Swain High School Soccer

06/09/2026

Congratulations to Madison Blankenship for making All-WNC second team!

Hendersonville junior Reagan Adams leads the All-WNC girls soccer teams for the 2026 NCHSAA season. See the rest of the team here. See link below ⬇️

📸 Josh Bell / Asheville Citizen Times

06/04/2026

Congratulations to Our Senior Soccer Players! 🎓⚽️ ITS GRADUATION DAY!!

Congratulations to Audrey, Elli, Evan, Matthew, Sully, Sevyn, Riley, Gabriel, and Diego!

05/27/2026

The Most Improved Award goes to a player whose energy became contagious from the moment he stepped onto the soccer field. Soccer may not have been his first sport, but he approached it in true Sullivan style — competitive, energetic, and always wanting more for himself and the team. During his senior year, he earned his place in the starting 11 consistently and made huge strides as a player, being a major threat on the field to the other teams. Or they just might've been scared of him yelling the whole time in the games. We will miss him for sure!

Congratulations to our Most Improved player, Sully Cunningham.

Our next award is the Leadership Award. Cristobal has probably dealt with more injuries in three years than we’ve ever seen, but every season he continues to push himself for the team. He became a loud voice on the field and stepped into the center back role when we needed him most. He made the position his own and constantly worked to help the players around him improve as well. We truly don’t think we’ve seen the peak of his leadership yet, and we are excited to have him back one more season. In this season he had 144 steals/clear.

Congratulations to our Leadership Award winner, Cristobal De La Cruz.

05/27/2026

Our Most Improved player is someone who was unsure about soccer last year after just moving over to Swain and struggled to find playing time the season before. Now, we believe she only came off the field twice the entire season and became an important player in our backline. She took the time to truly understand what it means to play outside back and how to attack from that position. She finished with 146 steals and 2 goals, 2 assists. We are excited to have her back for one more season.

Congratulations to our Most Improved player, Madison Mashburn.

Our Leadership Award goes to a player who stepped up big for us this year. Just like Mashburn, she learned more about her position and never once questioned why she was being asked to take on a larger role. As a center back, she became more vocal on the field or during team talks, more confident as a captain while helping lead the team in the right way, and helped shut down opposing team game after game. She ended the season with 134 steals/clears. We are excited to have her back for another season as well.

Congratulations to Jolee Stephens — although most of us just call her Jo.

05/27/2026

This player is going to be continuing her soccer career at Salem College. We have talked a lot about her this season already, and for good reason. She finished her senior season with 24 goals, 7 assists, and 30 steals. Ending her soccer career at Swain with 41 goals, 22 assists and 70 steals. Along with earning All-Conference honors, she was also named Co-Conference Player of the Year. This award is the result of years of hard work, dedication, and leadership that led her to this moment, and other teams/coaches see in her. She made a big impact on this team along with Elli Norton. Earning 3 conference titles in the 4 years being with us.

Congratulations to Audrey Monteith.

05/27/2026

We had three girls receive all Smoky Mountain conference, and all region.
Madison Blankenship recorded 326 steals/clears, 4 goals, and 5 assists this season.
Claire Ball finished the season with 11 goals and 9 assists.
Khloe Chapman. Our freshman goalkeeper, who recorded 178 saves this season. She is in 8th 2A with saves in NC and 2nd in the SMC rankings.

Congratulations Ladies!

05/27/2026

Congratulations these awesome young ladies who received honorable mention honors!

Rio Helpman, She had 9 goals and 8 assists during her freshmen year.
Julianna Meraz-Quijada, She ended the season with 1 goal, 3 assists and 110 clears.
Madison Mashburn finished with 146 steals and 2 goals, 2 assists.

05/26/2026

⚽ 2026 Swain Varsity Soccer Preseason Training Information ⚽

Summer preseason training for the varsity soccer team will begin June 15th. Anyone interested in playing or returning this season is highly encouraged to attend.

Preseason is highly encouraged because it gives players the opportunity to get back into soccer shape, improve fitness and technical skills, build chemistry with teammates, and prepare for the speed and intensity of the season before mandatory practice begins. It also allows the coaching staff to see players’ work ethic, commitment, attitude, and growth heading into the season. The more sessions you attend, the better prepared you will be physically and mentally for tryouts and the season ahead.

These sessions are not mandatory, but they are highly suggested.

Practice Locations:
• Mondays & Wednesdays
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
High School Weight Room

• Tuesdays & Thursdays
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Rec Park Field

These sessions will also count toward removing requirements needed to earn your jersey.

Training Dates:
June 15, 16, 17, 18

June 22, 23, 24, 25

July 6, 7, 8, 9

July 13, 14, 15, 16

Important Dates:
Dead Weeks
• June 29 – July 3
• July 20 – July 24

First Official Mandatory Practice for the Men's Soccer Team:
• July 29th

Looking forward to a great summer and season ahead. Go Maroon Devils!

05/26/2026

Athletic Banquet

11/18/2025

Congratulations to Evan and Diego, who received honorable mention in conference. Matthew received All Conference in conference. All three players were selected as All Region.