Athletics News

Congratulations to Valentina Baizan ’27, Montgomery Ferguson ’26, Sofia Ruegg ’27, and Josephine VanHoutan ’26 for being selected by USA Field Hockey to play in the 2023 AAU Junior Olympic Games at the University of Iowa from August 2nd to 5th.

Congratulations to Alexa Christensen ’23 for being honored as a 2023 USA Lacrosse High School All-American and to Jakob Fjeld-Hansen ’23 for being selected as a 2023 USA Lacrosse All-Academic honoree.

Christensen will be playing for the South team in the Adrenaline All-American Girls Lacrosse game on Sunday, July 23, at 5:30 p.m. at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN +.

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 following St. John’s Mavericks for being selected as All-SPC for the 2023 spring season. 

Girls Golf: Kenna Lee, Kendace Lee, Brielle Burns 

Boys Golf: Aidan Xu

Girls Lacrosse: Lilly Price, Anna Kate Black, Alexa Christensen 

Boys Lacrosse: Robert Riser, Owen Stout, Flynt Leverett

Softball: Sonia Zhang, Avery Peakes

Baseball: Carson Luna, Michael O'Brien 

Girls Tennis: Victoria Zhao, Nadia Khera, Isabella Diaz-Mira

Boys Tennis: Ryan Wood

Girls Track & Field: Claire Adkins - TJ, Caroline Basu - TJ, 4x100, Jackie Chapman - DT and SP (SPC Champion in both), Dylan Davis - 4x100, Arianna Doss - 4x100, 400M, Ava Mostyn - 4x100, 100M(SPC Champ), 200M, Bianca Sieler - DT and SP

Boys Track & Field: Jack Bowling - 4x800, Jeremiah Broughton - 400M, Marshall Dunahoe - HJ, 110H, William Thames - 4x800, 800M, 1600M, Andrew Wasserman - 4x800, Danny Wasserman - 4x800

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

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.

 

 

 

Boys Swimming: Alex Miao - SPC Champion - 200 Free & 500 Free, Daniel Chen, Nick Hensel, Warren Kozak,  Jeremiah Broughton, Mark Helwig, James Flowers, Jayden Chen 

Wrestling: Barrett Mossman - SPC Champion - 132, Yahya Mir - SPC Champion - 144, Addison Siegel - SPC Champion - 215, Spencer Arouty, Jet Ligums, Mason Lum, Sebastian Grannen, Cinco Grobmyer, Sebastian Rodriguez, Dax Garza

Boys Basketball: Sebastian Williams-Adams, Sam Humphries 

Girls Basketball: Adley Halligan 

Boys Soccer: Danny Wasserman 

Girls Soccer: Arianna Doss, Sarah Shelburne, Anna Kalapatapu, Hailey King

St. John's Mavericks finish up Winter SPC with two SPC titles (Girls' Swimming & Diving, Wrestling)

Final results:

 

Congratulations to the following middle school teams for their championship seasons this past winter.

 MS Wrestling: State Champions

MS Swimming: HJPC Girls Champions and Combined Girls and Boys Champions

 8th Grade Boys Basketball: HJPC Champions

Congratulations to the Greater Houston Volleyball Coaches Association (GHVCA) 2022 award winners.

4A/5A/Private School Setter of the Year: Reese Animashaun

4A/5A/Private School Post-Season Team: Katherine Nelson 

Post-Season Academic Team: Chloe Davis, Katherine Nelson, Reese Animashaun, Sonia Rio, Warner Stahlbaum