Sports360AZ All-Academic Cross Country Teams (D-I & D-II)

For ten years, Sports360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. We are excited once again to introduce the Sports360AZ All-Academic Fall Sport Teams brought to you by IBEW Local 640, Desert Financial Credit UnionVenezia’s PizzeriaSan Tan Ford and Valle Luna Mexican restaurants to recognize excellence of student athletes not only in competition but in the classroom as well. 

We were overwhelmed by the response from players, coaches, athletic directors and parents and their nominations. A few notes on how the team was compiled: 

Sports360AZ reached out to every athletic director in the state, as well as every varsity head coach for the respective sports requesting nominations based on performance in the classroom. We also opened up nominations to parents and players as well. This is the only way to be named to the all-academic team. Thank you to the high school community for recognizing these student-athletes!

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Thank you so much for your nominations, and be sure to use #Sports360AZScholars when sharing these teams on social media.

Without further ado, we are thrilled to present the 2021 Sports360AZ All-Academic cross country team for Divisions I and II.

First Team

Lizzie Stone – Campo Verde – 5.0 weighted GPA
Leila Iranshahr – Verrado – 4.92 weighted GPA
David Aparicio – Glendale – 4.89 weighted GPA
Rujuta Sane – Hamilton – 4.89 weighted GPA
Bryden Kaminsky – Cactus Shadows – 4.83 weighted GPA

Jared Lakin – Williams Field – 4.83 weighted GPA
Raymond Naylor – Verrado – 4.8 weighted GPA
Ernesto Oquita – Agua Fria – 4.78 weighted GPA
Sophia Noriega – Chandler – 4.77 weighted GPA
Lani MacMillan – Cactus Shadows – 4.75 weighted GPA
Louis Madrigal Diaz – North Canyon – 4.75 weighted GPA
Tessa Soukup – Marana – 4.75 weighted GPA
Talen Tyler – Casteel – 4.74 weighted GPA
Lucky McGhee – Cactus Shadows – 4.73 weighted GPA
Jacob Slater – Hamilton – 4.72 weighted GPA
Madison Davis – O’Connor – 4.72 weighted GPA
Connor Mattingly – O’Connor – 4.71 weighted GPA
Maximilian Votruba – North Canyon – 4.69 weighted GPA
Jesus Lopez – Maryvale – 4.68 weighted GPA
Andre Mickey – Hamilton – 4.67 weighted GPA
Haley Lakin – Williams Field – 4.67 weighted GPA
Hani Davis – Agua Fria – 4.67 weighted GPA
Kate Renwick – Williams Field – 4.67 weighted GPA
Manouny Ouatara – Glendale – 4.67 weighted GPA
Natalia Delgado Valadez – Agua Fria – 4.67 weighted GPA
Sheamus Dike – Williams Field – 4.67 weighted GPA
Matthew Camp – Perry – 4.64 weighted GPA

Sofia Durazo – Nogales – 4.62 weighted GPA
Hazel Tobler – Eastmark – 4.62 weighted GPA
Annabelle Durso – Cactus Shadows – 4.61 weighted GPA
Jordan Fender – Cactus Shadows – 4.61 weighted GPA
Sage Patzer – Hamilton – 4.6 weighted GPA
Tyler Mathews – Red Mountain – 4.60 weighted GPA

Ava Potts – Chandler – 4.6 weighted GPA
Idaly Banuelos – Nogales – 4.6 weighted GPA
Marianna Montoya – Nogales – 4.6 weighted GPA
Amelia Long – O’Connor – 4.59 weighted GPA
Caleb Weaver – Campo Verde – 4.57 weighted GPA
Cooper Stoughton – Casteel – 4.57 weighted GPA
Kyah Zurek – Casteel – 4.57 weighted GPA
Danielle Lemoine – Dysart – 4.54 weighted GPA
Madeline Davis – O’Connor – 4.54 weighted GPA
Abigail Konings – Verrado – 4.53 weighted GPA
Evan Hankinson – Campo Verde – 4.53 weighted GPA
Haley McKern – Campo Verde – 4.53 weighted GPA
Erin Syring – Campo Verde – 4.52 weighted GPA
Alexandra Maldonado – Nogales – 4.5 weighted GPA
Alexandra Lammond – Hamilton – 4.5 weighted GPA
Corinne Warriner – Hamilton – 4.5 weighted GPA
Belen Besich – Williams Field – 4.5 weighted GPA

