The Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches announced its All-State Teams this week, with three Kenai Peninsula players making first team.
For the Class 2A girls, Seward junior point guard Ava Jagielski earned a spot on the first team. Jagielski led the Seahawks to the Class 2A state title along with fellow junior Mikinley Williams, who made the second team.
For the Class 2A boys, Ninilchik junior guard Kade McCorison made the first team. McCorison broke the single-game scoring record for the Wolverines twice this season, finally settling on 55 points in a mid-February loss to Seward.
Also for the Class 2A boys, Seward put senior Talon Lemme on the second team, and junior Emerson Cross and senior Van Shank on the third team.
The Seahawks won the Southern Conference tournament and also grabbed third place at Class 2A state.
For the Class 1A boys, Cook Inlet Academy senior Ian McGarry made the first team. The Eagles won the Peninsula Conference and also took second place at the Class 1A state tourney.
Eagles junior Alek McGarry made the second team.
For the Class 3A girls, Nikiski freshman Blakeley Jorgensen made the third team. Jorgensen nearly led the Bulldogs to state out of the Peninsula Conference.
For the Class 1A girls, senior Ella Rollman was given honorable mention. Rollman led the Eagles to a Peninsula Conference title and a Class 1A state berth.
Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches All-State Teams
4A Girls
Player of the Year: Hallie Clark, Colony.
Coach of the Year: Tom Berg, Colony.
First team: Mylee Anderson, Wasilla; Hallie Clark, Colony; Kennedi Gaines, Bartlett; Layla Hays, Wasilla; Morgan Maldonado, Mountain City Christian.
Second team: Kerra Baxter, Juneau-Douglas; Evan Hamey, Dimond; Tonya Karpow, Colony; Keelie Kronberger, Mountain City Christian; Aryanna Watson, Service.
Third team: Wednesday Bithow, West Anchorage; Savannah Kroon, Wasilla; Jasmine Schaeffer, Mountain City Christian; Jade Skipps, North Pole; Jericho Wuestenberg, Colony.
4A Boys
Player of the Year: Muhammed Sabally, East Anchorage.
Coach of the Year: Eric Stockhausen, Ketchikan.
First team: Deng Deng, East Anchorage; Marek Hajdukovich, Dimond; Jett McCullough, Monroe Catholic; Muhammed Sabally, East Anchorage; Marcus Stockhausen, Ketchikan.
Second team: Noah Kroon, Wasilla; Buob Marial, West; Jayden Miranda, West Valley; Mylz Mongeau, Colony; Bristol Tobin, Grace Christian.
Third team: Amelio Ambrosio, Dimond; Robbie Annett, Grace Christian; Logan Rolston, Palmer; Armani Smith, Monroe; Logan Zandra, Service.
3A Girls
Player of the Year: Sophie Lentfer, Grace Christian.
Coach of the Year: Krystyna Park, Grace Christian.
First team: Kylen Burnell, Barrow; Shannel Kovalsky, Monroe Catholic; Sophie Lentfer, Grace Christian; Aiga Unutoa, Barrow; MJ Van Der Horst, Grace Christian.
Second team: Ella Boerger, Grace Christian; Lauren Cedars, Mt. Edgecumbe; Leila Church, Monroe Catholic; Briella Herron, Bethel; Poppy Wiggers-Pidduck, Grace Christian.
Third team: Destiny Day, Valdez; Blakeley Jorgensen, Nikiski; Ally Mayville, Sitka; Trinity Turiel, Monroe Catholic; Zadah Unutoa, Barrow.
3A Boys
Player of the Year: Finn Gregg, Nome.
Coach of the Year: Steve Compagno, Sitka.
First team: Trey Demmert, Sitka; RJ Didrickson, Mount Edgecumbe; Alex Fruean, Barrow; Finn Gregg, Nome; Orson Hoogendorn, Nome.
Second team: Cohen Booth, Nome; Madden Cockroft, Bethel; Jarrett Gage, Valdez; Trey Johnson, Sitka; Tino Tucker, Valdez.
Third team: Brady Bevard, Delta; Bryce Calhoun, Sitka; Donovan Standifer, Mount Edgecumbe; Ayden Wesley, Kotzebue; Noah Whitted, Houston.
