MLive reporters have been making their lists, and checking them twice.
It's not about whose been naughty or nice, of course. It's about who were the best performers around Michigan in all of the fall sports whose champions were crowned in October and N...

See all of the Flint area s 2015 Fall Athletes of the Year

DETROIT -- It is time to take one final look back at the fall's best athletes before the winter season gets in full swing with the coming new year.

CITIZEN PATRIOT GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY DREAM TEAM
RUNNER OF THE YEAR
Samantha Saenz, Concord sophomore
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Saenz set a personal-record time of 18:57 while placing sixth at the highly competitive Portage Invite, took fi...

Laura Estrada wears her jersey with pride, represents those colors well and as the MLive Bay City Girls Cross Country Player of the Year has come to embody all that Western cross country is about.

Madison Troy, a sophomore, won the Division 1 state girls cross country championship this fall.

Gall leads the 2015 Saginaw News Girls Cross Country Dream Team

Saenz showed an impressive improvement in the last year to put her at the top of Jackson-area runners and is the Citizen Patriot Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.

Aalberts, who finished fourth at the Division 2 state finals last year with a time of 18:34.5, finished fifth in 2015 with a time of 18:38.8.

In her first year running, junior Alia Frederick finished third in the Division 2 state finals at Michigan International Speedway.