Dozens of student-athletes from Southern Utah high schools named to winter Academic All-State teams

Detail of a Utah High School Activities Association Academic All-State award certificate, Cedar City, Utah, Nov. 12, 2018 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News

ST. GEORGE — With yet another eventful sports season now in the books, Utah High School Activities Association has recently announced its Academic All-State teams for the 2023-24 winter season. 

The winners of the prestigious award are senior student-athletes who have maintained a cumulative grade point average that is at or very near a perfect 4.0.

“With over 100,000 students participating in high school activities, this award is the most prestigious honor the UHSAA presents to senior students,” UHSAA executive director Rob Cuff states on the UHSAA website.

Following are the Academic-All state honorees from Southern Utah high schools within St. George News / Cedar City News primary coverage area. The honorees are listed alphabetically by school. To see complete listings for all sports, schools and classifications, visit the Academic All-State page on the UHSAA website.

4A competitive cheer

Jayni Yates, Dixie; and Piper Reid, Snow Canyon.

3A competitive cheer

Rachel Arnold, Canyon View.

2A competitive cheer

Karlie Barlow, Enterprise; Haylie McQuivey, Kanab; Avery Evans, Parowan; Cale Renzello, Parowan; Macie Adams, Parowan; Addilyn Guymon, Parowan; and Reese Burton, Parowan.

1A competitive cheer

Oscar Word, Bryce Valley; Skyler Ott, Bryce Valley; Taylor LeFevre, Bryce Valley; Ava Florence, Milford; Jocelyn Certonio, Panguitch; Katerina Snyder, Piute; Kinley Shakespear, Piute; Brylee Brown, Wayne; and Lacey Ellett, Wayne.

4A drill 

Summer Eardley, Crimson Cliffs; Alessia Kirchhausen, Desert Hills; and Kambree Maxfield, Desert Hills. 

3A drill 

Canyon View Talons drill team members Jocelyn Arnold (left) and Alyssa Tullis were recently named to the Academic All-State team for 3A drill, date of photos not specified. | Photos courtesy of Canyon View High Athletics, St. George News / Cedar City News

Jocelyn Arnold, Canyon View; and Alyssa Tullis, Canyon View. 

2A drill

Abby Jacobsen, Parowan; Brentlee Mineer, Parowan; and Matilee Sudweeks, Parowan.

4A boys swimming

Matthew Shumate, Cedar; Landon Stewart, Hurricane; Paul Fagergren, Hurricane; Jackson Rangel, Pine View; and Dawson Gledhill, Snow Canyon. 

4A girls swimming

Jadyn Payne, Cedar; Katherine Hall, Cedar; Corinne Robins, Crimson Cliffs; Maile Bowles, Desert Hills; Paycee Bingham, Pine View; Allana Young, Snow Canyon; and Ava Atkin, Snow Canyon.

3A girls swimming

Audrey Burr, Canyon View; Loralie Pierce, Canyon View; and Olivia Staheli, Canyon View.

4A boys wrestling

Isaac Alva, Crimson Cliffs; Treyson Taylor, Desert Hills; Hayden Wittwer, Dixie; Colton Sam Fong, Pine View; Isaiah Liddle, Pine View; and Asher Farr, Snow Canyon.

3A boys wrestling

Jack Cavalieri, Canyon View.

2A boys wrestling

Kutlur Matheson, Beaver; Taggart Harris, Beaver; Tavyn Hollingshead, Beaver; Easton Watkins, Enterprise; Kyron Bracken, Enterprise; Samuel Rasmussen, Millard; and James Schram, Parowan.

1A boys wrestling

Collin Stewart, Bryce Valley; Justen Beebe, Milford; Morgan Finicum, Milford; Jaren Henrie, Panguitch; Tanner Marshall, Panguitch; Ryker Grundy, Wayne; and McClain Nelson, Wayne. 

4A girls basketball 

Dixie’s Kealah Faumuina scores two of her 27 points against Park City in a 4A girls playoff basketball game, St. George, Utah, Feb. 20, 2024 | File photo by E. George Goold, St. George News

Ashtin Hansen, Desert Hills; Hannah Heaton, Desert Hills, Jacie Riding, Desert Hills; Jenna Brown, Desert Hills; Kealah Faumuina, Dixie; Abbigail Stout, Hurricane; Analee Larsen, Hurricane; Whitnie Esplin, Hurricane; and ​​Kyza Andrews, Snow Canyon. 

3A girls basketball

Hallie Newman, Canyon View; Jordan Davenport, Canyon View.

2A girls basketball

Taisley Marshall, Beaver; Anna Cutler, Kanab; Caislee Lunt, Millard; and Mary Stephenson, Millard. 

1A girls basketball

Bradi Gates, Bryce Valley; Sophia Wiseman, Bryce Valley; Tayleah Spaulding, Milford; Ainsley Talbot, Piute.

Cedar’s Easton Albrecht scores against Crimson Cliffs in a Region 9 boys basketball game, Washington, Utah, Feb. 2, 2024 | File photo by Aaron Crane, St. George News

4A boys basketball

Easton Albrecht, Cedar; Houston Homer, Hurricane; Grant Buchanan, Pine View; and Wallace Smith, Snow Canyon.

2A boys basketball

Brady Crouch, Enterprise; Treysen Randall, Enterprise; Maddix Baird, Kanab; and Michael Crockett, Parowan.

1A boys basketball

Oscar Word, Bryce Valley; Hunter Stewart, Milford; Cameron Parkin, Panguitch; Cache Eyre, Panguitch; Jaxon Westwood, Piute; and Jake Peterson, Wayne. 

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