Life Coach in Catalina Foothills, AZ

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Living the human experience is a beautiful, complex journey. It's filled with peaks and valleys of pleasure and pain, both physical and emotional. It seems so simple when we're children, but things change as we grow: we begin to form our own opinions, develop romantic relationships, build a career, and work our way through life. With age comes maturity and personal development, but all too often, we grow older without learning how to manage and accept our emotions, thoughts, and relationships. This causes us to get stuck, and for some, they then stay stuck - trapped in a vicious cycle of self-doubt, judgement and negativity.

Sound familiar? If so, ask yourself if you are suffering from any of the following:

Unresolved childhood trauma
Grief, loss, and betrayals in life that you can't get past
Harmful patterns that keep you stuck in a rut, with no hope of moving forward
Anxiety about your personal or work life
Anger, insecurity, and stress that gets the best of you
Codependency and people pleasing-problems that leave you emotionally bankrupt
Family or romantic relationship issues that you can't handle or resolve
Negative thoughts and self-criticizing problems equating to "I'm not good enough" and "I can't succeed."
Overthinking and racing thoughts that distract you during the day and keep you up at night
Lack of motivation or purpose in your life
Low self-worth, self-love, and lack of personal development

If you're struggling because you aren't sure what to do next or how to change your life for the better, know that you aren't alone. Millions of people just like you aren't where they want to be in life. Fortunately, your personal growth life coach in Catalina Foothills, AZ, is here to help you reimagine, refocus, and rebuild your life for the better.

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We All Suffer at Times. Now, Let's Do Something About It
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Men's Personal Development Growth Coaching in Catalina Foothills, AZ
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EMDR Therapy in Catalina Foothills, AZ
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We All Suffer at Times. Now, Lets Do Something About It

If you're reading this page, chances are you're not exactly happy with how your life is going. And that's okay. You're in a safe place.

Finding the right person to speak with about the personal growth issues in your life is challenging. Some life coaches in Catalina Foothills only see you as a transaction - a means to make money and provide unhelpful, mediocre services. Christy Maxey is the anthesis of uneducated, fly-by-night life coaches. She has worked with thousands of people just like you and has built a reputation of helping people as their life coach in Catalina Foothills and throughout Arizona, as well as with clients all over the world.

As a former therapist, Christy uses an effective system of evidenced-based concepts, tools, and exercises like trauma-informed coaching, inner child healing and EMDR to uncover true self-worth. Christy's signature system, the Maxx Method, helps develop emotional intelligence and provides life-long skills that will help guide you in relationships with yourself and others.

Remember: you are not broken YOU ARE NOT BROKEN. There is nothing wrong with you. And, it doesn't have to take years of therapy to get the results you are hoping for

The Maxx Method Difference

Many people use go to therapy but see few results. They've tried reading books, listening to podcasts, and maybe even hired a life coach. But at the end of the day, they're still struggling with root issues that cause stress, anxiety, and feelings of helplessness.

Christy Maxey has developed The Maxx Method, an evidenced-based path to Personal Development, Healing and Emotional Intelligence. When you work with Christy Maxey as your life coach, you will spend your time together getting to the root cause of your problems. You'll answer questions like:

How are you holding yourself back?
What limiting beliefs do you have?
What are you resisting?
How are self-doubt and judgment keeping you stuck?
How is your past STILL affecting you now?
Where is your anxiety coming from?

Often, we don't know the answers to these questions without help. Unfortunately, many therapists and life coaches in Catalina Foothills, AZ lack focus. They encourage you to talk about your day, week, and month. They get a general sense of what is bothering you, but before any real work is done, your therapy session is over. In the end, you see few results and you're left reeling with more anxiety and stress than before.

Clients choose Christy Maxey as their personal development life coach because she gets right to the issues without wasting your time. She pulls on her vast experience to heal men and women of all ages, using traditional techniques from psychology and psychotherapy combined with results-oriented coaching. Christy always emphasizes honesty, compassion, and accountability, so you get real benefits and real efficiency with her coaching.

If you're ready to be re-introduced to your authentic self, your journey starts here.

Men's Personal Development Growth Coaching in Catalina Foothills, AZ

Men in today's society often fight against strong feelings of stress, anger, and self-defeating patterns that keep them stuck in a rut. Unfortunately, many men are socialized to ignore their feelings and inner experiences. As a men's therapist and life coach for more than 20 years, Christy Maxey has the techniques and experience to break down the barriers keeping men from living the life they want.

Men deserve compassion, but they also deserve high expectations and positive confrontation when necessary. Unlike some life coaches in Catalina Foothills, Christy's approach doesn't allow men to hide behind insecurity and grandiosity. Male clients choose Christy because she pushes them to live to their true potential without wasting time.

Coaching Men with Relationship Issues

Relationships don't always come easily and we are not taught how to have healthy, secure relationships. Challenges can be hard to overcome without help. If any of the following problems sound familiar, life coaching with Christy Maxey could be the solution:

Difficult Relating to Partner
Repeating Negative Patterns in Relationships
Feelings of Loneliness
Feeling Misunderstood

Coaching Men with Stress

Stress is the leading root cause of disease. Although men are taught to "just deal with it," that's not the best answer. With Christy Maxey as your life coach, you can address issues with:

No Appreciation for Hard Work
Pleasing Everyone Except Yourself
Exhaustion without Physical Activity
Feelings of Unhappiness and Lack of Motivation

Coaching Men with Anger

It's no wonder that men suffer from aggression and anger when we tell them to turn off their emotions. Life coaching can help you overcome:

Aggressive Behavior
Outbursts of Anger
Career Issues
Relationship Issues
Verbal Aggression and Abuse

If you're a man open to working through your problems to better yourself, there's good news. Christy Maxey's proven, efficient life coaching system can help you be the father, husband, friend, and self that you truly want to be. With the right tools and guidance, you can live life with less anger and stress. And with the right tools, you can focus on finding your voice without resorting to aggression.

