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For 13 years, Sports360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. We are excited once again to introduce the 2024 Sports360AZ All-Academic Winter Sports Teams brought to you by 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 2024 Sports360AZ All-Academic Boys Basketball Teams for Divisions 4A-6A:
First Team
Josh Gulbrandsen – Highland – 5.58 weighted GPA
Max Robison – Highland – 4.94 weighted GPA
Kristian Carlson – North – 4.87 weighted GPA
Mihail Kostadinovski – Corona del Sol – 4.81 weighted GPA
Chase Benson – Thunderbird – 4.78 weighted GPA
Colby Schwartz – Thunderbird – 4.78 weighted GPA
Beau Hartman – Sunnyslope – 4.76 weighted GPA
Benjamin Robinson – Pinnacle – 4.75 weighted GPA
Owen Hillis – Sunnyslope – 4.73 weighted GPA
Owen Lozevski – Arcadia – 4.7 weighted GPA
Brady McMullen – Maricopa – 4.7 weighted GPA
Logan Tuckfield – Combs – 4.69 weighted GPA
Logan Tuckfield – Combs – 4.69 weighted GPA
Nicholas Corbo – Chaparral – 4.69 weighted GPA
Logan Dudley – Mountain Ridge – 4.69 weighted GPA
Aiden Rampley – Thunderbird – 4.68 weighted GPA
Jonathan Bell – Arizona College Prep – 4.68 weighted GPA
Jonas Erive – West Point – 4.67 weighted GPA
Alex Merrill – Campo Verde – 4.62 weighted GPA
Peyton Dennis – Mountain Ridge – 4.61 weighted GPA
Caleb Williams – Dysart – 4.6 weighted GPA
Julian Garcia – Seton Catholic Prep – 4.6 weighted GPA
William Clark – Thunderbird – 4.6 weighted GPA
Carter Chipman – Campo Verde – 4.59 weighted GPA
Carter Pratchard – Campo Verde – 4.59 weighted GPA
Nash Parmley – Sunnyslope – 4.55 unweighted GPA
Alex Neill – Arizona College Prep – 4.54 weighted GPA
Kobe Bradley – Mesquite – 4.54 weighted GPA
Dylan Lee – Hamilton – 4.5 weighted GPA
Christopher Cardon – Campo Verde – 4.5 weighted GPA
Noah Gifft – Ironwood – 4.5 weighted GPA
Lex Clontz – Cesar Chavez – 4.5 weighted GPA
Reed Totherow – Mountain Ridge – 4.5 weighted GPA
Rider Portela – Sunnyslope – 4.5 weighted GPA
George Quinn Kallis – Saguaro – 4.47 weighted GPA
Charles Richards – Sunnyslope – 4.47 weighted GPA
Javier Martinez-Peralta – Nogales – 4.46 weighted GPA
Talon Knollmiller – Highland – 4.45 weighted GPA
Lou Ortiz – Williams Field – 4.43 weighted GPA
Nate Cullimore – Highland – 4.42 weighted GPA
Ryan Kavalami – Thunderbird – 4.4 weighted GPA
Ben Rosenberg – Chaparral – 4.4 weighted GPA
Cameron Williams – Willow Canyon – 4.4 weighted GPA
Emiliano Esquer – Trevor G. Browne – 4.4 weighted GPA
Brandon Curtis – Campo Verde – 4.39 weighted GPA
Christopher Lopez-Jolly – Coronado – 4.38 weighted GPA
Drew Balcius – Arizona College Prep – 4.38 weighted GPA
Soren Theurer – Campo Verde – 4.38 weighted GPA
Nathaniel Smith – Chaparral – 4.37 weighted GPA
Marcus Ward – Mesquite – 4.36 weighted GPA
Mason Pyle – Marana – 4.36 weighted GPA
Brenden Mauzy – Buena – 4.33 weighted GPA
Michael Johnson – Highland – 4.33 weighted GPA
Vikram Thevar – Mountain Ridge – 4.33 weighted GPA
Joshua Perez – Trevor G. Browne – 4.33 weighted GPA
Fauster Johnson – Arizona College Prep – 4.31 weighted GPA
Jace Kazmierczak – Poston Butte – 4.3 weighted GPA
Taj Deloney – Mesquite – 4.3 weighted GPA
Leyton Steenhard – Queen Creek – 4.3 Weighted GPA
Travin Merrill – Highland – 4.2857 weighted GPA
Alvaro Munoz – Nogales – 4.28 weighted GPA
Dallin Smith – Mountain Ridge – 4.28 weighted GPA
