BY STEVE VIRGEN / JOURNAL ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Neil Parasher, an 18-year-old Albuquerque Academy graduate headed to Stanford to walk on for golf, knows to adjust when an 8-foot birdie putt turns into a four-putt frustration that results in a double bogey. Parasher has learned to apply the many lessons of golf in his life. […]
Academy Catcher to Try Out for USA Baseball
Academy Senior Named 4A Baseball Player of the Year
2022 New Mexico Baseball Coaches Association 4A All-State Team BY JOURNAL STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Player of the Year: Alex Gaeto (ABQ Academy), Sr. Coach of the Year: Walter Sarracino (Grants) FIRST TEAM Pitchers: Alex Gaeto (ABQ Academy), Sr.; Nolan Esterly (St. Pius), Sr.; Ruben Jepson (St. Pius), So.; Josh Madrid (Artesia), Sr. Catcher: Satish Raichur (ABQ Academy), So. […]
Spring Athletes Receive Individual Recognition
The following student-athletes received individual honors and recognition for spring sports: 4A Baseball Player of the Year Alex Gaeto ’22 All State Baseball First Team Dominic Baca ’22 Ethan Krebs ’22 Mark McNaney ’24 Satish Raichur ’24 All State Baseball Second Team Devan Johnson ’22 Andrew Harrod ’22 Henry Mitchell ’22 All District Baseball First […]
National Merit Scholarships Awarded to Five Seniors
Of the Academy’s 13 National Merit Semifinalists, five members of the Class of 2022 have received National Merit Scholar awards: Chris Aubin – National Merit $2,500 Scholarship Portia Bryce – Novartis Scholarship Quinn Ennis – National Merit $2,500 Scholarship Reeya Patel – National Merit University of Southern California Scholarship Sara Perez – National Merit University […]
Wrestlers Receive Leadership and Academic Honors
The National Wrestling Coaches Association has announced the honorees for each of their High School All-American Awards programs presented by the United States Marine Corps (USMC). Academy wrestlers Samuel Budagher ’22 and Clark Hager ’22 each have been recognized with two awards. High School Scholar All-American Award – recognizes wrestlers who have demonstrated excellence in […]
Guitarists Perform in Austin
Six students – Theo Gallant ’25, Isabelle Hammond ’23, Julia Kelly ’24, Sydney Marks ’24, Taryn Ortiz ’25, and Quinn Ross ’25 – traveled to Austin, TX to perform in a guitar orchestra hosted by the Austin Classical Guitar Society. They got to share the stage with internationally acclaimed musicians Jorge Caballero and the Miró […]
17 Students-Athletes to Compete in College
Congratulations Chargers! Baseball Alex Gaeto, Samford University Caleb Lasher, Beloit College Devan Johnson, University of Chicago Henry Mitchell, U.S. Naval Academy Football Nico Fulgenzi, Willamette University Clark Hager, Catholic University Mark McIntosh, Mississippi State student assistant Golf Tay Hwang, Cal State, San Bernadino Neil Parasher, Stanford Track and Field Kane Demers, Bowdoin College Jocelyn Garcia, […]
Ninth Grader is International Math Champ
Akilan Sankaran ’25 received the First Award in the Mathematics Category at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta in May. His project, Modifying the ABCs of Number Theory, was recognized among top student scientists from around the world.
Quinn Ennis ’22 Named Presidential Scholar
The Class of 2022’s Quinn Ennis has been named one of 161 U.S. Presidential Scholars by the Department of Education. The 161 high school seniors are selected based on their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields. Quinn will attend Yale University where he will major in physics. During his time […]
