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On Wednesday, May 22, The boys' varsity volleyball team defeated Glenbrook South 30-28, 25-22 to win their second regional championship in a row and 8th regional championship in the last eleven years.  

Loyola Academy’s Honors Architecture 2 students won recognition in the Advanced Architecture division of the Newhouse Architecture Contest held on Saturday, May 18, at the Illinois Center. The Newhouse Architecture Contest is sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Center.

On Sunday, May 19, senior Ramblers and their families gathered to celebrate the Baccalaureate Mass, held each spring to honor the graduating class. In his Homily, Loyola Academy President Rev. Patrick E. McGrath, SJ, encouraged the Class of 2019 to "remember that all moments are key moments and that life itself is grace."

View this video to see what the Women in STEM club has been up to this year.

On Wednesday, May 15, Loyola Academy Vice President of Athletics and Fitness Genevieve Atwood honored ten Rambler student-athletes at the spring National Letter of Intent Signing Day Ceremony.

On Tuesday, May 7, a handful of Rambler alumni took the initiative to help feed the hungry in Chicago with Catholic Charities. Volunteers served meals tableside and conversed with guests at Catholic Charities’ headquarters on LaSalle St.

The girls' lacrosse team became GCAC Champions, defeating St. Ignatius 16–4, on Saturday, May 11.

After the IHSA State Sectional meet on Friday, May 9, the girls’ track and field team has a number of state qualifying athletes! 100M dash: Addison Bendery '19; 4x400: Elizabeth Quackenbush '21, Arianna Awdisho '19, Addison Bendery '19, Anne Santangelo '19; 4x200: Addison Bendery '19, Arianna Awdisho '19, Anne Santangelo '19, Nora Lyons '21; 4x800: Elizabeth Quackenbush '21, Avery Kaye' 20, Jenna Rekoske '20, Sarah Jay '21.

On Monday, May 13, Junior Student Council partnered with Rolf’s Salon in Wilmette to host a “Wigs for Kids” hair donation program at Loyola. The event provides hair replacement and support for children who have lost their hair to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, burns and/or other medical issues. The wigs are donated free of charge to children in need.

The JV girls' soccer team defeated Fenwick 4–2 to capture the GCAC championship on Saturday, May 11! Goals were scored by Kendall Beil '22 (2), Annie Caretta '22, and Brooke Semple '22.

The boys’ varsity tennis team won the Chicago Catholic League championship last week to make it the 29th win for Tom Fitzgerald as head coach!

Congratulations to the freshman and sophomore track and field team, which took first place out of twelve teams in the Chicago Catholic League Championship! Individual champions were Spencer Werner in the 800m and 3200m runs and Chalen Jack '21 in the 110m hurdles.

On Saturday, May 4, over 525 members from the Rambler community gathered for the 50th Ramble, We are Golden, to raise a record $1,400,000 for the Loyola Academy Tuition Assistance Program.

The Loyola Crew team hosted the annual Judge Dunne Regatta this past weekend in Skokie with great results! The men's varsity 8 boats placed 3rd and 6th; the women's varsity 8 came in 2nd; the women's varsity 4 placed 1st; the men's varsity 4 boats placed 1st and 4th.

On Saturday, May 4, the girls' track and field team captured the 2019 GCAC Championship! Senior Addison Bendery won the 100 m dash, anchored the winning 4x100 relay team and finished 2nd in the 200 m dash. Nora Lyons '21 set a personal record in the long jump with her 2nd place finish. She also PR-ed and took 2nd place in the high jump as well. 

it was a great weekend for Loyola Academy Rambler Wrestling at the University of Illinois Armory.  Placing 2nd in the State Girls Freestyle Competition, Zoe Crecos ‘21 qualifies to represent Illinois at the USA Wrestling National Championship in Fargo, ND.  

Congratulations to the Loyola Academy Crew Team as Ramblers competed in the Lake Dillon Sprints this past weekend in Zanesville, Ohio

Loyola Academy’s annual Solidarity Project (April 1–17) kicked off with a comprehensive Workshop Day on Monday, April 1. Sophomores, juniors and seniors had the opportunity to hear from two keynote speakers and choose three sessions from nearly fifty workshops that addressed this year’s theme: Capturing the Power of Technology.

In March, Loyola Academy’s Counseling Department hosted a series of Career Days for junior students with dozens of guest speakers representing a diversity of professions including law, finance, technology, real estate, business, medicine and more. Each speaker provided a unique perspective and a valuable learning opportunity for juniors as they begin to consider their future paths.

