Smartest Athletes in Santee? Boys Soccer Can Boast GPA Title

Also read: Two Santana Teams Honored for Living Up To 'Scholars and Champions' Motto

Which high school team in Santee has the brainiest athletes? In the winter season at least, the title goes to boys soccer.

The West Hills and Santana High School boys soccer teams each had 13 athletes on the U-T San Diego All-Academic Team. Those teams were coached by Russ Shubert and Luke Philips. 

As the Sunday listing noted:

The All-Academic Team honors juniors and seniors who participated in a California Interscholastic Federation-approved varsity sport and maintained a cumulative, weighted grade-point average of 3.0 or better.

The U-T and county Office of Education invited all CIF San Diego section schools to take part. Athletes with cumulative, weighted grade-point averages of 3.0 or better were listed—and will get certificates.

Some 3,613 student-athletes were honored in Sunday’s sports section, including 101 from Santee. The highest GPAs on the Santee list were Michael Threet (Santana boys soccer) and Hayley Ford (Santana water polo), each with a 4.80.

Here are the high-performing Santee athletes and their GPAs:

GIRLS SOCCER

West Hills

• Lara Bloomfield, Jr., 3.42
• Lauren Gudino, Jr., 3.46
• Arianna Lenhoff, Sr., 3.51
• Carly Nicholas, Jr., 3.75
• Katelyn Nynas, Jr., 3.79
• Marissa Quintana, Jr., 3.46
• Brenna Spraggins, Sr., 4.22
• Ariana Tran, Sr., 4.17
• Alexandra Vlahos, Sr., 3.71
• Melissa Wilson, Jr., 4.38

Santana

• Brittany Abrahamsen, Sr., 3.60
• Annalynn Barkhimer, Sr., 4.10
• Mikayla Benoit, Sr., 3.60
• Tomiko Bowers, Jr., 3.40
• Bailey Jackson, Jr., 3.80
• Jordan Oedewaldt, Jr., 3.70

BOYS SOCCER

West Hills

• Joshua Eddy, Jr., 3.83
• Dominick Grimm, Sr., 3.36
• Darren Hernandez, Jr., 3.40
• Cody Herrera, Jr., 3.71
• Justin Herrin, Jr., 4.04
• Jarrod Klimczyk, Sr., 3.23
• Eduardo Medina, Sr., 3.68
• Garrett Oswald, Jr., 4.04
• Erwin Panela, Sr., 3.08
• Guutaa Regassa, Sr., 3.16
• Steven Todd, Sr., 3.03
• Trenton Toplikar, Jr., 4.38
• Tanner Will, Jr., 3.04

Santana

• Aaron Adriance, Jr., 4.30
• Sean Frizzell, Sr., 3.10
• Ross Gallagher, Jr., 3.50
• Jody Hutchison, Sr., 3.80
• Gary Kaiser, Jr., 3.00
• Eric Marx, Jr., 4.60
• Brandon Patterson, Sr., 3.10
• Marten Philip, Sr., 3.70
• Kyle Posey, Jr., 3.20
• Dylan Raymond-English, Sr., 4.00
• Robert Shonk, Sr., 3.00
• Cody Stamm, Sr., 4.10
• Michael Threet, Sr., 4.80

BOYS BASKETBALL

West Hills

• William Llamas, Sr., 3.03
• Martin Panayotov, Sr., 3.12
• Chase Parsons, Jr., 3.25
• Brenton Wilder, Jr., 4.08

Santana

• Christian Barry, Sr., 4.20
• Timothy Huson, Sr., 4.20
• Tyler Kirk, Jr., 4.70
• Dustin Murphy, Sr., 3.10
• Daniel Shively, Jr., 4.70
• Jordan Vargas, Sr., 4.70
• Drake Vesco, Jr., 3.70

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Santana

• Sydney Blackburn, Sr., 4.10
• Kylie Brase, Jr., 3.00
• Savanah Fenn, Jr., 3.00
• Bridgette Fries, Sr., 3.50
• Kaytlin Grable, Sr., 4.00
• Emily Kloss, Jr., 4.30
• Veronica Martinez, Sr., 3.80
• Ariel Rasmusson, Sr., 3.40

West Hills

• Arielle Bowers, Sr., 3.50
• Kathryn Byrd, Jr., 4.00
• Emily Cole, Sr., 3.83
• Kylie Cristini, Sr., 3.12
• J’Ana Diamond, Sr., 3.44
• Justine Fordyce, Sr., 4.57
• Haley Forsberg, Sr., 3.56
• Jessica Scott, Sr., 3.46

GIRLS WATER POLO

West Hills

• Nikita Diepenhorst, Sr., 3.92
• Brianna Hamilton, Jr., 3.13
• Alizabeth Ihm, Sr., 4.14
• Makenzie Ihm, Sr., 3.84
• Brooke Jenks, Jr., 4.12
• Leann Littleton, Jr., 4.44
• Elyssa Perrins, Jr., 3.13
• Nicole Piquette, Sr., 4.37
• Katelyn Progner, Sr., 3.06
• Leah Wynant, Sr., 4.20

Santana

• Shelby Cunningham, Sr., 3.10
• Paige Dykhouse, Sr., 3.90
• Hayley Ford, Sr., 4.80
• Kendra Kuper, Sr., 4.60
• Shelby Meinhold-Howe, Sr., 3.90
• Isabelle Melendez, Sr., 3.90
• Kaylee Morris, Jr., 3.60
• Tommie Post, Jr., 4.00
• Destinee Ripperger, Jr., 4.60
• Tuzdae Rosenbach, Jr., 3.20
• Amber Schisler, Sr., 4.50
• Carol Schmersal, Jr., 4.10

WRESTLING

Santana

• Ravyn Crabtree, Jr., 3.30
• Matthew Ferland, Sr., 3.60
• James Silverthorn, Jr., 4.70

West Hills

• John Lancaster, Sr., 3.54
• Mavrick Mooneyham, Jr., 3.17

ROLLER HOCKEY

West Hills

• Cody Boyer, Sr., 3.69
• David Gulliver, Sr., 3.68
• Ryden Kerr, Jr., 3.42