Football | 1/22/2026 11:49:00 AM

Mt. Pleasant, SC – To say that Oceanside Collegiate Academy has enjoyed success on the courts and fields of athletic competition during the first 10 years of the schools' existence would be a vast understatement.
 
Just look at the numbers from the first decade of Landsharks athletics:

• 42 SCHSL teams state championships across 13 sports
• 37 SCHSL individual state titles across eight sports
• 120 All-State selections across 18 sports
• 20 student-athletes selected as state Player of the Year across nine sports
• 39 Region Coach of the Year and nine State Coach of the Year awards

While those numbers are incredible, they pale in comparison to the 284 students who have graduated from Oceanside Collegiate Academy and received college scholarship to continue competing at the next level while earning degrees. Of those students, 92 received scholarships to 49 NCAA Division I institutions, with 10 of those being power four schools.
 
The others scholarship athletes went to NCAA Division II and Division III schools along with NAIA, USCAA, NCCAA and NJCAA institutions across the country. With those 65 institutions added to the 49 schools from NCAA Division I, a total of 114 colleges have come calling on OCA student-athletes.
 
With all that accumulated success, it is time during the celebration of the 10^th Anniversary of Oceanside Collegiate Academy to launch the OCA Athletics Hall of Fame.
 
"Now that we've hit the 10-year mark, we have enough context as we look back at our amazing graduates and see what they've achieved at the next levels," long-time OCA Director of Athletics Mark Meyer said. "
 
The first class to be inducted into the new Hall of Fame will be recognized on Friday night at the Cotton Dock, Boone Hall Plantation in Mt. Pleasant as part of the program for the "From Sea to Stars Gala" presented by Pinnacle Charter Academies, celebrating the 10^th Anniversary of OCA. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m.
 
The first class of inductees into the new Hall of Fame include a trio of star athletes from the earliest days of Landshark Athletics as well as the "Voice of Oceanside" who has promoted the school via radio and live games for years.
 
Here is a short bio sketch in the members of the Class of 2026 for the OCA Athletics Hall of Fame.

Joey Boylston – OCA Class of 2020

Boylston was among the first students to enroll as a freshman at Oceanside Collegiate Academy in 2016, before the school even had a home to call its own. He followed his lacrosse coach, Tom Harris, in becoming a Landshark and never looked back.
 
"I went to Oceanside with a group of friends when I learned that Tom Harris and Charlie Stubbs were going to be coaching there," Boylston said. "The first year in the McLellandville Building was interesting, to say the least, but I really liked the smaller school. The friends I made there are still some of my best friends in life."
 
Boylston played both football and lacrosse at OCA and was a standout at both sports. He was All-Region at both tight end and defensive end as a senior on the football team while also earning All-Lowcountry and All-Lower State honors. He helped the team to the lower state finals.
 
While he was a football standout, he was a star on the lacrosse field. He was an Under Armour All-American as well as a first team All-State performer, helping OCA to the first two of their three state titles in lacrosse. His consistent play, which included starting every game of his OCA career, earned him a scholarship to the University of Utah.
 
"I was late in getting recruited, but I was so excited to go to the University of Utah," Boylston said. "The weather there is not exactly what a kid from Charleston is used to, but we had access to all best gear and an indoor practice facility."
 
Consistency continued to be Boylston's hallmark at Utah, earning a start in his first game as a freshman and starting every game (59) throughout his career. He was a two-time All-Conference selection for the Utes (2023 & 2024), finishing his career among the top five players in program history in season and career turnovers caused and career ground balls. He was also named to the ASUN All-Tournament team in 2024.
 
Over three seasons of play in the ASUN, the Utes posted a 22-1 conference record while going 34-13 overall.
 
In addition to his athletic accomplishments, he was twice named to the PAC-12 academic honor roll. He received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering and is currently working toward getting his professional engineering license.
 
"I am truly honored to be a member of the inaugural class of the OCA Sports Hall of Fame," Boylston said. "I have stayed active around the school as much as I can, but I am focused now on getting my engineering license. I have so many people to thank for helping me to accomplish all that I have so far."
 
