The Sun Standout Awards lit up the South Point Showroom May 19, celebrating the best in prep athletics from the past year. Honorees included a coach claiming a record 15th state championship, a female flag football star who led the nation in rushing, and a record-breaking cross country phenom. Since 2016, our ESPY-inspired recognition gala has become the glittering finale to each school year.
Here are this year’s winners, finalists and their stories:
Sun Standout Awards of Excellence: Manuel Saldate, SLAM & Melvin Whitehead, Liberty
Hank Greenspun Lifetime Achievement Award: Karen Weitz, Centennial
Game of the Year: Silverado vs. Coronado Basketball
Moment of the Year: Bray’ana Miles, Democracy Prep
Citizen of the Year: Aiyana Castro, Arbor View
Unsung Hero: Mike Yamamoto, Liberty
Female Athlete of the Year: Ayanna Watson, Bishop Gorman
Male Athlete of the Year: Kenan Dagge, Desert Oasis
Female Scholar Athlete of the Year: I’yanna Jones, Western
Male Scholar Athlete of the Year: Jerrad Barczyszyn, Shadow Ridge
Coach of the Year: Wes Pacheco, Mojave Football
Male Rising Star: Thaddeus Thatcher, Arbor View
Female Rising Star: Danielle Morales, Arbor View
Team of the Year: Coronado Boys Soccer
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