Mariners trio joins football captain as latest college signees

Mariners:  Santa Monica’s pipeline to college athletics added more names this year, as recent Saint Monica Preparatory graduates will be moving onto the college sporting ranks. During a signing day ceremony earlier this year, the trio of Kaya Ghobrial, Shades Ffrench and Carolina Calzada put pen to paper on their college futures, joining the then-already signed Joshua Barnes. Ghobrial and Ffrench were a duo to be reckoned with on the basketball court, as the guard and center helped lead the Lady Mariners to two straight 20-plus win seasons and CIF playoff appearances. Ghobrial will be joining the Loyola Chicago basketball program, while Ffrench will be staying local at Glendale College. Calzada, one of the stars of the Mariners golf program, will be heading to King University in Bristol, Tennessee to continue her career. Barnes, a captain of the 2023 CIF Southern Section Division 13 champion Mariners football unit, committed in December to the University of Idaho.

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