Best And Brightest || National Signing Day Celebrates Elite Eagle Scholar-Athletes Soaring to Collegiate Level

February’s traditional National Signing Day provided more than the usual Red & White salute for acclaimed St. Thomas scholar-athletes seizing the chance to continue their careers at the university level. Amid the coast-to-coast carnival capping the wild world of frenzied football recruiting that long ago reached peak absurdity came the engrossing journeys of exemplary St. [...]

Terms Of Engagement || Eagle Football Earns Second Straight Academic State Championship from National Football Foundation

For the second consecutive year, St. Thomas is proud to be the Texas private school state champion for the National Football Foundation (NFF) National High School Academic Excellence Awards. This prestigious acclaim is in partnership with the nationwide recognition honoring individual teams with a 3.0 or above cumulative grade point average. The collective St. Thomas [...]

By |2024-02-01T13:05:48-06:00January 31st, 2024|Alumni, Athletics, Academics, Football, Campus News|0 Comments

Red and White Waves of Success || Eagle Swimming Seizes Ninth Consecutive TAPPS East Region Championship

Tyler Sandrock ‘24 captured one individual gold medal and was a critical cog in three essential relay results to ignite St. Thomas to its ninth consecutive TAPPS Division I East Region championship at the Univesity of Houston Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium. Sandrock, Zach Haine ‘25, Ryan Bordas ‘25, Ben Thoede ‘24, and Ryan [...]

By |2024-02-07T12:05:49-06:00January 30th, 2024|Athletics, Swimming|0 Comments

Magic Numbers || Cavan Biggio ’13 and Jeff McCurry ’88 Celebrate Rarefied Retirement Salute

There is one road that will always remain the same. It’s familiar. It’s comfortable. And its destination is somewhere they never quite left. For former Eagles, distant and near, it’s the road home, their home at 4500 Memorial. For Toronto Blue Jay Cavan Biggio ‘13 and former MLB pitcher Jeff McCurry ‘88, the return was [...]

By |2024-01-30T12:47:22-06:00January 27th, 2024|Alumni, Athletics, Baseball, Campus News|0 Comments

Following God’s Plan || Evan Psencik ‘05 Leading Catholic Education in North Austin

Evan Psencik ‘05 is divinely driven by the strength of his Catholic faith. And just as readily relates to the Yiddish adage “Mann tracht, un Gott lacht.” Translation - “Man plans, and God laughs.” The dynamic first-year principal at St. Dominic Savio High School in burgeoning north Austin required much more than superior credentials, a [...]

By |2024-02-14T12:48:46-06:00January 27th, 2024|Academics, Alumni, Campus News|0 Comments

Slices Of Heaven || Dusty Dworak ’13 Flipping San Antonio Pizza World Upside Down

You gotta be cool and comfortable with a new-wave, old-school, no-thrills, seatless South San Antonio pizza joint with two employees and a phone. The curiosity is warranted because the fare is ab fab, all a neighborhood spot should be: friendly, deviating from drab and decidedly delicious, dedicated to straightforward, select ingredients while paying homage to [...]

By |2024-02-07T11:47:42-06:00January 24th, 2024|Alumni, Baseball, Campus News|0 Comments

Century Unlimited || Celebrating Thunderous Life of Jackie Burke ’40

He was an eternal Eagle icon and golfing immortal. He was the oldest living Masters Champion and staged the greatest final-day comeback ever at Augusta National. He was a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame while contributing to the game’s rich tapestry with a fashion and flare rarely seen and never duplicated. He [...]

By |2024-01-30T13:05:48-06:00January 19th, 2024|Alumni, Campus News|0 Comments

Rise And Fire || Former Rocket Matt Maloney Gives Boost to Eagle Basketball

Jerome Llorens was only days into the preseason preps for his first go-round with Eagle Basketball. An inspiring supporting presence surprisingly arrived as swiftly as a quicksilver release and splash from deep distance. The additional coaching voice was unexpected as well as welcomed to accelerate the program’s progress. One-time Houston Rocket shooting assassin Matt Maloney [...]

Nourishing Body And Soul || Eagle Scholars Continue St. Thomas Legacy of Social Activism

St. Thomas theology faculty member Danny Hernandez ‘08 has built his career and philanthropy around the principles of social justice, community service, and entrepreneurial spirit.  He mentors emphasizing those same ideals to Eagle scholars who want to make a better world and find solutions to important issues. Hernandez consistently searches for off-campus components to support discussion [...]

By |2024-02-12T16:43:07-06:00January 16th, 2024|Student Life, Campus News, Academics, Alumni|1 Comment

Lasting Legacy || Celebrating Champions for Basilian Education

In the final days of 2023, the St. Thomas Family celebrated the exceptional lives of three champions for Basilian education and devout members of Houston’s Catholic community. Michael John Cemo ‘63 1945-2023 An esteemed member of the prestigious Hall of Honor. An acclaimed and dynamic leader in Houston’s financial industry for more than three decades. [...]

By |2024-01-17T15:22:03-06:00January 9th, 2024|Campus News|0 Comments
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