College Athlete Information
SPA's Commitment to Prospective College Student-Athletes
Some student-athletes have a goal to participate in athletics at the collegiate level. The St. Paul Academy and Summit School Athletic Department, College Counselors, and coaching staff are very willing to help student-athletes pursue this goal. The College Counseling Department and the Athletic Department, will hold periodic seminars regarding how to pursue college athletics and what to expect. These departments will also provide on-going assistance and guidance as needed throughout the year for any SPA student-athlete, and their parents, who are interested in college athletics.
 Below are additional details on how SPA can advise and support our student-athletes in this process:
- The driving force behind college selection should be the academic fit. Athletes should identify their desire to compete at the next level and work in conjunction with their College Counselor to develop their list of potential college choices;
- As an athlete pursuing collegiate sports, you should create a resume and cover letter that represents your overall high school experience and highlights your athletic accomplishments. Your college counselor should review the resume before submission to coaches/college personnel;
- If you are considering NCAA Division I or II institutions meet with your College Counselor to discuss the process of registering with the NCAA Clearinghouse;
- NCAA Division I, II, and III institutions all have separate academic requirements;
- Review all NCAA Academic Eligibility Requirements with your College Counselor and visit the NCAA website at the eligibility center.
- Student athletes will benefit from taking the ACT or SAT for college entrance by February of their junior year;
- Â If you wish to compete in NCAA DI or DII in your first year of college you must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center and be certified academically and as an amateur. Student athletes completing the SPA curriculum as outlined in the Academic Program Guide will exceed minimum NCAA course requirements;
- Â Once you have registered with the NCAA Clearing House, you must request through your College Counselor that your high school transcript be sent to the NCAA Eligibility Center at the end of your junior year.
- Communication with your SPA coach(es) is essential. Student-athletes who have a strong desire to compete at the collegiate level should consult with their coach prior to their junior sport season;
- Prospective college athletics can schedule individual meetings with any member of the Athletics Leadership Team for support and guidance in this process;
- Be proactive in marketing yourself to college coaches by creating a highlight video, forwarding game schedules, completing the online recruitment questionnaire on the college’s athletic department website, etc.;
- SPA videotapes home competitions for coaching purposes, but individual student-athletes can also access footage for clipping their highlights. Coaches will help secure copies of any game videos when they are available. If a family wants additional games documented, they may do so at their own expense;
- In coordination with College Guidance, the athletic department holds a College Athletics Recognition Event (CARE) for all athletes that commit to play college athletics.
SPA Collegiate Student-Athlete Alumni
2019 Bailey Donovan – Vermont
2000 Tj Prunty - Miami
2005 David Miranowski - Middlebury
2009 Jacob Rice - Carleton
2013 Matt Fiedler - UMN Twin Cities
2013 Spencer Egly - Washington U (MO)
2014 Harrisen Egly - Columbia University
2014 Nicholas Cohen - Carleton
2016 Michael O'Shea - Grinnel
2018 Ryan Kuntz - Brown University
2018 Jesper Salverda - Gustavus
2022 Boden Strafelda - Gustavus
2024 Griffin Schwab-Mahoney - St. Olaf
2013 Sam Dicke - Hamline
2013 Josh Gray - Gustavus
2014 Jonte Claiborne - Coe College
2015 Abdulsalan Osman - Hamline
2016 Kent Hanson - Carleton
2016 Dalante Peyton - Winona State
2021 Adam Holod - St. Olaf
2024 Tysen Hayes - Carleton
2024 Ethan Carter - Occidental
2024 Naomi Kempcke - St. Olaf
2004 Sam McVeety - MIT
2011 Chris Pichert - Rollins
2013 Grace Albertson - Naval Academy
2014 Ellen Samuelson - San Diego/UMN
2015 Julia Hanson - U Penn
2018 Riley Will - Williams
2019 Kelby Wittenberg - Skidmore
2020 Sonja Henze - Smith
2021 Eugene Tunney - Notre Dame
2022 Griffin Ziemer - Oregan State
2023 Alexandra Cardwell - Columbia
2012 Zoe Gantman - Hobart
2002 Catherine Ferrell - Princeton
