Class of 2026 athletes head to campus soon

The following West Valley area high school seniors have signed a letter of intent or made a verbal commitment to the following college programs.

Athletic directors, students and parents are invited to email rsmith@iniusa.org with updates and pictures of student athletes signing from ALA-West Foothills, Cactus, Canyon View, Centennial, Deer Valley, Desert Edge, Dysart, Estrella Foothills, Glendale Prep, Ironwood, Kellis, Liberty, Millennium, Mountain Ridge, Northwest Christian, O’Connor, Paradise Honors, Peoria, Shadow Ridge, Sunrise Mountain, Valley Vista and Willow Canyon high schools.

Also, email Richard Smith if any athlete is listed incorrectly or has changed the school he/she signed with. Or send updates or corrections to Smith via X. His handle is @RsmithYWV.

FOOTBALL

Player                Pos.      High School   College

Aiden Anaya                  TE          ALA-West Foothills     Black Hills State (S.D.)

Treydon Baker               TE          Canyon View                 South Dakota School of the Mines 

Tristan Baker            DT         Kellis                                 Sonoran Sidewinders

Rylan Barnes                 LB          Deer Valley                     Sonoran Sidewinders

Lukas Baughman        QB        Mountain Ridge           Western New Mexico

Robert Bell Jr.          WR        Cactus                                     Arizona Christian

Luke Berlin                     QB        Cactus                                             Pacific (Wash.)

Alex Borgstedt         DB       Sunrise Mountain     Central (Iowa)

Tyler Burnstein             DE         Liberty                              Iowa State

Michael Callejas         WR        Canyon View                 Arizona Christian

Carson Callister          S            ALA-West Foothills     Black Hills State (S.D.)

Brandon Catalan         WR        Canyon View                 Western New Mexico

Mikey Cruz                     RB         Shadow Ridge                             Fort Lewis (Colo.)

Colton Dermer             LS          O’Connor                        Georgia

Travion Dixson              WR        Desert Edge                   Adams State (Colo.)

Hudson Dunn         LB          Liberty                              Minnesota

Coran Eley                      CB         O’Connor                        Arizona Christian

T.J. Fo’liefutu  AT          Liberty                              Hawaii

Clayton Foster              C            Canyon View                 Thomas More (Ky.)

Cannon Garday           LB          Liberty                              NAU

Ty Gates                           OT         Centennial                     New Mexico

Kris Gleason                  CB         Millennium                     Dakota State

Ethan Gonzalez            C            Cactus                                             Central (Iowa)

Brady Grizzell DB         Canyon View                 Colorado School of the Mines

Carter Guggenberger DE        Peoria                               Western New Mexico

Logan Guilford              LB          Sunrise Mountain       Missouri S&T

Camren Hamiel           DB         Desert Edge                   Texas A&M

Damir Illcic                     QB        Valley Vista                    Lake Forest (Ill.)

Jordan Jamison            DE         Valley Vista                    Butte (Mont.)

Coen Johnson               S            Sunrise Mountain       Missouri S&T

Lincoln Jones TE          O’Connor                        Western Colorado

Jesse Kirby        S       Sunrise Mountain       Lindenwood (Mo.)

Dominic Kramer          QB        Peoria                               Grinnell (Iowa)

Colton Lauffer              S            O’Connor                        Southern Utah

Dylan Lincoln             WR     Glendale Prep      Hastings (Neb.)

Daniel Lozano              OT         Kellis                                 Concordia (Minn.)

Tevin Marrufo            RB         Cactus                   Arizona Christian

Jayden Marquez           OT         Paradise Honors          OUAZ

Jaden Maxey                  OT         O’Connor                        Buffalo

Connor Martinez         P            Liberty                              Western New Mexico

Jackson McCarthy      LB          Canyon View                 New Mexico State

Christian Mejia            OG        Ironwood                         Puget Sound (Wash.)

Jalayne Miller         OT         Desert Edge                   Stanford

Adriel Miller           LB       Liberty        Minnesota North-Vermillion

Jacob Mindell          LS          Millennium                     Bismarck State

Sebastian Moreno      WR        Centennial                     San Diego

Brandon Ochoa           C            O’Connor                        Crown College (Minn.)

