Back in 1984 and, like any recent college graduate, Karen Davis was willing to climb the ladder from the bottom up in hopes of one day landing her dream job — as a high school volleyball coach. That day came sooner than expected. Days before Davis was to begin teaching at St. Joseph’s Academy in… Read more »
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Kristin Folkl
A St. Louis native, Kristin Folkl was an All-State performer in basketball and volleyball at St. Joseph’s Academy and led those teams to four straight state titles in both sports. Upon graduation, she attended Stanford University. The All-American guided the Cardinal volleyball team to 3 NCAA Championships and the basketball squad to 2 Final Four… Read more »
Doug Smith
You look at the mile long list of successes – the state title teams he coached in St. Louis, the others on the frontier plains and, before all that, his collegiate days – and assume the sport of tennis has been in his life since, well, birth. However, that wasn’t the case for Doug Smith.… Read more »
St. Joseph’s Academy Girls Tennis Program
Push through the double doors of a gymnasium lobby at St. Joseph’s Academy, and the scene can be breathtaking. On the left wall, from floor to ceiling and encased behind glass, are all of the state trophies earned by the school’s girls tennis teams. In fact, the display case is out of real estate. “My… Read more »
Kelly Mulvihill Stahlhuth
The game of tennis found her when she was 5 years old, with her dad taking her to a nearby Affton school to hit of the school walls in the evenings. Not that success came overnight for Kelly Mulvihill Stahlhuth. From the time she was 10 to 14, she rarely won. But little did she… Read more »