2025-26 Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year- AUBREE KOOREN, Wrestling
SAN LUIS OBISPO (May 26, 2026) –In 2003 the Cuesta Athletic Department instituted its first true Athlete of the Year Award. The coaching staff was encouraged to nominate their best athlete for the award and a committee was created that would weigh performance as the highest criteria. Today Cuesta announced its Outstanding Athletes of the Year for the twenty-fourth time. This year's female winner is Wrestling Star Aubree Kooren (Bakersfield).
Sophomore Wrestler Aubree Kooren helped push Women's Wrestling into a varsity sport and then put the program on the map during its inaugural campaign. Kooren, who is technically a sophomore after competing at the club level in 2025, won a 2026 3C2A Title against a loaded 131-division, while helping to lead the Cougars to 8th place as a team in their first official 3C2A State Championship. Kooren, who competed at the club level last season, earned all-SEC First Team and carried that momentum into the State Finals with a 4-0 run to become the Cougars' first 3C2A State Champion. She completed the season with a team-leading 25 wins and helped set a standard for the future of the program. Cuesta Athletics has debuted four sports over the past 30 years, with only Women's Water Polo and Women's Wrestling reaching the post-season in their inaugural campaign.
The Cougars finished 3rd place in the SouthEast Conference and 8th as a team at the 3C2A State Championships.
Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year
2003 Shanna DeMichelle, Napa, CA (Swimming)
2004 Christina Reyes, Los Osos, CA (Cross Country, Track)
2005 Jessie Ritchie, Arroyo Grande, CA (Tennis)
2006 Lindsay Campana, Templeton, CA (Softball)
2007 Whitney Levicki, Santa Cruz, CA (Water Polo)
2008 Julie Coelho, Lemoore, CA (Volleyball)
2009 Chloe Redman, Morro Bay, CA (Tennis)
2010 Kelly Barmann, Cimarron, NM (Cross Country)
2011 Alexandria Bernard, Porterville, CA (Water Polo, Swimming)
2012 Devon Kelsey, Atascadero, CA (Cross Country, Track)
2013 Kryn Masutani, Honolulu, HI (Softball)
2014 Riley Cooks, Coarsegold, CA (Volleyball, Track)
2015 Rachel Gruetzmacher, Atascadero, CA (Water Polo, Swimming)
2016 Augusta Thomason, San Diego, CA (Track)
2017 Miranda Daschian, Atascadero, CA (Cross Country, Track)
2018 Torie White, Los Osos, CA (Swimming)
2019 Faith Archibald, Atascadero, CA (Water Polo)
2020 Martha Mora, Cambria, CA (Soccer)
2021 Madeline Fletcher, San Luis Obispo (Track)
2022 Annie Bartolome, San Luis Obispo, CA (Swimming)
2023 Madeline Scovil, Arroyo Grande, CA (Track & Field)
2024 Elle Casselman, Lafayette, CA (Cross Country)
2025 Reese Pasternik, Bakersfield, CA (Basketball)
2026 Aubree Kooren, Bakersfield, CA (Wrestling)
