Marist School is hosting the 119th Annual Commencement on Saturday, July  11 and Sunday, July 12 at 8 a.m. in Hughes Spalding Stadium.

Marist School recently announced the book selections for the 2020-2021 “On the Same Page” summer reading program.

Former Marist Coach and Athletic Director Steve Franks will be inducted into the Georgia Baseball Dugout Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2021.

Coach Franks was Head Varsity Baseball Coach at Marist from 1990-1995, winning 2 State Championships (1990 & 1993) in that span.  Prior to being named Head Coach, he was an assistant to Marist Head Coach Jerry Queen, also a Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Famer from 1980-1989,  The duo won four State Championships and also finished as State Runner-Up during that time.

Coach Franks also coached Football at Marist (1980-1989), the team winning the AAA State Championship in 1989 and served as Marist Athletic Director for 5 years before leaving to become involved in the college ranks at Vanderbilt University, first as an Assistant Coach/ Recruiting Coordinator in 1995 then becoming the Assistant Athletic Director of Operations from 2000-2004.  He returned to Georgia and became Athletic Director at The Lovett School in 2004 and retired in 2019.

In addition to his selection to the Hall of Fame, Coach Franks has received numerous other honors including being named State Baseball Coach-of-the-Year twice and recognized by the Atlanta Braves 400 Club as their High School Coach-of-the-Year in 1993.  He was named assistant Football Coach-of-the-Year six times and in 2013 was named Georgia High School Athletic Director-of-the-Year by the Georgia Athletic Directors Association (GADA) while at The Lovett School.

The Atlanta Touchdown Club/National Football Foundation recently announced that Marist Senior Tegan Siksta was awarded the Whitey Zimmerman Scholarship Award.  This award is presented each year to Georgia high school football student-managers in honor of former Atlanta Falcons Equipment Manager.

Marist Varsity Boys Head Soccer Coach Brendan Murphy was recently named Georgia Soccer Coach-of-the-Year by the United Soccer Coaches Association for private/parochial schools.  In addition, senior Nick Urbanek was selected to the Georgia All-State Team by the association.

The United Soccer Coaches Association is the largest soccer coaches association in the world, founded in 1941 and has over 30,000 members, including both men/boys and women/girls.  It offers training for both beginning and experienced coaches and distributes over 11,000 awards each year.

Marist alum Drew Dollar won the ARCA-Menard Series/General Dollar 200 at Talladega (Ala) Speedway on Saturday (6/21).  This is Drew's first win and the first race in the ARCA Series since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Blue & Gold Athletics Circle was establish in 2003 to honor those who have made outstanding contributions to Marist School Athletics.  Selection takes into consideration personal excellence in athletics, academics and service to the Marist School community.

The 2020 Blue & Gold Circle Inductees were recently announced are:
Douglas Coffed (2004) Cross Country & Track
Chris Davis (2004) Football & Baseball
Andrew Dete (2005) Football
Kayleen Duffy (2008) Soccer
Robby Hayes (2007) Swimming
Sheila O'Neill Pach (2008) Swimming
Lori Spingola (2010) Softball
Mary Ashleigh Tippins Lentz (2007) Volleyball
David Weeks (1992) Football
Service Inductees
Kellie Eyre Ruse -- Community Coach
Bill Schmitz -- Coach & Administrator

The Inductees will be honored at the Marist Football Homecoming Game on Oct 2.