman Community Award winner is soccer player and Central High senior, Vivian Day.
06/20/2024
Meet Shiloh Christian's Brock Billingsley, our 2024 CHI St. Vincent Health Award winner.
06/20/2024
Archer Jones, Har-Ber wrestler and our 2024 CHI St. Vincent Health Award winner.
06/20/2024
Mansfield's Alyson Edwards is our 2024 Female Athlete of the Year!
06/20/2024
Meet our 2024 Coach of the Year, Parkview's Brad Bolding.
06/20/2024
Our 2024 Male Athlete of the Year is baseball star and Valley View senior Slade Caldwell.
06/18/2024
06/17/2024
Corey Beck and Alex Dillard both view their teammates from the 1994 University of Arkansas men's basketball national championship team as family.
06/17/2024
🚨⚽Congrats to Ian Booy! He is your new Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Arkansas! We are so proud!!⚽🚨 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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All Arkansas Preps celebrates high school athletes from across the state and their accomplishments in twelve sports. Unfortunately, due to the current pandemic we are not able to to include four sports: baseball, softball, soccer and track. These sports weren’t to able to have a season this year.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editorial committee chooses teams in each sport to feature in the newspaper at the end of each season. In golf, tennis, cross country and swimming/diving, the teams are determined in a statewide competition. The editorial committee of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette will chose the best players in the state which will include a first, second and sophomore team in the following sports: volleyball, football, wrestling and basketball. (male and female categories). All of these students will be honored during the event. Out of each sport, a male and female athlete will be selected to receive the honor of Outstanding Player of the Year.
These students will be recognized at the live stream event. In addition, an Overall Male Athlete, Overall Female Athlete and Coach of the Year will be chosen and honored at the event.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s 2019-20 All Arkansas Preps male and female athlete and coach of the year will be also announced at the event honoring high school athletes and their accomplishments.
