The All CIF First Team selections for spring sports have been announced by the California Interscholastic Federation, Southern Section. For Division 2 William S. Hart High School Baseball Coach Jim Ozella was named Coach of the Year. Ozella had announced earlier that he would be retiring at the end of this season.

Hart High Baseball team member Ryan De La Meza, a senior, was named Player of the Year.

Ozella, who coached Hart Baseball for 25 years, racked up 21 CIF playoff berths, nine league titles and coached eight players who went on to play in Major League Baseball.

He was recently honored on the field at Dodger Stadium during Santa Clarita Dodger Day. It was also the Dodgers’ pitcher, Tyler Glasnow Bobblehead night, one of Ozella’s former players.

Hart High captured the CIF Southern Division Championship, for the first time in 25 years. Hart defeated Moorpark 7-6 on May 17 in the Division 2 championship game at Lake Elsinore’s Diamond Stadium.

The 2024 Baseball All CIF for spring sports is presented by the LA84 Foundation and selected by the CIF-SS baseball coaches.

Other Divison 2 All CIF First Team selections are:

Name and school

Brandon Tatch Aliso Niguel

Gabe Lopez Arcadia

Fernando Palencia Arcadia

Nathan Chavez Arlington

Caleb Trugman Ayala

Austin Duarte Canyon Anaheim

Kade Finazzo Citrus Valley

Troy Cooper Hart

Ryan De La Meza Hart

Ian Edwards Hart

Zach Strickland Maranatha

Thomas Lieb Maranatha

Taylor Busch Moorpark

Chapman Weber Paloma Valley

Ayden Harrison Paloma Valley

Tyler Tellenbach Palos Verdes

Esteban Sepulveda Quartz Hill

Taden Krogsgaard Temecula Valley

Angel Cervantes Warren

Dylan Smith West Torrance

Dylan Volantis Westlake

Nolan Johnson Westlake

The CIF is the governing body for all high school sports in California. There are currently 10 separate CIF Sections that govern sports under the umbrella of the California State CIF. Schools in the Santa Clarita Valley are members of the CIF Southern Section.