Tennis
Spring all-area series: Here are the 2024 Athens-area high school tennis players
The final installment highlighting the best spring sports athletes in the Athens area brings us to tennis.
Athens Academy was the only boys team to make it to the championships, but they fell runner up to Landmark Christian after going 3-0. Oconee County was the only girls team to do the feat as well, but they fell runner up to Wesleyan after also going 3-0.
Other teams that accrued playoff berths were Athens Christian boys, which lost in the first round; Prince Avenue Christian and Commerce boys, which lost in the second round; Prince Avenue Christian and East Jackson girls, which lost in the second round; Oconee County boys, which lost in the second round; North Oconee boys and girls, the former which lost in the semifinals and the latter in the first round; Madison County girls, which lost in the quarterfinals; Clarke Central girls and Jefferson boys, which lost in the first round; Clarke Central boys and Jefferson girls, which lost in the second round; and Jackson County girls and boys, which lost in the second round.
The area continues to produce quality talent. Here are the 2024 Athens high school all-area tennis players.
Boys first-team
Apalachee
Gabe Shoemaker, junior
Chase Shamburger, sophomore
Athens Academy
Cohen Tomlinson, senior
Weston Smart, sophomore
Athens Christian
Benson Bailey, senior
Bailey, who is continuing his career at Emmanuel University, had a 10-3 record this season and was selected as part of the first-team all-region. He led the Eagles to states three of his four years on varsity and was their No. 2 singles player.
Clarke Central
Patrick Allen, senior
Patrick Allen was 11-2 overall and 6-0 in region this season. He was 1-1 in the playoffs and named the singles region player of the year.
Cormac Allen, sophomore
Cormac Allen was 13-2 overall and 6-0 in region this season. He was 3-1 in the playoffs and named to the first-team all-region.
Noah Stewart, sophomore & Cash Meyer, freshman
Stewart and Meyer were a doubles team that went 14-0 overall and 6-0 in region this season. They were 3-0 in the playoffs and named region doubles team of the year.
Connor Miller, sophomore & Alex Cho, freshman
Miller and Cho were a doubles team that went 7-1 overall and 4-0 in region this season. They were 1-1 in the playoffs and named to the second-team all-region.
Commerce
Mason & Jackson Brown, freshmen
The Browns were a doubles team that went 12-0 overall and 5-0 in region this season. They were named to the first-team all-region.
East Jackson
Fletcher Brinkman, junior
Jackson County
Clayton Fairbank, senior
Luke Hayes, junior & Harrison Chan, sophomore (doubles)
Jefferson
Jacob Meissner, junior
Meissner went 12-5 overall and 6-2 in region this season. He was named to the first-team all-region.
Madison County
Tate Bennett, senior
Bennett, who is signed to continue his career at Truett McConnell, went 10-9 overall this season and was given an all-region honorable mention.
North Oconee
Arham Aman, senior
Lleyton Beasley, senior
Beasley was named the region player of the year for Region 8-4A.
Shane Carson, senior
Tiago daCunha, senior
Palmer Byrnes, junior
Matthew Clausen, junior
Cooper Floyd, junior
Davis Wall, sophomore
Oconee County
Champ Blose, junior
Blose went 16-5 overall and 9-0 in region play this season. He was voted region player of the year for Region 8-3A.
Carson Smith, junior
Smith went 19-2 overall and 11-0 in region this season. He was named to the first-team all-region.
Rohan Patel, sophomore & Vance Patterson, freshman
Patel and Patterson were a doubles team that went 15-5 overall and 10-0 in region this season. They were named to the all-region first-team.
Prince Avenue Christian
Evan Hannon, freshman
Hannon went 10-4 overall and 4-0 in region this season.
Lane Woodall, freshman
Woodall went 6-8 overall and 3-1 in region this season.
Shepherd Flynt, freshman
Flynt went 11-4 overall and 4-0 in region this season.
Porter Ward, senior & Bennett Bahnsen, junior
Ward and Bahnsen were a doubles team that went 4-0 in region and 2-1 in the playoffs this season. Ward was 7-4 overall and Bahnsen was 9-3 overall.
Girls first-team
Apalachee
Anna Grace Erwin, senior
Addison Hayes, senior
Athens Academy
Adelaide Ellis, junior
Avery Roark, junior
Clarke Central
Riley David & Mary Robinson, juniors
David and Robinson were a doubles team that went 5-2 overall and 3-1 in region this season. They were 2-1 in the playoffs and given all-region honorable mentions.
Cara Flath, sophomore
Flath was 7-6 overall and 2-3 in region this season. She was 2-2 in the playoffs and given an all-region honorable mention.
Commerce
Lily Sears, sophomore
Sears was 11-4 overall and 3-2 in region this season. She was named to the first-team all-region.
East Jackson
Taylor Joyner, junior
Jackson County
Mai Xuan Johnson, junior
Skylar Xiong, sophomore
QuyLan Johnson, sophomore
Brooklyn Clerici, senior & Lily Potter, freshman (doubles)
Rylee Kohan & Armani Ly, seniors (doubles)
Jefferson
Amanda Jacobs, senior
Jacobs went 9-5 overall and 5-1 in region this season. She was named the all-region singles player of the year.
Madyson Smith, senior
Smith went 10-4 overall and 6-0 in region this season. She was named to the all-region first-team.
Josie Fuller, junior
Fuller went 8-6 overall and 5-1 in region this season. She was named to the all-region first-team.
Isobel Summerour & Emma Coulter, freshmen
Summerour and Coulter were a doubles team that went 9-4 overall and 4-2 in region this season. They were named to the all-region first-team.
Madison County
Reece Williams, senior
Williams went 16-5 overall on the season and was named to the all-region first-team.
Addison Peeples, senior
Peeples went 19-3 overall on the season and was named to the all-region second-team.
Lexie Gillespie, junior
Gillespie went 21-1 overall and 12-1 in region this season. She was 2-0 in the region tournament and 3-0 in the state tournament, helping the Red Raiders make a deep run for the first time since 2002 (to the Elite Eight). She was named to the team’s MVP and was added to the all-region first-team, just four points behind the Region 8-4A Player of the Year Erika Terek.
Katie Dixon & Ava Harden, juniors
Dixon and Harden were a doubles team that went 16-4 on the season. They were named to the all-region first-team.
North Oconee
Copeland Richardson, senior
Abigail Treon, senior
Samantha Udwadia, senior
Victoria Leopold, junior
Deeya Mepani, junior
Niti Patel, junior
Oconee County
Brinley Bartlett, senior
Bartlett went 21-3 overall and 11-0 in region this season. She was voted region player of the year for Region 8-3A.
Cadence Keese, junior
Keese went 22-2 overall and 11-0 in region this season. She was named to the first-team all-region.
Isabel Miller, senior & Mary Linda Veit, sophomore
Miller and Veit were a doubles team that went 24-0 overall and 11-0 in region this season. They were named to the first-team all-region.
Prince Avenue Christian
Julia Purvis, junior
Purvis went 11-3 overall and 4-0 in region this season.
Evie Carter, junior
Carter went 8-2 overall and 4-0 in region this season.
Caroline Seagraves & Landry Hill, seniors
Seagraves and Hill were a doubles team that went 4-0 in region and 3-0 in the playoffs this season. Seagraves was 7-2 overall and Hill was 10-3 overall.
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