Hamilton Mill and Mill Creek high school places two on 2015 "Super Six" for golf.

Hamilton Mill and Mill Creek high school places two on 2015 "Super Six" for golf.

As spring quickly approaches, the local high schools are gearing up for the beginning of the 2015 golf season and this year Hamilton Mill subdivision's own Alex Markham and Annika Blanton from Mill Creek high school have been named as one of the Super Six for the boys and girls teams. This is a tremendous accomplishment for these two Hamilton Mill subdivision residents and we all should be very proud of these two student athletes.

Mill Creek high schools plays their home matches at the Hamilton Mill golf club so make sure you come out and support both the boys and girls teams this year.

Coach Jeremy York had this to say about Annika, "“Annika has a passion and desire to be the best she can be and is dedicated to achieve her goals.” Also York had this to say about Alex, “Alex is the hardest working athlete that I have ever been around and he is a natural born leader both with his actions and words.”

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Alex Markham

• School: Mill Creek

• Class: Sophomore

• Noteworthy:

• Named second-team All-County by the Daily Post as a freshman last year

• Shot 80 to share team low medalist honors with Grace Choi at both Region 7-AAAAAA and Class AAAAAA state tournament last year

• Shot 75 to finish in the top five at Region 7-AAAAAA tournament as a freshman last year

• Was second in Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in summer of 2013

• Currently No. 219 among sophomores in the Polo world junior rankings

• Ranked 68th among national sophomores, fourth among Georgia sophomores and No. 26 in Georgia overall by Golfweek

• Ranked seventh among Georgia sophomores and 56th overall in Georgia by Junior Golf Scoreboard

• Favorite athlete: Rory McIlroy

• Nickname: Marky Mark

• Best player in Gwinnett Co. that’s not me: S.M. Lee

• Favorite movie: “American Sniper”

• Twitter handle: @alex_markham1

• Coach Jeremy York’s take: “Alex is the hardest working athlete that I have ever been around and he is a natural born leader both with his actions and words.”

Annika Blanton

• School: Mill Creek

• Class: Sophomore

• Noteworthy:

• Named second-team All-County by the Daily Post as a freshman last year

• Shot 80 to share team low medalist honors with Grace Choi at both Region 7-AAAAAA and Class AAAAAA state tournament last year

• Had six top-five finishes on the Hurricane Golf Tour last summer, including winning Royal Lakes Junior Open title

• Low medalist at the Georgia Trail Tournament

• Favorite athlete: Annika Sorenstam

• Nickname: APB

• Best player in Gwinnett Co. that’s not me: Bailey Tardy

• Favorite movie: “Caddyshack”

• Twitter handle: @annikaablantonn

• Coach Jeremy York’s take: “Annika has a passion and desire to be the best she can be and is dedicated to achieve her goals.”

For more information on the Mill Creek high school boys and girls golf team go to http://www.millcreekhawksgolf.com/.