Women's Personal Development Growth Coaching in Catalina Foothills, AZ

Women are beautiful, unique individuals. But many seem to suffer from the same universal theme - an inner critic that hinders true growth and sabotages them from a fulfilling, happy life.

As a therapist, Christy Maxey spent much of her time working directly with women just like you. Christy combines an incredible depth of knowledge and guidance with life coaching energy, uncovering your true potential as a woman, free of dysfunction.

Unfortunately, no matter what women do as mothers and employees, many believe that they're never good enough. They feel like they're not worthy, not lovable, and not strong.

If you feel like you're unworthy of success and happiness, it's time for a change. It's time to look in the mirror and take care of yourself, not someone else.

If you're ready to reclaim the life you deserve, your journey to success starts with women's life coaching in Catalina Foothills. Here are just a few areas that Christy Maxey helps women break free of the chains that keep them down:

Coaching Women Suffering from Pleasing & Codependency

Many women today do everything for everybody else but don't take time to heal or explore personal development. Personal development growth coaching from Christy Maxey can help you address these common issues:

Self-Medicating to Cover Up Feelings of Inadequacy
Feeling like You've Lost Yourself
People Taking Advantage of Your Kindness
Over-Providing for Others

Coaching Women with Unpleasant Emotions

Many women are unsure of how to untangle the mess of emotions they go through. Life coaching in Catalina Foothills can help you manage your emotions and find the clarity and love you need in your life. Does this sound like you?

Feelings of Shame and Guilt
Issues with Your Career or Job
Unhappiness with Others' Behaviors
Bouts of Sobbing That Lead to Anxiety and Depression

Coaching Women with Self-Confidence Issues

Though every life is valuable, society triggers many women to de-value themselves as they grow older. One of the core components of Christy's life coaching is to help women value who they are. Self-confidence can help by:

Highlighting Positive Attributes Over Shortcomings
Finding Solutions to Confidence Issues
Teaching You How to Love Yourself, Flaws and All
Giving You the Tools to Assert Yourself Without Guilt

If you're a woman and you're ready for change, we've got great news. Women's coaching with Christy is all about change and focus. It's active and experiential coaching that will keep you engaged and accountable to yourself. The result? A life bursting with happiness, fulfillment, and joy.

EMDR Coaching in Catalina Foothills, AZ

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing, is a powerful technique used to heal people from distressing and disturbing life experiences. EMDR Coaching with Christy Maxey allows the mind to heal from psychological trauma much quicker than traditional therapy methods.

When we go through traumatic experiences, we often associate those events with negative beliefs and emotions like feelings of shame, anger, and inadequacy. EMDR helps the mind reprocess the life-changing event, allowing the client to heal and live a life they love.

Is EMDR Right for You?

Many people are reluctant to try EMDR because of poor results from previous attempts. Christy Maxey's EMDR Coaching includes guided visualization and inner child healing for a more robust approach. This tactic is part of Christy's Maxx Method - a life-changing framework for personal development.

What is the Maxx Method?

You may have received help from a therapist or life coach in Catalina Foothills, AZ, in the past, only to fall back into bad habits and self-destruction. If that sounds like you, chances are you never addressed the underlying cause of your problems. You cut the weed but never removed the root.

The Maxx Method is a six-part holistic system of evidenced-based tools, exercises, and concepts, developed to help you achieve maximized personal development.

EMDR and the Maxx Method are not only used for extreme traumas. They can be very helpful for common memories and events that foster feelings of low self-esteem and powerlessness, too. These methods were developed to help manage unpleasant emotions, show you how to find deep love, and heal old wounds that keep you stuck.

EMDR and the Maxx Method could be right for you if you have experienced:

Social Anxiety
Loss, Betrayal, and Grief
Negative Core Beliefs
Hurt, Anger, and Sadness
Overthinking
Low Self-Esteem
Lack of Confidence

Break Out of Your Comfort Zone and Be Proud of Your True Self

The world is changing. People are finally learning how to manage their own human experiences. But we can't do it alone. Christy Maxey is here to guide you on the path to a positive, guilt-free life. If you're ready to look inward, find peace, and develop the skills to love your true self, you're in the right place. After all, you've been suffering long enough.

When you work with Christy, you'll be on a fast track to the truth - no beating around the bush or wasting time. Christy's methods are gentle but firm, compassionate yet driven. You will learn, you will transform, and you will be happy because it's you who did the work. It's time to face your fears head-on, so you can't play the victim card anymore. You're capable of great relationships, healthy self-confidence, and of doing something with your life. If you're sick and tired of being stuck, this is your chance to get out of that rut.

Ready to learn to value yourself and live the life that you deserve? Contact Christy Maxey today for your free 15-minute consultation.

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Cox awards $35,000 in scholarships to Arizona high school grads

Ten diverse students graduating from Arizona high schools in Phoenix and Southern Arizona have each been awarded $3,500 from Cox to help pursue their college dreams. With a hundred-year track record of supporting youth and education programs, Cox is pleased to provide financial support to these Cox Diversity Scholars who are headed for careers in teaching, nursing, medicine, sustainability technology and pharmacy.&ldq...

Ten diverse students graduating from Arizona high schools in Phoenix and Southern Arizona have each been awarded $3,500 from Cox to help pursue their college dreams. With a hundred-year track record of supporting youth and education programs, Cox is pleased to provide financial support to these Cox Diversity Scholars who are headed for careers in teaching, nursing, medicine, sustainability technology and pharmacy.

