Belen’s Scott, Los Lunas’ Castillo earn district POY honor

Post season awards for high school baseball and softball teams are starting to come in, with All-State selections on the horizon.

Many Valencia County athletes were recognized with district honors.

Belen’s Lorissa Scott, who will play at Eastern New Mexico University next season, was named both the softball Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year in District 5-4A.

In addition, Scott earned All Academic status and was named All-Metro at second base by the Albuquerque Journal. All-Metro honorees on the second-team were Honey Mirabal, BHS, designated hitter; and from Los Lunas, third baseman Jacelyn Baca and outfielder Kelsie DeGraaf.

Also receiving postseason softball accolades were Belen’s Oscar Medrano, who was selected to coach the Gold team in the New Mexico High School Coaches Association All Star Weekend and Patrick Ortiz of Los Lunas, who was named the District 5-5A Coach of the Year.

In baseball, Los Lunas senior pitcher Matthew Castillo was named District 5-5A Player of the Year and All-Metro second team at shortstop.

All-District 5-4A Softball

Player and Pitcher of the Year: Lorissa Scott, Belen

First team: Lorissa Scott, Araceli Franco, Honey Mirabal, Jayda Mirabel, Belen, Cambria Garley, Rosalyn Rael and Lauren Brandt, Valencia

Second team: Jaylyn Boozer, Shyla Rocha, Peyten Lucero, Belen, Audrey Ash, Kourtney Tafoya and Devin Tenorio, Valencia

All-Academic: Lorissa Scott, Belen, Cambria Garley, Leanne Lopez and Jayden Martinez-Flowers, Valencia

All-Metro: Lorissa Scott, Belen, first team shortstop, and Honey Mirabal, Belen, second team designated hitter

All-District 5-5A Softball

First team: Kelsie DeGraff, Brooke Baca, Haidyn Garley, and Natalie Madrid, Los Lunas

Second team: Jacelyn Baca, Jaslene Duran, Los Lunas

Honorable Mention: Aaliyah Vigil, Los Lunas

All-Academic: Haidyn Garley, Madrid, Brooke Baca, Jaslene Duran, Callista Gayle Bertrand, Ashley Baca, Jacelyn Baca, Vigil, Grace Baca, Halie Delgado, Kelsie DeGraff, and Kellyn Lucero, Los Lunas

All-Metro: Jacelyn Baca, Los Lunas, second team third baseman, and Kelsie DeGraaf, Los Lunas, second team outfielder

All-District 5-4A Baseball

First team: Jesse Aragon, Damian Avila, Antonio Gomez and Logan Gonzalez, Belen, and Zaylon Zamora, Valencia

Second team: Ramon Martinez, Joshua Montoya and Isaiah Vargas, Belen. Noah Vigil, Pryce Henry and Brady Hoefler, Valencia

All-Academic: Jesse Aragon, Caden Griffin and Isaiah Vargas, Belen. Zaylon Zamora, Brady Hoefler, Lucas Apodaca, Xzavier Martinez and Yovan Suarez, Valencia

All-Metro: Damian Avila, Belen, second team second baseman

All-District 5-5A Baseball

Player of the Year: Matthew Castillo, Los Lunas

Coach of the Year: Paul Cieremans, Los Lunas

First team: Matthew Castillo, JJ Utash and Jasiah Byers, Los Lunas

Second team: Allen Galaviz, Jonah Utash and Kaiden Reese, Los Lunas

Honorable mention: Isaiah Barela

All-Academic: Matthew Castillo, JJ Utash, Kaiden Reese, Jonah Utash, James Utash, Isaiah Barela, Stran English, Cruz Romero, Damacio Lucero

All-Metro: Matthew Castillo, Los Lunas, second team shortstop, and JJ Utash, Los Lunas, second team outfielder