The top U17, U19 and U21 athletes in the country have been named to the 2017 U.S. Junior National Field Hockey Squads and senior Kaylie Mings has the honor to be named one of the chosen few. Mings was selected to the United States U19 National Team roster where she will join a squad of 26 athletes from all over the country. The team will gather monthly to train in California, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Following their training camps, select athletes will be announced to a travel squad that will tour internationally in the spring.

Kaylie recently completed her senior season at Kinkaid where she served as a captain. She was previously a member of the U17 National team where she was selected for the Germany tour last May. Kaylie has received Regional All American, All SPC, and South Zone SPC honors. Kaylie will attend Stanford University where she will play field hockey for the Cardinal.  

To view each of the Women’s Junior National Team Rosters click here: http://www.teamusa.org/usa-field-hockey/uswnt/junior-squad

Welcome to the spring semester!

Please click on the video below to view Dr. Martire's January message. 

The Athletic Department is excited to announce that Kelly Stumph will be our full-time Program Head for Girls Varsity Volleyball moving forward. Coach Stumph came to Kinkaid this past summer as the top assistant coach for Girls Volleyball before assuming the role of Interim Head Coach in late August. In her brief time on campus, Coach Stumph has made a positive impression with her outstanding work ethic, tremendous organizational skills, in depth knowledge of several sports, and genuine passion for teaching kids at all levels. She will continue to coach within our swimming and girls lacrosse programs as well.

Prior to Kinkaid, Coach Stumph served as the Girls Varsity Volleyball Head Coach at Faith Academy in Bellville, TX where she led the Knights to the state semifinals in her first year. She also served as the Boys Head Basketball Coach and coordinated offseason strength and conditioning workouts for both junior high and high school athletes, among several other roles. Coach Stumph also has experience coaching at the club level as an assistant for the Colorado Juniors 15’s and as Head Coach for the Colorado Chill 14’s.

Coach Stumph has served in several leadership roles at Rice University, Texas A&M University, American Volleyball Coaches Association, and the United States Olympic Committee. 

Please join us in congratulating Coach Stumph in her new role at Kinkaid.

Taqi Hasnain '18 placed 1st in the art contest for his ink drawing. May Moorefield '19 placed 2nd on the Latin Grammar and Reading Comprehension exam (advanced level). Lastly, Seb Seager '19 placed 2nd on the Roman Life and Culture exam (advanced level). 

It has been a busy week for current and former Kinkaid Falcons.

First, the NFHCA named 10 Kinkaid Field Hockey players to the Keith Waldman High School Nation Academic squad. 

Seniors – Marie Atmar, Sarah Fullenweider, Lexie Heim, Jennifer Jacobe and Kaylie Mings

Juniors – Katherine Berman, Ellie Bolin, Caroline Hanan, Belle Martire, and Nina Wells

Atmar, Jacobe, Mings, Martire, Hanan and Wells were also recognized as Scholars of Distinction.

To view the full Keith Waldman - Optimal Performance Associates/NFHCA High School National Academic Squad click here: https://www.eteamz.com/NFHCA/files/HighSchoolNationalAcademicSquad.pdf

Next, the Varsity Wrestling team traveled up to Dallas to compete in the State Prep tournament at McKinney Christian Academy. 

Junior Colin Lawler became the State Champion in the 220lb division. Junior Noah Chan was named the State Champion in the 152lb division and the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament. Seniors John Goettee earned 2^nd place in the 120lb division and Brighton Huynh came in 3^rd place in the 113lb division. All four young men qualified for the Prep National Tournament at Leigh University on February 24-25, 2017. 

Junior Noah Chan was also named the Wrestler of the Week by Wrestling Texas. To view the full article click here:  http://wrestlingtexas.com/2017/02/07/wrestler-of-the-week-noah-chan-of-kincaid/

Finally, former Falcon Raevyn Rogers gets ready to compete for Oregon in the NCAA Division I Track and Field Indoor National Meet hosted by Texas A& M. Rogers will be in the open 800m and 4x400m relay. The meet will be on March 9 & 10^th. Tickets can be purchased here:  http://files.12thman.com/ncaatrack/

Congratulations to all of our Falcons!

