athletics

Head varsity football coach Marcus Colvin has been invited to present at the 2015 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Convention.

Colvin will address a group of his high school football coaching peers at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville the morning of Monday, Jan. 12. His presentation is titled, "The All-Around Athlete."

"My focus is going to be on the coaching mission of guiding our young men to be excellent competitors without forgetting to help mentor them to success in life," Colvin said. He's been a member of the AFCA for two years.

Early this December, Margaret Geraghty became the 18th CJ student-athlete to sign with a college rowing program since 2006 when she inked her letter of intent to row for the University of Louisville.

The coxswain intends to study exercise science and will receive partial athletic grants and academic scholarships at the U of L. The Cardinal's NCAA Division I women’s rowing program, ranked No. 18 in last May's CRCA/US Rowing Coaches poll, competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Beth Stumpf became the first CJ student-athlete of the 2014-15 school year to sign a National Letter of Intent after agreeing to join the volleyball program at Slippery Rock University (Pa.) during the early signing period on Nov. 14.

The outside hitter intends to study education at Slippery Rock, located about 40 miles east of Youngstown, Ohio, where she will receive partial athletic grants. The school's NCAA Division II volleyball program competes in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).

Student athletes on the women’s soccer and volleyball teams took advantage of the fall season to raise awareness for issues close to their hearts, making teamamtes, fans and the community all the wiser about Alzheimer's disease and breast cancer.