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CHARLESTON -- Buckhannon-Upshur's Jerin Westfall has earned a spot on the West Virginia Sports Writers Association Class AAAA all-state second team.
Westfall, a 6-foot-6 junior swingman, led the Bucs in scoring at 17.7 points per game this past season. He also collected 9.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per outing.
He was also selected to the all-Big Conference first unit last week.
Spring Mills' Caleb Thomas is the captain of the first team.
Thomas helped lead the Cardinals to a 24-1 record on their way to the first state title in the school's short history.
The 6-foot-7 senior averaged 14.8 points per game for Spring Mills, added 8.5 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 2.0 blocks. He made 67.3 percent of his field-goal attempts and was 73.5 percent at the foul line.
Thomas is one of two Cardinals on the 10-member team.
Akwasi Opuku-Achampong, who made a record eight 3-point field goals as part of the Cardinals' record 18 in a state semifinal victory over Spring Valley, joined Thomas on the first team.
Opoku-Achampong averaged 12.8 ppg., while shooting 47.6 percent overall and 44.7 percent on 3-pointers.
Spring Valley also had two-first team honorees in Harrison Riggs and Clay Robertson, as did Morgantown, which saw its run of three straight state championships come to a halt in a semifinal loss to George Washington. That Mohigan pair are Marty Johnson and Brady Savage, both seniors.
George Washington is represented on the first team by junior Noah Lewis.
The rest of the first unit includes Jaylon Walton of Woodrow Wilson, Harry Silvis of Parkersburg South and Roman Kellum of South Charleston.
Lewis, Opoku-Achampong, Riggs and Silvis are all juniors, and the rest are seniors.
Lewis averaged 18 ppg and 8.1 rebounds for the 21-5 Patriots.
Johnson and Savage combined for 22.7 ppg, with Johnson at 12.5 and Savage at 10.2. Johnson contributed 6.5 assists per game and Savage 8.7 rebounds.
The Spring Valley duo of Riggs and Robertson averaged respective point totals of 23.0 and 22.7 points. Riggs grabbed 8.7 rebounds per game while shooting 70 percent from the floor and Robertson pulled down 7.4 rebounds per game.
Walton shot 68 percent from the floor while averaging 17.5 points and 9.6 rebounds for the Flying Eagles.
Silvis averaged 16.9 points and Kellum 12.8 points and 7.8 rebounds to round out the first team.
George Washington senior Gale Lamb heads the second team as the captain.
He's joined by seniors Keyshaun Cheek of Martinsburg, Jamari Jenkins of Jefferson, Navi Hewitt of Parkersburg South and Nate Rodriguez of Parkersburg. Juniors on the second team include, along with Westfall, include, Zyon Hawthorne of Woodrow Wilson, Glenn Brown of University and Carson O'Dell of Hurricane. The lone sophomore is Brogan Sams of St. Albans.
It is the 105th season of the West Virginia Sports Writers Association in naming the definitive all-state teams.
Wooden plaques in the shape of the state of West Virginia that include the player's name, school, licensed WVSWA log and the year of the honorees are available to first- and second-team all-state honorees as well as honorable mentions. They can be purchased from the Bear Wood Co. through WVSWA.org or Bearwoodcompany.com.
First team
Caleb Thomas, Spring Mills, 6-7, Sr. (Captain)
Noah Lewis, George Washington, 6-7, Jr.
Jaylon Walton, Woodrow Wilson, 6-4, Sr.
Marty Johnson, Morgantown, 6-0, Sr.
Clay Robertson, Spring Valley, 6-2, Sr.
Akwasi Opoku-Achampong, Spring Mills, 5-11, Jr.
Harry Silvis, Parkersburg South, 6-3, Jr.
Brady Savage, Morgantown, 6-5, Sr.
Roman Kellum, South Charleston, 6-5, Sr.
Harrison Riggs, Spring Valley, 6-4, Jr.
Second Team
Gale Lamb, George Washington, 6-1, Sr. (Captain)
Keyshaun Cheek, Martinsburg, 5-11, Sr.
Jerin Westfall, Buckhannon-Upshur, 6-6, Jr.
Zyon Hawthorne, Woodrow Wilson, 6-2, Jr.
Navi Hewitt, Parkersburg South, 6-4, Sr.
Glenn Brown, University, 6-0, Jr.
Brogan Sams, St. Albans, 6-0, Soph.
Carson O'Dell, Hurricane, 6-2, Jr.
Jamari Jenkins, Jefferson, 5-9, Jr.
Nate Rodriguez, Parkersburg, 6-0, Sr.
Honorable mention
Demarcus Bandy, Morgantown; Ethan Blackburn, Cabell Midland; Noah Brown, Hedgesville; Preston Clary, Woodrow Wilson; Waylon Colistra, Morgantown; Zach Demidovich, University; Coby Dillon, Woodrow Wilson; Josh Huffman, Wheeling Park; Taj Joyce, Parkersburg South; Levi Kiszka, Oak Hill; Bryer Mullins, Riverside; Aidan Schmidl, Preston; Zane Saunders, South Charleston, Loakkhae Uth-Smith, Spring Mills