Camden honors retiring volleyball head coach Paige Wilson
JoJo Crim, Sulllivan McKoy Male, Female Athletes of the Year
Camden – Camden High School had its end-of-the-year sports award banquet and the end of a career for a long time coach was the focal point at the end.
Paige Wilson, the highly successful volleyball head coach for the past 32 years who has been at Camden for 36 years, was honored in lieu of her retirement.
“We are not going to let her walk out of these doors of her last athletic banquet without honoring all of her coaching accomplishments,” said CHS athletic director and football head coach Brian Rimpf. “In Coach Wilson's 32 years as head coach, her teams have won 30 region championships. That's right. They won 30 of 32 region championships, an incredible feat, played in eight lower state championships, winning five of those. They played in five state championship games and were crowned state champions twice.
“She was also a forward thinker and started a youth volleyball program in Kershaw County to stay competitive with other areas in the state. That youth organization is still active today. I did not mention how many total wins her teams had during her tenure because in true Coach Wilson fashion, we don't know how many total wins she's accumulated because she won't tell us.”
JoJo Crim was honored as the Male Athlete of the Year, while Sullivan McKoy was named the Female Athlete of the Year.
Camden had a record 29 student-athletes earn the Scholar Athlete Award. It goes to student-athletes who own an unweighted 3.6 grade-point average and have lettered in a sport at least twice. They are Malayshia Addison, Laney Blanks, Tanner Bracey, Kaitlyn Clyburn, Cailin Cokley, Aryana Connell, Nicolette Connell, Rian Edwards, Alyssa Faulkenberry, Logan Freeman, Slade Funderburk, Ellen Green, Zecheriah Haney, Kaelem Johnson, Davis Kinard, Anna Martin, Osmin Manueles, Sullivan McKoy, Jazira Meagley, Caleb Newman, Blake O’Bradovich, Hope O’Bradovich, Preston Rozelle, Sonny Reynolds, Wyatt Sandberg, Peyton Sanders, Wyatt Smith, Madison Stokes, Josey Sweat, Leigh Thomas and Wyatt Thompson.
ALL-STATE
Girls Basketball: Morgan Champion, Braylin Mungo
Volleyball: Aryanna Connell
Football: JoJo Crim, Wyatt Thompson, Tylin Drakeford, Logan Freeman
Girls Swimming: Grace Boyce
Boys Track: Deandre Bennett high jump; Isaiah Smith 100-meter dash; Davis Kinard 800-meter run; 4x400 relay – Derrick Loney, Travion Wright, Davis Kinard, Isaiah Smith
Girls Track: Arion Jefferson 400-meter dash; Sullivan McKoy javelin
Baseball: Zechariah Haney
Softball: Haydin Williams
Boys Golf: Slade Funderburk
GIRLS ALL REGION
SWIMMING: Maggie Blan, Grace Boyce, Emory Gunter, Maci Kimpton, Laine Redfearn
TENNIS: Sullivan McKoy
BASKETBALL: Morgan Champion, Harmony Jefferson, Braylin Mungo
SOFTBALL: Jayden Kennedy, Madison Stokes, Haydin Williams
SOCCER: Sullivan McKoy, Layla Eyre
TRACK: Arion Jefferson, Sullivan McKoy
GOLF: Lakin Atkinson, Stella Burch, Ellen Green
VOLLEYBALL: Kaitlyn Clyburn, Aryanna Connell, Nicolette Connell
BOYS ALL-REGION
SWIMMING: Nicholas Lounsbery
WRESTLING: Kyterrion Byersl, Blaise Muller-Bodine
BASKETBALL: Jahmarie McLeod
SOCCER: Conner Jones
GOLF: Josh Cameron
TENNIS: Slade Funderburk, Hank Greenaway
TRACK: Deandre Bennett
BASEBALL: Thomas Bishop, Brady Furniss, Zechariah Haney Cade Marturano
FOOTBALL: Tanner Bracey, Navier Boykin, JoJo Crim, Tylin Drakeord, Logan Freeman, Wyatt Thompson, Dontrell Wilson
MOST OUTSTANDING
Girls Swimming: Grace Boyce
Boys Swimming: Spencer Blank
Girls Cross Country: Sarah Eyre
Boys Cross Country : Davis Kinard
Girls Tennis: Sullivan McKoy
Wrestling: Rian Edwards
Boys Basketball: Jahmarie McLeod
Girls Basketball: Braylin Mungo
Boys Soccer: Offense: Conner Jones Defense: Wyatt Sandberg
Softball: Offense: Jayden Kennedy and Madison Stokes Defense: Haydin Williams
Girls Soccer: Offense: Layla Eyre Defense: Sullivan McKoy
Boys Golf: Josh Cameron
Boys Tennis: Slade Funderburk
Girls Track: Sullivan McKoy
Boys Track: Isaiah Smith
Baseball: Pitcher: Cade Marturano Offense: Zecheriah Haney
Football: Wyatt Thompson
Girls Golf: Lakin Atkinson
Volleyball: Kaitlyn Clyburn
