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By David Ikenouye, November 23, 2009 3:53 pm

Bishop Carroll is pleased to announce that Grade 12 Student Golf Athlete, Nicole Zhang, recently signed with the famed Fighting Irish. According to Nicole, “Attending Bishop Carroll has enabled me to spend several months during the winter in Palm Springs where I can work with my coach and improve my golf game.

Bishop Carroll’s independent study program has also helped me develop a strong work ethic, self-motivation, and time management skills that will prepare me for being a student-athlete in university.”

The announcement of Nicole’s signing of the letter of intent with the University of Notre Dame is featured below:

“”Women’s golf head coach Susan Holt has announced the signing of two student-athletes to National Letters of Intent to attend the University of Notre Dame and continue their golf careers at the collegiate level, beginning in the fall of 2010. The two signees include Nicole Zhang of Calgary, Alberta and Kristina Nhim of Buena Park, Calif.

“Nicole and Kristina will be solid additions to a very experienced group of returning players next year,” said Holt. “They are very good friends and will push each other from the start, which will only benefit the team in the end. They told me during their official visit this past weekend that their goal is to make it to the NCAA Finals all four years! That is great to hear because that is the direction in which I am trying to take the program and they will be major factors in getting us there.”

Zhang, who currently attends Bishop Carroll in Calgary, joins the Irish as the 10th-ranked recruit for the class of 2010 according to Golfweek. She is also ranked 13th by the National Junior Golf Scoreboard. She has had a series of impressive results over the past two years on the junior golf circuit, including a sixth place finish at the American Junior Golf Association’s Emerson Junior Golf Classic, which concluded on Aug. 20, 2009. She shot a 219 (71-73-75) at the event. She also finished 31st at the United States Golf Association’s Girls Junior Amateur Championship on July 25, 2009.

Zhang earned another AJGA top-10 finish on July 4, 2009 when she wrapped up play at the Rolex Tournament of Champions in seventh. She fired a 69 in the first round of the event and followed with a 70-75-75 to finish at 289 for the four-round tournament. She has also had great success on the Futures Collegians World Tour, where she has finished in the top-three in each of her last three FCWT starts. Most recently, she finished third at the Terra Lago Open on April 4-5, 2009. She is the younger sister of current Irish men’s golf team member Dustin Zhang.

“Nicole comes in ranked right up there where So-Hyun [Park] and Becca [Huffer] came in at,” added Holt. “With the success those two have had, I am looking forward to the next four years with Nicole. She is a very experienced tournament player that has had a great deal of success. We are very excited to have Nicole join the Lady Irish Golf Family.”" (University of Notre Dame Athletic Website, accessed November 16, 2009)

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By Speech and Debate, November 23, 2009 8:44 am

The Speech Club’s successful run continued at Western Canada High School’s Speech Tournament on Friday, November 13.  Student Coaches Sammy Roach and Harrison Fleming earned first place respectively in “Original Oratory” and “Impromptu.”  Third place medals were awarded to Nicolas Méthot for his “Oral Interpretation of Prose” and Tegen Dunnill Jones for her “Oral Interpretation of Poetry.”  Nancy Kamar and Janelle Beaven were also fierce competitors in their categories.  All six members qualify to represent Bishop Carroll at Speech Regionals, the equivalent of the City Championships, in February 2010.  Way to go!

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By David Ikenouye, November 18, 2009 6:38 pm

Congratulations to Katherine St. Amand who was recently selected to Team Alberta! She will travel to London, Ontario  to participate in the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games from July 10 – 17, 2010. Katherine specializes in Athletics. She is a multiple medalist at the 2009 Alberta Special Olympics Provincial Games held this past summer receiving 4 golds and one silver: 100 meter, Gold; 4 x 100 meter, Gold; Shot Put, Gold; Standing Long Jump, Gold; 200 meter, Silver.

The official news item of her selection can be found here. Her past summer results are found here. Katherine is a Grade 11 student at Bishop Carroll High School and we are proud of her accomplishments. We’re looking forward to hearing of her success in 2010!