Stoneman Douglas sweeps Mr. Baseball and Coach of Year awards

Stoneman Douglas High School swept the state’s top baseball honors under the Florida Dairy Farmers banner.

Senior outfielder Roman Anthony of Douglas High School was selected as the Florida Dairy Farmers 2022 Mr. Baseball following a final round of voting by a statewide panel of high school baseball coaches and media representatives.

Anthony, who signed to play baseball at the University of Mississippi, led his team to the Class 7A state championship with a .520 batting average, 14 doubles, 10 home runs, 36 runs and 40 RBI.

Previously selected the Class 7A Player of the Year, Anthony tallied 159 points and garnered 13 of the 20 first-place votes in winning this year’s overall award.

Finishing as runner-up was Class 2A POY Bradley

Hodges of (Orange Park) St. Johns Country Day (88), while Class 5A POY Wes Mendes of (Tampa) Jesuit finished third (60).

COACH OF THE YEAR

Todd Fitz-Gerald of Stoneman Douglas was named the Florida Dairy Farmers 2022 Baseball Coach of the Year.

(Back-to-back winner) Fitz-Gerald, who was also named the state’s top coach in 2021, guided his team to a 30-2 record and its second straight Class 7A state championship. In 11 years at Douglas, he has posted a 226-55 record with three state titles (2016, 2021-22). His career record of 476-121 includes a 10-year stint at Plantation-American Heritage where he won a state title (2008) and had two other Final Four appearances (2002 and 2009).

Previously selected as the Class 7A COY, FitzGerald won the overall award with 16 first-place votes and 184 points to finish ahead of Class 4A COY Clint Montgomery of (Cape Coral) Island Coast (96) and Class 6A COY Ralph Suarez of Doral Academy (80). They were followed in the voting by Class 1A COY Jeromy Powell of (Bonifay) Holmes County (26),

Class 2A COY Chris Cuadra of Miami Christian (17), Class 5A COY Miguel Menendez of (Tampa) Jesuit (15) and Class 3A COY Brian Campbell of North Broward Prep (12).

SOFTBALL STATE HONORS

Alyssa Zabala of Doral Academy finished third in the Class 6A Softball Player of the Year voting, in association with the Florida Dairy Farmers.

Willie Viruet of Doral Academy was runner-up for Class 6A Coach of the Year honors.

Yahaira Williams of Key West was third in the Class 4A Player of the Year voting. Jason Garcia of Key West was third for

Class 4A Coach of the Year honors.

TRACK & FIELD STATE HONORS

There are four finalists for the 2022 Miss Track Award in association with the Florida Dairy Farmers. Two are from the area. Jassani Carter, a Flanagan senior, is the Class 4A Track Athlete of the Year.

She repeated as both the 100-meter (11.59) and 200-meter (23.43) state champion, becoming the first Broward County athlete to win back-toback titles in the two events since Olympic champion Sanya Richards pulled off the feat in 19992000. Carter has signed with the University of Southern California.

Alyssa Jones, a Southridge senior, is the Class 3A Track Athlete of the Year.

She completed her high school career by becoming the sixth athlete in state history to win four championships in the same year. She won her third straight high jump title, repeated in both the 100 meters and long jump and added the 200-meter title to finish with eight individual titles in her career. She has signed with Stanford University.

Miami Northwestern's Carmen Jackson, the Class 3A Coach of the Year, is a finalist for Girls’ Track Coach of the Year. She led her team to its 13th consecutive state title and

18th title overall with a repeat win over runner-up Southridge (94-76). The championship extended the state record for most consecutive titles.

There are four finalists for the 2022 Mr. Track Award in association with the Florida Dairy Farmers.

Kyvon Tatham, a Pembroke Pines Charter senior, is one of them. He is the Class 3A Track Athlete of the Year, sweeping the long jump (23-10 ¼) and triple jump (48-11) state titles.

The four finalists for

Boys’ Track Coach of the Year honors include St. Thomas Aquinas’ Alex Armenteros, the Class 3A Coach of the Year. He guided the Raiders to their first state title since 2014 by edging 2021 champion Dillard, 62-61, after winning the closing 1,600meter relay.

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