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Lakeview Lion Tayden Ware was named the GIAA AAA/AAAA District 4 Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Tayden led his team to win the regional championship last week. He was also part of last year's boys basketball state champions team and was named to the 2023-24 GIAA Class 3-A All-State Boys Basketball Team.

The varsity girls' basketball coach, Ken Huffman, was named GIAA AAA/AAAA District 4 Girls Basketball Coach of the Year. The Lady Lions are currently ranked #1 in Class 3A and will play in the state championship tournament beginning next week.

The varsity boys' basketball coach, Benjie Wood, was named GIAA AAA/AAAA District 4 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year. The Lions are the 2024-25 region champions and will play in the state playoffs next week.

For his Digital Art, Highlighted in an Open Sea, Nathan Suo won the Gold Key Scholastic Art and Writing Awards hosted by SCAD for the Georgia region. His artwork will next be judged at the national level. In addition, he received an Honorable Mention for his Digital Art, Withering in a Box.

• The troupe was honored with the distinction of being a Gold Honor Troupe, the highest recognition a thespian troupe can receive.
• Four students—Abby McMahan, Will Hake, Parker White, and Hayden Silcox—were selected for the elite All-State Theatre Cast and Crew. They performed in the Opening and Closing ceremonies for all 6,000+ attendees, and Abby McMahan was also featured as a soloist.
• Out of the six (6) Thespy performers and tech selected for live callbacks, the troupe had four (4) Overall Superior Thespys (Solo- Abby McMahan, Solo Dance- Leyla Ozcelik, Stage Management- Hayden Silcox, and Large Group- Will Hake, Parker White, Case Beverly, Bora Ozcelik, Abby McMahan, Leyla Ozcelik, Abigail Baker, Bella Caplan, Amelia Corbin, Hannah Cobb, Anabelle Baxter, Alyssa Gay, Amanda Hartig, Lydia Abell, and Hannah Baker)
• Two (2) seniors, Will Hake and Abby McMahan, auditioned for colleges nationwide and received multiple callbacks from over 20 schools.
• Abby McMahan was selected as 1 of 25 students across the state for a thespian scholarship callback.
• Our group performance thespy and tech thespy were chosen as one of 13 acts or tech members out of 161 entries for the final showcase. It is a tremendous honor to perform in front of an audience of over 2,500 during the Closing Ceremonies. Notably, this marks the second time in the last three years that several of Lakeview's seniors—Abigail Baker, Abby McMahan, Will Hake, and Leyla Ozcelik—were selected for the showcase. Additionally, this will be Leyla Ozcelik's third appearance at ThesCon, showcasing her talents in solo dance in 2023 and in large group performances in 2024 and 2025.

WATCH this video from ThesCon.

Harrison Slattery is Lakeview Academy's 2024-25 STAR Student. Harrison chose Craig Waddell, his AP Physics and AP ABBC Calculus teacher, as his STAR Teacher. The STAR program honors high school seniors with the top SAT scores in their school and the teachers they choose as having been most instrumental in their lives.

• Varsity team (Team 5898 Galactic Lions Andromeda): Won the prestigious Connect Award, recognizing their community outreach and collaboration with STEM professionals. They were also a partner of the 1st Seed Alliance in the playoffs.
• JV team (Team 18443 Galactic Lions Cygnus): Received the Innovate Award for their exceptional claw design.
• C Team (Team 26248 Galactic Lions Draco, 8th and 9th graders): Partnered with the 3rd Seed Alliance and made an impressive run to the grand finals match, narrowly missing out on winning the entire competition.

Dynesty Putman reached a milestone in January when she scored her 1,000th point. She has been a valued member of our Lady Lions, and last year, she was a member of the GIAA Class 3A state champion team. That same year, she was also named to the All-State Team. In 2023, she was a member of the Lanierland All-Team.

In the middle of a winning season, Justyce Sadler (#23) and Eli Mayfield (#24) each scored their 1,000 career point. In 2024, Justyce was named to the GIAA Class 3A All-state Boys Basketball Team.

Taliah Gaither and Tayden Ware were recently named to the Lanierland All-Tournament Team.

Tayden Ware scored his 1,000th career point during last Thursday's game against Loganville Christian. Tayden was part of last year's boys basketball state champions team and was named to the 2023-24 GIAA Class 3-A All-State Boys Basketball Team.

Lakeview has crowned its new spelling bee champion, Lorenzo Rojas-Alban (8th grade), with Ellie Day (5th grade) taking the runner-up title. Both students will represent Lakeview as they advance to Round 1 of the GISA Spelling Bee.