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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 Soccer Teams for Divisions 5A-6A:
First Team
Tyler Nelson – Pinnacle – 4.91 weighted GPA
David Kimball – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.88 weighted GPA
Alexander P. Wilson – North – 4.86 weighted GPA
Daniel Bucher – Chaparral – 4.86 weighted GPA
Druv Ravikumar – Paradise Valley – 4.84 weighted GPA
Sam Porell – Sunnyslope – 4.83 weighted GPA
Samuel Simpson – Sunnyslope – 4.83 weighted GPA
Mason DeWall – Desert Vista – 4.81 weighted GPA
Elvin Mesic – Paradise Valley – 4.79 weighted GPA
Jared Lakin – Williams Field – 4.79 weighted GPA
James Napoli – Cactus Shadows – 4.78 weighted GPA
Ben Tejada – Sunnyslope – 4.76 weighted GPA
Connor Mattingly – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.76 weighted GPA
Kevin Tran – Buena – 4.75 weighted GPA
Maxwell Gibson – Chaparral – 4.73 weighted GPA
Samuel Gonzales – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.73 weighted GPA
Christian Rogers – Desert Vista – 4.71 weighted GPA
Ronak Bhatia – Perry – 4.71 weighted GPA
Brady Blumsack – Cactus Shadows – 4.7 weighted GPA
Bryce Belden – Chaparral – 4.7 weighted GPA
Julien Garner – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.7 weighted GPA
Jose Inzunza – Casa Grande Union – 4.69 weighted GPA
Tyler Leskovar – Sunnyslope – 4.69 weighted GPA
Alek Peral – Nogales – 4.68 weighted GPA
Alan Marturello – Buena – 4.67 weighted GPA
Ritvik Pawnikar – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.67 weighted GPA
Logan Granoff – Chaparral – 4.63 weighted GPA
Vedant Mahajan – Pinnacle – 4.63 weighted GPA
Brooks Rodenbaugh – Williams Field – 4.61 weighted GPA
Grey Amari – Cactus Shadows – 4.6 weighted GPA
Nate Monashefsky – Casteel – 4.6 weighted GPA
James Howard – Sunnyslope – 4.6 weighted GPA
Lincoln Rounds – Chandler – 4.6 weighted GPA
Adithya Asokan – Paradise Valley – 4.59 weighted GPA
Hunter Lipinski – Hamilton – 4.58 weighted GPA
Derek Campa – Nogales – 4.56 weighted GPA
Jacob Heffner – Williams Field – 4.56 weighted GPA
Joshua Freker – Williams Field – 4.56 weighted GPA
Pierce Amari – Cactus Shadows – 4.56 weighted GPA
Andrew Joyner – Desert Vista – 4.56 weighted GPA
Aidan Hopper – Paradise Valley – 4.54 weighted GPA
Toto Chair – Desert Vista – 4.54 weighted GPA
Asante Santilli – Casa Grande Union – 4.53 weighted GPA
Nanda Ankem – Paradise Valley – 4.53 weighted GPA
Eric Allen – Campo Verde – 4.52 weighted GPA
Alejandro Acevedo – Hamilton – 4.51 weighted GPA
Andres Ybarra – Casa Grande Union – 4.5 weighted GPA
Levi Crichton – Chaparral – 4.5 weighted GPA
Lincoln Alexander – Campo Verde – 4.5 weighted GPA
Matthew Conroy – Buena – 4.5 weighted GPA
Preston Shepard – Williams Field – 4.5 weighted GPA
Abhinav Sreejesh – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.5 weighted GPA
Adrian Portillos – Chandler – 4.5 weighted GPA
Brayden Remke – Pinnacle – 4.5 weighted GPA
Corbin Fox – Queen Creek – 4.5 weighted GPA
Javier Meissen – Sunnyslope – 4.5 weighted GPA
Nathan V. Cruz – North – 4.5 weighted GPA
Cade Williams – Hamilton – 4.47 weighted GPA
Robert Clarke – Sunnyslope – 4.47 weighted GPA
Adam Moon – Campo Verde – 4.46 weighted GPA
Landon Moglia – Casa Grande Union – 4.46 weighted GPA
Dylan Cunanan – Sunnyslope – 4.46 weighted GPA
Alonso Lozano-Felix – Campo Verde – 4.45 weighted GPA
Shane T. Fazz – North – 4.44 weighted GPA
Shubhan Kulkarni – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.44 weighted GPA
Andrew Parker – Williams Field – 4.43 weighted GPA
Colin King – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.43 weighted GPA
Jameson Choi – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.42 weighted GPA
Nicholas Palermo – Pinnacle – 4.42 weighted GPA
Benjamin Marturello – Buena – 4.4 weighted GPA
