Student-Athlete of the Week – Tayten Shartel
“That is an all around athlete right there,” Yucca Valley head football coach Jeremy Johnson said. He’s talking about Tayten Shartel, the 2019…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Keith Hamilton
Keith Hamilton is a star defender for the La Quinta Blackhawks. He’s also been team captain the past two seasons. “It’s nice if your…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Danica Larson
“It’s just honestly a big part of who I am and made me who I am,” said Palm Desert High School cheer captain Danica Larson. You will find…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Jack Howard
XAVIER PREP SAINTS FOOTBALL “I mean Jack is kind of my nickname because Jonathan is my real name,” said Saints senior football star Jack Howard. Jack…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Carissma Williams
Photo courtesy of Shadow Hills/Richie DeTamble Carissma Williams, basketball player and track star at Shadow Hills High School, definitely lives up…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Ty Hershberger
Ty Hershberger is a leader on both the baseball and football teams at Rancho Mirage High School. “I could tell any kid coming up, if you want to be…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Nicky Bollinger
When Nicky Bollinger was a sophomore, she received a medical diagnosis that would end her volleyball playing career for good. “It was really…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Frida Rodriguez
Frida Rodriguez is the reigning Desert Valley League Champion and captain of the Coachella Valley girls golf team. But, all of that almost never…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Kyle Mauerman
Kyle Mauerman has played soccer, baseball, golf, basketball and now cross country for Palm Valley School. He even went as far as to playing golf and…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Willow Mannes
Rancho Mirage basketball captain Willow Mannes has always been underestimated at first glance. “Willow is one of those players that we say…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Aidan Scott
Aidan Scott has played soccer all his life. “I honestly had my best memories with my friends and my family, just through the sport of soccer,” said…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Aubrey Bostick
Rancho Mirage Basketball and Volleyball Aubrey Bostick is synonymous with the word leader. “Basketball, I’m more of a, you could say, more aggressive…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Chris Pacheco
Twentynine Palms Football “It means a lot that people see me as a leader,” said Chris Pacheco, Twentynine Palms senior football captain. “Chris is…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Jayson Bittner
“You wouldn’t think it, but like, I’m a band nerd and also a baseball player,” said RMHS senior baseball player Jayson Bittner. Jayson Bittner does…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Caroline Wales
“I just have the inner desire… I’m like… when I want to achieve something I’m going to do it…” Caroline Wales grew up a two sport athlete –…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Emma Svoboda
“It’s in my blood,” said Emma Svoboda. She’s not kidding… both of Emma Svoboda’s parents played Division I basketball. Now, she’s carrying on the…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Grant Kelly
“As a pitcher, man, I control the game,” said valley baseball standout Grant Kelly. For Grant Kelly, high school baseball is just the beginning. “He…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Trevor Plott
“I was like, ‘Wow, who is this kid?’ He was just head and shoulders above everyone, I mean, it was like, everybody was watching him. He was that…
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Martha Montejano
INDIO GIRLS VOLLEYBALL “I love these girls!” Martha Montejano said. Martha Montejano is a big sister at home… and on the court to the entire…
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Student Athlete of the Week – Molly May
Xavier Prep Cross-Country, Track and Field Many cross country and track athletes pick up the sport in high school. Not Molly May. “Since my whole…
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