Aquinas Academy Athletic Team Awards

Cross Country

Lower School Girls
(K - 4th grades)

2020 Diocesan K-2 Championship 8th Place Medalist Charlotte Austin

Lower School Boys
(K - 4th grades)

2020 North Area Championship 2nd Place
2020 Diocesan K-2 Championship 1st Place Medalist Zach Guillen
2020 Diocesan K-2 Championship 4th Place Medalist John Paul Richthammer
2020 Diocesan 3-4 Championship 7th Place Medalist Isaac Vangura
2021 Diocesan 3-4 Championship 1st Place
2021 Diocesan K-2 Championship 1st Place Medalist Thomas Bodgewic

Middle School Girls
(5th - 8th grades)

2005 Ellis Invitational 1st Place
2006 Ellis Invitational 2nd Place
2014 Diocesan Championship Gold Medalist Marissa Canzian
2014 Diocesan Championship Bronze Medalist Elizabeth Blume
2016 Diocesan Championship 6th Place Medalist Katherine Repasky
2016 Diocesan Championship 16th Place Medalist Grace Bond
2017 Diocesan Championship 7th Place
2018 Diocesan Championship 2nd Place Medalist Gianna Vangura
2018 Diocesan Championship 6th Place Medalist Grace Bond
2019 North Area Championship 7th/8th team - 3rd Place
2019 Diocesan Championship 9th Place Medalist Gianna Vangura
2020 North Area Championship 7th/8th team - 2nd Place
2020 Diocesan Championship 8th Place Medalist Gianna Vangura

Middle School Boys
(5th - 8th grades)

2005 Ellis Invitational 1st Place
2006 Ellis Invitational 3rd Place
2010 Diocesan Champion John Reed (6th Grade)
2012 North Area Championship 3rd Place
2012 Diocesan Championship 3rd Place
2014 Diocesan Championship Gold Medalist Anthony Hite
2015 Diocesan Championship 12th Place Medalist Samuel Schirra
2016 Diocesan Championship 4th Place Medalist Anthony Ferraro
2016 Diocesan Championship 16th Place Medalist Benjamin Stalder
2018 Diocesan Championship 7th Place Medalist Anthony Ferraro
2019 North Area Championship 5th/6th team - 5th Place
2019 North Area Championship 2nd Place Adam Ohayon (7th/8th div)
2020 Diocesan Championship 7th Place Medalist Jacob Guillen

High School Boys
(co-op with Vincentian through 2019)

2013 Catholic Championship Runner-up
2015 WPIAL 8th Place
2020 Mingo Classic Invitational 6th Place
2021 WPIAL 9th Place
2021 WPIAL 6th Place Medalist & PIAA Qualifier John Griffith
2021 PIAA State Championship 16th Place Medalist John Griffith

High School Girls
(co-op with Vincentian through 2019)

2014 WPIAL 2nd Place
2014 PIAA State Championship 7th place
2015 WPIAL Section A Champions
2015 WPIAL Champions
2015 PIAA State Championship 5th place
2016 WPIAL Champions
2016 PIAA State Championship 4th place
2017 WPIAL Champions
2017 PIAA State Championship 3rd place
2018 WPIAL Champions
2018 PIAA State Championship 4th place
2019 WPIAL Champions
2019 PIAA State Championship 11th place
2020 WPIAL 7th Place Medalist & PIAA Qualifier Alexis Abbett
2020 PIAA State Championship 11th Place Medalist Alexis Abbett
2021 WPIAL 5th Place
2021 WPIAL 5th Place Medalist Alexis Abbett
2021 PIAA Qualifiers, Alexis Abbett and Carina Simmons
2021 PIAA State Championship 6th Place Medalist Alexis Abbett