Jacob Klase – Casteel – 4.4 weighted GPA
Matias Vera – Casteel – 4.4 weighted GPA
Kalib Akerson – Desert Vista – 4.4 weighted GPA
Tate Braaflat – Williams Field – 4.39 weighted GPA
Connor Furey – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.39 weighted GPA
Preston Kasovac – Sunnyslope – 4.39 weighted GPA
Iain Erskine – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.38 weighted GPA
Jackson Pohlad – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.38 weighted GPA
Jeremy Garcia – Desert Vista – 4.38 weighted GPA
Chris Honan – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.37 weighted GPA
Benny Escobar – Sunnyslope – 4.36 weighted GPA
Austin Eriks – Cactus Shadows – 4.35 weighted GPA
Samuel Nancollas – Campo Verde – 4.35 weighted GPA
Avery Weddle – Casa Grande Union – 4.34 weighted GPA
Connor Tebo – Buena – 4.33 weighted GPA
Eric Martinez – Buena – 4.33 weighted GPA
Tavin Quinn – Williams Field – 4.33 weighted GPA
Esai Becerra – Campo Verde – 4.32 weighted GPA
Christopher Hays – Desert Vista – 4.32 weighted GPA
Austin Vernia – Casteel – 4.3 weighted GPA
Brady Bolender – Cactus Shadows – 4.3 weighted GPA
Cole Wise – Casteel – 4.3 weighted GPA
Hayden Haskett – Casteel – 4.3 weighted GPA
Daniel Rivera – Queen Creek – 4.3 weighted GPA
Grayson Hunter – Chandler – 4.3 weighted GPA
Ricardo Tejeda – Chandler – 4.3 weighted GPA
Daniel Olvera – Desert Vista – 4.29 weighted GPA
Jaime Noya – Mesa – 4.29 weighted GPA
Kevin Pasinski – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.28 weighted GPA
Lucas LeBlanc – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.28 weighted GPA
Alec Brennan – Chaparral – 4.27 weighted GPA
Oscar Liogon Arenas – Campo Verde – 4.27 weighted GPA
Carson Pridie – Perry – 4.27 weighted GPA
Gabriel Ramirez – Sunnyslope – 4.27 weighted GPA
Rene Larriva Jr. – Nogales – 4.26 weighted GPA
Alex King – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.26 weighted GPA
Roman Randazzo – Buena – 4.25 weighted GPA
Nikolas Hiler – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.25 weighted GPA
Jackson Bentz – Campo Verde – 4.24 weighted GPA
Josh Leo – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.24 weighted GPA
Kash Witherell – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.24 weighted GPA
Matthew Libke – Williams Field – 4.23 weighted GPA
Gustavo Duran – Nogales – 4.22 weighted GPA
Cameron Metropulos Holeva – Sunnyslope – 4.22 weighted GPA
Teagan Spilsbury – Buena – 4.2 weighted GPA
Alex Zimmerman – Maricopa – 4.2 weighted GPA
Jose Cardona – Maricopa – 4.2 weighted GPA
Zander Rowling – Chandler – 4.2 weighted GPA
Filippo Neboli – Buena – 4.17 weighted GPA
Aleksander Helvey – Pinnacle – 4.17 weighted GPA
Chase Udall – Sunnyslope – 4.17 weighted GPA
Gavin Eagar – Sunnyslope – 4.17 weighted GPA
Jack Coury – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.16 weighted GPA
Josh Hurt – Perry – 4.15 weighted GPA
Michael Lutz – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.15 weighted GPA
Edmond Vartughian – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.14 weighted GPA
Iain Lanphier – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.14 weighted GPA
Peyton Wernes – Cactus Shadows – 4.13 weighted GPA
Ryan Stilwell – Paradise Valley – 4.13 weighted GPA
Gaven McPhail Dowling – Sunnyslope – 4.13 weighted GPA
Jayson Burnison – Pinnacle – 4.12 weighted GPA
Jake Keebler – Sunnyslope – 4.11 weighted GPA
Reid Savage – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.11 weighted GPA
Leo Castillo – San Luis – 4.1 weighted GPA
Anthony Rodriguez – Casa Grande Union – 4.07 weighted GPA
Walker Meade – Hamilton – 4.07 weighted GPA
Luke Schwartz – Campo Verde – 4.06 weighted GPA
Victor M. Mendieta – North – 4.06 weighted GPA
Lucas Shore – Williams Field – 4.05 weighted GPA
