in 2009, head coach Craig Ewing was honored as the NSCAA national boys coach of the year for private and parochial schools by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Ewing had twice previously been selected as the NSCAA's girls soccer coach of the year. Cross country The cross country program has been a state championship contender since the very first season. The girls team placed second at the 1988 4A championship and second in 5A in 1991. In 2006, both teams won the state title. The Saints have repeated the state sweep in 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018. The 2013 Aquinas girls team set an unbreakable record at the championship with a perfect score of 15 as all five Aquinas runners finished in the top five spots. In 2015 the boys set the state meet record with a score of 22 points Aquinas runners taking the top four spots. The boys have won seven straight state titles from 2014 to 2020, and the girls have won six of the last nine state titles from 2012 to 2016 and in 2018. Golf The girls' golf team were the first Saints to win a KSHSAA championship, in the fall of 1992. They won again in 1996 and 1997. The Saints won in 2002, placed second in 2003 and 2004, then won six consecutive championships from 2007 to 2012 and have had multiple individual champions as well. The girls golf team won the school's 100th state championship in 2017, then repeated in 2018. The boys' golf team placed second seven times from 1995 to 2006. The Saints finally won in 2007, repeated in 2008, won again in 2011, 2016, 2017 and has also produced individual state champions. Football The school alumni undertook an ambitious effort to raise $500,000 to replace the football field's turf in 2022. Aquinas' head football coach is Randy Dreiling, who came to Aquinas in 2013 after successfully coaching the Hutchinson High School Salthawks. State championships Exchange programs The school has an exchange program with Yonago High School in Yonago, Japan. Notable alumni Drake Dunsmore, former professional football player in the National Football League Lisa Kerney, professional sports broadcaster/anchor for ESPN Kyle Miller, professional Major League Soccer player Riley Pint, professional Major League Baseball player Brian Smith, former NFL player Michael Thomas, professional Major League Soccer player Ryan Mueller, former professional football player in the National Football League