Mountain View Prep
TENNIS
Table Of Contents 2025 Schedule ................................................... 1 2025 Roster ...................................................... 2 2025 Sponsors....................................................3 MVP Girls’ Tennis vs. Greer ................................. 6 Coach Poppe...................................................... 7 Coach Seagle..................................................... 7 MVP Tennis and the Legacy of SCHSL .................. 8 About the Media Guide / Student Contributors ....9
MVP Gear Order all of your spirit wear by clicking on the image!
2025
Girls Tennis Schedule
2025
Girls Tennis roster Liberty Brown (9th) Reagan Hensley (7th) Gabriella Felty (8th) Payton Howard (9th) Bailey Judd (10th) Jennifer Gerassimovich (12th) Yana Gerassimovich (9th) Annelise Parris (8th)
2025 Sponsors Hayes Food Product Bailey Family Sawyer Family Sherman Chiropractic Cly Inc. Knockout Butchery Neely Family Trail Place Farms Cole Fence Smith Family Pharis Family Powell Family Beckwith Family Vinson Family Barnett Family Lovelace Family Rand Wilson Insurance Agency INC The McAlister Family
Thank you
MVP Girls’ Tennis Competes Tough Against union Sept. 11
The Mountain View Prep girls’ tennis team took the court against Union on Thursday, September 11. In singles play, Gabby Felty, Bailey Judd, Payton Howard, Annelise Parris, and Yana Gerassimovich each battled through long rallies and momentum swings. Payton Howard and Yana Gerassimovich pushed their matches to deciding super tiebreaks — the kind of grind that shows this squad’s resolve — while Captain Bailey Judd delivered a steady 6–2, 6–2 victory as the night’s lone winner (picture included). In doubles, Reagan Hensley and Kaya Smith fought hard and kept points close, ultimately falling 5–7, 1–6 to Liberty Brown and Camryn Cochran. The close finishes and fierce competitiveness across the lineup make this a matchup we’re confident we can flip next time — here’s hoping for a different scoreboard when these teams meet again.
Coaching Staff Head Coach Poppe enters Mountain View Prep after an impressive 17 seasons leading the boys’ and girls’ programs at Byrnes High School. A former collegiate player at Newberry College, where he competed for four years, Poppe has turned her experience into a steady coaching career. She began coaching in 2011 in New Jersey and also spent two years coaching in Ohio before returning to South Carolina. At Byrnes, she guided multiple competitive teams and saw three of her players continue their careers at the college level.
Bethany Poppe head coach
Poppe has been selected twice to coach the North/South All-Star Tournament and has earned four Region Coach of the Year awards. Her combination of playing experience and nearly two decades of coaching brings valuable leadership to the Stars.
Seagle joined Mountain View Prep with one of the most accomplished résumés in South Carolina tennis. Over his career, he has guided teams to a combined 525–100 record, producing consistent success and player development. He began coaching in 1999 with the Gaffney girls’ program before moving to Boiling Springs in 2002 to lead both boys’ and girls’ teams. In 2013, he took over at Spartanburg High, where his teams became a state and national powerhouse. Under his leadership, Spartanburg captured three national championships (2016–2018) and seven state titles (six with the boys, one with the girls). A retired PE teacher in District 7, Seagle has also been selected to coach the North/South All-Star Tournament five times, earned 11 Region Coach of the Year honors, and developed 10 college tennis players. His teams have also claimed 15 region championships during his career.
todd seagle assistant
MVP Tennis and the SCHSL At Mountain View Prep, our tennis story is just beginning — but every first serve, every rally, and every long match connects us to a tradition that has been unfolding across South Carolina for decades.
Tennis in the SCHSL Found Its Stride in the Late 1960s and 1970s The South Carolina High School League didn’t always keep neat records of its tennis championships, but the earliest stories point back to programs like Travelers Rest winning a boys’ title in 1969, Rock Hill following in 1971, and T.L. Hanna launching a run of dominance in 1974. For the girls, the first officially recognized championship we can trace came in 1987, again from T.L. Hanna. These schools laid the groundwork for what tennis in our state would become.
The Era of Organized Records By 1980, the SCHSL began publishing Palmetto’s Finest, a record book that finally put tennis alongside football, basketball, and other headline sports. From that point forward, champions were logged, legacies were preserved, and the sport gained the recognition it deserved.
The Mystery of the First Match And yet — the very first official SCHSL tennis meet? Still a mystery. No clear record tells us exactly when or where that first ball was struck under League play. Maybe that’s part of what makes the story special. Like a good rally, the point is still hanging in the air, waiting for the next shot.
Where MVP Fits In For Mountain View Prep, joining SCHSL tennis means stepping into this living history. While we may not yet have the long list of championships that schools like T.L. Hanna or Bishop England can boast, we’re writing the first lines of our own chapter. Years from now, someone may look back at these pages and say, “That was the start of something.”