2024 Girls Co-Wrestler of the Year: Lily Prendergast

***ICYMI: Girls Swimmer of the Year: Kelsey Stuck***

***ICYMI: Boys Co-Swimmer of the Year: Sean Setzer***

***ICYMI: Boys Co-Swimmer of the Year: Cole Witmer***

Now that the winter sports season has come to a close, it’s time to reveal the All-Coastal Preps teams. Over the next few days, you will get to know more about the players of the year while also seeing who made first and second team in swimming & diving, wrestling and basketball.

The Coastal Preps Girls Co-Wrestler of the Year is senior Lily Prendergast from South Brunswick

Lily’s Accomplishments

Lily Prendergast capped a stellar career with a solid 2-0 victory over rival and friend Anna Ockerman of Corinth Holders to claim the first-ever 100-pound NCHSAA girls wrestling state title.

It was the third meeting of the season between the two, with Prendergast winning 6-2 on Dec. 30 and Ockerman getting revenge with a 4-1 decision at the East Regional.

The only points of the championship match came on a reversal from Prendergast in the second period. The Mount Olive signee rode out Ockerman for the entire third period to cement the win. 

Prendergast joined Terrell Hobbs (2004) and John Wiley (2012) as the only wrestling state champions in school history.

She finished her senior season with an incredible record of 53-1, which included 36 pins and 11 forfeits. 

More about Lily

Favorite Athlete(s): Roman Bravo-Young and Jordan Burroughs

Favorite memory from this season: Winning the Gate City Grapple Tournament and beating my rival in the finals.

Favorite memory from your career: Qualifying for the boys state tournament my freshman year in the last 30 seconds in the blood round.

Do you have any superstitions or pre-game rituals? If so, what are they?: I always do the same pre-match matside warm up right before I wrestle. Prior to being matside, I meditate to clear my head. I have a ton of superstitions and I always make sure I have the same things with me every competition. I have a lucky shirt that has a small hole in the sleeve that started out as my practice shirt but I continued to somehow get it every year and I don’t compete without it now.

What is a skill or subject you wish they taught in school?” Some schools have it but my school discontinued the athletic training program a few years ago and I was never able to participate in it.

What is your dream job? Athletic Trainer or Travel Physical Therapist

Which would you choose – a vacation at the beach or the mountains?: Mountains

If you could have any animal as a pet, what would it be?: A raccoon, my favorite animal