Junior Pieper McCue has had a great impact on the athletic department at John Carroll. Pieper has been on varsity teams at JC for soccer, basketball, and lacrosse since freshman year; she is also committed to Ohio State for lacrosse.

At JC, Pieper is known to be funny, kind, and hard working on and off the field. Pieper has been playing lacrosse for 11 years and plays on the Skywalkers 2026 Blue team outside of school. One of Pieper’s favorite memories playing lacrosse at JC was beating St. Paul’s School in overtime in the 2024 season.

One goal Pieper has set for herself and accomplished was her dream of “going Division 1 for lacrosse and with all my hard work, I am now going to Ohio State.”

Ever since they reached out to her, Pieper was set on going to Ohio. “I picked Ohio State because of their amazing team culture, their high level of lacrosse, and the benefits the athletes get at the school upon graduation.”

Throughout her journey as a Patriot, Pieper has also learned some valuable advice from her teachers and coaches. The best advice she received was “treat others the way you want to be treated.”

Sports have been a major factor of how she grew so many friendships at JC. “Being on a team creates strong bonds with one another and guarantees you a giant group of friends.”

She will miss members of the Class of 2025 dearly as she has grown so close to many teammates who are graduating this year.

Like any other athlete pre-game rituals are very important to her. “Before every game I drink a Celsius, and I also listen to a pregame song with my teammate Annie.”