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Without further ado, we are thrilled to present the 2026 Sports360AZ All-Academic Winter Teams:
First Team
Jack Metcalfe – Tempe Prep – 4.2 weighted GPA
Owen Proper – Marana – 4.2 weighted GPA
Samantha Roanhorse – Chinle – 4.2 unweighted GPA
Sawyer Bauer – Red Mountain – 4.182 weighted GPA
Victor Perri – Brophy College Prep – 4.18 weighted GPA
Aiden Bolze – Pinnacle – 4.17 weighted GPA
Ali Elasfia – Williams Field – 4.17 weighted GPA
Emma Milligan – Pinnacle – 4.17 weighted GPA
Jocelyn Herman – Basha – 4.17 weighted GPA
Jace Briquelet – Perry – 4.16 weighted GPA
Ryleigh Maxfong – Arizona College Prep – 4.16 weighted GPA
Annie Jarman – Mesa – 4.14 weighted GPA
Daelyn Smead – Marana – 4.14 weighted GPA
Kinley Stough – Marana – 4.14 weighted GPA
“Williams Avery” – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.14 weighted GPA
Ethan Riley Remuto – Pinnacle – 4.13 weighted GPA
Beau Wallace – Brophy College Prep – 4.12 weighted GPA
Ethan Whitten – Mountain Ridge – 4.12 weighted GPA
Grace Garcia – Westwood – 4.12 weighted GPA
Abigail Reynolds – Willow Canyon – 4.11 weighted GPA
Cash Weinstein – Notre Dame Prep – 4.11 weighted GPA
Devin Armijo – Campo Verde – 4.11 weighted GPA
Jaci Murphey – Mesa – 4.11 weighted GPA
Maya Moberg – Arizona College Prep – 4.10 weighted GPA
Alexander Amelia – Sandra Day O’Connor – 4.1 weighted GPA
Hunter Adams – Paradise Valley – 4.1 weighted GPA
Kianna Kim – American Leadership Academy – Gilbert North – 4.1 weighted GPA
Matthew Meehan – Seton Catholic – 4.1 weighted GPA
Riley Butzen – Mountain View (Mesa) – 4.1 weighted GPA
Thomas Brzezinski – Seton Catholic – 4.1 weighted GPA
Treston Crane – Coconino – 4.1 weighted GPA
Jolie Lester – Chinle – 4.1 unweighted GPA
LeeRy Buffington – Chinle – 4.1 unweighted GPA
Shelby Scott – Arcadia – 4.09 weighted GPA
Vicente Meza – Willow Canyon – 4.09 weighted GPA
Adrian Gutierrez – West Point – 4.08 weighted GPA
Shirley Miller – Estrella Foothills – 4.08 weighted GPA
Thomas Tenney – American Leadership Academy – Gilbert North – 4.08 weighted GPA
Calvin Cole – Tempe Prep – 4.07 weighted GPA
Duci Dominguez Hernandez – Red Mountain – 4.06 weighted GPA
Peighton Eda – Williams Field – 4.06 weighted GPA
Kellin Rogers – Arizona College Prep – 4.05 weighted GPA
Luc Arreola – Brophy College Prep – 4.05 weighted GPA
Jacob Patrick – Brophy College Prep – 4.04 weighted GPA
Jacob Throckmorton – Williams Field – 4.03 weighted GPA
Layne Randall – Basha – 4.03 weighted GPA
Logan Kitch – Basha – 4.03 weighted GPA
Cody Curley – Chinle – 4.03 unweighted GPA
Neil Beltran – Barry Goldwater – 4.02 weighted GPA
Leland Frost – Marana – 4.02 weighted GPA
Sean Hakes – Arizona College Prep – 4.02 weighted GPA
Alessio Di Laura – Higley High – 4.0 weighted GPA
Christopher Lopez – West Point – 4.0 weighted GPA
Grayson Irvin – Estrella Foothills – 4.0 weighted GPA
Hannah Naccarati-Cholo – Basha – 4.0 weighted GPA
Janelle Henry – Willow Canyon – 4.0 weighted GPA
Jayleen Martinez – Mesa – 4.0 weighted GPA
Justin Dunlap – Notre Dame Prep – 4.0 weighted GPA
Kaden Clinger – Coconino – 4.0 weighted GPA
Maddox Lanier – Pinnacle – 4.0 weighted GPA
Mario Saavedra – Arizona College Prep – 4.0 weighted GPA
Silas Vickery – Red Mountain – 4.0 weighted GPA
Vonetta Merrell – Coconino – 4.0 weighted GPA
