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Fly into the Storm athletic program! At Mercersburg, we provide a challenging, supportive, instructive, and spirited experience that fosters the development of character, leadership, and teamwork. Here, you can excel as a top athlete, try a new sport, serve as a team manager, work with our trainers, or be an enthusiastic part of the fan section.
We come to every game ready to play. Each year, approximately 75 percent of Mercersburg students participate in at least one sport, filling 26 varsity teams and additional junior varsity and third levels.
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Athletics at Mercersburg provides a prime venue for developing leadership skills, enhancing collaborative ability, and building the character necessary to gain success with honor and to persevere through adversity. Simply put, a young person’s experience in athletics can be as influential as any other aspect of an education at Mercersburg.
Girls Basketball
The girls basketball team came in second in the 2023-2024 Mid-Atlantic Prep League. The girls team also won the 2023-2024 Lady Gaels Tip-Off Tournament and the boys won the 2023-2024 Boys Latin Holiday Tournament.
Quinn Nelson '24
Quinn Nelson '24 wins the 2023-2024 Mid-Atlantic Prep League Girls Cross Country Championship Race. The girls team took third place overall in both indoor and outdoor track & field.
Swimming
Swimming and diving wins the 2023-2024 Mid-Atlantic Prep League and boys and girls swimming came in second overall in the 2023-2024 Easterns Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships.
Boys Squash
Boys squash wins the 2023-2024 Mid-Atlantic Squash Organization (MASO) and both boys and girls squash took second place in the 2023-2024 Mid-Atlantic Prep League.
Baseball
The baseball team took second place at the 2023-2024 Mid-Atlantic Prep League.
Our Champions
Excellent facilities, experienced coaches and training, and top competition are hallmarks of the Mercersburg athletics experience.
Next Level
Mercersburg Academy students continue their athletic endeavors after graduation. Learn more about their college commitments and those alums who rise to the professional and Olympic levels.
College Athletes
Mercersburg’s athletic program is geared to service a diverse student population, one that includes athletes with aspirations of competing on the next level. Typically, 20-25 percent of each graduating class features student-athletes who are recruited for collegiate competition.
Over the last several years, Mercersburg athletes from 18 different sports have committed to compete in leagues and associations that span the United States, including the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East Conference, Big Ten Conference, Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, Patriot League, Southeastern Conference, American Athletic Conference, America East Conference, Atlantic-10 Conference, Conference USA, Horizon League, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Mountain West Conference, Northeast Conference, New England Small College Athletic Conference, and University Athletic Association.
Pro Athletes
Only a select few athletes in any sport rise to the professional level, but, true to its tradition of excellence, Mercersburg has produced a diverse group of competitors whose career paths have included a number of professional sports dating back to 1900.
Olympic Athletes
Mercersburg students and alumni from 15 countries have appeared in 22 different Summer Olympics held since 1896, including every Summer Games but one in which the United States competed from 1908 to 2004.
Mercersburg athletes have competed in several areas of athletics: track & field, swimming, sailing, gymnastics, wrestling, and the former Olympic sport of tug of war.
Notably, there have been 15 Olympics with more than one Mercersburg athlete participating, including the 1924 Summer Games, when five Mercersburg alumni competed. And in 1952, Mercersburg alumni Charlie Moore ’47 and Lee Yoder ’50 even competed in the same event.
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Strong Finish for Boys' Squash Players
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