Varsity
All-region players (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021)
State playoff appearances (2019, 2021)
Middle School
First place in regular season, Dunwoody Senior League (2014)
College Athletes
Vinny Antinori ('18), Emmanuel College
Nick Maddox ('18), Toccoa Falls College
Varsity Boys
State champion (2017, 2018)
State runner-up (2019)
State tournament Final Four (2007)
State tournament Elite Eight (2016, 2021)
Region champion (2016, 2017, 2018)
Region runner-up (2007, 2011, 2019)
All-state players (2016-2019, 2021)
All-region players (2009-2021)
State playoff appearances (2005, 2006, 2011, 2012)
Varsity Girls
State champion (2019)
State runner-up (2018)
State tournament Final Four (2021)
State tournament Elite Eight (2013)
Region champion (2013, 2017-2021)
Region runner-up (2012)
All-state players (2016, 2018-2021)
All-region players (2009-2021)
State playoff appearances (2009, 2011-2015)
College Athletes
Olivia Tucker ('20), Young Harris University
Kemia Ward ('20), Austin Peay University
Anthony Edwards ('19), University of Georgia
Miles Wallace ('19), Virginia Wesleyan University
Michaiah Jeremiah ('19), Reinhardt University
Georgii Maslennikov ('18), DePaul University
Kamani Johnson ('18), University of Arkansas Little Rock
Jerique Walker ('17): Cardinal Stritch University
McKenzie Jones ('11): Sewanee: The University of the South
College Athletes
Lauren Bohling ('16): Georgia Tech
Varsity Boys
Region champion (2010, 2011)
Region runner-up (2021)
State meet appearances (2005-2011, 2015-2017, 2021)
Varsity Girls
State runner-up (2011, 2014)
State semi-finalist (2013)
Region champion (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
Region runner-up (2008, 2009, 2012, 2018)
State meet appearances (2005-2018)
College Athletes
Ryan Doyle ('12): Wofford College
Cole Watson ('12): Wofford College
Hannah Meadows ('12): U.S. Naval Academy
Varsity (GISA)
State quarter-finalist (2008)
Region champion (2007)
Region runner-up (2006)
All-state players (2008, 2009)
All-region players (2008, 2009, 2014-2017, 2021)
State playoff appearances (2006-2009, 2015)
Varsity (GFC)
State champion (2011)
State playoff appearances (2012)
College Athletes
Conner McKittrick ('19), U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Andy Moots ('12): Sewanee: The University of the South
Curtis Johnson ('09): Sewanee: The University of the South
Constantine Giannopoulos ('09): Hargrave Military Academy, Florida Institute of Technology
Max Jones ('08): Sewanee: The University of the South
Golf Achievements
Region champion (2007, 2010)
Region runner-up (2006, 2008, 2012, 2021)
State playoff appearances (2005-2016, 2021)
Individual region low-medalists: Charles Genner (2007); Ben Verlander (2010)
College Athletes
Blair Brown ('08), University of the South
Varsity Boys
State champion (2021)
State runner-up (2012, 2019)
State semi-finalist (2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017)
State quarter-finalist (2010, 2013)
Region champion (2006, 2011-2014, 2021)
Region runner-up (2009, 2010, 2015-2017, 2019)
All-state players (2008, 2010-2019, 2021)
All-region players (2008, 2010-2019, 2021)
U.S. Youth Soccer Goalie “Save of the Year” (Luke Whelan, 2012)
State playoff appearances (2004, 2005, 2015, 2016)
Middle School Boys
GICCA state champion (2018, 2019)
Varsity Girls
State semi-finalist (2014-2016, 2019, 2021)
State quarter-finalist (2008, 2011-2013)
Region champion (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021)
Region runner-up (2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017)
All-state players (2007-2019, 2021)
All-region players (2007-2019, 2021)
State playoff appearances (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010)
College Athletes
Natalie Olsen ('21), Northeastern University
John Michael Torres ('19), Central Connecticut State University
Allie Bertany ('17): Berry College
Megan Radosta ('15): Berry College
Recipient of GISA Morris C. Johnson Academic Athlete Award
Recipient of Georgia Soccer Phil Woosnam Soccer Scholarship
Selina Kelete ('14): Emory University at Oxford
Mia Voss ('14): Queens University
Luke Whelan ('14): Belmont Abbey College
Celso Torres ('12): Washington University, St. Louis
Brianna Ryce ('12): DePaul University
Louie Brann ('12), Harvey Mudd College
Kali Higgins ('10): Benedictine College
Megan Spitler ('09): University of North Georgia
Varsity Boys
State champion (2018, 2019)
State runner-up (2020, 2021, 2022)
Varsity Girls
State meet appearances (2018-2022)
Middle School Boys
State meet appearances (2018-2022)
MAAC State Champion (2022)
Middle School Girls
State meet appearances (2018, 2020, 2022)
Varsity Boys
State singles champion (Mike Nelson, 2006)
State champion (2006)
State semi-finalist (2019)
Region champion (2006, 2011)
Region runner-up (2007, 2008, 2021)
State tournament appearances (2021)
Varsity Girls
State singles champion (Sabina Grigorian, 2017; Erin McGrath, 2021)
State champion (2006)
State semi-finalist (2017, 2019, 2021)
Region champion (2006, 2021)
Region runner-up (2007, 2008)
College Athletes
Bradley Tyer Jones ('20), Sewanee: University of the South
Sabina Grigorian ('18), Villanova University
