Courtesy of The Sac-Joaquin Boys Volleyball Forum (sacboysvb.freeforums.net)

ELK GROVE (May 18, 2022) – The Sac-Joaquin Boys Volleyball Forum is pleased to announce the 2022 Sac-Joaquin All-Section Boys Volleyball Team.  The players named to the All-Section Team were selected based on their performance and leadership during the 2022 boys’ volleyball high school season.  Votes for the team were cast by a panel of 24 boy’s volleyball head coaches from high schools located throughout the Sac-Joaquin Section of California.  The All-Section Team is comprised of 13 players on the First Team, including the 2022 Player of the Year, with 9 players earning honorable mention.  The coaches also voted for a Coach of the Year for the Section from among their peers.  We congratulate the following players for earning their selection to the forum’s inaugural Sac-Joaquin All-Section Team:

First Team

Colin Marks, Junior, Setter, Jesuit (Carmichael) HS – 2022 Player of the Year

Vince Semon, Junior, Outside Hitter, Jesuit (Carmichael) HS

Joel Van Groningen, Junior, Outside Hitter, Ripon Christian HS

Chase Schwab, Senior, Middle Hitter, Whitney (Rocklin) HS

Luke Nelson, Senior, Middle Hitter, Folsom HS

Caden Schauer, Senior, Opposite Hitter, Woodcreek (Roseville) HS

Lorenzo Crisol, Junior, Libero, Jesuit (Carmichael) HS

Christian Green, Senior, Outside Hitter, Lathrop HS

Andrew Tanner, Senior, Outside Hitter, Granite Bay HS

John Downey, Junior, Middle Hitter, Jesuit (Carmichael) HS

Moses Gamble, Senior, Outside Hitter, Rocklin HS

Ryan Hardt, Senior, Outside Hitter, Ponderosa (Shingle Springs) HS

Tory Sumbler, Senior, Setter, Lathrop HS

Honorable Mention

Nico Nielsen, Senior, Outside Hitter, Woodcreek (Roseville) HS

Gabriel Biggers, Senior, Setter, Folsom HS

Ben Cohen, Junior, Libero, Woodcreek (Roseville) HS

Brady Mills, Senior, Setter/Opposite Hitter, Nevada Union (Grass Valley) HS

Blake Hood, Senior, Middle Hitter, Ponderosa (Shingle Springs) HS

Camden Steckler, Junior, Middle Hitter, Manteca HS

Keegan Schneider, Junior, Middle Hitter, St. Mary’s (Stockton) HS

Sanaila Batiratu, Junior, Outside Hitter, El Camino Fundamental (Sacramento) HS

Tal Kanarik, Senior, Outside Hitter, Vista Del Lago (Folsom) HS

2022 co-Coaches of the Year – Sara Marks, Jesuit HS (Carmichael) and Toa Fa’ali’i, Lathrop HS

The following head coaches participated in the voting:

Amy Stockett, Bella Vista HS (Fair Oaks), Capital Valley Conference

Andrew Klem, Foresthill HS, Central Valley California League

Jessica Biesanz, Dixon HS, Golden Empire League

Kingsley Claudy, Monterey Trail HS (Elk Grove), Metropolitan Conference

George Conklin, Cesar Chavez HS (Stockton), San Joaquin Athletic Association

Brian Contreras, Pleasant Grove HS (Elk Grove), Delta League

Cinnamon DaSilva, Placer HS (Auburn), Foothill Valley League

Toa Fa'ali'i, Lathrop HS, Western Athletic Conference

James Fanshier, Vista Del Lago HS (Folsom), Capital Athletic League

Joel Garcia, Merced HS, Central California Conference

Jonathan Good, Bear River HS (Grass Valley), Sierra Delta League

Russell Hess, Ben Holt Academy (Stockton), Mountain Valley League

Brian Jew, Woodcreek HS (Roseville), Capital Valley Conference

Rebecca Kinlaw, Weston Ranch HS (Stockton), Valley Oak League

Pierre Lapeyrade, Union Mine HS (El Dorado), Sierra Valley Conference

Lance Mansuetti, Nevada Union HS (Grass Valley), Foothill Valley League

Sara Marks, Jesuit HS (Carmichael), Delta League

Gilbert Pascua, Natomas HS (Sacramento), Greater Sacramento League

Winston Prather, Granite Bay HS, Sierra Foothill League

Robert Raffaelli, Folsom HS, Sierra Foothill League

Jennifer Reis, Manteca HS, Valley Oak League

Brelynn Shirey, John Adams Academy (Roseville), Northern Pacific Athletic Conference

Kevin Tameling, Ripon Christian HS (Ripon), Southern Athletic League

Joe Wortmann, St. Mary's HS (Stockton), Tri-City Athletic League

Additional player input was provided to the voting panel by Carl Wheeler, the boy’s club director at Rage Volleyball Club, located in Ripon.  The forum thanks Carl and the coaches on the voting panel for their participation in the selection of the inaugural All-Section team.