Nearly 40 Sun Devils Recognized with Fall Sports Awards

A total of 39 Kent Denver student-athletes across seven sports have received recognition for their outstanding play this fall! Highlighting the list of accolades are Kobe Thai ‘26, who was named CHSAA 3A Player of the Year for boys soccer after helping the Sun Devils win the state championship, and Tatum Johnson ‘26, who was named CHSAA Offensive Player of the Year after helping lead Kent Denver to the state title game in field hockey. 

So far, 12 Sun Devils have been named First Team All-State in their respective sports: Alden Carlson ’28, Makenna Hengel ‘28 and Tatum Johnson ‘26 in field hockey; Zach Zaitz ‘29 in boys golf; Kobe Thai ‘26 and Brooks Wiley ‘26 in boys soccer; and Noah Bogel ‘27, Vyaan Chopra ‘28, Danny Friedman Valenzuela ‘26, Suleman Ismail ‘26, Noah Landrey ‘29 and Jake Silverman ‘29 in boys tennis. Note: All-State awards for football will be announced in mid-December, so stay tuned to the CHSAA website and the Kent Denver Athletics Instagram to see any recognitions for our Sun Devils.

See the full list of fall sports awards below. Congratulations to all of these student-athletes on an incredible season!

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Cross Country

Honorable Mention All-State

Penny K. ‘28
Noelle Manzanares ‘27

2nd Team All-Conference

Penny K. ‘28

Field Hockey

CHSAA Offensive Player of the Year

Tatum Johnson ‘26

1st Team All-State

Alden Carlson ‘28
Makenna Hengel ‘28
Tatum Johnson ‘26

Honorable Mention All-State

Hayden Agron ‘26
Maddie Bjork ‘27
Tessa Morgan ‘26

1st Team All-Conference

Alden Carlson ‘28
Makenna Hengel ‘28
Tatum Johnson ‘26

2nd Team All-Conference

Maddie Bjork ‘27

Honorable Mention All-Conference

Hayden Agron ‘26
Tessa Morgan ‘26
Mia Rubin ‘26 

Football

*Note: CHSAA has not yet released All-State awards for football. Check out the CHSAA website in mid-December to see any news regarding All-State recognition for our Sun Devils. 

East Conference Quarterback of the Year

Yianni Balafas ‘26

East Conference Wide Receiver of the Year

Colton Meade ‘28

East Conference Defensive Back of the Year

Caleb Fay ‘26

1st Team All-Conference

Yianni Balafas ‘26
Caleb Fay ‘26
Nigel Fay ‘26
Colton Meade ‘28
Tripp Skewes ‘26
Vedder Yates ‘28

2nd Team All-Conference

Clayton Leger ‘28
Seb Meyers ‘27

Honorable Mention All-Conference

CJ Brooks ‘29
Kase Fowler ‘29
RJ  Skewes ‘28

Boys Golf

1st Team All-State

Zach Zaitz ‘29

Second Team All-State

Johnny Eisinger  ‘26

1st Team All-Conference

Johnny Eisinger  ‘26
Riahn Singh ‘26
Zach Zaitz ‘29

2nd Team All-Conference

Chase Kakel ‘28
Nathan Tickle ‘26

Boys Soccer

CHSAA 3A Player of the Year

Kobe Thai ‘26

1st Team All-State

Kobe Thai ‘26
Brooks Wiley ‘26

1st Team All-Conference

Kobe Thai ‘26
Brooks Wiley ‘26

2nd Team All-Conference

Max Baker ‘27
Josiah Seyoum ‘26

Honorable Mention All-Conference

Kian Keshavarz ‘26

Boys Tennis

1st Team All-State

Noah Bogel ‘27 (No. 1 Singles)
Vyaan Chopra ‘28 (No. 3 Singles)
Danny Friedman Valenzuela ‘26 (No. 4 Doubles)
Suleman Ismail ‘26 (No. 4 Doubles)
Noah Landrey ‘29 (No. 2 Doubles)
Jake Silverman ‘29 (No. 2 Doubles)

2nd Team All-State

Liam O’Drobinak ‘26

Volleyball

Honorable Mention All-State & 2nd Team All-Conference

Austin Duncan ‘26

Honorable Mention All-Conference

Valana Thompson ‘26