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Smartest Athletes at Coronado High? Girls Soccer Can Boast GPA Title
Islanders place 39 student-athletes total on U-T San Diego winter sports All-Academic teams.
Which sport at Coronado High School has the brainiest athletes? In the winter season at least, the title goes to girls soccer.
Led by the 4.29 grade-point average of senior Mary Grace Braun, the Islanders had 15 girls soccer players on the U-T San Diego All-Academic Team.
Rogerio Mendes coaches that team.
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As the Sunday listing noted:
The All-Academic Team honors juniors and seniors who participated in a California Interscholastic Federation-approved varsity sport and maintained a cumulative, weighted grade-point average of 3.0 or better.
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The U-T and county Office of Education invited all CIF San Diego section schools to take part. Athletes with cumulative, weighted grade-point averages of 3.0 or better were listed—and will get certificates.
Some 3,613 student-athletes were honored in Sunday’s sports section, including 39 from Coronado High School.
Here are the high-performing Islanders and their GPAs:
GIRLS SOCCER
- Sarah Andersen, Jr., 4.00
- Sydney Bennett, Sr., 3.98
- Christina Beverly, Jr., 3.57
- Mary Grace Braun, Sr., 4.29
- Quinci Bryant, Jr., 4.00
- Abigail Callahan, Jr., 4.00
- Madeline Hopson, Jr., 3.76
- Ashley Lillegraven, Jr., 3.97
- Madison Montague, Jr., 3.84
- Emma Pietkiewicz, Jr., 3.90
- Mollie Privett, Sr., 3.68
- Gabby Quinlan, Jr., 3.73
- Lauren Ramirez, Sr., 3.43
- Taylor Ramos, Jr., 4.17
- Brooke Voorhies, Jr., 3.33
BOYS SOCCER
- Nathan Andersen, Sr., 4.05
- Jack Gold, Sr., 3.81
- Kyle Koshland, Sr., 3.98
- Drew Maracle, Sr., 3.23
- Andrew Orozco, Sr., 4.29
- Matt Ovrom, Sr., 4.32
- Riley Peterson, Sr., 4.47
- Breay Weston, Sr., 3.39
- Alejandro Wiley, Sr., 3.28
BOYS BASKETBALL
- Jon Henry Langerman, Sr., 4.24
- Stavros Markakis, Sr., 3.38
- Austin Morgan, Jr., 4.00
- Mike Snyder, Sr., 3.42
GIRLS BASKETBALL
- Martha Byrne, Jr., 4.16
- Jasmine Espindola, Sr., 4.29
- Haley McKay, Sr., 4.20
- Kate Pederson, Sr., 3.56
- Brooke Pierson, Jr., 4.06
- Camille Wilson, Sr., 4.36
GIRLS WATER POLO
- Sarah Alfano, Sr., 4.00
- Isabella Cuellar, Jr., 3.94
- Jasleen Espindola, Jr., 3.63
- Kate Gauvin, Jr., 3.37
- Kat Munning, Jr., 4.17
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