Postseason honors abound for winter student-athletes

Congratulations to Albany High School girls’ basketball standouts Shonyae Edmonds and Azera Gates on earning all-state recognition this week!

Edmonds, a senior who earned her second straight Section 2 Class AA Tournament MVP award in March, was named third-team All-State among Class AA teams by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

Gates, a sophomore who also earned Section 2 Class AA All-Tournament recognition for the second year in a row, was named 11th-team All-State. 

This recognition adds to a long list of postseason accolades for our winter student-athletes, including the following:

Girls’ basketball

• Repeat Section 2 champions
• Coach Decky Lawson – Times Union large-school coach of the year
• Shonyae Edmonds
  • Third-team All-State (New York State Sportswriters Association)
  • Times Union first-team all-area (large schools)
  • WNYT/Ch. 13 first-team all-area
  • Section 2 Class AA Tournament MVP
• Azera Gates
  • 11th-team All-State (New York State Sportswriters Association)
  • Times Union first-team all-area (large schools)
  • WNYT/Ch. 13 second-team all-area
  • Section 2 Class AA All-Tournament Team

Boys’ basketball

• Deavion Springsteen
  • Times Union second-team all-area (large schools)
  • WNYT/Ch. 13 second-team all-area

Boys' hockey

• Alex Doehla -- goalie
  • Times Union second-team all-area
  • All-Section 2 Team

Indoor track and field

• Maximus Boettner – triple jump
  • Section 2 Division 1 champion; state qualifier
  • Times Union second-team all-area
• Adam Oblisk – long jump
  • Section 2 Division 1 champion; state qualifier
• Graham Richard – 1,600 meters
  • Section 2 Division 1 champion; state qualifier
  • Times Union second-team all-area

Boys’ swimming

• Louie Cassella
  • 50-yard freestyle – Section 2 runner-up; state qualifier
  • 100-yard breaststroke – Section 2 runner-up; state qualifier
• Carson Engstrom
  • 100-yard backstroke – Section 2 third place; state qualifier
• 200-yard medley relay – Cassella, Engstrom, Cosmo Martinelli, Ya’ir Sasson
  • Section 2 third place; state qualifiers

Wrestling

• Tabriz Khetab – 138 pounds
  • Undefeated regular season (25-0)
  • Section 2 Division 1 third place
  • Jeff Blatnick Section 2 Inspiration Award recipient

Congratulations to all of our student-athletes for their achievements!