2025

BASKETBALL

• Maryland high school basketball stars hope to inspire others
• Westmont Hilltop all-state girls hoops player Gordon enrolls in Ohio academy
• Annie McDonald – Dual Sport Athlete at Spire (OH) Academy & Her Coaches Krista Phillips & Michael Larkin – Episode 1031
• Khady Leye Named Rookie of the Week
• Khady Leye Named Rookie of the Week
• Kyle Waltz opted for post-grad year to take Division I opportunity at Miami (Ohio)

SWIMMING

• Why SPIRE Academy Swimmers Rise To The Top
• Mongolia’s gift to prep school swimming

WRESTLING

• Life of Young Fighter Life of the Young Fighter Denis Kodakov
• SPIRE Academy wrestlers elect to share Journeyman World Classic title after intense run to finals
• Grappling with success

SOCCER

• SPIRE academy star Roy Mutimba reacts after earning maiden call up to Salim Babu’s provisional squad for AFCON U-17 qualifiers
• AFCON U17 Star Roy Mutimba‘s Journey & Why VICTOR WANYAMA is his inspiration
• Meet Roy Mutimba, the US-based 16-year-old Harambee Stars prospect who dreams of becoming the next Virgil Van Dijk

2024

BASKETBALL

• SPIRE Alum, Khady Leye, named CAA Rookie of the Week
• Dual sport athlete, Annie McDonald, featured on Hoop Heads Podcast
• Westmont Hilltop all-state girls hoops player, Christiana Gordon, enrolls at SPIRE Academy
• Maryland high school basketball star, Noah Frayer, hopes to inspire others
• SPIRE Alum, Zack Vencill, to continue education, basketball at Mount Aloysius
• A Conversation with Senegalese Basketball Standout Khady Leye
• Krista Phillips, Khady Leye, & Dasha Shishkina guest on the Hoop Heads Podcast
• Edgewood grad Zack Vencill playing basketball for SPIRE
• Trent Middleton’s rise from last-minute recruit to Ball State men’s basketball’s 6th man
• Merrimack men’s basketball has an NEC Player of the Year candidate in SPIRE Alum, Jordan Derkack
• Chad Baker-Mazara’s long road back to the NCAA
• Horseheads’ Jeremy Truax on prep school, hoop dreams and late brother’s impact
• Mustafa Canbas: Finding Home In The Game of Basketball
• Khady Leye Signs National Letter of Intent For Towson Women’s Basketball

LACROSSE

• Camden Moody makes lacrosse history with SPIRE Academy

SOCCER

• SPIRE Academy’s Roy Mutimba reacts after earning maiden call up to Salim Babu’s provisional squad for AFCON U-17 qualifiers
• Stateside adventure for young footballers Ava McCartney & Libby Hudson

SWIMMING

• Dana & Yasmeen Roy Featured in Al Yaqza Al Jadeeda (Kuwait)
• Mongolian National Record Holder, Erkhes Enkhtur, Blossoming at SPIRE Academy
• Erkhes Enkhtur: I learned importance of teamwork from SPIRE Academy

TRACK & FIELD

• Dual sport athlete, Annie McDonald, featured on Hoop Heads Podcast
• Dana & Yasmeen Roy Featured in Al Yaqza Al Jadeeda (Kuwait)
• Opelika’s Kaylee McIntyre: A Natural Born Track & Field Athlete
• Kadia Rock: Leaving No Rock Unturned

WRESTLING

• SPIRE Academy’s Ryan Kennedy guests on the USA Takedown podcast
• Alexia Beadle Shining with SPIRE Wrestling Program
• Alexia Beadle Focused On Reaching The Next Level
• Local wrestler, Alexia Beadle, breaking barriers for women’s sports

2023

BASKETBALL

• From the UK to USA, Kieron Windless‘ leap to reach basketball dream.
• SPIRE Academy puts talent on display.
• Donovan Hunter finds home with commitment to Kent State University.
• Schomberg, Ont. native Riley Melvin making his mark at SPIRE Academy in Ohio
• Ramiyah Byrd is making history at SPIRE
• SPIRE Academy Basketball Star, Daniel Young speaks about his basketball career.
• SPIRE Academy guard Tyshawn Archie, a 2023 James Madison signee, is a dynamic athlete who excels in the open floor and uses his advanced body control and acceleration to get into the teeth of the defense and make plays.
• Rising Senegalese Basketball Player Abdoulaye Fall speaks his Basketball Journey.
• Senegalese basketball phenom Babacar Ly talks about hoops aspirations and family
• Ghana’s 15-year-old 6’2 Women’s Basketball player, Benedicta Frimpongmaa Asare wants to be the WNBA’s ‘greatest of all time’
• Salina teen, Mykayla Cunningham excels in basketball & track at SPIRE Academy
• Trent Middleton lands at Ball State after prep year at SPIRE Academy
• Above the rim with Chad Baker-Mazara

SOCCER

• Erie Sports Center Central African Soccer Players, Paul Katende and Espoir Mayele Receive Scholarships to SPIRE Academy
• Rwanda’s own Luccin Charly Iraguha joins SPIRE Academy in pursuit of greatness

SWIMMING

• How a teenage competitive swimmer from NE Ohio, Daelynn Haywood deals with challenges of being injured

TRACK & FIELD

• Track star Krzanowicz seeing big gains working with former Olympic medalists in Ohio
• Kadia Rock charting path to success at SPIRE Academy
• 2022 Carifta Games Silver Medalist and SPIRE Sprinter, Jamario Russell speakers about attending SPIRE Academy.
• Neo Mosebi: SPIRE Academy’s latest blessing
• Swain football player Kelan McCullough now junior decathlon athlete

WRESTLING

• Post grad program secures Ohio Wrestling Talent Vinnie D’Alessandro
• SPIRE Academy’s Brogan Fielding guests on the USA Takedown podcast
• CNY state wrestling champion, Talan Hubbard, at prep school to prepare for ‘real goal’
• Brogan Fielding wrestling for SPIRE after trip to state with Jefferson

2022

BASKETBALL

• Where is Former 3 star Standout Daniel Pounds?
• Max Tatter heads to the States.
• Donovan Hunter sits down with The Big Times Podcast
• Newmarket resident Riley Melvin has taken a unique path to reach his basketball dreams.
• Mykayla Cunningham, once a star basketball player for Salina Central, will spend her senior year playing for SPIRE Academy out of Geneva, Ohio

SWIMMING

• SPIRE Trio posts huge time drops in 2nd SCY race since arriving from Cairo in August! “At his second SCY race earlier this month, Yassen Eltaranisy shaved more than 18 seconds off his personal best in the 500 free”

TRACK & FIELD

• South African Teen Neo Mosebi Breaks US H.S. Sprint Record as He Trains with Olympians in the USA

WRESTLING

• Jackson Lusk, Youngsville Wrestler Commits to Gardner-Webb!