2026 Sports360AZ All-Academic Boys Volleyball

For 15 years, Sports360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. We are excited once again to introduce the 2026 Sports360AZ All-Academic Spring Teams brought to you by Homeowners Financial Group & OrthoSport AZ 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 2026 Sports360AZ All-Academic Spring Teams:

First Team

Owen St. Clair – Thunderbird – 4.90 weighted GPA
Bo Lambert – Canyon View – 4.90 weighted GPA
Mateo Cardenas – Canyon View – 4.88 weighted GPA
Jarod Hemsley – Canyon View – 4.88 weighted GPA
Zane Pehrson – Barry Goldwater – 4.88 unweighted GPA
Paxton Meyer – Thunderbird – 4.80 weighted GPA
Cooper Aron – Arizona College Prep – 4.76 weighted GPA
Graham Lehmer – Barry Goldwater – 4.75 unweighted GPA
Gabriel Paupert – Tempe – 4.70 weighted GPA
Ethan Dye – Chandler – 4.67 weighted GPA
Brexton Tompkinson – Red Mountain – 4.65 weighted GPA
Isaiah Cain – Canyon View – 4.63 weighted GPA
Caleb Joslin – Westwood – 4.62 weighted GPA
Derek Sooc – Deer Valley – 4.62 weighted GPA
Logan Haas – Canyon View – 4.61 weighted GPA
Jaxon Wold – Queen Creek – 4.60 weighted GPA
QCHS – 6A – 4.60 weighted GPA
Gunner Fagrell – Higley – 4.59 weighted GPA
Cooper Johnson – Perry – 4.56 weighted GPA
Sterling Bishop – Red Mountain – 4.56 weighted GPA
Jackson Andersen – ALA – Gilbert North – 4.54 weighted GPA
Micah Knipmeyer – Chandler – 4.52 weighted GPA
Robert Burns – Seton Catholic – 4.50 weighted GPA
Samuel Wright – Ironwood Ridge – 4.50 weighted GPA
Brogan Matteson – Estrella Foothills – 4.50 weighted GPA
Ryan Hastings – Casteel – 4.50 weighted GPA
Carter Holmes – Casteel – 4.50 weighted GPA
Makenzie Lazor – Casteel – 4.50 weighted GPA
Austin Garr – Queen Creek – 4.50 weighted GPA
Jaedon Watkins – Queen Creek – 4.50 weighted GPA
Christopher “Lawson” Hardman – Estrella Foothills – 4.5 weighted GPA
Dylan Yeung – Brophy College Prep – 4.46 weighted GPA
Gabriel Stack – Campo Verde – 4.45 weighted GPA
Zach Brown – Campo Verde – 4.45 weighted GPA
Mason Chupp – Ironwood Ridge – 4.45 weighted GPA
Timothy Dahlgren – Northwest Christian – 4.45 weighted GPA
Braden Bigler – Westwood – 4.45 weighted GPA
Ethan Butters – Perry – 4.43 weighted GPA
Nicolas Straub Martinez – Rincon/University – 4.43 weighted GPA
Julian Artelli-Di Mascio – Paradise Honors – 4.43 weighted GPA
Raja Patel – Brophy College Prep – 4.42 weighted GPA
Benicio Sarreal – Brophy College Prep – 4.42 weighted GPA
Sebastian Figueroa – Chandler – 4.41 weighted GPA
Francisco Hernandez – Thunderbird – 4.40 weighted GPA
Camden Gross – Seton Catholic – 4.40 weighted GPA
Matt Hoey – Ironwood Ridge – 4.40 weighted GPA
Owen Grzecka – Chandler – 4.40 weighted GPA
Jack Telford – Casteel – 4.40 weighted GPA
Cade Muscari – Northwest Christian – 4.39 weighted GPA
Jude Keane – Brophy College Prep – 4.38 weighted GPA
Zachary Barnett – Chandler – 4.38 weighted GPA
Dallin Seegmiller – ALA – Gilbert North – 4.38 weighted GPA
