Academics · Lakewood Ranch Campus

DME School@ LWR Prep

One campus, three options — all at Lakewood Ranch Prep. Bricks and mortar on the C Flex Program, an SAI online-only track, and even training only for homeschoolers who prefer to leave at noon.

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Lakewood Ranch Prep A-Rated Public Charter

Academics are tuition-free. You pay for the athletics programme only.

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The Model

Traditional, Online — All Trained

We partner with Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy (5570 White Eagle Blvd, Lakewood Ranch, FL) to put a professional training day in front of a real school day — three different ways. Athletes train with DME staff in the morning, then head to class: in a classroom with teachers on the C Flex Program with Prep, online with SAI, or back home with your family.

Coursework is accredited and transcripts transfer, with Cambridge AICE and AP pathways and the chance to earn college credit early. The school runs grades K–12 on one campus, so families keep every child in the same place. Train like a pro in the morning, get a full academic day in the afternoon.

DME Academy student-athletes at Lakewood Ranch Prep

Academic Options

01 C Flex & LWR PrepOn-campus day school · Grades K–12

Full enrolment at Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy. Desks, teachers, classmates and a bell schedule — DME training in the morning, a full academic day after it. C Flex lets one course run through a digital lab at home when a family needs the flexibility.

  • A-rated, tuition-free public charter, K–12 on one campus
  • Cambridge AICE and Advanced Placement pathways
  • Dual enrolment, industry certifications, project-based learning
  • State standards, traditional grading and report cards
  • An accredited transcript that clears the NCAA
  • Health Sciences and Pre-Med pathway
See the full course catalog →
02 SAI — Online ProgramAccredited online school · On campus or from home

Accredited online coursework that flexes around the training day, taken in the SAI lab at LWR Prep or from home. Middle school and high school tracks, with the same morning training schedule as every other student-athlete.

  • Cognia-accredited coursework and transcripts
  • Middle school and high school course tracks
  • Honors and advanced options across the core subjects
  • Health & fitness and career & technical electives
  • Flexible pacing around training, travel and tournaments
  • Step Up For Students approved — about $7,500 saved on average
See the full SAI catalog →

A Day In The Life

Train. Study. Train Again.

Train first, school second — the whole day on one campus.

Morning field training

Field Training

A 75 minute session built around 2,000+ touches. Technical and fundamentally focused, led by DME staff.

Gym training

Gym Training

Strength, speed, agility, endurance and mobility with our performance staff and Savage Kulture Fitness.

Lunch and recovery

Break, Clean Up, Lunch

Recover, refuel and reset before walking into the school building.

Academic block

Academic Block

Traditional classes at LWR Prep or online with SAI — teachers, classmates, coursework and a report card. Cambridge AICE and AP pathways available. Times vary by program.

Dismissal

Dismissal

Dismissal falls in the 2:10–3:00 PM range depending on program. Students head home, rest and prepare for training with the club at night.

Evening club training

Club Training

Another 2,000 touches, tactical work, and building team chemistry.

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College coaches on campusCoaches On Campus

Did You Know?

College coaches prefer student-athletes like ours — players already proving they can manage a demanding sport and a full academic load.

By the time our students are being recruited, they have been running a college athlete’s schedule for years. That is a habit their competition simply isn’t prepared for.

The DME Staff

Who’s Leading Your Student & Athlete

Multiple coaches, multiple perspectives — every single day.

Leadership Jared Antista

Jared Antista

GM & Head of School

Runs the club and the school, and the point of contact for every family joining either. When time permits, helps train the student-athletes with a focus on fundamentals over flash.

Coaching John Taylor

John Taylor

Director of Soccer & Coach

Owns the soccer curriculum and the daily running of the school. Head trainer on the floor, and the coach behind our top teams at the club.

Coaching Mathis Lévêque

Mathis Lévêque

Trainer & GK Coach

Leads the morning sessions on the field, supports the academic staff as a success coach through the afternoon, then coaches at the club at night.

