Athletics News

Congratulations to Brian Kim ’27, Harper Rhee ’25, and Reese Stepanian ’24 for earning All-American honors. Kim was named USA Fencing High School All-American. Rhee was named USA Lacrosse High School Academic All-American, and Stepanian was named USA Lacrosse High School All-American.

Congratulations to Valentina Baizan ’27 and Ella Neff ’29 for being selected by USA Field Hockey to play in the 2024 AAU Junior Olympic Games at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina, from July 29 to August 1.

St. John’s is pleased to announce that Emily White will be the new Head Coach of Field Hockey and Middle School Athletic Director. White has been Head Field Hockey Coach of Episcopal High School of Houston for the past seven years. She also served as Assistant Athletic Director, English teacher, and leader of several councils for EHS. White grew up in Glen Falls, NY, and attended the University of Albany where she was a major contributor to the field hockey program. She co-captained the Great Danes to the 2015 NCAA D1 semifinals and was on three American East Conference championship teams. Off the field, White served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Council representing all the University of Albany athletic teams. St. John’s welcomes Coach White to the Maverick community!

2024 Spring Season All-SPC

Baseball: Sam Chase, Walker Dellinger, Nolan Hughes, Carson Luna 

Softball: Ally Hong, Avery Peakes 

Boys Golf: Stockard Bragan, Aidan Xu

Girls Golf: Brielle Burns, Kendace Lee, Kenna Lee, Audrey Liu

Boys Lacrosse: Cole Allen, Brooks Danile, Sebastian Rodriguez, Reese Stepanian

Girls Lacrosse: Gracey Crawford, Eliza Perrin, Caroline Peterson, Harper Rhee 

Boys Tennis: Kieran Coffey, Khaleel Walji

Girls Tennis: Kayden Johnson, Nadia Khera

Boys Track & Field: Henry Caputo, Marshall Dunahoe, Jack Litton, Akash McCracken, Connor Walsh, Andrew Wasserman, Danny Wasserman, 

Girls Track & Field: Reese Animashuan, Caroline Basu, Bella Cantorna, Jackie Chapman, Dylan Davis, Ava Mostyn, Bianca Sieler, Journey Zulueta 

2024 Spring Season All-State

Girls Lacrosse: Cate Adams, Caroline Peterson, Harper Rhee, Ashley Ringold

Boys Lacrosse: Reese Stepanian

St. John’s School Class of 2024 NCAA Commitments 

 

Matías Adrogué – Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) – Football (D3)

Reese Animashaun – Vanderbilt University* (Nashville, TN) – Volleyball (D1)

Juliana Boon – Northwestern University* (Evanston, IL) – Field Hockey (D1)

Brielle Burns – University of Illinois – (Champaign, IL) – Golf (D1)

Bella Cantorna – Davidson College* (Davidson, NC) – Track & Field (D1)  

Kaitlyn Chang – Yale University (New Haven, CT) – Field Hockey (D1 Ivy)

Sam Chase – Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA) – Baseball (D3)

Brooks Danile – Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT) – Lacrosse (D3)

Alden Davenport – Millsaps College (Jackson, MS) – Soccer (D3)

Chloe Davis – Rhodes College (Memphis, TN) – Volleyball (D3)

Walker Dellinger – Amherst College (Amherst, MA) – Baseball (D3)

Stephen Gill – Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) – Football (D3)

Zell Godbold – Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) – Baseball (D1)

Avrey Goodgame – Haverford College (Haverford, PA) – Field Hockey (D3)

Adley Halligan – Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX) – Basketball (D3)

Annika Hensel – Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) – Swimming (D3)

Nick Hensel – Denison University (Granville, OH) – Swimming (D3)

Sam Humphries – Hamilton College (Clinton, NY) – Baseball (D3)

Kristina Johnson – University of Maryland* (College Park, MD) – Field Hockey (D1)

Nadia Khera – Tufts University (Medford, MA) – Tennis (D3)

Hailey King – Stanford University (Stanford, CA) – Field Hockey (D1)

Carson Luna – University of Texas* (Austin, TX) – Baseball (D1)

