St. John’s is pleased to announce that Ryan Horsch has been named Boys' Lacrosse Program Head and Physical Education Instructor starting in the Fall of 2023. Coach Horsch takes over the program from Head Coach David Cohn who is the new St. John’s Athletic Director. Coach Horsch emerged from a very competitive pool of candidates demonstrating a clear vision for the program and a passion for developing student-athletes both on and off the field.
Congratulations to the St. John's Girls' Athletic program for winning the 2022-2023 SPC Directors Cup. The Maverick Girls' program has won the award for the sixth time since 2009-2010. This past year, St. John's Girls won SPC titles in Field Hockey, Swimming, Golf, and Tennis. The Girls were runners-up in Cross Country and Soccer.
Congratulations to the 21 college-bound student-athletes from the class of 2023 who are taking their game to the next level in Cross Country, Track & Field, Lacrosse, Soccer, Football, Field Hockey, Tennis, Swimming, Volleyball, Baseball, and Softball. The Athletic Commitment ceremony took place on Liu Court on May 3 and can be viewed on Vype.
Congratulations to all of the St. John's spring SPC competitors. The Mavericks were led by SPC champions Girls Golf and Girls Tennis. 2023 Spring SPC Final Results
Girls Golf: SPC Champions
Girls Tennis: SPC Champions- 5-0 win vs Awty, 3-2 win vs Greenhill, 3-2 win vs Kinkaid
Baseball: 3rd place- 4-2 win vs Kinkaid, 2-1 loss vs EHS, 11-2 win vs John Cooper
Girls Lacrosse: 3rd place- 11-3 win vs St. Stephen’s, 9-6 loss vs ESD, 13-12 win vs Kinkaid
Softball: 4th place- 15-0 win vs Greenhill, 11-10 loss vs Houston Christian, 9-6 loss vs Kinkaid
Boys Lacrosse: 4th place- 10-7 loss vs St. Mark’s, 13-9 loss vs EHS
Boys Track & Field: 4th place
Girls Track & Field: 4th place
Boys Tennis: 5th place- 3-2 loss vs St. Stephen’s, 4-1 win vs Awty, 4-1 win vs Greenhill
St. John’s Athletics welcomes back Rachel Fabre to the helm of the Girl’s Varsity Soccer program, a position she held from 2006-2014. Prior to arriving at St. John’s, Coach Fabre played soccer for the University of Texas. She then became the founding head coach for Stephen F. Austin, leading the Lumberjacks to two conference championships. Fabre has also coached in regional club soccer programs. She is certified by the United States Soccer and holds a National B Coaching license. While at St. John’s, she has never missed a season of soccer either as the program head coach, assistant, or middle school coach. Since 2006, Coach Fabre has been the program head for girls' cross country. She will stay in this role through the 2023 season after which Haley Barrett, St. John’s long-time assistant cross country coach, will take over as the head coach of the girls' cross country program.
Congratulations to Girls' Golf for winning the SPC 4A Championship held at the Golf Club of Houston Tournament Course and the Woodlands Country Club West Course. The Mavericks posted a team score of 624. Hockaday placed runner-up with a score of 686. The Mavericks were led by sisters Kenna '24 (150) and Kendace Lee '26 (151) who finished first and second respectively in the 4A division. Brielle Burns '24 finished fourth overall (156). Audrey Liu '24 shot 174 and Katherine Nelson '23 (89) and Isabel Soliman '23 (80) combined for 169. The girl's team score for day 2 was their lowest team total of the year at 308.
For complete scores and standings please click here.
On Saturday, April 15th during Alumni Weekend, we honored the newest St. John's Track and Field Legends. This year's honorees are Phillip Sampson '86, Teresa Gotto '88, Anne Johnson '12, and Isabelle Paine '17. In addition, we honored the Jay family for their lifetime contributions to the program - Tom and Becky Jay and David '82 and Lisa '87, who were both throwers for the team.