News Archive

At Shattuck-St. Mary’s, a self-paced online educational component has been part of the curriculum for years and now it will be available for more students in a fully online model.

Jesper ’10 and Petter ’13 Aasa, graduates of the Boys Hockey and Boys Soccer Centers of Excellence respectively, recently made strides in their quest to start a global movement towards healthy lifestyles and proper healthcare.

Osip Nikiforov ’13, a graduate of Shattuck-St. Mary’s Pre-Conservatory Center of Excellence, was recently named a finalist in the Young Artist Division of Weatherford College International Piano Competition.

Hannah Ray ’21, a senior in the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Vocal Performance Program (VPP) Center of Excellence, has continued to succeed in multiple musical competitions this spring, while working towards a role in a professional opera.

This past weekend, Shattuck-St. Mary’s student Jack Hickey ’23 competed in the Men’s Regional Gymnastics Championships, where he qualified to compete at the USA Men’s Developmental National Championships.

Sarah Moss ’17, a graduate of the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Figure Skating Center of Excellence, recently received the President’s Distinguished Service Award from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Last week, three SSM alumni achieved new success in the music industry, including two new releases and an official signing with a record label.

Michael Chapa ’21, a senior in the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Figure Skating Center of Excellence, recently qualified for and was selected to the 2021 US Figure Skating National Development Camp.

After a record-breaking senior season with the Northeastern Huskies, Shattuck-St. Mary’s girls hockey alumna Aerin Frankel ’17 was named the recipient of the 2021 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award on Saturday, March 27th.

Mallory Peper-Lindgren ’02 has recently been promoted to Vice President of Renewables at Westwood, an engineering firm where she has worked for the past fourteen years, and where she will now oversee the growth strategy for the firm’s Wind and Solar markets.

Liza Gavalova ’21, a member of the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Girls Soccer Center of Excellence program’s U19 team, has recently been selected by the Russian Football Union to attend a training camp for the Russian U19 National Team this spring.

FARIBAULT, Minn. - To support the continued growth of girls hockey, Shattuck-St. Mary’s School is adding a second Girls U19 team to its hockey program, becoming the only school to offer two U19 hockey teams for girls.

It’s Women’s History Month, and we’re excited to share the accomplishments of our female students and alumni in a year that has been especially historic in its challenges.

On Friday, February 19th, senior Gwen Eichfeld, a member of both the Shattuck-St. Mary’s BioScience and Hockey Centers of Excellence, was named the Southeast Minnesota Regeneron ISEF (International Science & Engineering Fair) Award Winner. This win means that she has advanced straight to the international competition; the only high schooler to do so from our region of Minnesota!

Shattuck-St. Mary’s Director of Sports Medicine, Joe Sawicki, was recently interviewed by Anthony Grasso, host of the Samson Strength Coach Collective, a podcast which seeks to create a resource and network for coaches around the country.

Last Tuesday, faculty and staff elected eight seniors to membership in the SSM Chapter of the Cum Laude Society, the ceremony and celebration of which took place over Zoom.

Jonah Kagen ’18, an alum of both the Boys Soccer and Engineering Centers of Excellence, is reaching new heights of Instagram and TikTok fame for another passion of his: music. While Jonah is currently a psychology major at Cornell University and continues to enjoy playing a key role on the Men’s Soccer team, he’s taken advantage of the solitude of the pandemic to continue pursuing his passion for creating music.

Hannah Ray ’21, a senior in SSM’s Vocal Performance Program Center of Excellence, recently took first place in the vocal category of the Northern State University Department of Music’s 2021 Friends of the Arts/NSU Young Artist Competition. She was also chosen as a finalist for Luther College’s Outstanding Dorian Soloists Virtual Recital.

SSM’s own Father Henry Doyle, Institutional Advancement and Alumni Relations and Outreach, and Lotte Aga ’22 were invited to speak at the Faribault Diversity Coalition’s (FDC) 7^th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast, which took place virtually at 9 a.m. on Monday, January 18^th, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Ao (Amber) Lu ’21, a member of the BioScience Center of Excellence, has published her paper entitled, “The Silent Majority – Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and South Asia Phenotype,” in the journal of the Conference of Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare.

‘Tis the season of giving, and the members of our Shattuck-St. Mary’s family gave wholeheartedly this year as the School held several annual fundraisers for the wider Faribault community.

Last month The Hollywood Reporter announced its annual list, “35 Under 35 Rising Executives,” which recognizes standout up-and-comers in the entertainment industry. Shattuck-St. Mary’s 2005 alum, John Agbaje, is among the list’s impressive players, which includes agents, managers, lawyers, and executives.

It was an exciting week for Shattuck-St. Mary’s alumni when it was announced that not one but two of our female alumni had achieved Forbes “30 Under 30” recognition in two of the 20 different categories. Grace Paulsen ’09 was featured in the “Energy” category, while Kelly Kiewel ’10 was featured in the “Games” category.

While some may have said her hockey career was over when she tore her ACL, MCL, PCL, and meniscus at the age of 15, Shattuck-St. Mary’s Hockey alum Noëlle Needham ’04 has surely proved naysayers wrong. After a successful prep and collegiate playing career, and an entrepreneurial spirit creating opportunities for young female hockey players, she now has her sights set on becoming the first female General Manager in NHL history.

This past summer marked the 10-year anniversary of the Shattuck-St. Mary’s BioScience Center of Excellence, and while we couldn’t celebrate and reunite exactly how we wanted to at the time, our current BioScience students and alumni have no shortage of important work to highlight.