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Ad Astra Sports Scholar, Karl Griffin competing at the 2016 European Athletics Championships, Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mark English, Medicine Stage 5
Highest achievements to date:
2917: Qualified for World Championships in August.
2016: August: Reached semi-final of 800m at Rio.
2015: June: Won 800m National Championships, Morton Stadium.
2014: Qualified for Rio Olympics.
2013: Named Athlete of the Year.
Bronze medal at European Championships.
Ran a sub 1.45 to qualify for the World Athletics Championship National 800m winner
Karl Griffin, Science Stage 4
Highest achievements to date:
2016 Bronze medal at National Championships, 800m. Morton Stadium,
2015 June.On Leave of Absence
2014 Named Young Athlete of the Year. PB 1:47.44. 2nd fastest Irish Junior of all time. 12th World Junior Championships, Oregan, USA.. 5th fastest in Europe u/20
Alanna Lally Athletics Physiotherapy Stage 3
Highest achievements to date:
2017: Qualified for European Championships u/23.
2016 Bronze at Womens 800m National Championships, Morton Stadium, June.
2015 All Ireland Junior Indoor 800m silver
All Ireland Junior Outdoor 400m bronze
All Ireland schools 800m bronze
2014 Juvenile Indoor and Outdoor 800m All Ireland champion
Juvenile indoor and Outdoor 400m All Ireland champion
All Ireland Schools 800m Champion
800m National Indoor Record
Connaught Tribune Athletics Sports Star of the year
Athletics Ireland School girl Athlete of the Year
Achieved qualifying standards for World Juniors in Oregon
Sarah Lavin Athletics Physiotherapy Stage 3
2017: Will compete at European Championships, Finland, June.
2016: Injured
2013: Junior Athlete of the Year
European Junior 100mH Silver Medalist.
Ranked 5th Junior in the World for 2013
Jack O’Hagan, Architecture Stage 3
2017:
2016: Achieved PB of 37.3 seconds in 200m U/23 Canoe sprint European Campionships, Bulgaria 16 July.
2015: Will lrepresent Ireland at the U/23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belarus, July.
2015: Senior men's K2 200m national champion
2014: Sub for KI 200m in European games.
U/18 National Cjamppion KI 200m
U/18 National record holder in KI 200m
Ad Astra Sports Scholar, Arthur Lanigan O’Keeffe, Olympic Athlete in 2016 & 2012
Matt Garrigan, Ag. Science Stage 1
2016: 2nd in CS12* at Mullingar International.
2015: 2nd in qualifier for 1.35-140cm Young Riders, Dublin Horse Show
2nd in Leinster Summer Tour, Cavan GP
4th and 2nd in Young Riders 135-140cm Dublin Horse Show (Reserve Champion)
Selected for Masterclass with Rob Hoehstra, previous chef d’equipe for Holland in Dublin Horse Show
Among 4 riders to be selected to compete in bursary competition to USA. Judged by Eddie Macken.
Lucy Latta, Commerce Stage 1
2016: 6th overall at Tattersalls, June.
Named on the long list for the young rider Europeans taking place in September
2015: Junior National Champion, 1* Ballindenisk
4th place Young Rider CIC** Camphire International, Ireland
5th place Senior CIC* Camphire International, Ireland
Double Clear senior CCI** Hartbury International, England
Double clear senior CIC*** in Millstreet International, Ireland
5th place CIC** Senior class Millstreet International, Ireland
Nessa Briody, Architecture
Emma O’Dwyer, Equestrian Showjumping, Physiotherapy Stage 1
2016: Selected to be part of the Young Riders Academy.
4 European junior silver medals, 4 international Grand Prix wins
Won U25s at the Hermes Show in Paris
Represented GB on 5 senior teams still being underage.
2015:Achieved the Olympic standards for Rio
Competed at U/21 European Championships, Austria
2014:Double clear on the U/21 Nations Cup team in Bonheiden, Belgium.
6th Place in the Grand Prix of Bonheiden.
Senior Nations Cup debut in Lisbon, Portugal.
Young Rider European Team GB and only member to qualify for the final, finishing in top 30
Winner of the 1* Grand Prix at Normandy Horse Show
Ad Astra Sports Scholar, Stephen Coen represents Mayo in the Eirgrid GAA Football All Ireland Under 21 Championship Final against Cork
Stephen Coen GAA F Stage 2
2016: Sigerson Cup medal with UCD.
2015: Captain Mayo u/21 team. Won Connacht + Mayo All-Ireland championship.
2014: Intercounty Connacht Senior Champion
Member European Legion AFL squad
Member of both Mayo Senior and U/21 panels
2013: Captain of Mayo Minor All-Ireland and Connacht champions
Minor panel member (also in 2012 and 2011)
Conor McCarthy GAA F Science Stage 2
2015: Won Senior Medal with Kilkenny
2014: Won Senior Leinster Championship
2013: Won Schools Cup
U/18 Senior Leinster League winners (captain)
Captain of St. Kieran's championship team
U/18 Roin A Shield winners (captain)
Barry O’Sullivan GAA F Vet. Medicine Stage 1
2016: Sigerson Cup medal with UCD
2015: Won medal with Senior Kerry team.
2014: Played midfield on the Kerry U/21 team.
All Ireland minor medal.
Hogan Cup Colleges Medal (Captain)
Participated in an AFL Combine
Minor County Championship Medal with Dingle

