Tumwater’s Gavin Cuoio and Dylan Stevens earned the EvCo’s highest honor from league coaches on Monday, when they were announced as the league’s Co-Players of the Year.
The two seniors helped lead Tumwater to a league title and a state tournament berth, as did senior Dylan Salapu, who was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year.
W.F. West’s Israel Lopez Cruz was named the Offensive Player of the Year, and W.F. West’s Noel Montenegro and Black Hills’ Jonas Versaw were named Co-Goalkeepers of the Year.
Read the full list of honors below:
First Team
Forwards: Marc Avila, sr., Aberdeen; Elmer Torres, sr., Aberdeen; Miles Paige, sr., Centralia.
Midfielders: Malachi Vuong, sr., Tumwater; Adrian Jaimes, sr., W.F. West; Alan Vazquez, sr., Centralia; Gabriel Cruz, so., Centralia; Casey Smith, sr., Shelton; Armando Navarrete, so., Shelton.
Defenders: Avery Hartzell, sr., Tumwater; Angel Espinosa, sr., Aberdeen; Edgar Ceja, jr., Aberdeen; Zachary Cammack, jr., Black Hills; Gage Grisham, jr., W.F. West.
Goalkeeper: Davyn McGilvrey, sr., Tumwater.
Second Team
Forwards: Ethan Badger, jr., Black Hills; Alex Mathuzima, jr., W.F. West; Damian Corona, so., Centralia.
Midfielders: Gibran Garcia, so., Aberdeen; Luke Grunenfelder, sr., Black Hills; Luis Cristian, sr., Centralia; Julian Casimiro, fr., W.F. West; Leo Garcia, sr., Aberdeen; Jude Rauscher, so., Tumwater.
Defenders: Santiago Matheus Nicolas, so., Shelton; Thomas Williams, so., Tumwater; Gabriel Burger, so., W.F. West; Ryker Scott, jr., Aberdeen; Adrian Hernandez, jr., Centralia.
Goalkeeper: Alejandro Arevalo, sr., Centralia.
Honorable Mentions (locals only)
Forwards: Moises Sanchez-Hernandez, sr., W.F. West.
Midfielders: Sebastian Hernandez, sr., Centralia; Elian Ramirez, sr., Centralia; Lucas Oltion, so., Tumwater; Gavin Sugarman, so., Black Hills; Rafael Mendez, W.F. West.
Defenders: Abel Mejia, sr., Centralia; Grady Harroun, jr., Tumwater; Tony Hernandez, so., Tumwater; Colin Bradley, sr., W.F. West; Yaden Quezada, jr., W.F. West.
