With seven state championships, multiple individual championships and awards, and 14 college signees, Albuquerque Academy student-athletes had another monumental school year in 2017-18.
Academy finished 19th in the MaxPreps Cup standings, a ranking system developed to rate every high school sport state championship in the country to determine the nation’s best overall high school sports programs. According the MaxPreps, varying point totals are awarded to teams that win a state title or finish in second place based on the type of sport, the size of the state, the type of enrollment division, and the number of teams participating in the enrollment division. Points are also awarded for teams that appear in national rankings for selected sports.
Chargers won state championships in boys and girls cross country, girls soccer, girls swimming, boys tennis, and boys and girls track and field. Combined with four runner-up finishes, Academy accumulated 1,374 points.
“It comes down to two things to be able to win as many state championships as we have,” says Albuquerque Academy Athletic Director Taryn Bachis. “One is to have longevity with coaches who are very knowledgeable and bring consistency to our programs. And two is to have the type of student-athletes we have at Albuquerque Academy. Our students are incredibly dedicated and hard working. When they believe in one another and their coaches, great things happen.”
Academy was one of two New Mexico schools who made the list. La Cueva High School finished forty-fourth in the nation.
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