Athletics
John Holland signs with the Boston Celtics
John Holland graduated
from Fordham prep in 2006.
He played one year on the
frosh, one year on the JV,
and two years on the Varsity
basketball team. John had
an excellent year as a senior,
averaging 15.5 points, eight
rebounds, eight assists
and three steals a game.
He earned a mcDonald's
All-American nomination.
John did one year of post-grad study at St. Benedict's
prep in new Jersey, primarily to play basketball. A year
later, he was playing at Boston university on a full
athletic scholarship. As a junior, John led the America
east Conference in scoring with 19.2 points per game.
He repeated as scoring champion as a senior in 2010-11
after again averaging 19.2 points. He was subsequently
named the America east Conference men's Basketball
player of the Year and led the Terriers to an nCAA
Tournament berth.
After graduation, John played ball in France, Spain, France
again, and Turkey. in the summers, he had stints in the
nBA Developmental League on the teams of the San
Antonio Spurs, minnesota Timberwolves and the
Oklahoma Thunder. He played this past winter for the
Canton Charge of the nBA Developmental League.
John signed with the Boston Celtics on April 11th.
6th Ram Dinner
more than 50 basketball
alumni and their guests
attended the First Annual
Fordham prep Basketball
Alumni Sixth ram recognition
Dinner. Former coach and
current faculty member
Charles Sullivan, SJ was
the first recipient of the
recognition Award.
Sixth ram Chairman Bill mcLoughlin ’87 announced at the
dinner that the recognition award will be named in honor
of Father Sullivan. A plaque with the list of top scorers has
taken its place in the Higgins gymnasium.
W I N T E R S P O R T S U P DAT E
Basketball
V 13-13
JV 13-12
F 13-11
Jordan gaitley & patrick mahoney named to CHSAA
"A" All-League team
Ice Hockey
V 10-9-1
JV 5-7-4
Varsity 3rd in the CHSAA "A" standings and made
the playoffs.
20 | r AmV ie W
Thank you to Bill mcLoughlin ’87, Coach Brian Downey ’95
and the members of the committee for their work on the
6th ram event.
Indoor Track & Field
Fr. & Soph - CHSAA State Champs
Varsity - 2nd CHSAA State Championship
Dmr - eastern State Champs
4x800m relay - 3rd place nYS State Championship
4x800m relay - 1st place CHSAA State Championship
4x1mile relay = 5th place finish at nationals 17:34
(school record)
Conor Lundy - CHSAA State mVp, nYS Catholic records
4:08 - mile & 8:22.06 3K, 3rd place finish in the nationals
2 mile 8:59.98 CHSAA record