6 Senior Athletes From Oak Knoll School Of The Holy Child In Summit Sign Letters Of Intent

Submitted by Meghan Hodgin

Six senior athletes from Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, surrounded by their parents, faculty, and staff, signed early National Letters of Intent last week, confirming their commitment to their respective colleges.

On November 12, Caroline Andretta ’15, signed with Duke University to play field hockey; Gabriella Leuthner ’15, signed with Tulane University for track and field;Sabrina Marki ’15 signed with the University of Texas, Austin, for rowing; Kathleen Miszkiewicz ’15 signed with Villanova University for swimming; Morgan Ryan ’15signed with Georgetown University to play lacrosse; and Allison Sayia ’15 signed with Villanova University to play field hockey.

· Andretta, a center forward on Oak Knoll’s field hockey team, has been playing since fourth grade. She helped lead Oak Knoll to its third-consecutive state title over the weekend, and seventh overall.

· Leuthner has run track at Oak Knoll since ninth grade, but she’s committed for pole vaulting at Tulane. Since Oak Knoll does not have a pole vault pit, she travels to Pennsylvania two- to three-times a week train. Starting just one year ago, Leuthner called her experience with pole vaulting “a fast journey,” saying, “it’s crazy that I have only been doing pole vault for a year and now I am going to a D1 school for it.” Outside of athletics, Leuthner is editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, Untucked; an editor of the French newsletter, Ecoute-moi; a member of the Math League; a volunteer for Special Olympics; and a tutor to younger students.

· Marki, who has been rowing for four years, rows six days a week in boats consisting of four people and a coxswain, and boats with eight people plus a coxswain. At Oak Knoll, she participates in Math League.

· Miszkiewicz is a freestyler and backstroker at the Somerset Hills YMCA and has been swimming since she was 6 years old.

· Ryan, who plays midfield in lacrosse, has been playing since fifth grade. She plays for the Building Blocks Lacrosse club, and committed her sophomore year. She also played for Oak Knoll’s soccer team.

· Sayia plays center midfield for the Oak Knoll field hockey team. She has been playing since fifth grade; however, she joined both Oak Knoll’s lacrosse and field hockey teams in sixth grade. She also plays on the club field hockey team, New Jersey Heights. Also at Oak Knoll, Sayia writes for Oak Knoll’s newspaper, Untucked, and is an eighth-grade peer leader.

Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child is an independent, Catholic school, coeducational in elementary school from kindergarten through grade six; and all-girls in middle and high school from grades seven through 12. For more information about Oak Knoll, please visit www.oakknoll.org or call 908-522-8109.

PHOTO: Six senior athletes from Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child signed early National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. Pictured, from left, areKathleen Miszkiewicz ’15, of Summit, who signed for swimming with Villanova University; Gabriella Leuthner ’15, of Summit, who signed with Tulane University for track and field; Sabrina Marki ’15, of Bedminster, who signed with the University of Texas, Austin, for rowing; Caroline Andretta ’15, of New Vernon, who signed with Duke University to play field hockey; Allison Sayia ’15, of the Short Hills section of Millburn, who signed with Villanova University to play field hockey; and Morgan Ryan ’15, of Maplewood, who signed with Georgetown University to play lacrosse.