Nelson Tyer Jones ('18), Sewanee: University of the South
Jessica Cocks ('11): Ave Maria University
Ben Dashiell ('09): Monmouth University
Varsity Boys
Region champion (2006, 2008, 2011)
Region runner-up (2007)
State meet appearances (2004-2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Varsity Girls
State champion (Kira Taylor - High Jump, 2021)
Region champion (2008)
Region runner-up (2007)
State meet appearances (2004-2012, 2015-2019, 2021)
College Athletes
Ryan Doyle ('12): Wofford College
Cole Watson ('12): Wofford College
Chris Sickafoose ('12): Shorter University
Hannah Meadows ('12): U.S. Naval Academy
Volleyball Achievements
Region champion (2017)
All-state players (2013, 2017)
All-region players (2008-2018)
State playoff appearances (2009, 2012-2018)
HSP Athletic Program FAQs
At HSP, there are great opportunities for students to make each team and play. Athletes also can play more than one sport at HSP, unlike at many other schools, where a year-round commitment to one sport is required. At these larger schools, the athletes are often hand-picked or otherwise recruited, making it very difficult for even very good athletes to make the team or get meaningful playing time.
Not at all. In most team sports, such as soccer and basketball, college coaches pay attention to the club system (AAU, Club or Travel Soccer) when recruiting. Individual sports, such as cross country and track & field, have objective measures of success (e.g., running times), so where a student attends high school does not matter. HSP has sent students to college on athletic scholarships in a variety of such sports. While high school success may have some greater significance in football, players interested in a college career create tryout tapes, play in all-star games, etc. As noted, HSP has sent football players to Sewanee: The University of the South and others.
Parental support of the HSP sports programs is strong, and growing. Through Cougars Corner, Poker Night and the annual Golf Outing, parents support the teams financially. Parents also volunteer for a variety of jobs at, before and after the games (e.g., clock, scorebook, announcer, ticket sales, football chain-gang, pregame meals, and clean-up). The bottom line is that, for a school of HSP’s size, the success of and support for the sports teams are solid, and increasing every year. In addition, it takes time to build sports traditions, and for a young school, HSP is well on its way to establishing such traditions – which enables success to continue and sustains the programs in the future.
The challenge HSP faces in this regard is that, due to its size, at times it has difficulty fielding several multi-player teams in a given season. That said, HSP is always willing to support any team for which there is sufficient interest, or even an individual student who wishes to participate in a given sport. For example, this past Winter, Ben Verlander participated in the GISA State Swimming Championship on behalf of HSP, where he won first place in two events and second in a third. Likewise, as noted, HSP has fielded softball and baseball teams in the past, and hopes to do so again if the numbers justify it.
First, HSP has built or upgraded some of its facilities already in recent years, at substantial expense. For example, the Upper School gymnasium was newly constructed in 2005, and the Lower School gym and fields were recently renovated.
Second, HSP spent a substantial amount of money acquiring the land on Lake Forrest Drive for Cougar Field and related facilities, and additional money in defending the neighborhood zoning challenges. HSP now owns the land outright and has the legal right to develop it into the planned-for facilities. The last hurdle before proceeding with the construction is raising the approximately $8 million dollars necessary to fund the development costs. HSP plans to begin a capital campaign with that goal in mind. Once built, Cougar Field will have a football/soccer field. Future facility upgrades elsewhere on campus may include baseball/softball field and track.
Several of our teams are or have been coached by members of our faculty and administration: for example, Pete Radosta coaches girls Varsity soccer, Mike Sickafoose coaches boys Varsity and JV basketball, Maggie Horne Tereshinski has coached the Junior High girls soccer team and now assists Coach Radosta at the Varsity level, and Mike Verlander coaches the golf team. In those instances in which HSP does not have a faculty member with the requisite experience to coach a given team, HSP hires coaches from the community, after a careful search and vetting process. If a coach does not work out, for one reason or another, HSP listens to input from students and parents and acts decisively in changing coaches for the following school year.
HSP has always reserved Wednesday afternoons as non-sports days at the Upper School. With its focus on strong academic achievement, HSP believes that giving students a mid-week break from after-school sports is essential to help them meet the oft-times extraordinary demands they face in keeping up with their schoolwork.