Space Coast Sports Hall of Famer Courtney Lundy Named Principal of Stone Magnet Middle School

By  //  November 28, 2021

Lundy Among Best Brevard Soccer Players Ever

WATCH: Courtney Baines-Lundy starred as a forward for Satellite High School from 2000 to 2002 and helped lead the Scorpions to its first state championship in 2002. Baines-Lundy captained the 2002 squad, which would go down as the greatest team in school history. That team finished 29-1-1 and produced over a dozen Division I athletes. Lundy was enshrined in the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Courtney Lundy, a former prep and college soccer standout and member of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame, was named the principal of Stone Magnet Middle School, located on E. University Boulevard in Melbourne.

Lundy has devoted more than 15 years to the field of education after stellar careers at Satellite High School and the University of Central Florida.

During her career in education, she has worked as an Exceptional Education Teacher, AVID teacher, Math teacher, ESE Contact through guidance services, Dean and Assistant Principal of Curriculum.

Lundy is eager to bring her passion for kids and student learning to Stone Magnet Middle School and work with Stone’s families as partners to ensure student success.

Courtney Lundy, a former prep and college soccer standout and member of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame, was named the principal of Stone Magnet Middle School, located on E. University Boulevard in Melbourne. Lundy was enshrined in the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.

Lead ‘Scorps to First State Title in 2002

As a busy athlete growing up, Courtney Lundy never settled on one sport. Whether it was running or tennis, Lundy would find a way to be successful at it. However, she was most dominant on the soccer field where her performance in both high school and college set her apart as one of the Space Coast’s best players in history.

Lundy was enshrined in the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame in 2013 and honored to be recognized for her achievements in soccer.

“When my husband told me the news, I didn’t really believe it at first,” Lundy said. “I waited until the article came out. I was surprised and honored to get that recognition. It was pretty awesome.”

Lundy starred as a forward for Satellite High School from 2000 to 2002. A three-year starter for fellow Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame inductee, the late, great Fidgi Haig, Lundy helped lead the Scorpions to its first state championship in 2002.

Fidgi Haig led the Satellite Beach Scorpions to back-to-back Class 3A state championships in 2002 and 2003. The 2002 squad, which featured more than a dozen Division I players, including 2012 Space CoastSports Hall of Fame inductee Ashlyn Harris and new 2013 inductee Courtney Baines-Lundy (above right with Haig) beat a St. Thomas Aquinas team that hadn’t been scored on all season. (Image for Space Coast Daily)

She captained the 2002 squad, which would go down as the greatest team in school, and perhaps Brevard County, history. That team finished 29-1-1 and produced over a dozen Division I athletes.

Lundy scored 109 goals and racked up a Florida state-record 101 assists in her three seasons. Even at 5-foot-3-inches tall, Lundy proved to be no match for the Space Coast as she found the back of the net 56 times and assisted on 41 goals during her senior season.

Lundy would go on to be named the 2002 All-Space Coast Player of the Year. A durable player, she started 87 consecutive matches for the Scorpions. Lundy was named All-Space Coast all three years in high school and made the First-Team Class 3A All-State team her junior and senior seasons. A complete athlete in high school, Lundy was also a three-year letterman in cross-country, track and field, and tennis.

Stellar UCF Golden Knight

After high school, Lundy took her talents to the University of Central Florida on a full soccer scholarship. She made an immediate impact for the Knights, starting 19 games and earning selection to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team. It would be her next three years that saw Lundy blossom into one of the best players in Knights history.

Consistency and durability marked a college career in which she started 65 of 67 games.

She was a second-team A-Sun All-Conference selection as a sophomore in 2003, and, stepping up her game a notch in her junior season, scored 20 points with five goals and 10 assists, helping lead the Knights to the second round of the NCAA tournament and being named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas College Women Scholar All-South Region First Team.

She also earned A-Sun First Team honors and was rewarded as the 2004 A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year.

Consistency and durability marked a college career in which Courtney Lundy started 65 of 67 games. She was a second-team A-Sun All-Conference selection as a sophomore in 2003, and, stepping up her game a notch in her junior season, scored 20 points with five goals and 10 assists, helping lead the Knights to the second round of the NCAA tournament and being named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas College Women Scholar All-South Region First Team. She also earned A-Sun First Team honors and was rewarded as the 2004 A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year. (Images for Space Coast Daily)

Lundy wrapped up her collegiate career as a senior captain for the Knights in 2005. She repeated as the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year in 2005 and captained a stingy defense that only allowed six goals in nine conference matches.

Lundy finished her Knights career fourth in school history with 29 assists, just behind women’s soccer legend Michelle Akers who finished with 30. Lundy also proved to be no slouch in the classroom, earning All-Academic honors all four years.

Lundy reflected back on a whirlwind of an athletic career during her induction speech in 2013.

“To me, what made me really love the game was when the Cocoa Expos (semi-professional soccer team) were around,” Lundy said.

“I used to love going to the games and watching them play at such a high level. That was something that I strived to do. Now with the Hall of Fame, it’s good for the younger players to look at people to strive for. If people in their backyard did it, then they know that they can do it too.”

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The Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame selection committee announced the members of the Class of 2021 during a press conference on Thursday. The main athletic building on the Melbourne Campus hosts the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame, as portraits of the Hall of Famers are displayed on the wall in the building’s main hallway that runs parallel to the gym and outside the athletic department offices.
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