Caitlin G. Brausa – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Alex J. Crenshaw – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Gunwoo Kim – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Carter J. Petrie – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Alannah Simoneaux – Thatcher – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Alex Crenshaw – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Brody Severn – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Carly Parnell – Round Valley – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Carter Petrie – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
David Dugan – Basha – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Ekaterina Pincus – Perry – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Gunwoo Kim – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Zandon J. Hopson – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Isabella Montano – Perry – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Lana Hooper – Round Valley – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Levi Palmer – Thatcher – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Parker Sanchez – Alchesay – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Gemma G. Scott – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Zandon Hopson – Liberty – 4.0 unweighted GPA
Honorable Mentions
Franciso Lopez – Paradise Honors – 3.87 weighted GPA
Stacy Birnstihl – Basha – 3.87 weighted GPA
Carson Lamb – Red Mountain – 3.86 weighted GPA
Adalyn Spitzer – Thatcher – 3.86 unweighted GPA
Kayden Burke – Pinnacle – 3.85 weighted GPA
Torin Saitta – Northwest Christian – 3.84 weighted GPA
Addison Lee – Marana – 3.83 weighted GPA
Aiden Pina – Paradise Honors – 3.83 weighted GPA
Airyka Reyes – Willow Canyon – 3.83 weighted GPA
Gabrielle Piccuilla – Estrella Foothills – 3.83 weighted GPA
Jacob Luedy – Arizona College Prep – 3.83 weighted GPA
Jaimon Valdez – Coconino – 3.83 weighted GPA
Keyara Worley – Willow Canyon – 3.83 weighted GPA
Luca Peries – Chaparral – 3.83 weighted GPA
Mateo Gigena – Notre Dame Prep – 3.83 weighted GPA
Ayden McCauley – Liberty – 3.83 weighted GPA
Jacob J. Norberciak – Liberty – 3.83 unweighted GPA
Annabella Sawyer – Mesa – 3.82 weighted GPA
Ryland Ross – Valley Christian – 3.82 weighted GPA
Slade McLaughlin – Basha – 3.82 weighted GPA
Taryn M. Dittmann – Liberty – 3.82 unweighted GPA
Isabel – Miranda – 3.81 weighted GPA
Alejandro Tarin – Mountain View (Mesa) – 3.8 weighted GPA
Alex Hernandez – Mountain View (Mesa) – 3.8 weighted GPA
Caleb Doster – Benjamin Franklin – 3.8 weighted GPA
Jonathan Huskey – Benjamin Franklin – 3.8 weighted GPA
Joshua Covington – Benjamin Franklin – 3.8 weighted GPA
Michael Dries – Coconino – 3.8 weighted GPA
Thorvald Kirkham – Coconino – 3.8 weighted GPA
Ava Dixon – Notre Dame Prep – 3.79 weighted GPA
Brock Innes – Thatcher – 3.79 unweighted GPA
Jason A. Caputo – Liberty – 3.79 unweighted GPA
Cole Allen – Highland – 3.78 weighted GPA
Jackson Ramos – Notre Dame Prep – 3.78 weighted GPA
Maria Giron – Willow Canyon – 3.78 weighted GPA
Brylee Wray – Williams Field – 3.77 weighted GPA
Evan Cramer – Pinnacle – 3.77 weighted GPA
Jason Caputo – Liberty – 3.77 unweighted GPA
Daycen Knight – Willow Canyon – 3.76 weighted GPA
Saul Jacobo – Arizona College Prep – 3.76 weighted GPA
Spencer Cross – Valley Christian – 3.76 weighted GPA
Abigail Atkinson – Estrella Foothills – 3.75 weighted GPA
Austin Watkins – Estrella Foothills – 3.75 weighted GPA
Brooklyn Miller – Westwood – 3.75 weighted GPA
Gabe Cabrera – Willow Canyon – 3.75 weighted GPA
John Sokal – Notre Dame Prep – 3.75 weighted GPA
Andrew Ritchay – Basha – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Brody Ray – Williams Field – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Conway Schulte – Liberty – 3.75 unweighted GPA
