IMG Soccer Academy’s Atticus DeProspo earns award for exemplary athletics, academics and community service
BRADENTON, Fla. (June 21, 2010) - For his achievements in the classroom, on the soccer field and in the community, IMG Academies’ junior Atticus DeProspo was named the inaugural winner of the Christian Chalita Memorial Citizenship Award.
The award is in honor of [...]

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With students hailing from around the world, a huge amount of clothes, sporting goods and various other items are often left behind at the Academy.
Rather than throw everything out, IMG Academies has teamed with Goodwill to redistribute the items to the less fortunate. On Friday, IMG Academies, led by Ash Ghaffari, director of student services, [...]

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Students raise $27,000+ for charity!

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Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

All it took was a video to spur rising senior Atticus DeProspo and his  fellow Pendleton School at IMG Academies students to action.
The students, with the help of IMG Academies’ Kerri Grant and Karen Moyer — mother of several IMG Academies students — recently raised nearly $28,000 for Free the Children. The organization helps build [...]

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Manatee County recently approved a $65,000 grant for the creation of jobs at IMG Academies.
Here’s what an op/ed column in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune had to say about the grant and IMG Academies:
EARLIER THIS MONTH, I HAD one of those “Aha!” moments during a chance meeting on a business trip.
I chatted with a gentleman who told [...]

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Sam Morris is not your typical teen. The Hawaii native was born and raised on the Big Island where he played tennis, surfed, and painted nearly every single day. In ninth grade, he made the decision to travel off the island to come to the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy to pursue his dream of playing [...]

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We The Kings perform at IMG Academies

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Posted: Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Local band We The Kings were at IMG Academies yesterday to perform for the students during their end of the year bash. Among the moonwalks, slushies, and cotton candy, the Bradenton natives were on site to play for the students getting ready to leave for the summer. The four-member band was represented by two members- [...]

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IMG Academies to add 65 Employees

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Posted: Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

As part of IMG Academies’ expansion, a plan has been put into motion to add 65 employees to its staff. An article from the Bradenton Herald had more:
BRADENTON - IMG Academies plans to add 65 employees over the next three years with the help of local incentives approved today by the Manatee Board of County [...]

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The National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) and host location IMG Academies have announced that the first-ever High School National Golf Championships will be webcast live online for free at NHSCA.com.
The top golfers from across the nation will go head-to-head to determine the country’s best player and team. The team that finishes 2nd-8th will be [...]

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The University of Missouri Athletic Performance staff is always striving to raise the level of Mizzou Athletics. Last year they identified their need to improve on movement training techniques. This year their objective is to, in the words of Assistant Athletic Director of Athletic Performance Pat Ivey, “develop a comprehensive and integrated approach that accounts [...]

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Check out our new Academy-wide video, and all of our other videos at the IMG Academies Media Gallery, created by videographer Jonathan Glancy:
“Rise to the Next Level at IMG Academies”

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