“Supporting our Cox Diversity Scholars is an extension of how Cox values unique perspectives in the way we hire and serve our community. Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of our core values and what makes working here so special. We are proud to help ensure these new grads have every opportunity to succeed in college and in their futures,” said Susan Anable, Vice President of Public Affairs, Cox Southwest Region.

This year’s Arizona Cox Diversity Scholars are:

1. Adamaris Teresa Lopez Morales who graduated from Chandler High School and will attend Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. She will be a first-generation college student studying early childhood education on her way to becoming a career technical education teacher.

2. Safiya Goff who graduated from Bioscience High School in Phoenix and will attend Howard University in Washington, D.C. studying biomedical science on her way to becoming an obstetrician/gynecologist.

3. Liv Noelle Shults who graduated from Paradise Honors High School in Surprise and will attend Arizona State University downtown Phoenix campus studying nursing on her way to becoming a pediatric or community health nurse.

4. Lindsay Davis who graduated from Estrella Foothills High School in Goodyear and will attend The University of Arizona in Tucson where she will study computer science on her way to becoming a neuropsychologist focused on neurodevelopmental disorders by incorporating artificial intelligence.

5. Joshua Thomas Sochan who graduated from Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson and will attend The University of Arizona in Tucson where he will study pre-medicine on his way to becoming a physician.

6. James John Sochan who graduated from Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson and will attend the University of Arizona in Tucson where he will study pre-medicine on his way to becoming a physician’s assistant or physician.

7. Ashley Faith Herrig who graduated from Arcadia High School in Phoenix and will attend Texas A&M in College Station, Texas studying mathematics on her way to becoming a surgeon.

8. Ariz Baruch A Lim who graduated from Casa Grande Union High School in Casa Grande and will attend Arizona State University in Tempe where he will study environmental sustainability on his way to a career in production of sustainability technologies.

9. Alfonso Isaias Villar who graduated from 91^st Psalm Christian School in Phoenix and will attend Grand Canyon University where he will study pre-pharmacy on his way to a career as a pharmacist.

10. Adrashanti Lyer who graduated from Arizona School for the Arts in Phoenix and will attend The University of Arizona in Tucson who will study linguistics on the way to becoming an emergency medical physician.

“I am so proud to be a Cox Diversity Scholar and fully represent my Asian, Mexican, and Native American heritage. With this scholarship, Cox is taking away some of the burden of paying for college and, ultimately, giving me the opportunity to strengthen my community as a nurse,” said Cox Diversity Scholar, Liv Shults.

Cox presented $35,000 in Diversity Scholarships to students in the Valley in partnership with other diverse organizations including YWCA Metro Phoenix, Asian Corporate & Entrepreneur Leaders, Greater Phoenix Urban League, Valle del Sol, YWCA Southern Arizona, and the Women’s Foundation.

The competitive scholarships required the applicants to be on track for graduation with a minimum 2.5- grade point average, provide demonstrated leadership and community service as well as submit an essay focused on a significant leader from their respective diverse community.

About Cox Communications

Cox Communications is committed to creating meaningful moments of human connection through broadband applications and services. As the largest private telecom company in America, we proudly serve seven million homes and businesses across 18 states. In metro Phoenix, we serve approximately 2.5 million product subscribers, and in Southern Arizona, approximately 400,000 product subscribers, with residential and business digital television, 1G high-speed Internet, security systems and digital telephone service over our own nationwide IP network.

In Arizona, Cox generates nearly $5.5 billion in total economic impact annually. We’re dedicated to empowering others to build a better future and we celebrate diverse products, people, suppliers, communities and the characteristics that make each one unique. The 3,100 Arizona employees of Cox are proud to have volunteered more than 51,000 hours each year in the local communities where we live and work and have topped numerous J.D. Power and Associates’ studies of customer satisfaction and “Ranking Arizona-Best of Arizona Business” lists. Cox Communications is the largest division of Cox Enterprises, a family-owned business founded in 1898 by Governor James M. Cox.

Meet the Arizona High School Sports Awards spring sport nominees

Arizona RepublicThe 2022 Arizona High School Sports Awards, will be held live on June 11 at the ASU Gammage Theatre, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The show is produced with the support of Diamond Kitchen and Bath and Mega Furniture.The show honors more than 200 high school athletes from across the state of Arizona, as well as awarding players of the year for more than 20 sports. It will also include several major awards, including overall Girls Athlete of the Year, Boys Athlete of the Year, Team of the Year, Coach of th...

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The 2022 Arizona High School Sports Awards, will be held live on June 11 at the ASU Gammage Theatre, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The show is produced with the support of Diamond Kitchen and Bath and Mega Furniture.

The show honors more than 200 high school athletes from across the state of Arizona, as well as awarding players of the year for more than 20 sports. It will also include several major awards, including overall Girls Athlete of the Year, Boys Athlete of the Year, Team of the Year, Coach of the Year and the Courage Award.

Nominated athletes must register for the event here. Each nominated athlete will receive one free ticket for their admittance to the show. Additional tickets may be purchased here. All details are available at sportsawards.usatoday.com/arizona.