Field Hockey

High School Girls

2004 Bruno Bowl Champions
2005 Bruno Bowl Champions
2006 Bruno Bowl Champions
2006 Vincentian Tournament Runner-Up (JV)
2006 Valley School of Ligonier Tournament 3rd Place (JV)
2007 First WPIAL Playoff Appearance
2007 Bruno Bowl Champions
2010 Bruno Bowl Champions
2015 Bruno Bowl Champions
2015 WPIAL Playoffs
2016 WPIAL Playoffs
2017 WPIAL Playoffs
2019 WPIAL Playoffs
2020 WPIAL Playoffs
2021 WPIAL Playoffs
2021 WPIAL Runner-Up

Golf

High School Girls

2017 WPIAL Individual Qualifer
2017 WPIAL Individual 6th place Leelah Ohayon
2017 PIAA Western Regional Individual Qualifier Leelah Ohayon

Soccer

1st grade

Spring 2017 Diocese Tournament Champions

2nd grade

Fall 2017 Diocese Tournament Champions
Spring 2018 Diocese Tournament Champions
Fall 2020 Diocese Tournament Runner-Up

3rd and 4th grade

Spring 2002 Our Lady of Grace Soccer Shoot-out Tournament
Spring 2005 Diocese Tournament Runner-Up
Fall 2007 Diocese Tournament Runner-Up
Fall 2008 Diocese Tournament Champions
Fall 2016 Diocese Tournament Runner-Up

3rd grade

Spring 2019 Diocese Tournament Champions

4th grade

Fall 2017 Diocese Tournament Runner-Up
Fall 2019 Diocese Tournament Champions

5th and 6th grade

Spring 2000 Diocese League Runner-Up
Fall 2000 Diocese League Runner-Up
Fall 2001 Diocese League Section III Champions
Spring 2002 Vincentian Cup Champions
Spring 2002 Diocese League Runner-Up
Fall 2002 Diocese League Section IV Champions
Spring 2003 Diocese League Section IV Champions
Spring 2003 World Cup Division Champions
Fall 2003 Diocese League Section III Champions
Fall 2003 World Cup Division Champions
Spring 2003 Olympic Division Champions
Fall 2004 Diocese League Section II Champions
Fall 2004 Olympic Division Runner-Up
Fall 2010 Olympic Division Runner-Up
Fall 2017 Olympic Division Champions
Spring 2018 Diocesan League Undefeated Section I Champions
Fall 2018 Diocesan League Olympic JV Section Champions
Fall 2018 Olympic Division Runner-Up
Spring 2019 Diocesan League Olympic JV Section I Champions

6th grade

Fall 2021 Diocese League 1st Place Premier Division

5th-8th grade girls

Fall 2019 Diocese League All-Girl Varsity Champions (6th/7th graders)
Fall 2020 Diocese League All-Girl Varsity Runner-Up
Fall 2021 Diocese League All-Girl Varsity Champions
Fall 2021 Diocese League All-Girl JV Champions

7th and 8th grade

Fall 2003 Diocese League Section III Champions
Fall 2003 World Cup Division Champions
Spring 2006 Diocese League Section I Champions
Spring 2006 Olympic Division Runner-Up
Fall 2007 Olympic Division Runner-Up
Fall 2012 Diocesan League Undefeated Section II Champions
Spring 2013 Olympic Division Champions
Fall 2017 Diocesan League Section II Champions
Fall 2018 Diocesan League Olympic Varsity Section Champions
Fall 2018 Olympic Division Runner-Up
Spring 2019 Olympic Division Champions
Fall 2019 Diocesan League Section Champions
Fall 2020 Diocesan Division Runner-Up

High School Boys

2008 Freedom Area Soccer Tournament 3rd Place
2013 First WPIAL Playoff Appearance
2014 WPIAL Playoffs
2015 WPIAL Playoffs
2016 WPIAL Playoffs
2020 WPIAL Playoffs
2021 WPIAL Playoffs

High School Girls
(co-op with Vincentian through 2019)

2013 First WPIAL Playoff Appearance
2014 WPIAL Playoffs
2015 WPIAL Section 3 Champions
2015 WPIAL Playoffs
2016 WPIAL Section 3 Champions
2016 WPIAL Playoffs
2016 PIAA Playoffs
2017 WPIAL Playoffs
2018 WPIAL Playoffs
2021 WPIAL Playoffs