Wyatt Dutton – Thatcher – 3.74 unweighted GPA
Luke Ruffentine – Williams Field – 3.73 weighted GPA
Eli Miller – Williams Field – 3.72 weighted GPA
Ethan Berry – Basha – 3.72 weighted GPA
Adam Schrum – Basha – 3.72 unweighted GPA
Blake Dewey – Red Mountain – 3.71 weighted GPA
Daniel Watson – American Leadership Academy Ironwood – 3.71 weighted GPA
Eliz Issahhanjan – American Leadership Academy – Gilbert North – 3.71 weighted GPA
Jake Bassett – Brophy College Prep – 3.71 weighted GPA
Magomed Abdurakhimov – Williams Field – 3.71 weighted GPA
Tony Morales – Arizona College Prep – 3.71 weighted GPA
Connor Whipple – Campo Verde – 3.7 weighted GPA
Olivia Jamieson – Mesa – 3.7 weighted GPA
Reign Curiel – Mountain View (Mesa) – 3.7 weighted GPA
Marquis Spencer – Chinle – 3.7 unweighted GPA
Andrew Layman – Arcadia – 3.67 weighted GPA
Brody Fuller – Valley Christian – 3.67 weighted GPA
Caden Davis – Pinnacle – 3.67 weighted GPA
Carson Pulkrabek – Pinnacle – 3.67 weighted GPA
Cole Burch – Marana – 3.67 weighted GPA
Devi Wilson – Basha – 3.67 weighted GPA
Eli Altman – Chaparral – 3.67 weighted GPA
Ellie Jones – Red Mountain – 3.67 weighted GPA
Evan Lee – Paradise Honors – 3.67 weighted GPA
Garret Ramiro – Arizona College Prep – 3.67 weighted GPA
Jaxon Davis – Williams Field – 3.67 weighted GPA
Brody Christensen – Basha – 3.67 unweighted GPA
Elena Jennings – Chaparral – 3.66 weighted GPA
Kristian Studenski – Marana – 3.66 weighted GPA
Keirah Reese – Williams Field – 3.64 weighted GPA
Kretchmer Kendall – Sandra Day O’Connor – 3.64 weighted GPA
Elijah Hawkins – American Leadership Academy – Gilbert North – 3.63 weighted GPA
Isabella Ruiz Esqueda – Mesa – 3.63 weighted GPA
Julissa Barrios Cirelli – Marana – 3.63 weighted GPA
Brayden Wyzykowski – Higley High – 3.62 weighted GPA
Holden Cecil – Valley Christian – 3.62 weighted GPA
Isaiah Burdette – Northwest Christian – 3.62 weighted GPA
Jack Chiles – Highland – 3.62 weighted GPA
Aaden Hale – Paradise Honors – 3.61 weighted GPA
Caliann Ray – Williams Field – 3.61 weighted GPA
Dante Apodaca – Williams Field – 3.61 weighted GPA
Lilah Williamson – Westwood – 3.61 weighted GPA
Ryan Plato – Notre Dame Prep – 3.61 weighed GPA
Abbey Pueyo – Willow Canyon – 3.6 weighted GPA
Addison Palmer – Perry – 3.6 weighted GPA
Asha Bacon – Paradise Valley – 3.6 weighted GPA
Daniel Record – Seton Catholic – 3.6 weighted GPA
Drew Eggebeen – Pinnacle – 3.6 weighted GPA
Garth Benson – Estrella Foothills – 3.6 weighted GPA
Nash Gillett – Mountain View (Mesa) – 3.6 weighted GPA
Luna Leon Mange – Mesa – 3.59 weighted GPA
Addison Stone – Thatcher – 3.59 unweighted GPA
Ewan Flowers – Valley Christian – 3.58 weighted GPA
Shaylee Smead – Marana – 3.58 weighted GPA
Adam Angulo – Brophy College Prep – 3.57 weighted GPA
Braelyn Christie – Notre Dame Prep – 3.57 weighted GPA
Christopher Wood – Thatcher – 3.57 unweighted GPA
Hunter Burkett – Thatcher – 3.57 unweighted GPA
Luke Perales – Northwest Christian – 3.56 weighted GPA
Maximilian Morell – Pinnacle – 3.56 weighted GPA
Miles Curley – Thatcher – 3.56 unweighted GPA
Jackson Toth – Notre Dame Prep – 3.55 weighted GPA
Marshall Luedemann – Estrella Foothills – 3.52 weighted GPA
Alexander Bird – Benjamin Franklin – 3.5 weighted GPA
Anneke De Bont – Marana – 3.5 weighted GPA
Brennan Goebel – Paradise Honors – 3.5 weighted GPA
Callie Tucker – Marana – 3.5 weighted GPA
Eliza Anderson – Westwood – 3.5 weighted GPA
Grayson Wain – Pinnacle – 3.5 weighted GPA
Jackson Welty – Benjamin Franklin – 3.5 weighted GPA
Jax Sutton – Arcadia – 3.5 weighted GPA
