Sports360AZ All-Academic Girls Volleyball Team (4A-6A)

For nine 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 Fall Sport Teams brought to you by IBEW Local 640, Desert Financial Credit Union, Venezia’s Pizzeria, Berge Volkswagen and Blue Cross Blue Shield Arizona 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. This is the largest Sports360AZ All-Academic Fall Team in this recognition’s history. Every sport set a record number of 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!

IBEW Local 640 was chartered in 1925 to provide the best-qualified Electricians to our signatory Contractors and provide livable wages, health and retirement benefits for our members. In Arizona, the IBEW is the only organization that certifies the skills and knowledge of a Journeyman Wireman, and then backs that certification with a guarantee to the employers who hire them. As new green technologies are incorporated into the nation’s power grid, Local 640 leads the way in our ability to train and provide qualified manpower for solar and wind installations in the quantities that will be required to complete these projects.  

Desert Financial Credit Union was founded in 1939 by 15 Valley educators who wanted to serve their community. With just $78.75 between them, they pooled their money together to start a financial institution that would later become Arizona’s largest and most convenient locally-based credit union. Desert Financial is proud to have over 50 local branches across Arizona and over 330,000 members across the state. At Desert Financial, we have a passion for creating exceptional experiences for our members, and for giving back to our local community!

Venezia’s NY Style Pizzeria is a family owned restaurant that opened in Tempe, Arizona in 1998 and now has 5 locations in Tempe, Gilbert, Mesa and North Phoenix. We offer great slice specials for under $10, as well as sandwiches, pasta, salads, desserts and appetizers! If you are looking to feed a large group you can order one of our famous Party Pizzas which feed 7-10 people and is 24 inches. Venezia’s has dine-in, takeout and delivery, and you can also order online at www.venezias.com or download our App to start enjoying these great options soon!

As a thank you for participating in the All-Academic Fall teams, Venezia’s is currently offering $4 off any order of $25 or more by using offer code: AZ1421

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) is committed to helping Arizonans get healthier faster and stay healthier longer. With a focus on connecting people with the care they need, BCBSAZ offers health insurance and related services to nearly 1.5 million customers. BCBSAZ, a not-for-profit company, is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. The company employs more than 1,800 people in its Phoenix, Chandler, Flagstaff and Tucson offices.

When we say that we’ve been at this for decades, we mean it. We have been selling Volkswagen vehicles in Arizona longer than any other dealer. That means a lot, and we always want to give you the Volkswagen experience that you deserve. This is a unique brand, and we surround ourselves with unique people. This team can help you with anything that you may need. Volkswagen is a part of their lifestyle and they want to see you succeed with a VW. We care about our community here in Gilbert and we have always strived to give back. 

Thank you so much for your nominations, and be sure to use #Sports360AZScholars when sharing these teams on social media.

