Martin County Winter Teams Sweep FHSAA Academic Championships

Every winter athletic team in the Martin County School District earned an FHSAA Academic Team Champion designation for the 2025–26 season, the Florida High School Athletic Association announced.

The sweep means that every squad across South Fork High School, Jensen Beach High School, and Martin County High School that competed in a winter sport maintained at least a 3.0 unweighted GPA — the minimum threshold required for FHSAA academic recognition. The designation is awarded by classification, matching schools against programs with similar enrollment sizes.

The numbers go far beyond the baseline. Seventeen Martin County teams ranked in the state's top 10 in their respective classes, and South Fork finished in the top 10 in every single sport it fielded. Through two completed athletic seasons, South Fork sits second overall in the Class 5A combined academic standings, Jensen Beach has climbed to fifth in Class 5A, and Martin County High holds ninth place in Class 6A, according to district officials.

The standout performances are striking. Jensen Beach's girls basketball team posted a 3.743 cumulative GPA, ranking third in Class 5A statewide. South Fork's girls soccer team earned a 3.715 GPA and a No. 3 Class 5A ranking. South Fork's girls weightlifting team — ranked second in Class 3A with a 3.722 GPA — and Martin County High's girls basketball team, sixth in Class 6A with a 3.610 GPA, round out some of the district's highest-achieving squads.

The FHSAA Academic Team Champion program recognizes student-athletes who excel in both competition and coursework. It covers all FHSAA-sanctioned and recognized sports, with champions named in each enrollment-based classification. The program underscores a philosophy that athletic commitment and classroom performance are not competing priorities — they reinforce each other.

For Martin County, the results reflect a district-wide culture rather than a handful of standout programs. Boys basketball, boys and girls soccer, boys wrestling, competitive cheerleading, girls weightlifting, and girls wrestling all produced ranked teams across the district's three high schools. Martin County High's boys soccer team earned an 11th-place finish in Class 6A, while its girls basketball team's No. 6 Class 6A finish highlighted a strong season in the classroom.

The FHSAA will continue tracking combined academic standings as the spring athletic season concludes. Families can follow updated rankings through the district and the FHSAA as the year progresses.

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