Alexandra Madrid – Brown University (Providence, RI) – Field Hockey (D1 Ivy)

Alex Miao – Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) – Swimming (D1 Ivy)

Ava Mostyn – Columbia University – (New York, NY) – Track & Field (D1 Ivy)

Lillian Poag – MIT (Cambridge, MA) – Swimming (D3)

Sarah Shelburne – Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH) – Soccer (D1 Ivy)

Libby Smith – Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) – Field Hockey (D1 Ivy)

Adam Tibary – Hendrix College (Conway, AR) – Soccer (D3)

Alexis Triantaphyllis – Colby College (Waterville, ME) – Soccer (D3)

Danny Wasserman – Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX) – Soccer (D3)

Cora West – University of Findlay* (Findlay, OH) – Lacrosse (D2)

 

Congratulations to St. John's Varsity Girls Golf for winning their 7th consecutive SPC Championship. The Mavs were led by four All-SPC golfers. Brielle Burns won the individual title. Kenna and Kendace Lee tied for 3rd and Audrey Liu finished 10th!

Final 4A team results:

 

 

Congratulations to the following 2024 winter-season All-SPC honorees:

Boys Basketball: Malachi Booker, Sebastian Williams-Adams 

Girls Basketball: Adley Halligan

Boys Soccer: Danny Wasserman

Girls Soccer: Avery Mirza, Theodora Popovic, Sarah Shelburne

Boys Swimming & Diving: Nick Hensel, Alex Miao, Daniel Chen, Evan Williams, Andrew Zhao

Girls Swimming & Diving: Katie Czelusta, Aien Du, Annika Hensel, Lillian Poag, Sarah Spalding

Wrestling: Spencer Arouty, Cameron Baird, Wyatt Childers, Henry Denham, Noah Jamison, Braden Lane, Jet Ligums, Mason Lum, Michael Mann, Yahya Mir, Barrett Mossman, Sebi Rodriguez, Nico Sturgis

St. John’s Girls’ & Boys’ Varsity Tennis won the TTCA Private School State Coed Team Tennis Championship held in Bryan-College Station on March 1-2, 2024. This was the first state title in tennis for St. John’s, who was the third seed overall. On Friday, the Mavericks defeated Antonian College Prep of San Antonio 7-0 followed by a 12-1 win over Grace Community High School of Tyler. On Saturday, the Mavericks defeated the number 2 seed Strake Jesuit/St. Agnes 7-1.  In the championship match, St. John’s defeated the 1 seed John Cooper School 7-2. 

St. John's Wrestling continues to roll out wins and championships. The Mavericks won their fifth consecutive Prep State Dual championship by outscoring their opponents by 278 points combined. St. John’s defeated Cornerstone 70-8, McKinney Christian 72-9, Bishop Gorman 70-12, Kinkaid 52-20, St. Mark’s 61-15, and host Bishop Lynch 44-27. In the championship dual, Mason Lum '25 picked up his 100th career win for St. John’s. On February 3, St. John’s travels to Cornerstone Christian, San Antonio for the Prep State championship. St. John’s will host the SPC championship on February 10. 

USA Field Hockey qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in France in July. USA was one of three teams to advance to Paris in the last qualifying tournament held this past week in India. USA lost out in a bid for the Olympics in November losing to Argentina in the Pan Am gold medal game in Santiago. The United States still made the qualifying tournament and took advantage of the opportunity by defeating Japan in a semi-final showdown. Down 1-0 in the first quarter, USA found a seam in the fourth period after back-to-back saves by goalkeeper Kelsey Bing ’16 (#31). USA scored two quick goals to take the lead over Japan and held on for the win, and a trip to Paris. Bing was selected as the Goalkeeper of the Tournament.

“It’s hard to describe in words what this means to me and our team," said Bing. "Four years ago, we were in India for Olympic Qualification. We had a heartbreaking loss where we missed out on the Tokyo Olympics. It means so much to our team to not only qualify for the Olympics but do so here in India. I am so proud of the hard work and belief this team has had over the past Olympic cycle as we have had lots of change. We are looking forward to representing both the United States and all the people who have supported us along the way at the upcoming Paris Olympics.”