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For twelve 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 2023 Sports360AZ All-Academic Baseball Teams for Divisions 1A-2A:
First Team
Cade Zawada – Scottsdale Preparatory Academy – 4.87 weighted GPA
Andrew Logan – Veritas Preparatory Academy – 4.86 weighted GPA
Kishan Bhatnagar – Veritas Preparatory Academy – 4.86 weighted GPA
Brendan MacLean – Scottsdale Preparatory Academy – 4.83 weighted GPA
Robbie Hirsch – Chandler Preparatory Academy – 4.83 weighted GPA
Sehaj Malhi – Scottsdale Preparatory Academy – 4.83 weighted GPA
Luke Hurst – Veritas Preparatory Academy – 4.81 weighted GPA
Jack Sayer – Tempe Preparatory Academy – 4.8 weighted GPA
Andrew Waldo – Gilbert Classical Academy – 4.7 weighted GPA
Cole Dunnett – Gilbert Classical Academy – 4.7 weighted GPA
Nicholas Carlsson – Gilbert Classical Academy – 4.7 weighted GPA
Sam O’Neal – Gilbert Classical Academy – 4.7 weighted GPA
Stone Guymon – Gilbert Classical Academy – 4.7 weighted GPA
Payson Murasky – Veritas Preparatory Academy – 4.66 weighted GPA
Cade Huseth – Veritas Preparatory Academy – 4.65 weighted GPA
Samuel Bloxham – Gilbert Classical Academy – 4.6 weighted GPA
Isaac Swanson – Chandler Preparatory Academy – 4.56 weighted GPA
Ryan Hong – Chandler Preparatory Academy – 4.56 weighted GPA
Tico Lentz – Veritas Preparatory Academy – 4.56 weighted GPA
Christian Walker – Chandler Preparatory Academy – 4.54 weighted GPA
Nick Saunders – Chandler Preparatory Academy – 4.53 weighted GPA
Ethan Risch – Tempe Preparatory Academy – 4.5 weighted GPA
Gabe Ross – Tempe Preparatory Academy – 4.5 weighted GPA
Lucas Hesson – Gilbert Classical Academy – 4.5 weighted GPA
Max Floresi – Gilbert Classical Academy – 4.5 weighted GPA
Griffin Oas – Scottsdale Preparatory Academy – 4.44 weighted GPA
Aashish Sreejith – Chandler Preparatory Academy – 4.43 weighted GPA
Cristian Pando – Willcox – 4.4 weighted GPA
Krystian Gary – Gilbert Classical Academy – 4.4 weighted GPA
Mattias Martens – Scottsdale Preparatory Academy – 4.4 weighted GPA
Emet Yates – Chandler Preparatory Academy – 4.37 weighted GPA
Dominic Knoell – Veritas Preparatory Academy – 4.31 weighted GPA
Justin Clement – Willcox – 4.3 weighted GPA
Dominic Steineke – Chandler Preparatory Academy – 4.28 weighted GPA
Dominic Tirone – Veritas Preparatory Academy – 4.28 weighted GPA
Ryne Viscum – Phoenix Christian Preparatory School – 4.25 weighted GPA
Sam Shores – Phoenix Christian Preparatory School – 4.25 weighted GPA
George Valencia – Gilbert Classical Academy – 4.2 weighted GPA
Noah Scilley – Gilbert Classical Academy – 4.2 weighted GPA
Evan Matthews – Phoenix Christian Preparatory School – 4.19 weighted GPA
William Ryken – Scottsdale Preparatory Academy – 4.16 weighted GPA
David Gonzalez – Tempe Preparatory Academy – 4.1 weighted GPA
Ehtan Peterson – Gilbert Classical Academy – 4.1 weighted GPA
Austin Sampson – Tempe Preparatory Academy – 4.0 weighted GPA
Jacob Allen – Chandler Preparatory Academy – 4.0 weighted GPA
Kash Macumber – Willcox – 4.0 unweighted GPA
KC Montenieri – Arizona Lutheran Academy – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Honorable Mention
Tyler Larson – Scottsdale Preparatory Academy – 3.95 weighted GPA
Race Merrill – Tempe Preparatory Academy – 3.9 weighted GPA
Wyatt Bacome – St. John Paul II Catholic – 3.9 weighted GPA
Henry Burch – Veritas Preparatory Academy – 3.86 weighted GPA
Kendrick Begay – Valley (Sanders) – 3.84 weighted GPA
Henry Allen – Chandler Preparatory Academy – 3.83 weighted GPA
Nicholas Patterson – Tempe Preparatory Academy – 3.8 weighted GPA
Ryan Roco – Gilbert Classical Academy – 3.8 weighted GPA
Adrian Vazquez – St. John Paul II Catholic – 3.74 weighted GPA
Chowdhury Samal – Gilbert Classical Academy – 3.7 weighted GPA
Cole Rotner – Tempe Preparatory Academy – 3.7 weighted GPA
Levi Kelsey – Gilbert Classical Academy – 3.7 weighted GPA
Kellan Jacobs – Veritas Preparatory Academy – 3.67 weighted GPA
Ahil Rajwani – Scottsdale Preparatory Academy – 3.65 weighted GPA
Nathan Kammer – Scottsdale Preparatory Academy – 3.65 weighted GPA
Jack Darling – Tempe Preparatory Academy – 3.6 weighted GPA
Luke Medlen – Tempe Preparatory Academy – 3.6 weighted GPA
Marco Gastelo – Tempe Preparatory Academy – 3.6 weighted GPA
Braden Scott – Scottsdale Preparatory Academy – 3.52 weighted GPA
Carlos Gastelum – Tempe Preparatory Academy – 3.5 weighted GPA
Ethan Strickland – Veritas Preparatory Academy – 3.5 weighted GPA
Danielle McCann – Mayer – 3.98 unweighted GPA
Sam Rautenberg – Arizona Lutheran Academy – 3.96 unweighted GPA
Isaac Patterson – Arizona Lutheran Academy – 3.95 unweighted GPA
Ed Tingle – Willcox – 3.9 unweighted GPA
Jorge Lomeli – Arizona Lutheran Academy – 3.71 unweighted GPA
Ryan Pufahl – Arizona Lutheran Academy – 3.71 unweighted GPA
Noah Urbieta – Arizona Lutheran Academy – 3.67 unweighted GPA
Reed Bode – Arizona Lutheran Academy – 3.62 unweighted GPA
Alec Fuentes – Willcox – 3.6 unweighted GPA
Wyatt Eyler – Mayer – 3.51 unweighted GPA
Eric Urbieta – Arizona Lutheran Academy – 3.47 unweighted GPA
Klayton Depuy – Mayer – 3.44 unweighted GPA
Ayden Fimbres – Willcox – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Oren Allsup – Willcox – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Evan Truschke – Willcox – 3.39 unweighted GPA
Ayden Fuentes – Willcox – 3.17 unweighted GPA
