High School Football America national champ Mater Dei picked up both 2023 postseason high school football individual awards in Division 1 of the CIF-Southern Section.
Quarterback Elijah Brown, who will begin his college football at Stanford, is the Offensive Player of the Year. He completed over 70-percent of his passes (204-of-290) for 2,950 yards with 39 touchdowns against only five interceptions.
Junior linebacker Nasir Wyatt is the Defensive Player of the Year. Wyatt, who already has two dozen college scholarship offers, had 21 tackles for loss last season.
Brown and Wyatt are joined by eight other teammates on the All-CIF Southern Section Division 1 team.
Head coach Frank McManus, a longtime assistant under Bruce Rollinson, was 13-1 in his first season. He led the Monarchs to a 13-1 mark with twelve wins coming against against teams that finished inside our Top 107 — No. 3 St. John Bosco (California), No. 15 Kahuku, No. 16 Corona Centennial (California), No. 29 Sierra Canyon (California) No. 51 St. Frances Academy (Maryland), No. 52 Serra (San Mateo, California), No. 78 Servite (California), No. 80 Orange Lutheran (California), No. 81 Santa Margarita (California), No. 92 Creekside (Georgia) and No. 107 JSerra (California) twice.
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Mater Dei has now won four High School Football America national championships since 2017.
All-CIF Southern Section Division 1
Offensive Player of the Year – Elijah Brown, Mater Dei (QB)
Defensive Player of the Year – Nasir Wyatt, Mater Dei (LB)
Championship Coach – Frank McManus, Mater Dei
| SCHOOL | NAME | POSTITION | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corona Centennial | Bryce Granger | LB | 12 |
| Corona Centennial | Cornel Hatcher | RB | 12 |
| Corona Centennial | Husan Longstreet | QB | 11 |
| Corona Centennial | Jonathan McKinley | DL | 10 |
| Corona Centennial | Tayten Beyer | DB | 12 |
| Corona Centennial | Wade Helton | OL | 12 |
| JSerra | Jake Flores | OL | 11 |
| JSerra | Logan Christensen | WR | 11 |
| JSerra | Madden Faraimo | LB | 11 |
| Mater Dei | Abduall Sanders | LB | 11 |
| Mater Dei | Brandon Baker | OL | 12 |
| Mater Dei | Daryus Dixson | DB | 11 |
| Mater Dei | DeAndre Carter | OL | 12 |
| Mater Dei | Jeilani Davis | DB | 12 |
| Mater Dei | Jordon Davison | RB | 11 |
| Mater Dei | Marcus Harris | WR | 11 |
| Mater Dei | Semi Taulanga | DL | 11 |
| Orange Lutheran | Ben Alefaio | DB | 11 |
| Orange Lutheran | Talanoa Ili | LB | 10 |
| Orange Lutheran | TJ Lateef | QB | 11 |
| San Clemente | Aiden Rubin | RB | 12 |
| San Clemente | Connor Bachhuber | DL | 12 |
| San Clemente | Matai Tagoa’i | LB | 11 |
| Santa Margarita | Jacob Maiava | OL | 11 |
| Santa Margarita | Noah Sulick | LB | 12 |
| Santa Margarita | Trent Mosley | WR | 10 |
| Sierra Canyon | BJ Brooks | OL | 12 |
| Sierra Canyon | Carnell Ferguson | DL | 12 |
| Sierra Canyon | Marquis Gallegos | DB | 12 |
| Sierra Canyon | Ruben Gamboa | DB | 12 |
| Sierra Canyon | Terrell Cooks | RB | 12 |
| Sierra Canyon | Wyatt Becker | QB | 11 |
| St. John Bosco | Caleb Sanchez | QB | 12 |
| St. John Bosco | Cameron Jones | RB | 12 |
| St. John Bosco | Dutch Horisk | DL | 10 |
| St. John Bosco | Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa | LB | 12 |
| St. John Bosco | Marcelles Williams | DB | 12 |
| St. John Bosco | Peyton Woodyard | DB | 12 |
| St. John Bosco | Puka Moe | OL | 11 |
| St. John Bosco | Stacy Dobbins | WR | 12 |
