SPRING SPORTS
BASEBALL
The baseball team at St. Vincent de Paul High School competes in the North Bay League – Redwood, North Coast Section Division 5 and California Interscholastic Federation.
The team is coached by Jim Selvitella, assisted by Paul Braa, Chris Dunne, Ralph Gentile. Gentile played at the University of San Francisco and in professional baseball. He was a longtime assistant coach at Casa Grande. Dunne played at the University of San Diego.
“We want to create an environment in which we can beat any other team on any day,” he explained.
When Coach Selvitella talks about a good program, he means more than on the baseball field. “One thing Principal Daly believes in is student athletes,” the baseball coach said. “Academics first. There is no reason a good student can’t be a good baseball player.”
Follow the baseball team on Instagram @svhs_baseball.
Jim Selvitella
Head Baseball Coach
jimselvitella@comcast.net
SOFTBALL
The softball team at St. Vincent de Paul High School competes in the North Bay League – Redwood, North Coast Section Division 4 and California Interscholastic Federation.
The team is coached by Morgan Selmi and assisted by Ursyla Baumgarten and Hannah Sarlatte. Selmi was a key member of the 2013 North Coast Section winning Mustangs under former legendary coach Don Jensen. In her first season as head coach, the Mustangs won the North Bay League – Redwood championship.
Morgan Selmi
Head Softball Coach
mselmi@svhs-pet.org
MEN’S LACROSSE
The Men’s Lacrosse team at St. Vincent de Paul High School competes in the Vine Valley Athletic League, North Coast Section Division 2 and California Interscholastic Federation.
TBD
Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
The Women’s Lacrosse team at St. Vincent de Paul High School competes in the North Coast Section Division 2 and California Interscholastic Federation.
The team is coached by Bob Merwin assisted by Jacie Merwin and Kenzie Gasperoni. In 2003, Merwin was one of four founding coaches for the Petaluma River Cats, where he was introduced to girls’ lacrosse for the first time as he coached for the River Cats girls’ inaugural season. He continued to coach for the River Cats until 2016, when he began coaching for 101 Lacrosse. In 2017, Coach Bob became the Casa Grande High School Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse coach leading the team to four consecutive NBL and VVAL league championships. His win/loss record for the league was 35 and 2 during his five years coaching at Casa Grande. The Women’s Lacrosse program at SV was founded in 2023 and looks forward to competing!
Bob Merwin
Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach
bmerwin@svhs-pet.org
MEN’S TENNIS
The Men’s Tennis team at St. Vincent de Paul High School competes in the North Coast Section Division 2 and California Interscholastic Federation.
The team is coached by Tony Greco. He is in his second year as the SVHS Men’s Varsity Tennis Coach. He is building the tennis program after COVID. His philosophy is to improve the boys skills at tennis to compete at their highest level while building camaraderie and unity amongst his players. Coach Greco comes with many years of experience of coaching both the boys and girls teams at Cardinal Newman High School for the 29 years of his tenure. Under his coaching, both the girls and boys have won numerous NBL titles in the 29 years of his coaching, and has earned either 1st or 2nd place in the NBL in all of the years of his leadership.
Tony Greco
Head Tennis Coach
tgreco@svhs-pet.org
GOLF
The Men’s Golf team at St. Vincent de Paul High School competes in the North Bay League Redwood Division, which will take the team to Foxtail, Ukaih, Bodega Bay and Healdsburg before the final league match at home.
The Men’s Golf team is coached by Andy Fraser. Originally from Formby, England (the home of Tommy Fleetwood), Andy moved to Petaluma at the start of 2022 with his wife, Ali, two step-sons, Gavin (SVHS Junior), Rhys (SVES 8th Grade) and dog, Oreo. An enthusiastic and disciplined golfer since the age of 7, Andy was a regular caddy on the annual European Challenge Tour and has played in tournaments on four continents. However, his proudest achievement has been a 10-year run of winning the Fraser Family Trophy for topping his father and brothers in an annual golf challenge. He is excited and honored to be able to share his love of golf with the next generation of talent at SVHS.
Andy is a huge supporter of SVHS Athletics; in addition to coaching the golf team, he is the lead organizer for the annual MAC golf tournament, coordinates MAC spirit wear and was the 2022-2023 Men’s Soccer coach.
Andy Fraser
Head Golf Coach
andyfraser2@googlemail.com