Class of ’24 high school seniors named to Academic All-State teams for spring sports, winter activities

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 the close of the 2023-24 comes another illustrious class of Academic All-State honorees, as named by the Utah High School Activities Association.

Those receiving the prestigious awards are high school seniors who have maintained a cumulative grade point average that is at or very near a perfect 4.0.

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

4A boys tennis

File photo of No. 1 singles state champion Max Miner of Crimson Cliffs, St. George, Utah, May 13, 2023 | File photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News

Benjamin Norton, Cedar; Dawson Marriott, Cedar; Maxwell Miner, Crimson Cliffs; Michael Winward, Dixie; Corban Larsen, Hurricane; Ethan Breiter, Hurricane; Logan Sanger, Hurricane; Paul Fagergren, Hurricane; Robert Vega, Hurricane; Antonio Perez, Pine View; Lucas Labrum, Snow Canyon; and Nathan Wamsley, Snow Canyon.

3A boys tennis

Devan Williams, Canyon View.

4A girls golf

Kyla Carter, Dixie; and Analee Larsen, Hurricane. 

3A girls golf

Loralie Pierce, Canyon View.

2A girls golf

Taisley Marshall, Beaver. 

1A girls golf

Kenli Hatch, Panguitch; Lacey Ellett, Wayne; and Savannah Williams, Wayne.

4A baseball

Rowen Williams, Crimson Cliffs; Caleb Pearson, Hurricane; Landon Stewart, Hurricane; and Ryder Harrison, Snow Canyon.

2A baseball

Kutlur Matheson, Beaver; Maddix Baird, Kanab; Hunter Stewart, Milford; Brady Crouch, Enterprise; Sam Rasmussen, Millard; Karson Stauffer, Enterprise; and Treysen Randall, Enterprise.

4A softball

Abbigail Stout, Hurricane; Aniston Hutchings, Hurricane; Emma Patterson, Hurricane; Abigail Rosenberg, Pine View; and Chandler Beck, Snow Canyon. 

3A softball

Gracie Burt, Canyon View.

Brooke Humphries of Enterprise celebrates after reaching base safely against Beaver during the 2A state softball playoffs, Spanish Fork, Utah, May 10-11, 2024 | Photo courtesy of Jessie Platt, St. George News

2A softball 

Lyndsie Pender, Beaver; Addison Nelson, Enterprise; Brooke Humphries, Enterprise; Rebekah Rogers, Kanab; Cale Renzello, Parowan; and Ainsley Talbot, Piute.

4A boys track and field

Cole Hanson, Cedar; Logan Nelson, Cedar; McKay Voorhees, Cedar; Ryker Weeks, Cedar; Benjamin Behunin, Crimson Cliffs; Gideon Willard, Dixie; Colton Sam Fong, Pine View; Franklin Seegmiller, Pine View; Parker West, Pine View; Andrew Ashton, Snow Canyon; Austin Crosby, Snow Canyon; Douglas Butterfield, Snow Canyon; Jonathan Fife, Snow Canyon; and Tyler Mullins, Snow Canyon.

4A girls track and field

Anna Hall, Cedar; Addison Thompson, Crimson Cliffs; Emma Anderson, Crimson Cliffs; Katherine Nichols, Crimson Cliffs; Aivalyn Moore, Dixie; Allee Williams, Dixie; Bryndilee Chamberlain, Dixie; Hali’a Pelton, Dixie; Jayni Yates, Dixie; Mckelle Thomas, Dixie; Hannah Prete, Hurricane; Katherine Jones, Pine View; Morgan Riley, Pine View; Ella Martin, Snow Canyon; Emma Verespey, Snow Canyon; and Lilly Wittwer, Snow Canyon.

3A girls track and field

Jordan Davenport, Canyon View.

2A boys track and field

Jace Hafen, Beaver; Jason Kerksiek, Beaver; Jex Jones, Enterprise; Nathan Jepson, Enterprise; Oliver Cope, Enterprise; Trenton Williams, Enterprise; Sam Rasmussen, Millard; and Gideon Carter, Parowan.

2A girls track and field

Aubrey Marshall, Beaver; Amelia Holt, Enterprise; Karlie Barlow, Enterprise; Katie Gardner, Enterprise; Kimberly Bundy, Enterprise; Acacia Remkes, Millard; Kallie Whitaker, Millard; Addilyn Guymon, Parowan; Deanna Gale, Parowan; and Matilee Sudweeks, Parowan.

