The First 50 75. Francis Christy, Baseball, Casa Grande 74. Alyssa Ross, Softball, Terra Linda
73. Trevor Reinhart, Cross Country, Marin Academy 72. Sinorti Stegman, Wrestling, Berkeley
71. Sabrina Ionescu, Basketball, Miramonte 70. Justin Ewing, Football, Capuchino
69. Jalon Luque, Football, Rancho Cotate 68. Kathleen Scavo, Golf, Justin-Siena
67. Kelli Hayes, Basketball, Archbishop Mitty 66. Connor Kurze, Soccer, Archbishop Mitty 65. Haley Blount, Diving, San Marin
64. Adrian Williams, Volleyball, Archbishop Mitty 63. Kerianne Hunt, Lacrosse, Carondelet 62. Ryan Maund, Golf, Foothill
61. Annika Jensen, Water Polo, Campolindo 60. Allison Chuang, Tennis, Albany
59. Justin Pagila, Golf, De La Salle
58. Ryan Walker-Hartshorn, Soccer, Bishop O’Dowd 57. Thomas Carroll,Water Polo, Marin Catholic 56. Tiapepe Vitale, Football, De La Salle
55. Aidan Goltra, Cross Country/Track, Campolindo 54. Jackson Miller, Swimming, Las Lomas
53. Steven Farinaro, Baseball, Head-Royce 52. Joe Worsley, Volleyball, Campolindo
51. Stevie Berman, Baseball/Basketball, Saratoga 50. Kylee Perez, Softball, Alhambra 49. Joe Mixon, Football, Freedom
48. Joe Lang, Lacrosse/Football, St. Ignatius 47. Keller Chryst, Football, Palo Alto
46. Kendall Smith, Basketball, Deer Valley
45. Marcellus Pippins, Football/Basketball, El Cerrito 44. Julia Maxwell, Cross Country, Branson
43. Kenneth Olugbode, Football, Bellarmine Prep 42. Gaby Steiner, Volleyball, Branson
41. Sven Campbell, Swimming, Campolindo 40. Curtis Ogren, Swimming, St. Francis
39. Gabriella Cantrell, Track, San Leandro 38. Darrell Daniels, Football, Freedom 37. Erik Montes, Soccer, Richmond
36. Marquis Morris, Track, De La Salle 35. David Hsu, Tennis, Lynbrook
34. Nikko Villarreal, Wrestling, Gilroy
33. Katherine Klass, Water Polo, San Ramon Valley 32. KC Waters, Basketball/Softball, Bishop O’Dowd
Welcome to the first annual Bay Area 75 — SportStars’ countdown of the top 75 Bay Area athletes from the 201213 school year. This is actually the final of three unveilings of a list that had to be refined several times before we were convinced we had it right. Our staff considered athletes from all nine Bay Area counties who compete in sports which culminate in sanctioned section titles. Those were the only stipulations. When it was over, our list included at least one athlete from each county and had 14 different sports represented. All sports fans know rankings are an opinion, and certainly subjective. They also spark debate and conversation,
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which is why we love them. As you look through our Top 25, we welcome you to share your thoughts on our final choices. Email us or reach out to us on on Facebook or Twitter (@sportstarsmag, #bayarea75) The first 50 athletes were revealed exclusively at SportStarsOnline.com. You can access each of the first sets of 25 by clicking the following links: Nos. 75-51 and Nos. 50-26. We hope you enjoyed keeping track of this countdown as much as we did creating and releasing it. —Chace Bryson, Editor Editor@SportStarsOnline.com
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31. Alexa Vandevanter, Soccer, San Ramon Valley 30. Jeremy Sweany, Wrestling, Vacaville
29. Annie Shurtz, Volleyball, Campolindo
28. Joe Protheroe, Football, Clayton Valley Charter 27. Jazmyn Jackson, Softball, Archbishop Mitty 26. Jared Goff, Football, Marin Catholic
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Ivan Rabb
Charlie Wiser
Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland Basketball - Sophomore Rabb is the first of two in the Top 25 to be CalHiSports.com State Soph of the Year in their sport. The nation’s No. 1 recruit for the Class of 2015 according to ESPN. com. Rabb averaged 22 points and 13 rebounds.
