St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Overland Park, Kansas)

St. Thomas Aquinas High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Overland Park, Kansas. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.

Background

Saint Thomas Aquinas High School is very successful in athletics and academics alike. STA, thus far, has graduated 20 classes. Through the 20 years to be open STA has won one National Championship (Boy's Soccer 1994), 51 state championships, 36 state runner-up championships, and 249 league / district / regional / sub-state championships. Academically it ranks in the top 5% of Kansas High Schools. In 2007, Alumnus Brian Smith plays linebacker for University of Notre Dame football and has two career touchdowns. 2008 Alumnus James Petersen was selected to play with the United States Under-20 national soccer team for the 2008-2009 season.

Athletics

Throughout many years of success in athletics, Saint Thomas Aquinas High School has established itself as one of the top athletic programs in Kansas. Saint Thomas Aquinas High School is in the Eastern Kansas League and is a member of Kansas High School Activities Association (KSHSAA). Aquinas is a 5A school with just under 1,300 students.

Saint Thomas Aquinas Athletics is led by the soccer program under Coach Craig Ewing. The Boy's Soccer Team has won a total of 11 State Championships (5 in the past 5 years), and the Girl's Soccer team has won 9, for a combined 20 State Championships in soccer alone.

The girls volleyball team won the state championship in volleyball in 2006 and 2007. The boys won the state championship in golf in 2007 and 2008.

External links

* [http://www.stasaints.net/ School Website]

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