FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 24, 2001


Winter Park, St. Thomas Aquinas, Bishop Moore, Bolles, Benjamin, Upperroom Christian win 2001 Dodge Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup All-Sports Awards

GAINESVILLE – Winter Park, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), Bishop Moore (Orlando), Bolles (Jacksonville), Benjamin (North Palm Beach) and Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill) finished atop their respective classifications in the 2001 Dodge Sunshine Cup Floyd E. Lay All-Sports Awards point standings.

Winter Park finished with 417.5 points, a 94.3-point advantage over Nease (St. Augustine) in Class 6A. St. Thomas Aquinas took Class 5A with an impressive 780 points, more than double that of second-place Seminole, which finished with 338.8 points. Bishop Moore edged Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale) in Class 4A by a slim 3.5 point margin, as the two finished with 405 and 401.5 points respectively. Bolles, with 581 points, held off Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest) in Class 3A, as the Raiders finished with 454.8 points. Benjamin held command of Class 2A with 340 points, 142.5 points better than second place Dade Christian (Miami), which finished with 197.5 points. Finally, Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill) claimed the top spot in Class A with 206 points, 26 better than runner-up and last year's Class A winner Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel).

St. Thomas Aquinas and Bolles have both won the overall All-Sports Award in their classification all seven years the award has been presented, while Winter Park and Benjamin will both take home their second consecutive All-Sports Award.

The Dodge Sunshine Cup Floyd E. Lay All-Sports Awards is named in honor of Commissioner-Emeritus Floyd E. Lay, who led the Association from 1963 through 1980. It is sponsored by The New Dodge, the official vehicle of the Florida High School Activities Association.

Due to the by-sport classification system implemented in 1999-2000, the 543 member senior high schools have been divided evenly into six classifications for administrative purposes based on the enrollments submitted to the FHSAA Office in October 1999, which were used to discern the classifications as they are drawn up now. An all-sports award will be presented in each of these six administrative classifications in overall, girls and boys divisions at the conclusion of the 2000-01 school year. Points are awarded a school based on its finish in FHSAA State Series competition in each sport in the classification in which it has been assigned to compete. The top 32 places are scored. Points are awarded as follows: 50, 47, 44, 42, 40, 38, 36, 34, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. When two or more schools are tied for a particular place in a sport, the points allotted for those places are shared equally by the schools that are tied. In the event of a tie for the award in either the overall, girls or boys divisions at the end of the school year, the following tiebreakers will be used: (1) number of state team championships won; (2) number of state team runners-up finishes; (3) number of regional team championships won; (4) number of regional team runners-up finishes; (5) number of district team championships won; and (6) number of district team runners-up finishes.

Winners will be honored at the FHSAA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Awards Banquet on June 14 at the Wyndham Westshore in Tampa.

Here are the top 10 teams in the overall standings, as well as girls program and boys program standings:

Overall Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Winter Park, 417.5
2. Niceville, 323.2
3. Nease (St. Augustine), 314
4. Boone (Orlando), 306.2
5. Winter Springs, 282
6. Vero Beach, 273.5
7. Spanish River (Boca Raton), 269
8. Boyd Anderson (Lauderdale Lakes), 254.3
9. Miami Sunset, 252.5
10. Fort Myers, 238

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 780
2. Seminole, 338.8
3. Plant (Tampa), 309.5
4. Flagler Palm Coast (Bunnell), 292
5. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 280.5
6. Countryside (Clearwater), 276.5
7. Buchholz (Gainesville), 273.8
8. Sarasota, 266
9. Charlotte (Punta Gorda), 255
10. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 245

CLASS 4A
1. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 405
2. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 401.5
3. Astronaut (Titusville), 332.5
4. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 330.5
5. Pine Forest (Pensacola), 322
6. Jesuit (Tampa), 289
7. Clay (Green Cove Springs), 262
8. Lakewood (St. Petersburg), 249.5
9. Gulf Breeze, 240.2
10. Barron Collier (Naples), 236.5

CLASS 3A
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 581
2. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest), 454.8
3. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 385
4. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 377
5. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 373.5
6. Maclay (Tallahassee), 342.5
7. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 332.5
8. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 302.5
9. Chiles (Tallahassee), 301
10. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 292

CLASS 2A
1. Benjamin (North Palm Beach), 340
2. Dade Christian (Miami), 197.5
3. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 181.5
4. Arlington Country Day (Jacksonville), 177
5. St. Stephen's Episcopal (Bradenton), 174.8
6. All Saints' Academy (Winter Haven), 173.5
7. Canterbury (Fort Myers), 170.5
8. Oak Hall (Gainesville), 167.5
9. Tampa Prep, 163.3
10. Mount Dora Bible, 161.5