First Team

Honorable Mention

Aaliyah Woods – Perry – 3.66 weighted GPA
Abigail Kern – Poston Butte – 3.83 weighted GPA
Abigail Platt – Bradshaw Mountain – 3.3 unweighted GPA
Addison Baron – Bradshaw Mountain – 3.6 unweighted GPA
Addison Haluska – Campo Verde – 3.9 weighted GPA
Addison Harris – Hamilton – 3.84 unweighted GPA
Adriana Bachman – Poston Butte – 3.92 weighted GPA
Adriana Hernandez – Douglas – 3.09 unweighted GPA
Aleah Cruz – Apollo – 3.7 weighted GPA
Alejandra Ramirez – Skyline – 3.56 weighted GPA
Alicia Cordova – Agua Fria – 3.6 weighted GPA
Alivia Torres-Villegas – Glendale – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Allison Howard – Deer Valley – 3.68 weighted GPA
Ally Van Devender – Seton Catholic Prep – 3.3 unweighted GPA
Alyssa Charlton – Estrella Foothills – 3.6 weighted GPA
Alyssa Montoya – Perry – 3.75 weighted GPA
Alyssa Schneider – Mountain Ridge – 3.95 weighted GPA
Ameriah Costello – Red Mountain – 3.05 unweighted GPA
Amiyah White – Desert Vista – 3.5 weighted GPA
Amy Wahlin – Perry – 3.85 weighted GPA
Anahi Flores – Maryvale – 3.56 weighted GPA
Anaid Solano – Rio Rico – 3.83 weighted GPA
Andie Venable – Seton Catholic Prep – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Andrea Maytorena Gallegos – Douglas – 3.95 unweighted GPA
Andrea Morales Ochoa – Trevor G. Browne – 3.12 unweighted GPA
Anika Peralta – Douglas – 3.50 unweighted GPA
Anna Daines – Bradshaw Mountain – 3.7 unweighted GPA
Anna Jackson – Corona del Sol – 3.9 weighted GPA
Annika Wallace – Mesquite – 3.56 weighted GPA
April Hernandez-Bandilla – Glendale – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Ariana Daniel-Stuppi – Douglas – 3.17 unweighted GPA
Ariette Acosta-Perez – Verrado – 3.75 weighted GPA
Ashley Salzer – Mohave – 3.72 unweighted GPA
Ashlyn Carpenter – Verrado – 3.11 unweighted GPA
Audrey Ballesteros – Douglas – 3.35 unweighted GPA
Audrey Solomon – Seton Catholic Prep – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Ava Garcia – Casteel – 3.83 weighted GPA
Avery Cathcart – Horizon – 3.10 unweighted GPA
Avrey Dunn – Deer Valley – 3.71 weighted GPA
Azlynn Vasquez – Mountain Ridge – 3.71 weighted GPA
Bailey Fuches – Deer Valley – 3.5 weighted GPA
Bella Hanson – Arcadia – 3.6 weighted GPA
Breslin Tully – Casteel – 3.89 weighted GPA
Brianna Beck – Mesa – 3.95 weighted GPA
Brianna McClimans – Williams Field – 3.5 weighted GPA
Brooke Cowie – Pinnacle – 3.11 unweighted GPA
Brooke Feigin – Red Mountain – 3.85 weighted GPA
Brooke Ryan – Campo Verde – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Brynn Keeling – Red Mountain – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Caity Stueck – Marana – 3.9 weighted GPA
Carsyn Schuch – Deer Valley – 3.71 weighted GPA
Cassidee Meyer – Campo Verde – 3.74 unweighted GPA
Cate Schwab – Seton Catholic Prep – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Charlotte Goto – Millennium – 3.83 weighted GPA
Chloe Murakami – Basha – 3.75 weighted GPA
Clara Verdugo – Glendale – 3.21 unweighted GPA
Dalay Haros – Cholla – 3.3 unweighted GPA
Daniella Alameda – Ironwood Ridge – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Denae Pitts – Notre Dame Prep – 3.89 weighted GPA
Dezarae Garza – Cholla – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Dior Velez – Rio Rico – 3.83 weighted GPA
Eden Driescher – Horizon – 3.80 weighted GPA
Ella Canada – Arcadia – 3.67 unweighted GPA
Ella Rud – Perry – 3.97 weighted GPA
Emee Fellens – Deer Valley – 3.71 weighted GPA
Emily Brummer – Notre Dame Prep – 3.55 unweighted GPA
Emma Caruso – Xavier College Preparatory – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Erin Guckenberg – Mountain Pointe – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Evan Hendrix – Notre Dame Prep – 3.62 unweighted GPA
