Seabury Academy had some growing pains during the 2002-03 school year after joining the Kansas State High School Activities Assn.

None of its varsity squads — boys and girls basketball, volleyball, cross country and girls soccer — posted winning records, but the Seahawks excelled in one area: the classroom.

The average GPA for all six teams was 3.27. The best among them was girls soccer, which sported a 3.49 GPA, while both basketball teams had 3.2 GPAs.

In all, the school earned three distinguished scholastic achievement awards and three outstanding academic achievement awards from KSHSAA.

Seabury also will have a major transition this summer, when it moves to its new building on Clinton Parkway in the former Alvamar Racquet Club. The Class 1A school finally will have use of its own regulation gymnasium and larger practice facilities.

Maybe now those growing pains will go away.

Cross country: Freshman Katie Pottorff became the school’s first state qualifier, placing ninth at the Horton regional. Sophomore Regan Sisson just missed, taking 13th. Pottorff finished 55th at the 2-1A state meet.

Volleyball: The Seahawks finished 7-15 and ended the season with a loss to Waverly in their regional opener. Craig Friedrichsen, who previously coached at Topeka Seaman, was hired to replace coach Tracy Kitson, who left teaching after the school year.

Girls basketball: Kitson also coached basketball, which struggled through most of the season, before finishing 4-12. Eric Nelson, who coached in Durango, Colo., will be the new coach.

Boys basketball: Seabury opened the season 1-5, but ripped off four straight wins. It finished 6-11, ending the year with a regional loss to Wetmore.

Girls soccer: The Seahawks were 1-6-2. They lost to Leavenworth Immaculata, 4-0, in their regional opener. Coach Coy Weege, a Kansas University student, resigned after the season because he graduated.