Knox Rabo – Arizona College Prep – 4.37 weighted GPA
Prabav Sathish Kumar – Arizona College Prep – 4.37 weighted GPA
Ethan McNelis – Notre Dame Prep – 4.36 weighted GPA
Cameron Olin – Estrella Foothills – 4.36 weighted GPA
Dawson Lusher – Northwest Christian – 4.35 weighted GPA
Brayden Yee – Northwest Christian – 4.35 weighted GPA
Elvis Fischer – Brophy College Prep – 4.32 weighted GPA
Julian Nowicki – American Leadership Academy Mesa North – 4.31 weighted GPA
Xavier Gere – Thunderbird – 4.30 weighted GPA
Dominic Sierka – Seton Catholic – 4.30 weighted GPA
Michael Kimball – Benjamin Franklin – 4.30 weighted GPA
Ike Thelin – Higley – 4.30 weighted GPA
Malachi Myers – Gilbert Christian – 4.30 weighted GPA
Daivon Walton – Chandler – 4.30 weighted GPA
Ryan McAvoy – Red Mountain – 4.30 weighted GPA
Nathan Lind – Casteel – 4.30 weighted GPA
Will Schneiderman – Casteel – 4.30 weighted GPA
Kuper Rutledge – Chandler – 4.29 weighted GPA
Parker LaCjamce – Paradise Honors – 4.28 weighted GPA
Kaden Patch – American Leadership Academy Mesa North – 4.28 weighted GPA
Grady Jordan Nowe – The Gregory School – 4.27 weighted GPA
Austin Spendlove – Arizona College Prep – 4.27 weighted GPA
Antonio Sabelli – Rincon/University – 4.26 weighted GPA
Noah Partridge – Campo Verde – 4.26 weighted GPA
Nate Peoples – Agua Fria – 4.24 weighted GPA
Evan Bradshaw – Red Mountain – 4.23 weighted GPA
Callaway Johnson – Brophy College Prep – 4.22 weighted GPA
Easton Davis – Westwood – 4.21 weighted GPA
Carston Gifford – Seton Catholic – 4.20 weighted GPA
Cole Raub – Seton Catholic Prep – 4.20 weighted GPA
Brock Bradshaw – Eastmark – 4.20 weighted GPA
Logan Torzala – Northwest Christian – 4.20 weighted GPA
Keaton Barbour – Casteel – 4.20 weighted GPA
Talin Miller – Queen Creek – 4.20 weighted GPA
Ricky Yellot – The Gregory School – 4.18 weighted GPA
Barrett Simon – Brophy College Prep – 4.18 weighted GPA
Logan Walker – Campo Verde – 4.17 weighted GPA
Sammy Caldwell – Northwest Chirstian – 4.17 weighted GPA
Alan Cano – Canyon View – 4.17 weighted GPA
Elijah Fore – Gilbert Christian – 4.17 weighted GPA
Jacob Mayer – Chandler – 4.17 weighted GPA
Cardston Hall – Red Mountain – 4.17 weighted GPA
Jayden Valencia – Estrella Foothills – 4.17 weighted GPA
Jace Stoddard – American Leadership Academy Mesa North – 4.16 weighted GPA
Lucas Tam – Arizona College Prep – 4.16 weighted GPA
Josh Ikeda – Campo Verde – 4.15 weighted GPA
Alekzander Vasquez – American Leadership Academy Mesa North – 4.14 weighted GPA
Hewitt Meier – The Gregory School – 4.13 weighted GPA
Ezra Miller – Gilbert Christian – 4.11 weighted GPA
Maddox Linnel – Seton Catholic – 4.10 weighted GPA
Benjamin Woitas – Seton Catholic – 4.10 weighted GPA
John Sanchez – St. John Paul II Catholic – 4.10 weighted GPA
Chaucer Tutty – Gilbert Christian – 4.10 weighted GPA
Rudy Tellez – Westwood – 4.10 weighted GPA
Blaine Wright – Westwood – 4.10 weighted GPA
Caleb Haskett – Red Mountain – 4.10 weighted GPA