Celedonia Jensen – Casteel – 4.5 weighted GPA
Charles Entley – Williams Field – 4.5 weighted GPA
Genesis Ordonez Ramirez – Camelback – 4.5 weighted GPA
Lily Finkbeiner – Red Mountain – 4.5 weighted GPA
Marissa Hernandez – Chandler – 4.5 weighted GPA
Peter Winward – Mountain View – 4.5 weighted GPA
Taylor James – Williams Field – 4.5 weighted GPA
Veronica Entley – Williams Field – 4.5 weighted GPA
Sydnee Elliott – Casteel – 4.48 weighted GPA
Demitri Davis – Agua Fria – 4.47 weighted GPA
Kaden Stillwagon – Brophy College Prep – 4.47 weighted GPA
Melanie Chavez – Agua Fria – 4.47 weighted GPA
Sandra Perez – Glendale – 4.47 weighted GPA
Brody Haar – Brophy College Prep – 4.46 weighted GPA
Ariel Fendenheim – Red Mountain – 4.45 weighted GPA
Rylan Duggan – Cactus Shadows – 4.45 weighted GPA
Christian Castillo – Dysart – 4.44 weighted GPA
George Middendorf – O’Connor – 4.43 weighted GPA
Erin Idleman – Perry – 4.42 weighted GPA
Sean Flynn – Perry – 4.42 weighted GPA

Kylie Lingenfelter – Verrado – 4.41 weighted GPA
Rose Connolly – Hamilton – 4.41 weighted GPA
Caitlyn Nelsen – Hamilton – 4.40 weighted GPA
Maxwell Waldron – Perry – 4.4 weighted GPA
Tyler Nelson – Marana – 4.4 weighted GPA

Amalie Rhebeck – Marana – 4.4 weighted GPA
Mark Anderson – Mountain View – 4.4 weighted GPA
Sydney Wilson – Chandler – 4.4 weighted GPA
Jose Velderrain – Glendale – 4.38 weighted GPA
Zachary Hooper – Hamilton – 4.38 weighted GPA
Beatrice Honebrink – Ironwood Ridge – 4.38 weighted GPA
Mayra Yepiz – Nogales – 4.37 weighted GPA
Oscar Gonzales – Agua Fria – 4.36 weighted GPA
Taylor Keddy – Gila Ridge – 4.35 weighted GPA
Alyssa Pooley – Red Mountain – 4.33 weighted GPA
Caleb Williams – Dysart – 4.33 weighted GPA
Jack Bradley – Williams Field – 4.33 weighted GPA
Maddie Reising – Campo Verde – 4.33 weighted GPA
Lindsay Welch – Mountain View – 4.32 weighted GPA
Emily Lish – Mountain View – 4.31 weighted GPA
Brianna Morgan – Nogales – 4.3 weighted GPA
Cadence Cachola – Camelback – 4.3 weighted GPA
Sabrina Tamayo – Camelback – 4.3 weighted GPA
Tyler Judd – Mountain View – 4.3 weighted GPA
Kayla Hansen – Red Mountain – 4.28 weighted GPA
Lilly Thorud – Eastmark – 4.28 weighted GPA
Alexis Pagel – Perry – 4.26 weighted GPA
Aiden Ibarra – Marana – 4.25 weighted GPA
Elizabeth Fuentes – Nogales – 4.25 weighted GPA
Sadie Silverstein – Marana – 4.25 weighted GPA
Yasmin Pooley – Mountain View – 4.25 weighted GPA
Clara Jones – Campo Verde – 4.22 weighted GPA
Blythe Brown – Red Mountain – 4.21 weighted GPA
Nate Young – Campo Verde – 4.21 weighted GPA
Blake Weniger – Verrado – 4.2 weighted GPA
D’Andre Watson – Chandler – 4.2 weighted GPA
Anna Elcock – Mountain View – 4.19 weighted GPA
Elijah Davis – Red Mountain – 4.19 weighted GPA
Atticus Minharo – Eastmark – 4.19 weighted GPA
Olivia Lamoreaux – Mountain View – 4.18 weighted GPA
Kendal Bonjour – Williams Field – 4.17 weighted GPA
Madison Ringgold – Williams Field – 4.17 weighted GPA
Mailie Bradbury – Cactus Shadows – 4.17 weighted GPA
Seth Gardiner – O’Connor – 4.17 weighted GPA
Carina Trujillo – Hamilton –  4.16 weighted GPA 