Ad Astra Sports Scholar, Nicola Ward representing Galway vs Cork at the TG4 Senior Championship Quarter-Final in 2015
Nicola Ward GAA F Nursing Stage 1
2016: Won the O'Connor Cup, Div. 1. Named Player of the Match in the final.
Received Ladies HEC All-Star Award.
2015: PPS Senior Connacht Player of the Year
Won Senior’A’ All-Ireland with Glenamaddy Community School.
Played with ‘Connacht’ Sevens
Won Connacht Championship
Tarah O’Sullivan GAA F Science
Michael Carroll GAA Football Arts (History)
James Maher GAA H Ag. Science Stage 2
2016: Reached Leinster Senior Hurling Final with his club Cuala
2014: Played with UCD Hurling team. Got to semifinal of FitzGibbon cup.
2013: Played with UCD Freshers
Competed in Senior Leinster final
Member of Dublin Senior Hurling and U/21 team
Colaiste Eoin Senior Hurling Captain
Colm O’Croinin GAA H Medicine Stage 2
2016: Reached Leinster Senior Hurling Final with his club Cuala
2014: Played with UCD Hurling team. Got to semifinal of FitzGibbon cup.
2013: Played with UCD Freshers
Competed in Senior Leinster final
Member of Dublin Senior Hurling and U/21 team
Colaiste Eoin Senior Hurling Captain
Luke Scanlon GAA H Health Performance Science Stage 1
2014: All Ireland Minor medal with Kilkenny
2013: Leinster medal with Kilkenny
2013+2014:Leinstere Senior Colleges A medal with CBS Kilkenny.
u/16 Minor County Champion
Michael Cody GAA Hurling Ag. Science

Gillian Pinder, Ad Astra Sports Scholar representing Ireland at the 2016 Festival Of Hockey against Australia
Clodagh Cassin, Ag. Science Stage 1
2015: Competed in Italy at the U18 girls European Championship in July. Won the tournament and promoted to Div. A. Clodagh was the first keeper.
2014: Made International debut for U/18’s
2014: Played for U/18 Interprovincials, captaining the South-East team
Deirdre Duke, Law Stage 3
2014: Leinster league, Irish Senior Cup and Irish Hockey league winner with UCD Hockey
Earned International caps in series vs. Scotland, Italy, New Zealand, Chile, Canada, Spain and France
2013: Earned hockey scholarship in Northeastern University, Boston
Named CAA Rookie of the Year and on the All-American 3rd
Named in Senior Women's National squad and received 1st cap
Jazze Henry Hockey Medicine Stage 1
2015: Won Irish Hockey League for the 3rd time, and 2nd year in a row.
2014: Represented Monkstown HC in the European Hockey League in Sardinia.
2014: Represented Ireland u/18 against Scotland + Austria in a 3 day series

Ad Astra Sports Scholar and 2016 Olympic Athlete, Shane O’Donoghue representing Ireland against the Netherlands during the 2016 Rio Olympic Summer Games
Ben McCrea, SEM Stage 1
2015: Leinster u16 & u18
Ireland u16 & u18
Three Rock Rovers 1st team
David Nolan, Business+Law Stage 1
2015: Vice-Captain Ireland u/18 in European Championshiops, Santander, Spain.
Irish Hockey League champion for 3rd year in a row.
Leinster League winners for 2nd year in a row.
2014: Played in European Hockey League (top league in Europe)
Gillian Pinder, Business + Law Stage 4
2014: On Senior Ladies Hockey squad
2012: Won the Big East Regular Season in America for Syracuse University
Elena Tice, Science Stage 1
Elena Tice is a dual senior international in both cricket and hockey was the youngest ever player to receive a Senior International Cap with Irish cricket team when aged just13 ¾.
She went on to represent Ireland at hockey at under both U-16 and U-18 levels. Elena was still in school when she gained her first Irish Senior Women's Hockey cap.
She has 30 senior women's hockey caps and has just returned from winning Gold with Ireland at the world series in Malaysia. She is the most talented hockey player of her age group in Ireland
Robert Hendrick, HPS

Arthur Lanigan O’Keeffe, Ad Astra Sports Scholar and two time Olympian competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Arthur Lanigan O'Keeffe, SEM Stage 3
2016: Competed at Rio Olympics
2012: Competed at London Olympics
Alisha Mullan
Mike Healy, Ag. Science
Patrick Flanagan, Quantitive Business
Colin Judge, Actuarial Stage 3
2015: Gold Medal in singles, Romania Open tournament.
Bronze Medal in singles, Thailand Open tournament.
Selected to compete for Ireland at the European Championships in October.

