Nine Student Athletes Sign to Play at the Next Level

Teresa Martinez | Director of Communications
The Belen Community celebrated nine student athletes who signed their national letters of intent to play sports at the collegiate level on April 10 in the Roberto Goizueta Athletic Center.
“We are very proud of these young men. This signing day is a result of many years of hard work on the playing fields, training room, and in the classroom,” said Carlos Barquin, Athletic Director. “All of them are outstanding young men, and they will be excellent Belen ambassadors at their respective universities.”
 
CREW:
  • Jonathan Menendez - Georgetown University
  • Santiago Ugas - University of Delaware
 
BASEBALL
  • Carlos Lara - Palm Beach Atlantic
  • Danny Brown - Florida International University
  • Gabriel Trastoy - Loyola University - New Orleans
 
FOOTBALL:
  • Pedro "Papo" Garcia - Catholic University
  • Jorge Valdes - Catholic University
  • Alfonso Rodríguez- Florida International University
 
TENNIS:
  • Danny Martinez - Villanova University
“It is a great honor for the Belen community to have these athletes recognized for their stellar abilities,” said Jesuit Father Guillermo M. García-Tuñón, President of the School. “They are not only great athletes, but fine students and a wonderful representation of Belen Jesuit.”

Click here to view the entire photo album. Click here to watch the Signing Ceremony. 
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BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
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Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain.  The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline.  In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty.  The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow.  Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.