No one is better in our part of the state than Jaeda-Lee Daniel-Joseph. The Tallulah Falls senior was as dominant as ever, and closes her prep career as the back-to-back BLITZ Tennis Player of the Year!

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

24-4 Record
State Singles Runner-Up
Region Individual Champion
75 Career Wins (School Record)

Jaeda-Lee put up a program-record of 24 wins in 2026, and earned the Region Championship and State Runner-Up both as a team and individually. The senior finished her prep career with 75 total wins, putting the record far out of reach.

VOTING RESULTS

1. Jaeda-Lee Daniel-Joseph – 92 pts (17 1st-place votes)
2. Ava Carnes/Charlotte Stafford – 53.5 pts (1)
3. Emma Burris – 39.5 pts (2)
4. Amilia Potts – 36 pts (1)
5. Taylor Suggs – 20.5 pts

Voting included our 21-person panel made up of sports reporters, writers, video producers, former coaches, players, GHSA officials, and sports experts. The voting is Heisman-style, with the following points system:
1st place votes: 5 pts; 2nd: 3 pts; 3rd: 2 pts; 4th: 1 pts; 5th-6th: 0.5 pts; 7th-8th 0.25 pts

Daniel-Joseph won easily with 17 1st-place votes. Four finalists earned top votes, including Habersham Central freshman Emma Burris, who took two.

HISTORY OF TENNIS POY

• 2026 – Jaeda-Lee Daniel-Joseph – Tallulah Falls SR #1 Singles
• 2025 – Jaeda-Lee Daniel-Joseph – Tallulah Falls JR #1 Singles
• 2024 – Ariel Kelsick – Tallulah Falls SR #1 Singles
• 2023 – Ariel Kelsick – Tallulah Falls JR #1 Singles
• 2022 – Carson Hobbs – Commerce SR #3 Singles
• 2021 – Chloe Smith – Banks County SR #1 Singles
• 2020 – Chloe Smith – Banks County JR #1 Singles
• 2019 – Ginevra Gradassi – Jefferson SR #1 Singles
• 2018 – Chloe Smith – Banks County FR #1 Singles
• 2017 – Hallie Reeves – Rabun County SR #1 Singles
• 2016 – Savanna Scott – Rabun County JR #2 Singles
• 2015 – Savanna Scott – Rabun County SO #2 Singles
• 2014 – Brittany Stewart – Lumpkin County SR #1 Singles
• 2013 – Brittany Stewart – Lumpkin County JR #1 Singles
• 2012 – Kayla Olin/Eryn Cochran – Towns County JR/SO #1 Doubles
• 2011 – Ginny Rhoades – Towns County SR #2 Singles
• 2010 – Abby Brown/Claire Stovall – Habersham Central SR #1 Doubles

Daniel-Joseph keeps the award for a fourth straight year with TFS, and is one of five players to win it more than once. 11 times overall, a 1-singles player claims the honors.

WHO WILL WIN IT NEXT YEAR?

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