Here are the nominees from each winter sport:

Baseball

Issac Araiza Yuma Catholic High School — SR

Demetrio Crisantes Nogales High School — SR

Gabe Escobedo Miami High School — SR

Larry Haskins Jr. Verrado High School — SR

Ethan Hatch Poston Butte High School — SR

Marco Pacheco Alhambra High School — JR

Logan Saloman Hamilton High School — SR

Easton Talt Sunrise Mountain High School — SR

Josh Tiedemann Hamilton High School — JR

Sebastian Tomerlin Queen Creek High School — SR

Gavin Turley Hamilton High School — SR

Mason White Salpointe Catholic High School — SR

Beach Volleyball

Caprice Lorenzo (SR) and Lucci Alexander (SO), Desert Ridge High School

Bridget Bond (SR) and Gracelyn Nez (SR), Flagstaff High School

Francesca Pieroni (JR) and Sophia Hernandez (SO), Salpointe Catholic High School

Sydnee Broadway (SR) and Margo Smith (SR), Sandra Day O'Connor High School

Korah Nordin (JR) and Kate Phillips (JR), Valley Christian High School

Summer McCann (JR) and Landree Coats (SR), Xavier College Preparatory

Softball

Jocelyn Briski Desert Vista High School — JR

Danika Bryant Superior Jr./Sr. High School — SR

Bridget Donahey Xavier College Preparatory — SR

Jocelyn Erickson Sandra Day O'Connor High School — SR

Riley Flynn Xavier College Preparatory — SR

Gianna Mares Salpointe Catholic High School — JR

Marissa McCann Willow Canyon High School — JR

Amailee Morales Paradise Honors High School — SR

Riley Nielson Sabino High School — SR

Kaitlyn Terry Greenway High School — JR

Maddie Udall Sunnyslope High School — SR

Tanya Windle Cactus High School — SR

Boys Tennis

Lincoln Baldonado Mountain Ridge High School — SO

Jack Brown Brophy College Preparatory — SR

Matthew Johanson Greenway High School — SO

Ashton Kroeger Phoenix Country Day School — SR

Santiago Ledesma Desert Mountain High School — SO

Kai Mills Shadow Ridge High School — SO

Mateo Moss Chaparral High School — SR

William Parry Marana High School — SO

Jared Perry Catalina Foothills High School — JR

Charly Rapin Chaparral High School — SR

Lance Urlaub Desert Vista High School — SR

Andrew Yang Arizona College Preparatory — SO

Girls Tennis

Shivika Agrawal Hamilton High School — SR

Georgia Cranford Notre Dame Preparatory — FR

Emily Flowers Catalina Foothills High School — SR

Ryan Kershner Xavier College Preparatory — SR

Savanna Kollock Desert Mountain High School — SR

Tanvi Narendran Rincon/University High School — SR

Nandini Patel Scottsdale Preparatory Academy — SO

Sydney Schnell Desert Vista High School — JR

Milan Sewell Phoenix Country Day School — JR

Vessa Turley Arcadia High School — FR

Esther Qiu Hamilton High School — JR

Analise Wachtel Desert Mountain High School — SR

Boys Track & Field

Prince Conteh McClintock High School — SR

Brian Fair Jr. South Mountain High School — SR

Samuel Hala'ufia Mountain View (Marana) High School — SR

Logan Kelley Valley Christian High School — SR

Logan Marek Ironwood Ridge High School — SR

Blaise Nelson Valley Vista High School — SR

Avaunt Ortiz McClintock High School — SR

Kaden Passey Shadow Ridge High School — SR

Quinton Patterson Desert Mountain High School — SR

Sir-Jonathan Simms Chandler High School — SR

Jacob Steward Cactus Shadows High School — SR

Yan Vasquez Red Mountain High School — SR

Girls Track & Field

S'Niyah Cade Chandler High School — FR

Gabriella Chiara Pinnacle High School — JR

Gabriella Garcia Basha High School — SO

Mia Hall Flagstaff High School — JR

Catherine Littlewood Queen Creek High School — JR

Brooklyn Montgomery Campo Verde High School — SO

Joy Moorer North Canyon High School — SR

Karli Neff Cactus Shadows High School — JR

Lauren Ping Desert Vista High School — JR

Saira Prince Williams Field High School — JR

Brenna Rodriguez Perry High School — SR

McKenna Watson Pinnacle High School — SR

Boys Volleyball

Taylor Allen Cienega High School — SR

Micah Ao American Leadership Academy - Gilbert North — SR

Shawn Bags Casteel High School — SR

Jaxon Herr Sandra Day O'Connor High School — JR

Finn Kearney Sandra Day O'Connor High School — SO

Jake Shroder Cienega High School — FR

Trenton Moser Gilbert High School — SR

Benjamin Nygren American Leadership Academy - QC — JR

Zach Rama Sandra Day O'Connor High School — SR

Zach Sheer Northwest Christian High School — SO

Brady Steele American Leadership Academy - QC — SR

Jack Zaharis Highland High School — SR

Flowing Wells, Arizona legend Robbie Moen returns to Southern Arizona to coach at Rio Rico

Robbie Moen’s long and winding coaching odyssey after completing his Arizona baseball career almost 30 years ago has brought the Flowing Wells High School and Wildcat legend back to Southern Arizona.He will be the athletic director and a physical education teacher at Coatimundi Middle School in Rio Rico and will join Jeff Scurran’s coaching staff this fall at Rio Rico High School as the wide receivers coach while also working with the punters and kickers.After an 18-year background ...

Robbie Moen’s long and winding coaching odyssey after completing his Arizona baseball career almost 30 years ago has brought the Flowing Wells High School and Wildcat legend back to Southern Arizona.

He will be the athletic director and a physical education teacher at Coatimundi Middle School in Rio Rico and will join Jeff Scurran’s coaching staff this fall at Rio Rico High School as the wide receivers coach while also working with the punters and kickers.

After an 18-year background as hitting coach at Kansas State and Loyola Marymount and scout with the Tampa Bay Rays, he moved to Frisco, Texas (a suburb of Dallas) in 2016 to be close to his daughters Payton and Paige, who moved to that area with Moen’s ex-wife.

