By Steve Navaroli
The 2017-18 Pennsylvania high school swimming and diving season is officially in the books.
Here you’ll find PennLive’s selections for first-team all-stars in addition to honorable mention choices. Members of the all-star team span the Mid-Penn Conference and Lancaster-Lebanon League. PennLive’s pick for player of the year headlines the selections.
Swimmer of the Year: Josiah Lauver, Bishop McDevitt
All-Star Profile: Who else could it be? After all, the Crusaders junior was named the "Swimmer of the Meet" at the PIAA Class AA championships.
Lauver was the only AA male swimmer to win a pair of individual gold medals at states, when he took first in the 200-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke.
It was those same events in which Lauver won at the District 3 meet, along with a pair of relays, that helped lead Bishop McDevitt to the AA boys team championship.
Nick Cover, Chambersburg
All-Star Profile: The senior followed up on his district diving title by winning the PIAA AAA championship. It was a big jump for Cover, who finished fifth in the state in 2017. His score of 511.50 in the district title was 100 points ahead of the next competitor.
Zack Miller, Bishop McDevitt
All-Star Profile: Not only helped the Crusaders to the district title, but the sophomore earned a gold in the 200 individual medley, the same event he went on to win the consolation heat for a ninth-place finish at states. He also notched a fifth-place medal in the 100 butterfly at districts.
Zachery Sherk, Cocalico
All-Star Profile: The district AA 100 breaststroke champ went on to win a fourth-place medal at the PIAA meet. He was also seventh in the 50 free at districts. The sophomore also helped the Eagles to a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two title.
Logan Skiles, Cumberland Valley
All-Star Profile: Skiles won the AAA District 3 100 butterfly title, and took a silver in the 100 free, plus was on the Eagles' 400 free relay team that broke a district record to close the championships. All this and he's only a sophomore.
Avery Barley, Chambersburg
All-Star Profile: The District 3 Class AAA 100 backstroke champion went on to take fifth at the PIAA AAA meet. After placing seventh in districts, the junior Barley also qualified for states in the 100 butterfly.
Devon Chenot, Carlisle
All-Star Profile: The Penn State-bound senior proved to be the top boys sprinter in District 3 Class AAA when he won both the 50 and 100 free races at the championships. He qualified for consolations in both at states, and was a part of building the Carlisle program.
Joseph Moll, Warwick
All-Star Profile: While silver medals in both the individual medley and backstroke at districts was a great showing, the senior finished just as strong at states with a fourth place in the back and fifth in the IM. He will swim at Dartmouth.
Sam Nonemaker, Shippensburg
All-Star Profile: Nonemaker not only guided the Greyhounds all season, but performed well on the big stage. The senior was fifth in the AA 100 free and sixth in the 200 at states, two weeks after placing second and third respectively at districts.
Nick Garbinski, James Buchanan
All-Star Profile: Garbinski ended his Rockets career with silver medal in the AA 100 breaststroke and bronze in the 50 free at districts. He went on to placed seventh in the 50 at states.
Jacob Greenwood, Chambersburg
All-Star Profile: A junior, Greenwood helped the Trojans defeat Cumberland Valley for the first time in 30 years, then earned silver in the 200 and bronze in the 500 freestyles at AAA districts. He won a seventh-place medal in the 500 at states and won the 200 consolation heat.
Nick Lynam, Conestoga Valley
All-Star Profile: Lynam was unquestionably the leader of the Buckskins, and individually earned district AAA silver in the 500 free, and bronze in the 200 free. The junior went on to win his consolation heat at states in the 500 and was 10th in 200.
Honorable Mentions
Jack Still, Boiling Springs; Jace Fry, Lower Dauphin; Nick Mosby, Palmyra; Isaiah Bell, Carlisle; Kyle Farrow, Cumberland Valley; Charlie Gingrich, Manheim Township; Jack Dengler, Cumberland Valley, Robbie Perot, Manheim Township; Eddie Feeman, McCaskey; Michael White, Cocalico, Colin Higinbotham, Cocalico, Jacob Houck, Donegal, Justin Pitassi, Susquehanna Township, Scott Majka, Trinity, Patrick Hemingway, Bishop McDevitt, Riley Spahr, Trinity, Cole Ellis, Boiling Springs; Henry Isaacson, Hershey; Jordan Morret, Boiling Springs.
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