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San Antonio Area Athletes Shine In 2018-2019; End Year With Poll Wins

Every week, VYPE San Antonio hosts a poll to highlight top athletic achievers. Check out the recent winners, and some of the credentials that got them to that point.

Cibolo Steele's Jaylon Jones (Top Returning VYPE San Antonio UIL 5A-6A Defensive Back)

Why he's deserving:

1. Won the Sun & Ski Sports Poll with 12,418 of the 31,287 total votes.

2. The Texas A&M football commit is the area's top 2020 recruit.

Bracken Christian School's Aiden Cantu (VYPE San Antonio Private School Baseball Player of the Year)

Why he's deserving:

1. Won the VYPE Films Poll with 6,469 of the 10,183 total votes.

2. The senior earned TAPPS first-team all-state honors in baseball and football during the 2018-2019 school year.

San Antonio Incarnate Word's Morgan Gutierrez (VYPE San Antonio Private School Softball Player of the Year)

Why she's deserving:

1. Won the VYPE Films Poll with 13,045 of the 20,376 total votes.

2. The sophomore's first-team all-state season helped Incarnate Word reach another state final four in 2019.

Fredericksburg's Aleah Constantine (VYPE San Antonio UIL Girls Track Athlete Of The Year)

Why she's deserving:

1. Won the VYPE Films Poll with 14,483 of the 35,834 total votes.

2. The junior recorded a personal best 14.91 time and earned a silver medal in 2019's UIL 4A state 100 meter hurdle event.

San Antonio Roosevelt's Rashod Owens (VYPE San Antonio UIL Boys Track Athlete of the Year)

Why he's deserving:

1. Won the VYPE Films Poll with 4,860 of the 11,324 total votes.

2. The three-sport junior athlete set a new San Antonio triple jump record (49 feet, 10 3/4 inches), medaled in one (triple jump) of his two UIL state track events, has 11 offers to play college football, and is a basketball player as well.

Antonian College Preparatory's Alexis Jairala (Top VYPE San Antonio Private School Volleyball Prospect)

Why she's deserving:

1. Won the Sun & Ski Sports Poll with 4,530 of the 7,564 total votes.

2. The Apache athlete is a two-time all-state volleyballer.

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