For the last six years, Moen coached softball in Frisco for the Frozen Ropes Softball Academy and at Aubrey (Texas) Braswell High School as the junior varsity coach. He also served as the hitting coach for the Russian national baseball team in 2017.

“I think baseball or softball will be in the future at Rio Rico — I don’t know if it will be this year but it will be part of the future,” Moen said.

Moen returned to Southern Arizona three weeks ago, and he and his wife Mila now reside in Green Valley.

“I’m excited to come back because there’s a lot of opportunities not just for me, but for my wife, who’s an aqua aerobics, yoga and pilates instructor,” Moen said. “There’s gonna be a lot of opportunities to carry her business from Texas down to here. She’ll have to start over with new clients, but it’s a great environment to do it in.”

Moen’s hire with Scurran reunites the two from when Scurran served as Flowing Wells’ offensive coordinator in 1987, Moen’s sophomore season with the Caballeros.

Moen completed one of the most storied high school baseball and football careers in Southern Arizona history his senior season at Flowing Wells when he was an all-state selection in both sports.

He went from being a quarterback as a freshman to a wide receiver/defensive back and punter from his sophomore year until only two games remained in his senior season when coach John Kashner used him at quarterback because of his athleticism out of the Wing T offense.

Nobody at Flowing Wells has topped his five touchdowns in a game that he achieved against Rincon/University in 1987.

“Coach Scurran asked if I could help him in his first year at Rio Rico,” Moen said of the coaching legend who has not coached locally at the high school level since 2018 while at Catalina Foothills.

“For me to make this move, especially uprooting from Texas with my wife, it had to make financial sense and Rio Rico made it happen.”

David Verdugo, whom Moen played football against while Verdugo was a standout at CDO, helped make it happen, according to Moen.

Verdugo is the superintendent of the Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District. Rio Rico is the lone high school in the district.

“David Verdugo wants me to kind of get involved and help grow the baseball and softball programs and keep our athletes at our school (Rio Rico),” Moen said. “Right now, what’s happening is that two years ago, I was told, six of the nine starters on the Nogales baseball team that made it to the state championship were supposed to be at Rio Rico.

“They go to our middle school because it’s such a good academic school and they enjoy it. And then they go to Sahuarita or they go to Nogales High School. So my job being at the middle school is to help get to know those students, develop the relationship at an early age and then let them know that, ‘Hey, these are going to be your coaches, myself included, when you get to high school,’ and hopefully that keeps them from leaving.”

Moen said he will stress to students that, “I’m not just a football guy who’s trying to help baseball and softball. I’m really a baseball and softball guy that’s helping football because that’s my background.”

“That’s what I know the most, but I can coach football; it is just a different skill set to learn,” he continued. “We need to let the kids know that, ‘Hey, I can coach and I’ll be there when you move up the ladder and get into high school. You’re gonna see the guy who’s been there with you.'”

Nearby schools such as Nogales, Sahuarita and Walden Grove will likely find it more difficult to attract students in the Rio Rico area with Moen coaching with Scurran and also leading either the softball or baseball program with the Hawks.

Moen is known for his fierce competitive nature.

“His greatest attribute was he loved to prove people wrong,” said longtime Tucson-area baseball coach Len Anderson, who coached Moen at Flowing Wells and also had stints at Pima College and CDO.

“Robbie was the baseball version of a gym rat. He was coachable and wanted to learn, but the thing I remember most about him, he was full of fire. He never took an at-bat off. You can’t say that about a lot of players.”

A member of Arizona’s All-Century Team (1900 to 1999) in baseball, Moen finished his Wildcat career second in at-bats (843) and doubles (63), third in hits (325) and total bases (465) and fifth in RBIs (185) while playing for Jerry Kindall, Jerry Stitt and Jim Wing.

Moen is also on Arizona’s Baseball Legends Plaza Wall of Fame along with former teammate George Arias, a Pueblo High School alum.

Moen and Arias played golf together on Tuesday before Moen watched the Flowing Wells Little League All-Stars (8-10) play against Tanque Verde in the District 5 tournament at Mehl Park. Moen’s former baseball teammate with the Caballeros, Dave Laguna, has a son (Dominic) who plays for Flowing Wells Little League.

“It’s been good seeing people like George, Dave, one of my best friends at Flowing Wells, Coach Stitt and Coach Wing, as well as Coach Anderson and Steve Reinhardt, my high school baseball coaches at Flowing Wells,” Moen said. “Now, I’m back with Coach Scurran in football and that will be great.

“From that aspect, it has been really good getting back and seeing a lot of friends and catching up.”

Another bonus returning to Southern Arizona for an extended period for the first time since his Wildcat career ended in 1993 is being close to his daughter Payton, who will be a senior at Arizona this school year.

“I’ll get a chance to see her a little bit more and then obviously, I’ll be here when she graduates. That’s pretty exciting,” Moen said.

Moen added that the decision to move from Frisco was “kind of nerve-wracking with anxiety involved,” because some of the ties they developed there.

“I think once we got in here, it’s helped a lot because we’ve found a place to live,” Moen said. “I’m getting a lot of paperwork done for school. I’m getting a head start on football learning the actual plays and what I’m going to be doing. When the school year starts, I won’t have all of those things to worry about.

“I can just move right into my job.”

ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon. He became an educator five years ago and is presently a special education teacher at Gallego Fine Arts Intermediate in the Sunnyside Unified School District.

Delaney Schnell named Academic All-America and Nate Baez named to Rawlings West All-Region Team

Former Tucson High diver Delaney Schnell earned a spot on the First Team of the CoSIDA Women’s At-Large Academic All-America list from the University of Arizona.Former Ironwood Ridge standout Nate Baez was named to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I West All-Region Second Team playing for ASU.This list will be updated all year in an effort to recognize all former local prep stars who have gone on to achieve either academic and/or athletic awards at the next level. These are not high school awa...