Ava Harris – Cactus Shadows – 4.15 weighted GPA
Brianna Martinez – Nogales High School – 4.14 weighted GPA
Emma Jones – Red Mountain – 4.14 weighted GPA
Hayden Darst – Hamilton – 4.14 weighted GPA
Daniel Chavez – Brophy College Prep – 4.13 weighted GPA
Brady Hutchings – Perry – 4.13 weighted GPA

Kayli Castleton – Campo Verde – 4.13 weighted GPA
Avery Turley – Marana – 4.12 weighted GPA
Lillette Orban – Hamilton – 4.12 weighted GPA
Madelina Macaluso – Gila Ridge – 4.12 weighted GPA

Regina Raimo – Mountain View – 4.12 weighted GPA
Selah Akers – Red Mountain – 4.12 weighted GPA
Carter Powell – Mountain View – 4.1 weighted GPA
Jadyn Herron Jonap – Casteel – 4.1 weighted GPA
Kade Eagar – Marana – 4.1 weighted GPA
Patrick Cheke – Brophy College Prep – 4.1 weighted GPA
Sara Garmon – Ironwood Ridge – 4.1 weighted GPA
Lily Smiton – Mountain View – 4.08 weighted GPA
Damaris Zatarin – Ironwood Ridge – 4.08 weighted GPA
Aaron Bitton – Eastmark – 4.08 weighted GPA
Caleb Villegas – Cactus Shadows – 4.06 weighted GPA
Taylor Jacobs – Red Mountain – 4.05 weighted GPA
Isaac Lynn – Verrado – 4.04 weighted GPA
Eliza Elcock – Mountain View – 4.03 weighted GPA
Mae Dieguez – North Canyon – 4.03 weighted GPA
Angel Delgado – Chandler – 4.0 weighted GPA
Mariza Chavez – Marana – 4.0 weighted GPA
Matthew Hamilton – Red Mountain – 4.0 weighted GPA
Arianna Meza Ruelas – Maryvale – 4.0 weighted GPA
Caymn Hahn – Williams Field – 4.0 weighted GPA
Daniel Pearson Jurabe – Canyon Del Oro – 4.0 weighted GPA
Griffin Arnett – Mountain View – 4.0 weighted GPA
Jose Valdez – San Luis – 4.0 weighted GPA
Allison Maslin – Hamilton – 4.0 weighted GPA
Macy Johnson – Red Mountain – 4.0 weighted GPA

Mitchell Jones – Campo Verde – 4.0 weighted GPA
Noah Plaza – Williams Field – 4.0 weighted GPA
Sean Jacobsen – Canyon Del Oro – 4.0 weighted GPA
Yael Caballero Ferro – North Canyon – 4.0 weighted GPA
Sophia Garces – Eastmark – 4.0 weighted GPA
Mira Fassbinder – Dysart – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Adam Boney – Canyon Del Oro – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Aidan Squires – Pinnacle – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Angelina Hickey – Chandler – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Caden Acosta – Pinnacle – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Camila Guzman – Nogales – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Delaney Kaminski – Canyon Del Oro – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Jenna Mukavitz – Arcadia – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Jennifer Roberts – Pinnacle – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Jeremiah Spiva – Kellis – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Jonathan Sweepe – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Kaileena Ferguson – Arcadia – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Kiarra Briggs – Pinnacle – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Kiera Cornwell – Canyon Del Oro – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Laynee Hollech – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Madeline Reeves – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Nalani Briggs – Pinnacle – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Nathan Hartman – Canyon Del Oro – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Nicole Friedman – Pinnacle – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Paige Stockford – Pinnacle – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Rachel Daniggelis – Arcadia – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Riley Ankenbauer – Perry – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Spencer Eyrich – Pinnacle – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Taylor Lovell – Perry – 4.0 unweighted GPA