Loyola Gold senior Eamon O'Brien was named the JJ O'Connor 2019 High School Player of the Year by the Amateur Hockey Association Illinois (AHAI). He was honored during Loyola Gold's state title game vs. New Trier Green at the United Center on Friday, March 22.   

In February, Chicago-based artist and activist Tonika Lewis Johnson visited Loyola Academy to discuss the evolution and impact of her art on the Chicago community. Her most recent work, the Folded Map Project, connects residents who live at corresponding addresses on Chicago’s North and South Sides with one another and explores the social, racial and institutional conditions that segregate the city. Students from the Ignatian Service Learning Program’s Sociology, Justice Seminar and Studio 2: Art and Social Change classes were in attendance.

On Monday, March 25, Loyola Academy's College Counseling Department hosted its annual College Fair. With over 175 colleges and universities in attendance, it is one of the largest private high school fairs in the state of Illinois.

“I had a very niche dream from a young age and threw myself at it,” says Andrew M. Gombac ’16. Gombac is studying transportation design at College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan. His passion for the field has landed him in Guangzhou, China, where he is currently living and working as an exterior design intern. “I hope this serves a testament that dreams can become a reality.”

Loyola won the Chicago Catholic League (CCL) indoor team title on March 17 at the University of Chicago. The varsity team won its 5th title in the past six years while the frosh/soph team won the team title for the first time since 2014. Individual varsity titles were won by seniors Eli Miller (800m), Jack Loveland (400m) and freshman Spencer Werner (1600m). Sophomore Spencer Dzyacky led Loyola with 14 points (runner-up in the 3200m and third in the 1600m). Frosh-soph titles were won by Michael Solmos (3200m), Seichi Shinozacki (800m) and Cameron Matejka (1600m).  

The girls’ track and field team are GCAC Indoor Champs! Senior Addison Bendery won the 400m in 61.03 and sophomore Lizzie Quackenbush took the 800m in 2:23.92.

Rambler parents braving the cold were rewarded with an inspiring evening of spiritual reflections followed by warm fellowship at An Evening with Father McGrath on Thursday, February 28. 

Zoe Crecos ’21 placed 3rd in the 2019 IWCOA Illinois State Wrestling Championship. Her win is up from 2018 when she placed 4th in state.  

Before James Hennessey ’97 and Marc Zahr ’97 cofounded Oak Street Real Estate Capital, LLC, a private equity real estate firm, which closed its fourth capital fund at a sum of $1.25 billion last year, they were classmates at Loyola Academy. Now comanaging partners—Hennessey is CFO and Zahr CEO—the longtime friends were recently named to Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40.

With a 58–35 victory over Trinity, the girls’ basketball team clinched the regional championship—their third in as many years—on Thursday, February 14! Senior Celia Satter led Loyola with 14 points. Junior Addison Ebeling had 11. Sophomore Summer Parker-Hall had 8.

Loyola Academy President Rev. Patrick E. McGrath, SJ, announced today that Genevieve Baisley Atwood has been named Loyola’s new vice president of athletics and fitness.

Ms. Atwood has served as Loyola’s interim athletic director since August 2018. In her new role as vice president of athletics and fitness, she will be responsible for the development, management, coordination and supervision of competitive athletic programming for all sports teams. Additionally, she will oversee the development and implementation of a new strategic plan for Loyola athletics and fitness.

On Wednesday, January 23, alumna Nicole C. Woitowich, PhD, ’04 spoke to Loyola’s Women in STEM Club during lunch periods. A biologist and biochemist who is now associate director of the Women’s Health Research Institute at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Woitowich is an advocate and champion for women in STEM and medicine.

This season, the girls' bowling team has shown that it's not how you start, it's how you finish! 

Congratulations to Loyola's Ramblerettes dance team for their 11th place finish at Nationals for their Jazz dance!

Loyola's Cheer team took fourth place at the Niles West Sectional with a score of 81.90, qualifying them for an appearance in the state finals!

New on the cocurricular menu is Loyola Academy's Women in STEM Club, which has taken off since its launch this fall. Moderated by Computer Science and Math Teacher Mrs. Anita Debarlaben, the club offers opportunities for young women at Loyola to explore STEM fields and careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

"Offering a Women in STEM Club fosters a community of women who support one another as we pursue those fields," says senior Courtney Carreira, who founded the club. "Hopefully, Women in STEM will enable girls to encourage one another and create a support network for women in STEM fields." An active member of the choir board, Clavius leadership board, the National Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society and the Scholastic Bowl Team, Carreira plans to pursue a major in physics next year.