Aptos High junior Cole McGillicuddy earned All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League First Team honors for his outstanding play during the 2026 baseball season. (contributed)

Aptos High junior Cole McGillicuddy earned All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League First Team honors for the 2026 baseball season.

The Cal-Berkeley commit batted a .500 average (33-for-66), including six home runs, 11 doubles, 30 RBIs, 28 runs scored and 14 stolen bases, according to the Max Preps website. 

On the mound, McGillicuddy owned a 4-2 record with a 3.40 ERA while tallying 40 strikeouts in 10 appearances for the Mariners, who were runners-up in the SCCAL standings with a 9-6 record in league play.

Teammate junior Finn Cormier earned All-SCCAL Second Team honors. He batted a .321 average (17-for-53), including three home runs, a pair of doubles, 18 RBIs, 14 runs scored and seven steals.

Below is a complete list of the 2026 All-SCCAL baseball teams.

Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League 2026 all-league baseball teams

Individual Awards

Player of the Year: Jake Escalante (Sr.), Soquel

Pitchers of the Year: Joey Raffo (Sr.), Harbor; Luke Shoemaker (Jr.), Soquel

Coach of the Year: TJ Moran, Soquel

First Team

Connor Corlett (Sr.), Soquel 

Dylan Hull (Sr.), Soquel

Noah Solano (Sr.), Harbor

Cole McGillicuddy (Jr.), Aptos

Hudson Summerrill (Sr.), Soquel

Rex Thompson (Jr.), Scotts Valley

Pierre Bell (So.), Harbor

Brady Downs (Sr.), Soquel

Cam Fusari (Sr.), Santa Cruz

Cash Moran (Sr.), Soquel

Trey Sousa (Sr.), Soquel

Second Team

Elliott Smith (So.), Scotts Valley

Adam Fowler (So.), Santa Cruz

Luke Santee (Jr.), Soquel

Finn Cormier (Jr.), Aptos

Bryce McDonnell (Jr.), Scotts Valley

Brody Egner (Sr.), San Lorenzo Valley

Caleb Cmaylo (Sr.), Santa Cruz

Sam Whelan (Sr.), Soquel

Larrabee Mitchell (Jr.), SLV

Matteo Caltabiano (Sr.), Santa Cruz

Honorable Mention

Damien Espinoza (So.), Aptos 

Alec Mendoza (Jr.), Aptos 

Logan Felich (Jr.), Harbor 

Evan Lampel (Fr.), Harbor 

Liam Fields-Rapley (So.), SLV 

Spencer Bruce (Jr.), SLV 

Merrick Smith (Fr.), Santa Cruz 

Merrick DaCosta (Fr.), Santa Cruz 

Monte Jordan (Jr.), Scotts Valley 

Dash Baker (Jr.), Scotts Valley 

Anthony Skinner (So.), Soquel 

Scotty Miller (Jr.), Soquel

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