Claire Lambe, Ad Astra Sports Scholar and her rowing partner representing Ireland in the Women’s Lightweight Double Skulls semi finals at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games
Andrew Goff, Engineering Stage 1
2016: Won the Elite lightweight single sculls in the London metropolitan regatta at Eton, June 5th.
Selected to row for Ireland in the single sculls at World University Championships in Poland, September.
2015: 2 x Gold medals at Coupe de la Jeunesse, Hungary. Irish 5m 4x
National Intermediate Singles Champion
National Schools 1 x Champion
2nd B Final (8th) European Senior Championships
Eimear Lambe, Commerce Intl. Stage 1
2016: Selected to represent Ireland at the World University Championships in Poznan, September.
Represented Ireland at Rio 2016 Olympics
2015: Irish National Championships. Placed 2nd in Intermediate 4s.
2015: Bronze medal in Coupe De La Jeunesse.
2014: Made B final (missed A final by 0.006 seconds) in the Junior European Rowing Championship.
2014: Placed 11th in Single skulls at Youth Olympic Games Nanjing
2013: Represented Ireland in Coupe De La Jeunesse
Paul O'Donovan, Physiotherapy Stage 4
2016: SILVER MEDALLIST IN LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE-SCULLS, OLYMPICS, RIO.
2014:4th in LM1X at World Rowing Championships, Amsterdam, Netherlands.2014: 4th in LM1X at World U23
2014: Championships, Varese, Italy
2014: 7th in LM1X at World Rowing Cup II, Auguebelette, France
2014: 14th in LM1x at European Rowing Championships, Belgrade, Serbia
2013: Bronze Medal in LM1X at Memorial Paolo d'Aloja Regatta, Piediluco, Italy
2013: Name Irish Rower of the Year.
Won Bronze Medal in Lightweight Single Scull at U/23 World Rowing Championships, Linz, Austria
David O'Malley, Medicine Stage 2
2014: Represented Ireland at the European Junior Rowing championships
Won 2 x National championships in the Junior single and double sculls
2013: 2 x asilver medallist for Ireland at Clupe de la Jeunesse
Represented Ireland at the Junior World Rowing championships
Won a National championship
National Indoor champion
Ireland’s Josh van der Flier, Ad Astra Sports Scholar, makes a break against New Zealand during the Guinness Series Nov 2016
Adam Byrne, Engineering Stage 3
Youngest player to play for Leinster Senior Squad.
Has Ireland u/20 and Ireland u/18 caps
Edward Byrne, Business +Law Stage 3
2014: Playing with Leinster Senior team
2012: Captain of Leinster U/20’s for Interprovincial tournament, September 2012.
Ross Byrne, Economics + Politics Stage 3
2015 Ireland u/20’s 15 caps
In Leinster Academy
2014 Junior World Cup, 4th Place
2012 Leinster Cup Senior Cup winner
Will Connors, Computer Science Stage 1
2015: On Leinster u/20 squad
2014: Leinster u/19 v. Australia
2014: FERA finalists v England
2015: Leinster Senior Cup finalists
William Dardis, HPS Stage 2
2014: Playing with Leinster A squad
2013: In Leinster Academy
Daniel Leavy, Business + Law Stage 4
2014: Captained Irish U/20's
2012: On Winning Championship European Schoolboys team.
Nicholas McCarthy, Biomedical Engineering Stage 3
2015: Ireland u/20 Captain
18 caps at u/20
2014: Junior World Cup, 4th Place.
2012: Leinster Schools Senior Cup winner
Ross Molony, Engineering Stage 2
2014: Member of Leinster A B and I cup winning squad
2013: Represented Ireland u/20's in Six Nations Championship and World Cup
In Leinster Academy
Captain of Leinster u/20's for Interprovincial tournament
Elise O'Byrne White, PG Vet Stage 1
2015: Selected for Leinster season 2015/2016. Starting 13 for Leinster.
2014: Selected for Irish squad 2015/2016
Selected for Irish Six Nations squad
Won AIL Div. 1 final with Club Belvedere
Peadair Timmins, Biomedical Engineering Stage 3
2014: Represented Ireland u/20's in the 6 Nations and JWC in New Zealand (captain)
2013: Awarded UCD Rugby Fresher of the Year
Represented Ireland in the u/20's
Represented Leinster in the u/20's, winning the Interpros series.
Played in the Junior World Cup and 6 Nations
Josh Van der Flier, SEM Stage 2
2016: Selected for Irish Rugby Squad and played against New Zealand
2014: 1st Cap for Ireland
2013: Member of Leinster Academy.
Andrew Porter, Existing student
Gary Ringrose, Existing student
2016: Selected to be part of the Irish Rugby Squad and has played against New Zeland
Sean Byrne, HPS Stage 1
2015: Won All Ireland Cup final
2015: Irish u/19 training squad
2010-2014: Played Belgium, Austria, Estonia, Germany, Romania
2010-2014: Trials at Aston Villa, Birmingham, Celtic, Charlton
Jeremy Loughlin, Business and Law
2014: In Leinster Sub Academy
In Leinster u/20 squad.

