Britt Commits to Alabama A&M University

Montgomery Catholic's senior star softball pitcher Anisa Britt recently signed her letter of intent to play softball for Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, AL.  In addition to the athletic honors, she will also receive an academic scholarship to the university.  Anisa is the first Montgomery Catholic softball player to sign with an NCAA Division-I program.

Britt has been an avid softball player since the age of five with the Montgomery American league, where she made the All-star team each year.  Three of the years with Montgomery American, Anisa's team played to the state championship in their age division.  Anisa has also played with a travel ball team for the past five years and traveled to many states for different tournaments.

While at Montgomery Catholic, Anisa has been the starting pitcher for the past four years, earning the team leadership award, two-time Most Valuable Player award, and a three-time All-metro Softball Player with The Montgomery Advertiser. 

In her four years with the Lady Knights, Anisa has had 232 at bats, 77 hits, .332 batting average, 56 RBIs, .941 SLG percentage, and a .435 on-base percentage.  She has achieved all of this while pitching in 88 games, 457 innings, with an ERA of 3.54.  With 519 strikeouts, Anisa is chasing the Montgomery Catholic school strike-out record.

Not only is Anisa a tremendous athlete, she is an excellent student maintaining a 3.6 grade point average.  Anisa is a member of the Loretto Chapter of the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, and the Science Club.  Anisa has also received offers from Alabama State University, Grambling State University, and Stillman College.

Anisa Britt is the daughter of Marty and Ava Britt.  To view pictures from Anisa's softball letter of intent signing ceremony, click here.

Congratulations Freshmen Class Officers

The freshmen class of Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School recently elected their Student Government Association officers for the 2010-2011 school year.  Congratulations to President Matthew Mills, Vice President Ann Marie Dean, Secretary Kirstin Wood, and Treasurer Sarabeth Parker.

Catholic Boys Take Tiger Classic Championship; Cotter Wins Fourth in Row

Senior Corey Cotter won the 1A-4A Division of the Tiger Classic Cross Country Meet at Auburn on Saturday, October 23 in 17:18. The Montgomery Catholic Boys won the overall team championship by placing five runners in the top seven of the 5 K race to win. Junior Nick Smith was third in 17:50, Sophomore Jarrett Mason fifth in 18:09, Freshman Matt Pouncey sixth in 18:10, and Sophomore Skip Martin finished seventh in 18:12. Multiple failures in the timing system prevented accurate times for the remaining racers in the Boys race, but Juniors Josh Stark and Phil Ozgul finished as the sixth and seventh runners for Catholic. Seventh grader Michael Twiford finished in the top 40. Senior Barr Younker, fresh off his two touchdown performance at TR Miller the night before, was 47th and Eighth grader Tucker Wilkinson was 48th.


In the Girls’ Race, Catholic finished third as Sophomore Katherine Terino and Freshman MacKenzie Colvin finished 13th and 14th. Senior Lizzie Terino was 22nd, Freshman Allie Micher ran her best race of the season to take 40th. Freshman Ann Marie Dean and Seventh Grader Macie Sommers rounded out the team scoring for the Lady Knights by finishing 44th and 47th.

Senior Asa Keating won the Junior Varsity race in a season best time of 20:47. Eighth grader Patrick Gregorius was second in 21:28 and fellow classmate Justin Cotter ran 24:21 to take tenth. Some members of the team will travel to Veteran’s Park in Hoover on Thursday to race in the Hoover Invitational. The rest of the team will prepare for the upcoming Sectional Meet on November 4th.

Montgomery Catholic Taps 11 New Members into National Junior Honor Society

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School recently inducted 11 new members into their chapter of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) during a recent ceremony.  More than just an honor society, these 11 eighth grade students have demonstrated outstanding performance in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship. 

The newest members of Montgomery Catholic's National Junior Honor Society are Paige Barranco, Ann Faulkner, Jacob Hulcher, Mandy Jones, Derek Kelly, Ashley Kim, Mary Janet McLaughlin, Olivia Nobles, John Ozgul, Leo Petters, and Grace Selvaggi.  A reception for the NJHS inductees and their parents was held immediately following the ceremony.