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For eleven 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 Spring Sports Teams brought to you by IBEW Local 640, Desert Financial Credit Union, Venezia’s Pizzeria, San 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 2022 Sports360AZ All-Academic boys volleyball teams for Divisions 5A and 6A.
First Team
Alonzo Hernandez – Agua Fria – 4.93 weighted GPA
Dane Creek – Hamilton – 4.9 weighted GPA
Kyle Young – Mountain Pointe – 4.86 weighted GPA
Matthew Luoma – Mountain Pointe – 4.81 weighted GPA
Kian Lu – Hamilton – 4.8 weighted GPA
Tobi Balogun – Agua Fria – 4.76 weighted GPA
Cade Banks – Corona del Sol – 4.74 weighted GPA
Toby Lim – Corona del Sol – 4.74 weighted GPA
Ryan Tsau – Boulder Creek – 4.7 weighted GPA
Cade Connolly – Shadow Ridge – 4.63 weighted GPA
Jacoby Larson – Shadow Ridge – 4.63 weighted GPA
Ryan San Andres – Shadow Ridge – 4.63 weighted GPA
Dane Koluch – Chandler – 4.6 weighted GPA
William Rossi Drumheller – Hamilton – 4.57 weighted GPA
Matthew Michler – Canyon View – 4.56 weighted GPA
Kyle Watts – Campo Verde – 4.45 weighted GPA
Andre Anderson – Hamilton – 4.44 Weighted GPA
Tucker Lambert – Canyon View – 4.43 weighted GPA
John Matthew Pastorin – Red Mountain – 4.37 weighted GPA
Kris Castro – Shadow Ridge – 4.37 weighted GPA
Chris Avitia – Agua Fria – 4.33 weighted GPA
Maciek Mularski – Agua Fria – 4.33 weighted GPA
Jake Andreason – Perry – 4.32 weighted GPA
Daniel Valadez – Canyon View – 4.31 weighted GPA
Everett Larson – Shadow Ridge – 4.28 weighted GPA
Sebastian Vergara – Mountain Pointe – 4.28 weighted GPA
Braedon Girnius – Mountain Ridge – 4.27 weighted GPA
Ethan Montag-Caouette – Mountain Ridge – 4.23 weighted GPA
Timothy Hinton – Corona del Sol – 4.23 weighted GPA
Ruben Anaya – Agua Fria – 4.23 weighted GPA
Ryan Burn – Canyon View – 4.23 weighted GPA
Connor O’Brien – Corona del Sol – 4.2 weighted GPA
Everett Clark – Agua Fria – 4.2 weighted GPA
Kage Torres – Agua Fria – 4.2 weighted GPA
Kai Becker – Corona del Sol – 4.17 weighted GPA
Asher Ganem – Hamilton – 4.16 Weighted GPA
Carter Nicolson – Corona del Sol – 4.16 weighted GPA
Jon Seddon – Corona del Sol – 4.16 weighted GPA
Oliver Garriss – Red Mountain – 4.14 weighted GPA
Alex Beck – Red Mountain – 4.13 weighted GPA
Austin Kuehler – Shadow Ridge – 4.13 weighted GPA
Chad Eaton – Canyon View – 4.13 weighted GPA
Luke Vlcek – Corona del Sol – 4.11 weighted GPA
Drew Nicolson – Corona del sol – 4.09 weighted GPA
Permeet Bhatia – Perry – 4.09 weighted GPA
Ryan Obarski – Hamilton – 4.09 weighted GPA
Sam Thielen – Mountain Ridge – 4.09 weighted GPA
Joshua Malayil – Campo Verde – 4.06 weighted GPA
Mitchell Jones – Campo Verde – 4.05 weighted GPA
Troy Gafford – Mountain Ridge – 4.02 weighted GPA
Wyatt Brown – Chandler – 4.02 weighted GPA
Derek Bashford – Perry – 4.0 weighted GPA
Gavin Hoffman – Hamilton – 4.0 weighted GPA
Daniel Cooper – Shadow Ridge – 4.45 unweighted GPA
Honorable Mention
Aiden Bever – Mountain Ridge – 3.13 unweighted GPA
Alec Acuff-Flores – Hamilton – 3.28 Unweighted GPA
Anthony Bever – Mountain Ridge – 3.13 unweighted GPA
Braden Davis – Chandler – 3.7 weighted GPA
Caleb Hawkins – Perry – 3.29 unweighted GPA
Chance Copeland – Chandler – 3.03 unweighted GPA
Chenwei Pao – Mountain Pointe – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Cody Gafford – Mountain Ridge – 3.84 weighted GPA
Colton Hubbard – Mountain Pointe – 3.57 weighted GPA
Demetrius Hernandez – Canyon View – 3.72 weighted GPA
Erik Banks – Red Mountain – 3.5 weighted GPA
Gavin Kurtz – Red Mountain – 3.79 weighted GPA
Gehrig Tolman – Perry – 3.47 unweighted GPA
Gunner Cook – Perry – 3.9 weighted GPA
Ian Downey – Canyon View – 3.98 weighted GPA
Ian Gardner – Red Mountain – 3.62 weighted GPA
Isaiah Holland – Campo Verde – 3.5 weighted GPA
Jace Miller – Perry – 3.07 unweighted GPA
Jacob Redwing – Red Mountain – 3.5 weighted GPA
Jairo Contreras – Agua Fria – 3.57 weighted GPA
Jaison Singh – Mountain Ridge – 3.94 weighted GPA
John Vinson – Canyon View – 3.71 weighted GPA
Justin Sherer – Canyon View – 3.63 weighted GPA
Kace Henry – Chandler – 3.7 weighted GPA
Karlo Bueno – Mountain Pointe – 3.6 weighted GPA
Kirk Valadez – Perry – 3.13 unweighted GPA
Lawrence Salinas – Agua Fria – 3.73 weighted GPA
Madduxx Goron – Mountain Ridge – 3.17 unweighted GPA
Mark Simons – Campo Verde – 3.98 weighted GPA
Mark Tomlinson – Perry – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Michael Beaulier – Chandler – 3.9 weighted GPA
Nathan Rosinski – Mountain Ridge – 3.5 weighted GPA
Nelson Lara Castillo – Mountain Pointe – 3.4 weighted GPA
Ollie Hinder – Corona del Sol – 3.61 weighted GPA
Peter Lauvao – Mountain Ridge – 3.88 weighted GPA
Qamar Outley – Canyon View – 3.71 weighted GPA
Roman Cummings – Chandler – 3.84 weighted GPA
Ryder Kelley – Chandler – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Spencer Johnson – Chandler – 3.02 unweighted GPA
Steve Ramos – Agua Fria – 3.03 unweighted GPA
Tegan Bernard – Mountain Ridge – 3.89 weighted GPA
Ty Baumgarth – Perry – 3.03 unweighted GPA
Tyler McBurney – Perry – 3.81 weighted GPA
Tyson Schmidt – Hamilton – 3.76 Weighted GPA
Vincent Bejarano – Chandler – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Walter Moffatt – Corona del sol – 3.63 weighted GPA