Joey is the son of David and Colleen Boylston. His older sister, Maddie, played college volleyball at the University of Virginia where she earned a B.A. in Media Studies. She went on to earn a Master of Marketing degree from Vanderbilt. His brother, Sam, is a sophomore member of the lacrosse team at Bellarmine University in Louisville. His youngest sister, Poppy, is a sophomore at OCA where she is a member of the Landsharks' volleyball team.

Sam Hartman – Class of 2018

The most widely known member of the inaugural Hall of Fame class, Sam Hartman didn't get to spend as much time at OCA as the other inductees, but he certainly left a mark on the football program. After enrolling at Oceanside following three years at Davidson Day in North Carolina.

Hartman was already an established football standout when he arrived at Oceanside. Over two seasons and 21 games as the Davidson Day quarterback, he threw for 6,388 yards and 69 touchdowns, earning a national player of the week award from USA Football and MaxPreps. He threw seven touchdown passes in a game twice as a junior and had a season-high 568 yards passing in one game. He ranked second in North Carolina in passing yards and was 29^th in the nation in TD passes.

During his lone season for the Landsharks, he threw for 3,093 yards over 10 games with another 29 touchdown passes. He finished sixth in South Carolina in passing yards. He went on from there to earn MVP honors at the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, throwing for 218 yards and two touchdowns in that game.

Following his one season at OCA, Hartman enrolled early at Wake Forest University where he proceeded to smash records over five seasons, including a redshirt campaign in 2019 during which he saw action in just four games. Over his career for the Demon Deacons, Hartman passed for 12,967 yards and 110 touchdowns, both ACC career records over 48 games.

His many awards and recognitions at Wake Forest included:

• Brian Piccolo Award Winner (2022)
• Gasparilla Bowl MVP (2022)
• Manning Award Finalist (2022)
• Jason Witten Man of the Year Semifinalist (2022)
• Davey O'Brien Award Semifinalist (2021 & 2022)
• Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top 10 (2022)
• Gator Bowl MVP (2021)
• Maxwell Award Semifinalist (2021)
• All-ACC Academic Team (2021)
• All-ACC (2021 & 2022)
• Numerous Player of the Week, including being named ACC QB of the Week four times

After completing his degree in Communications from Wake, Hartman still had one year of eligibility remaining. He chose to play that season as a graduate student at the University of Notre Dame. All he did that season for the Fighting Irish was earn team MVP honors by passing for 2.689 yards and 24 touchdowns to finish fifth (at the time) in career passing yards in the FBS with 15,656 yards. His 134 career touchdown passes ranks fourth behind Dillon Gabriel, Case Keenum and Kellen Moore.

He led the Irish to a 9-3 record in 2023 and a berth in the Sun Bowl against Oregon State. He was again a semifinalist or finalist for the Davey O'Brien, Johnny Unitas and Jason Whitten Awards, earned MVP honors for his performance against the U.S. Naval Academy in the season-opening Aer Lingus Classic by throwing for 251 yards and four touchdowns.

After going undrafted by the NFL, Hartman signed a free agent contract with the Washington Commanders. He has spent the last two seasons on the Commanders' practice squad and has not yet seen action in a regular season game.

Outside of football, Hartman is the primary brand ambassador for UK-based men's grooming brand Slick Gorilla. While in college he secured NIL deals with Google, Under Armour, Beats by Dre, Dove, Dollar Shave Club, Bojangles, Wahl Grooming and others.

Hartman's parents are Dr. Mark and Lisa Hartman, and he has an older brother, Joe, who played college basketball at Haverford College from 2016-20.

Emma Schimpf – Class of 2021

Already a widely known junior golfer when she arrived at Oceanside Collegiate Academy in the fall of 2017, Emma Schimpf became the most decorated golf, male or female, in Landsharks history over her four seasons. Her impact was felt immediately during her freshman season when she led OCA to its first state title in any sport.