Rafael Vasavilbaso Jr. – Nogales – 4.27 weighted GPA
Connor Honig – Chaparral – 4.24 weighted GPA
Aaron Franco – Nogales – 4.23 weighted GPA
Alejandro Burns – Seton Catholic Prep – 4.2 weighted GPA
Dutch Van Es – Arcadia – 4.2 weighted GPA
Jackson Bruening – Seton Catholic Prep – 4.2 weighted GPA
Luke Padilla – Seton Catholic Prep – 4.2 weighted GPA
Collin Kvamme – Campo – 4.2 weighted GPA
Christian Wells – Pinnacle – 4.2 weighted GPA
Yadon Lott – Williams Field – 4.19 weighted GPA
James Thompson – Arizona College Prep – 4.17 weighted GPA
Joseph Rukundo – La Joya Community – 4.17 weighted GPA
Julian Duran – Buena – 4.17 weighted GPA
Steven Wambach – Buena – 4.17 weighted GPA
Vincent E. Castro – North – 4.13 weighted GPA
Mason Jensen – Eastmark – 4.13 weighted GPA
Dawson Moyer – Pinnacle – 4.12 weighted GPA
Cristian Simmons – Sunnyslope – 4.11 weighted GPA
Jagger Cockrell – Mountain Ridge – 4.10 weighted GPA
Luke Rehl – Brophy College Prep – 4.10 weighted GPA
Angel Valenzuela – Rio Rico – 4.1 weighted GPA
Brock Steele – Seton Catholic Prep – 4.1 weighted GPA
Nigel Anderson – Dysart – 4.1 weighted GPA
Oliver Fay – Arcadia – 4.1 weighted GPA
Skyler Lawrence – Combs – 4.1 weighted GPA
Mark Bright – Willow Canyon – 4.1 weighted GPA
Tristan Yanez – Skyline – 4.1 weighted GPA
Brayan Chavez – Nogales – 4.09 weighted GPA
Isaac Brown – Perry High – 4.08 weighted GPA
JT Shear – Brophy College Prep – 4.05 weighted GPA
Asher Perez – Arizona College Prep – 4.03 weighted GPA
Cooper Magnett – Prescott – 4.03 weighted GPA
Owen Pimbert – Saguaro – 4.03 weighted GPA
Mark Bruggeman – Williams Field – 4.03 weighted GPA
Ebrahema Jaiteh-Kabba – Mountain Ridge – 4.03 weighted GPA
Jeffrey Nwalor – Perry – 4.03 weighted GPA
Dacian Blackman – Dysart – 4.0 weighted GPA
Beau Curtis – Dysart – 4.0 weighted GPA
Brock Knee – Arcadia – 4.0 weighted GPA
Tanner Early – Mesquite – 4.0 weighted GPA
Cori Vance – Buena – 4.0 weighted GPA
Jack Hickman – Chaparral – 4.0 weighted GPA
James Gordon – Buena – 4.0 weighted GPA
Jayden Thomas – Buena – 4.0 weighted GPA
Bruce Branch – Perry High – 4.0 weighted GPA
Crew Swearingen – Corona del Sol – 4.0 weighted GPA
Damien Spencer – Desert Vista – 4.0 weighted GPA
Darius Wabbington – Sunnyslope – 4.0 weighted GPA
Jameson Vick – Pinnacle – 4.0 weighted GPA
Bjorn Molenaar – Red Mountain – 4.75 unweighted GPA
Jacob Hunter – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Nicholas Topolosek – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Will Zanoni – Basha – 4.33 weighted GPA
Justin Garcia – Basha – 4.5 weighted GPA
Cullen Schreiner – Basha – 4.64 weighted GPA
Jacob Shimizu – Basha – 4.16 weighted GPA
Sam Zanoni – Basha – 4.1 weighted GPA
Connor Oliver – Cactus Shadows – 4.33 weighted GPA
Dane Milinovich – Cactus Shadows – 4.23 weighted GPA
Eric Mullenmeister – Cactus Shadows – 4.9 weighted GPA
Trey Chemin – Cactus Shadows – 4.03 weighted GPA
Carter Brown – Cactus Shadows – 4.13 weighted GPA
Adnan Ahmetovic – Cactus Shadows – 4.45 weighted GPA
Bryan Jesus Ucles – Maryvale – 4.67 weighted GPA
Jose Fausto Garcia – Maryvale – 4.0 weighted GPA
Anthony Manuel Campas – Maryvale – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Brandon Stapleton – Chandler – 4.0 weighted GPA
Xavier Villa-Antone – Chandler – 4.45 weighted GPA
Apollo Jennings – Chandler – 4.6 weighted GPA
JP Perez – Chandler – 4.0 weighted GPA