Cohen Horst – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.05 weighted GPA
Luke Bornstein – Chaparral – 4.04 weighted GPA
Dustin Feng – Chaparral – 4.03 weighted GPA
Dylan Nevarez – Campo Verde – 4.03 weighted GPA
Marcelo Delgado – Nogales – 4.02 weighted GPA
Ivan Loya – Brophy College Preparatory – 4.02 weighted GPA
Adrian Suljuzovic – Desert Vista – 4.01 weighted GPA
Adam Lane – Cactus Shadows – 4.0 weighted GPA
Alek Altman – Chaparral – 4.0 weighted GPA
Conner Mueller – Buena – 4.0 weighted GPA
Garrett Walsh – Campo Verde – 4.0 weighted GPA
Jacob Anshell – Chaparral – 4.0 weighted GPA
Jake Rodda – Buena – 4.0 weighted GPA
Jaxon Festa – Buena – 4.0 weighted GPA
Porter Lambson – Buena – 4.0 weighted GPA
Angel Monroy – Skyline – 4.0 weighted GPA
Byron R. Sanchez Pedroza – North – 4.0 weighted GPA
Cannon Wilkinson – Pinnacle – 4.0 weighted GPA
Chase Rockwell – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.0 weighted GPA
Emiliano V. Gomez – North – 4.0 weighted GPA
Alberto Buchanan – San Luis – 4.0 weighted GPA
Nolan Yontz – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Honorable Mentions
Brayden Johnson – Sunnyslope – 3.98 weighted GPA
Walker Chase – Williams Field – 3.98 weighted GPA
Cole Gilbert – Cactus Shadows – 3.97 weighted GPA
Isaak Solis – Perry – 3.97 weighted GPA
Jack Pease – Pinnacle – 3.97 weighted GPA
Quentin McCall – Hamilton – 3.97 weighted GPA
Alex Henderson – Brophy College Preparatory – 3.96 weighted GPA
Joaquin Acosta – Hamilton – 3.95 weighted GPA
Jonathan Karumuna – Pinnacle – 3.95 weighted GPA
Mac Bowers – Perry – 3.95 weighted GPA
Gavin Bailey – Liberty – 3.95 unweighted GPA
Francisco Medina – Nogales – 3.91 weighted GPA
Cooper King – Pinnacle – 3.90 weighted GPA
Adrian Rivas – Maricopa – 3.9 weighted GPA
Alex Bestic – Cactus Shadows – 3.9 weighted GPA
Austin Richey – Skyline – 3.9 weighted GPA
Jamaal Kushkaki – Maricopa – 3.9 weighted GPA
Kyle Shutza – Cactus Shadows – 3.9 weighted GPA
Preston Pham – Casteel – 3.9 weighted GPA
Alejandro Corral – Nogales – 3.89 weighted GPA
Colton Floyd – Williams Field – 3.89 weighted GPA
Kylen Metzner – Paradise Valley – 3.89 weighted GPA
Brady McGarrahan – Paradise Valley – 3.88 weighted GPA
Zachary Erickson – Sandra Day O’Connor – 3.87 weighted GPA
Nathan Jordan – Brophy College Preparatory – 3.85 weighted GPA
Gael Garavito – Nogales – 3.84 weighted GPA
Riggs Call – Williams Field – 3.84 weighted GPA
Andrew Ramey – Buena – 3.83 weighted GPA
Austin Karg – Sandra Day O’Connor – 3.83 weighted GPA
Caegan Terrell – Desert Vista – 3.83 weighted GPA
Cooper Speck – Sandra Day O’Connor – 3.83 weighted GPA
Roman Morrow – Chaparral – 3.83 weighted GPA
Shane Lavery – Sandra Day O’Connor – 3.83 unweighted GPA
Carter Kappes – Brophy College Preparatory – 3.81 weighted GPA
Angelo Rana – Casteel – 3.8 weighted GPA
Diego Estrada – Campo Verde – 3.8 weighted GPA
Eddy Mbugua – Mesa – 3.8 weighted GPA
Elyas Doerr – Chaparral – 3.8 weighted GPA
Kai Burnham – Chandler – 3.8 weighted GPA
Timothe Tug – Buena – 3.8 weighted GPA
Zach Lanman – Casteel – 3.8 weighted GPA
Elias Rodriguez – Paradise Valley – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Kai Ekstrom – Desert Vista – 3.79 weighted GPA
Camilo Garcia Vargas – North – 3.78 weighted GPA
Nathaniel Sitto – Cactus Shadows – 3.77 weighted GPA
Stefan Votruba – Paradise Valley – 3.77 weighted GPA
Brayden Weisenfluh – Perry – 3.76 weighted GPA
Barrett McGarrahan – Paradise Valley – 3.75 weighted GPA
Maddox Peterson – Hamilton – 3.75 weighted GPA
Mason Brogan – Campo Verde – 3.75 weighted GPA
Carter Hill – Cactus Shadows – 3.73 weighted GPA
Larri Salinas Torres – North – 3.72 weighted GPA
Andin Morgan – Skyline – 3.7 weighted GPA
Caleb Cooper – Williams Field – 3.7 weighted GPA
Jake Spain – Casteel – 3.7 weighted GPA
Roman Berney – Perry – 3.7 weighted GPA