Miramonte-Orinda - Water polo/Swimming - Senior All-American named Bay Area News Group’s East Bay Player of the Year after 64 goals, 25 assists and 50 steals. He was the AllNCS Div. I MVP after Miramonte won the section title. In the spring, he won an NCS title in the 200 IM, and was 2nd in the 100 breast despite a time faster than previous high school national record.
Jordan Paroubeck Serra-San Mateo Baseball - Senior Ranked among Top 100 baseball recruits in the nation by MaxPreps, the five-tool Serra outfielder hit .402 with 22 extra-base hits, including 7 home runs. Was West Catholic Athletic League MVP and was the highest-drafted Bay Area high school product when the San Diego Padres took him 69th.
Mariya Moore Salesian-Richmond Basketball - Junior The first of three Class of 2014 East Bay girls hoopsters in the Top 25, Moore lead Salesian back to the CIF Div. IV state final behind averages of 18.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 4 steals. The Pride lost the state final 6260, but not before Moore scored 35 points and set championship game records for free throws (17) and free throws attempted (20).
Megan Reid Miramonte-Orinda Bsktbll/Soccer - Junior Reid is the rare athlete who plays two sports during the same season —sometimes on the same night. In early January she had 9 points, 7 rebounds, 7 steals and 6 assists in one half of basketball before checking into Miramonte’s soccer game and delivering a hat trick.
Gabby Green St. Mary’s-Berkeley Basketball - Junior Another national recruit from the 2014 class, Green averaged 16.6 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 4.2 steals. The Panthers’ season ended in the CIF Open Division NorCal semifinals to eventual state-champion Bishop O’Dowd. In May, Green was named to the U19 National Team.
Trent Shelton Campolindo-Moraga Baseball - Senior Shelton polished off a brilliant fouryear career by delivering his best all-around season yet. He hit .408 a with 15 RBI and 16 runs, but made bigger impression on the mound. Shelton went 10-3 with a 1.48 ERA. He allowed just 53 hits over 80.2 innings and both of his postseason starts were completegame shutouts. And Campo won a fourth-straight NCS title.
RaeAnn Garza James Logan-Union City Softball - Senior You’d be hard-pressed to find a more consistent performer and big-game player than Garza over the past four years. She went 21-1 for the NCS-champion Colts, posting a 0.85 ERA with 6 shutouts and just 14 walks over 140 innings. The first-team AllState selection also hit .412 with 23 RBI.
Austin Hooper De La Salle-Concord Football - Senior A brilliant two-way player for the undefeated state-champion Spartans, Hooper started at tight end and defensive end. Despite only playing in 10 of the team’s 15 games because of injury, Hooper still had 39 tackles with 8 sacks and had 11 catches for 293 yards and 3 TDs on offense. He was first-team All-State and will play at Stanford in the fall.
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Warren Miles Long James Logan-Union City Football - Senior Long is our pick as the most complete two-way player of 2012. The Northwestern-bound standout rushed for 1,706 yards and 21 TDs and was the only running back to gain more than 100 yards against De La Salle. He also had 86 tackles, 4 sacks and 2 INT (one returned for a TD).
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Natalie Romeo
Joe DeMers
Carondelet-Concord Basketball - Junior Romeo finally got her chance to take over as the Cougars’ go-to star. The flashy, savvy point guard delivered. Scored 21.3 points per game to go with 5.6 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 6.2 steals.
