The 2024-25 Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards, Presented by Ponce Law, is happy to announce Nashville Predators forward Ryan O’Reilly as the guest speaker for its live event on Wednesday, June 4 at Music City Center in Nashville.
O’Reilly is a 16-year NHL veteran who has played two productive seasons with the Predators, scoring 26 goals and 69 points in 2024 and 21 goals and 53 points this past season.
He broke in with the Colorado Avalanche in 2009, and has also played for the Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues and Toronto Maple Leafs. In 2019 he won the Stanley Cup with the Blues and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs.
O’Reilly has scored 20 or more goals nine times, including career highs of 28 in 2014 with Colorado and in 2019 with St. Louis. For his career, O’Reilly has 303 goals and 824 points.
The 2024-25 Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards, Presented by Ponce Law, are part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards program. Tickets for the event are on sale now and may be purchased here.