2005 Claire Buckler - Carleton
2007 Matt Rongstad - Gustavus
2008 Rachel Rongstad - Gustavus
2008 Peter Schwartz - Hamline
2008 Terry Schwartz - Hamline
2010 Caroline Daniels - Bates
2010 Claire Palmer - Wesleyan
2011 Ambrosia Smith - Wesleyan
2011 Jada Wensman - Bowdoin
2013 Lily Rogers-Grant - Wesleyan
2014 Charles Southwick - Bowdoin
2015 Mike Destache - Iowa
2015 Mary Naas - Wellesley/St. Olaf
2018 Emma Hills - Middlebury
2020 Tommy Allen - St. Johns
2009 Grace Hartman - Notre Dame
2021 Jackson Wittenberg - Haverford
2013 Daniel O’Shea – Hamilton
2015 Luke Bishop – Macalester
2018 Jesper Salverda – Gustavus
2018 Jake Adams – St. Johns
2022 Judah Thomas – Rochester
2017 Colin O'Hern - College of Wooster
2017 Drew O'Hern - Franklin and Marshall
2018 Gus Gruneau - Occidental
2024 Will Black - St. Olaf
2010 Lucy Meyer – Stanford
2003 Blake Turnquist - Air Force Academy
2005 Marley McMillian - Dartmouth
2010 Wyatt Wenzel - Gustavus
2011 Delaney Middlebrook - Rensselaer Polytech
2012 Kristin Knutzen - Middelbury
2014 Alev Baysoy - Princeton
2014 Jacob Westfied - Gustavus
2014 Drew Blackmun - Union College
2014 Noah Parker - St. Olaf
2016 Sena Hanson - Brown University
2016 Justin Jallen - Brown University
2016 Catherine Johnson - UMN Duluth
2016 Oliver Hoeschen - Gustavus
2019 Adam Zukowski - Lawrence College
2020 Duncan Flemming - New England College
2022 Lucie Bond - Williams
2019 Betsy Romans - Middlebury
2020 Duncan Flemming - New England College
2021 Erin Magnuson - Whitman
2010 Annie Hart – Dartmouth
2015 Ellen McCarthy – St. Olaf
2019 Peter Moore – Bowdoin
1988 Gerard Lagos - Milwaukee
1990 Manny Lagos - Milwaukee
1990 Tony Sanneh - Milwaukee
1994 Elie Foster - Stanford
1994 Keren Gudeman - Harvard
1994 Leo Cullen - Maryland
2003 Max Lipset - Claremont McKenna
2005 Merritt Swain - Carleton
2005 Melley Turner - Carleton
2006 Ali Schwach - Ohio State
2006 Greta Kringle - Carleton
2006 Christina Mills - St. Olaf
2006 Allison Mills - St. Olaf
2006 Ana Panone - Hamline
2006 Erin Venker - St. Olaf
2007 Ali Schwach - Ohio State
2007 Rhye Kanassatega - Whittier
2008 Peter Morice - Columbia
2010 Zac Brown - Richmond
2010 Luc Brueggeman - Lafayette
2010 Megan Leslie - Occidental
2010 Briana Rick - Carleton
2010 Anne Walli - Scripps
2011 Cece DiCaprio - Princeton
2011 Nick Forsgren - Vermont
2011 Tanya Russell - Hamline
2013 Ben Braman - St. Olaf
2013 James Hargens - Macalester
2013 Camille Horne - St. Thomas
2013 Amanda Hotvedt - Middlebury
2013 Nina Perkkio - Lake Forest
2013 Mara Walli - Claremont McKenna
2014 Sam Forsgren - Northwestern
2014 Zoe Matticks - Wellesley
2015 Mollie Fiedler - UMTC
2015 Isaac Forsgren - Loyola Chicago
2015 Dean Isaacson - Hamline
2015 Sam Suzuki - Colorado College
2017 Kate Bond - Macalester
2017 Ella Matticks - Wellesley
2017 Emily Thissen - Haverford
2018 Kelly Fiedler - Luther College
2018 Hayley Hoffmann - St. Olaf
2018 Isabelle Smith - Oberlin
2019 Eric Lagos - Yale
2019 Michael Forsgren - Puget Sound
2019 Ryan Moore - Colby
2020 Thomas Bagnoli - Union College
2022 Leo Larson - Dallas Baptist
2022 Naomi Straub - Carleton
2023 Cooper Danielson - Claremont McKenna
2024 Cooper Olson - Gustavus
2007 Natalie Albertson - Naval Academy
2007 Louise Buckler - Carleton
2008 Maren Frisell - Tufts
2012 Ceallagh Gibbons - Wellesley
2018 Breandan Gibbons - Fordham
2020 Victoria Greenman - Roger Williams
2021 Jasmine White - Lynn University
2022 Katherine Welsh - Smith
2007 Michael Halvorsen - Amherst
2008 Pierce Norton - Loyola Maryland
2008 John Wight - St. Olaf
2008 Carrie Wight - St. Olaf
2012 Birk Mitau - Amherst
2014 Sonya Das - MIT
2015 Sheila Sullivan - Gustavus
2018 Duke Nguyen - St. Scholastica
2021 Luka Shaker-Check - Grinnell College
2021 Liam Lynch - Macalester
2022 Maggie Fields - Lake Forest
2022 Elizabeth Trevathan - Macalester
2010 Santano Rosario - Rice
2012 Ayo Jones - Coe
2013 Francesco Di Caprio - Princeton
2013 Melanie Luikart - Johns Hopkins
2018 Robin Bartlett - Trinity College
2018 Margaret Sirek - Middlebury
2015 Mira Grinnsfelder – Emory
2018 Sophia Rose – Claremont McKenna
2019 Blythe Rients – University of Iowa
2020 Kathleen Bishop – Princeton
2020 Arie Walker – North Carolina A & T
2023 Solvej Eversoll – Claremont McKenna
2000 Katie Ross – Sacred Heart
2002 Alicia Petryk – Dartmouth
2003 Allyson Leslie – Redlands
2008 Kelly Smith – St. Olaf
2010 Christiania Miller – St. Olaf
2012 Anna Olson – Colgate
2014 Alexandra Miller – Bowdoin
2016 Vanessa Miller – St. Olaf
2017 Sophia Lundberg – Middlebury