It has been an exciting wrestling season!  While injuries sidelined several Kinkaid wrestlers this season, the remaining team proved it is small but mighty!  The first stop on the road to Prep Nationals was the Prep State Duals, held January 21 at St. John's, where four Kinkaid wrestlers went undefeated with 5-0 records:  Brighton Huynh '17, Max Mannetti '18, Noah Chan '18 and Colin Lawler '18.  Following an impressive showing at the Prep State Duals, six Kinkaid wrestlers were ranked in the top five for their weight classes in the Texas Prep Coaches Poll going into the Texas Prep State Tourney, February 4 at McKinney Christian Academy in McKinney, Texas:

113 lbs - Brighton Huynh '17 - ranked 4th

120 lbs - John Goettee '17 - ranked 2nd

138 lbs - Max Mannetti '18 - ranked 4th

145 lbs - James Goettee '17 - ranked 5th

152 lbs - Noah Chan '18 - ranked 1st

220 lbs - Colin Lawler '18 - ranked 1st

And they did not disappoint!  Four wrestlers proudly represented Kinkaid on the Prep State Tournament podium!

L - R:  Noah Chan '18 - 1st place and awarded Most Outstanding Wrestler, John Goettee '17 - 2nd place, Brighton Huynh '17 - 3rd place, Colin Lawler '18 - 1st place

All four Prep State Tournament winners qualified for the 82nd National Prep Wrestling Tournament, which will be held February 24-25 at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.  Congratulations to these athletes for their accomplishments, and good luck at Nationals!

During the weekend of February 9-12, Kinkaid took twenty-two students to Baltimore for the Johns Hopkins University 20th Annual Model UN Conference. Over 1500 students from all over the country (and three international schools, as well) competed this year. Kinkaid's team did very well, and two of our students won awards.

Anvi Nandish '17 won the Outstanding Delegate Award for playing the part of Sommai Phasee in the Government of Thailand 2014 Committee, and Camila Vicens '20 won the Honorable Mention Award for playing the part of our very own Bob McNair in the NFL Owners Meeting Committee.  Congratulations to Anvi and Camila!

Anvi Nandish '17

Camila Vicens '20

The winter sports season has officially come to an end. The Varsity Falcon teams had one of the strongest finishes in recent history while the Middle School teams all qualified for the HJPC tournament. Thank you to all of the fans, families, faculty, staff, coaches and student-athletes for all of your support, dedication and hard-work this season. Below is a recap of each tournament finish

SPC Team Finishes

Our Varsity teams competed here in Houston this past weekend in the Southwest Preparatory Conference Championships. The SPC is comprised of 17 schools from Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and Oklahoma. The top six teams from each zone have the ability to compete in the tournament with the #1 and #2 seeds getting a bye in the first round. Six of our seven teams had top four finishes within the entire SPC conference. Girls Varsity Basketball and Girls Varsity Swimming & Diving both won 1st Place trophies while Girls Varsity Soccer and Varsity Wrestling brought home 2nd place trophies. Boys Varsity Soccer and Varsity Basketball earned a top four finish, 3rd and 4th respectively.

SPC CHAMPIONS- Varsity Girls Basketball

The Varsity Girls Basketball team had a dominating season capped off with a SPC Championship win. The team banked 12 straight wins after the winter holiday break; going undefeated in conference play and had a 32 point average margin of victory. Feeding off the energy of the home crowd in game one, the Falcons jumped out to an early 37-19 lead against St. John's. Alexis Johnson had 23 points, 10 rebounds, Jasmine Smith had 13 points, 10 assists and Chinaza Ndee earned 11 points for the team. In game two, the Falcons again secured a big lead of 37-15 going into halftime before they went on to win. In the Championship game, the team controlled the pace of the game from the start. Johnson led the team with a double-double (22 points, 16 rebounds) and they went on win the Championship trophy.  The Falcons were also recognized by the TABC with a #2 ranking in the Large Private School Division. Congratulations Falcons!

SPC Finish: 1st Place
South Zone Finish: 1st Place
Conference Record: 6-0
Overall Record: 30-3

SPC Tournament Results:
Game 1 – Won 55-26 over St. John’s
Game 2 – Won 66-42 over Greenhill (semi-finals)
Game 3 – Won 50-41 over HCHS (championship)

All SPC: Alexis Johnson, Jasmine Smith, Chinaza Ndee
All South Zone: Alexis Johnson, Jasmine Smith, Chinaza Ndee

Click here to read the championship article by My San Antonio.

Click here to view pictures from the Chron at the SPC Championship.

Click here to watch the game winning shot! 

SPC CHAMPIONS- Varsity Girls Swimming & Diving

The Varsity Girls Swimming & Diving team had a sensational showing at the SPC meet and won first place.  During the meet, Audrey Orange set a new SPC record in the 100 Free and set Kinkaid team records in the 50 Free, 100 Free and 400 Free Relay. Kate Riley and Eliana Estes earned valuable points in the Diving competition by placing second and fourth respectively. The championship was determined by the final 400 yard Freestyle Relay race. May Moorefield, Peyton Pivec, Marley Orange and Audrey Orange swam the race of their life and not only improved their team record by seven seconds but beat the second place team by a full six seconds. It was a solid effort by the entire team that allowed the Falcons to bring home the Championship trophy. Congratulations!

SPC Finish: 1st Place
SPC Individual Meet Top 10 Finishes
1st Place: Girls 50 Yard Freestyle - Audrey Orange (23.99)
1st Place: Girls 100 Yard Freestyle - Audrey Orange (51.40)
1st Place: Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay - May Moorefield, Marley Orange, Peyton Pivec, Audrey Orange (3:43.73)
2nd Place: Girls 200 Yard IM - May Moorefield (2:15.60)
2nd Place: Girls 1 Meter Diving - Kate Riley
2nd Place: Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay - Mary Helen Burt, May Moorefield, Marley Orange, Audrey Orange (1:43.24)
3rd Place: Girls 200 Yard IM - Peyton Pivec (2:19.85)
3rd Place: Girls 100 Yard Backstroke - Peyton Pivec (1:02.61)
4th Place: Girls 1 Meter Diving - Eliana Estes
4th Place: Girls 100 Yard Butterfly - May Moorefield (1:01.26)
4th Place: Girls 100 Yard Freestyle - Marley Orange (58.94)
6th Place: Girls 100 Yard Freestyle - Mary Helen Burt (59.04)
6th Place: Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay - Lizzie Markovich, Lee Saunders, Mary Helen Burt, Ellie Lucke (2:08.12)
7th Place: Girls 200 Yard Freestyle - Marley Orange (2:09.18)
7th Place: Girls 100 Yard Backstroke - Lizzie Markovicch (1:08.49)
9th Place: Girls 50 Yard Freestyle - Mary Helen Burt (27.13)
10th Place: Girls 50 Yard Freestyle - Ellie Lucke (27.54)
10th Place: Girls 100 Yard Freestyle - Ellie Lucke (1:01.30)
10th Place: Girls 200 Yard Freestyle - Kcenia Kloesel (2:20.19)

All SPC: Mary Helen Burt, May Moorefield,  Audrey Orange, Marley Orange, Kate Riley, Peyton Pivec

Please click here to read the championship article by The Chronicle.

2nd Place- Varsity Girls Soccer

The Varsity Girls Soccer team went undefeated at home all season, scoring 81 goals and only allowing 14 against. They secured the #1 seed in the south by traveling to St. John’s and defeating them 5-2 in the last game before the tournament. The Falcons then went on to win both the quarterfinal and semi-final games against strong North Zone opponents and earned a spot in the championship game; a feat that has not been done by the program since 2012. In game one against Trinity Valley, Izzy Nelson had a hat trick and an assist along with a goal from Ellie Bolin and an assist by Caleigh Doran. In game two, Nelson scored again. This time assisted by Laine Wolfe. Bar Pierce blasted a free kick from 15 yards out to secure the win. The team then had a quick turn around and faced a strong ESD team who went on to win the title for the fourth time in four years. Congratulations on a fantastic season and 2nd place trophy.

SPC Finish: 2nd Place
South Zone Finish: 1st Place
Conference Record: 5-1
Record: 16-2-1 

SPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – Won 4-2 over TVS 
Game 2 – Won 2-0 over Hockaday (semi-finals) 
Game 3 – Lost 4-0 ESD (championship)

All SPC: Farise Cravens, Caleigh Doran, Izzy Nelson, Bar Pierce
All South Zone: Ellie Bolin, Izzy Nelson, Lena Provenzano, Maggie Wallis, Laine Woelfel

Click here to watch the girls semifinal winning goal vs Hockaday!

2nd Place- Varsity Wrestling

With only 9 wrestlers out of 14 weight classes, the Varsity Wrestling Team was able to bring home the 2nd place trophy at the SPC Meet. Six wrestlers, Brighton Huynh, John Goettee, Edward Chamblee, Max Mannetti, Noah Chan and Colin Lawler earned spots in the championship finals while Ameer Mustafa and Nicke Medina competed in the consolation finals. Goettee, Chamblee, Chan and Lawler all were named SPC Champions and Huynh and Mannetti earned second. Chan, Goettee, Huyhn, and Lawler will all go on to compete at Prep Nationals at Leigh University February 24th and 25th. Congratulations to the entire team for an incredible season!

SPC Finish: 2nd Place

Individual SPC Tournament Results
1st Place: John Goettee - 120 lbs.
1st Place: Edward Chamblee  - 126 lbs.
1st Place: Noah Chan - 152 lbs.
1st Place: Colin Lawler - 220 lbs.
2nd Place: Brighton Huynh - 113 lbs.
2nd Place: Max Mannetti - 138 lbs.
4th Place: Nicke Medina - 132 lbs.
4th Place: Ameer Mustafa - 285 lbs.

All SPC: Edward Chamblee, Noah Chan, John Goettee, Brighton Huynh, Max Mannetti, Colin Lawler

Click here to read an article from Click2Houston on the dynamic wrestling duo, Colin Lawler and Noah Chan. 

3rd Place- Varsity Boys Soccer

The Varsity Boys Soccer team entered the tournament as the #3 seed from the south and easily defeated the Episcopal School of Dallas in the the first round. Our Falcons (of the South) then took on the Falcons of Fort Worth Country Day and knocked out the #2 North Zone seed. The team fought hard in game three but came up short against EHS. They rallied back and defeated Cistercian, the #1 seed from the north, to win 3rd place overall. The team showed composure, grit, and determination over the course of the 3 day tournament. Congratulations on an outstanding finish to your season!

SPC Finish: 3rd Place
South Zone Finish: 3rd Place
Conference Record: 3-2-1
Record: 10-4-2

SPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – Won 3-0 over ESD
Game 2 – Won 2-0 over FWCD
Game 3 – Lost 2-0 to EHS (semi-finals)
Game 4 – Won 4-2 over Cistercian

All SPC: Willy DuCharme, Ace Nicolaou, Becket Toussaint
All South Zone: Ace Nicolaou, Phin Sprague, Becket Toussaint

4th Place- Varsity Boys Basketball

9th Place- Varsity Boys Swimming & Diving

The Varsity Boys Swimming team had a solid showing by earning five top ten finishes during the SPC Championship meet and finished ninth place. 

SPC Individual Meet Top 10 Finishes
5th Place: Boys 500 Yard Freestyle - Charlie Brennig (4:56.67)
7th Place: Boys 200 Yard Freestyle - Charlie Brennig (1:51.29)
7th Place: Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay - Michael Bell, Charlie Brennig, Daniel King, William Gage (1:38.43)
8th Place: Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay - William Gage, Charlie Brennig, Paul Thompson, Michael Bell (3:37.54)
10th Place: Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay - Daniel King, William Miner, Paul Thompson, William Gage (1:57.60)

HJPC Team Finishes

The Houston Junior Preparatory Conference is made up of twelve private middle schools in the greater Houston area. Only the top eight teams at the end of the regular season have the opportunity to compete in the final tournament. Boys Basketball and Boys Soccer both made it to the final game. Congratulations to all of the teams who represented Kinkaid and a special shout out goes to the Boys 8th Purple Basketball team who won the championship title.

1st Place- Boys 8th Purple Basketball 

Overall Record: 15- 3
Conference Record: 9-2 - #3 seed
HJPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – won 78-45 over Presbyterian
Game 2 – won 51-42 over AOS (semi-final)
Game 3 – won 48-44 over ROBS (Championship)

2nd Place- Boys 8th Soccer

Overall Record: 11-2
Conference Record: 8-0 #1 seed
HJPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – won 4-1 over ROBS
Game 2 – won 4-0 over John Cooper (semi-final)
Game 3 – lost 4-0 to Village (Championship)

Semi Finalist - Girls 8th Purple Basketball

Overall Record: 9-7
Conference Record: 6-5 - #7 seed
HJPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – won 38-37 over Duchesne
Game 2 – lost 44-25 to St. John’s (semi-final)

Semi Finalist - Girls 8th Soccer

Overall Record: 9-6
Conference Record: 6-4 - #4 seed
HJPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – won 3-2 over Duchesne
Game 2 – lost 5-4 to St. John’s (semi-final)

5th Place - MS Wrestling

Individual Meet Finishes
1st Place: Odin Hicks - 89 lbs.
2nd Place: Sam Pitss - 113 lbs.

MS Swimming & Diving 

Kinkaid MS Swim team won 7th place with a combined score of 66. 

Kinkaid Boys - 5th Place, Score of 37
Individual Meet Finishes
1st Place: Boys 100 Yard IM - 
Pryce Pivec (1:05.97)
2nd Place: Boys 50 Yard Backstroke - 
Pryce Pivec (29.34)
3rd Place: Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay – 
Pryce Pivec, Brian Chen, Presscott Lau, Scott Altsuler (2:23.92)
6th Place: Boys 100 Yard Freestyle - 
Presscott Lau (1:11.71)
6th Place: Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay - 
Scott Altsuler, Brian Chen, Presscott Lau, Pryce Pivec (2:08.65)

Kinkaid Girls - 6th Place, Score of 29
Individual Meet Finishes
3rd Place: Girls 50 Yard Freestyle - 
Laura Saunders (27.52)
3rd Place: Girls 100 Yard Freestyle - 
Laura Saunders (1:01.34)
4th Place: Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay - 
Mary Eloise Searls, Laura Saunders, Lindi Ruthven, Hallie Jeffers (2:20.21)
6th Place: Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay - 
Lindi Ruthven, Mary Eloise Searls, Hallie Jeffers, Laura Saunders (2:04.84)

Please click on the link below to view Dr. Martire's February Message! 

Colin Lawler '18 was named a Prep All American at the Prep Nationals Wrestling Tournament at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania on Saturday, February 25 by placing 4th in the Tournament finals.  Coach Bobby Eggleston said, "Colin wrestled superbly, winning his first match vs the six seed.  Colin then faced the number 3 seeded wrestler from national power Wyoming Seminary, who had beaten Colin the previous day in a close match.  Revenge was sweet as Colin was in control the entire match before pinning the three seed.  Wow!  It was impressive.  That put Colin in the 3rd/4th place match and, although he was ahead 1-0 in the 3rd period, he came up one point short.  It was tough because there was an inadvertent whistle dispute at the end of the match, but Colin handled the situation like a true champion and did not let it dampen his spirits as he walked away with a 4th place finish."  Colin's 4th place finish earned him distinction as a Prep All American.

As a team, Kinkaid ended the Tournament with a top 25 finish out of 136 teams, finishing as the highest ranked Texas team in the Tournament.  Congratulations to Colin on his All-American honors and to the entire Kinkaid team on an excellent season!

Coach Bobby Eggleston, Colin Lawler '18, Coach Derrick Waldroup

Kinkaid's upper school FTC and VEX Robotics teams recently finished their seasons. 

The FTC Robotics Team, Talon Industries, finished its season Saturday, February 18, at the FIRST First Technical Challenge (FTC) Southeast Texas Regional Championships at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas.  After a thorough presentation to a panel of judges about its team's history, goals and engineering process and a string of qualifying match victories using a new and innovative defensive maneuver, Talon Industries pushed its way into the elimination round ranked 11 out of 36 teams.  Team Talon Industries continued use of its new strategy with success in both of two close and hotly contested semi-final elimination matches to advance to the finals.  Although the team did not record a win in the finals, Coach Vinnie Vrotny said, "The team displayed grit, creativity and perseverance throughout the tournament and season".

FTC Team Talon Industries: Christian Gipson '19, Sasha Busa '20, Joseph Wagnon '19, Julian Meyers '19, Andres Melendez '18, Christos Papandreou '18, Jamie Moseley '18, Nikita Munsif '20, Jeni Rojas '20

The VEX Robotics Team, 1221K, finished its season Saturday, February 25, at the South Texas Regionals in Aldine, Texas.  The highlights for the season included a 2nd place finish at their penultimate tourney after upsetting the 2nd and 3rd seed alliances. Coach Harlan Howe reports, "Team 1221K continued to learn and improve over the course of the year. They have been working since last April, including over the summer. Every tournament, they've shown significant improvement." 

VEX Team 1221K:  Pictured, Kenneth Lam '19, Isabel Gardner '18, Chris Choi '17 (Captain), Jamie Moseley '18, Seb Seager '19.  Not pictured, Zubair Mukhi '17

Congratulations to both teams on a great season!

Lower School 3^rd and 4^th grade students met best selling author-illustrator Javaka Steptoe this week. Sharing with them his latest book Radiant Child The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, Steptoe’s work won the highest honor for a picture book in 2017, the Caldecott Medal. This title shares the life of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat as a young boy and his passion for creating and the power of art to heal. 

Steptoe took an interactive approach to teaching about the book, choosing five volunteers to portray the characters of the book and their actions as he narrated to the students. Kinkaid would like to thank local independent bookstore Blue Willow Bookshop for partnering to bring Steptoe to directly to our students!

Check out photos from his time with our students below. 

What a busy month of activities and accomplishments. Catch up with Dr. Martire as he fills you on

what happened during the month of April here at Kinkaid!

Sophia Solé will be attending Stanford University where she will be one of 6 freshman on the Varsity Co-ed Sailing Team.   She is a member of the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club and sails with the Gulf Coast Youth Sailing Association.  She sails the Laser and also crews for her sister, AnaClare in the i420 (pictured here).  

For the past two summers, Sophia and AnaClare have competed in the i420 World Championships in Karatsu, Japan and San Remo, Italy with top finishes for the US women team. This summer Sophia plans to compete in Laser Under-21 Worlds in Nieuwpoort, Belgium.  Sophia was captain of the varsity girls cross country team at Kinkaid for the past two years and believes that in both sports focus and discipline are vital to success.