Volleyball

5th and 6th Grade Girls
( co-op with Blessed Trinity Academy )

2019 Playoffs

7th and 8th Grade Girls
( co-op with Blessed Trinity Academy )

2021 Playoffs

Basketball

High School Boys

2003 Westmoreland Christian Tournament Champions
2004 Westmoreland Christian Tournament 3rd Place
2004 Neighborhood Academy Tournament 3rd Place
2005 Tri-County Christian League Tournament Runner-Up
2005 Imani Christian Tournament 3rd Place
2006 Tri-County Christian League Section and Tournament Champions
2007 Tri-County Christian League Section and Tournament Champions
2008 St Joseph's Holiday Tournament 3rd Place
2009 Tri-County Christian League Section and Tournament Champions
2009 Tri-County Christian League JV Tournament Second Place
2010 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament 1st Place
2011 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament 2nd Place
2012 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament 2nd Place
2014 Quigley Tournament 3rd Place
2016 SWCAC playoffs
2017 SWCAC playoffs
2017-18 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament 2nd Place
2018 SWCAC playoffs
2019-20 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament Champions
2021 WPIAL Playoffs
2021-22 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament Champions
2022 WPIAL Playoffs

High School Girls

2003 Westmoreland Christian Tournament Runner-Up
2005 Tri-County Christian League Section Champions
2005 Tri-County Christian League Tournament Runner-Up
2006 Tri-County Christian League Tournament Runner-Up
2007 Tri-County Christian League Tournament Runner-Up
2011 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament 2nd Place
2012 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament 2nd Place
2013 SWCAC Section and Tournament Champions
2013 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament 1st Place
2014 SWCAC Section and Tournament champions
2015 SWCAC Tournament Runner-Up
2016 SWCAC playoffs
2017 SWCAC Section and Tournament champions
2018 First WPIAL Playoff Appearance
2019 WPIAL Playoffs
2019-20 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament 2nd Place
2020 WPIAL Playoffs
2020 PIAA Playoffs
2021 WPIAL Class A Section 3 Champions
2021 WPIAL Playoffs
2021-22 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament Champions
2022 WPIAL Class A Section 3 Champions
2022 WPIAL Class A Runner-up
2022 PIAA Playoffs

7th and 8th Grade Girls

2003-2004 St. Bonaventure Tournament 4th Place
2006 Tri-County Christian Tournament Champions
2007 Tri-County Christian Tournament Runner-Up
2012 Butler Catholic Tournament 2nd Place
2015 St Edmund’s Tournament 1st Place
2017-18 St. James Tournament 2nd Place
2021 Diocesan Playoffs

7th and 8th Grade Boys

2003 St. Irenaeus Tournament Champions
2005 St. Irenaeus Tournament Champions
2007 Falk School Tournament Runner-Up
2007 St. Alexis Tournament Runner-Up
2010 Aquinas Academy Winter Classic 3rd Place
2011 St. Sebastian Tournament 2nd Place
2014 St Edmund’s Tournament 4th Place
2016 St Bonaventure Tournament 1st Place
2017 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament 2nd Place
2017 Avonworth Tournament 2nd Place
2018 Diocesan Playoffs
2018 Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament Champions
2019 Diocesan Playoffs
2020 Diocesan Playoffs
2021 Diocesan Playoffs
2022 Diocesan Playoffs

5th and 6th Grade Girls

2013 Butler Catholic Tournament 2nd Place
2018 Eden Christian Academy Tournament 2nd Place
2019 Eden Christian Academy Tournament 2nd Place
2021 Diocesan Playoffs

5th and 6th Grade Boys

2005 Diocesan Section 2nd Place
2009 Diocesan Section 3rd Place
2018 Diocesan Playoffs
2019 Diocesan Playoffs
2019 Eden Christian Academy Tournament 2nd Place
2019-20 Sacred Heart Tournament 2nd Place
2020 Diocesan Playoffs
2021 Diocesan Playoffs

