{"id":11561240,"date":"2025-07-16T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/?p=11561240&preview=true&preview_id=11561240"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:27:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:27:03","slug":"south-rivers-raegan-ogle-named-capital-gazette-2024-25-girls-high-school-athlete-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/2025\/07\/16\/south-rivers-raegan-ogle-named-capital-gazette-2024-25-girls-high-school-athlete-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"South River\u2019s Raegan Ogle named Capital Gazette 2024-25 girls high school Athlete of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

When she approached her senior season, South River’s Raegan Ogle knew she had to make the most of her final nine months as a Seahawk.<\/p>\n

By the end of it, she was a first-team All-County selection in soccer and basketball, served a key role in South River\u2019s state championship basketball run, and earned an unlikely starting spot on a competitive Seahawks lacrosse squad, despite having retired from the sport years ago. She was also one of 13 student-athletes in the United States named a Green Award recipient by Lead \u2018Em Up, a national program meant to teach leadership and build character in athletics.<\/p>\n

One more award \u2013 the Capital Gazette 2024-25 girls high school Athlete of the Year \u2013 follows her to Frostburg State women\u2019s basketball.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a kid that, you see her play, you\u2019re gonna instantly love watching her,\u201d South River girls basketball coach Michael Zivic said. \u201cThat was the biggest thing when we played Oxon Hill, we\u2019re in Prince George\u2019s County where they\u2019re known for basketball. I can\u2019t tell you how many people were coming up to me after the game to tell us we\u2019re they\u2019re new favorite team because of players like her.\u201d<\/p>\n

An ACL tear during Ogle\u2019s sophomore basketball season stole not only a promising season, but pivotal development and recruitment months as a junior, too. She still wonders what could have been had she stayed healthy.<\/p>\n

The fear of suffering a season-ending injury again threatened to cloud Ogle\u2019s convictions for her last year. Basketball, her main sport, was never in question. Everything else?<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of stuff went through my head, like, \u2018Should I not play soccer?\u2019 And at the end of the day, I just wanted to have fun,\u201d Ogle said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to regret or miss anything. And I think it was really good for me. Soccer built my confidence going into basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n

South River soccer coach Christine Flanagan reckons a junior season sidelined gave Ogle a chance to absorb the entire field \u2013 and, in turn, expand her abilities. It would\u2019ve been easy to confuse Ogle, a forward, for a midfielder. She hung back 10 yards, fooling defenders into thinking she wasn\u2019t a threat. She proved how wrong they were with nine goals and nine assists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so much footage of her not being looked at and then just flying through,\u201d Flanagan said. \u201cShe\u2019s little, so defenders think they can just push her off the ball. And she\u2019s so physical that she\u2019s a huge threat, and that\u2019s why she was our top scorer and assists leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

South River might have ruled county girls basketball without Ogle, but it does not capture its first state title without her. The point guard grabbed 4.1 steals per game and averaged around nine points, capping her career with 600 points, 400 assists and 400 steals. In the final quarter of the 3A state championship on March 14, Ogle sparked the lopsided scoring against Oakland Mills, 21-5, to ensure her team’s title. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt took her some time to get her sea legs \u2013 or her \u2018ACL legs\u2019 \u2013 after coming back her junior year,\u201d Zivic said. \u201cI thought this year she got back to being her normal self.\u201d<\/p>\n