It is common to have five or more University School of Nashville student-athletes sign college athletic commitment letters each year. USN has 22 alumni participating in their chosen sport at the collegiate level from the Classes of 2020 through 2024. Continue reading to learn more about where Tigers are competing beyond Edgehill.
By Juanita I.C. Traughber, Director of Marketing & Communications
Look back at the past four graduating classes continuing their athletic careers collegiately. The list below shows the NCAA-sponsored sports for men and women in which USN scholars chose to compete.
Baseball
Bethany Lutheran College: Grant Reilly ’24 Denison University: Mahoney Daunic ’24 Sewanee: The University of the South: Harrison Fitzgibbon ’23 Washington University in St. Louis: Owen Block ’23 and Townsend Stevenson ’23
Basketball
American University: Adrian Samuels '22
Central State University, Josh Scretchen '22
Converse University: Ella McQuain '22
Vassar College: Collin France '23
Bowling
Fayetteville State University: Lily Mozzi ’23
Golf
Belmont University: Ainsley Moore ’24
Track & Field
Morehouse College: Jordan Turner ’22
Case Western: Holly Schreiber ’23
Middle Tennessee State University: Sidney Ware ’23
University of Pennsylvania: Morayo Kassim ’22
Vanderbilt University: Alima Kassim ’24
Washington University in St. Louis: Neil Narayanan ’21
Soccer
Carnegie Mellon University: Gemma Jefferson ’21
Davidson College: Raine Jones ’21
Ithaca College: Cameron Wooten ’23
Xavier University: Cannon Scretchen ’24
Swimming
Middlebury College: Olivia Schwarz ’24
Wheaton College: Kara Grace Hess ’23
The following USN young alumni also finished their athletic careers as they graduated from college this spring:
Trinity College: Dabney Moore '20 (Soccer)
Cornell University: Pelham Bergesen '20 (Cross County, Track and Field)
Rice University: Timothy Hays '20 (Cross County, Track and Field)
Sewanee: University of the South: Joe Orem '19 (Lacrosse)
Allison Van Konynenburg returns to USN as Interim HS Dean of Teaching and Learning. Taking on additional responsibilities this academic year, Justin Fitzpatrick is now Interim HS Dean for Academic Affairs and Laura Snow is the High School Academic Operations Manager.
Please join us in welcoming to USN: LS Spanish Teacher Connor Mitchell, LS Music Teacher Marisa Frank, LS Learning Support Specialist MacKenzie Grant, Fourth Grade Teacher Alexis Novotny, Second Grade Teachers Cara Bishop and Lindsay Moates, First Grade Teachers Marisa Depke and Molly Roth '10, and Kindergarten Teacher Ellen Haber '00. Also, Naturalist Carrie Riley transitions to LS from the HS Science Department.
USN Mission: University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.