The 2021-2022 school year was LOA’s best year yet! This year, LOA teams won 7 region championships, were state runners up in 2 events, and won 4 state championships. In addition, 8 student-athletes signed to play sports in college and 7 young men and women won region and state players of the year! Titans filled the rosters of the All Region and All State teams and several coaches were named Coach of the Year in their respective sports. It was a year filled with tremendous growth in all areas.
LOA could not do this without financial support, countless volunteer hours, transportation services, and Titan voices in the crowd! Thank you to all who have made it all possible. The student-athletes and coaches are fueled to work harder each year by the support of our LOA family. On behalf of our administration, faculty, students, and coaches, I want to personally thank you for this. I look forward to an incredible summer of hard work and an even better year next year!
- Chris Ingle
Director of Athletics & Activities
Lake Oconee Academy
GHSA ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES
2021-22 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Varsity Volleyball: State Playoffs Elite Eight
● Varsity Boys Cross Country: State Meet (4th Place)
● One-Act Play (Working): Region Champions; State Runner Up
● Varsity Girls Basketball: Region Champions; State Champions
● Varsity Competition Cheer: State Meet (3rd place)
● Varsity Softball: State Playoffs
● Literary Meet: Region Champions, State Runner Up
● Varsity Boys Golf: Area Champions, State Champions
● Varsity Girls Golf: Area Champions, State Champions
● Varsity Boys Soccer: State Playoffs, Final Four
● Varsity Girls Soccer: State Playoffs
● Varsity Boys Tennis: Region Champions, State Champions
● Varsity Girls Tennis: Region Champions, State Playoffs Elite 8
● High School Robotics(FTC):
2020-21 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Varsity Volleyball: State Playoffs
● Varsity Boys’ Cross Country: State Meet (5th place)
● Varsity Girls’ Cross Country: Area Champions; State Meet (4th place)
● One-Act Play (LifeChangers): Region Champions; State Champions
● Varsity Girls Basketball: Region Champions; State Playoffs Elite Eight
● Varsity Competition Cheer: State Meet (3rd place)
● Literary Meet: Region Champions
● Varsity Baseball: State Playoffs
● Varsity Boys Golf: Area Champions, State Champions
● Varsity Girls Golf: Area Champions, State Champions
● Varsity Boys Soccer: State Playoffs, Final Four
● Varsity Boys Tennis: Region Champions, State Playoffs Sweet Sixteen
● Varsity Girls Tennis: State Playoffs Elite 8
● High School Robotics(FTC): State Tournament
2019-20 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Varsity Volleyball: State Playoffs
● Varsity Boys’ Cross Country: State Meet (3rd place)
● Varsity Competition Cheer: State Meet (3rd place)
● Varsity Girls’ Basketball: State Playoffs, Sweet Sixteen
● One-Act Play (Quilters): Area Runner-Up, State Champions
● Literary Meet: Area Runner-Up; COVID-19 shutdown (on way to State Championship
appearance)
● *Before COVID 19 shutdown, LOA Athletics and Activities were poised to have the best
spring in school history and maybe the best of any school in the state!
○ Top contenders to win boys and girls golf state championships.
○ Top contenders to go to boys and girls tennis state championships.
○ Top contenders to go to boys and girls soccer state championships.
○ Baseball poised to make the state playoffs for the first time.
○ Multiple students earned entries into the state Literary Meet.
