It's All In Academics


South Lake Eagles Place 2 on 1st Team National Little Scholars

And 13 placed on 2nd team.

Not only has the South Lake Eagle’s Football and Cheerleading  pulled a first in it’s History but also a second, the Eagle’s are having the largest number of their players ever being recognized at Walt Disney World for scholastic excellence. This great honor of having two young gentlemen chosen for National 1st team status plus having thirteen other great young adults chosen for 2nd team displays the South Lake association’s objective of high academics. All the participants will enjoy the weekend at Walt Disney World with special presentations, shows and dinners.

Two football players Jimmy Phelps, son of James and Carol Phelps of Clermont who attends Lost Lake Elementary and Jesse Almeida son of Mr. & Mrs. Victor Almeida also of Clermont who attends Clermont Elementary won the 1st team National Honors. These two outstanding "A" students will represent the Eagle’s along with 213 other 1st Team National Pop Warner winners. As a recipient of this year’s All American First team they were selected in the top 215 out of 380,000 other children in Pop Warner Little Scholars.

Those South Lake Gators participants being chosen for the 2nd All American Team will represent 1% of 380,000 children in Pop Warner Football and Cheerleading. The 2nd team consists of Gary Alderman son of Gary and Sena Alderman of Groveland, Cody Barth son of Kim Barth of Clermont, Missy Bass daughter of April and Jody Bass of Clermont, Kevin Batman son of Dave and Debbie Batman of Clermont, Ryan Drawdy son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Drawdy of Clermont, Marc Dumond son of Terri and James Dumond of Clermont, Kelsey Gump daughter of Kelsey Swanson of Clermont, Tim Holsapple son of Melinda Holsapple of Groveland, Derrick Lang son of Kim & Steve Narcisco of Clermont, Sean Patrick son of Dave and Lynn Patrick of Clermont, Gregory Potter son of Greg and Ann Potter of Groveland, Kenneth Slack son of Mr. and Mrs. William Slack of Clermont, and John Turner son of Tony and Michelle Turner and Stacy Martin of Groveland.

The National Pop Warner Little Scholars All-American teams honor the outstanding well-rounded participants who succeed in the classroom as well as on the athletic field. The staff at National Pop Warner Little Scholars reviews all the applications (380,000) and grades it on a weight scale 85% academic and 15% extra-circulars. Most, importantly, they earn this award by having an exceptional grade point average, being active in extra-circulars activities and because they are tremendous young adults. This is a great honor for the South Lake Eagle’s and especially for the young adults of our Eagle Program.