MSA Students set to head to college

It’s been an amazing couple of months for Maribyrnong Sports Academy students past and present with 4 Athletes signing up with US Colleges to continue their education and sport.

2019 Graduate Bonnie Yu has signed a letter of intent with NCAA Division 1 College Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA.  Bonnie will begin her time with the SJUHAWKS in August 2020 and will attend the College as a student athlete in Women’s Lacrosse.

Meanwhile former student Rebecca Lane who graduated from MSA in 2015 and is a former School Captain here, has been recently appointed a Graduate Assistant Coach at St Joseph’s University after a stellar career at the college over the past 4 years.  

Speaking of School Captains, former College Captain and current U20 National Heptathlon Champion Jamieson Battistella is set to move to the States after accepting an offer from NCAA Div I University of Nebraska in Lincoln NE, to be a part of the Huskers Women’s Track and Field team.  Jamieson will begin at the College in January 2020.

2019 Graduate Zac Triplett has also signed a National Letter of Intent to attend NCAA Div I University of Portland in Portland as a student-athlete in the Pilots Men’s Basketball program.  

2019 VCE graduate and Dux of Year 12, Claire Hind has been accepted on a scholarship to attend NCAA Div I University of California - Berkeley in San Francisco CA as a student-athlete in the Cal Bears Field Hockey program.

In more good news for our 2019 graduates, Tennis athlete Stefan Cvetkovic has accepted a scholarship to attend Portland State University in Portland OR as a student-athlete in the Vikings Men’s Tennis program

We hope all our student athletes will adjust into their new college lives and will continue to perform at the high level and standards that they have set here at MSA. 

2019 - A Championship Year

Once again Maribyrnong College has had an outstanding year in the 2019 Interschool Sport program run by School Sport Victoria.

This year we won 19 State Championships as part of the program and we congratulate the following teams on their performances:

Golf Junior Girls Champion Senior Boys/Mixed Tennis

Senior Girls Tennis Intermediate Girls Tennis

Premier League Boys Soccer Premier League Girls Soccer

Intermediate Girls Badminton Senior Girls Badminton

Senior Mixed Hockey Senior Girls AFL

Year 8 Girls Netball Senior Girls Basketball

Year 8 Boys Soccer Intermediate Hockey

Intermediate Cricket Year 7 Boys Tennis

Year 7 Baseball Year 8 Cricket

Year 8 Girls Tennis State Swimming Champions

Boys 12/13 Cross Country Champions Girls 17/20 Cross Country Champions

In Addition to the School Sport Victoria events, we have also won the following State level competitions:

All Schools Girls Badminton Championship for the 2nd year running

Intermediate Girls Vic Netball Championships

2019 Open Honours Division Victorian Schools Volleyball Championships

Vic Water Polo Secondary Schools Cup

Year 8 Girls 4’s Vic Schools Beach Volleyball Championships

Open Girls pair Vic Schools Beach Volleyball Championships

As well as the above teams championships we have had numerous students become individual State champions and record holders.

We congratulate all Students and Staff who have been involved in winning a State championship in 2019 and thank all Students and Staff for their amazing efforts in all of our teams entered in competition this year.

MSA AFL Girls continue to shine

Hot on the heels of the drafting of former MSA student Georgia Patrikios to St Kilda with the number 5 pick this year, comes more great news for our girls AFL program.  

The AFL have announced the players selected for the 2020 NAB AFL Women’s Academy and Maribyrnong Sports Academy have had 3 girls selected into the program.

Selected as Level 2 squad members are year 11 students Jess Fitzgerald and Ellie McKenzie while fellow year 11 student Georgie Prespakis has been selected into the level 1 program.

52 players have been selected for the academy with the intake including two squads; 17 Level One – players who are 16 years of age and 35 Level Two – which includes the best 17-year-olds across the country who will be eligible for the 2020 NAB AFL Women's Draft.

AFL National Female Talent Manager Sophia Samartzis has told AFL.COM the fourth intake is the biggest squad to date.

"With the introduction of four new AFLW teams in 2020 the demand for young talent is higher than ever," she said.

"I look forward to the development of the players over the next 12 months as they strive for the dream of playing in the AFLW."

 Academy players will have access to;

• Training sessions with AFLW Clubs (in December 2019 and January 2020)

• High Performance training camps in January, April and August

• Athlete management systems

• Expert coaches, sports science and sports medicine staff