2018-19 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Varsity Volleyball: Sweet Sixteen (first GHSA playoff win in any sport in school history)
● Varsity Competition Cheer: State Meet (4th place)
● Varsity Girls’ Basketball: State Playoffs
● Varsity Girls’ Soccer: Area Champions; Final Four
● Varsity Boys’ Soccer: Area Champions and State Runner-Up
● Varsity Girls’ Golf: Area and State Champions
● One-Act Play (All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten): Area Runner-Up;
State Runner-Up
● Literary Meet: Area Runner-Up; State Meet (4th place out of 31 schools)
2017-18 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Varsity Girls’ Soccer: State Playoffs
● Varsity Girls’ Golf: State Champions
● Varsity Competition Cheerleading: GHSA Sectionals / Advanced to State
Championships
● One-Act Play (Hairspray): Area Runner-Up
● Literary Meet: State Meet
2016-17 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS (first year of Varsity athletics competition)
● GHSA Class A Region 7 Cooperative Spirit Sportsmanship Award
● Varsity Girls’ Soccer: First GHSA State Playoff in school history
2021-22 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Varsity Competition Cheerleading: Ally Blythe (GACA A-AAAA Cheerleader of the
Year)
● Varsity Volleyball: Sarah Grace Ingle (Area Player of the Year); Whitley Cannon, Sarah
Grace Ingle, Love Kalpak, Charlee Scheller (All-Area 1st Team); Lea Eley (All-Area 2nd
Team); Jada Williams (Honorable Mention)
● Varsity Girls’ Cross Country: Jane Monachello (1st Team All Region)
● Varsity Boys’ Cross Country: Ty Wood (1st Team All State) Ty Wood (1st Team All
Region)
● Varsity Softball: Jacy Singleton (1st Team All Region), Gracie Stanford (2nd Team All
Region), Ava Johnson and Jordan Nichols (All Region Honorable Mention)
● Literary Meet:
○ Region Meet Individual Events (all 1st place): Julia Dixon (Oral Presentation,
Humorous); Elisa Garcia-Carreras & Jacob Moore (Oral Presentation, Duo);
Lucas Minton (Boys’ Solo); Walker Cannon, Gemin Manto, Lucas Minton, Jacob
Moore (Quartet); Halsey Bosart (Extemporaneous Speaking, Domestic);
○ State Meet Individual Events: Lucas Minton, State Champion (Boys’ Solo);
Elisa Garcia-Carreras & Jacob Moore, State Runner-Up (Oral Presentation,
Duo); Julia Dixon, 3rd place (Oral Presentation, Humorous Solo); Walker
Cannon, Gemin Manto, Lucas Minton, Jacob Moore, 3rd place (Quartet); Remi
Baker, Elisa Garcia-Carreras, Sarah Grace Ingle, 4th place (Trio) LOA Trio took
the place of the Social Circle Region 1st place Trio who was unable to attend
State
● One Act Play: Elisha Copeland, Elisa Garcia-Carreras, & Jacob Moore (Region All-Star
Cast); Elisha Copeland & Gabby Gruszynski (State All-Star Cast); Gemin Manto (State
Best Actor)
● Varsity Girls Basketball: Georgia Bosart & (Region Jada Williams Co-Players of the
Year) Georgia Bosart, Jada Williams (All State) Hannah Heinen (All State Honorable
Mention) Georgia Bosart, Hannah Heinen, Jada Williams (1st Team All Region) Kensi
Stevens (All Region Honorable Mention, Ed Wilson (Region and State Coach of the
Year)
● Varsity Baseball: Harrison Tolleson, Owen Etris (1st Team All Region), Ian Watson (All
Region Honorable Mention)
● Varsity Boys Golf: Rylan Black (Low Medalist State Champion, GHSA A-Public State
Player of the Year) Rylan Black, Colby Bennett, Drew Williams (First Team All State)
Rhett Smith (All State Honorable Mention)
● Varsity Girls Golf: Kelli Scheck (Low Medalist State Champion, GHSA A-Public State
Player of the Year) Kelli Scheck, Georgia Bosart (First Team All State) Willa Kent (All
State Honorable Mention)
● Varsity Boys Soccer: Kyle Beasley (Class A-Public State Player of the Year), Kyle
Beasley (Region Player of the Year), Kyle Beasley, Leo Perez, Knox Van Mol, Gavin
Minster (1st Team All Region) Palmer Larkin, Jefferson Amaya (2nd Team All Region)
Fernando Patino (All Region Honorable Mention)
● Varsity Girls Soccer: Victoria Goubran , Jada Williams (1st Team All Region), Lauren