Hayden Overholts      OT         Shadow Ridge                             Fort Lewis (Colo.)

Emmanuel Pagan       RB         Centennial                     Culver-Stockton (Mo.)

Antonio Para                  DB         Desert Edge                   Southern Utah

KhaVontae Paul            RB         Ironwood                         Fort Lewis (Colo.)

Ethan Penner C            Valley Vista                    Arizona Christian

Zachary Phillipps        OG        Millennium                     Black Hills State (S.D.)

Bryce Pollard  C            Centennial                     Central (Iowa)

Rayden Reibel              QB        Millennium                     Briar Cliff (Iowa)

Owen Reynoso             RB         Centennial                     North Dakota

Ah’Meir Richards         WR        Valley Vista                    New Mexico Highlands

Tre Romero                     CB         Centennial                     Arizona Christian

Logan Russell       WR       Sunrise Mountain    Arizona Christian

Brady Scott         QB        Canyon View       Northwestern Oklahoma State

Kamden Segall             TE          Liberty                              Eastern Washington

Connor Shields            S            Canyon View                 Lyon (Okla.)

Tucker Smith  OT         O’Connor                        Ohio State

Paz St. John                    DL         Liberty                              Boise State

Dayvon Standard        WR        Desert Edge                   Oklahoma St.

Brayden Stevens         QB        Liberty                              Adams State (Colo.)

Macen Thompson      LB          Highland Prep                              OUAZ

Zeth Thues                      S            Liberty                              Arizona State

Wyatt Tollefson            C            Mountain Ridge           Minot State (N.D.)

Nathan Unser DB         Paradise Honors          Buena Vista (Iowa)

Derek Vasko                  RB         Canyon View                 Pacific Lutheran (Wash.)

FLAG FOOTBALL

Player                Pos.      High School   College

Alize Arescurenaga-Rodriguez           LB          Ironwood          Texas Wesleyan

Kaliyahna Baldwin      WR    Mountain Ridge    Arizona Christian

Lulu Busari                     WR        Valley Vista                    Campbellsville State

Peiten Cain                    LB          Ironwood                         Arizona Christian

Becky Currence     WR     O'Connor      Nevada State

Ava Hannosh      RB      O'Connor      Nevada State

Amara Martin DB         Valley Vista                    Lewis (Ill.)

Cameron Mailloux     WR/DB      Mountain Ridge     Wingate (N.D.)

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Player                Pos.      High School   College

Nate Blackledge          L             Valley Vista                    OUAZ

Chase Boyer      RS      Shadow Ridge       Park (Gilbert)

Julio Garcia       OH       Ironwood       Arizona Christian

Linkin Hall         RS       ALA-West Foothills   Southern Virginia

Wyatt Hoffman   OH     ALA-West Foothills Curry College (Mass.)

Chayce Mondino     OH      O'Connor        Indiana Tech

Alex Rivera        S           Shadow Ridge       OUAZ

Jack Slight         S         O'Connor          Ball State

Jayden Trubl        S        Ironwood       Arizona Chritian

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Player                Pos.      High School   College

Katelyn Davey               RS         Liberty                              Portland State

Leylah Duran  MB        O’Connor                        Cal-State Bakersfield

Kate Federico       L             Centennial                     NAU

Lilia Ford          L         Shadow Ridge          Phoenix College

Marianne Garcia         L             Millennium                     Middle Tennessee St.

Essence Gilmer           OH        Millennium                     Southwest Baptist (Mo.)

Bryn Godwin         S        ALA-West Foothills      South Mountain CC

Meadow Hobbs           OH        Liberty                              Vanguard (Calif.)

Anesa Jacobo         OH         SHadow Ridge      Phoenix College

Brooklyn Jenkins         OH        Sunrise Mountain       Fresno State

Kaiya Kearney       OH        O’Connor                        Santa Clara

Makenna Kowren        OH        Liberty                              North Carolina State

Alexis Lara       RS       Centennial         Scottsdale CC

Emme Larson      MB      Glendale Prep       St. Francis (Pa.)

