2024-25
Cuesta Co-Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year
GRANT HUSTON
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 and a committee was created to weigh performance athletic as the highest criteria. Today Cuesta announced its Outstanding Athletes of the Year for the twenty-third time and the first to honor co-Male Atheletes of the Year
2025 CCCAA Co-State Swimmer of the Year Grant Huston enjoyed, arguably, the greatest freshman season at Cuesta and capped his campaign with an MVP performance at the 2025 CCCAA State Championship Meet. Huston won all three of his individual events taking the 100 (:44.26), 200 (1:37.69) and 500 (4:24.98) freestyle events, while also setting three new Cuesta records. Huston has torched the Cougars' record book this season and was selected as the 2025 CCCAA State Championship as the co-State Swimmer of the Year. Huston's versatility shined all season, but his real triumph was his season finale. Despite his versatility, he competed in the three most popular and tightly contested events at the CCCAA State Championships; the 100, 200 and 500-freestyles. He did not just win, but comfortably swept the competition, while also setting three new Cuesta Records. In the relays, Huston helped the Cougars post All American times in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays, as well as the 200 and 400 medley relays. On the season, Huston set new records in eight of the program's 18 individual events, while posting an all-time Cuesta Top 10 mark in eight more. The only events in which he does not own a Top 10 time are the pure sprint, 50-freestyle, which he missed by just over half a second (:00.57), and the rarely contested non-championship 1000-freestyle. However, he did break the previous marks for both the 500 and 1,650-freestyles, by 13 and 19 seconds, respectively, so, if his split was electronically recorded and validated, it would, most likely, be another record time.
Huston performance at the CCCAA State Meet mirrored his dominance at the 2025 Western State Conference Meet, where he also swept the competition to earn Western State Conference Swimmer of the Year. He won all three of his individual events, while also joining his teammates to earn Gold in the 400-medley relay, as well as the Silvers in the 200 Medley, 400-freestyle and 800-freestyle relays. Between his three individual points and four relays, Huston contributed 151 of the team's 482 point total.
Cuesta Men's Swim & Dive earned 6th place as a team, while posting its fourth straight Top 10 since the pandemic and its 20th since 1990.
Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year
2003 David Lamar, Carpinteria, CA (Baseball)
2004 Kevin Bradley, Long Beach, CA (Water Polo)
2005 Mike Brown, Davis, CA (Baseball)
2006 Jeff Chaney, Arroyo Grande, CA (Water Polo)
2007 Michael Williams, Sutter Creek, CA (Wrestling)
2008 Quentin Cate, Cambria, CA (Baseball)
2009 Tom Schumacher, Dudelange, LUX (Basketball)
2010 Roger Guardia, Matadepera, ESP (Basketball)
2011 Eric Marsh, Arroyo Grande, CA (Water Polo)
2012 Malte Kramer, Freiburg, DEU (Basketball)
2013 Brady Moore, Santa Barbara, CA (Water Polo)
2014 Georan Meendering, Visalia, CA (Swimming)
2015 Connor Fisher, Lake Isabella, CA (Cross Country, Track)
2016 Brendan Jenkins, Pleasanton, CA (Baseball)
2017 Sean McDermott, Kings Beach, CA (Cross Country)
2018 Andrew Navigato, Riverside, CA (Baseball)
2019 Joshua Wilson-Murry, San Luis Obispo, CA (Basketball)
2020 Jack Felsted, Visalia, CA (Water Polo)
2021 Lucas Esenwein, Morro Bay, CA (Swimming)
2022 Gabriel Katches, Paso Robles, CA (Track & Field)
2023 Zachary Tallerman, Berkeley, CA (Baseball)
2024 Dante Ianora, Walnut Creek, CA (Water Polo)
2025 GRANT HUSTON, Gig Harbor, WA (Swimming)
& WESTON GREENELSH, San Luis Obispo, CA (Cross Country)