Kingston Leyba – Paradise Honors – 3.5 weighted GPA
Prezton Gomez – Benjamin Franklin – 3.5 weighted GPA
Rodrick Giron – Willow Canyon – 3.5 weighted GPA
“Roman-Ledezma Leslie” – Sandra Day O’Connor – 3.5 weighted GPA
Zane Olbert – Benjamin Franklin – 3.5 weighted GPA
Colin Tsinijinnie – Chinle – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Grace Daley – Thatcher – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Krish Beach – Red Mountain – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Paige Hedeen – Perry – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Raidanna Sutton – Chinle – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Teagan Gentry – Basha – 3.5 unweighted GPA
Vance Shill – Thatcher – 3.49 unweighted GPA
Hannah Goldman – Valley Christian – 3.48 unweighted GPA
Roxi Singer – Marana – 3.47 unweighted GPA
Laila Lespron – Marana – 3.45 unweighted GPA
Slade Wheaton – American Leadership Academy Ironwood – 3.44 unweighted GPA
Lawson Haarala – Notre Dame Prep – 3.42 unweighted GPA
Alejandro Juarez – West Point – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Aubrey Erickson – Coconino – 3.4 unweighted GPA
David RuizSalas – Paradise Valley – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Ethan Weber – Red Mountain – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Scarlett Hargan – Coconino – 3.4 unweighted GPA
Amira Alvarez – Valley Christian – 3.38 unweighted GPA
Isabella Goldman – Valley Christian – 3.38 unweighted GPA
Isaac Moore – Marana – 3.37 unweighted GPA
Joseph Shipman – Higley High – 3.37 unweighted GPA
Jacob Miner – Valley Christian – 3.36 unweighted GPA
Jair Carley – Red Mountain – 3.36 unweighted GPA
Gabriel Dixson – Thatcher – 3.35 unweighted GPA
Emelia Berchtold – Mesa High – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Jackson Hendee – Higley High – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Michael King – Basha – 3.33 unweighted GPA
Warner Dobson – Valley Christian – 3.32 unweighted GPA
Dominic Kaut – highland – 3.3 unweighted GPA
Yareth Salazar Vazquez – Red Mountain – 3.3 unweighted GPA
Erik Vasiliauskas – Brophy College Prep – 3.29 unweighted GPA
Sydney Gifford – Willow Canyon – 3.28 unweighted GPA
Zane Barkemeyer – Notre Dame Prep – 3.28 unweighted GPA
Denton Campbell – Red Mountain – 3.27 unweighted GPA
Jaxon Fadler – Paradise Honors – 3.27 unweighted GPA
Salome Hernandez – Red Mountain – 3.27 unweighted GPA
Caden Briquelet – Perry – 3.26 unweighted GPA
Antonio Meza – Willow Canyon – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Leila Millanes – Red Mountain – 3.25 unweighted GPA
William Paynter – Brophy College Prep – 3.25 unweighted GPA
Alyssa Poague – Thatcher – 3.24 unweighted GPA
Lance Briggs – Basha – 3.23 unweighted GPA
Javier Salazar – Red Mountain – 3.22 unweighted GPA
Matthias Crosby – Basha – 3.22 unweighted GPA
Sepharoth Quintero – Thatcher – 3.22 unweighted GPA
Stephen Attwood – Arcadia – 3.22 unweighted GPA
Bo Faut – Basha – 3.21 unweighted GPA
Boden Kazlo – Coconino – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Bram Green – Benjamin Franklin – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Bria Bingham – Thatcher – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Bryson Bernal – Benjamin Franklin – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Easton Hoctettler – Estrella Foothills – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Hayden Chee – Chinle – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Ian Travis – Benjamin Franklin – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Joseph Stewart – Coconino – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Lucas Faleatua – Red Mountain – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Noah Ruzicka – Willow Canyon – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Reagan Gunter – Benjamin Franklin – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Tyaunna Sandoval – Chinle – 3.2 unweighted GPA
