Several local student athletes win All-State awards

The prep basketball and soccer seasons may be over, but several Tri-parish athletes are being rewarded for their efforts on the hardwood and playing fields in the past season.

The LSWA announced their All-State basketball team last week and several local athletes made the cut.

Following a dominant senior season that ended in a state championship, Vandebilt Catholic center Theresa Plaisance has been named the LSWA’s Outstanding Player in Class 4A.

Plaisance was also a first-team All-State selection and the Gatorade Louisiana Girls’ Player of the Year for the second straight year in 4A after averaging 16 points per game on the season.

Plaisance is the first Louisiana girls’ basketball player to win back-to-back awards since Seimone Augustus.

Also on the first team all-state roster from the area was Ellender senior Trevon Lewis. Lewis averaged more than 23 points per game, while leading the Patriots to the quarterfinals of the 4A state playoffs.

But Plaisance and Lewis were not the only Tri-parish student athlete to be honored by the LSWA.

Listed below are the local All-State winners.

Class C:

• Boys Second Team: Wade Scioneaux, Grand Isle

Class B:

• Boys Honorable Mention: Nate Frye, Houma Christian

Class 1A:

• Boys Second Team: Lloyd Grogan, Central Catholic

Class 3A:

• Girls Second Team: Brandae Carroll, Franklin

• Girls Honorable Mention: Lauren Bayhi, E.D. White, Daija Hartman, Patterson

• Boys Honorable Mention: Philip Lyons, E.D. White

Class 4A:

• Girls Outstanding Player: Theresa Plaisance, Vandebilt Catholic

• Girls First Team: Theresa Plaisance, Vandebilt Catholic

• Girls Honorable Mention: Sybil Washington, Vandebilt Catholic

• Boys First Team: Trevon Lewis, Ellender

Class 5A:

• Girls Second Team: Alaina Verdin, Terrebonne

• Girls Honorable Mention: Sierra Lyons, Terrebonne, Kayla Jackson, Thibodaux

• Boys Honorable Mention: Shavon Coleman, Thibodaux, Readnell Poindexter, Central Lafourche, Jerrod Brown, Terrebonne

ACADEMIC ALL-STATE:

In addition to success on the playing field, local athletes have also been honored for their success in the classroom.

Soccer yielded 27 Academic All-State athletes from the area and boys’ and girls’ basketball combined for more than 30.

Vandebilt Catholic’s Taylor Crosby, South Lafourche’s Lindsey Ledet and E.D. White’s Aimee Landry made the girls’ basketball composite team. To make the composite team, you must have a 4.0 GPA.

Listed below are the athletes from the area who made the academic all-state team.

Class 5A Boys:

Joshua Badeaux, South Lafourche

Cameron Esponge, South Lafourche

• Honorable Mention:

Davon Anderson, Central Lafourche

Caden Cheramie, South Lafourche

Davon Auston, Terrebonne

Dustin Arceneaux, Central Lafourche

Ross McMillan, Thibodaux

Class 4A Boys:

Philip Blanchard, Vandebilt

Karderro Dixon, Ellender

Jordan Ezell, Vandebilt

• Honorable Mention:

Cory LaPeze, Vandebilt

Class 3A Boys:

Williams Clement, E.D. White

Jacob Daigle, E.D. White

Cody Bourgeois, E.D. White

Stephen Breaux, E.D. White

• Honorable Mention:

Trey Gaidry, E.D. White

Philip Lyons, E.D. White

Class C:

Galen Santiny, Grand Isle

Class 5A Girls:

Elizabeth Thomassie, South Lafourche

Lindsey Ledet, South Lafourche

Simone Guidry, South Lafourche

• Honorable Mention:

Erica Robinson, Central Lafourche

Sierra Lyons, Terrebonne

Heather Badeaux, South Lafourche

Marcy Rodrigue, South Lafourche

Brittany Rister, Central Lafourche

Lanie Orgeron, Central Lafourche

Class 4A Girls:

Taylor Crosby, Vandebilt

• Honorable Mention:

Theresa Plaisance, Vandebilt

Shikera Ross, Vandebilt

Class 3A Girls:

Claire Cartozzo, E.D. White

Aimee Landry, E.D. White

• Honorable Mention:

Kelsey Sanders, Patterson

Ashley Adams, E.D. White

Class C:

Rachel Barient, Grand Isle

Division I Boys’ Soccer:

Simon Marcel, Terrebonne

Tyler Theriot, Central Lafourche

Mason Becnel, Central Lafourche

Marcel Delaune, Central Lafourche

Austin Naquin, Central Lafourche

Sage Becnel, Central Lafourche

Division II Boys’ Soccer:

Michael Ortego, Vandebilt

Chris Watson, Vandebilt

Division III Boys’ Soccer:

Andrew Toups, E.D. White

David Melancon, E.D. White

Jason Ray, E.D. White

Charlie Thistlewaite, E.D. White

Charlie Smith, E.D. White

Division I Girls’ Soccer:

Stephanie Jordan, Terrebonne

Janie Dufrene, Central Lafourche

Rayven Dufrene, Central Lafourche

Megan Gregoire, Central Lafourche

Brooke Landry, Central Lafourche

Margo Oliver, Terrebonne

Devin Hartman, Central Lafourche

Division II Girls’ Soccer:

Sydne Neal, Vandebilt

Katelyn Falgout, Vandebilt

Anna Champagne, Vandebilt

Paola Doria, Vandebilt

Division III Girls’ Soccer:

Abby Tregre, E.D. White

Lindsay Constant, E.D. White

Taylor Naquin, E.D. White

Vandebilt Catholic center Theresa Plaisance played in the McDonald’s All-American Game last Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio. Plaisance pulled down five rebounds and blocked two shots in 16 minutes for the victorious West team. * Photo by The Associated Press

Jay LaPrete