College Park-P. Hill Baseball/Bsktball - Soph Has chance to go down as one of College Park’s greatest ever. The sophomore was the starting power forward and second-leading scorer for a hoops team which won the CIF Div. II NorCal title. In baseball, he earned Sophomore State Player of the Year with a 10-0 record, 63 strikeouts and just 5 walks. Hit .373 with 17 RBI.
Anne Marie Schmidt Archbishop Mitty-San Jose Volleyball - Senior No NorCal volleyball team was better than the Monarchs. The Div. I state champs were 38-0 and Schmidt was in the middle of of it. The defensive specialist had 570 digs and 465 serve receptions with just 23 errors. She was the All-State Div. I MVP (MaxPreps) and the SportStars Bay Area Female Athlete of the Fall.
Michael Strem St. Francis-Mountain View - Baseball - Senior Our highest-rated baseball-only athlete, Strem was the most dominant player on the most dominant NorCal team. First-team All-State and Mr. State Baseball finalist, Strem hit .417 with 45 hits, and 22 RBI. On the mound, he was 11-1 with a 1.30 ERA and 79 strikeouts. Tossed perfect game in the first-round of the CCS playoffs.
Gabe Domecus St. Patrick/St. VincentVallejo - Volleyball/ Water polo - Senior Probably the least expected name among the Top 25, but he’s deserving. The Ohio State-bound Domecus was first-team All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Led SPSV to a 36-3 record, NCS title with 502 kills, 265 digs, 148 aces, 46 blocks and 34 assists. Was first-team AllNCS Div. II in water polo.
Johanna Grauer Amador Valley-Pleasanton - Softball - Junior Grauer’s former high school coach unabashedly referred to the young pitcher as “the next Jenny Finch.” Grauer’s 2013 stats included a 22-2 record and a mind-boggling 0.09 ERA (2 ER all season). She had 274 strikeouts in 152 innings, 19 shutouts, 4 no-hitters and 8 one-hitters. An ankle injury kept her out of the playoffs where the Dons were ousted in the quarters.
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Steven Stumph Campolindo-Moraga Swimming - Senior Stumph closed his decorated high school career with five NCS records, four set in 2013. Stumph was part of two record relay swims and also set the 100 butterfuly and 100 breaststroke records. His breaststroke time of 53.39 seconds set the national high school record previously held by U.S. Olympian Brendan Hansen.
Nate Moore Castro Valley - Track/ Basketball - Junior Despite finishing second in both of his events at the NCS Meet of Champions, Moore was undeterred a week later at state. He won gold in the triple jump with a 2013 national-best high school mark of 50-feet, 11.75 inches. He also won the long jump at 24-11.75. He was SportStars Bay Area Male Athlete of the Spring.
Jabari Bird Salesian-Richmond Basketball - Senior Cal-bound swingman was the most electrifying player for the Bay Area’s best regular season team. Averaged 17.2 points and 6.8 rebounds me and lead Salesian to an NCS Div. IV title, 30-4 record, and top-seed in the CIF NorCal Open Division. Bird was also named to the McDonald’s All-American Game.
Oderah Chidom Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland Basketball - Senior Chidom was the most steady and effective performer on team which was the best in the state and among top 10 in nation. Dukebound forward averaged 14 points and 10 rebounds for the CIF Open Division champs. First Bay Area girl to be named McDonald’s AllAmerican Game since 2006.
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Sasha Wallace Castro Valley - Track and Field Junior Wallace followed her breakthrough sophomore season with an equally great junior campaign. She went double-gold at state for the second straight year, defending her state titles in the 100-meter hurdles and the triple jump. By doing so she became the first East Bay girl to ever repeat at state in the same two events. And just for a little something extra, Wallace won her two events as well as the long jump at the NCS Meet of Champions. She took sixth in the long jump at state after having only begun competing in the event six weeks prior.
