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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Saint John's Catholic Prep graduates strengthened faith, eager for the future
For Marshall Workman, the valedictorian of the class of 2025 of Saint John's Catholic Prep, graduating from high school is strange but exciting. Workman has been involved in several activities at the school, including the National Honor Society and the campus ministry. He was the president of both organizations during his senior year. He plans to major in finance or mathematics at Wilson College in Pennsylvania after graduation, and he can't wait to start playing collegiate baseball for Wilson this fall. Workman said transitioning to college from Saint John's will be a big change. He's used to not only taking all of his classes at this school, but also staying at the building afterward for extracurricular activities. During his speech to his fellow graduates Thursday morning, Workman asked everyone to recall the theme for the 2024-25 academic year: 'To the heights.' The theme encouraged students to strive for greatness in everything, including academics, athletics and religious pursuits. Together, Workman said, the class of 2025 climbed the mountain of their senior year with the help of family, friends, faculty and God. 'The diplomas we receive will not just signify the celebratory climax of our high school careers,' he said. 'They're invitations to greater heights, promises that we will continue to climb tomorrow.' The Saint John's class of 2025 consisted of 68 students, according to a commencement program. They hailed from around Maryland and the world, as some students were from outside the U.S. Two students — Workman and Katherine Russell of Frederick, who will attend the University of Tennessee — were given the Father John McElroy Award during the ceremony. This award honors the school's founder and recognizes graduating seniors who embody the Saint John's mission. Will Knotek, the head of school, congratulated the class of 2025 and recounted memories of the students and some of their antics, like when seniors skipped class and held a wedding in the great hall. The seniors made themselves at home at the school. Knotek advised the students to push themselves past their comfort zones as they embark on their futures, away from what's familiar, in order to grow. 'It will be hard at times. Life outside of your comfort zone isn't always easy, but when those challenging times come — they certainly will — I hope you remember that you always have a foundation here at Saint John's, a community that believes in you, a place where your story begins,' he said. Many graduates praised their teachers and said that going to Saint John's strengthened their faith and gave them a community. Christy Gregorian, who is from Rocky Ridge, said she was able to see how God's work played out during her four years of high school. Gregorian was part of a dual enrollment program with Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg for her senior year. She took classes at the university as if she were a college student — and she enjoyed it so much that she plans to continue attending there to pursue a degree in entrepreneurship and minor in communications. At Saint John's, Gregorian was part of the National Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society and the garden club. She said high school taught her that if people are focused on their work and have a good work ethic, no matter what challenges arise, they will succeed. 'It feels like I kind of already graduated since I was there at the Mount for a whole year,' Gregorian said. 'It feels nice closing this chapter and fully moving to the Mount and knowing that the time I had here at Saint John's was a great time.' Louis Maciulla, who is from Hagerstown, transferred to Saint John's for his senior year after the school he was attending, St. Maria Goretti Catholic School in Washington County, shut down after the 2023-2024 academic year. Maciulla will attend Vanderbilt University in Tennessee and plans to major in civil engineering. He said that transferring to a new school after spending three years at one place caused anxiety — but he's been able to make lasting friendship and create an imapct on the school. Maciulla said he created a position in the Student Government Association to represent transfer students. He also was part of the school's golf team that won the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association C Conference Championship this year. He said that's never happened before in Saint John's history. Maciulla said that even though he's graduating high school, he still feels like he's at the beginning of his life's journey. 'It's gonna be a fun experience. I feel like I was well-prepared here in my high school career to kind of go to the next level,' he said. 'It's still getting started.'
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
NCAA Tournament - Saturday second round games to watch
Yahoo Sports' Jason Fitz looks at the biggest matchups from the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament including high profile battle of polarizing college coaches. View more Saturday is another stacked day of March Madness action. Here's what I'm most excited for for the tournament action for the day. It starts and almost ends with Cal versus Pitino. Sure, we could say it's Arkansas versus Saint John's, but what are we really looking for here? We want villain v. villain, two of the most polarizing to say of politely coaches in basketball history going head to head is what we need in our lives. Saint John's. 2 seed, they should win this game. But you just never know. I just want to see Darth Vader take on Darth Vader like the Spider-Man meme that it's going to be. Now, other things I'm excited for, I'd love to tell you, Drake here. I like it when Cinderella dances, but Drake's about to take on Texas Tech. I have a feeling that Drake, the basketball team is about to be used as badly as Drake the singer is. It's gonna be like taking on Kendrick Lamar. So what other games are good, McNeeese, come on, that's a Cinder. we can get behind McNeeese taking on Purdue. No, don't think that this is Purdue of last year. It is not. Yes, there are 4 seed. Yes, I do believe the Big 10 has been underrated, but McNeee plays this wide open offense. If they shoot as well as they did in the first round, you never know what could happen and we got our pickup. The action everybody's got their eye on. B BYU taking on Wisconsin. This one's interesting to me because nobody. Really believed in BYU in the first round. Everybody seemed to think that VCU would take them down. So now a clunky BYU team takes on a Wisconsin team that frankly, most people thought was overseeded as a 3. Michigan won the Big 10. Wisconsin got the higher seed. Wisconsin's offense disappears sometimes. I'm interested to see which team actually puts it together for a full game. It is going to be a wild slate of Saturday action. Close
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
What's the key to a St. John's Final Four run?
Yahoo Sports' Jason Fitz, Isis "Ice" Young, Kevin O'Connor and 13-year NBA veteran Marcus Morris Sr. discuss the Red Storm's chances of making it back to the semifinals for the first time since 1985. View more I'm, I'm going to Saint John's on this one. they are just such a well coached, and I, I don't think we can say that enough. And I think if there's anything that's come clear for me in the last hour that that it's just one of my tenants. Like I trust coaches during the NCAA tournament. I need a coach that on 24 hours can best prepare his team, and it's just, man, when you see the way that team is coached, they don't make a lot of mistakes. There aren't a lot of unforced errors. They, they swarm. On the defensive side of the ball, I just, I really like the Saint John's. Yeah, they got, they got the word in March that you want, which is momentum. Momentum is such a tricky thing to get a hold of in March, but once you got it and it's rolling for you and right now New York's team has the momentum. I am still going to Florida, but I'm gonna say this I'm not surprised at all if Saint John. In the Final Four, I think they have the DNA to get there. I think the X factor for them is Zubbi Efor. I truly believe that the big man inside is going to make the difference for Saint John's, whereas we've been looking at RJ Lewis all season and what he's been able to do, or Louis Junior, excuse me, but I swear to you, Edge of 4 is going to be the difference if Saint John's makes to a Final Four. Close
