By Kyle Coppola
Lake-Sumter State College Sign First Three Golfers for Inaugural Season
Lake-Sumter State College has officially signed the brand new golf program’s first three student-athletes who will compete during the program’s inaugural 2024-2024 season.
Kylan Johnson is a graduate of Circle Christian School in Winter Springs, Florida. Bradley Parker is a graduate of Boone High School, Kasen Schlichenmaier also competed with Boone High School. These three represent the start of the brand new program at LSSC. This is very exciting for the school as they continue to expand their academic and athletics offerings.
During the announcement LSSC Executive Director of Athletics Padraic McMeel shared his thoughts “I am so excited that these young men have chosen to join the men’s golf team in its inaugural season at Lake-Sumter State College. They come from great families and bring tremendous academic and athletic success with them as we build a championship program. We cannot wait to get the golf program started,” says McMeel.
According to an article published by Lake-Sumter State College which you can read fully in this link: Padraic McMeel says “There is not a Florida College System Athletic Association Region 8 Championship established, but the teams will have the opportunity to compete for a national championship in May of 2025. LSSC continues to recruit young men and women to join the Lakehawk golf programs. IF you would be interested in learning more about Lake Sumter and the golf program, please reach out to Padraic McMeel at mcmeelp@lssc.edu.”
Congratulations to these student-athletes. We look forward to seeing how the golf program develops in the coming months.
Photo Credit – Lake-Sumter State College.
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.