Ashley Logan      S            Ironwood                         Fresno Pacific

Tatum Naber      L    Northwest Christian       Scottsdale CC

Brooklyn Palmer          RS         O’Connor                        Mercer

Ashlynn Persha            S            Paradise Honors          Colorado Mesa

Taela Phillips          RS        Canyon View         Westcliff (Calif.)

Cadence Roberts        OH        Northwest Christian  Vanguard (Calif.)

Haley Rouse       OH      Centennial       Scottsdale CC

Lily Rolfes                       S            Sunrise Mountain       Cincinatti

Haley Shinske               MB        Liberty                              Texas A&M-Kingsville

Sadie Snyder  OH        Estrella Foothills         Boise State

Lyndin Swanson     L       Canyon View        Otero (Colo.)

Alexiah Thompson    OH       Centennial      Texas A&M-Kingsville

Molly Whalen         OH          Canyon View       Colorado Mesa

Addison Wiemann     OH        Sunrise Mountain       Rutgers

BASEBALL

Player                Pos.      High School   College

Blake Baehr      P        Centennial        Glendale CC

Ryan Baldwin C            Sunrise Mountain       Saint Martins

Colton Bisson               UT         Liberty                              Briar Cliff (Iowa)

Brock Bowman      P        Liberty          South Mountain CC

Nathan Coutts              C            Centennial            Highland CC (Kansas)

Matthew Del Carlo     P         O'Connor        Webster (Mo.)

Xavier Escontrias     SS    Centennial         Paradise Valley CC

Brady Gardner              1B         Liberty                              Paradise Valley CC

Nick Groat                       C            Valley Vista                    Grace Christian (Mich.)

Chris Harmon       UT     Mountain Ridge      College of St. Scholastica (Minn.)

Justin Lavine        P         Liberty             Glendale CC

Kael Leon                        2B         Shadow Ridge                             Yavapai College

Mikey Leslie        SS        O'Connor         Colorado Mesa

Daniel Martinez           3B         Canyon View                 Yavapai College

Parker Mattison      P       Canyon View          Nelson (Phoenix)

Eli McBryde                    C            Canyon View                 Central Arizona

Jonathan Ostrom     OF      Ironwood         Dakota College at Bottineau

Jake Pacimeo        OF         Sunrise Mountain       Hastings (Neb.)

Jaeden Parks                 P            Liberty                              Chandler-Gilbert CC

Tommy Pascanu          P            O’Connor                        Arizona

Nathan Paxman           P            Shadow Ridge                             Paradise Valley CC

Nate Pearson P            Shadow Ridge                             Paradise Valley CC

Colton Planeta             3B         Shadow Ridge                             New Mexico Highlands

Ervey Quijada         C        Liberty              Scottsdale CC

Abraham Sherrin         P            Liberty                              Arizona

Brent Sollars                 OF         O’Connor                        Colorado Mesa

Lane Stilwell        P        Ironwood         South Mountain CC

Easton Thomas      OF      Sunrise Mountain      Paradise Valley CC

Maxton Weaver   SS     Deer Valley      Glendale CC

Diego Zamora       2B      Peoria           East Texas Baptist

SOFTBALL

Player Pos.      High School   College

Ciara Anthony               P            Cactus                                             Phoenix College

Sa'Rya Bahrke        OF       Mountain Ridge      Phoenix College

Hope Beauregard        C            Millennium                     Glendale CC

Rylen Buchberger       SS          Canyon View                 Manhattan

Carmen Casillas         1B         Millennium                     Briar Cliff (Iowa)

Brooke Denton             SS          Centennial                     Morehead State

Brooke Downs              UT         Canyon View                 Western New Mexico

Charley Enos  3B         Cactus                                             Glendale CC

Savannah Farmer       C            Dysart                               Paradise Valley CC

Anisa Garcia         C         Sunrise Mountain         Golden West (Calif.)

