BY JAMES YODICE/ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL Outlook: For the first time since the late 1980s, the Chargers open a season with a new head coach. Gehres actually has been coaching at the Academy for many years in other sports, so he is familiar with the students on campus, which he partially attributes as the reason the school […]
Swim Teams Earn National Top 10 Rank
The Albuquerque Academy swim and dive teams, coached by Dave Barney, were named among the top 10 in the NISCA 2019 National Dual Meet Rankings. Girls took the #6 spot, boys #7. Together they ranked 40th out of 358 schools.
Math Teacher Jason Zuffranieri to Compete on Jeopardy!
Mr. Z will be a challenging contestant on the July 19 broadcast.Read more here.
Eliza Mariner Named 2018-19 Gatorade New Mexico Girl’s Soccer Athlete of The Year
Eliza Mariner ’19 was named the 2018-19 Gatorade New Mexico Girl’s Soccer Player of The Year, an award that honors the nation’s best athletes. Eliza is the second Albuquerque Academy girl’s soccer player to be selected for this honor. The Academy girl’s soccer team won the 4A state championships this year, with Eliza scoring 62 […]
Mock Trial Team Takes Sixth at National Championships
Academy’s Mock Trial team placed sixth this year at the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Athens, GA. Placing sixth earned the Academy team their fourth top-ten victory in the past eight years. Mock Trial team member Raajvi Patel ’19 received an Outstanding Attorney award, and Andrew Pick-Roth ’19 earned an Outstanding Witness award. […]
Academy Track and Field Wins State
Chargers boys and girls are track and field state champs! That’s two championships in a row for the girls, and five for the boys. The final score of the girl’s team was 73.50, and the boy’s final score was 100. Trey Caperton ’19 (boy’s 110 meter hurdles), Lucas Jepsen ’19 (boy’s 400 meter dash, boy’s […]
AnaMaria Perez ’20 Takes First at International Science Fair
AnaMaria Perez ’20 has won first place in the mathematics category at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix. Her work, Classifying Magic Squares and Their Associated Symmetries Using a Chord Diagram Approach, earned the best-in-category achievement for mathematics. This is the third time AnaMaria has been selected to present her mathematical research at […]
English Department Faculty Member Publishes Book
John Knapp, a member of Albuquerque Academy’s English faculty, recently had his book, Fiddled out of Reason, published by Lehigh University Press. The book is a study of several poems spanning the life of Joseph Addison, an 18th-century English poet. Mr. Knapp’s book is not a novel, but a scholarly study of the hymn as […]
‘The Phantom of the Opera’ Chosen as Best High School Production
The Academy’s performance of The Phantom of the Opera was recognized as Best Production at the 2019 New Mexico High School Musical Theatre Enchantment Awards. This award is given to a New Mexican high school production that receives a high score from a judge that attends one of their live performances and earns the top […]
Academy Boy’s and Girl’s Tennis Win State
For the 17th consecutive year in a row, boy’s varsity tennis has won first place at state. Last year, the girls team was the runner-up at state, and this year they earned first place. Coleton Hootman ’19 and Hunter Hootman ’19 were the state doubles champions and Abraham Yohannes ’19 was the singles champion.