Drew Hoefer – Arizona College Prep – 4.10 weighted GPA
Owen Hurley – Casteel – 4.10 weighted GPA
Mayson Pauga – Queen Creek – 4.10 weighted GPA
Michael Shafron – Brophy College Prep – 4.09 weighted GPA
Sebastian Zazueta Cazarez – Carl Hayden Community – 4.08 weighted GPA
Isaac Spendlove – Arizona College Prep – 4.07 weighted GPA
Richard Ly – Agua Fria – 4.07 weighted GPA
Matthew Meislin – The Gregory School – 4.05 weighted GPA
Garrett Verver – Northwest Christian – 4.05 weighted GPA
Ryan Torres – Northwest Christian – 4.04 weighted GPA
Logan Eaton – Canyon View – 4.03 weighted GPA
Austin Bramlett – Red Mountain – 4.03 weighted GPA
Nathan Pollack – Rincon/University – 4.02 weighted GPA
Tucker SMith – American Leadership Academy Mesa North – 4.01 weighted GPA
Grant Arnett – Westwood – 4.00 weighted GPA
Tyden Payne – Perry – 4.0 weighted GPA
Everett Wagner – Perry – 4.0 weighted GPA
Damien Howard – Seton Catholic – 4.0 weighted GPA
Bennett Larragoite – Seton Catholic – 4.0 weighted GPA
Brady Pritchard – Seton Catholic – 4.0 weighted GPA
Everett Rigby – Campo Verde – 4.0 weighted GPA
Brigg Demarco – Benjamin Franklin – 4.0 weighted GPA
Henry Barney – Higley – 4.0 weighted GPA
Spencer Shuey – Chandler – 4.0 weighted GPA

Honorable Mentions

Braden Breinholt – Perry – 3.97 weighted GPA
Austin Raines – Chandler – 3.97 weighted GPA
Bosten Hall – Higley – 3.96 weighted GPA
Noah Cooper – Gilbert Christian – 3.96 weighted GPA
Manuel Duran – Gilbert Christian – 3.95 weighted GPA
Reed Lindblom – ALA – Gilbert North – 3.95 weighted GPA
Vincent Bandin – Carl Hayden Community – 3.93 weighted GPA
Devin Gough – Notre Dame Prep – 3.93 weighted GPA
Devon Bills – Canyon View – 3.93 weighted GPA
Sequint (CJ) Gaines – Canyon View – 3.93 weighted GPA
Nolan Bickel – Arizona College Prep – 3.93 weighted GPA
Bodhi Nesbit – Arizona College Prep – 3.93 weighted GPA
Aidan Goryl – Brophy College Prep – 3.91 weighted GPA
Carlen Gust – Eastmark – 3.91 weighted GPA
Kyle Kohls – Notre Dame Prep – 3.91 weighted GPA
Nikolas Cervantes – St. John Paul II Catholic – 3.91 weighted GPA
Brennen Lick – Thunderbird – 3.90 weighted GPA
Gabriel Keppel – Seton Catholic – 3.90 weighted GPA
Patrick Prendergast – Seton Catholic – 3.90 weighted GPA
Gus Kluck – Campo Verde – 3.90 weighted GPA
Robert James LaSalle – Notre Dame Prep – 3.90 weighted GPA
Alex Ormond – Chandler – 3.90 weighted GPA
Jacob Maznio – Estrella Foothills – 3.90 weighted GPA
Luke Dyet – Queen Creek – 3.90 weighted GPA
Travis Rhoton – Queen Creek – 3.90 weighted GPA
Easton Shaw – Northwest Christian – 3.89 weighted GPA
Dylan Allsup – Paradise Honors – 3.88 weighted GPA
Dax Stones – Perry – 3.87 weighted GPA
Simon Hansen – Notre Dame Prep – 3.87 weighted GPA
Greyson Carter – Perry – 3.86 weighted GPA
Tonka Rosario – Eastmark – 3.86 weighted GPA
Cameron Gamache – Eastmark – 3.85 weighted GPA
Holden Lang – Gilbert Christian – 3.85 weighted GPA