1A boys track and field

Hunter Stewart, Milford; Justen Beebe, Milford; Cameron Parkin, Panguitch; Jaycen Walter, Panguitch; and Triston Houston Panguitch.

1A girls track and field

Tayleah Spaulding, Milford; and Shelby Frandsen, Panguitch.

4A boys volleyball

Matthew Shumate, Cedar. 

4A boys soccer

Crimson Cliffs senior Luke Erekson (12) scores against Desert Hills in a Region 9 soccer match, St. George, Utah, April 16, 2024 | Photo by E. George Goold, St. George News

Jace Esplin, Crimson Cliffs; Luke Erekson, Crimson Cliffs; Matthew Thomas, Hurricane; Ethan Scott, Snow Canyon; and Joshua Jensen, Snow Canyon.

2A boys soccer

Gideon Carter, Parowan.

1A boys golf 

Cache Eyre, Panguitch; and Tanner Marshall, Panguitch.

Winter activities

Additionally, the lists of the 2023-24 Academic All-State honorees from Southern Utah schools for the winter non-sports activities of music, debate and theater have been announced, as follows:  

 

4A instrumental music 

Cedar: Caleb Lewin, Eliza Lambert, Irene Hu, Jacie Hu, Logan Nelson, McKay Price, Samuel Palmer, and Trevor Hall.

Crimson Cliffs: Dayson Macdonald and Katherine Nichols.

Desert Hills: Abbie Smith, Allison Wiest, Caleb Gunnerson, Carsen Cooper, David Harrison, Dinyu Wang, Ian Miller, Jenna Brown, Kellen Mecham, Luke Wallin, Miles Jacobsen, Nathan Mathews, Parker Gadd, Preston Bell, Rebecca Morales and Thomas Larsen.

Pine View: Braden Archibald, Ethan Gardiner, Franklin Seegmiller, Isaiah Liddle, Mark Moore, Paris Tracy and Paycee Bingham.

2A instrumental music

Dallin Corry, Kanab; Gideon Carter, Parowan; and Matilee Sudweeks, Parowan. 

4A vocal music

Caleb Lewin, Cedar; Matthew Shumate, Cedar; McKay Voorhees, Cedar; Corinne Robins, Crimson Cliffs; Hayley Bradbury, Crimson Cliffs; Rebecca Wentz, Crimson Cliffs; Ashley Pierce, Desert Hills; Eliese Eardley, Desert Hills; Joshua Coder, Desert Hills; June Bryant, Desert Hills; Lindsay Winter, Desert Hills; Luke Wallin, Desert Hills; Marissa Walling, Desert Hills; Michael Cox, Desert Hills; Preston Bell, Desert Hills;Kambria Bushnell, Pine View and Morgan Riley, Pine View.

2A instrumental music

Dallin Corry, Kanab; Rebekah Rogers, Kanab; Billie Robb, Parowan; and Matilee Sudweeks, Parowan.

4A theater

Kennedy Boyce, Desert Hills; Jalen Hyatt, Desert Hills; Leonora Lund, Pine View; and Paityn Steele, Pine View. 

3A theater

Olivia Staheli, Canyon View.

2A theater

Alexa Brinkerhoff, Kanab; Dallin Corry, Kanab; Elise Donoho, Kanab; Nathan Unsworth, Kanab; Reece Tappan, Kanab; Spencer Douglass, Kanab; Veronika Wilhelm, Kanab; and Matilee Sudweeks, Parowan.

1A theater

Jocelyn Certonio, Panguitch; and Makenzie Roundy, Panguitch.

4A speech and debate

Dawson Marriott, Cedar; Jadyn Payne, Cedar; Lauren Yardley, Cedar; Logan Nelson, Cedar; Samuel Palmer, Cedar; William Garza, Cedar; Emerson Bloomfield, Crimson Cliffs; Saylor Slade, Crimson Cliffs; and Vedi Vekaria, Desert Hills.

3A speech and debate

Lexi Jones, Canyon View.

1A speech and debate

Oscar Word, Bryce Valley; Kiersten Pancrazio, Bryce Valley; Jaren Henrie, Panguitch; Jocelyn Certonio, Panguitch; Madelyn Frandsen, Panguitch; Makenzie Roundy, Panguitch; Ruger Burns, Panguitch; Shelby Frandsen, Panguitch; Tanner Marshall, Panguitch; and Triston Houston, Panguitch.

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