A pair of Point Loma High School athletes achieved the highest honor in local prep sports, earning first team all-CIF honors for their spring achievements.

For senior Mikaela Miles, a track and field star, the honor wrapped up her prep career, which also included being a member of the Pointer CIF D-III championship basketball team in 2020. Her overtime three-point shot proved the winner as the Pointers outlasted a feisty Madison team 56-55 for the title.

Miles devoted her efforts to track and field and the decision paid off when she became an elite triple jumper in the county.

At the CIF Finals meet last month Miles won the D-II event with a combined leap of 38 feet, 1.5 inches. Her distance was the furthest of all divisions making her the first team all-CIF member.

However, that winning mark was not Miles’ best. At the Western League finals several weeks earlier, she turned in her personal best mark of 38 feet, 2.5 inches.
Miles will continue her track and field efforts while attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Based in Daytona Beach, Fla., it is the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace with colleges of arts and sciences, aviation, business, and engineering.

For baseball standout, Jordan Otjen, a junior, his selection was undoubtedly influenced by opposing coaches who took note of the difficulty their pitchers had in getting him out. Otjen led all Pointers hitters with a batting average of .451, an on-base percentage of .524, and a slugging percentage of .619, all eye-popping numbers.

Recording three doubles and launching three home runs, he also stole seven bases, one below the team lead.

Defensively, Otjen did not make a single error in 23 games for a 1.000 fielding percentage. He also recorded an assist when one of his throws resulted in a putout.

In the recent San Diego Padres Prep All-Star Game at Petco Park, Otjen reached base on an infield single, stole second base, and then scored on a teammate’s triple. Later he doubled, went to third on an infield out, and scored on a sacrifice fly. In his final at bat, Otjen hit a deep fly ball that was caught on the stadium’s warning track.

Besides his baseball skills, Otjen also displayed a smile and all-star attitude on the field.

His older brother Hunter, a former Pointer, is currently starring on the Point Loma Nazarene University baseball team that went all the way to the Div. II College World Series last month.