Multiple Aberdeen student-athletes named to all-league teams

By Ryan Sparks • November 20, 2018 9:00 pm
Aberdeen’s Emma Green, background, was named to the 2A Evergreen League First Team by the league’s administrators. Green and teammate Emmy Walsh were the only two Bobcats named to the First Team. (Hasani Grayson | Grays Harbor News Group)
Aberdeen’s Emma Green, background, was named to the 2A Evergreen League First Team by the league’s administrators. Green and teammate Emmy Walsh were the only two Bobcats named to the First Team. (Hasani Grayson | Grays Harbor News Group)

A total of 17 Aberdeen student-athletes were named to their respective 2A Evergreen all-league teams earlier this month.

Topping the lists was a pair of girls soccer co-captains — Emmy Walsh and Emma Green — and volleyballer Tamara Corona, all of whom were named to the First Team.

As the Bobcats’ libero, Corona had a stellar season. The senior led Aberdeen with 233 digs, more than double any of her teammates (15.5 per-match average) and had 347 serve receptions to just 39 errors.

Walsh, a junior forward, and Green, a sophomore midfielder, were both named first-teamers for a Bobcats squad that just missed a playoff berth despite being a young team that featured just four seniors.

A pair of Aberdeen cross country athletes won first-team all-league recognition. Sophomore Skyler Taylor took eighth place at the league championships in October to earn first-team status in the girls race on Oct. 16. Fellow Bobcat Gary Sherman, a freshman, placed 10th in the boys race to earn the league’s final First Team award.

Boys golfer Jaxson Larson also earned league first-team honors . The senior averaged 42.4 shots-per-round in the 2A Evergreen League this season, which was the sixth best mark for all league golfers.

Aberdeen all-league honorees are as follows:

Girls Soccer

First Team — Emma Green, Soph., Midfielder; Emmy Walsh, Jr., Forward

Second Team — Nayeli Morris, Jr., Fullback

Honorable Mention — Amiah Leach, Soph., Fullback; Elizabeth Martinez, Soph., Midfielder

Volleyball

First Team — Tamara Corona, Sr.

Honorable Mention — Malynda Winston, Sr.; Kennedy Pruett, Jr.; Jalyn McDaniel, Sr.

Boys Golf

First Team — Jaxson Larson, Sr.

Second Team — Nolan King, Soph.

Cross Country

Boys First Team — Gary Sherman, Fr.

Girls First Team — Skyler Taylor, Soph.

Football

Honorable Mention — Ben Dublanko, Sr., QB; Jimmy Boora, Soph., LB; Wyatt Johnson, Jr., WR; Giovanni Pisani, Jr., K

Aberdeen libero Tamara Corona was named a first-team all-league player by 2A Evergreen League officials this month. (Hasani Grayson | Grays Harbor News Group)

Aberdeen libero Tamara Corona was named a first-team all-league player by 2A Evergreen League officials this month. (Hasani Grayson | Grays Harbor News Group)