Madilyn Gentner         UT         Shadow Ridge                             Southern Virginia

Ta'Miyah Hall          SS         Shadow Ridge         Arlington Baptist

Sedona Hernandez    C            Canyon View                 Baker (Kansas)

Mia Jacobs                     1B         Canyon View                 Utah State

Olivia Jimenez              P            Paradise Honors          Eastern Arizona

Zoey Kuhl                        2B         O’Connor                        Phoenix College

Avery Mackey P            Shadow Ridge                             Arlington Baptist

Mackenzie McGonigle     IF      Mountain Ridge     Phoenix College

Violet Mitchell              3B         Liberty                              Arizona

Kaylee Pruetz OF         Sunrise Mountain       Arizona Western

Ella Reuter      2B      Northwest Christian     San Diego Mesa

Meghan Stroh 3B         Paradise Honors          Phoenix College

Kinsey Unger     OF    Northwest Christian     Phoenix College

Caylee Walding            OF         Willow Canyon                            Northeast Alabama CC

nevaeh Ward        2B        Canyon View                     OUAZ

Sydnee Williams         OF         O’Connor                        LSU

BOYS BASKETBALL

Player Pos.      High School   College

Kaleb Bowen      W       Mountain Ridge      Benedictine (Mesa)

Keegan Colter       G       Liberty          South Mountain CC

Cameron Holmes       W           Millennium                     Arizona

Sergio Gonzales          G            Deer Valley                     South Mountain CC

Simon Gonzales          G            Deer Valley                     South Mountain CC

Santiago Leyva             F             Dysart                               South Mountain CC

Ryan Parsley       W       O'Connor        Fresno State

Johnny Rios                    PG         Centennial                     Glendale CC

Elias Riley                       G            Deer Valley                     Merchant Marine

Amarre Runyon       F        O'Connor             Benedictine (Mesa)

Romell Shields             G            Centennial                     Glendale CC

Talan Sprouse        G          Glendale Prep         Benedictine (Mesa)

Melvin Stubbs       G       O'Connor        Sacramento State

Colton Watson       W       O'Connor        Lehigh

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Player                Pos.      High School   College

Audrey Bhesania         W           O’Connor                        St. Mary’s

Brettlyn Bordson         G            Liberty                              Mt. Mary (Wis.)

Bernadette Carranza       G       Canyon View                 Cal State-Fullerton

Mollie Childress       G       Deer Valley        Parkland (Ill.)

T’Maea Eteuati             G            Millennium                     Colgate

Jaila Flowers                  F             Canyon View                 Cal State-Dominguez Hills

Danica Lindemann    SG         Shadow Ridge                             Chandler-Gilbert CC

Shanielle Mallory        PG         Kellis                                 Scottsdale CC

Jeorgina Parks-Rodriguez      G            Kellis                  Chandler-Gilbert CC

Aaliyah Rogers             G            Canyon View                 Pima CC

Luz Marian Santos Mas          G            Kellis                  Scottsdale CC

Kiah Simpson G            Kellis                                 Glendale CC

Chanel Yellowman     G            Canyon View                 South Mountain CC

BOYS SOCCER

Player Pos.      High School   College

Keanu Alvarado            D            Shadow Ridge                             Glendale CC

Riley Andersen       MF      Sunrise Mountain       Phoenix College

Caleb Anderson        F        Liberty         Arizona Christian

Zach Blasing        D        O'Connor        Glendale CC

Jayden Evans F             Dysart                               Mesa CC

Ethan Grannis               F             Shadow Ridge                             OUAZ

James Knipp      F      Northwest Christian      Colorado Christian

Hayden O’Neal            GK         Dysart                               Bushnell (Ore.)

Nolan Roles        GK        Sunrise Mountain     Glendale CC

Kash Witherell              F             O’Connor                        Glendale CC

GIRLS SOCCER

Player Pos.      High School   College

Gizelle Arreola     D      Canyon View         Mount Mercy (Iowa)

Kayla Bedoya D            Paradise Honors          Ottawa-Arizona

Rylee Biancamano     D            Liberty                              Western Oregon

Alex Broek                       F             Northwest Christian  Wingate (N.C.)

Madison Brown       F        O'Connor           Lewis (Ill.)

