Cates distinguished herself on the field as a first team All-Region Soccer player while also captain of the Cheer squad, receiving the highest scholar-athlete award in both. In the classroom, Anna Katherine is a member of the Cum Laude Society, National Honor Society, Math and Science Honor Society, Societe de Hispanica, numerous E.L. Wright Awards for highest average in a subject, and is a finalist for both the Stamps Presidential Scholarship at Georgia Tech, and the Morehead-Cain Scholarship at the University of North Carolina. In the community, she is the founder of nonprofit Donate Health, collecting and shipping medical supplies to clinics in Guatemala, plus supports Rome Area Young Life and other volunteer activities.
Shepard carries a 3.97 GPA while excelling at soccer and football despite recovering from major back surgery for scoliosis. Noah manages to volunteer significant time for Stop Hunger Now, Special Olympics, Hospice Care, YMCA soccer, Upward Basketball, Restoration Disaster Relief, and the Satilla River Clean Up.
Girls
Anna Cates, Darlington School
Moriah Harris, Calvary Day School
Destinee Johnson, Ware County High School
Dorminy Johnson, Burke County High School
Kendall Nelson, Marist School
Julia Nichols, Tallulah Falls School
Allie Parkerson, First Presbyterian Day School
Tia Shorter, Archer High School
Parker Sylvester, Cambridge High School
Bailey Upton, Model High School
Boys
Bailey Brock, Winder-Barrow High School
Nathan Brown, Sandy Creek High School
Ethan Delashmit, Darlington School
William Hellier, Whitefield Academy
Rylan Lavery, Etowah High School
Ivan Martin, Chestatee High School
Noah Shepard, Ware County High School
Ethan Lamb, Tattnall County High School
Isaac May, West Forsyth High School
Keegan Woods, Callaway School