"We had a really good team that first year at Oceanside," Schimpf said. "We won the state title and four of the girls on the team went on to play in Division I. Playing at OCA, in such a good program, was really helpful to me once I got to college, where it is more competitive. We were competitive with each other every day at OCA, and that made it much easier."

Schimpf led the Landsharks to three consecutive state titles, only seeing that run come to an end in 2020. While the team didn't bring home the hardware, Schimpf left her mark by setting an SCHSL record 11-under par 133 in the state championship tournament that year to win her second individual state title. She was also selected as the state Player of the Year in 2019 and 2020, both years qualifying to play in the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship.

Following her graduation from Oceanside, Schimpf stayed close to home to play in the women's golf program at the College of Charleston. She took that program by storm, setting a program single round scoring record with a seven-under par 64 and earning Colonial Athletic Association Freshman of the Year honors with a 72.67 scoring average. She was also named the Cougars' overall Female Freshman of the year for the 2021-22 season.

Things only got better from there. She was named CAA Golfer of the Year twice (2022-23 and 2024-25), was the medalist at the CAA Championship as a sophomore while also earning College of Charleston Female Athlete of the Year. She led the Cougars into NCAA Regional play three times and set the school record for career tournament wins with seven. She was all CAA first team four times and was selected CAA Player of the Week 12 times in her career.

"I had a head start on college because I already had 30 college credits, thanks to my time at OCA," Schimpf said. "That was super helpful to me because I didn't have to have a jam-packed schedule of classes while also practicing and competing almost every week through the year. We would play four or five events each fall and then as many as 10 in the spring."

Throughout her college career, Schimpf stayed busy during the summer months playing in various USGA events where she competed against older, more experienced, players while holding her own against the stiff competition.

"Getting exposed to the more demanding schedule helped me get better as a player," Schimpf said. "We played an SEC or Big 10 type of schedule and that really helped me as a player. I learned how to practice properly and play in big tournaments."

She earned three USGA victories and had 14 top 10 finishes as an amateur player. All three of her victories came within weeks of each other in 2024, starting with the South Carolina Golf Association's Women's Amateur title. She posted rounds of 66-62-71 to earn a 15-shot victory in that event in Georgetown.

Schimpf received her bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from the College of Charleston in 2025 and she is now preparing to attend graduate school to become a physician's assistant.

"This is what I have really always wanted to do, and I am looking forward to beginning my journey in graduate school," Schimpf said.

She will be joined for her induction into the OCA Sports Hall of Fame by her parents, Dennis and Lori, and her sister Abbey, who also attended Oceanside Collegiate Academy, but she made two stops in her college career, spending two seasons at UNC Charlotte before finishing her collegiate career at Georgia Southern. Sisters Julianna and Sophia and brothers Isaac (a sophomore on the football team at Wofford), Owen and Ethan will also be there in support of their big sister.

Steve Rudnicki – Special Contributor

Steve Rudnicki was a part of the Oceanside Collegiate Academy family almost from the very start. When the school opened in Mt. Pleasant for the 2017-18 school year, he was recommended by a friend to administrators as someone with a background in game operations. He met with school officials, and the rest is history.

"That first season I was involved with football and basketball," Rudnicki said. "Over the last eight years I have been the 'Voice of the Landsharks' for those sports as well as boys' and girls' volleyball, boys' and girls' lacrosse and baseball."

In addition to broadcasting games for those teams, he has also worked with both soccer teams, the softball team and has served as the host or in other roles as needed by the OCA family.

A native of Cheektowaga, NY, near Buffalo, Rudnicki got his start in the Athletics Communications office at Canisius University in Buffalo. He worked there for 12 years, earning a master's degree in Sport Administration, before making the move to Charleston where he worked at the College of Charleston and at The Citadel.

He left the grind of college athletics in 2012 but stayed in Charleston. He spent time as the Associate Director of Marketing for the National Golf Course Owners Association and now serves as the Director of Marketing and Operations at Atlantic Bedding & Furniture.
 
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