Based on the nominations from coaches and members of the Arizona High School football community, we introduce the 2014 Arizona All-Academic Football Team for Division I-II Spotlighting the best the state has to offer both on the football field as well as in the classroom.
2014 Division I-II First Team All-Academic:
QB: Brian Lewerke, Senior, Pinnacle, 4.5 GPA
RB: Brian Luis, Senior, Mountain Pointe, 4.2 GPA
RB: Joey Smith, Senior, Sunnyslope, 4.1 GPA
WR: Doc O’Connor, Senior, Basha, 4.3 GPA
WR: Jeremiah Sullivan, Senior, Saint Mary’s, 4.25 GPA
TE: Streator Bates, Senior, Brophy, 3.9 GPA
OL: Evan Edwards, Senior, Basha, 4.1 GPA
OL: Liam Ferguson, Senior, Horizon, 4.6 GPA
OL: Torrey Hickel, Junior, Desert Vista, 4.6 GPA
OL: Nicholas Maxey, Senior, Pinnacle, 4.7 GPA
OL: Milan Oxspring, Senior, Campo Verde, 4.71 GPA
DL: Creighton Morfitt, Senior, Notre Dame Prep, 4.26 GPA
DL: Jacob Sills, Senior, Chaparral, 4.733 GPA
DL: Alex Wisthoff, Senior Brophy, 4.18 GPA
LB: Grayson Fattaleh, Junior, Paradise Valley, 4.563 GPA
LB: Zach Phillips, Junior, Gilbert, 4.24 GPA
LB: Will Walker, Junior, Cienega, 4.27 GPA
LB: Brendan White, Senior, Notre Dame Prep, 4.3 GPA
DB: Joshua Benjamin, Junior, Brophy, 4.34 GPA
DB: Ryan Parenteau, Senior, Boulder Creek, 4.4 GPA
DB: JJ Parson, Junior, Hamilton, 4.56 GPA
DB: David Perez, Senior, Fairfax, 4.7 GPA
K/P/LS: Jared Stangler, Junior, Willow Canyon, 4.45 GPA
Division I-II All-Academic Honorable Mention:
QB:
Garvin Alston, Mountain Pointe, 3.11 unweighted GPA
Naz Greer, Marcos de Niza, 4.0 GPA
Cade Knox, Brophy, 3.7 GPA
Gabe Losada, Saint Mary’s, 3.65 GPA
Nick Nezami, Gilbert, 3.75 GPA
Marshall Prater, Centennial, 3.5 GPA
Kooper Ray, Goldwater, 3.81 unweighted GPA
Jake Sheedy, Arcadia, 4.29 GPA
Dalton Sneed, Horizon, 3.3 unweighted GPA
RB:
Nick Ferrara, Pinnacle, 3.16 unweighted GPA
Noah Pittenger, Brophy, 3.71 GPA
Ryan Valez, Brophy, 3.9 GPA
Dedrick Young, Centennial, 3.6 GPA
WR/TE:
Josh Barro, Campo Verde, 3.75 GPA
Grant Carpenter, Willow Canyon, 3.92 GPA
Riley Kirke, Chaparral, 4.0 GPA
Angelo Lopez, Fairfax, 3.8 GPA
Carter McCarthy, Horizon, 3.3 unweighted GPA
Chad McClanahan, Brophy, 3.41 unweighted GPA
Luke Ngyuen, Marcos de Niza, 4.1 GPA
Tavian Patrick, Desert Ridge, 3.5 GPA
Marcel Perez, Centennial, 3.9 GPA
Christian Skeptaris, Chaparral, 3.375 unweighted GPA
Anthony Trujillo, Marcos de Niza, 4.0 GPA
Rico Yanez, Gilbert, 3.84 GPA
OL:
Nick Carman, Mountain Pointe, 3.81 GPA
Brendan Coleman, Brophy, 3.2 GPA
Jacob Collins, Brophy, 3.73 GPA
