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DCA Donor's Wall of Fame
For a quick overview of the athletic department's
Donor Wall of Fame contribution program,
please click the web link shown above.
Welcome DCA Fans:
The Athletic Booster Club would like to thank you for your support of DCA athletes and our athletic programs. Remember that very limited school funds support our athletics programs. When you provide volunteer labor and make financial contributions, you are helping our athletes excel on and off the field.
We extend our gratitude to our advertisers and contributors for supporting our efforts to raise money that will help support our student athletes and raise our athletic programs to a higher level.
The Athletic Booster Club would like to thank out-going President Ed Williams for his past service and welcome our new club president Jeff Anderson. Please seriously consider becoming involved in our Athletic Booster Club and the activities the club supports. We need motivated and enthusiastic participants!
The Athletic Booster Club officers for 2009-2010 are:
Jeff Anderson............President
Ross Uchida..............Vice-President
Vanessa Brusseau...Secretary
Gary Loftis................Treasurer
The Athletic Booster Club normally meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM in room 211. Everyone is invited.
BOOSTER NEWS UPDATE
Gator Fund: To date the gator funds stands at $9,080. The school is in the process of purchasing a gator for the athletic department. A special thanks to all of those who have donated and especially to the late Kenny Gross for his desire and initiative to see this project happen. The gator will be in his honor.
Enjoy these back issues of the Athletic Booster Club Brief.
Athletic Booster Club Annual Scholarship Awards
The Athletic Booster Club sponsors three annual awards recognizing DCA senior student athletes who have exhibited excellence in their endeavors while at DCA. Each award is a cash presentation of $1,000.
Wilber Dugger Award: Presented to the senior that exemplifies excellence in academics, sportsmanship and their Christian walk.
Ultimate Athlete Award: Presented to an outstanding athlete who shows outstanding sportsmanship and 100% effort in all areas of this or her sport.
Athletic Booster Club Essay Award: Applicants for this award must have a GPA of 3.0, three letters of recommendation and will have participated in a sport for three of their four high school years. The award recipient will submit an essay that is judged best by a volunteer committee selected annually.
The Athletic Booster Club has spent the past few months discussing, planning and drafting guidelines for DCA’s new Team Activities Coordinator program.
Spearheaded by booster club member Venessa Brusseau, the TAC program is designed to broaden the involvement of parents whose children participate in DCA sports and create a more equitable distribution of volunteer support at DCA athletic events.
The head coach of each DCA athletic team will designate a parent to fill the role of Team Activities Coordinator (TAC) for a one-year volunteer appointment. The key role for each TAC is to coordinate and support activities between their athletic team, the Athletic Booster Club and DCA.
Each team’s TAC will provide a variety of support services which may include some or all of the following activities:
- Attend monthly meetings of the Athletic Booster Club
- Coordinate their team’s volunteers for concession stand work
- Assign volunteers to participate in the various sports work days that occur throughout the year
- Submit team news, athletic honors and digital photos to the Athletic Booster Club board in a timely manner
- Secure a volunteer to maintain the DCA web page for their sport
Some teams may choose to have more than one TAC volunteer participant, based on the amount of coordination required and the number of active parents involved with that particular team.
A TAC orientation package has been developed that includes guidelines and templates to simplify the process for each volunteer.
In summary, the TAC representatives will enable DCA sports teams to create an ongoing conduit for two-way communication throughout the DCA sports family. And by coordinating participants from every school team, the volunteer workload will be more equitably shared by all DCA sports parents.
2008 - 2009 Sports Updates
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AWARDS: The DCA Athletic Department presented two awards at the Senior Awards Day that carry a $1,000 scholarship funded by the Athletic Booster Club. The Ken Willey Ultimate Team Player Award went to Jordan Harris and the Wilburn Dugger Award, went to Braden Anderson. The Ultimate Team Award has been named in honor of high school Principal Ken Willey. In an earlier awards ceremony this month the Mike Brown Male Christian Athlete of the Year went to Tony Lemonis and the Mary Belle Melvin Female Christian Athlete of the Year was awarded to Lauren Terrell. These awards are voted on by the entire coaching staff.
VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS: After winning their singles matches and with DCA and CPA tied 3-3, Gabbie and Chelsea overcame a 7-8 deficit, winning a doubles tiebreaker and, along with Hannah who won her singles match, leading the Varsity Girls Tennis team to their first District Championship since 2003!
Congratulations to the girl’s golf team for successfully defending their title yesterday at Montgomery Bell. The team’s 148 total bested a tough, upset minded Montgomery Central team by 5 strokes. Junior Jordan Hollinshead won second medalist with a birdie on the first sudden death hole, she finished with a 73 for the day. Freshman Sarah Harris shot a steady 75 and won 4th medalist. Junior Alex Renshaw’s 89 placed her in the top third in scoring. The Cats will seek to defend their state championiship next Tuesday and Wednesday at Old Fort G. C. in Murfreesboro. GOOD LUCK CATS!!!
VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS: Congratulations to the Varsity Girls Tennis Team and Coach Vince Huth on an amazing season, going undefeated in district, winning the District, Region and Sectional Championships, earning a banner and making it all the way to the Final Four in the State! (And a special thank you to the Wild Bunch and all the parents, family and friends who came out for the team in Murfreesboro!)
VARSITY BOYS TENNIS: Congratulations to the boy’s tennis team for their 2nd place district finish this year. Also, congratulations to Austin Black and Bradley Meador for their runner-up medal in the district doubles and for qualifying for the region yesterday. Other team members were Matthew Startup, Landis White, Terry Lambert, Sam French, and Andrew Manes. A special salute to Sam French who pulled the biggest upset in recent years by defeating Lipscomb’s # 1 player in the district tournament and making it to the semi-finals. GOOD JOB CATS!!
VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS: Yesterday at Ravenwood after an epic battle of 3 hours and 37 minutes between the two 1st place teams, Caroline Fry and Hannah Johnson proved beyond a shadow of a doubt why they are the number 1 doubles team, overwhelming Ezell 8-1, and leading the varsity girls tennis team in a defeat of the reigning regional champions who were previously undefeated in district play for the past two years. Chelsea Harrison, Gabbie Starace, and Kirsten Stricklin made the dramatic finish possible by playing nearly flawless championship-caliber tennis in sweeping all 3 of their singles matches, and Maddie, Mollie and Emily added singles victories, along with Ally and Casie in doubles. The girls are now the undisputed number 1 team in the district with a record of 7-0!
VARSITY BOYS TENNIS: The boy’s tennis team held onto 2nd place in the district with a 6-1 win over CPA yesterday. Singles’ winners were; Meador, Black, White and Startup. Doubles’ winners- Meador/Black, White/Startup. The team has a big match with Ezell on Monday. The winner will secure second seed for the tournament.
The Athletic Booster Club is proud to recognize a number of recent athletic achievements by several of our teams and student-athletes:
VARSITY GOLF:
For the first time in many years the boy’s team had two representatives in the region. Freshman Bob Long shot an 88 and Sophomore Sam Pitman had an 83. Congratulations to these two players for earning their way to the region from a tough district that has produced many state title in the last few years. The boy’s team is very young and there are high hopes for the future. Way to go Bob and Sam!!
VARSITY VOLLEYBALL: Defeated Goodpasture in three games yesterday in the semi-finals of the district tournament but fell in 5 games to CPA in the finals last night. The Lady Cats will advance to the Region Tournament next week, scheduled to be at Harpeth High School. The All-District Teams were announced at last night’s finals: 1st Team All-District Team from DCA- Courtney Patton & Kendall Hooper, 2nd Team-Kerry Loftis & Hannah Sullivan. Making the All-Tournament Team were Courtney Patton and Kerry Loftis.
VARSTIY CROSS-COUNTRY: In the Metro CC Championship yesterday, Lauren Terrell was the sixth fastest A-AA girl in all of Nashville, Ian Hammond was in the Boys Top 20; and Lauren, Ian, Casey Burrell, Amanda Johnson, Valerie King, Alan Harris, Ashley Kaelin, and Maggie Goodman all had their career best times.
2007 - 2008 Sports Updates
VARSITY BOYS TENNIS: The boy’s tennis team will make their 4th state tournament appearance in 5 yrs. After their 4-0 defeat of Summertown on Friday. Michael Yokosuk, Matt Comp, Bradley Meador, and Austin Black all rolled to victory to propel the Cats. Landis White had his match well in hand when Meador finished and closed out the win. The team opens the tournament in Murfreesboro on Tuesday; Michael Yokosuk will play in the individual singles tournament on Thursday at 10:30. Team time is 11:00 vs. Knoxville Catholic at MTSU. Congratulations guys on another great year and keep rolling in the state!
DCA’s 2007-2008 Wrestling Leadership Award was presented to John Gentuso, the TSSAA 2008 Region 7 Champion in the 171 pound weight class. The 2007-2008 Spirit Award was presented to Ryan Pendergrass in recognition of his inspiring attitude and faithful encouragement to teammates.
Congratulations to Jeremy Worden for being selected the Region 5AA MVP for his performance this past football season. He also was named a member of the Tennessee Sportswriter Association’s All-State Football Team. Jeremy has accepted football and baseball scholarships from Lambuth University in Jackson, TN.
