Being Xaverian - Our Lady of Good Counsel High School

While a student at Our Lady of
Good Counsel High School,
Meggie Curran was a four-year
starter who played on four WCAC
Championship girls soccer teams.
The Girls Varsity Soccer team
upheld the long-standing tradition
of being dominant in the area.
As a leading scorer, Midfielder
Meggie had 58 goals and 44
assists. The Falcons compiled a
regular season record of 14-2-1.
During her junior and senior year,
Meggie was ranked in the Top 10
for assists per game in the nation.
Meggie was named Third-team WCAC her freshman
year. In 1999 and in 2000, she was Second-team All Met,
Second-team All State and First-team WCAC and
Montgomery County. In 2001, she was named First-team
in the Washington Post, state, county and the league.
In addition to her soccer accolades, Meggie lettered in a
total of four sports: soccer, diving, lacrosse and track.
After graduating from Our Lady of Good Counsel High
School, Meggie went on to play soccer at the U.S. Naval
Academy where she became their all-time point leader
(goals and assists combined). In 2006, Meggie was
named a Third-Team All-American by Soccer Buzz.
She was Navy’s first player named to an All-American
team by any organization or media outlet. Meggie was
also awarded the Vice Admiral Lawrence Sword for
Women, which is presented to a woman of the graduating
class who is considered by the Association's Athletic
Council to have personally excelled in women's athletics
during her years of varsity competition. Meggie was the
fourth women's soccer player to win the award. Meggie is
also in the Naval Academy’s Hall of Fame. Currently,
Lieutenant Meggie Curran, USN is a
Naval Flight Officer assigned to
Carrier Airborne Early Warning
Squadron ONE TWO FOUR
(VAW-124) located in Naval
Station Norfolk, VA. ✦
With their season dedicated in memory of the
late Coach Tom Eastman, the 1995 Girls Varsity
Basketball Team fulfilled his dream to go “all the
way” to the City Title game and bring home the
WCAC championship banner. All-Met point guard,
Corey Hewitt ’95, led the team throughout the
season along with the rest of the all-senior starting
line-up—Suzie Miller ’95, Kari Gaskins ’95, Joei
Olson ’95, Suzanne Magnolia ’95, Beth Lodato ’95
and Sandi Hutko ’95.
The highly emotional season climaxed with a victory
over Seton to clinch the WCAC title, and the team
finished with a 66-39 win over Coolidge for the City
Title on March 5, 1995, at the Cole Field House.
The Lady Falcons finished with a 28-3 record and
were ranked #1 in the Washington area. Three members
of the team were named First-Team, All-Met and five
players received Division I scholarships.
The 1995 Girls’ Basketball Team was the first Good
Counsel team to win the WCAC Girls Basketball
Championship and the first Good Counsel team
(girls or boys) to win the City Title Championship. ✦
Members of the 1995 Girls Basketball Team include:
Sarah Diggins ’97, Kari Gaskins ’95, Maggie Gessner ’97,
Corey Hewitt ’95, Katie Hosmer ’96, Sandy Hutko ’95,
Beth Lodato ’95, Caroline Loh ’97,
Suzanne Magnolia ’95, Suzie Miller ’95,
Joei Olson ’95 and Stacy Oristian.
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