St. Mary’s High School is home to roughly 110 seniors in the Class of 2022, and seven of those students signed letters of intent to play Division I sports at some of the best universities in the country. It is impressive for a school to have one Division I athlete, but seven? In a school of 430 students? In a school with 110 seniors? And all of them have GPAs in the top 10% of their class and are National Honor Society students? That’s unheard of.
You won’t find any more impressive of a group:
· Shay Ciezki – Basketball – Penn State University – West Seneca native
- National Honor Society student (98.53 GPA)
- 3x All-WNY
- 3x All-Catholic
- 2x MMHSAA Player of the Year
- 1,000 Point Club
- #10 PG in ESPN’s 100
- #55 in ESPN’s Class of 2022
- 3x Team Captain
· Bella Farina – Softball – University of Houston – Orchard Park native
- National Honor Society (99.60 GPA)
- All-Catholic
- 32nd ranked player in Class of 2022
- 15th ranked CF in Class of 2022
- 2x MMHSAA Champion
- Team Captain
· Gabby Gambino – Soccer – Clemson University – Lewiston Native
- National Honor Society (98.62 GPA)
- 2x All-Catholic
- MMHSAA League MVP
- 100 Point Club
- WNY Flash Academy Member
- 2x MMHSAA Champion
- Team Captain
· Jordan Hummel – Volleyball –Davidson College – North Tonawanda native
- National Honor Society (99.75 GPA)
- All-WNY
- 2x All-Catholic
- 2x MMHSAA League MVP
- 4x MMHSAA Champion
- NYS Champion
- 2x Team Captain
· Lily Lauck – Softball – SUNY University at Buffalo – Lakeview native
- National Honor Society (99.41 GPA)
- All-Catholic
- National Travel Team
- 2x MMHSAA Champion
· Shae O’Rourke – Soccer – University of South Carolina – Wheatfield native
- National Honor Society (96.96 GPA)
- 3x All-WNY
- 4x All-Catholic
- MMHSAA MVP
- 300 Point Club
- Leading scorer in SMH history
- WNY Flash Academy
- Gatorade POY
- All-American
- USA Today POY
- 2x Team Captain
· Charlie Pawli – Soccer – University of Albany – Lakeview native
- National Honor Society (95.89 GPA)
- 3x All-Catholic
- WNY Flash Academy
- 2x MMHSAA Champion
- Team Captain
“It’s a really special day for us,” St. Mary’s President Kevin Kelleher said. “Each one of these girls is better than the next. They’re fantastic in the community, in the classroom. Obviously on their preferred athletic on the field. They’re just amazing with the youth and everything we do at St. Mary’s High School. We’ve been blessed to have them for four years.”