Today will be the busiest day in the history of Seabury Academy athletics.

In addition to the Seahawks girls soccer game, two Seabury squads will be making their debuts in golf and tennis.

“I’m definitely going to be busy,” said Seabury athletic director/golf coach Brian Clyne, whose team will play in the Olathe Christian tournament at Smiley’s Golf Course.

Both golf and tennis officially will be coed this season because of KSHSAA participation rules. Only Seabury’s tennis team — which travels to Kansas City, Mo., today for a match with Lincoln Prep — will has players of both sexes because no girls tried out for golf.

Clyne said he hoped in the future there would be enough interest that Seabury could add to its eight varsity sports by creating both boys and girls squads in golf and tennis. But Clyne added that because Seabury was just a Class 1A school where academics come first, he didn’t want to dilute the athletic pool by trying to add too many activities.

“You have to kind of be careful, because most of the kids that are trying out for these sports are already playing other sports in each season, instead of specializing in just one sport year-round like at some of the larger schools,” Clyne said. “But I definitely think the interest will grow, and, thus, we can add other sports in the near future.”

Before Seabury became a KSHSAA-sanctioned school two years ago, Seabury had a baseball team. But Clyne was able to fill his roster with eighth graders, which is not allowed by KSHSAA.

Even before Seabury moved into the building that formerly housed Alvamar Tennis Center, Clyne planned to add golf and tennis. But once the Academy acquired the property, he sped up the application process.

“That was pretty much a no-brainer considering that we already had six tennis courts and also were so close to a golf course,” he said.

Seabury Academy has added tennis and golf, led by Charlie Moffet, left, a ninth-grader, and senior Gary Gardner. Both teams will open their seasons today.

But Clyne stressed facilities didn’t necessarily guarantee success.

“There is a big learning curve,” Clyne said. “With me being a first-year coach and every one of the kids first-time interscholastic golfers, things could be a little interesting.”

Senior Matt Parker should be the leader on a squad that has several of Seabury’s basketball players on it.

Seniors Gary Gardner and Steven King and juniors Blake Phipps and Adam Davis might be inexperienced when it comes to prep competition, but former KU golfer Chris Thompson, Seabury’s assistant coach, has been helping the Seahawks cram lessons on the links the last few weeks.

Experience is not a weakness for Seabury’s tennis team, though.

“I think we’re going to really surprise some people,” said coach Marcus Heckman, who also coaches boys basketball. “We have four kids with a wealth of experience. We’re just not sure where all of them will factor in it yet.”

Two of Seabury’s top four are girls, too: freshman Brooke Sutherland and junior Ashley Woolsey.

“Those two are awesome,” Heckman said. “They’re going to beat some boys this season, quite a few, I think.”

Freshman Charlie Moffett and junior Grayson Dillon will secure the top two singles spots today.

Despite quite a few question marks for both sports, Heckman says he’s excited by the possibility the new activities bring.

“This is kind of what it’s all about, to step out and take on new challenges,” he said.