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