Coaching Pablo Herrera

Pablo Herrera

Technical Trainer

Technical detail work — first touch, receiving, finishing — in small groups.

Coaching Aleksandr Kozlov

Aleksandr Kozlov

Goalkeeping & Trainer

Trainer and keeper coach, leading our Lakewood Ranch campus. Coaches two teams at the club as well.

Coaching Jake Dube

Jake Dube

MLS Director & Guest Trainer

Head coach at the club, and a guest coach across both school campuses.

Coaching Chris Solari

Chris Solari

Club Coach & Guest Trainer

An intense trainer, focused on the fundamentals of the game.

Academics Jessica Leone

Jessica Leone

Student Success Coach

On the learning floor every afternoon. Pacing, deadlines, and the nudge before it becomes a problem.

Community Paula Antista

Paula Antista

Culture & Community Liaison

Connects families, staff and students — the reason the place feels like a community rather than a facility.

Your student’s teachers are Lakewood Ranch Prep’s own faculty with the C Flex program — meet the school’s staff.

On Campus

Who’s Already Here

Full-time and part-time, homeschoolers included — the student-athletes training and studying with us right now.

Meet The Athletes Hide The Roster
Cecilia Antista DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 10CDM

Cecilia Antista

8th GradeU15 G Black Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@ceci_g_10 FT 2nd Year
Lucas Turaz DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 10CAM

Lucas Turaz

11th GradeU17 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@lucas_turasz FT 2nd Year
Nick Jones DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 22LB

Nick Jones

11th GradeU17 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@nickj0nes22 FT 2nd Year
Harper Schlanser DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 9CAM

Harper Schlanser

8th GradeU14 G Black Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@harpersoccer_9 FT 2nd Year
Tucker Jansen DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 0GK

Tucker Jansen

11th GradeU17 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@tucker.jansen FT 2nd Year
Yani Gonzalez DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 18CAM

Yani Gonzalez

9th GradeU15 G Black Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@yanii_gonzalezzz FT 2nd Year
Colette Maute DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 10ST

Colette Maute

12th GradeU19 ECNL-RL Club: Florida Premier
@colette_maute FT 2nd Year
Ryder Burns DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 23CDM

Ryder Burns

12th GradeU19 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@ryderburnss FT 2nd Year
Banner Bell DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 21ST/LW

Banner Bell

12th GradeU19 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@banner_.b FT 2nd Year
Tyler Crockett DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 41RB

Tyler Crockett

11th GradeU17 NAL Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@tylercrockett49 FT 2nd Year
Erick Gonzalez DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 18CB

Erick Gonzalez

12th GradeU19 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@erick.gonzalez.18 FT 2nd Year
Chaz Campbell DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 43CDM

Chaz Campbell

11th GradeU17 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@chazdc12 FT 1st Year
Ryen Whaley DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 1GK

Ryen Whaley

8th GradeU14 G Black Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
FT 1st Year
Wesley Antista DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 14RW

Wesley Antista

10th GradeU16 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@wes_antista14 FT 1st Year
Kevin Moya Rios DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 7RW/LW

Kevin Moya Rios

11th GradeU17 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@kevinmr_7 FT 1st Year
Lara Bivetto DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 22ST

Lara Bivetto

8th GradeU14 G Black Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@lara.bivetto FT 1st Year
Adriel Clas DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 33CDM

Adriel Clas

11th GradeU17 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@adriel.clas FT 1st Year
Annabelle Olive DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 9LWB/LW

Annabelle Olive

9th GradeU15 G Black Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
FT 1st Year
Liam Hynes DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 5CB

Liam Hynes

11th GradeU17 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@liamnum5 FT 1st Year
Nico Holmes DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 1GK

Nico Holmes

10th GradeU17 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@nicoholmes2 FT 1st Year
Dylan Crockett DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 7CAM