Demian Gonzalez – San Luis – 3.7 unweighted GPA
Dom D’Ambrosio – Williams Field – 3.69 weighted GPA
Jaymis Brown – Perry – 3.69 weighted GPA
Frank Coppola – Sandra Day O’Connor – 3.68 unweighted GPA
Marcus Rodriguez – Buena – 3.67 weighted GPA
Daricek Jaxson – Sandra Day O’Connor – 3.67 unweighted GPA
Luis A. Antelo – North – 3.67 unweighted GPA
Adan Guanajuato – Casa Grande Union – 3.65 weighted GPA
Dominick Muller – Hamilton – 3.64 weighted GPA
Dian Haro – Nogales – 3.63 weighted GPA
Nicolas Garcia-Ascencio – Nogales – 3.62 weighted GPA
Eduardo Garcia Valenzuela – North – 3.61 weighted GPA
Aidan Yen – Perry – 3.6 weighted GPA
Alberto Armenta – Chandler – 3.6 weighted GPA
Avery Gubac – Desert Vista – 3.6 weighted GPA
James Woods – Casteel – 3.6 weighted GPA
Josiah Bussey – Buena – 3.6 weighted GPA
Mateo Calderon – Casteel – 3.6 weighted GPA
Phoenix Berney – Perry – 3.6 weighted GPA
Will Ahumada – Desert Vista – 3.6 weighted GPA
William Lukes – Casteel – 3.6 weighted GPA
Nicolas Garcia – Skyline – 3.6 unweighted GPA
Diego Velez – San Luis – 3.6 unweighted GPA
Luis Garcia – San Luis – 3.6 unweighted GPA
Brady Silsby – Perry – 3.57 weighted GPA
Gerardo Vilches Bustamante – Sunnyslope – 3.56 weighted GPA
Gunnar Gocke – Desert Vista – 3.56 weighted GPA
Noah Marshman – Pinnacle – 3.56 unweighted GPA
Genki Shinohara – Desert Vista – 3.53 weighted GPA
Lucas Roland – Brophy College Preparatory – 3.53 weighted GPA
Wyatt Goodman – Mesa – 3.53 unweighted GPA
Michael Esquivel – Campo Verde – 3.52 weighted GPA
Brayan Vargas – Chandler – 3.5 weighted GPA
Cole Christensen – Chaparral – 3.5 weighted GPA
Daniel Filio – Chandler – 3.5 weighted GPA
Danniel Rojas – Maricopa – 3.5 weighted GPA
Johnny Weber – Buena – 3.5 weighted GPA
Luis Villegas Rosas – Brophy College Preparatory – 3.5 weighted GPA
Ongree Thrasher – Buena – 3.5 weighted GPA
Tate Williamson – Queen Creek – 3.5 weighted GPA
Travis Leiber – Queen Creek – 3.5 weighted GPA
Grant Wise – Sandra Day O’Connor – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Tommy Younan – Sandra Day O’Connor – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Alex Roland – Brophy College Preparatory – 3.41 unweighted GPA
Diego Rodriguez – Skyline – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Armando Favela – San Luis – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Carlos Gamez – San Luis – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Kolter Roeske – Desert Vista – 3.39 unweighted GPA
Dusko Kostic – Paradise Valley – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Ivan Soto – Mesa – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Erick Benavidez – San Luis – 3.3 unweighted GPA
Daniel Duarte – San Luis – 3.3 unweighted GPA
Luis Mata – Brophy College Preparatory – 3.27 unweighted GPA
Adrian Guenthardt – Williams Field – 3.23 unweighted GPA
Rohel Famania – San Luis – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Alan Viveros – San Luis – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Caden Blackwell – Paradise Valley – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Beckham Abele – Brophy College Preparatory – 3.19 unweighted GPA
Jayson Villegran Lopez – Brophy College Preparatory – 3.19 unweighted GPA
Campbell Turner – Cactus Shadows – 3.18 unweighted GPA
Clayton Lemberger – Hamilton – 3.14 unweighted GPA
Max Morrison – Desert Vista – 3.13 unweighted GPA
Manuel Salazar – Skyline – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Aidyn Perez – Casa Grande Union – 3.04 unweighted GPA
Gabriel Munoz – Hamilton – 3.03 unweighted GPA
Fabian Zamora – Mesa – 3.02 unweighted GPA
Sergio Jaramillo – Desert Vista – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Jose A. Contreras – San Luis – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Rodrigo Ortega – San Luis – 3.0 unweighted GPA