James Ye – Chandler – 4.2 weighted GPA
Honorable Mentions
Jalen Patterson – Coronado – 3.98 weighted GPA
Andres Franco – Nogales – 3.98 weighted GPA
Daniel Tuszynski – Desert Vista – 3.97 weighted GPA
Crew Jorde – Mesquite – 3.96 weighted GPA
Anderson Lim – Corona del Sol – 3.95 weighted GPA
Mark Duguid – Liberty – 3.95 weighted GPA
Jordan C. Autunez – North – 3.93 weighted GPA
Jaylen Wollangk – Mesquite – 3.93 weighted GPA
Andrew Lyon – Prescott – 3.91 weighted GPA
Jonathon Niesluchowski – Eastmark – 3.91 weighted GPA
Blake Stephens – Chaparral – 3.91 weighted GPA
Justin Lam – Corona del Sol – 3.91 weighted GPA
tanner hibbs – marana – 3.91 weighted GPA
Tate Williams – Pinnacle – 3.91 weighted GPA
Dylan Alvidrez – Seton Catholic Preparatory – 3.9 weighted GPA
Carter Pendleton – Willow Canyon – 3.9 weighted GPA
Barron Silsby – Perry – 3.9 weighted GPA
jacob denetso – marana – 3.9 weighted GPA
Jonathan Petty – Skyline – 3.9 weighted GPA
Kit Filimaua – Highland – 3.9 weighted GPA
Nicholas Velez – Desert Vista – 3.89 weighted GPA
Justin Jorgensen – Sahuarita – 3.88 weighted GPA
Kenny Miller-Terry – Prescott – 3.88 weighted GPA
Lucas Tobin – Prescott – 3.88 weighted GPA
Dominic Avalos – Perry High – 3.88 weighted GPA
Dominic Okeke – Pinnacle – 3.88 weighted GPA
Ryan Burbach – Brophy College Prep – 3.88 weighted GPA
Connor Corey – Pinnacle – 3.87 weighted GPA
Zackorie Myhre – Sahuarita – 3.85 weighted GPA
Jase Kooima – Williams Field – 3.85 weighted GPA
Delton Prescott – Sunnyslope – 3.85 weighted GPA
Nick Sanford – Brophy College Prep – 3.85 weighted GPA
Aidan Whitaker – Saguaro – 3.83 weighted GPA
Javin Blacks – Saguaro – 3.83 weighted GPA
Kevin Kuang – Arizona College Prep – 3.83 weighted GPA
James LeSueur – Buena – 3.83 weighted GPA
Ayden Madi – Brophy College Prep – 3.83 weighted GPA
Robert Morris – Desert Vista – 3.83 weighted GPA
Zane Gaul – Prescott – 3.81 weighted GPA
Daylen Sharper – Brophy College Prep – 3.80 weighted GPA
Jamison Fox – Arcadia – 3.8 weighted GPA
Jordan Sayegh – Thunderbird – 3.8 weighted GPA
Juan Mailboy – Poston Butte – 3.8 weighted GPA
Zane Connelly – Dysart – 3.8 weighted GPA
Jamin Booker – Buena – 3.8 weighted GPA
Jayden Maxwell – Willow Canyon – 3.8 weighted GPA
Garrett Saunders – Desert Vista – 3.8 weighted GPA
Kareem Alkhalifa – Pinnacle – 3.8 weighted GPA
Mason Kintner – Arizona College Prep – 3.79 weighted GPA
DeShaun Johnson – Corona del Sol – 3.78 weighted GPA
caleb mendelsohn – marana – 3.77 weighted GPA
Dom Rojas – Sunnyslope – 3.77 weighted GPA
Xander Koehler – Brophy College Prep – 3.77 weighted GPA
Jake Diener – Prescott – 3.75 weighted GPA
Jose Adrian Vasquez – Rio Rico – 3.75 weighted GPA
Justice Hinds – Saguaro – 3.75 weighted GPA
Austin Cooper – Willow Canyon – 3.75 weighted GPA
Daniel Sullivan – Buena – 3.75 weighted GPA
Owen House – Willow Canyon – 3.75 weighted GPA
Elliot Lounds – Pinnacle – 3.74 weighted GPA
Coley Funalewicz – Prescott – 3.73 weighted GPA
Walker Stum – Highland – 3.73 weighted GPA
Ryan Nelson – Pinnacle – 3.72 weighted GPA
LaVelle Lewis – Corona del Sol – 3.71 weighted GPA
Jeshua Murrieta – Rio Rico – 3.7 weighted GPA
Kolby Hoyer – Eastmark – 3.7 weighted GPA
Victor Mendivil – Dysart – 3.7 weighted GPA
Ian Oliver – Mountain Ridge – 3.68 weighted GPA
Tyler Lelakowski – Corona del Sol – 3.68 weighted GPA
Desean Middlebrook – Mesquite – 3.67 weighted GPA
Alex Moore – Buena – 3.67 weighted GPA
