HONOR ROLLCALL: Throng of area athletes harvested postseason recognition
Area high school student-athletes — most of the them seniors — collectively harvested a teeming crop of postseason honors during the 2021-22 school year.
Included on the list were several All-Staters and All-Star-By-Class selections.
Most of the salutes happened as a result of a nomination-and-vote process, but in some of the individual sports athletes earned All-State status based on how high they finished.
In terms of area athletes being voted to All-State teams, the list is small but choice.
Bartlesville featured a few Oklahoma Coaches Association (OCA) All-Staters selected by ballot.
They included: Mia Otten (Volleyball, Large East), Aidan Howze (Swimming, East), Amanda LaFrancois (Swimming, East), Morgan Moore (Swimming, East) and Maddie Shelley (Tennis, East).
Bartlesville golfer Lisa Brown earned OCA All-State recognition by finished in the top 10 in the Class 6A state meet.
The Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association (OBCA) put the spotlight on a couple of players. Kent Girard (4A/5A-6A All-Star) and David Castillo (All-District, Region 2).
Mason Moody received the nod as an Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association Class 6A All-Star East Team. Three Bruin non-seniors — Zeb Henry, Brenden Asher and Eric Olenberger — received coveted invitations to play in the Oklahoma State Games.
Pawhuska boasted two gridders selected for the Oklahoma Coaches Association (OCA) All-State East team — lineman Lesharo Wildcat and receiver/defensive back Dalton Hurd.
For Dewey, Jake LaSpisa and Cheyan McDaniel were named Class 4A All-Stars in men’s and women’s basketball, respectively.
Two Copan footballers received the nod for the Eight-Man All-State game — Tyrek Millien and Cannon Foreman. Copan’s Correll Record picked up a spot as an OCA Class B All-Star member.
Caney Valley players appeared on the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association honor lists. Daniel Barham was named to the OBCA All-District Region 2 squad, and for the OBCA 2A vs. 3A All-Star games. Brayden Peckham garnered a spot on the OBCA Academic All-State team.
Oklahoma Union nailed down the most special postseason honors — more than half of them by basketball/baseball player Kade Hollingshed.
Hollingshed was named the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year for Region 3, made the OBCA 2A All-State team, made the OCBC Academic All-State team, and made the OCA All-State Small East team.
On the girls side, OUHS volleyball players Sara McKinney and Julia Barron both lodged into the OCA All-State East squad.
Following is a list that hopefully is comprehensive of honorees that competed in the OSSAA.
The initials are: OCA (Oklahoma Coaches Association), OBCA (Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association), OSCA (Oklahoma Soccer Coaches Association), OBbCA (Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association) and OHSFSCA (Oklahoma High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association)
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OCA FOOTBALL ALL-STATE
Lesharo Wildcat (Pawhuska)
Dalton Hurd (Pawhuska)
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OCA FOOTBALL ALL-STAR BY CLASS
Gage Keaton (6A, Bartlesville)
Ridge Brewington (6A, Bartlesville)
Cooper kyler (A, Pawhuska)
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EIGHT-MAN FOOTBALL ALL-STATE
Tyrek Millien (Copan)
Cannon Foreman (Copan)
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OCA VOLLEYBALL ALL-STATE
Mia Otten (Large East, Bartlesville)
Sara McKinney (Small East, Oklahoma Union)
Julia Barron (Small East, Oklahoma Union)
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OCA BOYS BASKETBALL ALL-STATE
Kade Hollingshed (Small East, Oklahoma Union)
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OCA GIRLS CROSS COUNTY ALL-STATE
Gentry Turner (6A, Bartlesville)
Kenzie Hendrix (2A, Wesleyan Christian)
MaryAnn Alvey (2A, Wesleyan Christian)
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OCA BOYS BASKETBALL ALL-STAR BY CLASS
Kent Girard (6A, Bartlesville)
Jake LaSpisa (4A, Dewey)
Jaiden Kennard (2A, Oklahoma Union)
Kade Hollingshed (2A, Oklahoma Union)
Correll Record (B, Copan)
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OCA GIRLS BASKETBALL ALL-STAR BY CLASS
Cheyan McDaniel (4A, Dewey)
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OHSFSCA ALL-STATE
Gabby Higbee (Middle East, Dewey)
Kaleena Downing (Middle East, Dewey)
Rylee Lemos (Small East (Oklahoma Union)
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OBCA BOYS BASKETBALL ALL-STATE
Kade Hollingshed (2A, Oklahoma Union)
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OBCA ALL-STAR BY CLASS
Kent Girard (6A, Bartlesville)
Kade Hollingshed (2A, Oklahoma Union)
Daniel Barham (2A, Caney Valley)
Haden Fiddler (2A, Caney Valley)
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OBCA BOYS BASKETBALL ALL-DISTRICT
Kade Hollingshed (Region 3, Player of Year)
David Castillo (Region 2, Bartlesville)
Daniel Barham (Region 2, Caney Valley)
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OBCA BOYS BASKETBALL ACADEMIC ALL-STATE
Brayden Peckham (Caney Valley)
Bryce Gillespie (Oklahoma Union)
Kade Hollingshed (Oklahoma Union)
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OCA STATE TRACK CHAMPIONS
Jack Wahl (boys high jump, Bartlesville)
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OCA GIRLS TENNIS ALL-STATE
Maddie Shelley (East, Bartlesville)
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OCA GIRLS SWIMMING ALL-STATE
Aidan Howze (East, Bartlesville)
Amanda LaFrancois (East, Bartlesville)
Morgan Moore (East, Bartlesville)
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OCA GIRLS GOLF ALL-STATE
Lisa Brown (Bartlesville)
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OBbCA BASEBALL ALL-STAR BY CLASS
Mason Moody (6A EAST, Bartlesville)
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OSCA GIRLS SOCCER ALL-STATE
Zoe McCabe (Large East, Bartlesville)
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OSCA BOYS SOCCER ALL-STATE
Brandon O’Rourke (Large East, Bartlesville)
Nathan Dreher (Large East, Bartlesville)
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OKLAHOMA STATE GAMES BASEBALL
Zeb Henry (Bartlesville)
Brenden Asher (Bartlesville)
Eric Olenberger (Bartlesville)
This article originally appeared on Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: HONOR ROLLCALL: Plethora of area prep athletes received recognition
