Zeeland West's Trey Sloothaak named Division 3-4 football player of year by Michigan sports writers

The 2024 Michigan Sports Writers Division 3-4 All-State football team, which was selected by a panel of 11 sports writers:

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PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Trey Sloothaak, Zeeland West

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ALL-STATE

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Quarterback

Carson Vis, South Christian, Sr.

Korbin Sulitis, Petoskey, Sr.

Elliott Larner, DeWitt, Sr.

Running Back

Keaton Hendricks, Zeeland West, Sr.

Kory Amachree, Haslett, Jr.

Donovan Triplett, Walled Lake Western, Jr.

Chase Burnett, Goodrich, Sr.

Receiver

Abram Larner, DeWitt, Sr.

Kyle McGowan, Cadillac, Sr.

Tyler Brinks, South Christian, Sr.

Damon Stennis, Detroit King, Sr.

Offensive Line

Jayden Fles, Unity Christian, Sr.

Darrin Strey, Paw Paw, Sr.

JJ Hirdes, Coopersville, Sr.

Carson Hein, Spring Lake, Sr.

Jshawn Kennedy, Harper Woods, Sr.

Tristan Comer, Freeland, Jr.

Zach Cowper, Gaylord, Sr.

Liam Vaughan, Walled Lake Western, Sr.

Defensive Line

Jordin Farrow, River Rouge, Sr.

Brody Maas, Zeeland West, Sr.

Keaton Abraham, Gaylord, Sr.

Ricky Johnson, Battle Creek Harper Creek, Sr.

Cole Archer, Jackson Parma Western, Sr.

Orion Roskam, Forest Hills Central, Sr.

Xavier Newsom, Detroit King, Sr.

Van Reed, Charlotte

Rece Noll, Croswell-Lexington

Linebacker

Isaac VanderZwaag, Zeeland West, Sr.

Will Stehouwer, Zeeland East, Sr.

A.J. Weber, Portland, Sr.

Garrett Hilborn, Bay City John Glenn, Soph.

Defensive Back

Trey Sloothaak, Zeeland West, Sr.

Troy Temple, Walled Lake Western

Dontrell Dennis, Haslett, Sr.

Nate Stallworth, River Rouge, Jr.

Haden Janes, Petoskey, Sr.

Kicker/Specialist

Caden VanHuis, Holland Christian, Sr.

Punter

Noah Berdiner, Parma Western, Sr.

Athlete

Dakota Guerrant, Harper Woods, Soph.

Max Macklem, Goodrich, Sr.

Coach of the Year

Tom Alward, Goodrich

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SECOND TEAM (nominees receiving at least two votes)

Quarterback

Cameron Gunsell, Ludington

Cason Carswell, Mason

Running Back

Isaac Stienstra, Unity Christian

Michael Dukes, Detroit King

John Herman, Croswell-Lexington

Receiver

Brendan Cargill, Forest Hills Central

Brooks Hadden, Coopersville

Tailen Luna, Holland

Nolan Carruthers, Pinckney

Offensive Line

Zach Kitchen, Battle Creek Harper Creek

Carter Miculka, Owosso

Ace Simonson, Forest Hills Eastern

Landon Burns, Croswell-Lexington

Walt Autrey, Ludington

Bailey Wade, Cadillac

Jack Ambrose, Whitehall

Drew Rumsey, DeWitt

Chris Gottschalk, Lutheran North

Defensive Line

Ja’Quan McMiller, Ypsilanti

Hunter Carey, Lake Fenton

Linebacker

Hoyt Patrick, Owosso

Noah Jackson, Croswell-Lexington

Jacob Miner, Pinckney

Logan Doerr, Mason

Sam Rucker, Niles

Brogan Parks, Mount Pleasant

Defensive Back

Jaidon Windom, Detroit King

Jack Fagan, Croswell-Lexington

Kicker/Specialist

Collin Winters, Mason

Athlete

Cam Thompson, Whitehall

Tyrese Rawls, Ypsilanti

Coach

Jim Webb, Petoskey

Scot Shaw, Niles

Will Siffin, Holland

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HONORABLE MENTION (nominees receiving at least one vote)

Quarterbacks

Evan Abberger, Holland Christian

Amari Powell, Holland

Running Backs

Gavin Craner, Whitehall

Traverse Moore, DeWitt

Receivers

Christoper Battley, Portland

Offensive Linemen

Greg Myles, Haslett

Rusty Klaer, St. Joseph

Tahsaan Lunn, Port Huron

Linebackers

Jace Gray, Three Rivers

Isaac Codde, St. Joseph

Defensive Backs

Jadon Bender, DeWitt

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Voting panel: Doug Donnelly, Adrian Daily Telegram; Brian Calloway, Lansing State Journal; James Cook, Traverse City Record-Eagle; Brandon Watson, Sturgis Journal; Matthew Mowery, Macomb Daily; Brenden Welper, Port Huron Times Herald; Tom Green, Huron Daily Tribune, Bad Axe; Josh VanDyke, Muskegon Chronicle; Bryan Everson, Oakland Press; Dan D’Addona, Holland Sentinel; Jim Lahde, The Morning Sun.

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