We held our annual All Athletes Celebration on Tuesday, May 28. It was an awesome night full of reflection, recognition, and celebration for our Atoms student-athletes! In this weeks newsletter you will see a recap of our celebration from this past year!

Check back next week as we recap our each of our seasons.

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All Athletes End of Year Celebration and Next Level Ceremony

We celebrated our student-athletes, coaches, and programs during our All Athletes End of Year Celebration last week. During the celebration we recognized the following:

* Team Academic GPA

* Sportsmanship Award Winners

* 3 Peat Athletes

* District Champions

* Special Recognition Award

* Atoms Inspiration Award

* Atomic Atom

* Athlete of the Year

You can see all those award recipients below

Team Academic GPA Award Winners This award goes to a Boys and Girls team that achieved the highest percentage of student-athletes, with a 3.0 GPA or higher. Award Winners:  Girls Teams - Tennis & Basketball Boys Team - Tennis (not pictured)

Sportsmanship Award Winners

The following award winners were selected by each programs coaching staff who feel those student-athletes represent the true meaning of sportsmanship.

3 Peat Athletes

This award was established over 20 years ago to recognize those student-athletes who participated in three different sports during the athletic year. Each of these recipients will receive an “Atoms Three Sport Athletes” t-shirt!

Check out the list of 3 Peat Athletes

2023-2024 3.5 Athletes

We celebrated all of our student-athletes who maintained a 3.5 GPA or higher during their respective athletic season.

Check out the list here 2023-2024 3.5 Student-Athletes

District Champions

We celebrated our National District Champions during our celebration. You can find a list of our champions below:

WINTER

Indoor Track - Pamela Moura - Triple Jump

Swim & Dive - Colin McGee - 200IM; 

                         Noah Popp - 100m Backstroke

Wrestling - Jordy Lopez Funes - 165lb weight class

SPRING

Outdoor Track - Jeremiah Nelson - High Jump

Special Recognition Awards

During the celebration, we celebrated special achievements by a few of our Annandale Atoms.

Callia Uviedo - Field Hockey, National District Player of the Year

Corin Uviedo - Field Hockey, National District & Occoquan Coach of the Year

Khalid Mohamed - Atoms Honorary Letterman

Noah Popp, Colin McGee, James Chilton, Finnian Sample - 200 Medley                            Relay who broke the school record with a time of 1.37.73

Noah Popp, Matthew Munoz, James Chilton, Finnian Sample - 200 Free                            Relay who broke the school record with a time of 1.28.68

Colin McGee - 100M Breaststroke, tied the school record with a time of 58.15

Atoms Inspiration Award

This award goes to two senior student-athletes who have demonstrated leadership qualities that encourage teammates to never give up. A student-athlete who acts as a role model and demonstrates their leadership skills by example to their teammates, peers, and coaches.

Award Recipients:

Melanie Lam & Josue Bonilla-Gomez (not pictured)

Atomic Atom Award

This award goes to two senior student-athletes and is not just for the MVP of a team.  It is meant to recognize what we call an  Atomic Atom. An all around athlete that possesses the qualities. A student-athlete that may not have all the accolades but an individual that performs in the classroom, on the field, and in the community. An Atomic Atom is an exceptional person and so, too, are the recipients of this award.

Award Recipients:

Morgan Milman & Esteban Rambral-Pinero

Atoms Athlete of the Year

Two senior student-athletes whose athletic participation and accomplishments are evident throughout their high school career. These awards are for those who have set themselves apart from others with their accolades, leadership qualities, and performances during their four years at Annandale High School.

Award Recipients:

Pamela Moura & Colin McGee

Next Level Athletes

We celebrated our Annandale Atoms who have committed to play athletic at the next level!

Rodolfo Duncan - Football - Christopher Newport University (Not pictured)

Ros McClendon - Field Hockey/Lacrosse - Goucher College

Colin McGee - Swim - College of the Holy Cross.

Thyrese Ofosu - Football - Frostburg State (Not pictured)

Zachary Plank - Baseball - Susquehanna University

Amaya Sutton-Antezana - Marymount University

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