Gabrielle Cafarelli     F      Liberty         Paradise Valley CC

Jaycee Carter        D          Sunrise Mountain       Yavapai College

Madison Coty     MF     Mountain Ridge     Southwest Minnesota St.

Sydney Day                    F             Liberty                              Lubbock Christian

Kendall DeBlanc         D            Liberty                              Lubbock Christian

Jenna Dudley         MF         Mountain Ridge           Rose Hulman Tech

Ellie Fantasia         GK        Shadow Ridge          Buena Vista (Iowa)

Shay Garraway       F         O'Connor            The Master's (Calif.)

Adison Harrell               D            Desert Edge                   Ottawa-Arizona

Melissa Hill                    F             Canyon View                 Converse (S.C.)

Caitlin McCauley    MF      O'Connor                 Metropolitan State-Denver

Ella Peloke          D            O'Connor           Lubbock Christian (Texas)

Raegan Pool            F           O'Connor                  NAU

Kirra Puels       MF         Millennium          NAU

Eisley Raxter       D         Millennium         Fort Lewis (Colo.)

Brenna Riley        D        Sunrise Mountain       Tuskegee (Ala.)

Gracie Sommerville  MF         Liberty                              Middle Tennesse St.

Taylor Spragg          GK          O'Connor          Drury (Mo.)

Ava Stateczny          D            O'Connor          Glendale CC

Katriona Sydow      D      Canyon View        Glendale CC

Charlotte Tamburstuen     MF Sunrise Mountain     Melno (Calif.)

Ana Tamo                   F        Sunrise Moutain      Glendale CC

Emma West                   F             Liberty                              Tusculum (Tenn.)

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Player High School   College

Rigley Garrison       Shadow Ridge     Gaston College (N.C.)

Delaney Singleton      O’Connor         Hawaii

Alexa Washington      O'Connor       Santa Monica College

Kaylee Woodruff          O’Connor         Grand Canyon

BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING

Player High School   Specialty         College

Zac Clark                        Millennium                     Distance           Southern Illinois

Cole Faut                        Millennium                     Freestyle           Arizona

Austin Hargreaves      Paradise Honors          Freestyle           Seton Hall

William Schroeder     Shadow Ridge                             Diving                 OUAZ

GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING

Player High School   Specialty         College

Lili Garland                    Paradise Honors          Butterfly            Southern Indiana

Lauren Lindstrom       Sunrise Mountain       Sprints                              Cal State-Bakersfield

Aubrielle Stevens        Paradise Honors          Sprints                              Northern Colorado

GIRLS WRESTLING

Player                High School   College

Amelia Alexander       O;Connor            East Stroudsburg (Penn.)

Allie Bridges                   Shadow Ridge              Carl Albert State (Okla.)

Ira Faja                         O'Connor                    Utah Tech

BOYS WRESTLING

Player                High School   College

A.J. Lopez                    Ironwood                  Arizona Christian

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Player                High School   College

Andrew Fastrup        Sunrise Mountain          The Masters (Calif.)

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Player                High School   College

Lauren Sherman         Shadow Ridge              Biola (Calif.)

BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Player High School   Specialty         College

D’Lindrick Charles      Canyon View         Jumps              OUAZ

Andrew Fastrup      Sunrise Mountain       Distance         The Master's (Calif.)

Jermaine Jolly       ALA-West Foothills       Distance        Iowa Western CC

Julian Henao          Glendale Prep         Sprints            Paradise Valley CC

Gage Mahn              Mountain Ridge       Middle Distance      Paradise Valley CC

Acie Metcalf            Ironwood         Sprints          Paradise Valley CC

Andrew Martinez       Cactus          Distance          Glendale CC

Jacob O'Dell                 Mountain Ridge            Throws           Paradise Valley CC

Amherst Parsons      Mountain Ridge       Sprints       Paradise Valley CC

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Player High School   Specialty         College

Ryane Ast        Canyon View      Middle Distance      NAU

BOYS TENNIS

Player High School   College

Ethan Hauser       Shadow Ridge     Paradise Valley CC