#SchoolSiteHighlight ​Huge news from Hesperia High School! Let's give a massive round of applause to senior basketball star Nolan Newman-Gomez! 🏀✨ ​Nolan is the official winner of the 2025-2026 Hesperia Unified Student Athlete of the Year Award! ​A big thank-you goes out to our amazing community sponsor, @EricksonHallConstruction, for making this program a reality. Thanks to their generous support, Nolan is taking home this award and a $500 gift card! ​Check out some of Nolan's incredible athletic achievements: ​All-Time HHS Scoring Leader: He leaves HHS as a 4-year varsity player and the all-time scoring leader with 1,700 career varsity points and 850 rebounds! ​Senior Season: Despite teams developing game plans specifically aimed at stopping him, he averaged a double-double with 22.4 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. ​Championship Run: He led the Scorpions all the way to the CIF Finals after a massive win over Mater Dei where he scored 17 of the team's first 19 points and finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds. ​Trophy Room: He is a 3-time all-MRL player, 2-time all-CIF player, league MVP, and the MRL Athlete of the Year as well. ​Nolan applies himself in the gym and in the classroom. He challenged himself with tough Honors and AP classes and maintained an incredible 4.4 GPA! He will be graduating as a Valedictorian next week. Nolan recently accepted a full-ride athletic scholarship to play Division 1 basketball at the University of Idaho! In college, he will major in Math. Nolan wants to become a math teacher or play professional basketball. Congratulations, Nolan! Your Scorpion family and the entire Hesperia community are so proud of you! 🎉🦂