Sharing Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League honors as Coach of the Year are Lawan Millhouse, Santa Cruz, whose Cardinals finished first in the league with a 9-1 record, was runnerup for the Central Coast Section title and made a run at the CIF State Championship with two wins; and Brian Bowyer, Aptos, whose Mariners were the only team in the league to defeat Santa Cruz and came in second with an 8-2 record.
Ben Dotten, Santa Cruz senior, and Isaiah Ackerman, Aptos junior, were co-MVP.
Dotten, a 6-6 center, scored 417 points, averaging 16 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists and 1 block per game.
Ackerman, a 6-4 guard, joined the varsity as a sophomore and scored 443 points this season and 719 overall. This season he averaged 14 points, 5.9 blocks and 1.5 assists per game.
Johnny Cornejo, a 6-0 senior at Aptos, was named to the first team. He scored 243 points this season, averaging 9.3 points per game.
Mateo Calfee, a 6-0 senior at Aptos, was named to the second team. He scored 192 points, averaging 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.
Two Aptos seniors got honorable mention:
- Luke Garvey, a 6-2 foot forward, scored 120 points, averaging 3.4 points per game, plus 2.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.
- Lawrence Ingram, a 6-foot forward, scored 118 points averaging 4.3 points per game, plus 3.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.
Here is the complete list:
First Team
- Kirby Seals – Santa Cruz – Jr.
- DeMarco Hunter – Santa Cruz – Soph.
- Johnny Cornejo – Aptos – Sr.
- Will Shilling – Scotts Valley – Jr.
- Nico Ramirez – Soquel – Jr.
Second Team
- Demeke Smith – Santa Cruz – Sr.
- Guerande Houssin – Harbor – Jr.
- Mateo Calfee – Aptos – Sr.
- Taylor Knox – Scotts Valley – Jr.
- Braylon Noble – Soquel – Sr.
- Honorable Mention
- Michael Bogaard – Santa Cruz – Sr.
- Mosiah Cumberbatch – Santa Cruz – Jr.
- Lawrence Ingram – Aptos – Sr.
- Luke Garvey – Aptos – Sr.
- Chase Welle – Scotts Valley – Sr.
- Kit Deforest – Scotts Valley – Jr.
- Jacob Sanders – SLV – Jr.
- Aiden Nounnan – SLV – Sr.
- Cody Rupp – Harbor – Sr.
- Markus Mitchell – Harbor – Sr.
- D’Rell Hopkins – Soquel – Jr.
- Tyler Haraway – Soquel – Jr.
TOP PHOTO: Isaiah Ackerman • Photo Credit: Jondi Gumz