Evelyn Arredondo Najera – Trevor G. Browne – 3.67 weighted GPA
Faith Harkins – Liberty – 3.78 weighted GPA
Faith Murray – Skyline – 3.15 unweighted GPA
Fallyn Welsh – Campo Verde – 3.75 weighted GPA
Franklynn Zinter – Higley – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Gabrielle Suarez – Ironwood Ridge – 3.75 weighted GPA
Georgia Lee – Desert Vista – 3.58 weighted GPA
Grace Greenlee – Horizon – 3.89 weighted GPA
Grace Hensel – Liberty – 3.82 weighted GPA
Gracie Senseman – Liberty – 3.79 weighted GPA
Griselda Lazcano – Trevor G. Browne – 3.23 unweighted GPA
Hailey Kokodynski – Horizon – 3.90 weighted GPA
Haley Carrington – Basha – 3.97 weighted GPA
Haley Lopez – Glendale – 3.85 unweighted GPA
Halli Hooks – Hamilton – 3.96 unweighted GPA
Hannah Burgess – Mohave – 3.82 unweighted GPA
Hannah Larson – Mountain Ridge – 3.77 weighted GPA
Hannah Ulisch – Xavier College Preparatory – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Hannah Van Winkle – Campo Verde – 3.03 unweighted GPA
Hayden Rosales – Basha – 3.3 unweighted GPA
Hope Collins – Mohave – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Isabel Tanabe – Douglas – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Isabella Hanson – Arcadia – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Isabella Lang – Ironwood Ridge – 3.83 weighted GPA
Jaelin Reeb – Mountain View Marana – 3.68 weighted GPA
Jaelynn Shurley – Williams Field – 3.67 weighted GPA
Janae Moore – Skyline – 3.5 weighted GPA
Jasmin Maciel – Glendale – 3.17 unweighted GPA
Jasmin Vizcaino – Maryvale – 3.77 weighted GPA
Jayden Eaker – Basha – 3.8 weighted gpa
Jazlyn Jackson – Mesa – 3.9 unweighted GPA
Jenna Heller – Perry – 3.75 weighted GPA
Jillian Russo – Casteel – 3.91 weighted GPA
Jordan Middleton – Hamilton – 3.75 weighted GPA
Jordan Miller – Millennium – 3.82 unweighted GPA
Jordan Woods – Mountain Pointe – 3.6 weighted GPA
Joyce Medina – Maryvale – 3.26 unweighted GPA
Kaelana Tsosie – Poston Butte – 3.61 weighted GPA
Kaitlyn Janzen – Bradshaw Mountain – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Kaori Roberston – Xavier College Preparatory – 3.58 weighted GPA
Karianne Banahan – Arcadia – 3.5 weighted GPA
Karina Manzano – Cholla – 3.6 unweighted GPA
Karissa Ochoa – Shadow Ridge – 3.5 weighted GPA
Karyme Gallardo – Douglas – 3.39 unweighted GPA
Kate Tax – Xavier College Preparatory – 3.94 weighted GPA
Katelyn Acuff – Campo Verde – 3.65 unweighted GPA
Katherine Heglie – Arcadia – 3.67 unweighted GPA
Kaylee Hollerbach – Horizon – 3.35 unweighted GPA
Kendal Murphy – Horizon – 3.83 weighted GPA
Kennedy Graninger – Notre Dame Prep – 3.85 weighted GPA
Khiriya Abboud Eissa – Independence – 3.97 weighted GPA
Kiarra Rosales – Mountain Pointe – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Kierslynn Wright – Pinnacle – 3.62 weighted GPA
Kinsey Kunert – Red Mountain – 3.87 weighted GPA
Kinsley Rupe – Mohave – 3.84 unweighted GPA
Kyleigh Ganz – Seton Catholic Prep – 3.7 weighted GPA
Kylie Davey – Liberty – 3.69 weighted GPA
Kylie Moran – Desert Vista – 3.72 weighted GPA
Kylie Ostrovsky – Liberty – 3.63 unweighted GPA
Kylie Van Driel – Verrado – 3.94 weighted GPA
Kystin Miller – Verrado – 3.56 weighted GPA
Lauren Vanderwey – Xavier College Preparatory – 3.88 weighted GPA
Laylah Okoye – Campo Verde – 3.86 unweighted GPA
Liberty Ottoway – Glendale – 3.78 unweighted GPA
Lilly Woods – Desert Vista – 3.5 weighted GPA
Lily Kuntz – Thunderbird – 3.9 weighted GPA
Lindsey Yale – Mesquite – 3.89 weighted GPA
Logan Blutreich – Desert Vista – 3.29 unweighted GPA
Lluvia Ramirez – Glendale – 3.29 unweighted GPA
Mackenzie Ransom – Perry – 3.8 weighted GPA
Madeline Birtcher – Rio Rico – 3.5 weighted GPA