5th Grade Boys

Holy Trinity Preview Basketball Tournament Champions

3rd and 4th Grade Boys

2018 Blessed Trinity Tournament 3rd Place
2018 Holy Cross Tournament 2nd Place

Fencing

High School Boys

2022 PIFA Championship Runners-Up

Ice Hockey

High School Boys
(co-op with Avonworth)

2021 JV Ice Hockey Champions
2022 JV Ice Hockey Champions

Swimming

High School Boys

2010 First WPIAL qualifer Jacob Schirra
2011 WPIAL qualifer
2014 Two WPIAL qualifers
2015 Two WPIAL qualifiers
2016 Two WPIAL qualifers
2016 WPIAL 7th place medalist 100 Breaststroke Ian Schirra
2016 PIAA Qualifier 100 Breaststroke Ian Schirra
2017 Three WPIAL qualifiers
2017 WPIAL 4th place medalist 100 Breaststroke and 200 IM Ian Schirra
2017 PIAA Qualifier 100 Breaststroke, 200 IM Ian Schirra
2017 PIAA 15th place 100 Breaststroke, 19th place 200 IM Ian Schirra
2018 WPIAL qualifier
2019 WPIAL qualifier
2020 WPIAL qualifier

Boys Varsity Swimming Records
Event	Record Holder	Grade	Time	Date	Location
200 Freestyle	Michael Rhein	9	1:55.25	3/3/2011	WPIAL Championship/ Trees Pool
200 Individual Medley	Ian Schirra	12	2:01.13	3/2/2017	WPIAL Championship/ Trees Pool
50 Freestyle	Jacob Schirra	12	23.58	3/4/2010	WPIAL Championship/ Trees Pool
100 Butterfly	Samuel Schirra	10	57.74	3/1/2018	WPIAL Championship/ Trees Pool
100 Freestyle	Ian Schirra	12	51.65	2/2/2017	Knoch H.S. Swim Meet/ Butler Senior H.S. Pool
500 Freestyle	Michael Rhein	9	5:10.33	1/2011	Seneca Valley
100 Backstroke	Ian Schirra	12	58.03	1/19/2017	Knoch H.S. Swim Meet/ Butler Senior H.S. Pool
100 Breaststroke	Ian Schirra	12	59.82	3/3/2017	WPIAL Championship/ Trees Pool

Lacrosse

High School Girls

2017 First WPIAL Playoff Appearance
2018 WPIAL Playoffs
2019 WPIAL Playoffs
(2020 Season Canceled)
2021 WPIAL Playoffs
2022 WPIAL Playoffs

High School Boys

2015 First WPIAL Playoff Appearance
(2020 Season Canceled)

Tennis

High School Boys

2021 First WPIAL qualifier - Jackson Gillespie
2022 WPIAL qualifier

Track and Field

High School Boys

2015 WPIAL Qualifier 100m
2015 WPIAL Qualifier 200m
2015 WPIAL Qualifier 400m
2015 WPIAL Qualifier 1600m
2015 WPIAL Qualifier 3200m
2015 WPIAL 3rd place medalist 400m Mitchell Athey
2015 PIAA Qualifier 400m Mitchell Athey
2016 WPIAL Qualifier 1600m
2016 WPIAL Qualifier 3200m
2017 WPIAL Qualifier 1600m
2017 WPIAL Qualifier 3200m
2017 WPIAL 7th place medalist 3200m John Reed
(2020 Season Canceled)
2021 WPIAL Qualifier 1600m
2022 WPIAL Qualifier 1600m
2022 WPIAL Qualifier 3200m
2022 WPIAL 6th place medalist 1600m John Griffith

High School Girls

2015 WPIAL Qualifier 1600m
2016 WPIAL Qualifier 1600m
2017 WPIAL Qualifier 3200m
2018 WPIAL Qualifier 3200m
2018 WPIAL 8th place medalist 3200m Delaney McCarthy
(2020 Season Canceled)
2021 WPIAL Qualifier 3200m
2021 WPIAL 7th place medalist 3200m Alexis Abbett
2022 WPIAL Qualifier 1600m
2022 WPIAL Qualifier 3200m
2022 WPIAL 3rd place medalist 3200m Alexis Abbett
2022 PIAA Qualifier 3200m Alexis Abbett

