Here are the KYCA/Tri-City Sports Roundup Top 10 Local Freshmen of the Year for the 2023-24 season:
#1 – Zoe Tizard, ERAU Track (Cal Pac Champ in women’s 3,000m steeplechase, 1,500m run, & 5,000m run, 3rd in 10,000m run; Cal Pac Female Athlete of the Meet; 8th in 3,000m steeplechase NAIA Nat’l Meet; NAIA All-American)
#2 – Kenneth Copley, ERAU Wrestling (25-12, 3rd place at CCC Championship Meet 285 lbs, All-CCC Team; 8th place NAIA Nat’l Meet, NAIA All-American; ERAU Frosh of the Year)
#3 – Libby Hlavacek, PHS Track & Field(State runner-up DIII girls pole vault; 7th place in open state meet)
#4 – Francesco Busini, ERAU Men’s Soccer (Cal Pac Frosh of the Year; All-Cal Pac 1st Team Defender; Seven shutouts; 2 G & 1 AST)
#5 – Kodee Karcher, YC Men’s Soccer (All-ACCAC 1st Team Defender; Seven games one or fewer goals allowed; 1 G & 2 AST)
#6 – Jamie Brandon, ERAU Women’s Soccer (Cal Pac Frosh of the Year; ERAU Frosh of the Year; 4 G & 4 AST)
#7 – Nick Thompson, PHS Boys Tennis (11-1 singles, 11-1 doubles, 22-2 overall record)
#8 – Livia McMains, CVHS Girls Soccer & Track & Field (Soc, All-Region HM. 10 G & 10 AST; TF, at D-IV State Meet, 11th place 100m dash, 15th 200m dash)
#9 – Olivia Arvallo, YC Women’s Basketball (All-ACCAC 2nd Team; 12.7 PPG, 88 rebounds, 159 AST – 2nd in ACCAC – 36 steals)
#10 – Mariah Smolnikar, PHS Softball (All-Region 2nd Team; .325, 1 HR, 16 RBIS, 3 2B, 11 R, .400 SLG; Catcher)
****Photo of Zoe Tizard, TCSRU #1 Local Freshman of the Year.
For more details on our Top 10 Freshmen, catch the replay of the June 1st, 2024 episode of the Tri-City Sports Roundup at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6air1dqojY