Landing Hero Green
Cavaliers Athletics News
Ali Laros ’25 is a state champion. It is no great surprise. Go 8,000 miles westward from Durham to South Africa, and the tea leaves are strewn across the beaches of Cape Town, the towering pines of Tokai Forest, the rugged sandstone of Table Mountain. They were the playgrounds of Laros’ childhood, and family.
These eight Cavaliers — representing alumni student-athletes, coaches and administrators — were inducted into the DA Athletic Hall of Fame on Dec. 13, 2024, in Kirby Gym.
For three Cavaliers, Thursday afternoon’s DA Fall Signing Day festivities marked the culmination of early mornings, long practices and the ups-and-downs of the recruiting process. This fall’s trio of commits to NCAA athletics programs authored singular journeys to their eventual collegiate destinations. Meet DA’s Newest Golden Bear, Wildcat and Hoosier.
At Durham Academy, we play to win.
But winning isn't just about the numbers on the scoreboard. It's about the life lessons learned over the course of the season. The drive to improve practice after practice. The responsibility student-athletes have to their teammates and coaches. The grace they show to competitors, regardless of a contest's outcome. The creativity and resilience required to balance rigorous academics and high-level athletics.
These lessons can lead to state championships and college athletic scholarships, of course. But they also help prepare all of our student-athletes for life.
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Cavs by the Numbers
40
teams in 20 different sports
12
top-four NCISAA finishes in 2022–2023
92
All-Conference athletes in 2022–2023
4
team state championships since 2017
10
conference championships in 2022–2023
19
2023 DA grads are competing in college