Glass (2nd Team All Region)
● Varsity Boys Tennis: Cooper Ciavola (State Player of the Year) Cooper Ciavola
(Region Player of the Year), Cooper Ciavola, Maddox Cantrell, Noah Gessner, Adam
Kalmanowicz (1st Team All State)
● Cooper Ciavola, Maddox Cantrell, Noah Gessner, Adam Kalmanowicz (1st Team All
Region)
● Varsity Girls Tennis: Love Kalpak, Lili Sheehan, Elizabeth Beatty, Ella Cooper, Hailey
Heinen, Anika Imhof (1st Team All Region) Tom Imhof (Region Coach of the Year)
2020-21 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Varsity Volleyball: Lauren Eley (Area Player of the Year); Lauren Eley, Sarah Grace
Ingle, Charlee Scheller (All-Area 1st Team); Payton Bussey (All-Area 2nd Team)
● Varsity Girls’ Cross Country: Jane Monachello (All-State 1st Team); Emma Coleman,
Lea Eley, Jane Monachello, Kensi Stevens (All-Area 1st Team)
● Varsity Boys’ Cross Country: Jack Miller, Ty Wood (All-Area 1st Team); Ty Wood
(All-State 1st Team)
● Varsity Softball: Jacy Singleton (All-Area 1st Team); Elizabeth Beatty (All-Area
Honorable Mention)
● Literary Meet: Walker Cannon, Lucas Minton, Jacob Moore, Braden Strickland (Region
Champion, Boys’ Quartet and 3rd place in State); Elisha Copeland, Elisa
Garcia-Carreras (Region Champion, Oral Presentation Duo); Thomas Chillemi (Region
Champion, Argumentative Essay); Bhumi Sukha (Region Champion, Rhetorical Essay)
● One Act Play: Gabby Gruszynski (All Star Cast), Elisa Garcia-Carreras (All Star Cast)
● Varsity Girls Basketball: Destiny McClendon (1st Team All Region, 1st Team All State,
A-Public Player of the Year) Piper Bosart (1st Team All Region, 1st Team All State) Kevin
Furtado (Region and State Coach of the Year) Hannah Heinen (2nd Team All Region),
Georgia Bosart (2nd Team All Region), Kensi Stevens (Honorable Mention All Region),
Jada Williams (Honorable Mention All Region), Kala Jo Ogletree (Honorable Mention All
Region)
● Varsity Baseball: JP Sheehan and Owen Etris (1st Team All Region), Harrison Tolleson
(2nd Team All Region), and Christian Greer (Honorable Mention)
● Varsity Boys Golf: Colby Bennett, (All State), Rylan Black (All State, Low Medalist State
Champion)
● Varsity Girls Golf: Kelli Scheck, (All State), Georgia Bosart (Honorable Mention All
State), Katie Scheck (All State, Low Medalist State Champion)
● Varsity Boys Soccer: John Clay Wofford, (1st Team All Region, Offensive Player of the
Year), Jack Miller (1st Team All Region), Kyle Beasley (1st Team All Region), Logan
Fedelem (2nd Team All Region)
● Varsity Girls Soccer: Emma Parker (1st Team All Region), Kensi Stevens (2nd Team
All Region)
● Varsity Competition Cheerleading: Belle Benton, Katie Ciavola (GCCA All-State
Cheerleader Finals); Belle Benton, Katie Ciavola (GCCA All-State Cheerleading Team)
2019-20 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Varsity Volleyball: Reese Williams (All-Area 1st Team); Lauren Eley, Sarah Grace Ingle,
Charlee Scheller (All-Area 2nd Team)
● Varsity Girls’ Cross Country: Kensi Stevens (All-State 1st Team)
● Varsity Boys’ Cross Country: Kendal Clark, Jack Miller (All-State 1st Team)
● Varsity Softball: Landon Beall, Lizzy Holt, Cory Kimbrough, Kelli Stevens (All-Area 1st
Team)
● Varsity Boys’ Basketball: Devin Phoenix (All-Region 1st Team)
● Varsity Girls Basketball: Destiny McClendon (All-State), Destiny McClendon (Region
Player of the Year), Piper Bosart, Hannah Heinen, Destiny McClendon, Kelli Stevens (All
Region)
● One-Act Play (Quilters): Helen Garcia-Carreras (Area and State Best Lead Actress);
Elisa Garcia-Carreras (Area Best Supporting Actress); Cast/Crew (Best Costumes)
● Literary Meet: Helen Garcia-Carreras (Area Champion, Oral Presentation Humorous);
Shelby Davis, Elisa Garcia-Carreras (Area Runner-Up, Oral Presentation Duo); Helen
Garcia-Carreras, Gabby Gruszynski, Sarah Grace Ingle (Area Runner-Up, Girls’ Trio);
Walker Cannon, Ryan Lombard, Lucas Minton, Braden Strickland (Area Runner-Up,
Boys’ Quartet); Azariah Chester (Area Runner-Up, Extemporaneous Speaking