Roberto Molina – Buena – 3.67 weighted GPA
Sergio Flores – Buena – 3.67 weighted GPA
John Mattingly – Sunnyslope – 3.66 weighted GPA
Dylan Donovan – Mountain Ridge – 3.65 weighted GPA
Jayson Paulo – Eastmark – 3.64 weighted GPA
Musiq Paramore – Brophy College Prep – 3.64 weighted GPA
Jaylon Hooks – Mesquite – 3.63 weighted GPA
Uriah Tenette – Prescott – 3.63 weighted GPA
Charles Taber – Pinnacle – 3.63 weighted GPA
Mijahi Baldwin – West Point – 3.63 weighted GPA
Kai Hogan – Brophy College Prep – 3.61 weighted GPA
Soren Damato – Buena – 3.6 weighted GPA
Tommy Randolph – Pinnacle – 3.6 weighted GPA
Tyson Crandall – Highland – 3.6 weighted GPA
Daniel Durazo – Sahuarita – 3.59 weighted GPA
Koa Peat – Perry – 3.58 weighted GPA
Ashton Avaang – Desert Vista – 3.56 weighted GPA
Luke Maloney – Sunnyslope – 3.56 weighted GPA
Dominic Espinoza – Chaparral – 3.54 weighted GPA
Henry Hall – Highland – 3.54 weighted GPA
Alexander Burns – Eastmark – 3.53 weighted GPA
Justice Moore – Arizona College Prep – 3.53 weighted GPA
Ron Achen – Arcadia – 3.53 weighted GPA
Andrew C. Baker – North – 3.5 weighted GPA
Jesus Pacheco – Buena – 3.5 weighted GPA
Kobyn Ray – Willow Canyon – 3.5 weighted GPA
Callaway Gailey – Skyline – 3.5 weighted GPA
Jacob Pennington – Queen Creek – 3.5 weighted GPA
Miles J. Swift – North – 3.41 weighted GPA
Nick Cammarata – Saguaro – 3.33 weighted GPA
Nash Fryer – Queen Creek – 3.3 weighted GPA
Ryan Siegars – Queen Creek – 3.2 weighted GPA
Ryker Nikolaus – Queen Creek – 3.2 weighted GPA
Scott Fisher – Queen Creek – 3.1 weighted GPA
Nolan Brown – Perry High – 3.96 unweighted GPA
Landon Brownstein – Ironwood – 3.95 unweighted GPA
Aiden Dunne – Liberty – 3.93 unweighted GPA
Josh Dillard – Ironwood – 3.85 unweighted GPA
Cayden Whetsel – Ironwood – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Braylen Rooney – Arcadia – 3.66 unweighted GPA
Matthew Richardson – Arcadia – 3.62 unweighted GPA
Cordd Baker – Poston Butte – 3.6 unweighted GPA
Jackson Matthews – Mountain Pointe – 3.58 unweighted GPA
Blake Carabio – Ironwood – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Dino Jukic – Ironwood – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Victor Vu – Ironwood – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Trystan A. Williams – North – 3.47 unweighted GPA
Christian Garven – Mesquite – 3.47 unweighted GPA
Luke Wieskamp – Brophy College Prep – 3.44 unweighted GPA
Jamar Trotter – Mesquite – 3.43 unweighted GPA
Danian Bernardo – Prescott – 3.41 unweighted GPA
Aiden Riesen – Arizona College Prep – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Luke Woitas – Seton Catholic Prep – 3.4 unweighted GPA
I’yar Shadowvine – Ironwood – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Kaleel Kelly – Willow Canyon – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Dominik Berumen – Arizona College Prep – 3.39 unweighted GPA
Maliki Garnica – Brophy College Prep – 3.39 unweighted GPA
Joey Salcido – Mountain Pointe – 3.35 unweighted GPA
Jonas Cederlind – Perry High – 3.34 unweighted
Daniel F. Alamo Gonzalez – North – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Braden Miller – Mesquite – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Bradyden Watkins – Eastmark – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Adam Medina – Williams Field – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Dylan Gesner – Eastmark – 3.31 unweighted GPA
