The Belleville Sports Hall of Fame has named the McDonald’s Belleville High School Athletes of the Year for the 2025/26 season.
Jessie Prevost and Josh Thomas were both selected as this year’s overall athletes of the year by the hall of fame committee.
Bayside Secondary School’s female athlete of the year, Jessie Prevost, made significant contributions to the school’s athletic programs throughout her high school career. She competed in basketball, swimming, wrestling, soccer, rugby, and ultimate frisbee. During her graduating year Prevost contributed to championship and medal-winning performances in basketball, rugby, wrestling, and swimming, including a Bay of Quinte rugby title, a Bay of Quinte wrestling championship, and an OFSAA rugby silver medal.
Josh Thomas, Bayside Secondary School’s male athlete of the year, competed in ultimate frisbee, volleyball, basketball, and track and field. He captured Bay of Quinte championships in both high jump and long jump before earning gold in high jump and silver in long jump at COSSA. He repeated those results at the East Regional Championships and capped his season with a silver medal in high jump at OFSAA, earning recognition as Bayside’s Top OFSAA Male Athlete.
The athletes of the year are drawn from the male and female athletes of the year at 8 local secondary schools. Those schools are Albert College, Bayside, Centennial, Eastside, Nicholson Catholic, Quinte Christian, Sir James Whitney and St. Theresa.
Joshua Thomas, McDonald’s Belleville High School Athlete of the Year.