Dylan Crockett

9th GradeU15 ECNL-R Club: Florida Premier
@dylancc0614 FT 1st Year
Maverick Huff DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 21LB

Maverick Huff

10th GradeU16 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@mavericksgoal FT 1st Year
Aaron Eydelman DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 46LWB/LW

Aaron Eydelman

9th GradeU14 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@aaron.e73 FT 1st Year
Dorian Gebski DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 38CDM

Dorian Gebski

6th GradeU12B Blue Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
FT 1st Year
Brantley Howard DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 21CAM

Brantley Howard

6th GradeU13 N1 Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
FT 1st Year
DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 26CB

Gunner Hancock

7th GradeU13 Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
PT 1st Year
Adi Sexton DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 13ST

Adi Sexton

9th GradeU15 G Black Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@adisyns_13 FT 1st Year
Maxamus Harrell DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 10CDM

Maxamus Harrell

9th GradeU15 MLS Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@maxamus_harrell FT 1st Year
Evan Morganroth DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 11CB/RWB

Evan Morganroth

9th GradeU15 G Black Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@evanmorgenroth FT 1st Year
Maddox Duran DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 8

Maddox Duran

8th GradeU14 NAL Club: Chargers
@maddox_rod.duran FT 1st Year
Daniel Ramirez DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 10

Daniel Ramirez

8th GradeU14 ECNL-R Club: Florida Premier
PT 1st Year
Lucas Ribeiro DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 9

Lucas Ribeiro

5th GradeU12B Black Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@lucasrgol PT 1st Year
Matias Cardona DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 77

Matias Cardona

5th GradeU10B Black Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
FT 1st Year
Maddie Mitchell DME @ LWR PrepLakewood Ranch 12RB/CB

Maddie Mitchell

9th GradeU16 G Black Club: DME Academy, Sarasota
@maddiemitchell0412 PT 1st Year

What’s Included

A Real School Day.
Not A Workaround.

What the academic side of this actually looks like.

A Real Classroom

Desks, teachers, classmates and a bell schedule. Our students are enrolled at LWR Prep like everyone else there — not sitting alone with a laptop.

Accelerated Pathways

Cambridge AICE and Advanced Placement courses, industry certifications, and the chance to earn high school and college credit early.

Report Cards & Accountability

State standards, traditional testing and traditional grading. Progress is documented the way colleges expect to see it.

NCAA Eligibility

A traditional accredited transcript that clears the NCAA without special handling, with guidance through the recruiting process.

Training Inside The Day

Fifteen hours of training a week — 75 hours a month — without a single early pull-out or missed class.

C-Flex Option

Fully enrolled, with one course taken through a digital lab at home. Flexibility where you need it.

Technology & Extras

What Else Is In The Day

The programs and tools layered on top of training and academics.

Scanning & Game Review

Players are scanned and their games reviewed, so development is measured rather than guessed at.

Be Your Best

Video Analysis

Matches and sessions clipped, coded and reviewed with the athletes — the habit college programs expect.

Yoga & Pilates

Mobility, control and recovery work built into the week to keep athletes durable through a long season.

College Prep & Individual Growth Plans

We work with each student-athlete to research, prepare for and connect with the colleges they want to attend — and we use our relationships to get them noticed.

The Difference

Not Like Doing It On Your Own Better Than Doing It On Your Own

One campus, one schedule, one group of people looking after them.

Safe & Secure

A supervised campus with Safe-Sport verified DME staff in the morning and a full school staff in the afternoon.

Multiple Coaches

More than one voice and more than one perspective, every single day. We think this is huge.

One Campus

Training, gym and school on the same 18 acres. Everything happens in one place.

Next-Level Relationships

Real, working relationships with college and pro pathways — and an MLS NEXT programme behind them.

A Normal Social Life

Our students are part of the whole school — same classes, same friends, same events. Elite training without the isolation.

College Commitments

Where SAI Grads Go

Graduates of the curriculum our student-athletes study have earned their place at colleges and universities across the country.