CLASS A
1. Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill), 206
2. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 180
3. Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto), 128.5
4. Central Florida Christian (Ocoee), 125
5. Out-of-Door (Sarasota), 116.8
6. Warner Christian (South Daytona), 99.5
7. Boca Raton Prep, 95.5
8. Sheridan Hills Christian (Hollywood), 90
9. Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 88.5
10. Brevard Christian (West Melbourne), 87.5


Boys Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Winter Park, 206
2. Boone (Orlando), 202.2
3. Nease (St. Augustine), 193
4. Boyd Anderson (Lauderdale Lakes), 162
5. Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs), 159.5
6. Atlantic (Delray Beach), 156
7. Gaither (Tampa), 142.5
8. Martin County (Stuart), 141.5
9. Miami Southridge, 137.5
10. Venice, 137

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 410
2. Seminole, 240
3. Flagler Palm Coast (Bunnell), 191
4. Countryside (Clearwater), 158.5
5. Plant (Tampa), 149.5
6. Charlotte (Punta Gorda), 147.5
7. Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach), 146
8. Plant City, 140
9. Palm Bay (Melbourne), 135.5
10. Lake Region (Eagle Lake), 130.5

CLASS 4A
1. Jesuit (Tampa)**, 289
2. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 194
3. Astronaut (Titusville), 189
4. Pine Forest (Pensacola), 186.5
5. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 186
6. Palatka, 184.7
7. Rockledge, 162
8. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 159
9. Gulf Breeze, 138.7
10. Glades Central (Belle Glade), 137

CLASS 3A
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 289.5
2. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest), 254
3. Maclay (Tallahassee), 202.5
4. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 189.5
5. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 173.5
6. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 170.5
7. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 166.5
8. (tie) Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 158.5
8. (tie) Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 158.5
10. Pensacola Catholic, 147.5

CLASS 2A
1. Benjamin (North Palm Beach), 183
2. Port St. Joe, 126.5
3. Highlands Christian (Pompano Beach), 101
4. University Christian (Jacksonville), 100
5. Arlington Country Day (Jacksonville), 97
6. Shorecrest Prep (St. Petersburg), 95
7. St. Stephen's Episcopal (Bradenton), 93
8. Vernon, 87
9. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 86
10. Dade Christian (Miami), 85.5

CLASS A
1. Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill), 137
2. Boca Raton Prep, 95.5
3. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 83
4. Brevard Christian (West Melbourne), 70.5
5. Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto), 68.5
6. Warner Christian (South Daytona), 54
7. Brito Miami Private (Miami), 50
8. Temple Heights Christian (Tampa), 49
9. Faith Christian (Orlando), 47
10. Laurel Hill, 45.5


Girls Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Niceville, 215.5
2. Winter Park, 211.5
3. Winter Springs, 184
4. Riverview (Sarasota), 178.5
5. Spanish River (Boca Raton), 176
6. Miami Sunset, 158
7. Vero Beach, 147
8. DeLand, 139.5
9. Lake Mary, 128
10. Miami Springs, 122.5

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 370
2. Buchholz (Gainesville), 228.3
3. Sarasota, 202.5
4. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 197
5. Naples, 179
6. Plant (Tampa), 160
7. Gainesville, 158
8. Clearwater, 131
9. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 119.5
10. Countryside (Clearwater), 118

CLASS 4A
1. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 215.5
2. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 211
3. Clay (Green Cove Springs), 176
4. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 171.5
5. Lakewood (St. Petersburg), 150
6. Astronaut (Titusville), 143.5
7. (tie) Barron Collier (Naples), 135.5
7. (tie) Pine Forest (Pensacola), 135.5
9. East Bay (Gibsonton), 118.5
10. Stanton Prep (Jacksonville), 116.5

CLASS 3A
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 291.5
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 218.5
3. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest), 200.8
4. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 200
5. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 187.5
6. Chiles (Tallahassee), 183
7. Lincoln Park (Fort Pierce), 179.5
8. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 174
9. Cardinal Mooney (Sarasota), 162.5
10. Florida High (Tallahassee), 154.5

CLASS 2A
1. Benjamin (North Palm Beach), 157
2. Mount Dora Bible , 124.5
3. Dade Christian (Miami), 112
4. St. John Neumann (Naples), 108
5. Community School of Naples (Naples), 106
6. Lakeland Christian, 101
7. All Saints' Academy (Winter Haven), 97
8. King's Academy (West Palm Beach), 96
9. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 95.5
10. Northwest Christian (Miami), 95

CLASS A
1. Central Florida Christian (Ocoee), 100
2. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 97
3. Sheridan Hills Christian (Hollywood), 90
4. Princeton Christian, 76.5
5. Out-of-Door (Sarasota), 74.8
6. Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill), 69
7. Countryside Christian (Gainesville), 62
8. Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto), 60
9. (tie) Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 45.5
9. (tie) Miami Christian, 45.5
9. (tie) Warner Christian (South Daytona), 45.5


Contact:
Robert Hernberger
Assistant Director of Communications, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 190
roberth@fhsaa.org