Seven Lady Griffins Named to All-County Teams

Editor's note: The following is a statement by Los Alamitos High School Griffins Lacrosse.

The Los Al Girls Varsity team continues to win on and off the field, with seven girls from this season’s Southern Section Championship team earning All-County honors.

Four girls were named to the First Team, including Julie Crowell, Keaton Otake, Sophia Aragon and Kat Moretta.  In addition, Grace Schmidt-Beck, Caitlin Derry and Haley Fessenden earned Second Team honors.  Members of the First Team are now eligible for U.S. Lacrosse’s All-American Awards.

The Griffins also placed seven girls on All-Sunset League teams as well.  Top honors as the Sunset League MVP went to Keaton Otake.  She was joined by Julie Crowell, Sophia Aragon and Gaby Fukumura on the First Team.  Second Team All-Sunset honors went to Caitlin Derry, Haley Fessenden and Grace Schmidt-Beck.

Several team awards were also announced at the Girls Banquet held on May 22.  Here’s a list of those awardees:

GIRLS VARSITY

Player of the Year – Keaton Otake

Offensive MVP – Caitlin Derry

Defensive Player of the Year – Sophia Aragon

Unsung Hero – Meghan Cassedy

Rookie of the Year – Dom Loney

Scholar Athlete – Sara Leontis

GIRLS JV

Most Valuable Player – Neely Oefterling

Coach’s Award – Jess Hansen

GIRLS FROSH-SOPH

Most Valuable Player – Emily Hansen

Coach’s Award – Emily Jackson

Overall, the program accomplished another impressive milestone, with 54 percent of the girls in the program earning Scholar Athlete status with a GPA of 3.5 and above.  This included 6 of 18 Frosh-Soph players, 8 out of 19 JV players and a whopping 19 out of 24 varsity players for a total of 33 out of 61 players in the program.