Matanzas' Mills, Spruce Creek's Roy athletes of the year at Volusia-Flagler High School Sports Awards

Jordan Mills of Matanzas and Mackenzie Roy of Spruce Creek won athlete of the year awards at the Volusia-Flagler High School Sports Awards June 3 at Ocean Center Arena. 

The show was produced with support from Halifax Health. 

Other boys finalists were Colby Cronk of Flagler Palm Coast and Elijah Walker of Mainland. Other girls finalsts were Aurielle Reavis of Atlantic and Kylie Watson of Seabreeze. 

Mills was a three-sport star as a senior at Matanzas. In the fall, he served as the Pirates’ second-leading tackler with 69 solo stops as a defensive back. He also shared the team lead with two interceptions and forced two fumbles.  

During the winter, Mills assembled a perfect wrestling season, going 52-0 and claiming the Class 2A state championship at 190 pounds. He won the final match in the second extra period after dislocating his shoulder earlier in the bout.  

This spring, he was a regional track qualifier and the area’s top 400-meter hurdler. Mills made the All-Area first teams in football and wrestling and added second-team recognition in track and field. 

Roy, a junior, earned All-Area recognition in three sports during the 2023-24 school year: cross country, soccer and track and field. Roy placed fourth in Class 4A in cross country and posted a top time of 18:05.5. She scored six goals and added two assists from midfield for Spruce Creek's girls soccer team. And she closed the year with a pair of second-place finishes at the Class 4A track and field finals, in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter events. 

The Volusia-Flagler High School Sports Awards are part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards, the largest program of its kind in the nation.