ATHLETICS
Go Chargers!

Athletics is an integral part of the Academy experience. Every season our student-athletes gain lifelong lessons in the value of competition, perseverance, hard work, and the true meaning of teamwork. We believe that athletic competition is a powerful teacher. Physical and mental challenges in a team setting offer athletes the opportunity to develop leadership skills, self-confidence, and a commitment to others that will inspire them to lead productive and active lives.

Academy athletes have earned more than 200 state championship titles through their dedication, earnest effort, and character. Many of our students have received scholarships based on their athletic performance at the Academy, and some have gone on to compete at the professional level. Whether or not they’re in uniform, Chargers display their integrity throughout their lives.

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Athletic Department Members

Kenny Barreras
Director of Athletics
BA University of New Mexico
MA University of New Mexico
Jordan Leake
Assistant Athletic Director
MA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Meghan Miller
Assistant Athletic Director
BS University of Louisville
Kristi Willey
BS Oral Roberts University
BS University of New Mexico

Championships & Honors

Baseball

State Champions
1998, 1999
2009
2015
2021

District Champions
1999
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
2024, 2025, 2026

Basketball

Girls Basketball

District Champions
1993, 1994
2011
2023, 2024, 2025

Boys Basketball

State Champions
1968
1981, 1984, 1989
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
2023

District Champions
1966, 1967, 1968
1978
1982, 1984
1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999
2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010
2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Cross Country

Girls Cross Country

State Champions
1993
2005, 2008
2016, 2017, 2018
2023, 2024

District Champions
1988, 1989
1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Boys Cross Country

State Champions
1995, 1998, 1999
2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
2010, 2015, 2016, 2017
2024, 2025

District Champions
1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Football

District Champions
1967
1976, 1977
1981, 1982
1994

Golf

Girls Golf

State Champions
1993, 1995
2015
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

District Champions
1989
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
2000, 2001, 2002, 2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Boys Golf

State Champions
1975
1990, 1997
2003, 2008, 2009
2014, 2015
2021, 2022, 2024, 2025

District Champions
1975
1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997
2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
2021, 2023, 2024

Soccer

Girls Soccer

State Champions
2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018

District Champions
1988
1990, 1992, 1999
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Boys Soccer

State Champions
1976, 1978, 1979
1980, 1983, 1984
1999
2000, 2001
2015, 2016, 2018
2020 (in 2021), 2021, 2024

District Champions
1983
1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
2021, 2022, 2024, 2025

Softball

District Champions
1989
1998
2023, 2025

Swimming & Diving

Girls Swimming & Diving

District Championships
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

State Championships
1986, 1987, 1989
1990, 1991, 1994
2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Boys Swimming & Diving

District Championships
2008, 2009
2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

State Championships
1972, 1973, 1975
1985, 1986, 1989
1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017
2025, 2026

Tennis

Girls Tennis

State Champions
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
2005, 2006
2016, 2019
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

District Champions
1989
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Boys Tennis

State Champions
1993, 1995, 1998, 1999
2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

District Champions
1988, 1989
1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999
2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Track & Field

Girls Track & Field

State Champions
1993
2002, 2005, 2006, 2007
2017, 2018, 2019, 2026

District Champions
1984, 1985
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998
2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
2011, 2018, 2019
2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Boys Track & Field

State Champions
1991, 1996, 1999
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2025, 2026

District Champions
1965, 1967, 1968
1976, 1977, 1979
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989
1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Volleyball

State Champions
1998, 2020 (in 2021)

District Champions
1998, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025

Wrestling

State Champions
1969
1977, 1978, 1979
1983

District Champions
1990
2004
2015, 2016, 2019
2021, 2022

NMAA Director's Cup

The Director’s Cup is awarded annually to the top New Mexico Activities Association member schools in each classification based upon success in activities, athletics, and sportsmanship.

2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10
2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20
2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26

