Our Athletic Program Prioritizes Collaboration and Sportsmanship
Athletics play an integral role in the NSA experience. Every interested student has an opportunity to become involved in the athletic program as a player, manager, statistician or athletic training student aide. While exploring their passions, students are able to develop important life skills, such as responsibility, leadership, perseverance and working with others toward a common goal. Our highly-qualified, compassionate coaches emphasize respect, teamwork, courage, integrity and determination on and off the field and courts. Discover how NSA athletics can help your student excel.
Being part of a team has taught me responsibility and accountability. Everyone else on the team is counting on you to fulfill your role. If one person isn’t doing their job, the whole team will suffer because of it. Sports have also taught me how to face and overcome adversity. A lot of times in sports, not everything is going your way, but you must continue to play and figure out how to succeed."
Walker Wood ’20
Fast Facts
85%
of students in grades 6-12 compete in athletics
50+
Teams
15
Sports
3
State championships since 2015
16
Conference championships since 2015
TCIS
Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools
VISAA
Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association
47
Saints have moved on to the collegiate level in the last five years
In the News
Congratulations to the student-athletes who were recognized by the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools and the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association for their outstanding athletic achievements this spring!
The Saints won their third straight Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division II softball title, beating Isle of Wight Academy 1-0 in a pitchers' duel Friday afternoon.
NSA sailed to the #1 spot at the MASSA Silver Fleet Regatta on May 14-15, securing the championship!
The Office of Athletics, along with family, faculty, teammates, coaches and friends, recently celebrated seven seniors who committed to continuing their athletic careers next year.
On Sunday, April 24, Leila Pfrang ’25 and Madison Bivins ’25 competed for the 11th annual VISA Girls Championship at Youth Sailing Virginia on Mill Creek.
David Russell, a senior on Nansemond-Suffolk Academy’s top-ranked lacrosse team, recently scored his 100th goal during a game against The Covenant School in Charlottesville.
The Nansemond Suffolk Academy senior is trying to lead the Saints back to another VISAA Division II title this season.
Congratulations to Madison Inscoe '22 for being named Extra Inning Softball’s National High School Player of the Week!
Congratulations to Kyle Pfrang '22, who was recently featured among the top youth in Sailing World Magazine!
Congratulations to the student-athletes who were recognized by the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools and the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association for their outstanding athletic achievements this winter!
The zeros lined up on the scoreboard, but former Nansemond-Suffolk Academy softball standout and current freshman UNC Greensboro pitcher Reese Byrd had no idea she had pitched a no-hitter – until she was mobbed by her teammates.
Congratulations to the student-athletes who were recognized by the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools and the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association for their outstanding athletic achievements this fall!
Wednesday December 15, is the first day of the early signing period when high school football players can officially sign their letters of intent to continue their careers at the collegiate level. The Office of Athletics celebrated George Pettaway ’22, who made his commitment to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill official after announcing his decision in an exciting ceremony in September.
On Wednesday, November 10, Madison Inscoe ’22 and Maya McGowan ’22 joined student athletes across the nation by participating in the NCAA’s Fall Signing Day.
Congratulations to George Pettaway '22 for being named WAVY TV 10's Hardee's Player of the Week!
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy’s athletic director, T.W. Johnson ’92, was elected to serve as president of the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools (TCIS), which includes Catholic High School, Cape Henry Collegiate, Greenbrier Christian Academy, Hampton Roads Academy, Norfolk Academy, Norfolk Christian School, Norfolk Collegiate School, Peninsula Catholic, The Steward School and Walsingham Academy.
Congratulations to Kyle Pfrang ’22 for qualifying from the Mid-Atlantic region for one of the top four spots for the Interscholastic Sailing Association’s Cressy Trophy, the national high school singlehanded championship.
He’s the seventh-rated high school running back in the nation for the class of 2022, and the top-rated running back in Virginia according to 247Sports, so it was no wonder that Nansemond-Suffolk Academy four-star prospect George Pettaway’s college choice would generate interest.
With a national streaming audience tuned in and family, friends, faculty, coaches and Saints fans in attendance, George Pettaway '22 committed to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Wednesday, September 22.
From the opening kickoff, the Currituck County High School football team was in an uphill battle against Virginia's Nansemond-Suffolk Academy. NSA jumped out to a 20-0 lead after the first quarter