CIF State Champions – SCCAL Teams & Individuals

There are over 1300 high schools in California, and each year almost 2 million student-athletes participate in high school athletics in our state. To win a state championship in California, individually or as a team, is a remarkable accomplishment. Below is the list of State Champions from the SCCAL.

CIF Team State Champions

SCCAL School	Sport	Year
Harbor	Girls Volleyball – D II	1992
SLV	Football – D III (no playoffs, selected by Cal-Hi Sports)	2000
SLV	Girls Cross-Country – D IV	2004
Santa Cruz	Boys Basketball – D III	2005
SLV	Girls Cross-Country – D IV	2005
Aptos	Girls Cross-Country – D II	2005
Mt. Madonna	Girls Volleyball – D V	2007
SLV	Girls Cross-Country – D IV	2013
Aptos	Girls Cross-Country – D III	2015
Mt. Madonna	Girls Volleyball – D V	2019
Aptos	Girls Volleyball – D IV	2019
Soquel	Football – D 4AA	2023

*Before Cheerleading became a CIF sport, the Aptos Cheerleading team won four NCA California State Championships (1993, 1997, 2001 & 2002).

CIF Individual State Champions

Individual & School	Sport	Year
Gus Paz – Watsonville	Wrestling – 135 lbs.	1982
Johnny Cleveland – Soquel	Track & Field – Long Jump	1983
Gary Passanisi – Aptos	Track & Field – 3200m	1998
Alejandra Barrientos – SLV	Cross-Country – D III	1999
Alejandra Barrientos – SLV	Track & Field – 1600m	1999
Alejandra Barrientos – SLV	Track & Field – 1600m	2001
Alex Dunn – SLV	Cross-Country – D II	2002
Eddie Olson – Aptos	Golf	2004
Cody Rodebaugh – SLV	Wrestling – 140 lbs.	2009
Vanessa Fraser – Scotts Valley	Cross-Country – D IV	2011
Vanessa Fraser – Scotts Valley	Cross-Country – D IV	2012
Nikki Hiltz – Aptos	Track & Field – 1600m	2012
Anna Maxwell – SLV	Cross-Country – D IV	2013
Anna Maxwell – SLV	Track & Field – 1600m	2013
Cate Ratliff – Santa Cruz	Cross-Country – D IV	2015
Dominique Parrish – Scotts Valley	Wrestling – 118 lbs.	2015
Danica Kelley – Scotts Valley	Wrestling – 135 lbs.	2024
Eli Fitchen-Young – Santa Cruz	Cross-Country – D IV	2024