Domestic); Bailey Carr (Area Runner-Up, Extemporaneous Speaking International)
2018-19 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Varsity Volleyball: Payton Bussey, Lauren Eley, Reese Williams (All-Area 1st Team)
● Varsity Boys’ Cross Country: Jack Miller, Ty Wood (All-State 1st Team)
● Varsity Softball: Landon Beall, Cory Kimbrough, Kelli Stevens, Courtney Watson
(All-Area 1st Team)
● Varsity Boys’ Basketball: Bryson Jackson (All-Region 1st Team)
● Varsity Girls Basketball: Destiny McClendon, Kirsten Reese (All-Region)
● Varsity Boys’ Soccer: Julie Brooker (Area Coach of the Year); John Clay Wofford
(Area Offensive Player of the Year); Troy Weir (Area Co-Defensive Player of the Year);
Kyle Morse, Peyton Walker, Tristan Weir, Troy Weir, Tyler Weir, John Clay Wofford
(All-Area 1st Team); Kendal Clark, Devin Phenix (All-Area Honorable Mention)
● Varsity Girls’ Soccer: Chris Ingle (Area Coach of the Year); Jackie Hernandez (Area
Offensive Player of the Year); Fernanda Patino (Area Co-Defensive Player of the Year);
Madison Courter, Jackie Hernandez, Lizzy Holt, Fernanda Patino, Kirsten Reese, Kelli
Stevens (All-Area 1st Team); Tori Ellison, Jessica Patino (All-Area Honorable Mention)
● Varsity Girls’ Golf: Katie Scheck (State Champion and All-State 1st Team); Kelli
Scheck (Area Champion and All-State 1st Team)
● Varsity Boys’ Golf: Ryan Smith, Rylan Black (All-State 1st Team)
● Varsity Baseball: Mac McCommons, Zach Tolleson (All-Area 1st Team); Jackson
Cown, Blake Mills (All-Area 2nd Team)
● One-Act Play (All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten): Joseph
Garcia-Carreras (State Best Lead Actor); Cast/Crew (Best Ensemble)
● Literary Meet: Stu Baker (State Champion, Extemporaneous Speaking International;
Area and State Runner-up, Boys’ Solo); Logan Fedelem, Joseph Garcia-Carreras (Area
Champion and State Runner-Up, Oral Presentation Duo); Joseph Garcia-Carreras (Area
Runner-Up, Oral Presentation Humorous); Helen Garcia-Carreras, Sarah Grace Ingle,
Rylie McDonald (Area and State Runner-Up, Girls’ Trio); Chandler Pearson (Area
Runner-Up, Extemporaneous Speaking Domestic); Hannah Walker (Area Runner-Up
and State 3rd place, Argumentative Essay); Bailey Ballard (Area Runner-Up, Rhetorical
Analysis Essay)
2017-18 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Varsity Softball: Landon Beall, Kelli Stevens (All-Area 2nd Team)
● Varsity Girls Basketball: Samantha Cervantes, Destiny McClendon (All-Region)
● Varsity Boys’ Soccer: Peyton Walker, Tristan Weir, Tyler Weir (All-Area Honorable
Mention)
● Varsity Girls’ Soccer: Meredith Grill (All-Area 1st Team); Fernanda Patino, Kelli
Stevens, Abbey Wendt (All-Area Honorable Mention)
● Varsity Girls’ Golf: Katie Scheck (Area and State Champion, All-State 1st Team)
● Varsity Boys’ Golf: Ryan Smith (State Champion and All-State 1st Team)
● Literary Meet: Chandler Pearson (State Champion, Extemporaneous Speaking
Domestic); Bobby Hatfield (State Runner-Up, Extemporaneous Speaking International);
Stu Baker (State Runner-Up, Boys’ Solo)
2016-17 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Varsity Girls’ Basketball: Stephanie Cervantes (All Region)
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS ~ CSRA (Central Savannah River
Association)
2021 Baseball League Second Place
2020-2021 Competition Cheerleading Champions
2021 Girls Soccer League Champions
2020 Boys Cross Country - 3rd in State
2019 Boys Cross Country League Champions
2019 Girls Cross Country League Champions
2019 Baseball League Champions
2019 Girls Golf League Champions
2019 Boys Golf League Champions
2018 Competition Cheerleading Champions
2018 Girls Cross Country League Champions
2018 Boys Soccer League Champions
2017 Competition Cheerleading Champions
2017 Boys Soccer League Champions
2017 Girls Cross Country League Champions
2017 Boys Cross Country League Champions
2016 Competition Cheerleading Champions
2016 Boys Soccer League Champions
2016 Girls Soccer League Champions
2016 Baseball League Champions