Cole Delgado, Pinnacle, 3.77 GPA
Jake Grant, Horizon, 3.3 unweighted GPA
Christian Godina, Ironwood, 3.96 unweighted GPA
Alex Gustafson, Chaparral, 3.107 unweighted GPA
Zach Jackson, Brophy, 4.06 GPA
Steven Miller, Gilbert, 3.53 GPA
Harrison Ogren, Gilbert, 4.05 GPA
Anthony Plascencia, Willow Canyon 3.0 unweighted GPA
Derek Porambo, Chaparral, 3.0 unweighted GPA
Jamison Pruitt, Sandra Day O’Connor, 3.79 GPA
Kyle Richter, Sunnyslope, 3.7 GPA
Luke Rudolph, Horizon, 3.5 unweighted GPA
Matthew Trusiak, Brophy, 3.95 GPA
Davis Webb, Chaparral, 3.421 unweighted GPA
Cameron Weller, Horizon, 3.5 unweighted GPA
Conor Willson, Chaparral, 3.892 GPA
DL:
Dante Diaz-Infante, Brophy, 3.1 unweighted GPA
Dakota Durcar, Brophy. 3.6 GPA
Igbinoghodua Isibor, Saint Mary’s, 4.08 GPA
Brandon Jamison, Chaparral, 3.5 GPA
Jerod Johnson, Brophy, 3.25 unweighted GPA
Andrew Nichols, Centennial, 4.0 GPA
Derek Sommers, Cienega, 4.056 GPA
Brett Tonz, Centennial, 3.5 GPA
J.W. Windsor II, Chandler, 3.8 GPA
LB:
Nate Bridge, Chaparral, 3.833 GPA
Austin Cronen, Mountain Pointe, 3,26 unweighted GPA
Dru Dixon, Pinnacle, 3.5 GPA
Colby Fomerette Willow Canyon, 3.167 unweighted GPA
Jack Garcia, Brophy, 3,37 unweighted GPA
Chase Hulbert, Liberty, 3.8 GPA
Robbie Kleifield, Chaparral, 3.076 unweighted GPA
Bill McEowen, Mountain Ridge, 3.82 unweighted GPA
Jonathan Nolan, Horizon, 3.0 unweighted GPA
Ben Pieri, Sunnyslope, 4.1 GPA
Cole Wiegand, Brophy, 4.0 GPA
Shae Wilkinson, Valley Vista, 3.7 GPA
DB:
Scooter Bankofier, Notre Dame Prep, 3.67 GPA
Dale Black, Mountain Pointe, 3.28 unweighted GPA
Liam Castle, Pinnacle, 3.8 GPA
Riley Donahue, Willow Canyon, 4.27 GPA
Jack Foutz, Sunnyslope, 4.0 GPA
Jack Haddon, Brophy, 3.53 GPA
Dillon Howell, Cienega, 3.9 GPA
Elmando McCoy, Valley Vista, 3.3 unweighted GPA
Malik Moody, Valley Vista, 3.6 GPA
Austin Reber, Gilbert, 3.85 GPA
Sean Roberton, Brophy, 3.73 GPA
Kyle Spenger, Horizon, 3.35 unweighted GPA
Isiah Swann, Chandler, 4.1 GPA
Dalton Thorpe, Mountain Pointe, 3.85 GPA
Taylor Wilson, Horizon, 3.6 unweighted GPA
Brandon Yamamoto, Basha, 4.0 GPA
K/P/Long Snapper:
John Abercrombie, Mountain Pointe, 3.08 unweighted GPA
Brandon Johnson, Mountain Pointe, 3.7 unweighted GPA
Jack Katzman, Brophy, 4.175 GPA
Noah Pearl, Horizon, 4.2 GPA
Cole Becker, Brophy, 3.92 GPA
Donald Reiter, Brophy, 3.5 GPA
Chase Samuals, Centennial, 3.5 GPA
*All nominees were required to be varsity level players and needed at least a 3.0 unweighted or 3.5 weighted grade point average.
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