Athletes of the Year

Albuquerque Academy Athletes of the Year

1960 Ralph LeRoy Rich
1963 Peter L. Engel
1964 Nicky (John Nicoll) Durrie
1965 Tom (Thomas H.) Solenberger
1974 Sean O’Connor
1975 Ellen Hart
1975 Stephen G. Timmerman
1975 G. Woods Supple
1978 Anna M. Voltura
1978 Alan L. Gardenhire
1980 Anna M. Voltura
1980 Robert P. Clark Jr.
1981 Katherine A. Jenkins
1981 Kirk R. Hudson
1982 Kimberly L. Jones
1982 Robert L. Zouhar
1983 Lisa M. Peloso
1983 Nicholas B. Nellos
1983 Steven D. Plamondon
1984 Jeff R. Harper
1984 Nancy L. Parker
1985 Karen Schmitt
1985 Neil McCulloch
1986 Lisa Gregg
1986 Jeff Sherman
1987 Marie Bovinette
1987 Shane Rogers
1988 Elizabeth Knox
1988 Bennett Rhodes
1989 Laura Hood
1989 Mark Thompson
1990 Notah Begay
1990 David Moore
1990 Felicia Reye
1991 Pattie Buffet
1991 Greg Brown
1992 Jeff Mazer
1992 Jessica Petterson
1993 Jessica Patterson
1993 Danny Brown
1994 Eric Weinstein
1994 Miranda Baca
1995 T.J. Rodgers
1995 Jenny Burney
1996 Matt Twiest
1996 Robin Moore
1997 Robin Moore
1997 Erick Johnson
1998 Melanie Benavidez
1998 Justin Solimon
1999 Vanessa Werner
1999 Chris Alexander
2000 Vanessa Werner
2000 Ismail Kassam
2001 Micaela Esquivel
2001 Cody Toppert
2002 Sean Hollowwa
2002 Micaela Esquivel
2003 Laurel Sagartz
2003 Alan Weeth
2004 Kyle Altman
2004 Justine Schluntz
2005 Cody Harper
2005 Girls 400 Relay Swim Team
2005 Justin Schluntz
2005 Amanda Howell
2005 Nicole Roberts
2005 Meaghan Stern
2006 Lindsey Shepard
2006 Steven Gilbert
2007 Lindsey Shepard
2007 Ben Johnson
2008 Ben Johnson
2008 Medeleine Watson
2009 Curtis Beach
2009 Bridget Hill
2010 Kevin Clauss
2010 Amanda Throckmorton
2010 Paige Throckmorton
2011 Brandon Branch
2011 Madeline Muraida
2012
2012 Alex Harrison
2013 Anika Apostalon
2013 Andrew Torres
2014 Bryan Jaramillo
2014 Natalie Dubois
2015 Risa Gutierrez
2015 Carlos Cdebaca
2016 Tea Salazar
2016 Jordan Lesansee
2017 Allison Leggott
2017 Jordan Lesansee
2017 Sophie Long
2017 Jackson Morris
2018 Kelsey Crist
2018 Lucas Jepsen
2019 Eliza Mariner
2019 Abraham Yohannes
2020 Courtney A. Lohmeier
2020 Julian Garcia
2021 Lauren Keller
2021 Justin Hickey
2022 Coralie Noremberg
2022 Max Chandler
2023 Sarah Post
2023 Kellan Gehres

State & National Awards

1984 Pat Coash – All-American Basketball
1985 Jeff Sherman – Gatorade Soccer
1987 Tim Gallegos – Gatorade Soccer
1995 Troy Rodgers – NM Athlete of the Year
1995 Matt Twiest – Gatorade Track & Field
2005 Cody Harper – Gatorade Track & Field
2007 Curtis Beach – Gatorade Track & Field
2008 Benjamin Johnson – Gatorade XC
2008 Curtis Beach – Gatorade Track & Field
2009 Curtis Beach – National Gatorade Track & Field
2009 Clara Milne – Gatorade XC
2009 Max Walla – Gatorade Baseball
2009 Julia Foster – Gatorade XC and Track & Field
2010 Jenni White – Gatorade Soccer
2010 Darren McAfee – Gatorade Soccer
2010 Julia Foster – Gatorade XC and Track & Field
2011 Alex Bregman – All-American Baseball
2011 Neil Logenbaugh – Gatorade XC
2015 Jackson Morris – Gatorade Track & Field
2017 Jordan Lesansee – Gatorade XC
2017 Jackson Morris – Gatorade Track & Field
2017 Charles Touche – Gatorade Soccer
2017 Alex Touche – NM Private School Player of the Year Soccer
2019 Eliza Mariner – Gatorade Soccer
2020 Teagun Glenn – Gatorade Track & Field
2026 Nicholas Ponte – Gatorade XC
2026 Anna Hastings – Gatorade Track & Field, MaxPreps NM Female Athlete of the Year

Sports News

Indoor Facilities

1 West Gymnasium
2 Natatorium
3 East Gymnasium

Athletic Fields

4 Middle Soccer Field
5 JV Baseball Field
6 Marburger Baseball Field
7 Upper Soccer Field
8 Football Practice Field
9 Varsity Softball Field
10 JV Softball Field
11 Varsity Football Practice Field
12 Richard A. Harper Memorial Field
13 Tennis Courts
14 Starting Area for Cross Country

Parking

P1 – P10

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