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title: Special Jennings Leads Montverde to National High School Title
description: Dr. Dish Fam members Montverde Academy, led by head coach Special Jennings, won the 2022 GEICO High School National Championship!
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# [Special Jennings Leads Montverde to National High School Title](https://blog.drdishbasketball.com/special-jennings-and-montverde-academy-win-national-high-school-championship)

 Written by [Jeremy Rushing](https://blog.drdishbasketball.com/author/jeremy-rushing) | Apr 6, 2022

This past weekend we crowned more champions than just in Minneapolis or New Orleans.

The GEICO National High School Championships also took place over the weekend, with Dr. Dish Fam members Montverde Academy, led by head coach Special Jennings, taking home the trophy for the first time in program history!

> Words could never describe this feeling! So proud of these ladies!!! [pic.twitter.com/Wz39D2JDAv](https://t.co/Wz39D2JDAv)
> 
> — Montverde Academy Girls Basketball (@MVAGBB) [April 2, 2022](https://twitter.com/MVAGBB/status/1510359659512795141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

Jennings, in only her 2nd year at the helm, talked about how much the accomplishment means to her and the program.

> "It’s a surreal moment,” Jennings told the Fort Myers News-Press. “What we’ve been able to achieve in the last two years and this year alone, I don’t even know what to say. We prepared for this. The girls have been wanting this. This is our goal from the beginning of the year and to be able to actually attain it is special.”

Throughout the year, Montverde was preparing for the possibility of competing at GEICO Nationals using their Dr. Dish [All-Star+](https://www.drdishbasketball.com/schools/dr-dish-all-star-plus). Check out why Special Jennings chose Dr. Dish for Montverde's training below.

 

The Eagles capped off their title run with a 61-57 win over New Hope in Sunday's championship game, erasing a seven point deficit midway through the 4th quarter.

We at Dr. Dish would like to congratulate Special and Montverde on a fantastic season and taking home the hardware!

> We're excited for our [#DrDishFam](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DrDishFam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) with Montverde Academy Girls basketball and [@SpecialJennings](https://twitter.com/SpecialJennings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) who are making a run for a [#GEICONationals](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GEICONationals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Championship title 🏆
> 
> They've been prepping for the competition putting in work on their Dish 💪 [pic.twitter.com/okRz6uFSXL](https://t.co/okRz6uFSXL)
> 
> — Dr. Dish Basketball (@drdishbball) [April 1, 2022](https://twitter.com/drdishbball/status/1509725871799685121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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