Dora Gorman, Ad Astra Sports Scholar, represents Ireland in FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifier 2015 against Slovenia
Sean Byrne, HPS Stage 1
2015: Won All Ireland Cup final
2015: Irish u/19 training squad
2010-2014: Played Belgium, Austria, Estonia, Germany, Romania
2010-2014: Trials at Aston Villa, Birmingham, Celtic, Charlton
Dora Gorman, Medicine Stage 5
2014: Plays with UCD Waves. Played in final of FAI Cup
2012: Captained Irish U/19 Soccer Team in UEFA European Qualifiers
Ciara Grant, Medicine Stage 5
2014: Plays with UCD Waves. Beaten finalists in FAI Cup

Maxim Kouogun, Ad Astra Sports Scholar represents UCD in the UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round Second Leg against SK Slovan Bratislava in 2015
Maxim Kouogun, Arts Stage 2
Represented the DDSL (Dublin District School Boy League) at u/12/13/17 level
Republic of Ireland cap against Latvia (u/17)
2 All-Ireland medals with Cherry Orchard fc Schoolboy u/13 and u/17 (captain)
2 Dublin Cup medals, u/10 and u/17.
Captain in u/17 and Man of the Match
Represented the Leinster Schools (captain) at u/18 (while still 17)
Chloe Mustaki, Business + Law Stage 2
Daire O'Connor, Arts Stage 1
2015: All-Ireland Cup winner UCD 19’s. Scored goal and ‘Man of the Match’
Ireland Schools u/18 Centenary Shield winners
Played in European League with UCD 1sts
Scored 1st Senior League of Ireland goal for UCD
Selected for Ireland u/19 International team for training camp and game vs. Italy this month.
2011-2014: Trials with Manchester United, Liverpool, Sheffield United.
Conor O'Donnell, Business + Law Stage 2
2014: Plays with UCD AFC team.
Spent 2 years with Ipswich town in the U.K.
Represented Ireland at all underage levels up to u/19.... u/15,16,17.
Dan Tobin, Economics and Finance Stage 1
2015: Captained the Irish Schools to win the 2015 Centenary Shield
Picked in the U/19 Airtricity League Team of the Year
Won the U/19 All-Ireland with UCD
Participated in the Europa League with UCD 1st tea
Selected for U/19 Ireland training camp
Dearbhaile Beirne, Biomedical Life and Health Science
Liam Scales, BA

Arthur Lanigan O’Keeffe, Ad Astra Sports Scholar and twice Olympian Athlete competing during the swimming round in the Men’s Modern Pentathlon at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games
Alex Murphy, Arts Stage 2
2014: Broke and holds 3 British Junior Swimming records (fastest time 16+under)
Short Course (25m) 50m Breaststroke (28.96)
Short Course (25m) 100m Breaststroke (1:02.82)
Long Course British 50m Breaststroke (29.76)
British Gas National Swimming Championships (Open Age Group)
Silver Medal 50m Breaststroke (0.27.99)
David Prendergast, Science Stage 3
2013: Member of the National Senior Squad.
Competed at 2012 European Juniors
4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays, breaking the Irish Junior Records.
National Champion in short course 200m freestyle.
Competed for national schools team at WISE 2012 winning 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze.
Gerry Quinn, Computer Science
Darragh Greene, Dip. SEM

Con Doherty, Ad Astra Sports Scholar on his way to winning the Category 1 Super series Male race in 2015
Con Doherty
2014: Competed in World Junior Championship, Edmonton, Canada
2013: Silver Medallist at World Junior Cross Triathlon Championships
Member of the Irish Triathlon squad and the Irish Athletics squad
Gold and bronze medallist at Junior European Cup races
Irish U/19 Cross Country champion



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