Mercer Island junior Griffin Emanuels was named Defensive MVP in the 2017 KingCo 2A/3A all-league selections, which were released earlier this week.
Emanuels, who also earned All-KingCo first team honors, helped the Islanders (14-9, 11-3 in KingCo) win their 24th KingCo league championship this season. Mercer Island shared the regular season title with the Bellevue Wolverines, as both teams finished conference play with 11-3 records.
Senior captain and starting guard Shain Scott was named to the All-KingCo second team, while Jack Delay and Ethan Eason received All-KingCo honorable mentions.
Mercer Island head coach Gavin Cree was named the KingCo 2A/3A Coach of the Year. Bellevue junior Andrew Kenny was named league MVP.
Boys 2017 KingCo 2A/3A all-league selections
MVP: Andrew Kenny, 11, Bellevue
Coach of the Year: Gavin Cree, Mercer Island
Defensive MVP: Griffin Emanuels, 11, Mercer Island
Sportsmanship: Interlake
First team
Griffin Emanuels, 11, Mercer Island
Griffin Barker, 10, Lake Washington
Jake Elfstrom, 10, Liberty
Ravi Regan Hughes, 12, Juanita
Aleks Bober, 12, Redmond
Second team
Shain Scott, 12, Mercer Island
Nick Chung, 11, Liberty
Sam Linsky, 12, Lake Washington
Devon LaPierre, 12, Redmond
Bo Moawad, 12, Liberty
Honorable mention
Bellevue — Jalen Love 10, Colin Suter 12, Spencer Berkland 11, Hunter Hansen 10
Interlake — Zack Thomas 12, Gavin Dayment 11, Kole Utzinger 12
Lake Washington — Beau Heimdahl 11, Jordan Richter 12
Liberty — Blake McAllister 12
Mercer Island — Jack Delay 12, Ethan Eason 11
Redmond — Carson Brown 11
Sammamish — Jared Jackson 11, Carson Jones-Knapp 12, Max Donaldson 12