CWAC announces All-League honors for golf
MIKE MAYNARD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 month, 4 weeks AGO
COURTESY GRAPHIC/CENTRAL WASHINGTON ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
MOSES LAKE — The Central Washington Athletic Conference announced its boys and girls golf All-League teams Wednesday. See below which local Basin student athletes made the list. Full coverage of these honors will be in a future edition of the Columbia Basin Herald.
GIRLS
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER – Stella Bayley – Ephrata
COACH OF THE YEAR – Jeff Blain – Selah
SPORTSMANSHIP – Ephrata
CONFERENCE CHAMPION – Ephrata
FIRST TEAM
Stella Bayley – Ephrata
Rayn Castillo – Ephrata
Bella Cha – Prosser
Eileen Garza – Othello
Elaine Mower – Selah
Autumn Weyns – Othello
SECOND TEAM
Mia Cortez – Grandview
Sophie Molitor – Ephrata
Kierra Nicholls – Selah
Olga Sanchez – Grandview
Logan Shaw – East Valley
HONORABLE MENTION
Delaney Campbell – Ellensburg
Marley Kearney – Selah
Khya Parrish – Othello
Alyee Roberts – Ephrata
Cecilia Roth – Ephrata
BOYS
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER – Ayden Kline – East Valley
COACH OF THE YEAR – Glenn Braman – Grandview
SPORTSMANSHIP – Toppenish
CONFERENCE CHAMPION – East Valley
FIRST TEAM
Grady Braman – Grandview
Rhett Braman – Grandview
Owen Denny – Prosser
Ayden Kline – East Valley
Henry Paul - East Valley
Axel Tornow – Ellensburg
SECOND TEAM
Gavin Carl – Othello
Brody Kercher – Ellensburg
Andrew Marchant – Prosser
Easton Stokes – Grandview
Caiden Weber – Ephrata
HONORABLE MENTION
Alejandro Garza – Othello
Jett Julian – Ephrata
Caleb Moberg – Ephrata
Cody Ogle – Ephrata
Kingston Sharp-Shepard – East Valley
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