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March Madness: Breaking Down the Arizona/UNLV Arizona High School Connections

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

TAYLOR CHAVEZ: SURPRISE VALLEY VISTA
2017 and 2018 AIA State Champion
2018 Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year
2020 Pac-12 Sixth Player of the Year with Oregon
2021 Transferred to Arizona

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MADISON CONNOR: GILBERT PERRY HIGH SCHOOL/COMPASS PREP
2020 AIA State Semifinal
2021: Mid-year enrollee

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HAILEY GOLEY (MANAGER): TANQUE VERDE
2016 1,000 Career Points
2019: Pima Community College Guard

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UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS

ALYSSA BROWN: SAHUARO
1972 Grandfather Gene Moore played for Arizona
2020 Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year
2020 AIA State Runner-up
2020 Second in Arizona Career Scoring

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KARLIE BURRIS (ASSISTANT): SALPOINTE
2003 AIA State Runner-up
2009: Portland All-West Coast Conference

(UNLV/ Tucson Citizen)

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Andy Morales was recognized by the AIA as the top high school reporter in 2014, he was awarded the Ray McNally Award in 2017, a 2019 AZ Education News award winner and he has been a youth, high school and college coach for over 30 years. He was the first in Arizona to write about high school beach volleyball and high school girls wrestling. His own children have won multiple state high school championships and were named to all-state teams. Competing in hockey, basketball, baseball and track & field in high school, his unique perspective can only be found here and on AZPreps365.com. Andy is the Southern Arizona voting member of the Ed Doherty Award, recognizing the top football player in Arizona, and he was named a Local Hero by the Tucson Weekly for 2016. Andy was named an Honorary Flowing Wells Caballero in 2019, became a member of the Sunnyside Los Mezquites Cross Country Hall of Fame in 2021 and he was a member of the Amphi COVID-19 Blue Ribbon Committee and he earned a Distinguished Service Award from Amphitheater. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com

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