The Gator athletes will go on to play for 25 different
colleges
ATHERTON, Calif., May 22, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- For the 18th consecutive year, Sacred Heart
Preparatory (SHP) in Atherton,
California, will send 15 or more student-athletes to play at
the intercollegiate ranks. The Class of 2024 will send 29
student-athletes to play in 11 different sports.
"Over the past four years, these exceptional young men and women
have redefined excellence, pushing SHP athletics to new heights
through their unwavering commitment and exemplary leadership," said
SHP Assistant Principal for Athletics Jason Armstrong. In the
classroom, 13 of SHP's varsity sports programs were named Central
Coast Section (CCS) Scholastic teams—a school record. The school's
teams won seven varsity league championships and earned 20 CCS
Playoff berths (of 22 total sports programs).
This year's class has two rowers—Benjamin Morganroth, who
currently holds the Norcal Club lightweight record in the
6k and 2k, will head to Yale University, and
four-time WBAL all-league honoree Molly
Tinsley to Loyola Marymount University.
The SHP boys' basketball team captured its third West Bay
Athletic League (WBAL) title in four seasons and will send two-time
first team all-league player JP Kerrigan to play for Macalestar
College, and two-time all-league player and WBAL boys' basketball
player of the year TJ O'Brien to Chapman
University.
The SHP football team's third place league finish clinched an
automatic berth into the CCS football playoffs and an appearance in
the Division II Quarterfinals. The team will send two boys to play
in college—single-season sack record holder Teo Casares to Brown
University and starting quarterback Jack Scully to Macalester
College.
In boys' golf, the team's nine wins overall and eight league
wins were both the highest in program history. Luca Suarez, a two-time first team all-league
golfer, has committed to St. Andrews College.
A model of consistency, the SHP boys' lacrosse team went 6-1 in
the West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) for the seventh
consecutive season, finishing the season ranked in the state's top
10. The team will send five boys to play in college: 2023 WCAL most
valuable player Ian Dykes will head
to Duke University; three-time WCAL
first team all-league honoree Blake
Hetherington will play for Harvard
University; three-time all WCAL honoree Graham Kaestner will head to Johns Hopkins; two-time WCAL first team honoree
Anthony Noto has committed to
Brown University; and three-time
all-league honoree Alexander Shen
will head to MIT.
The SHP girls' lacrosse team made history, claiming the
program's first WBAL league championship since 2021. The team will
send 2024 WBAL all-league honoree Tessa
Espinosa to play for Denison
University.
Over the last two seasons, the SHP boys' soccer team claimed an
undefeated regular season, a WBAL championship, and a CCS
championship, and will send two-time first team all-WBAL selection
Colin Johnson to play for
Cornell University.
The SHP girls' soccer team completed one of its finest seasons,
finishing the year 15-4-1 overall and claiming its first league
championship since 2017. The team will send three-time WBAL
all-league honoree Megan Sweeney to
Rice University, and four-time WBAL
all-league honoree Molly Tinsley to
Loyola Marymount University.
The SHP swim team has claimed 14 straight WBAL championships and
will send all-American Cole Ballard
to the University of Southern
California.
Boys' track and field were named a CCS Scholastic team for the
second year in a row, and the team's cumulative GPA of 3.75 was the
second highest of SHP's 22 sports programs, led by Aneel Bulchandani, recipient of this year's
track and field team Gator award, who has committed to Pomona College.
SHP girls' volleyball team earned berths into the CCS open
division tournament and NorCal open division tournament for the
second consecutive year and will send an impressive five
student-athletes to play at the collegiate level: three-year player
Sophie Castaillac to Sarah Lawrence College; three-year letterwinner
Jillian Amaro to MIT; three-time all-league recipient and 2023 WBAL
most valuable player Isabelle Marco
to the University of Utah; three-time
all-league honoree Mia Radeff to the
University of Notre Dame; and two-time
all-league honoree Naomi Watson to
Boston College.
The nation's third-ranked SHP boys' water polo team will send
three student-athletes to play in college: team captain and
recipient of the prestigious Steve Stearns CCS sportsmanship award
Carl Crum to CalTech; Cal-Hi sports
boys' co-scholar athlete of the year and CCS boys' water polo
player of the year Tyler Hogan to
Harvard University; and two-time
all-WCAL player and Cal-Hi sports boys' co-scholar athlete of the
year Andrew Spencer to UCLA.
The SHP girls' water polo team finished the season as MaxPreps'
second-ranked team in the nation, with two-time first team
all-league honoree Margaret Brandin
committed to Princeton University,
three-year letterwinner Jacqueline
Hickingbotham headed to Pitzer
College, and two-time all-WCAL player Charlotte Summe to play for Villanova University.
"Each of these student-athletes will carry with them the lessons
and experiences of their time here at Sacred Heart Prep," said
Armstrong. "We look forward to following your journeys and
celebrating your achievements in the years to come."
ABOUT SACRED HEART SCHOOLS, ATHERTON
Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton
(www.shschools.org) was founded in 1898 and is located on a 63-acre
campus in Atherton, California.
The school is an accredited preschool through twelfth grade school,
with a total enrollment of 1,185 students, and is a member of the
International Network of Schools of the Sacred Heart.
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