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
Boys' hockey
- Alex Doehla -- goalie
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!
