2025 FHS graduate Roderiques a gymnastics overseas star
June 18, 2025 by Staff Reports
LONDON, ENGLAND — This collage of photos on the right feature 2025 Farragut High School graduate Ty Roderiques during and after his competition in London last week while representing Team USA Gymnastics at the London Open Invitational.
Roderiques earned a first-place finish in the All-Around competition and took home gold on the vault event while grabbing silver on both the parallel bars and rings.
A Team USA Gymnastics member for more a year, Roderiques will continue his education and gymnastics career this fall at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, competing in the rugged Big Ten Conference.
Collage photo submission courtesy of Jack Tate, FHS Sports Information director
Green is Coach of Year; Johnson Co-Pitcher of Year; 8 FHS honorees
June 18, 2025 by Staff Reports
After a three-season run of unprecedented individual success, helping to provide lots of FHS Lady Admirals victories on the District 4-4A and Region 2-4A level — and two state tournament appearance — Elsa Morrison is heading just a bit north of Town to begin her college career.
The next stop is a roster spot with a powerhouse Tennessee Lady Vols team, tying for third-place nationally in 2025 after yet another trip to the College World Series in Oklahoma City.
One of the top Lady Ads softball stars in program history — if not at the top as a three-time All-State honoree — Morrison did about everything short of helping lead Nick Green’s program to a Division I-4A state title (having won back-to-back state crowns just before she arrived on campus in the 2022-23 school year as a sophomore).
Morrison, once again earning District MVP honors as a star shortstop who is equally talented defensively as a catcher, hit .519 during her senior campaign in 2025 with 16 home runs and 52 RBI — with teams regularly walking the superstar (36 times).
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