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Bryte Nielson had quite a sophomore season for the girls basketball team at Saratoga High School. In fact, she seems to have had a better sophomore season than any other player in the De Anza Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.
Because when the division coaches got together to select their all-league team for the 200203 season, Saratoga's Nielson was named the division's sophomore of the year.
Palo Alto's Megan Martin was tagged the league's most valuable player, and her Paly teammate Sara Schutte was picked the junior of the year. Nielson won the top sophomore award, and Gunn's Leanne Perricone was tabbed the freshman of the year.
The four special award winners were all selected to the all-league first team in the division along with Jossy Tseng of Palo Alto, Victoria Liu of Saratoga, Alexa Anderson of Los Gatos, Denise Williams and Jo Ann Alvarez of Milpitas, and Rekha Arakeri of Monta Vista.
Winning all-league second-team honors in the division were Julia Anderson and Tiffiny Tan of Saratoga, Virginia Fritsch of Los Gatos, Chelsea Taylor of Gunn, Phat Dinh of Milpitas and Melanie Wen and Jennifer Marciano of Monta Vista.
Claiming spots on the honorable mention list were Kate Baskauskas of Palo Alto, Kaja Martin of Gunn, Katie McClenathan of Los Gatos and Julia Stephens of Los Altos.
Lynbrook's Cynthia Ting and Nikki Chang and Homestead's Mandy Wald and Janelle Kitasoe nailed special honors when the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League's El Camino Division all-league team was announced.
Ting was named the division's most valuable player, and Chang won the sophomore of the year award. Wald and Kitasoe shared the league's junior of the year honor.
Winning berths on the El Camino all-league first team were Natalie Arias of Fremont, Shelly Baxter of Homestead, Stacy Bolt and Courtney Payne of Lynbrook, and Marissa Serapio of Mountain View.
In boys basketball, Jesse Enchill of Fremont and Steven Wong of Los Altos won most valuable player awards in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.
Enchill was picked the most valuable player in the rugged De Anza Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League after an outstanding senior season for the Firebirds.
Joining Enchill on the special awards list were J.D. Adams of Milpitas, senior of the year; Mark McLaughlin of Homestead, sophomore of the year; and David Ostrow of Homestead, freshman of the year.
Members of the all-league first team were Julian Conyers of Milpitas, Chris Clock of Los Gatos, Derek Brannon of Gunn, Ryan Symes of Palo Alto, and Darrel Birton of Wilcox.
Wong won the MVP award in the El Camino Division. Members of the all-league first team were Robert Rothbart of Monta Vista, Matt Ronconi of Mountain View, Matt Ashburn and Greg Van Hoesen of Saratoga, Mike Sage of Los Altos, and Bryan Ngo of Santa Clara.
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