2A Girls
Player of Year: Jennifer Nash, Tikigaq.
Coach of Year: Jubilee Sutherland, Glennallen.
First team: Lexi Cook, Metlakatla; Cheyenne Fields, Glennallen; Lizabeth Ivanoff, Unalakleet; Ava Jagielski, Seward; Jennifer Nash, Tikigaq.
Second team: Lily Esmailka, Susitna Valley; Laney Green, Chevak; Alianna Stone, Glennallen; Amara Warren, Lumen; Mikinley Williams, Seward.
Third team: Ourea Busk, Unalakleet; Ariel Godinez-Long, Haines; Alana Harrison, Wrangell; Kali Hill, Chevak; Sara Steffen, Craig.
2A Boys
Player of the Year: Paxson Commack, Unalakleet.
Coach of the Year: Thurman Jack, Unalakleet.
First team: Austin Barnard, Susitna Valley; Brody Booth, Metlakatla; Paxson Commack, Unalakleet; John Itliong, Cordova; Kade McCorison, Ninilchik.
Second team: Daniel Harrison, Wrangell; Felipe Jacob, Cordova; Talon Lemme, Seward; Carter Marsden, Metlakatla; Isaiah Smith, Unalakleet.
Third team: Jonas Carroll, Effie Kokrine; Emerson Cross, Seward; Miles Osmond, Susitna Valley; Liam Pingayuk-Green, Chevak; Van Shank, Seward.
1A Girls
Player of the Year: Kylee Carroll, Fort Yukon
Coach of the Year: Josh Cadzow, Fort Yukon
First team: Kylee Carroll, Fort Yukon; Ida Lester, Newhalen; Summer Sampson, Shaktoolik; Brooke Schaeffer, Noatak; Jane Ward, Fort Yukon.
Second team: Lea Armour, Klawock; Olivia Harvilla, Bristol Bay; Madison Katchatag, Shaktoolik; Renee Kiyutelluk, Shishmaref; Nellie Ward, Fort Yukon.
Third team: Brooklyn Hingsbergen, Selawik; Sierra Lang, Aniak; Faith Mudge, Tri Valley; Jora Savland, Hoonah; Chloe Wassille, Akiuk.
Honorable Mention: Nicole Nayakik, Alak; Krista Hugo, Nunamiut; Ella Rollman, Cook, Cook Inlet Academy; Dannika Wassille, Newhalen; Kaiya Marvin, Klawock; Brooke Phelps, Bristol Bay; Lindsey Long, Emmonak; Zamara Ticket, Buckland; Makayla Nayokpuk, Shishmaref; Annette Paniptchuk, Shaktoolik; Cadence Nollner, Northway; Iris Wappel, Tri Valley; CJ Kaganak, Scammon Bay; Morgan Gunderson, Sand Point.
1A Boys
Player of the Year: Seth Paniptchuk, Shaktoolik.
Coach of the Year: Silas Paniptchuk, Shaktoolik.
First team: Keontay Jackson, Kake; Ian McGarry, Cook Inlet Academy; Jethron Nanalook, Manokotak; Seth Paniptchuk, Shaktoolik; Ian Weyanna, Teller.
Second team: Tyler Hugo, Nunamiut; Alek McGarry, Cook Inlet Academy; Michael Renshaw, Tri Valley; Ray Sagoonick, Shaktoolik; Terrence Titus, Northway.
Third team: Ivan Davis-Nayokpuk, Shishmaref; Jonathan David, Minto; Connor Hootch, Emmonak; William Morgan, Aniak; Nolan Ticket, Buckland.
Honorable Mention:
Nevaeh Gloko, Manokotak; Justus Mulcahy, Nunamiut; Bryce Olympic, Newhalen; Bryson Homekingkeo, Koyuk; Tristan Garfield, Nuiqsut; Ben Carroll, Fort Yukon; Royce Borst, Skagway; Erik McGee, Port Allsworth; Chase Katchatag, Shaktoolik; Aiden Clark, Kake; Rowdy Tripp, Sand Point; Dallas Kagnak, Scammon Bay.