Madeline Malinas – Basha – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Madelyn Knee – Arcadia – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Madison Acosta – Verrado – 3.25 unweightedGPA
Madison Dudley – Desert Vista – 3.6 weighted GPA
Madison Mayginnes – Perry – 3.16 unweighted GPA
Makalie Palma – Red Mountain – 3.56 weighted GPA
Makayla Simmons – Williams Field – 3.3 unweighted GPA
Makenna Carrillo – Chandler – 3.7 unweighted GPA
Maranda Schneberger – Liberty – 3.96 weighted GPA
Maria Fernanda Juarez – Rio Rico – 3.5 weighted GPA
Maudi North – Verrado – 3.12 unweighted GPA
Maya Munguia – Douglas – 3.6 unweighted GPA
Megan O’Meara – Basha – 3.4 unweighted gpa
Mei Tsou – Xavier College Preparatory – 3.65 weighted GPA
Meilana Baker – Campo Verde – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Mercedes Phillips – Skyline – 3.92 weighted GPA
Merceydi McCann – Poston Butte – 3.65 weighted GPA
Mia Lomigora – Corona del Sol – 3.87 weighted GPA
Mikayla Brown – Poston Butte – 3.74 weighted GPA
Mimi Harris – Mountain Pointe – 3.88 weighted GPA
Monet Whittier – Chandler – 3.35 unweighted GPA
Monica Stevens – Cholla – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Myka Salian – Thunderbird – 3.6 weighted GPA
Najelah Kirk – Thunderbird – 3.5 weighted GPA
Natalie Glasshoff – Marana – 3.83 unweighted GPA
Natalie Palmer – Highland – 3.85 weighted GPA
Nayla Hangalay – Mountain Pointe – 3.6 weighted GPA
Neomi Beach – Hamilton – 3.67 unweighted GPA
Neyah Davison – Desert Vista – 3.58 weighted GPA
Nicole Shaver – Bradshaw Mountain – 3.7 unweighted GPA
Oakley Heaton – Mohave – 3.89 unweighted GPA
Olivia Pavelchik – Millennium – 3.5 weighted GPA
Paige Park – Skyline – 3.67 weighted GPA
Paola Castillo – Rio Rico – 3.75 weighted GPA
Phoebe Lewis – Xavier College Preparatory – 3.32 unweighted GPA
Raechelle Dykstra – Independence – 3.67 weighted GPA
Raegan Fox – Notre Dame Prep – 3.49 unweighted GPA
Raquel Gonzalez – Red Mountain – 3.75 weighed GPA
Rebecca Venjohn – Higley – 3.89 weighted GPA
Reece Denney – Chandler – 3.97 weighted GPA
Reese Manross – Corona del Sol – 3.64 weighted GPA
Reyna De La Garza – Bradshaw Mountain – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Rhyah Jackson – Mohave – 3.89 unweighted GPA
Ryan Sheedy – Arcadia – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Rylee Achtzehn – Desert Mountain – 3.8 weighted GPA
Rylee McDugle – Perry – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Rylie Morrison – Pinnacle – 3.22 unweighted GPA
Sabrina Galassi – Desert Vista – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Sam Gloria – Deer Valley – 3.08 unweighted GPA
Shandi Allison – Skyline – 3.96 weighted GPA
Shelby Pleger – Apollo – 3.97 weighted GPA
Shyann Shell – Chandler – 3.9 weighted GPA
Skyler Gartin – Horizon – 3.83 weighted GPA
Sophia Gomez – Ironwood Ridge – 3.75 weighted GPA
Sophia Ross – Notre Dame Prep – 3.51 unweighted GPA
Sydney Gumm – Williams Field – 3.58 weighted GPA
Tallia Benson – Williams Field – 3.56 weighted GPA
Tarezh Mizan – Glendale – 3.50 unweighted GPA
Taryn LeBaron – Williams Field – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Tatum Longnecker – Arcadia – 3.67 weighted GPA
Tayler Parris – Marana – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Toni Berns – Corona del Sol – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Valentina Moreno – Douglas – 3.79 unweighted GPA
Valeria Moreno – Douglas – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Vanessa Sanchez Manzo – Estrella Foothills – 3.54 weighted GPA
Vania Mendez-Gonzalez – Arcadia – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Victoria Valenzuela – Douglas – 3.8 unweighted GPA
Xiamara Pavon Griego – Chandler – 3.9 weighted GPA