Jack Toyne – Seton Catholic Prep – 3.3 unweighted GPA
Mason Whitaker – Saguaro – 3.3 unweighted GPA
Daylan Chichester – Skyline – 3.3 unweighted GPA
John Davis – Eastmark – 3.26 unweighted GPA
Connor Martin – Poston Butte – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Carsyn Dean – Ironwood – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Devion A. Arreguin Garcia – North – 3.24 unweighted GPA
D’Andre Harrison – Perry – 3.23 unweighted GPA
Gray E. Swift – North – 3.22 unweighted GPA
Jayden Hughes – Brophy College Prep – 3.21 unweighted GPA
Nate Morales – Dysart – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Jeremiah Cole – Skyline – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Mateo Kuraica-Rosas – Skyline – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Hale Hansen – Brophy College Prep – 3.19 unweighted GPA
Trevion Turman – West Point – 3.18 unweighted GPA
Giury S. Gelista Cancinos – North – 3.17 unweighted GPA
Henry Bako – Ironwood – 3.13 unweighted GPA
Carter Mehlberg – Mesquite – 3.12 unweighted GPA
Zach Cutler – Arizona College Prep – 3.11 unweighted GPA
Preston Gates – Williams Field – 3.10 unweighted GPA
Chris Whitaker – Poston Butte – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Kye Brown – Dysart – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Naji McLemore – Poston Butte – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Noah Navarra – Willow Canyon – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Royal Haley – Cesar Chavez – 3.1 unweighted GPA
dezmen roebuck – marana – 3.07 unweighted GPA
Kobi Garcia – Williams Field – 3.06 unweighted GPA
Jackson Tripp – Saguaro – 3.05 unweighted GPA
Cobey Bucco – Mountain Pointe – 3.05 unweighted GPA
Isaac Elzy – Corona del Sol – 3.05 unweighted GPA
Xavier Moreno Moreno – North – 3.02 unweighted GPA
Nathaniel Q. Pardo – North – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Xavier M. Flores – North – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Jerry Louis – Poston Butte – 3.0 unweighted GPA
KJ Fauske – Seton Catholic Prep – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Amous Price – Mountain Pointe – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Jadden Jones – Ironwood – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Landon Jones – Ironwood – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Levi Carter – Willow Canyon – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Braeden Speed – Brophy College Prep – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Zavier Flores – Skyline – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Izaih Johnson – Basha – 3.8 weighted GPA
Christian Warren – Basha – 3.7 weighted GPA
Mason Magee – Basha – 3.94 weighted GPA
Charlie Allen – Cactus Shadows – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Dom Robidoux – Cactus Shadows – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Eric Rubin – Cactus Shadows – 3.07 unweighted GPA
Ernesto Camerino Trujillo – Maryvale – 3.6 weighted GPA
Abram Moreno Salazar – Maryvale – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Avy Dary Luna Mena – Maryvale – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Crispin Ndoba Haguma – Maryvale – 3.6 weighted GPA
Jose Angel Campa – Maryvale – 3.8 unweighted GPA
JT Mercado – Chandler – 3.6 weighted GPA
