Sports Highlights

SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS 2022

ATHLETICS IS AN important part of a student’s overall education, and the EBRPSS offers several teams and club sports for students. EBRPSS honors and acknowledges all of the student athletes in the parish who strive for greatness. This year, we spotlight one team that has strived for excellence in and out of the pool—the 2021-2022 BRMHS swim team.

SAVANNAH GIRON is a senior at Baton Rouge Magnet High School. She has a GPA of 4.69 and has scored a 36 on her ACT. She is a National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction and LHSAA All-Academic Honoree. Savannah is a two-year letterman with the BRMHS swim team and a member of the Crawfish Aquatics Club Team. She has been an active member of the BRMHS Beta Club, Key Club and National Honor Society. She is also the senior class co-director for the Key Club. During her time at BRMHS, she has participated in clean-up of the historic Sweet Olive Cemetery, and has volunteered as a Beta Club peer tutor. She plans to attend Texas A&M and major in electrical engineering. JASON GE is a junior at Baton Rouge Magnet High and has a GPA of 4.70. He is a three-year letterman on the BRMHS swim team and a member of the Tiger Aquatics Club Team. He is the 2021 LHSAA state champion in the 100-meter breaststroke and part of the 200-meter freestyle school record-breaking team. He is also a member of the BETA Club since 2019. He has volunteered at the Turkey Trot 5K, and has earned service hours volunteering throughout the Baton Rouge community. He also volunteers to help stock the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank. Swim coach MARGARET HALL believes in her swimmers, and sets them up to believe in themselves and the team. Graduating from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 2003, Hill learned a lot from her swim coach, George Newport. Now, as a swim coach herself and a math teacher at her alma mater, she knows what it takes to be a BRMHS Bulldog swimmer. “We’ve got kids all over the place coming from different clubs and pools,” she said. “I tell them all the time, ‘You’re here to swim for Baton Rouge High. We are a team.’” Hill ended the season with two state champs—junior Jason Ge was the state champion for breast stroke and sophomore Elle Achberger was a champion for the 100 freestyle and runner up for 200 freestyle. The swim team won third place in the city for regionals and the boys won first for public schools. In addition, swim captain Leah McGee was recognized for acceptance to all four U.S. military schools, and another top swimmer, Gavin Lanka, signed to swim with Florida Tech next year.