Number	Name	Grade
50	Loreale Blake	12
9	Mia Deck	12
26	Sawyer Denser	12
2	Isla Ebner	9
3	Alyssa Grajeda	12
60	Faith Hagerty	10
18	Lindsay Hudson	10
99	Payton Kennedy	12
73	Scarlett LaBriola	9
4	Camryn Legeny	10
40	Gabriella Marchetti	12
8	Hazel McCusker	10
11	Lyla Morales	10
33	Katherine Murray	10
6	Anna Plotke	9
35	Kate Sadayasu	12
15	Avery Schanna	10
45	Lily Stieber	10
5	Payton Stowasser	10
28	Macy Taylor	11
10	Jillian Torres	12
13	Zoe Xanthos	11
59	Sofia Zavarella	12

2009 Trinity All League

• First Team - Meghan Harman
• First Team - Courtney Hiatt
• First Team - Amy Letourneau (League MVP)
• First Team - Catie Monnahan
• Second Team - Jessie Daulton
• Second Team - Shainna Groom
• Second Team - Krista Ury
• Offensive Player of the Year - Amy Letourneau
• Defensive Player of the Year - Catherine Mann
• Scholar Athlete - Krista Ury/ 4.42 GPA
• E.A.G.L.E.S Value Award - Kellen McNamara

Junior Varsity

• Offensive Player of the Year - Amy Letourneau
• Defensive Player of the Year - Michelle Duncan
• Most Improved - Kathryn Reyes
• Scholar Athlete - Rachel Dellefield/4.0 GPA
• E.A.G.L.E.S Value Award - Rachel Dellefield

2008 Trinity All League

• First Team - Nicki Jacobucci
• First Team - Nicole Ontiveros
• Second Team - Kelly Harman
• Second Team - Meghan Harman
• Second Team - Cassie Monnahan
• Honorable Mention - Shainna Groom
• Honorable Mention - Courtney Hiatt
• Honorable Mention - Catie Monnahan
• Honorable Mention - Christine Prochnow
• Offensive Player of the Year - Nicki Jacobucci
• Defensive Player of the Year - Cassie Monnahan
• Scholar Athlete - Nicole Ontiveros 4.44 GPA
• E.A.G.L.E.S. Values Award - Christine Prochnow

Junior Varsity

• Offensive Player of the Year - Amy Alston
• Defensive Player of the Year - Catherine Mann
• Most Improved - Blaire Paiso
• Scholar Athlete - Krista Ury 4.45 GPA
• E.A.G.L.E.S. Value Award - Krista Ury

2007 Trinity All League

• First Team - Meghan Harman
• First Team - Shainna Groom
• First Team - Cassie Monnahan (League MVP)
• First Team - Starr White
• Second Team - Nicole Ontiveros
• Second Team - Christine Prochnow
• Honorable Mention - Ashlee Restadius
• Offensive Player of the Year - Meghan Harman
• Co-Defensive Player of the Year - Cassie Monnahan
• Co-Defensive Player of the Year - Courney Hiatt
• Scholar Athlete - Nicole Ontiveros 4.57 GPA
• E.A.G.L.E.S. Value Award - Starr White

Junior Varsity

• Offensive Player of the Year - Nicki Jacobucci
• Defensive Player of the Year - Kayla Shears
• Most Improved - Helena Oskoui
• Scholar Athlete - Kamille Paddie 4.41 GPA
• E.A.G.L.E.S. Value Award - Kamille Paddie

2006 Varsity Serra All League

• First Team - Stacia Dopudja
• First Team - Starr White
• Second Team - April Glenn
• Second Team - Kelly Harman
• Honorable Mention - Cassie Monnahan
• Honorable Mention - Nicole Ontiveros
• Offensive Player Of The Year - Nicole Ontiveros
• Defensive Player Of The Year - Stacia Dopudja
• Scholar Athlete - Nicole Ontiveros / 4.4 GPA
• E.A.G.L.E.S. Value Award - April Glenn
• Junior Varsity
• Offensive Player Of The Year - Katie Lubanko
• Defensive Player Of The Year - Sophia Stamos
• Most Improved - Kayla Shears
• Scholar Athlete - Melissa Livingston / 4.1 GPA
• E.A.G.L.E.S. Value Award - Courtney Hiatt

2005 Varsity Serra All League

• First Team - Shannon Causgrove
• Second Team - Cassie Monnahan
• Honorable Mention - Stacia Dopudja
• Honorable Mention - April Glenn
• Honorable Mention - Kelly Harman
• Honorable Mention - Nicole Ontiveros
• Honorable Mention - Ashley Restadius
• Offensive Player of the Year - Nicole Ontiveros / .378 Batting Avg
• Defensive Player of the Year - Shannon Causgrove
• Rookie of the Year - Ashley Restadius
• Scholar Athlete - Nicole Ontiveros / 4.2 GPA
• E.A.G.L.E.S Values Award - Nicole Ontiveros