Brodie White – Brophy College Prep – 3.83 weighted GPA
Owen Horton – Campo Verde – 3.83 weighted GPA
Juan Bueno Rivera – Agua Fria – 3.83 weighted GPA
Roman Untalasco – St. John Paul II Catholic – 3.82 weighted GPA
Abraham Bailon – Deer Valley – 3.82 weighted GPA
AJ Perkett – Campo Verde – 3.81 weighted GPA
David Martinez – Barry Goldwater – 3.81 unweighted GPA
Jackson Mearig – Thunderbird – 3.80 weighted GPA
Jaxon Whiting – Benjamin Franklin – 3.80 weighted GPA
Asher Brasel – Casteel – 3.80 weighted GPA
Colin Schreiber – Queen Creek – 3.80 weighted GPA
Carsten Ellingson – Brophy College Prep – 3.77 weighted GPA
Mikey Angelotti – Gilbert Christian – 3.77 weighted GPA
Levi Huftalin – American Leadership Academy Mesa North – 3.75 weighted GPA
Grant Brimhall – ALA – Gilbert North – 3.75 weighted GPA
Jake Ledbetter – ALA – Gilbert North – 3.75 weighted GPA
Zander Spidell – Barry Goldwater – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Kabe Alvin – Eastmark – 3.73 weighted GPA
Samuel Ashcraft – Thunderbird – 3.70 weighted GPA
Dylan O’Brien – Thunderbird – 3.70 weighted GPA
Simon Alter – The Gregory School – 3.70 weighted GPA
Jackson Heim – Seton Catholic – 3.70 weighted GPA
Jonathan Magro – Brophy College Prep – 3.70 weighted GPA
Jase Ensman – Benjamin Franklin – 3.70 weighted GPA
William Berkshire – Red Mountain – 3.70 weighted GPA
Michael Inger – Casteel – 3.70 weighted GPA
James Harrop – Queen Creek – 3.70 weighted GPA
Julian Ceballos – Queen Creek – 3.70 weighted GPA
William Pai – Barry Goldwater – 3.70 unweighted GPA
Ruben Camarena Gonzalez – Carl Hayden Community – 3.69 weighted GPA
Andrew McGonagill – Higley – 3.68 weighted GPA
Jayden Toney – Canyon View – 3.67 weighted GPA
Tate Willis – ALA – Gilbert North – 3.67 weighted GPA
Chase Sapp Jr. – Paradise Honors – 3.65 weighted GPA
Bryce Farnsworth – Red Mountain – 3.65 weighted GPA
Reid Hamati – Chandler – 3.64 weighted GPA
Jaxson Bingham – Perry – 3.63 weighted GPA
Weldon Wright – American Leadership Academy Mesa North – 3.63 weighted GPA
Daniel Brunt – Brophy College Prep – 3.63 weighted GPA
David Tejada – Agua Fria – 3.63 weighted GPA
Patrick Dyson – Paradise Honors – 3.62 weighted GPA
John Moraga – St. John Paul II Catholic – 3.62 weighted GPA
Nate Penzone – Northwest Christian – 3.62 weighted GPA
PJ Tumlinson – Agua Fria – 3.62 weighted GPA
Charlie Moreland – Northwest Christian – 3.61 weighted GPA
Jack Ramsden – Seton Catholic – 3.60 weighted GPA
Rustin Bingham – Campo Verde – 3.59 weighted GPA
Nathaniel Landa – Canyon View – 3.57 weighted GPA
Londen Delva – Campo Verde – 3.56 weighted GPA
Isaac Bloom – Notre Dame Prep – 3.56 weighted GPA
Teagan Gardner – American Leadership Academy Mesa North – 3.55 weighted GPA
Vinny Tellez – Westwood – 3.54 weighted GPA
Zachary Chan – Eastmark – 3.53 weighted GPA
Hendrix Latham – ALA – Gilbert North – 3.52 unweighted GPA
Gregory Wilkins – American Leadership Academy Mesa North – 3.51 weighted GPA