Former Tucson High diver Delaney Schnell earned a spot on the First Team of the CoSIDA Women’s At-Large Academic All-America list from the University of Arizona.

Former Ironwood Ridge standout Nate Baez was named to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I West All-Region Second Team playing for ASU.

This list will be updated all year in an effort to recognize all former local prep stars who have gone on to achieve either academic and/or athletic awards at the next level. These are not high school awards but collegiate and professional recognitions. NOT CHAMPIONSHIPS. If you are aware of anything I have missed along the way, please let me know. amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com

Portions from news release.

86 athletes have been recognized for 2022 – we had 207 athletes recognized in 2021.

Delaney Schnell/DivingTucson/ArizonaPac-12 Diver of the Meet (2/26)Pac-12 Diver of the Year (4/4)Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)NCAA D-I CoSIDA District 8 (5/19)NCAA D-I CoSIDA At-Large All-America (6/15)

Nate Baez/BaseballIronwood Ridge/ASUPac-12 Player of the Week (5/9)Collegiate Baseball 3rd Team All-American (6/2)ABCA NCAA Div. I West All-Region Second Team (6/15)

Bryce Cotton/BasketballPalo Verde/Perth WildcatsPerth Members MVP (6/2)Perth Top Player’s Player (6/10)Perth Most valuable Player (6/10)

Brianna Hardy/SoftballBuena/Phoenix CollegeMost Decorated Athlete in NJCAA (3/31)All-ACCAC First Team (5/9)ACCAC D-II All-Region (5/9)NFCA NJCAA D-II South 1st Team (5/30)NJCAA DII Softball All-America Teams (6/8)NJCAA DII Pitcher of the Year (6/8)

Zaylie Calderon/SoftballMountain View/UTEPConference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal (4/15)Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete (6/8)

Andrea Owens/VolleyballSalpointe/North TexasConference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal (4/15)

Jaida Olson/Track and FieldPusch Ridge/PimaNJCAA All-American: Pole Vault (3/5)NJCAA All-American: Pole Vault (5/19)NJCAA DI Outdoor Field All-America First Team (6/10)

Daniel Henely/GolfCienega/PimaNJCAA DI Men’s Golf All-America Honorable Mention (5/14)

Jessie Niegocki/SoftballMountain View/RiderMAAC Pitcher of the Week (4/5)All-MAAC First Team (5/11)NFCA D-I NE Region First Team (5/19)All-ECAC Team (6/9)

Danielle Jamieson/SoftballSahuaro/Embry-RiddleCal-Pac Player of the Week (4/4)All-Cal Pac Softball Team (5/9)Cal Pac Scholar Athlete of the Year (6/8)

Vanessa Brink/SoftballEmpire/Embry-RiddleCal Pac Pitcher of the Week (3/14)Cal Pac Pitcher of the Year (5/4)All-Cal Pac Softball Team (5/9)NAIA All-American Honorable Mention (6/8)

Cade McGee/BaseballSalpointe/GonzagaWCC Freshman of the Year (5/24)WCC All-Freshman Team (5/24)WCC Honorable Mention (5/24)Collegiate News Freshman All-American (6/8)

Tairia Flowers/SoftballSalpointe/Loyola Marymount CoachWCC Coach of the Year (5/17)

Yannira Acuña/SoftballSalpointe/ASUPac-12 Player of the Week (3/28)USA Softball Top 25 Finalist (4/20)Pac-12 First Team (5/11)CoSIDA NCAA District 8 Academic (5/11)NFCA D-I West Region First Team (5/19)NFCA D-I Second Team All-American (6/1)Softball America First Team (6/2)Third Team Academic All-America (6/7)

Allie Skaggs/SoftballIronwood Ridge/ArizonaPac-12 Player of the Week (4/25)Extra Inning National Player of the Week (5/3)Pac-12 Player of the Week Nominee (5/9)Pac-12 Second Team (5/11)NFCA D-I West Region First Team (5/19)NFCA D-I Second Team All-American (6/1)Softball America Second Team (6/2)

Turner Washington/Track and FieldCanyon del Oro/ASUWest Region Athlete of the Year (3/17)Bowerman Watch List (3/24)Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 Team (5/26)

Bijan Robinson/FootballSalpointe/TexasAthlon Sports Big 12 Preseason All-Conference (6/1)

Kiko Romero/BaseballCanyon del Oro/Central ArizonaFirst Team All-ACCAC (5/3)First Team All-Region I, Division I (5/3)Gold Glove (5/3)NJCAA World Series Tournament MVP (6/4)NJCAA World Series Outstanding Offensive Player (6/4)NJCAA World Series Tournament Team (6/4)

Kyle Crookes/BaseballCanyon del Oro/Central Missouri CoachMIAA Coach of the Year (5/5)NCBWA D-II Central Region Coach of the Year (5/19)NCBWA D-II Coach of the Year (6/2)

Ellessa Bonstrom/SoftballCanyon del Oro/UtahPac-12 First Team (5/11)CoSIDA NCAA District 8 Academic (5/11)NFCA D-I Pacific First Team (5/19)NFCA D-I Third Team All-American (6/1)

Emily Darwin/SoftballBenson/YavapaiACCAC Pitcher of the Week (3/21)ACCAC Pitcher of the Week (4/11)All-ACCAC First Team (5/9)ACCAC D-I All Region (5/9)NFCA NJCAA D-I West Second Team (5/30)

Ashley Bradford/SoftballSahuaro/Colorado MesaRMAC Player of the Year (5/6)RMAC First Team (5/6)NFCA D-II South Central Second Team (5/11)D2CAA Second Team All-American (5/27)

