Tower Summer 2022
Montverde Academy's digital magazine The Tower, for alumni, family and friends.
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ival, No. 2 seed DME Academy, 67-54, in the semifinal<br />
round, before topping top seeded New Hope Academy in<br />
the championship game to officially claim the first national<br />
championship in Montverde Academy girls’ basketball history.<br />
“When I became the head coach of the girls’ program two<br />
years ago, I knew I had three goals in mind: to graduate all<br />
seniors, to bring this program into national prominence and<br />
to win national championships,” said Mrs. Special Jennings,<br />
Girls Basketball Head Coach. “To be the first to ever bring<br />
this prestigious academy a national championship is an honor<br />
I’ll never forget. It is a memory that I’ll cherish for a lifetime.<br />
The best part of it all is that we’re just getting started.”<br />
Upon the historic wins, the Academy threw a campus-wide<br />
parade to celebrate the milestone. With both championship<br />
trophies in tow, the players and coaches from both teams<br />
boarded the back of pick-up trucks and did a loop around<br />
Palanti Family Circle, to the roar of the entire student body,<br />
including those in Upper School, Middle School, and Lower<br />
School, along with faculty, staff, and residents.<br />
After their three wins in the GEICO High School Nationals,<br />
the boys ended their season 23-4 overall, and had several<br />
players earn postseason awards in the process. Dariq<br />
Whitehead, who had been with the team since eighth<br />
grade and had won three national championships with<br />
MVA before winning again this year, earned McDonalds<br />
Dillon Mitchell<br />
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