Grace Christian standouts highlight 2024 Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches All-State teams
Mar. 26—With the 2023-24 high school basketball season officially in the books following the 3A/4A state championship tournaments last week, the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches revealed its selections for the All-State teams, players of the year and coaches of the year for all four divisions as voted on by the coaches for each.
Among the honorees are Grace Christian's Sophie Lentfer and Kellen Jedlicka, a pair of Gatorade Player of the Year award recipients who were named 3A girls and 3A boys Players of the Year, respectively. Also featured were some red-hot newcomers who burst onto the scene as freshman as well as seniors who are going out on top on the boys and girls sides.
Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches All-State Basketball teams
4A Boys
Player of the Year: Muhammed Sabally, East Anchorage
Coach of the Year: John Blasco, Thunder Mountain
First team:
Marek Hajdukovich, Dimond; Toby Howard, Service; Layton Nield, West Valley; Muhammed Sabally, East Anchorage; Akeem Sulaiman, East Anchorage
Second team:
Thomas Baxter, Thunder Mountain; Samuel Lockhart, Thunder Mountain; Buob Marial, West Anchorage; Jett McCullough, Monroe Catholic; Marcus Stockhausen, Ketchikan
Third team:
Alwen Carillo, Juneau-Douglas; Mat Choul, West Anchorage, Michael George, East Anchorage; Lok Kulang, Bartlett; Sawyer Petersen, West Valley
4A girls
Player of the Year: Hallie Clark, Colony
Coach of the Year: Jeannie Hebert-Truax, Wasilla
First team:
Mylee Anderson, Wasilla; Hallie Clark, Colony; Layla Hays, Wasilla; Aryanna Watson, Service; Maile Wilcox, Dimond
Second team:
Morgan Ainsworth, Colony; Cailynn Baxter, Thunder Mountain; Kerra Baxter, Thunder Mountain; Evan Hamey, Dimond; Morgan Maldonado, Mountain City Christian
Third team:
Maliyah Alex, Mountain City Christian; Bree Johnson, Ketchikan; Tonya Karpow, Colony; Keelie Kronberger, Mountain City Christian; Jasmine Schaeffer, Mountain City Christian
3A Boys
Player of the Year: Kellen Jedlicka, Grace Christian
Coach of the Year: Archie Young, Mount Edgecumbe
First team:
Richard Cross, Nome; Alex Fruean, Barrow; Finn Gregg, Nome; Kaison Herrmann, Mount Edgecumbe; Kellen Jedlicka, Grace Christian
Second team:
Ben Ambrosiani, Seward; Trey Demmert, Sitka; Jake Friske, Mount Edgecumbe; Jarrett Gage, Valdez; Tino Tucker, Valdez
Third team:
Robbie Annett, Grace Christian; Donovan Standifer, Mount Edgecumbe; Sasita Unutoa, Barrow; Noah Whitted, Houston; Skylar Wilson, Delta
3A Girls
Player of the Year: Sophie Lentfer, Grace Christian
Coach of the Year: Nicole Smith, Barrow
First team:
Ella Boerger, Grace Christian; Kiara Burnell, Barrow; Shannel Kovalsky, Monroe Catholic; Sophie Lentfer, Grace Christian; Carliese O'Brien, Mount Edgecumbe
Second team:
Tessa Anderson, Mount Edgecumbe; Emma Beck, Kenai Central; Sydney Shelby, Homer; Poppy Wiggers-Pidduck, Grace Christian; Kimberly Wolgemuth, Barrow
Third team:
Leila Church, Monroe Catholic; Olivia Jones, Grace Christian; Naia Nelson, Sitka; MJ Van Der Horst, Grace Christian; Bessie Williams, Mount Edgecumbe
2A Boys
Player of the Year: Latrell Lake, Hooper Bay
Coach of the Year: Richard Brock, Petersburg
First team:
Daniel Harrison, Wrangell; John Itliong, Cordova; Latrell Lake, Hooper Bay; Kade McCorison, Ninilchik; John Soderstrom, Unalakleet
Second team:
Hunter Conn, Petersburg; Hendrik Cumps, Petersburg; Carson Long, Hooper Bay; Maurice Slats, Chevak; Gage Williams, Unalaska
Third team:
Austin Barnard, Susitna Valley; Ace Hill, Chevak; Felipe Jacob, Cordova; Rowan Mahoney, Ninilchik; Carter Marsden, Metlakatla
2A girls
Player of the Year: Jennifer Nash, Tikigaq
Coach of the Year: Collin Stone, Nenana
First team:
Bree Chavez, Metlakatla; Kennedy Cook, Metlakatla; Cheyenne Fields, Glennallen; Sophie McManus, Nenana; Jennifer Nash, Tikigaq
Second team:
Ryley Booth, Metlakatla; Raeleen Bradley, Unalakleet; Lexi Cook, Metlakatla; Lily Esmailka, Susitna Valley; Tatyana Nashookpuk, Tikigaq
Third team:
Marie Housler, Nenana; Lizabeth Ivanoff, Unalakleet; Susie Long, Hooper Bay; Kasey Rock, Tikigaq; Sara Steffen, Craig
1A Boys
Player of the Year: Jager-Sean Brandell, King Cove
Coach of the Year: Kenneth Barbour, King Cove
First team:
Jager-Sean Brandell, King Cove; Ian McGarry, Cook Inlet Academy; Dominic Ross, Kake; Josiah Sundown, Scammon Bay; Stewie Sundown, Scammon Bay
Second team:
Andrew David, Minto; Thomas Mack, King Cove; Alek McGarry, Cook Inlet Academy; Jethron Nanalook, Manokotak; Rowdy Tripp, Sand Point
Third team:
Marsten Cappelle, Minto; Michael Gould, King Cove; Marley Kness, Klawock; William Morgan, Aniak; Kellen Wassillie, Bristol Bay
1A Girls
Player of the Year: Nellie Ward, Fort Yukon
Coach of the Year: Josh Cadzow, Fort Yukon
First team:
McKinley Holien, Klawock; Nellie Ward, Fort Yukon; Ida Lester, Newhalen; Naomi Savetilik, Shaktoolik; Twila Strom, Fort Yukon
Second team:
Olivia Harvilla, Bristol Bay; Arianna Hart, Nunamiut; Jane Ward, Fort Yukon; Amara Warren, Lumen Christi; Arianna Wilson, Sand Point
Third team:
Kelisha Gloko, Manokotak; Kaytee Reich, Birchwood Christian; Analeigh Wassillie, Newhalen; Dannika Wassillie, Newhalen; Tricia Weyanna, Shishmaref
