Orlando Central - Issue #1 (March 2025)

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OFM_SpringStudentAthletes_0325FINAL.qxp_OFM 2 / 12 / 25 3 : 48 PM Page 7 er , Love filled up the stat sheet Taylor Smith , Apopka : A junior S T A R W A T C H last season with 38 goals , 13 who can play multiple positions , ! assists , 27 grounds balls and including catcher , third base and 51 draw controls . outfield , Smith batted over . 500 , More Athletes We’re Keeping Our Eye On This Season scored 25 runs and knocked in Tori Madrid , West Orange : After 19 as a sophomore . a phenomenal freshman season in which she scored 73 goals to B A S E B A L L Luna Taboas , Montverde : A ju - on the mound , Mercado is look - go with 13 assists and 84 draw nior shortstop and Georgia com - ing forward to a big senior sea - Nathaneal Davis , Bishop Moore : controls , it will be exciting to see mit , Taboas was on base con - son before moving on to Stetson . This talented junior outfielder what Madrid can accomplish as stantly last year for the 3A state transferred into the program af - a sophomore . champs . She boasted a . 613 av - Michael Senay , East River : This ter batting over . 400 with seven erage with 36 runs , 37 stolen senior right - handed pitcher com - doubles last season at Trinity Lizzie Scalzo , Bishop Moore : bases and 21 RBIs . piled a 3 - 1 record with a 0.45 Prep . He is committed to LSU . Scalzo , a senior attacker / mid - ERA and 83 strikeouts in 47 in - B O Y S L A C R O S S E fielder , contributed 58 goals , 25 nings last season . He is commit - Sebastian Hurtado , Timber assists and 64 draw controls for Braden Arja , Winter Park : A se - ted to South Florida . Creek : This senior catcher excels the Hornets last season and will nior midfielder who shines both both at the plate — he hit . 330 S O F T B A L L continue her career at Elon . offensively and defensively , Arja as a junior — and behind it , as finished with 28 goals and 14 McKenna Hawley , Trinity Prep : his defense helped the Wolves B O Y S T R A C K assists last year to help Winter A junior pitcher , Hawley went 17 - go 24 - 7 and reach the state Park reach the state semifinals . 6 with a 1.84 ERA and 280 semifinals . He will continue his CJ Bronaugh , Windermere : A strikeouts in 141 innings last career at UCF . highly recruited football player Teddy Kachris , Bishop Moore : season . She also batted . 433 who is committed to Nebraska , Kachris , a senior attackman , with 18 RBIs and announced her Ty Kennedy , East River : Bronaugh was the 1A state had 33 goals and 23 assists as commitment to UCF in October . Kennedy , a senior champion in both the 100 and a junior to earn Offensive MVP shortstop / second baseman , led 200 meters last year while run - honors for the Hornets for the Miranda Murch , Montverde : Af - the Falcons with a . 429 average , ning for Foundation Academy second year in a row . The two - ter batting . 451 with five home 36 hits and 21 RBIs as a junior . and is primed for another big year captain was also named an runs and 43 RBIs last year at He is headed to Oklahoma season with his new team . Academic All - American . Windermere , this first base - State . man / pitcher will spend her senior Kai Evans , Lake Minneola : Last G I R L S L A C R O S S E season with the Eagles before Julian Mercado , The Master’s spring , Evans repeated as the Savannah Love , Lake Highland moving on to Santa Fe College . Academy : A power - hitting first 3A state champ in the 400 hur - Prep : A senior attacker / midfield - baseman who also contributes dles and also took first in the 26 ORLANDO FAMILY march 2025 ORLANDOFAMILYMAGAZINE.COM

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OFM_SpringStudentAthletes_0325FINAL.qxp_OFM 2 / 12 / 25 3 : 48 PM Page 8 110 hurdles to go with top - 10 fin - ishes in the 100 and 200 meters . Touted as one of the country’s pre - mier track standouts , he had the nation’s fastest high school time in the 400 hurdles in 2024 . He will take his talents to Mississippi State . G I R L S T R A C K Loralei Flores , Geneva : Flores , a senior , already holds the school record in the pole vault and is eye - ing a state championship this sea - son after placing second in 1A as a junior . Victoria Hill , Trinity Prep : Hill will focus on volleyball at Appalachian State , but not before she wraps up her sensational track career at Trin - ity Prep . She was the 2A state champion in the triple jump last year while taking second in the long jump and third in the high jump . Dasia Reed , Montverde : One of the top sprinters in the area , Reed cap - tured the 2A state title in the 100 meters and took second in the 200 . B O Y S T E N N I S Ben Demetriades , Trinity Prep : Demetriades has been playing line one for the Saints since he was a freshman , and with two years of varsity experience in the role he is on the verge of a breakout season . Mika Pavlovic , Windermere : After playing line one as a sophomore and shining in the top spot , Pavlovic has high expectations for his junior campaign . G I R L S T E N N I S Emily Meng , Boone : Meng , a se - nior , is coming off a successful ju - nior season in both singles and doubles . The Braves ’ line one and captain provides invaluable leader - ship to her teammates . B O Y S V O L L E Y B A L L Tristan Guitton , Winter Park : A 6 - foot - 6 senior , Guitton played a ma - jor part in Winter Park’s undefeated season last year as he recorded 324 kills , 54 blocks , 75 digs and 31 aces . B O Y S W A T E R P O L O Mete Gunduz , Dr . Phillips : Gunduz , a senior goalie , was second in the state with 264 saves last year as he led the Panthers to a 29 - 3 record and an appearance in the state final . G I R L S W A T E R P O L O Bailey Dunn , West Orange : As a ju - nior , Dunn totaled 64 goals , 35 as - sists and 98 steals to help the Warriors go 25 - 6 and reach the state final . ORLANDOFAMILYMAGAZINE.COM march 2025 ORLANDO FAMILY 27

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