Boys Varsity Track & Field Records
Event	Record Holder	Time	Date	Location
100m	Mitch Athey	11.66	4/11/2015	Warrior 5th Annual Track & Field Classic
200m	Mitch Athey	23.56	4/24/2015	Mars Invitational
400m	Mitch Athey	51.26	5/14/2015	WPIAL AA Championship
800m	John Griffith	2:03	5/10/2022	Northern Area Last Chance Meet
1600m	John Reed	4:32.64	4/1/2017	13th Annual South Hills Classic
3200m	John Reed	9:46.51	4/28/2017	Mars Varsity Invitational
4x400m	Relay Team	4:33.57	4/28/2017	Mars Varsity Invitational
4x800m	Relay Team	9:18.00	4/29/2022	Mars Invitational
Triple Jump	Charlie Dingle	33-2	5/3/2019	Pine-Richland Invitational
Long Jump	Mitch Athey	19-1.75	5/2/2014	41st Annual Baldwin Invitational
Javelin	Patrick Veazey	88-11	4/23/2021	56th Annual Butler Invitational
SMR	Relay Team	4:46.90	4/1/2017	4th Annual Knoch Relays
DMR	Relay Team	12:59.39	4/1/2017	4th Annual Knoch Relays

Girls Varsity Track & Field Records
Event	Record Holder	Time	Date	Location
100m	Riley Mahon	14.03	4/2/2022	18th Annual South Hills Classic
200m	Laura Richthammer	30.38	5/3/2019	Pine-Richland Invitational
400m	Lizzie Hardy	1:06.40	4/2/2022	18th Annual South Hills Classic
800m	Alexis Abbett	2:40	4/12/2022	Springdale Tri-Meet
1600m	Alexis Abbett	5:37	5/10/2022	Northern Area Last Chance Meet
3200m	Alexis Abbett	11:45.94	5/18/2022	WPIAL AA Championship
4x400m	Relay Team	4:58.08	4/28/2017	Mars Varsity Invitational
4x800m	Relay Team	11:47.92	5/6/2016	Pine-Richland Invitational
High Jump	Laura Richthammer	4-06	4/2/2022	18th Annual South Hills Classic
Triple Jump	Laura Richthammer	29-8	4/30/2021	Mars Varsity Invitational
Long Jump	Laura Richthammer	13-4.5	4/24/2021	56th Annual Butler Invitational
Javelin	Laura Richthammer	58-6	4/24/2021	56th Annual Butler Invitational
SMR	Relay Team	5:37.70	4/1/2017	4th Annual Knoch Relays

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All-State

Basketball

Vinnie Cugini (1st Team) 2022
Vinnie Cugini (2nd Team) 2021
Vinnie Cugini (2nd Team) 2020

Swimming

Ian Schirra (Honorable Mention) 2017

All-WPIAL Players

Field Hockey

Elizabeth Hardy 2021
Emma Queen 2021
Maria Figucia 2020
Emma Queen 2020
Isabella Hite (Honorable Mention) 2020
Emi Kartsonas (Honorable Mention) 2020
Gina Liguori (top goal-keeper) 2019
Emi Kartsonas 2019
Emma Queen 2019
Natalie Hyrcza 2018
Gina Liguori 2018
Lauren Mroch (Honorable Mention) 2018
Emma Queen (Honorable Mention) 2018
Caitlin Reed 2017
Gina Liguori (Honorable Mention) 2017
Caitlin Reed 2016
Jillian Kaercher 2015
Elena Liguori 2015
Mary Rose Flynn (Honorable Mention) 2015
Molly Maglio (Honorable Mention) 2015
Caitlin Reed (Honorable Mention) 2015
Jillian Kaercher 2014
Clare Mortenson 2014
Elizabeth Stofko 2013
Margaret Zaharko 2013