John Michael Gonzalez/BaseballEmpire/Rainy RiverMCAC North All-Division (5/13)MCAC All-State First Team (5/24)All-Region XIII First Team (5/24)

Gabriel Soto/BaseballCatalina Foothills/Mesabi Range CollegeMCAC North All-Division (5/13)MCAC All-State Third Team (5/24)All-Region XIII Third Team (5/24)

Jayce Cunha/WrestlingMountain View/Embry-RiddleNWCA NAIA Scholar All-American (4/25)

Christian Rodriguez/BaseballCatalina Foothills/North CentralUMAC All-Conference (5/17)

Reece Gardner/Track and FieldMarana/PimaNJCAA All-American: Heptathlon (3/5)Aztecs Student-Athlete of the Week (3/8)NJCAA All-American: Pole Vault (5/19)

Carlie Scupin/SoftballTucson/ArizonaArizona Sophomore of the Year (4/18)NFCA D-I West Region Second Team (5/19)

Sydney Gray/SoftballSabino/Nebraska, LincolnNFCA D-I Midwest 3rd Team (5/19)

Izzy Pacho/SoftballIronwood Ridge/ArizonaNFCA D-I West Region First Team (5/19)

Halle Morris/SoftballCanyon del Oro/UtahUtah All A’S Reception (3/29)NFCA D-I Pacific Third Team (5/19)

Cassie Castaneda/SoftballSabino/North DakotaSummit League All-Tournament Team (5/16)

Mateo Sierras/BaseballTucson/Rainy RiverMCAC North All-Division (5/13)

Robby Campillo/SoftballSalpointe/Arizona ChristianCoSIDA NAIA District 4 Academic (5/11)

Katie Faulk/SoftballMarana/UtahUtah All As Reception (3/29)Pac-12 Defensive Team (5/11)

Mia Trejo/SoftballTucson/UNLVMountain West Second Team (5/8)

Lauren Wedman/SoftballSahuaro/Colorado MesaRMAC Second Team (5/6)

Aleena Alexander/SoftballSalpointe/Embry-RiddleCal Pac Spring All-Academic Team (5/4)

Faith Orton/SoftballAmphitheater/PimaACCAC Pitcher of the Week (4/25)Third Team All-ACCAC (5/9)

Kelli Samorano/SoftballTucson/PimaThird Team All-ACCAC (5/9)

Solymar Navarro/SoftballSahuarita/Eastern ArizonaAll-ACCAC Second Team (5/9)ACCAC D-I All-Region (5/9)

Brianna Jackson/SoftballSahuaro/Chandler-GilbertACCAC D-II Player of the Year (5/9)ACCAC D-II All-Region (5/9)

Kimberly McDaniels/SoftballSalpointe/FranciscanPAC Freshman of the Week (3/28)John Lemal MVP Award Finalist (4/21)PAC Player of the Year (5/10)All-PAC First Team (5/10)All-PAC Sportsmanship Team (5/10)

Sierra Gaskill/SoftballPueblo/Benedictine-MesaCal Pac POW Nominee (2/28)All-Cal Pac Softball Team (5/9)

Diana Miranda Montano/SoftballSalpointe/Embry-RiddleAll-Cal Pac Softball Team (5/9)

Emma Almodoba/SoftballIronwood Ridge/Embry-RiddleAll-Cal Pac Honorable Mention (5/9)

Preston Clifford/BaseballSabino/PimaFirst Team All-ACCAC (5/3)First Team All-Region I, Division I (5/3)

Romeo Ballesteros/BaseballSalpointe/PimaSecond Team All-ACCAC (5/3)

Treyjen Meza/BaseballSahuarita/CochiseFirst Team All-ACCAC (5/3)First Team All-Region I, Division I (5/3)Gold Glove (5/3)

Madison Courney/GymnasticsMountain View/ArizonaPac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)

Halli Mayberry/GymnasticsCanyon del Oro/ArizonaPac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)

MacKinzie Kane/GymnasticsEmily Gray/ArizonaPac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)

Ayden Schilb/Indoor TrackCienega/ArizonaPac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)

Trevor Volpe/Indoor TrackSalpointe/ArizonaPac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)

Grace Driskill/Indoor TrackRincon/UHS/ArizonaPac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)

Grace Hala’ufia/Indoor Track and FieldMountain View/ArizonaPac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)

Wyatt Matson/SwimCanyon del Oro/ArizonaPac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)

Tyler Rokop/WrestlingIronwood Ridge/ASUPac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)

Sam Beskind/BasketballCatalina Foothills/StanfordPac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)

Taylor Alicea-Jorgensen/SwimCatalina Foothills/UtahPac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)

Brooks Fail/SwimCatalina Foothills/ArizonaArizona Outstanding Career (4/18)Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)

Morgan Gappmayer/VolleyballIronwood Ridge/NAUAcademic All-Big Sky Conference (4/21)

Isabella Almazan/SoccerSalpointe Northern ColoradoAcademic All-Big Sky Conference (4/21)

Colin Dreis/FootballSalpointe/MontanaAcademic All-Big Sky Conference (4/21)

Harrison Beemiller/FootballIronwood Ridge/NAUAcademic All-Big Sky Conference (4/21)

Heath Beemiller/FootballIronwood Ridge/NAUAcademic All-Big Sky Conference (4/21)

Stanley Berryhill III/FootballMountain View/ArizonaArizona Outstanding Career Nominee (4/18)

Abby Russell/Beach VolleyballSalpointe/ArizonaArizona Sophomore of the Year Nominee (4/18)

Alex Parkhurst/Beach VolleyballSalpointe/ArizonaArizona Junior of the Year Nominee (4/18)

