March 20, 2025
Montverde Academy Girls Basketball Earns Top Seed for 2025 Chipotle High School Nationals
By Kyle Coppola
Montverde Academy Girls Basketball Earns Top Seed for 2025 Chipotle High School Nationals
MONTVERDE, Fla. (March 13, 2025) – The Montverde Academy girls basketball team, the reigning three-time Chipotle High School National Champions, has earned the No. 1 seed for the 2025 Chipotle High School National Championship scheduled to take place on April 4 and 5 in Fishers, Indiana, as the Eagles seek their fourth consecutive national title.
As the top seed, Montverde Academy, who finished 25-1 this past regular season, will open the tournament on Friday, April 4, at 10:30 a.m. against No. 4 seed Faith Family Academy in the semifinal round. A victory would advance the Eagles to the national championship game on Saturday, April 5, at 10:00 a.m., where they would face the winner of the other semifinal matchup between No. 2 seed Westtown and No. 3 seed IMG Academy. The semifinal round will be televised on ESPNU, while the championship game will air on ESPN2.
(Saniyah Hall is one of the top guards in the country. Photo Credit – MVA Athletics)
Leading the charge for Montverde Academy is junior standout Saniyah Hall, who has been dominant this season, averaging 20.0 points per game, 2.8 steals per game, and 1.3 blocks per game. Senior Aaliyah Crump, a McDonald’s All-American and a Jersey Mike’s Naismith Third-Team All-American, has also been instrumental to the team’s success, averaging 11.2 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game. Other key players include senior guard Amaia Jackson, a senior guard committed to Clemson who has averaged a team-high 3.8 assists per game, and Lourdes Da Silva Costa, an Alabama commit who has averaged a team-high 6.7 rebounds per game.
During this year’s regular season, Montverde Academy faced Faith Family Academy and IMG Academy, winning them both. The Eagles secured a 70-48 victory over Faith Family Academy on January 18 and MVA won 65-57 at IMG Academy on February 19. Their most recent matchup against Westtown came in the semifinal round of the 2023 National Championship, where the Eagles earned a 58-51 victory en route to claiming their second consecutive title.
With an opportunity to further solidify their dynasty, the Eagles will look to continue their championship pedigree in Fishers, Indiana. Fans can tune in to ESPNU to see MVA’s semifinal round game against Faith Family Academy, and ESPN2 to see the Eagles finish their quest for a fourth straight championship against either Westtown or IMG Academy.
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.
