Nya Williams, Jordan Haymon named Flagler Palm Coast Female, Male Athlete of the Year

The boys track and field team was named Team of the Year; Teagan Paulo won the Spirit of Flagler Award; and Duane Hagstrom was named Coach of the Year.

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Nya Williams, who won two state weightlifting championships, setting a state record along the way, was named Female Athlete of the Year at the Flagler Palm Coast Athletics Award Show on Tuesday, May 26, at the Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center.

Williams won the 119-pound title in both competitions at the Class 3A championships. She set a school record with a 210-pound clean and jerk. After the season, she was named the Florida Dairy Farmers’ Miss Weightliftng, as the girls weightlifter of the year.

Track sprinter Jordan Haymon, was named Male Athlete of the Year. Haymon was a member of the Bulldogs’ Class 4A state championship 4x400 relay team along with Logan Jacobelli, Will Roberts and Mikey Najpaver. Haymon also was the state runner-up in the 400-meter run. He set the school record in the 400 during the season with a time of 46.88 seconds.

Soccer goalie and football kicker Teagan Paulo won the Spirit of Flagler Award. “He embodied everything it means to be a Flagler Bulldog,” FPC athletic director Scott Drabczyk said.

The boys track and field team was named Team of the Year. The Bulldogs placed sixth at the 4A state championship.

Weightlifting coach Duane Hagstrom was named Flagler Palm Coast’s Coach of the Year. The weightlifting teams produced three state champs in Williams, Cody Strawser and Matt McFall.

The Bulldogs also recognized girls basketball coach George Butts as the all-time winningest basketball coach in Volusia and Flagler counties and finished the season with 595 victories.

And Steve DeAugustino, who is retiring in August, received special recognition. DeAugustino was the Bulldogs’ head wrestling coach for 27 years, establishing FPC as a state power with three state championships and two runners-up. He then served as athletic director for 16 years and returned to wrestling the past three years as an assistant coach.

“He’ll be impossible to replace,” Drabczyk said. “His fingerprints are on every corner of this campus.” 

 

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