Elise Muñoz/SoftballSalpointe/PimaACCAC Player of the Week (4/11)

Morgan Nash/Beach VolleyballSahuaro/VanguardAll-GSAC Team

Mitchell Effing/Track and FieldFlowing Wells/NAUBig Sky Freshman of the Year (3/4)

Grant Nations/SwimSabino/UtahUtah All As Reception (3/29)

Kelsey Siemons/BasketballCatalina Foothills/Colorado MesaRMAC Player of the Week (1/31)RMAC All-Academic Team (1/31)CoSIDA Academic All-District (2/17)RMAC 2nd Team All-Conference (3/2)RMAC Summit Award Winner (3/4)

Jazzy Hughes/BasketballMountain View/CSU PuebloRMAC Academic Honor Roll (1/31)RMAC 2nd Team All-Conference (3/2)

Summer Fox/BasketballPueblo/Black Hills StateRMAC Academic Honor Roll (1/31)

Conner Verdugo/BasketballWalden Grove/Embry-RiddleCal Pac All-Academic (3/4)

Chase Verdugo/BasketballWalden Grove/Embry-RiddleCal Pac All-Academic (3/4)

Ana Rodriguez/SoftballTucson/Central ArizonaACCAC D-I Pitcher and POW (3/7)

Joel Gardner/Track and FieldIronwood Ridge/PimaNJCAA All-American: 5,000 (3/5)

Lucy Chavez/Track and FieldBisbee/PimaNJCAA All-American: WT (3/5)

Tianna Carter/BasketballCanyon del Oro/NC CentralMEAC Player of the Week (2/8)

Angel Addleman/BasketballPalo Verde/PimaACCAC D-II Player of the Week (1/5)Second Team All-ACCAC (2/26)First Team All-Region I, Division II (2/26)

Nikya Orange/BasketballTanque Verde/PimaThird Team All-ACCAC (2/26)First Team All-Region I, Division II (2/26)

Luisayde Chavez/BasketballRio Rico/PimaThird Team All-ACCAC (2/26)Second Team All-Region I, Division II (2/26)

Daniel Moody/BasketballWalden Grove/PimaAll-ACCAC Honorable Mention (2/24)Second Team All-Region I, Division II (2/24)

Mikayla Santa Cruz/SoftballCanyon del Oro/CreightonBIG EAST Pitcher of the Week (2/14)UTEP Invitational All-Tournament (2/14)

Max Hernandez/VolleyballTucson/CornerstoneGolden Eagle Athlete of the Week (2/7)

Kevin Jimenez/BaseballNogales/New Mexico StatePG Preseason WAC Team (2/4)

Jack Langan/BaseballSabino/CornellNCAA D-III SAAC Member (1/27)

Allie Skaggs, Yannira Acuña & Ellessa Bonstrom named NFCA All-Americans; Ashley Bradford named D2CCA All-American; Emily Darwin & Brianna Hardy named to NFCA Region teams

Portions from news release.

81 athletes have been recognized for 2022 – we had 207 athletes recognized in 2021.

Ellessa Bonstrom/SoftballCanyon del Oro/UtahPac-12 First Team (5/11)CoSIDA NCAA District 8 Academic (5/11)NFCA D-I Pacific First Team (5/19)NFCA D-I Third Team All-American (6/1)

Emily Darwin/SoftballBenson/YavapaiACCAC Pitcher of the Week (3/21)ACCAC Pitcher of the Week (4/11)All-ACCAC First Team (5/9)ACCAC D-I All Region (5/9)NFCA NJCAA D-I West Second Team (5/30)

Brianna Hardy/SoftballBuena/Phoenix CollegeMost Decorated Athlete in NJCAA (3/31)All-ACCAC First Team (5/9)ACCAC D-II All-Region (5/9)NFCA NJCAA D-II South 1st Team (5/30)

Ashley Bradford/SoftballSahuaro/Colorado MesaRMAC Player of the Year (5/6)RMAC First Team (5/6)NFCA D-II South Central Second Team (5/11)D2CAA Second Team All-American (5/27)

John Michael Gonzalez/BaseballEmpire/Rainy RiverMCAC North All-Division (5/13)MCAC All-State First Team (5/24)All-Region XIII First Team (5/24)

Gabriel Soto/BaseballCatalina Foothills/Mesabi Range CollegeMCAC North All-Division (5/13)MCAC All-State Third Team (5/24)All-Region XIII Third Team (5/24)

Jayce Cunha/WrestlingMountain View/Embry-RiddleNWCA NAIA Scholar All-American (4/25)

Christian Rodriguez/BaseballCatalina Foothills/North CentralUMAC All-Conference (5/17)

Delaney Schnell/DivingTucson/ArizonaPac-12 Diver of the Meet (2/26)Pac-12 Diver of the Year (4/4)Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (4/28)NCAA D-I CoSIDA District 8 (5/19)

Jaida Olson/Track and FieldPusch Ridge/PimaNJCAA All-American: Pole Vault (3/5)NJCAA All-American: Pole Vault (5/19)

Reece Gardner/Track and FieldMarana/PimaNJCAA All-American: Heptathlon (3/5)Aztecs Student-Athlete of the Week (3/8)NJCAA All-American: Pole Vault (5/19)

Carlie Scupin/SoftballTucson/ArizonaArizona Sophomore of the Year (4/18)NFCA D-I West Region Second Team (5/19)

Sydney Gray/SoftballSabino/Nebraska, LincolnNFCA D-I Midwest 3rd Team (5/19)

Jessie Niegocki/SoftballMountain View/RiderMAAC Pitcher of the Week (4/5)All-MAAC First Team (5/11)NFCA D-I NE Region First Team (5/19)