Boys’ Soccer

John Bence 2020
Robert Phillips 2016
Robert Phillips 2015
Joseph Richthammer 2015
Chris Miller 2014
Chris Miller 2013
Michael Blume 2010
Michael Blume 2009
Robert Blume 2008

Girls’ Soccer

Rachel Phillips 2016
Hannah Canil 2015

Boys’ Lacrosse

Ray Urbash 2015
Nick Navari (Academic All-American) 2014

Girls’ Lacrosse

Molly Maglio 2019 (All American)
Caitlin Reed (Academic All-American) 2017
Molly Maglio 2016

All-Section Players^*

Football

Dominic Hite 2016
Paul Adams 2015
Dom Hite 2015
Michael Tappe, "Big 7" All Star Punter 2014
Paul Adams 2013
Michael Tappe 2013

Boys’ Soccer

Jude Truschel 2021
Tommy Quinn 2021
Elijah Vangura (Honorable Mention) 2021
Alex Hyrcza (Finest Fifteen) 2020
John Bence (Finest Fifteen) 2020
Tommy Quinn (Honorable Mention) 2020
Matt Flynn (Honorable Mention) 2019
Luke Lynch 2017
Alex Garcia (Honorable Mention) 2017
Robert Phillips 2016
Brandan Miller 2016
John Reed (Honorable Mention) 2016
Robert Phillips 2015
Joseph Richthammer 2015
Javier Rubio (Honorable Mention) 2015
Chris Miller 2014
John McKeating 2014
Robert Phillips (Honorable Mention) 2014
Chris Miller 2013
Jacob Scioscia 2013
Brandan Miller (Honorable Mention) 2013

Girls’ Soccer

Bella Hite 2021
Anna Myron 2021
Laura Richthammer 2021
Anna Keverline (Honorable Mention) 2021
Sabrina Knox 2020
Rachel Phillips 2016
Hannah Canil 2015
Rachel Phillips (Honorable Mention) 2015
Hannah Canil 2013
Molly Robinson 2013

Boys’ Basketball

Vinnie Cugini 2021-22
Vinnie Cugini 2020-21
Jonathan Bates 2017-18
Gabriel Vangura 2017-18
Michael Tappe 2014-15

Girls’ Basketball

Liz Russell 2021-22
Emi Kartsonas 2021-22
Laura Richthammer 2020-21
Bella Hite 2020-21
Mary Casamassa 2017-18
Molly Robinson 2013-14
Margaret Zaharko 2013-14

Boys’ Lacrosse

Chuck Adams 2017
Grant McGhee 2017
Dominic Hite 2017
Mike Henry 2015
Dominic Hite 2015
Jon Lynch 2015
Jacob Scioscia 2015
Ray Urbash 2015
Ray Urbash 2014
Tyler Fort 2014

Girls’ Lacrosse

Molly Maglio 2019
Anni Truschel 2019
Molly Maglio (Academic All-American) 2018
Rachel Urbash 2018
Elizabeth Blume 2017
Molly Maglio 2017
Hannah Canil 2016
Molly Maglio 2016
Rachel Urbash 2016

* Recorded since Fall 2013

Special Awards

WPIAL All-Stars (Field Hockey)

Mary BouSamra 2021
Elizabeth Hardy 2021
Isabella Hite 2021
Emma Queen 2021

Player of the Year (Soccer)

John Bence 2020 (section 3)

Regular Season Scoring Leader (Basketball)

Vinnie Cugini 2022
Vinnie Cugini 2021
Vinnie Cugini 2020

Career Point Milestones (Basketball)

Vinnie Cugini 2000 career points 2022
Vinnie Cugini 1000 career points 2021

Post-Gazette Class 1A Fab 5 (Basketball)

Vinnie Cugini 2022
Vinnie Cugini 2021
Vinnie Cugini 2020

Roundball Classic All-Stars (Basketball Seniors)

Laura Richthammer 2022
Elizabeth Russell 2022
Emi Kartsonas 2022

Member of Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools

Member of Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh

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Aquinas Academy Athletic Team Awards