Kyle Wood – Higley – 3.51 weighted GPA
Aiden Brown – Eastmark – 3.50 weighted GPA
Bowen Lee – Canyon View – 3.50 weighted GPA
Nathan Danielson – Casteel – 3.50 weighted GPA
Jaxon Holmes – Casteel – 3.50 weighted GPA
Gavin Meyn – Casteel – 3.50 weighted GPA
Lincoln Powell – Higley – 3.50 unweighted GPA
Bryan Ritchey Jr – Barry Goldwater – 3.45 unweighted GPA
Trevor Gamble – Campo Verde – 3.42 weighted GPA
Roger Fogerty – Seton Catholic – 3.40 unweighted GPA
Stratton Evans – Casteel – 3.40 unweighted GPA
Skyler Butler – Eastmark – 3.38 unweighted GPA
Thomas Caruso – Brophy College Prep – 3.37 unweighted GPA
Gavin Helmer – Northwest Christian – 3.35 unweighted GPA
Tanner Rakofsky – Thunderbird – 3.30 unweighted GPA
Kamden Kennedy – Casteel – 3.30 unweighted GPA
Anothony Ramos – Arizona College Prep – 3.29 unweighted GPA
Riley Lopez – Estrella Foothills – 3.29 unweighted GPA
Nate Hoffman – The Gregory School – 3.28 unweighted GPA
Zame Barkemeyer – Notre Dame Prep – 3.28 unweighted GPA
Marcus Swenson – The Gregory School – 3.27 unweighted GPA
Bryce Sills – Northwest Christian – 3.27 unweighted GPA
Austin Bell – ALA – Gilbert North – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Jaron Smith – Higley – 3.24 unweighted GPA
Ghaleb Abboushi – American Leadership Academy Mesa North – 3.23 unweighted GPA
Logan Gray – Perry – 3.21 unweighted GPA
Owen McAlevey – Seton Catholic – 3.20 unweighted GPA
William Gahan – Notre Dame Prep – 3.19 unweighted GPA
Derick Lopez – American Leadership Academy Mesa North – 3.17 unweighted GPA
Parker Henderson – Brophy College Prep – 3.17 unweighted GPA
Jace DeGrenier – Notre Dame Prep – 3.17 unweighted GPA
Tate Higgins – Perry – 3.16 unweighted GPA
Kai Harada – Paradise Honors – 3.15 unweighted GPA
Jacob Funicello – American Leadership Academy Mesa North – 3.15 unweighted GPA
Xavier Torres – Estrella Foothills – 3.15 unweighted GPA
Cooper Rake – Perry – 3.13 unweighted GPA
Lincoln Powell – Higley – 3.11 unweighted GPA
Joshua Foster – Higley – 3.08 unweighted GPA
Zakaria Ayoub – Arizona College Prep – 3.07 unweighted GPA
Spencer Lee – The Gregory School – 3.05 unweighted GPA
Kaden Sanders – Arizona College Prep – 3.05 unweighted GPA
Campbell Bowen – Red Mountain – 3.04 unweighted GPA
Jayden Lewis – Arizona College Prep – 3.03 unweighted GPA
Kai Bouknight – Chandler – 3.0 weighted GPA
Thomas Lehmann – The Gregory School – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Alastair Campbell – The Gregory School – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Aaron Curtis – Benjamin Franklin – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Asi Folau – Benjamin Franklin – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Braxen Shupe – Benjamin Franklin – 3.0 unweighted GPA
David Rich – Red Mountain – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Kash Wente – Estrella Foothills – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Trevor Hirst – Casteel – 3.0 unweighted GPA