Carey's Corner
FROM THE MALVERN ARCHIVES
A LOOK BACK
2023 EDITION
June 3rd, 2023
Last year ( Careys Corner August 2022 ) I wrote a story about where guys were going to college. I am going to continue this post each and every year. This is the 2023 edition. This story is a celebration of this year’s seniors and where they are taking their athletic and academic talents. Malvern Prep does an incredible job of helping guys continue their playing time at the next level. For the size of the school Malvern places athletes in college at a higher rate than many other area high schools that are two to three times larger than Malvern’s enrollment. My hope is by posting this information/story that it will save the guys endless hours of repetition. Call it a public service announcement. Okay, we have all been there. It is spring of your senior year and the $64,000 question which everyone who has ever known you on planet Earth wants to know, “Where are you going to college?” Think back to your senior year in high school and recall how many times you answered that question AND how many times you had to explain your answer. It usually lasted 15- 20 minutes until you finished, BUT, you repeated it over and over and over again until the cows came home. You repeated your explanation to aunts, uncles, cousins, distant relatives who you have seen once in your life, neighbors, friend of neighbors, the postman. Okay I admit to going overboard just a bit but I think you get where I am going with this.
This article has 2 parts. The 1st part is current 2023 football seniors and where they chose to play next year. With the transfer portal and NILS who knows what the future holds for them. One thing I do know, as Malvern guys, whatever they do and wherever they finish, I am confident that they will represent themself, their family, Malvern Prep and the Malvern Prep football legacy. Part 2 is the multi-sport athlete. Malvern football has had great success over the years because some of their best football players played another sport in college. Football was their secondary not primary sport. This year was no different. These players excelled at both, a true two for one deal.
Take a look at the range and quality of schools these Malvern Prep student-athletes chose. They are to be congratulated on a job well done.
GRADUATING CLASS OF 2023 |
Hayden Pegg #19 6'4 190lbs College Choice- UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT |
Bobby Mears #4 6’4 225lbs College Choice- PENN STATE UNIVERSITY |
Cam Paquette #2 5’10 180LBS College Choice- ITHACA COLLEGE |
Owen Dietrich #62 6’1 235lbs College Choice- DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY |
Colin McHugh #40 6’0 210LBS College Choice- LAFAYETTE COLLEGE |
Yaahdir Nash #17 5’10 175lbs College Choice- FORDHAM UNIVERSITY |
Sean Maguire #9 6’0 205lbs College Choice- FORDHAM UNIVERSITY |
Luke Testa #41 6’0 220lbs College Choice- CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY |
GRADUATING CLASS 2023- MULTI- SPORT |
Played football but are playing another sport in college |
AJ Nikolic # 13 6’0 195lbs College Choice- CORNELL |
Patrick Keenan #31 5’10 190lbs College Choice- PENN STATE UNIVERSITY |
Ryan Falkenstein #5 6’1 195lbs College Choice- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND |
This is an example of why Malvern football is consistently good year in and year out. Congrats to those seniors who are taking their talents to the next level.
More to come....