Alumni achievements

Alumni achievements from near and far

Congratulations to the following alumni who have been recognised for their accomplishments across many and varied fields. Sarah Bourke (class of 2016) made her professional musical theatre debut in the ensemble cast of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, An American in Paris. The musical, which is presented by The Australian Ballet and GWB Entertainment, toured Australia in 2022 and will wrap up in 2023 in Adelaide. Sarah began dancing at the age of three and after leaving her home in Tasmania at 18, she graduated in dance from Ettingshausen’s Pro in Sydney in 2017. During this time, Sarah won a scholarship to train at Broadway Dance Centre in New York which she undertook after returning from her 10-month contract performing onboard Royal Caribbean International cruise liners. Sarah’s credits also include Arts for Alzheimer’s in NYC and performing with recording artist Starley at the Sydney Mardi Gras. Marnie Hughes-Warrington (class of 1987) was appointed to the Order of Australia in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The award recognises her distinguished service to tertiary education and governance as an administrator, leader and mentor. Professor Hughes-Warrington is the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at the University of South Australia and the College’s only Rhodes Scholar from Oxford University. Meg Messer (class of 2017) earned a Leadership U Certificate of Excellence at the 2022 Golden Goldys Awards, a student-athlete awards ceremony hosted by the University of Minnesota. Meg has been rowing with the university’s women’s rowing team, the Minnesota Gophers, since 2019. Genevieve O’Keeffe (class of 2011) was accepted into the internationally renowned Netherlands Dance Theatre 1. Genevieve graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2014. Since then, she has worked as a dancer in a professional contemporary company in Switzerland and has performed with MiR Dance Company in Germany (season 2021/2022). Claire Ransom (class of 2022) earned selection in the Gold Coast Suns women’s squad in this year’s NAB AFLW draft. Sophie Robinson and Kate Oliver (class of 2020) represented Australia at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Varese, Italy from 25-31 July, where they competed in the U23 Lightweight Women’s Pair event.

Lily Ward (class of 2018) was a semi-finalist in the 2022 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition, which honours, supports and presents the most promising young opera and classical singers in Australasia. Photos top to bottom: Sarah Bourke performing in An American in Paris; award recipients, Marine Hughes-Warrington, Meg Messer; and Sophie Robinson and Kate Oliver who represented Australia in rowing in 2022.