By Kyle Coppola
2024 Lake & Sumter County All-Area Volleyball Team Announced
This is our second annual Lake & Sumter County All-Area Volleyball team. Congrats to all our amazing athletes on a successful year! Below you will find the Lake & Sumter County All-Area 1st and 2nd teams for OH, MB, Setter, Libero and Top Ace hitters.
Outside Hitter All-Area 1st Team
The Villages – Viviana Tocet Martinez – Junior
Montverde Academy – Mirea Thederan – Junior
Montverde Academy – Natalia Baquerizo – Sophomore
Mount Dora High – Sydney Guthrie – Senior
Lake Minneola High – Camila Antonsanti-Soto – Sophomore
South Lake High – Emily Caldwell – Junior
South Lake High – Jenna Brooks – Sophomore
East Ridge High – Hannah Broadway – Freshman
Mount Dora High – Jaeda Branham – Junior
MDCA – Hallie Edwards – Senior
The Villages – Ashlyn Hunt – 8th Grade
Outside Hitter All Area 2nd Team
Tavares High – Samantha Beatty – Senior
Umatilla High – Addison Seabree – Senior
East Ridge High – Ashlyn Crane – Junior
Montverde Academy – Evangeline Declercq – Senior
Lake Minneola High – Bailey O’Dell – Junior
Leesburg High – Alexis Deland – Senior
Eustis High – Brooke Fintak
Eustis High – Laci Gibson
Setter All-Area 1st Team
Lake Minneola High – Brooke Larson – Senior
The Villages – Sharon Weichens – Sophomore
East Ridge High – Breylan Fairley – Junior
South Lake High – Victoria Vaughn – Freshman
Mount Dora High – Lillie Bruehl – Senior
Eustis High – Abigail Jackson – Senior
MDCA – Avery Russell – Freshman
Leesburg High – Ella Prater – Junior
Setter All-Area 2nd Team
Tavares High – Christine Saducas – Junior
The Villages – Trinity Mitchell – Junior
FA-Leesburg – Lilly Beliveau – Senior
Mount Dora High – Samantha Douglass – Sophomore
South Lake High – Iris Trowbridge – Junior
South Sumter High – Joany Otero – Senior
East Ridge High – Colbey Willard – Junior
Libero All-Area 1st Team
South Lake High – Jenna Brooks – Sophomore
South Lake High – Ava Fedorovich – Junior
Villages – Alexa Taylor – Sophomore
Tavares High – Leilani Cummings – Senior
Umatilla High – Victoria Adkins – Senior
Mount Dora High – Giorgia Brocchiero – Junior
FA-Leesburg – Krya Spivey – Senior
Libero All-Area 2nd Team
MDCA – Katie Bayly – Junior
South Sumter High – Brielle Krause – Senior
Mount Dora High – Blakely Kite – Senior
East Ridge High – Addison Dible – Junior
Lake Minneola High – Abigail Mayuski – Senior
Middle Blocker All-Area 1st Team
Wildwood – Alexia McCray – Senior
Umatilla High – Addison Seabree – Senior
Umatilla High – Jayda Washington – Junior
Umatilla High – Mittie O’Brien – Senior
Lake Minneola High – Alissa Grant -Senior
East Ridge High – Alana Rogin – Senior
South Lake High – Alexis Wagenhauser – Senior
South Sumter High – Kelsey Berry – Senior
Middle Blocker All-Area 2nd Team
South Sumter High – Bybyanah Guevarra – Sophomore
Tavares High – Laila Ellis – Junior
FA-Leesburg – Ashlyn Neiford – Sophomore
Lake Minneola High – Nia Whitehead – Sophomore
East Ridge High – Maria Martins Dutra – Junior
Mount Dora High – Sadie Pruett – Senior
MDCA – Cassi Monn – Senior
Leesburg High – Kaleigha Crews
Top Servers
South Lake High – Jenna Brooks – Sophomore – 66 Aces
South Lake High – Alexis Wagenhauser – Senior – 56 Aces
Leesburg High – Alexis Deland – Senior – 54 Aces
MDCA – Gabi Parra – Freshman – 53 Aces
South Sumter – Kelsey Berry – 49 Aces
MDCA – Avery Russell – Freshman – 45 Aces
Mount Dora High – Lillie Bruehl – Senior – 44 Aces
Umatilla High – Victoria Wolfe – Senior – 42 Aces
FA- Leesburg – Ashlyn Neiford – 39 Aces
Villages – Sharon Weichens – Sophomore – 35 Aces
Villages – Trinity Mitchell – Junior – 35 Aces
East Ridge High – Ana Andrades Villa – Junior – 33 Aces
Wildwood – Alexia McCray – Senior – 32 Aces
Tavares High – Charli Butts – Senior – 25 Aces
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