Dartmouth
Syracuse
Brown
Indiana
Stanford
Virginia
Villanova
Maryland
NC State
Temple
Louisville
San Diego
Charleston
East Stroudsburg
Mars Hill
Alex Freeman, #16 defender, SAI Academy alumnus, USMNT call-up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup
From the same classroom to the World Cup — SAI graduate Alex Freeman, USMNT call-up for 2026.

Course Catalog

What They Can Take

A full college-preparatory curriculum, with Cambridge AICE and Advanced Placement pathways and the chance to bank college credit before graduation.

Cambridge AICE
Advanced Placement
Dual Enrolment
Health Sciences
Pre-Med Pathway
Industry Certifications
Project-Based Learning
Attitude Is Altitude
Middle School Course Guide High School Course Guide

Course Catalog

What They Can Take With SAI

Hundreds of courses across both divisions — a sample of each subject below.

MathAlgebra → Calculus
Algebra I & IIGeometryPre-CalculusCalculusStatisticsHonors options
English Language ArtsGrades 9–12
English 9English 10English 11English 12Advanced Literature & Composition
Social Studies6 core
U.S. HistoryWorld HistoryCivicsEconomicsGovernmentElectives
ScienceLab & advanced
BiologyChemistryPhysicsAdvanced Science options
Health & Fitness30+ courses
Anatomy & PhysiologyExercise ScienceStrength TrainingSports OfficiatingNutritionSports Psychology
Career & Technical50+ courses
HealthcareTechnologyEngineeringBusinessCulinary ArtsCosmetology
World Languages6 languages
SpanishFrenchGermanLatinChineseAmerican Sign Language
College & Career ReadinessTest prep
ACT PrepSAT PrepAccuplacerASVABGED PrepHiSET / TASC

2026/27 Costs

What It Costs

The academics are free. You are paying for the training day.

$9,000

Per Year — Athletics Only
10 Months, August–May

$0 — academics. LWR Prep is a tuition-free public charter school offering a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum.

$9,000 — DME soccer programming. Daily field and gym sessions, Monday to Friday, three hours a day.

15 hours a week. 75 hours a month. That is the training volume built into the school day.

Academic and athletic programs are enrolled and paid separately, and additional financial aid may be available.

Bring It Down

Scholarships are available — ask us which ones you qualify for.

DME club athletes$1,000
Female athlete scholarship$1,000
LWR competitive club players
outside of DME$500
Athletics From$7,000

Admissions

Three Steps In

Now accepting mid-year 26/27 students at the Lakewood Ranch campus.

01

Come See It

Shadow Day

Spend a morning training with us and an afternoon in class. Meet the coaches and see the campus. Bring the athlete, not just the parents.

02

The School

Enrol At LWR Prep

Apply to Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy directly. It is a tuition-free public charter, so this is an enrolment application rather than a tuition contract.

03

The Training

Register With DME

Athletics is a separate registration. We sort the training group, the scholarship you qualify for and the schedule before day one.

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Questions

The Ones We Get Asked

Where is the school?

Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy, 5570 White Eagle Blvd, Lakewood Ranch, FL 34211 — an 18-acre campus.

How many students will attend?

We expect between 5 and 20 soccer athletes, alongside 500–750 students at the school.

Will DME students be with the LWR Prep students?

Yes. Our students mingle and sit in traditional classes together with everyone else at the school.

What does it cost?

Academics are tuition-free. DME soccer programming is $9,000 for the year (August–May), before scholarships. The two are paid separately.

What is C-Flex?

“Choice Flexibility” — students stay fully enrolled at LWR Prep and follow its standards, testing and accountability, with courses delivered in the classroom and one course taken through a digital lab at home.

DME Academy, Sarasota

Come Spend A Day With Us

The best way to understand the model is to watch it run. Morning on the field, afternoon in a real classroom, home by 2:45.

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