Predicting end of year awards in 6A Region: Southwest
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We are all still hopeful that the HS season will happen. If it does take place in the fall or maybe even the spring, I want to take a look at way too early predictions of the end of the…
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Continue ReadingWe are all still hopeful that the HS season will happen. If it does take place in the fall or maybe even the spring, I want to take a look at way too early predictions of the end of the season awards. Always a fun exercise and we all know there will be players that rise up that were unexpected.
Let’s move over to the 6A Southwest region predictions:
Region Player of the Year: Carson Basham Carson Basham 6'10" | C AZ Compass Prep | 2021 State AZ (Sunnyslope)
Region Offensive Player of the Year: Oakland Fort Oakland Fort 5'9" | PG Sunnyslope | 2022 State AZ (Sunnyslope)
Region Defensive Player of the Year: Elijah Thomas Elijah Thomas 6'5" | SF Skyline Prep | 2022 AZ (Valley Vista)
Breakout Region Player of the Year: Elijah Saunders Elijah Saunders 6'8" | PF Sunnyslope | 2022 State AZ (Sunnyslope)
‘Sleeper’ Breakout Region Player of the Year: Michael Harris Michael Harris 6'3" | SG Westview | 2021 State AZ (Westview)
‘Deep Sleeper’ Breakout Region Player of the Year: Luke Arington Luke Arington 6'3" | SG Shadow Ridge | 2022 State AZ (Shadow Ridge)
Underclassmen Region Player of the Year: Aadem Isai Aadem Isai 6'1" | PG Valley Vista | 2023 State AZ (Valley Vista)
‘Sleeper’ Underclassmen Region Player of the Year: Vari Hogan (Tolleson)
All-Region 1st Team:
Carson Basham Carson Basham 6'10" | C AZ Compass Prep | 2021 State AZ (Sunnyslope)
Oakland Fort Oakland Fort 5'9" | PG Sunnyslope | 2022 State AZ (Sunnyslope)
Michael Harris Michael Harris 6'3" | SG Westview | 2021 State AZ (Westview)
Grady Lewis Grady Lewis 6'7" | PF Sunnyslope | 2021 State AZ (Sunnyslope)
Michael Parris (Tolleson)
Elijah Thomas Elijah Thomas 6'5" | SF Skyline Prep | 2022 AZ (Valley Vista)
All-Region 2nd Team:
Luke Arington Luke Arington 6'3" | SG Shadow Ridge | 2022 State AZ (Shadow Ridge)
Dominic Garza Dominic Garza 6'1" | PG Shadow Ridge | 2022 State AZ (Shadow Ridge)
Demari Hackett Demari Hackett 6'5" | PF Valley Vista | 2021 State AZ (Valley Vista)
Vari Hogan (Tolleson)
Aadem Isai Aadem Isai 6'1" | PG Valley Vista | 2023 State AZ (Valley Vista)
Elijah Saunders Elijah Saunders 6'8" | PF Sunnyslope | 2022 State AZ (Sunnyslope)
Honorable-Mentions:
Malcolm Alexa Malcolm Alexa 5'10" | PG Sunnyslope | 2020 State AZ (Sunnyslope)
Kaleb Felix (Copper Canyon)
Ray Greer Ray Greer 5'9" | PG online | 2023 State AZ (Tolleson)
Didier Iradukunda (Copper Canyon)
Chris Llamas (Copper Canyon)
Andre Norris (Westview)
Javon Staples-Howard (Shadow Ridge)