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Academy Sweeps All State Championships !!
Date Posted: 4/10/2017
It’s official, we, NC Academy have been dubbed the best club in the state of North Carolina!
Throughout the weekends of March 25th, 26th and April 8th and 9th, the Carolina Region held Overall State Championships that allowed the top 4 teams from East/West regions to compete to earn the title of best in North Carolina.
Beginning with 12’s on March 25th and solidifying the title with the 17’s division on April 9th, Academy took home gold at every single one of these events. That’s 7/7 champions! Our Diamond teams took 1st with many Crystal teams entering and fairing well against the tough competition with the highest finish being 3rd.
We are very proud of our athletes and thank them for their hard work and diligence in practice’s every single week. It’s no doubt that Academy offers the best training in North Carolina and we look forward to many more successful seasons to come !!
Academy players dominate All-Tournament Teams from 12's-18's as below, view PHOTOS
18’s All-Tournament Team:
- MVP - Alyssa Pieh (S, #10) - Academy 18 Diamond
- Christine Alcox (OH, #5) - Academy 18 Diamond
- Tayor Thomas (OH, #1) - Academy 18 Diamond
- Braxton Wright (Lib, #12) - Academy 18 Diamond
- Faith Merritt (MH, #10) - Jammers 18 Black
- Natalie Ferrell (Lib, #4) - Jammers 18 Black
- Megan Andrews (OH, #18) - Jammers 18-SG
- Mary Cate Kovash (OH, #2) - Zoo City Vipers
17’s All-Tournament Team:
- MVP - Lauren Janok (S, #1) - Academy 17 Diamond
- Taylor Rebne (OH, #10) - Academy 17 Diamond
- Hannah Wander (Lib, #7) - Academy 17 Diamond
- MaKayla Chavis (RS, #3) - Academy 17 Diamond
- Skylar Doss (Lib, #12) - Fusion 17
- Jessica Walker (MH, #8) - Fusion 17
- Bailey Lucas (S, #18) - Jammers 17-Red
- Kacey Payne (S, #13) - Alexander Aces 17
16’s All-Tournament Team:
- MVP -MacKenzie Hulsey (S, #2) - Academy 16 Diamond
- Sanaa Lanier (OH, #8) - Academy 16 Diamond
- Sue Conley (Lib, #9) - Academy 16 Diamond
- Conzy Rozario (RS, #3) - Academy 16 Diamond
- Emani Foster (MH, #8) - Jammers 16-SG National
- Denise Burk (S, #12) - Jammers 16-SG National
- Meg Ashness (OH, #21) - Academy 16 Crystal
- Abby Vacha (MH, #14) - Brick City 16’s Ignite
15’s All-Tournament Team:
- MVP - Samantha Breschi (S, #5) - Academy 15 Diamond
- Emma Clements (OH, #2) - Academy 15 Diamond
- Lindsey Stillson (Lib, #6) - Academy 15 Diamond
- Kelly Kaufmann (MH, #7) - Academy 15 Diamond
- Haley Helton (OH, #5) - CSVC 15 Boom
- Dara Shaffer (Lib, #6) - CSVC 15 Boom
- Erin Sadowski (Lib, #3) - I.C. Stars 15 Bria
- Christa Burns (MH, #26) - Triangle 15 Silver
14’s All-Tournament Team:
- MVP - Sydney McCree (S, #12) - Academy 14 Diamond
- Laney Choboy (Lib, #6) - Academy 14 Diamond
- Emily Ruble (S, #3) - Academy 14 Diamond
- Maya Mitchall (OH, #7) - Academy 14 Diamond
- Jaden Vaughn (OH, #3) - HRVC Niners
- Kaylin Dowling (OH, #1) - HRVC Niners
- Paige Gillon (MH, #12) - CHAVC Burn
- Kaitlyn Werden (S, #13) - Academy 14 Crystal
13’s All-Tournament Team:
- MVP -Nicole De Oliveira (S, #12) - Academy 13 Diamond
- Grace Badlam (MH, #8) - Academy 13 Diamond
- Nora Pit (MH, #3) - Academy 13 Diamond
- Tori Sears (Lib, #7) - Academy 13 Diamond
- Maddy May (OH, #25) - ECJVC 13 Black
- Ella Philpot (MH, #33) - ECJVC 13 Black
- Madison Riley (Lib, #14) - Academy 13 Crystal
- Skylin Guill (OH, #11) - I.C. stars 13 Jordan
12’s All-Tournament Team:
- MVP -Kayla Clements (OH, #9) - Academy 12 Diamond
- Hannah Morrow (S, #2) - Academy 12 Diamond
- Maggie Gibbons (MH, #1) - Academy 12 Diamond
- Ally Fuhrer (OH, #10) - Academy 12 Diamond
- Ailena Mykins (#22) - I.C. Stars 12 MB
- Addison Gallyon (#2) - I.C. Stars 12 MB
- Elly Davis (S, #2) - HRVC Pixies
- Gracie Jordan (MH, #23) - I.C. Stars 12 Ellyn