Karmen Gerlach – Red Mountain – 3.19 unweighted GPA
William Ward – Notre Dame Prep – 3.19 unweighted GPA
Elizabeth Irvin – Estrella Foothills – 3.18 unweighted GPA
Paganini Martinez – Estrella Foothills – 3.18 unweighted GPA
Rocco Sala – Brophy College Prep – 3.18 unweighted GPA
Logan Smith – Red Mountain – 3.17 unweighted GPA
Armani Castaneda – Notre Dame Prep – 3.15 unweighted GPA
Nathan Unser – Paradise Honors – 3.15 unweighted GPA
Elika Gonzales – Thatcher – 3.14 unweighted GPA
Phoenix Haskins – Thatcher – 3.14 unweighted GPA
Camila Hernandez – Tolleson Union – 3.12 unweighted GPA
Finn Cavanaugh – Coconino – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Hosteen Mitchell – Coconino – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Kade Johnson – Valley Christian – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Kenzie Wenderoth – Benjamin Franklin – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Sydney Valentino – Coconino – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Tenelle Tenorio – Chinle – 3.1 unweighted GPA
Ella Ferrin – Red Mountain – 3.09 unweighted GPA
Fate Elms – Estrella Foothills – 3.08 unweighted GPA
Madison LaRue – Arizona College Prep – 3.08 unweighted GPA
William Simoneaux – Thatcher – 3.08 unweighted GPA
Alexander Geiss – Notre Dame Prep – 3.07 unweighted GPA
Taylor Kinkead – Williams Field – 3.07 unweighted GPA
Brody Sherman – Paradise Honors – 3.06 unweighted GPA
Eduardo Medina – Basha – 3.06 unweighted GPA
Ethan Christensen – Marana – 3.06 unweighted GPA
Aidan Korolsky – Red Mountain – 3.05 unweighted GPA
Ava Hensley – Red Mountain – 3.03 weighted GPA
Abigail Reyes – Thatcher – 3.03 unweighted GPA
Seth Chischilly – Chinle – 3.03 unweighted GPA
Alejandro Burd – Marana – 3.02 unweighted GPA
Edan Codington – Notre Dame Prep – 3.02 unweighted GPA
Linda Auguilar – Red Mountain – 3.01 unweighted GPA
Barrett Harris – Benjamin Franklin – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Cooper Chlarson – American Leadership Academy Ironwood – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Da’ Marcus Robinson – Basha – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Emmanuel Valles Penuelas – Red Mountain – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Enzo DeFranco – Arcadia – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Gabriel Acosta – Seton Catholic – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Grady Jacobs – Arizona College Prep – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Jacob Brown – American Leadership Academy Ironwood – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Jordan Carrico – Westwood – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Kalis Lockett – Basha – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Korver Biggs – Perry – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Landon Demgen – Basha – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Logan Begody – Basha – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Nicholas Zussman – Paradise Honors – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Taina Rodriguez – Valley Christian – 3.0 unweighted GPA
Truman Bahe – Chinle – 3.0 unweighted GPA
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