The Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches released the 2023 All-State Team and Player of the Year selections for the 2022-23 high school basketball season.
Seven Kenai Peninsula athletes were named to all-state teams in three classifications, including a 1A Player of the Year selection for CIA’s Ian McGarry.
1A Basketball
2A Basketball
A pair of Ninilchik Wolverines collected 2A Boys 1st Team All-State selections.
3A Basketball
Seward senior Lena Jagielski was named to the 3A Girls 2nd Team leading the Seward Seahawk girls.
Jakob Kvasnikoff,
Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches All-State Teams
1A Classification: Boys
Player of the Year: Ian McGarry, Cook Inlet Academy.
Coach of the Year: Anthony Ross, Kake.
First team; Ian McGarry, Cook Inlet Academy; Jäger Brandell, King Cove; Marcus Gallagher, Katovik; Stewie Sundown, Scammon Bay; Josh Renshaw, Tri-Valley.
Second team: Ethan Kadake, Kake; Billy Killbear, Katovik; Marley Kness, Klawock; Justus Malachy, Nunamiut; Paul Okpeaha, Alak.
Third team: Tyler Hugo, Nunamiut; Riley Koso, King Cove; Michael Renshaw, Tri-Valley; Ryan Steeves, Aniak; Josiah Sundown, Scammon Bay.
1A Classification: Girls
Player of the year: Aileen Lester, Newhalen.
Coach of the year: Kenny Barker, Lumen Christi.
First team: Aileen Lester, Newhalen; Natalie Grubba, Lumen Christi; Emily Ross, Lumen Christi; Kayleigh Sagoonick, Shaktoolik; Ellah Wardell, Tanalian.
Second team: Marnie Crooks, Kake; Eva Johnson, Noorvik; Ella Phillips, Birchwood Christian; Tatum Rozak, Cook Inlet Academy; Naomi Savetilik, Shaktoolik.
Third team: Autumn Barr, Shishmaref; Arianna Hart, Nunamiut; McKinley Holien, Klawock; Pagen Lester, Newhalen; Ali Voran, Tanalian.
2A Classification: Boys
Player of the year: Joelian Lane, Tikigaq.
Coach of the year: Albert Green, Hooper Bay.
First team: Joelian Lane, Tikigaq; Shayne Anderson, Metlakatla; Latrell Lake, Hooper Bay; Colvin Moore, Ninilchik; Jaylin Scott, Ninilchik.
Second team: Jack Engell, Petersburg; Cameron Gaube, Metlakatla; Jacen Hay, Wrangell; Benjamin Lane, Tikigaq; Johnny Soderstrom, Unalakleet.
Third team: Kyle Biggers, Petersburg; Paxson Commack, Unalakleet; Eric Gillham, Haines; Stephen Nguyen, Unalaska; Jaykob Thorne, Cordova.
2A Classification: Girls
Player of the year: Jennifer Nash, Tikigaq.
Coach of the year: Romona Rock, Tikigaq.
First team: Jennifer Nash, Tikigaq; Bree Chavez, Metlakatla; Alissa Durgan, Craig; Kiara Harrison, Wrangell; Jadyn Lane, Tikigaq.
Second team: Ryley Booth, Metlakatla; Reena Bucaneg, Unalaska; Grace Godinez-Long, Haines; Aryana Ivanoff, Unalakleet; Ce’Anika Palacios, Glennallen.
Third team: Alana Barron, Susitna Valley; Alison Benda, Haines; Kennedy Cook, Metlakatla; Tatyana Nashookpuk, Tikigaq; Alexis Lawnicki, Craig.
3A Classification: Boys
Player of the Year: Sloan Lentfer, Grace Christian
Coach of the Year: Jason Boerger, Grace Christian
First team; Sloan Lentfer, Grace Christian; Payton Gage, Valdez; Finn Gregg, Nome; Hayden Howard, Houston; Kellen Jedlicka, Grace Christian.
Second team: Jade Green, Nome; Jakob Kvasnikoff, Kenai; Luke Lentfer, Grace Christian; Cole Taylor, Houston; Bryce Tucker, Valdez.
Third team: Tyler Binder, Grace Christian; Kaison Hermann, Mount Edgecumbe; Josh Ivanoff, Grace Christian; Utahouse Tui’ifua, Barrow; Ranen Wassillie, Mount Edgecumbe.
3A Classification: Girls
Player of the Year: Sophie Lentfer, Grace Christian
Coach of the Year: Pete Johnson, Grace Christian
First team: Sophie Lentfer, Grace Christian; Emma Beck, Kenai; Ella Boerger, Grace Christian; Shannel Kovalsky, Monroe; Margaret Zaveri, Monroe.
Second team: Ava Brady, Sitka; Lena Jagielski, Seward; Naia Nelson, Sitka; Carliese O’Brien, Mount Edgecumbe; MJ Van der Horst, Grace Christian.
Third team: Tessa Anderson, Mount Edgecumbe; Kiara Burnell, Barrow; Cadence Dull, Mount Edgecumbe; Masen Holmes, Valdez; Miranda Wilkerson, Monroe.
4A Classification: Boys
Player of the Year: Stewart Erhart, West Valley.
Coach of the Year: Chuck Martin, East Anchorage.
First team: Stewart Erhart, West Valley; Xzavier Baker, Dimond; Luke Johnson, Dimond; Akeem Sulaiman, East Anchorage; Jayce Underwood, Colony.
Second team; Thomas Baxter, Thunder Mountain; Malachi Bradley, West Valley; Maguire Hamey, Dimond; Parker Kroon, Wasilla; Muhammed Sabally, East Anchorage.
Third team: Julius Adlawan, West Anchorage; Orion Dybdahl, Juneau; Kash Luce, Colony; Trevor Mahler, Monroe; Willie Zamora, West Anchorage.
4A Classification: Girls
Player of the Year: Sayvia Sellers, Anchorage Christian.
Coach of the Year: Chandice Kelly, Colony.
First team: Sayvia Sellers, Anchorage Christian; Mylee Anderson, Wasilla; Hallie Clark, Colony; Layla Hays, Wasilla; Skylar Tuckwood, Juneau.
Second team: Chloe Auble, Anchorage Christian; Cailynn Baxter, Thunder Mountain; Bree Johnson, Ketchikan; Maile Wilcox, Dimond; Jordan Zackery, West Anchorage.
Third team: Maliyah Alex, Anchorage Christian; Lindsay Byron, Ketchikan; Emma Hopkins, Colony; Alycia Shelley, Colony; Lalaine Suaava, Colony.