The Gaels of Saint Mary’s College are hot and flying high with a national ranking and one of the top program on the West Coast.    But on Feb 2, 2012 the Gaels program is ranked #1 in youth outreach and opportunity.  Each year Saint Mary’s College (SMC) provide North Bay Youth Academy (HYA) discounted [...]

Local Kids Get a Taste of College Life Thanks to Donations, Volunteers Teachers, administrators team up to take about 200 Novato kids over to St. Mary’s College in Moraga for an inspirational day.  By Brent Ainsworth | Email the author About 600 Bay Area kids, including more than 200 from Novato, spent Saturday on the campus of St. [...]

The Gaels of Saint Mary’s College are hot and flying high with a national ranking and one of the top program on the West Coast.    But on Feb 2, 2012 the Gaels program is ranked #1 in youth outreach and opportunity.  Each year Saint Mary’s College (SMC) provide North Bay Youth Academy (HYA) discounted [...]

Saint Mary’s College Baseball Meet the Players Banquet Keynote Address: Mr. Tom Brown February 13, 2010 It’s always good to be back at Saint Mary’s.  I spent most of my life on this campus as an Assistant Dean of Students, Associate Dean of Studies and Dean of Advising Services.  I had many responsibilities during my [...]

Join host Joe Hackman, BlogTalkRadio with guests Christopher Major of  HYA,  Robin Kelley, Epic Healthy Choices with special guest Patrick Major, MeetSammyDavis.com speak about the role of parents, reading, and structure in the  education process…. more

Support the work of Kai Edwards on September 25th, and his youth outreach for Ladies Soccer…….. The fifth head coach in the 29 years of women’s soccer at Saint Mary’s College, Kai Edwards enters his third season as the Gaels’ head women’s soccer coach in 2011. In 2010 Saint Mary’s finished the season with an 8-7-4 overall [...]

Policy Advisor to the White House Office of Science and Technology, Douglas Rand, will deliver the keynote address at the May 14, 2011 Cogswell College Commencement Ceremony. Mr. Rand is a leading architect of the Startup America initiative and other federal policies to promote entrepreneurship. Rand?s appearance will coincide with the first phase of the College?s [...]

MCAFEE WAS PIONEER WHO TOO FEW KNEW  April 2, 2009 People like Miles McAfee, whose name may not be familiar unless you hold a microscope to local sports history. He was fairly well-known inside baseball circles but relatively anonymous to the general public.The shame of it is these immense contributors to the lives and families [...]

You can’t teach 6 foot 11 inches.  Omar Samhan was born in the Oakland Children’s Hospital on November 3, 1986.  From the moment he was born he knew that he was destined to play basketball.  Born of an Irish mother and an Egyptian father, a basketball was put in Omar’s hands from birth.  “I started [...]

  Saint Mary’s College Gael basketball star, and Hayward’s best-kept secret inspired youth in 2008-09 around the bay area. It takes a lot to intimidate Diamon Simpson, who braved scores of flying elbows en route to breaking the career rebounding record at Saint Mary’s. A couple hundred sixth-graders did the trick. “Honestly”, Simpson said, Thursday, [...]

By Robert Jordan Contra Costa Times PLEASANTON — Sammy Davis loves to fetch.  His ears perk up. His little dachshund tail switches back and forth. They say he’ll chase anything. “No dog runs like him,” said Patrick Major, his owner. “He’s special.” Major should know. In the seven years they have been together, Major has seen Sammy [...]

Hayward, CA – On September 9, men’s basketball center Omar Samhan visited the sixth graders of Bowman Elementary School, located in Hayward. The reason for his trip was to speak to the kids about education during their academic rally, which focused on last year’s STAR 9 scores. Samhan spoke to the Bowman kids about succeeding [...]

Last week basketball became bigger than just a game. When ten super athletes pound up and down the court as part of an Ozone Night, an event put together by Saint Mary’s College (SMC) and the Hayward Youth Academy (HYA), the business of putting a ball in a hoop is no longer just a game. [...]

Courtesy: SMC Athletics Release: 10/23/2009   Tracy, Ca – Saint Mary’s men’s basketball player, Omar Samhan, took some time away from the classroom and court, to visit the Advancement Via Individualized Determination (AVID) students at Williams Middle School in Tracy on Wednesday. This marks the second visit Samhan has made to a Northern California school this [...]