Late in the season, Cupertino High School girls soccer coach Gavin Goes predicted that his star forward, Stephanie Magellan, would be named the Most Valuable Player of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s El Camino Division, even as his team was finishing a distant fourth to undefeated Milpitas.
Last week the other coaches in the league made Goes look like Nostradamus by bestowing MVP honors on the Pioneers’ senior standout.
Magellan, who scored an amazing 33 goals this season and a school record 69 for her brilliant four-year varsity career, was one of seven Cupertino players to earn all-league honors, just two fewer than league champ Milpitas.
Among Magellan’s many remarkable accomplishments this season were 12 multi-goal games and a streak of eight straight matches with at least one goal scored. She had a total of 25 multi-goal matches for her career.
Teammate Courtney Chan was named Sophomore of the Year by the league’s coaches, while Jordan Amick, Serena Kutney and Hannah Goes each earned first team honors.
Maggie Bell and Madison Malon were both selected to the second team.
Other top honors in the SCVAL’s El Camino Division went to Milpitas’ Sarina Bolden (Defensive MVP) and Jazmin Latimore (Co-Junior of the Year), Fremont’s Jessica Yu (Offensive MVP) and Savannah Melendez (Co-Senior of the Year), Gunn’s Natalie Perreault (Co-Senior of the Year) and Natalie Hill (Freshman of the Year), Monta Vista’s Monica Polgar (Most Valuable Goalie) and Lynbrook’s Kristen Wong (Co-Junior of the Year).
Other local players on the El Camino first team selections were Jessica Yu, Sophia Noe, Leilani Loo and Elizabeth Luotto of Fremont; Claire Yuan and Kirsten Chai of Lynbrook; and Polgar and Janaye Sakkas of Monta Vista.
Landing second team berths were area players Selena Huang, Eshna Narayan, Anjali Pemmaraju and Alina Ying of Lynbrook; Nilvia Ramos, Laura Sire, Nicole Henry and Lisette Calderon of Fremont; and Anella Palacpac, Anjali Pemmaraju, Rachel Poulo and Alissa Patterson of Monta Vista.
In the SCVAL’s De Anza Division, Jacey Pederson of runner-up Palo Alto copped MVP honors.
Earning first team all-league spots were Homestead’s Megan Lloyd and Sophia Stavoli of Homestead. Second team berths went to locals Jenna Acutt and Maylis Bastruk of Homestead.
Boys soccer
In boys soccer, Homestead’s Jose Rios shared De Anza Division MVP honors with Palo Alto’s Wesley Wood. Other awards went to Paly’s Preston Kuppe (Defensive MVP) and Eli Friedlander (Co-Most Valuable Goalie); Homestead’s Jesus Martinez; Monta Vista’s Radwan Hamwi (Co-Offensive MVP), and Los Gatos’ Tomo Nishizaki (Co-Offensive MVP).
First team plaudits went to local players Jared Johnson, Ari Berman, Jason D’Cruz and Franco Martinez of Homestead and Radwan Hamwi and Michael Ligier of Monta Vista.
Locals claiming second team berths were Elijay Semour and Kyle Markley of Homestead and Anjun Amarnath of Monta Vista.
In the boys El Camino Division, Gunn’s Shean MacPherson was named league MVP and Mitchel Arteaga of Fremont was named the Offensive MVP.
The first all-league team included local players Daniel Lim, Ricardo Ortiz and Aditya Prabhu of Cupertino and Ricardo Nakane of Lynbrook.
Landing berths on the second team were Amine el Mozine and Godfried Boateng of Cupertino and Daniel Greenburg of Lynbrook.
