Student Accomplishments

While we always celebrate students' accomplishments in the classroom, we also want to celebrate what students are accomplishing outside of school as well. An education isn't just found in books or by doing schoolwork, an education encompasses all a student does in their life. Here are some students who have accomplished great things.

We are beyond proud to highlight one of our incredible students, Sofia! Sofia is not only an Honor Roll student, but she’s also made waves in the gymnastics world, becoming the Tennessee State Champion and ranking 2nd in the nation for Level 5 gymnasts for 2025. Sofia’s achievements in both the classroom and the gym show her incredible dedication, talent, and hard work.

Tennessee State champ and is 2nd in the nation for level 5 gymnasts.
Bars 9.775 Tennessee State champ
Vault 9.995 Tennessee State champ
Beam 9.550 3rd place
Floor 9.775 Tennessee State champ
All around State champ.

Addie Cramer
Addie Cramer and her team Stingray Allstar Orange Large All Girl Level 6 won their 10th World Championship. Over 11,000 athletes, 544 teams from 18 countries! She is a back-to-back World Champion!

Maddie Ratliff
Maddie was the recipient of the 2021 Governor's Volunteer Star Award for Greene County Youth. This was awarded to her based on her volunteer work that she has performed throughout East Tennessee. This Fall, Maddie was crowned the 2021 "Fairest of the Fair" in Greene County and will be competing against 49 other fair winners for the Tennessee's Fairest of the Fair Title in January. She was also the runner-up in the Miss East Tennessee/Miss Greene County Scholarship Competition and won a combined total of $1500 in scholarships. She has also been awarded Academic/Equestrian Scholarships, this fall, (so far, she has been offered $100,300) and has been accepted to compete on a handful of College Equestrian Teams.

Kailyn Coleman
Congratulations to Kailyn Coleman for being a finalist in the 2021 Barter Theatre Young Playwright Festival!

Jessie Nestor & Ainslee Davenport
Congratulations to Jessie Nestor and Ainslee Davenport on being Finalists for the 2020 Barter Playwright Festival. Great Accomplishment!

Freddy Tolar
Freddy had a successful year competing with the Gravity Academy team in Downhill and Enduro mountain bike racing. This was his first year racing Downhill and he was the overall series winner for the 2021 Downhill Southeast Cat 2/3 Junior Men 16-18. For his second year racing Enduro, he was the 2021 Regional Go Nuts Racing enduro series Expert 15-18 Champion. Downhill mountain bike racing is when you descend the mountain negotiating difficult terrain in an individual race against the clock. The fastest time wins. Enduro is a cross between endurance and downhill. There are usually 4 or more stages of timed downhill racing. The uphill is mandatory, but not timed. Freddy spends at least 15 hours per week training. Any other free time is spent working on his mountain bikes. For 2022 he will be moving up to the Downhill Cat 1 (Expert) category. His goal will be to qualify for the USAC Downhill National Championship.

Tristan Razote
The Tennessee STEM Innovation Network invited students across the state to participate in the first annual Coding Marathon in December. "Mimicking the number of miles in a marathon, students will engage in 26.2 hours of curated computer science activities that encourage problem solving using foundational CS practices, such as abstraction, debugging, algorithms, decomposition, and pattern recognition. The Coding Marathon will include both plugged and unplugged activities and can be completed at home, in school, or as a component of a hybrid learning model. Students will have three weeks to complete and log the required hours."

Tristan signed up and completed the coding marathon. Tristan received both a certificate and a medal. Congratulations to Tristan for completing the coding marathon in the first ever coding marathon offered through TSIN.

Ashten Royse

TOPS has given Ashten so much confidence in himself that he has become a leader in the community. He is currently a member of the Teen Board at our local library that meets monthly to collaborate on ideas and activities for area teens. It gives them a safe and positive place to go and meet friends without all the normal pressures of high school life. Two years ago he began leading a gaming group for ages 12 and up. They work together as a team and compile strategies to complete quests. He has become a showcased artist having his work displayed for the town to come and admire. From time to time he has even been commissioned to do digital works for Youtuber’s and game developers.

Blair Thurston
I have cheered since I was 7 years old, this is my 11th and final season of being able to cheer competitively. I have placed 3rd at the D1 summit cheer competition, this May I will attend The Cheer World with my team "Showtime" which is an international open coed level 6. TOPS has made it easy for me to handle school and cheer. I enjoy that all my teachers care and check in on me every week. Without TOPS I would never be able to handle my busy schedule of balancing my education and my sport.

Drew Sliker
TOPS would like to congratulate our very own Drew Sliker who signed recently with Baylor University Acrobatics and Tumbling. Drew came to TOPS in August 2018 so she could balance a rigorous focus on both her sports and education. Since coming to TOPS Drew has not only signed her letter of intent with Baylor, but also has managed to maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher.