Athletics

November 3, 2016

Olivia, our school’s Girls Golf Team coach and graphic designer, was named the Minnesota Golf Association’s Women’s Player of the Year! She finished first three times this season, including the Minnesota Women’s State Match Play Championship, the MGA Mixed Amateur Team Championship (with partner Trent Peterson), and the MWPGA Four-Ball Championship (with partner Leigh Klasse). She reached the semi-finals of the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship and the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship (with partner Samantha Sommers). We are so fortunate to have Olivia so closely connected to our community and are thrilled to share her most recent success with you!

November 1, 2016

Dear MPA Community,

I am writing to share some bittersweet news. After 40 incredible years in education, Joe Kordosky, our athletic director, will be retiring at the end of this school year. As you are all aware, Kordo is a genuine legend at MPA and he will be deeply missed by students, parents, alumni, coaches, faculty, and staff. This, his final year, will be his 28th as MPA’s athletic director. “I don’t know that much has really changed here at MPA in my time. It’s always been about the kids and my role has always been to provide them with the best possible athletics experience,” he shared.

That’s exactly what Kordo has done. He built our school’s athletics program from the ground up, ultimately leading MPA to nine state team championships and 18 state individual championships. His vision helped the Lansing Center become a reality. He worked tirelessly to secure the absolute best coaches for our students and place MPA in the right conferences at the right times.

“I will never forget the day MPA was finally accepted into its first conference. I made the announcement at lunch and the news received a standing ovation. It was such a special moment in the history of our school as it helped further establish our legitimacy,” he said.

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June 30, 2016

MPA Homecoming is Saturday, September 24, 2016. Come back to campus for activities and athletics throughout the day. There will also be all alumni gatherings and milestone reunions for the classes of 2006, 2007, 1996, 1997, 1986, and 1987 celebrated over Homecoming weekend on September 23 and 24, 2016. More information to follow.

April 13, 2016

Reprinted with permission from mgoblue.com

The University of Michigan Athletic Department presented the Big Ten Medal of Honor to its 2015-16 recipients at its annual Student-Athlete Recognition Celebration on Tuesday evening (April 12), with seniors Mason Ferlic (St. Paul, Minn./Mounds Park Academy) and Shannon Scavelli (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Lakeland Shrub Oak) receiving the honor based on their proficiency in scholarship and athletics.

The conference’s most exclusive award was the first of its kind in intercollegiate athletics to recognize academic and athletic excellence. The Big Ten Medal of Honor was first awarded in 1915 to one student-athlete from the graduating class of each university who had “attained the greatest proficiency in athletics and scholastic work.” Big Ten schools currently feature almost 9,500 student-athletes but only 28 earn this prestigious award on an annual basis. In more than 100 years of the Medal of Honor, almost 1,400 student-athletes have earned this distinction. Read More