Congratulations to Jamie Loftis who has received a soccer scholarship to play for Belmont University in Nashville.
Congratulations to Randal Sanderson who has received a football scholarship to play for Cumberland University in Lebanon.
Congratulations to Seth White who has received a football scholarship to play for Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Congratulations to Michael Yokosuk who has received a tennis scholarship to play for Lee University near Chattanooga, TN.
Congratulations to Ashley Birdwell who has received a scholarship to play golf for Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville.
Congratulations to Craig Stem who has received a scholarship to play baseball for Western Kentucky University.
Congratulations to Reed Williams who has accepted a verbal offer to play baseball for Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, TN.
Congratulations to Matt Comp who is considering a verbal offer to play tennis for Carson-Newman College.
Congratulations to Nikki Lemonis who has accepted a scholarship to play volleyball for Maryville College in Maryville, TN.
Congratulations to Michael Yokosuk and Sloane Fry who were recipients of the annual O’Charley’s Scholarship award.
If you are aware of other DCA student-athletes who have received scholarships or accepted verbal offers to continue in athletics at the next level, please write or call us with those details. Send an e-mail to ed.williams@ibpromos.com or call Ed at 883-6973 (days).
Shown from left - DCA athletes Randall Sanderson,
Ashley Birdwell, Craig Stem, Jamie Loftis and Seth
White signed college athletic scholarships this spring.
DCA Quarterback (2007 season) Chris Pierce
is shown receiving the Middle Tennessee
Sportsmanship Award from a local service club.
Ashley Birdwell (Class of 2008) won the TranSouth Athletic Conference Women's Golf Championship yesterday at Greystone Golf Course in Dickson for Trevecca Nazarene University. In addition to Medalist honors she was named Conference Player of the Year and Conference Freshman of the Year. The Trevecca women's team won the championship and will go to the NAIA National Championship next month in Rapid City, South Dakota. Last week she broke the Trevecca single 18 and 36 hole women's golf scoring record.
Jamie Loftis (Class of 2008), a freshman soccer player for Belmont University has been named to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team. Loftis rounds out the list of four Bruins honored this season, chosen for her stellar and immediate contributions to the defensive line. The Hermitage, Tenn., native played in all 19 regular season matches, starting all but two. The defender was second on the team in goals (4), points (9), and game winners (2). “Jamie has played almost every position for us this year. She does whatever we need or whatever is asked of her and does it well,” Coach Lisa Howe said. “She is one of our most physical players and she added a new dimension of physicality when we needed it.” Jamie is the daughter of Gary & Kathye Loftis. Congratulations Jamie!
Congratulations to Austin Garrett (Class of 2005) who was drafted by the Washington Nationals Baseball team in the 25th round of this year’s draft. Austin, a left-handed pitcher, played this year at College of Charleston where he was 6-2 on the year. Austin will be playing this summer for the Vermont Lake Monsters (Class A-Short Season) in the New York-Penn League. Their web site is www.vermontlakemonsters.com. Austin was a stand-out football & baseball player while at DCA.
Congratulations to Austin and his parents. He is the son of Maxie and Pamela Garrett.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced Trevecca Nazarene University junior Will Scism been named to the 2008 Daktronics-NAIA Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete team. Scism, a 2005 graduate of DCA, won the Trevecca/Martin Methodist Fall Match, finished second at the TranSouth Conference Tournament, and was a top five finisher at the Martin Methodist RedHawks Invitational this season. The Hermitage native will return in the fall for his senior season. Nominated by each institution's head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and have achieved junior academic status to qualify.
Country Music trio Lady Antebellum captured the Academy of Country Music Award for the New Duo or Vocal Group last night in Las Vegas before a live national TV audience. Dave Haywood, Charles Scott and Hillary Scott make up the group. Hillary Scott is a 2004 graduate of DCA and a former State Champion in tennis for the Wildcats. Congratulations to Lady Antebellum and our very own Hillary Scott!
DCA Coaches News
DCA is proud to announce the hiring of the following coaches and staff changes:
Scott Mason- is taking over the reigns of Varsity Girls Soccer and Middle School Girls soccer. Scott is a former David Lipscomb University soccer player and has served the last year as a graduate assistant coach with the men’s program at DLU.
Katie Watkins- will be joining the DCA teaching faculty as a History teacher as well as assisting in Varsity Girls Soccer and Varsity Softball. Katie is a DCA graduate and taught at Hillwood High School this past year and served as the Head Varsity Softball coach as well.
Clint Sanders-who has served as our athletic trainer the last three years will also become part of the teaching staff as he becomes a faculty member teaching Anatomy & Biology. He will still serve as our athletic trainer and retain his association with Star Physical Therapy.
DCA is excited that these three outstanding individuals has joined our school family.
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