Alumni Athletes Shine
Every year, The Bishop’s School prepares remarkable scholar-athletes for collegiate success. Here are just a few of the young alums who are carrying forward the Knights’ athletic tradition. As planning and fundraising continue for the Wu Tsai Field House, this visionary facility will unite high-performance training with well-being across our entire community. With the Wu Tsai Field House as a launch pad, we can’t wait to see how high our Knights will fly.
Eddie McElroy ’25,
Bowdoin, lacrosse
Considered the best goalie in Southern California while at Bishop’s, McElroy is now in his rookie year with Bowdoin College. The Polar Bears achieved an undefeated 2026 season and (as of this writing) are engaged in the NESCAC playoffs as the top seed. Middie Ryan Landa ’25 is a freshman teammate as well, and attacker Casey Ryan ’23 has been lighting up the playoff scoreboard.
Maddie Cramer ’22,
Princeton, cross country
Cramer was named to the Women’s Second Team All-Ivy for 2025, underscoring her role as one of the league’s top cross-country performers. Her selection was even more meaningful in the context of Princeton’s 2025 Ivy League championship run, as she contributed to a title-winning team while also earning individual, league-wide honors.
Leila Feldman ’24, Wesleyan, field hockey
A goal from Feldman took the Wesleyan field hockey team to their first-ever appearance in the NCAA “Elite 8” quarterfinals in November 2025. She was also named to the Division III National Academic Squad.
Photo courtesy of Steve McLaughlin Photography
Lucius Brown ’22,
Yale, swimming
Yale placed second at the Ivy League Championships this year, earning 12 All-Ivy selections. Two of those were for Brown, who won gold as part of the 200 medley relay quartet on opening night, followed by another gold with the free relay quartet. Brown is a Yale senior majoring in mathematics and computer science.
Lukas Peabody ’24,
Harvard, water polo
Peabody netted 62 goals on the year and secured All-America status for the first time in his young career. The Crimson closed their 2025 campaign with a 20-10 record, making it to the NWPC title game for the second time in three seasons.
Michael Houk ’22,
Claremont McKenna, football
A senior defensive end in 2025, Houk earned First Team All-SCIAC honors for the third year in a row, after earning Newcomer of the Year in his rookie season. For his last season with the Stags, he totaled 48 tackles and eight sacks over 10 games.
Photo courtesy of Jake Ryan @jakeryanphoto
Sienna Lever ’25,
Haverford, volleyball
Lever appeared in 22 matches in her rookie season for the Fords, finishing fourth on the team with 244 digs. She helped Haverford earn a 19-9 season record for 2025 and reach the Centennial Conference semifinals for the first time since 2021.
Caspar Lightner ’25,
MIT, water polo
In September 2025, Lightner, an MIT freshman, was named Northeast Water Polo Conference Rookie of the Week and earned a spot on the Player of the Week Honor Roll. He tallied 13 goals over four games at the Bruno Classic, highlighted by six in a comeback win over Bucknell.
Julia Bonaguidi ’23, Cal Berkley, water polo
Playing for Team USA waterpolo, Bonaguidi helped advance the Junior National Team to the quarterfinals of the World Aquatics U20 World Championship in August 2025. She scored six goals and was named player of the match. The team defeated Spain four days later to win gold.
Photo courtesy of World Aquatics
William Ma ’25,
Harvard, golf
The Crimson’s 2026 season is still underway, but so far Ma has made Second Team All-Ivy League and appeared in all eight tournaments during his rookie campaign. At the Princeton Invitational, he and teammate Morgan Riley both recorded holes-in-one to help push the Crimson over the top and into first place in the field.
Maggie Johnson ’22,
USC, water polo
In March, the Big 10 awarded Johnson the 2026 Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award, which honors both academic and athletic performance. Among many accomplishments, the citation noted, “She has led the Trojans to the NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament Final twice in 2023 and 2025 as she pursues her undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering.”