The 2024 All-West Valley Preps baseball team

This is the 11th year West Valley Preps has announced honors for the best baseball players it covers in the Northwest Valley. The player can be on the team for his secondary position. This year, we added a fourth pitcher to each team.

Here is the 2024 All West Valley Preps baseball team:

First Team

C – Landen Sloan (Junior) Estrella Foothills
1B – William Strand (Junior) Centennial
2B – Connor Mayer (Senior) Sunrise Mountain
SS – Luke DeWitt (Senior) Canyon View
3B – Bryan Lorenz (Senior) Northwest Christian
OF – Ky McGary (Senior) O’Connor
OF – Alec Schaeffer (Sophomore) Estrella Foothills
OF – Jacob Croxford (Senior) Liberty
UT – Braden Watson (Junior) Liberty
P – Gerardo Gonzalez (Senior) Liberty
P – Smith Bailey (Senior) Mountain Ridge
P – Cody Stoller (Junior) O’Connor
P – Cody Rollings (Senior) Estrella Foothills

Second Team

C – Joe Forbes (Junior) Mountain Ridge
1F – Jake Sanko (Senior) O’Connor
2B – David Daniels (Junior) Centennial
SS – Brock De Battista (Senior) Estrella Foothills
3B – Aiden Maselli (Senior) O’Connor
OF – Gunnar Penzkover (Senior) Northwest Christian
OF – Jacob Moreno (Senior) Dysart
OF – Logan Guilford (Sophomore) Sunrise Mountain
UT – Dylan English (Senior) Deer Valley
P - Bryce Madison (Junior) Sunrise Mountain
P – Trot Simms (Senior) Northwest Christian
P – Tanner Theall (Senior) Deer Valley
P – Michael Nicolini Jr. (Junior) Paradise Honors

Underclassmen to watch: Blake Baehr, 1B/P, (Sophomore), Centennial; Lucas Baughman, UT, (Sophomore), Mountain Ridge; Hunter Day, C, (Freshman), O'Connor; Chase Heid, OF, (Freshman), Sunrise Mountain; Andrew Hohmann, 1B, (Freshman), Mountain Ridge; Jaylen Jimenez, P, (Freshman), O'Connor;  Ayden McGinnis, OF/P, (Freshman), Sunrise Mountain; Abram Sherrin, IF/P, (Sophomore), Liberty; Bobby Villa, SS/2B, (Freshman). Centennial; Cameron Waddell, OF, (Sophomore), Deer Valley; Maxton Weaver, OF, (Sophomore), Deer Valley.

Player of the year

Gerardo Gonzalez, Liberty
Runner-up: Cody Rollings, Estrella Foothills
Second runner-up: Cody Stoller, O’Connor

Coach of the year

Michael Deardoff, Sunrise Mountain

First runner-up: Greg Rice, Deer Valley
Second runner-up: Chris Raymond, Liberty