Junior Varsity

• Offensive Player of the Year - Kelli Basin /.482 Avg.
• Defensive Player of the Year - Melissa Livingston
• Most Improved - Nikki Daugherty & Katie Lubanko
• Scholar Athlete - Melissa Livingston/ 4.0 GPA
• E.A.G.L.E.S Values Award - Tanya Fragnito

Welcome to the home of Lady Eagles Softball. Our history is rich in tradition with league titles, CIF appearances and All League selections. Our program is comprised of special young women that take pride in wearing our school colors and representing our Catholic -Christian philosophy in the spirit of athletic competition. The mission of our softball program is to train and prepare each athlete to establish a set of goals, and work as a team to achieve each objective, both on the field and in the classroom.

E.A.G.L.E.S. Values

Excellence on the field | Attitude is everything | God is first | Loyalty to your team | Ethics and Integrity internalized | Sacrifice for each other

John Fitzpatrick- Varsity Head Coach

Coach Fitzpatrick returns for his nineteenth season as the Varsity Head Coach of Santa Margarita Catholic High School and his 21st year coaching softball at the high school. John has an overall record of 274 wins and 174 wins losses, including sixteen trips to the CIF playoffs during his tenure as the head coach. In 2010 the Lady Eagles reached the pinnacle of high school softball in southern California by winning the Division 1 CIF Championship. Coach Fitzpatrick also led the Lady Eagles to league titles in 2007 and 2019. John has worked as an assistant coach from 1999-2001 where the Lady Eagles made three consecutive CIF playoff appearances. In 2022 Coach Fitzpatrick worked as an assistant at Golden West College. He has also coached on the travel circuit for twenty years with a variety of prominent softball clubs.

Coach Fitzpatrick received his bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University and acquired a master’s degree in public policy from Cal State Long Beach. He and his wife Therese have two children, Alycia ('01) and Mike ('04.) His favorite quote is "Anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

HAYLEY ARCHULETA - ASSOCIATE HEAD Coach

Kayla Kmett- JV Assistant Coach

Coach Kayla will be in her 2^nd season at SMCHS as the Varsity assistant coach focusing on pitching. She comes to Santa Margarita with a wealth of knowledge having played competitively both at the high school and college levels. Coach Kayla attended JSerra high school where she was a 4-year varsity letter winner, earning 1^st Team All Trinity League in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Additionally, she was named JSerra’s Player of the year in 2016 and Offensive Player in 2017. Collegiately, Coach Kayla graduated from St. John’s University with a Bachelor of Science in Television and Film Production and played softball all 4 years. She earned All-Academic Team Honors in the 2019-2021 seasons, was part of the 2019 Big East Championship Team, and was the 2021 Team Pitching Captain her Senior season. Coach Kayla currently coaches with the USA Athletics Travel Organization.

Derek McGregor- JV Head Coach

Coach Derek has twenty-one years of experience in coaching sports; seven of those years have been with the Santa Margarita Catholic High School JV and Varsity softball program. Of those seven years, five of them have been as the JV Head Coach.  In addition, Coach Derek has also been coaching the Freshman basketball team for three years. Coach Derek’s coaching philosophy entails creating a positive environment and the promotion of team first. These two principals along with hard work, preparation, and structure outline the core principals of his approach to coaching.

Coach Derek has watched his three children play sports at SMCHS; two of which have graduated from Texas Christian University and his third is currently attending Oklahoma State. He also hosted an exchange student who played basketball for two years at Santa Margarita, four years at Cal State Fullerton and is now currently playing professionally in China. He has been married for the past thirty years to his wife Debbie. Coach Derek has owned and operated an engineering and surveying firm for the past thirty-five years. Along with coaching, Derek also gives back to his community by sitting on public and private boards and teaching after school programs.

Frank Rizzo- JV Assistant Coach

Frank has been involved in fast pitch softball for 45 years. Started as a player at the age of 16. Was involved in San Clemente fast pitch league for over 20 years in San Clemente. Frank was a fastpitch pitcher for 18 years and has also been a player for 28 years. Frank started his coaching career at San Clemente high school and move forward to be the Head Coach at Concordia University for 10 years. Frank was Head Coach JSerra high school and assistance coach at Saddleback College. Frank had a softball training facility in Lake Forest before he came to Santa Margarita High School for the last 10 years. Frank specializes in pitching and hitting training. He current trains players in our area.

“His passion for the game, and passion to create great student athletes has been his life goals.”

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