Honorable Mention

Abigail Peck – Kellis – 3.3 unweighted GPA
Aidan Parr – Brophy College Prep – 3.11 unweighted GPA
Aiden Welch – Notre Dame Prep – 3.58 unweighted GPA
Alexander Keddy – Gila Ridge – 3.74 weighted GPA
Alexander Luckett – Canyon Del Oro – 3.7 unweighted GPA
Alyssa Lewis – Chandler – 3.9 weighted GPA
Alyssa Perez – Agua Fria – 3.83 weighted GPA
Anderson Baker – Brophy College Prep – 3.76 weighted GPA
Andrew Gardiner – Mountain View – 3.7 weighted GPA
Andrew Gibby – Hamilton – 3.59 weighted GPA
Andrew Perry – Gila Ridge – 3.87 unweighted GPA
Anthony Pishos – Campo Verde – 3.6 weighted GPA
Ariela Lerner – Hamilto – 3.87 weighted GPA
Ashley Zupancic – Liberty – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Ava Christensen – Red Mountain – 3.60 weighted GPA
Avery Juvan – Mountain View – 3.34 unweighted GPA
Bradley Jensen – Mountain View – 3.8 weighted GPA
Brady Eagar – Mountain View – 3.5 weighted GPA
Brightn Hatch – Casteel – 3.7 weighted GPA
Caden White – Dysart – 3.75 weighted GPA
Caesar Buff – Canyon Del Oro – 3.7 unweighted GPA
Cale Haskins – Canyon Del Oro – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Callie Orocu – Eastmark – 3.71 weighted GPA
Carrie Dashee – Camelback – 3.8 weighted GPA
Charlotte Hopper – Arcadia – 3.83 unweighted GPA
Chase Markunas – Hamilton – 3.71 weighted GPA
Connor Lange – Agua Fria – 3.58 weighted GPA
David Judd – Mountain View – 3.5 weighted GPA
Dean Edgar – Eastmark – 3.55 weighted GPA
Destiny Hernandez – Chandler – 3.5 weighted GPA
Dominick Muller – Hamilton – 3.57 weighted GPA
Eduardo Marquez – Gila Ridge – 3.95 unweighted GPA
Eliannah Autry – O’Connor – 3.42 unweighted GPA
Ella Adams – Perry – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Ella Bonnie – Notre Dame Prep – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Enrique Lopez – Kellis – 3.38 unweighted GPA
Enzo Besich – Williams Field – 3.8 weighted GPA
Ethan Larsen – Pinnacle – 3.97 unweighted GPA
Ethan Scritchfield – Cactus Shadows – 3.54 weighted GPA
Evan France – Mountain View – 3.75 weighted GPA
Gabriel Van Arsdale – Casteel – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Giovanni Casciato – Hamilton – 3.97 weighted GPA
Greyson Akers – Red Mountain – 3.70 weighted GPA
Gwendylin Rigby – Williams Field – 3.75 weighted GPA
Ian Walford – Cactus Shadows – 3.86 weighted GPA
Isabella Schaller – Perry – 3.95 unweighted GPA
Jace Schaub – Canyon Del Oro – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Jackson Moxley – Chandler – 3.75 weighted GPA
Janae Byrd – Verrado – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Jazmin Estrada – Gila Ridge – 3.58 unweighted GPA
Jonathan Lopez – Gila Ridge – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Jonathon Mello – Kellis – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Jorge Corona Carmona – Maryvale – 3.75 weighted GPA
Joshua Bonnie – Notre Dame Prep – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Justin Vandeberg – Gila Ridge – 3.31 unweighted GPA
Kate Marinick – Arcadia – 3.83 unweighted GPA
Katie Munoz – Perry – 3.83 unweighted GPA
Kendall Doubeet – Liberty – 3.47 unweighted GPA
Kinsey Gyolai – Williams Field – 3.83 weighted GPA
Kristyna Mlejnkova – Perry – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Kyron Smiton – Red Mountain – 3.28 unweighted GPA