Marcus Lee Deer Valley-Antioch - Basketball/ Volleyball - Senior Our choice for the Bay Area’s top multi-sport athlete of the year, the Kentucky-bound center averaged 17.9 points, 19.3 rebounds and 7 blocks a game in basketball before a spring of pounding out 185 kills and 52 blocks on the volleyball court. He was named a McDonald’s All-American in basketball and propelled Deer Valley to its first NCS Div. I championship and CIF Northern Regional Div. I championship appearance. In volleyball, he helped lead the Wolverines to a 42-2 overall record, an NCS Div. I title and a trip to the CIF Northern Regional Div. I final.
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Chelsea Chenault
Michael Hutchings
Carondelet-Concord - Swimming Senior Losing out on an Olympic Team spot by twotenths of a second in June 2012, Chenault entered her senior year more determined than ever. At the 2013 NCS Swimming Championships, Chenault closed her prep career with individual golds in the 200- and 500-yard freestyles. Her 200 time set an NCS record. Then in the 400 freestyle relay, Chenault swam the lead leg for the Cougars and set an NCS record in the 100 freestyle. Her teammates were equally fast and not only set an NCS record in the event, but a national independent (private schools) record as well. Her four-year prep swimming total included 12 NCS golds, five NCS records and 2 national records.
De La Salle-Concord - Football Senior Beginning his third year as a varsity starter, and having already committed to USC, Hutchings carried big expectations as the most recognizable name on a highly-touted defense. He responded with a season of 113 tackles, 3.5 sacks, three interceptions and, more importantly, zero losses. De La Salle won the Open Div. bowl game and CalHiSports.com’s State Team of the Year honors for the fourth consecutive season. And then Hutchings received one more accolade when CalHiSports.com named him Mr. State Football 2012 — an honor only three other Spartans have received, each of which have played on Sundays (Amani Toomer, D.J. Williams and Derek Landri).
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AARON GORDON’S NUMBERS GAME
2012-13 points per game: 21.6 2012-13 rebounds per game: 15.7 2012-13 total rebounds: 535 (school record) Career points: 2,386 (Central Coast Section record) Career rebounds: 1,666 (CCS record) WCAL Player of the Year Awards: 3 (WCAL record)
Aaron Gordon
Archbishop Mitty-San Jose - Basketball - Senior
If Aaron Gordon didn’t convince any or all doubters of his dominance during his sophomore and junior seasons — in which Archbishop Mitty won back-to-back CIF Div. I state championships — then his senior year had to be the clincher. After graduation took a heavy toll on the Monarchs roster following the 2011-12 season, some wondered if Gordon’s prowess would be good enough to keep a relatively young Mitty team among the state’s elite. Twenty eight wins later, the 6-foot-8, Arizona-bound talent had the Monarchs in the inaugural CIF Open Division state final. Mitty would fall five points shy of a third straight state title, succumbing to national powerhouse Mater Dei 50-45. Gordon finished 22 points, and 20 rebounds. Which, incidentally, was a ho-hum effort for a state final. In three state championship games, Gordon averaged 24.3 points and 20 rebounds. A little more than a week after his final game in a Monarchs uniform, Gordon was in Chicago sporting a McDonald’s All-American jersey and looking like college basketball’s next big thing. Gordon lifted the West to a 110-99 victory with 24
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points and 8 rebounds (both game-highs) and was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. On the following week, Gordon was named CalHiSports. com’s Mr. State Basketball for the second straight year. He became just the 10th player to win the award twice, and the first NorCal player to do so since Jason Kidd won it back-toback in 1991 and 1992. Some felt the honors didn’t have to stop there. “I think Aaron Gordon is the national player of the year for his success without a lot of help,” Rivals.com National Recruiting Analyst Eric Bossi told CalHiSports.com for their story on Gordon as Mr. State Basketball. “What Gordon meant single-handily to his team was incredible. When the staff members and writers at SportStars sat down to create the first Bay Area 75 rough draft, Aaron Gordon was unanimously offered up as No. 1. No debate was needed. We can only hope to have an athlete make it that easy for us in 2013-14. — Chace Bryson
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