We are the Champions: Shoreline City Council honors student athletes

Kings Boys Basketball won the 1A state Championship
Photo courtesy City of Shoreline 

On June 13, the Shoreline City Council recognized State champion student athletes from Shorecrest, High School, Shorewood High School, King’s School, and Shoreline Christian School. The Council recognized their outstanding accomplishments in competing in Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) State Championships and achieving 1st Place in their respective sports.

Shoreline State Champions:

King’s School Boys Basketball team won the 1A State Championship. Teammembers are Dawson Porcello, Christian Lopez, Cole Mitchell, Koa Wilkins, Josh Frohardt, Johnny Foley, Davis Doerr, Zander Evans, Karson Dreher, Corey Kispert, Luke Wicks, Sam Echelbarger, Chewy Zevenbergen, Taylor Schoenfeld and Coaches Rick Skeen, Scott Boyce, Ryan Hoff, Adam Shildmyer, Dave Gerig, and Eddie Stinson.

Shorecrest Girls Basketball won the 2A State Championship
Photo courtesy City of Shoreline

Shorecrest High School Girls Basketball Team won the 2A State Championship. Teammembers are Laura Hoover, Amanda Kagarabi, Indira Ensign, Wurrie Njadoe, Ari Rantz, Jazlyn Owens, Julia Strand, Ronna Iverson, Shelby Gresch, Sheridan Stephenson, Uju Chibuogwu, and Head Coach Dori Monson and Assistant Coach Ed Baren.

Shorecrest Hip Hop finished in 1st Place
in the 2A State Championships
Photo courtesy City of Shoreline

Shorecrest High School Hip Hop Team finished in 1st Place in the 2A State Championship. Teammembers are Annie Cha, Keelie Frisk, Manahil Atiq, Alayna Moffat, Christian Burke, Clara Grantier, Jaimia Plancich, Jeffrey Freitag, Katie Wong, Keith Echague, Meagan Brooksbank, Mya Torres-Norton, Natalie Torres, Noel Basilio, Olivia Makennan, Rylie Roufs, Tommy Mac, Trinity Howell, Yori Bolonduro, and Coaches Rex Kinney and John Roque.

Shorecrest High School Swim Team members won the following State Championship Individual Events: Grant Heisey 200 yard freestyle and 500 yard freestyle; Gunnar Ruud 50 yard freestyle; James Buchanan 100 yard backstroke; and Samuel Devos, Daniel Zevenbergen, and Gunnar 200 yard freestyle relay. Coaching staff include Head Coach Scott Kelley, Assistant Coach Eric Joy, and Dive Coach Matt Merchel.

Shorecrest High School Girls Track Team won the 2A State Championship with Shorecrest Senior Wurrie Njadoe winning the Long Jump, 100 and 200-meter races. Teammembers are Ronna Iverson, Isabella Berntsen, Lauren Block, Ami Njadoe, Lillian Visser, Amanda Kagarabi, Sydney Brandt, Sophia Viviano, Wurrie Njadoe, and Head Coach Brandon Christensen, and Assistants Brad Upton, Juli VanPelt, Sheri Goodwin and Michael Osborne.

Shorewood Junior Devan Kirk won the 800 meter race and Shorewood Senior Chris Diaz won the 110 meter high hurdles race at the State Track Championships Coaching staff includes Paul Villanueva and Miles Mason

Shoreline Christian School Senior Tyrell Bonner won the 1B 800, 1600 and 3,200 meter State Track Championships. Coaching staff include Headcoach Tim Visser, and Assistant Coaches Nathan Weiford, Sarah Vermeer, and Colin Webb.

King’s School Caleb Perry won the 1A 100-meter State Track Championship. Coach staffing included Headcoach Daunte Gouge, and Assistant Coaches Jon Hubbell, Dan Blackmer, Brent Woodham, Lancelot Wright, Rod Wilcox, Tony Yakovich, Ryan Brown, and Alex Tilley.

King’s School Boys Golf Team won the 1A State Championship for the 6th time. Teammembers are Oscoar Chen, Karson Dreher, Grayson Giboney, Tyler Kim, JackRyan O'Neil, Tayden MacDonald, Isaac Wattum, Cole Critchlow, Alex Lundberg, Ryan Sumida, Cooper Wright, Jordan Yang, Dawson Porcello, Aden Paris, Mason Rosenau, and Director of Golf Myrle Carner, Headcoach Nelson Knight and Coach Taylor Ericikson.

King’s School Hannah Roh won the State Championship and the King’s Girls Golf Team won the 1A State Championship for the 3rd year in a row. Teammembers are Emily Burdett, Anna Doepp, Hannah Roh, Veronica James, Elle Mason, Tori Phillips, Bon Tangpoolcharoen, and Headcoach Simonette Sancho.

Shorecrest High School Boys Tennis Doubles Team of Daniel Wacker and Faiz Khan won the 3A State Championship. Coaching staff include Varsity Coach Rob Mann and JV Coach Chad Frisk.