Landon Andersen – Liberty – 3.67 unweighted GPA
Lauren Kazaroff – Chandler – 3.72 weighted GPA
Lauren Metcalf – Notre Dame Prep – 3.71 unweighted GPA
Leonardo Montoya – Arcadia – 3.66 unweighted GPA
Liam Dunn – Casteel – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Libby Shields – Marana – 3.85 weighted GPA
Logan Giehm – Eastmark – 3.58 weighted GPA
Logan Marek – Ironwood Ridge – 3.6 weighted GPA
Logan Taylor – Kellis – 3.71 unweighted GPA
Lucas Jones – Liberty – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Luis Hernandez – Agua Fria – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Luke Radford – Pinnacle – 3.95 unweighted GPA
Luke Simonian – Pinnacle – 3.87 unweighted GPA
MacKenzie McDowell – Eastmark – 3.62 weighted GPA
Madeline Himlin – Notre Dame Prep – 3.83 unweighted GPA
Madison Burkholder – Red Mountain – 3.70 weighted GPA
Malachi Armstrong – Red Mountain – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Malakai Baughman – Williams Field – 3.5 weighted GPA
Maria Hernandez Rodriguez – Maryvale – 3.91 weighted GPA
Mario Fernandez – O’Connor – 3.54 weighted GPA
Martin Breinholt – Campo Verde – 3.68 weighted GPA
Mateo Rodriguez – Arcadia – 3.83 unweighted GPA
Maxwell Porter – Hamilton – 3.28 unweighted GPA
McKinley Blanton – Liberty – 3.94 unweighted GPA
Melanie Ruvalcaba – Kellis – 3.76 unweighted GPA
Mia Barraza – Nogales – 3.71 unweighted GPA
Mikelle Schild – Mountain View – 3.84 weighted GPA
Mireya Bernal – Notre Dame Prep – 3.00 unweighted GPA
Naomi Rosin – Pinnacle – 3.87 unweighted GPA
Nicholas Valle – Hamilton – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Noah Czajkowski – Red Mountain – 3.73 weighted GPA
Noah Smith – Eastmark – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Nora Thompson – Liberty – 3.83 unweighted GPA
Owen Jones – Pinnacle – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Preston Casciato – Hamilton – 3.93 weighted GPA
Ray Tun – Glendale – 3.71 unweighted GPA
Remi Stubbs – Campo Verde – 3.43 weighted GPA
Richmond Morse – Eastmark – 3.77 weighted GPA
Riley Davis – Casteel – 3.65 weighted GPA
Ryan Denhof – Liberty – 3.81 unweighted GPA
Ryan McGrath – Campo Verde – 3.84 weighted GPA
Ryan Williams – O’Connor – 3.79 weighted GPA
Sara Jones – Perry – 3.92 unweighted GPA
Savannah Church – Eastmark – 3.85 weighted GPA
Scott Gurley – Arcadia – 3.66 unweighted GPA
Sean Bressler – Liberty – 3.51 unweighted GPA
Sophia Scerca – Pinnacle – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Sydney Greenlee – Perry – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Tamlyn White – Camelback – 3.69 weighted GPA
Tanner Christian – Marana – 3.87 weighted GPA
Tate Tadytin – Williams Field – 3.67 weighted GPA
Tegan Hendricks – Arcadia – 3.66 unweighted GPA
Thomas Gauerke – Perry – 3.83 unweighted GPA
Timothy Ortiz – Perry – 3.92 unweighted GPA
Tre Chacon – Perry – 3.89 weighted GPA
Vanessa Aguilar – Agua Fria – 3.50 weighted GPA
Vasthy Hernandez – Verrado – 3.86 weighted GPA
Vincent Colson – Arcadia – 3.66 unweighted GPA
Vincent Farfan – Maryvale – 3.8 weighted GPA
Wendy Martinez – Maryvale – 3.97 weighted GPA
Yassie Sezen – Notre Dame Prep – 3.85 unweighted GPA
Zachary Fitzpatrick – O’Connor – 3.11 unweighted GPA
Zachary Loiselle – Brophy College Prep – 3.95 weighted GPA
Zachary Needham – Perry – 3.26 unweighted GPA