Yurcisin ’25 Capitalizes on Model UN, Service Experiences at CBA
May 15, 2025
As the son of a CBA alumnus, Steven Yurcisin ’25 was pretty confident that the Academy was where he would spend his high school years.
A native of Belmar, Yurcisin is a graduate of Saint Leo the Great School in Lincroft, so he did not have to change much of his commute pattern when he finally committed to CBA.
“I had a choice, but I always knew what I really wanted,” he said. “Everybody from Saint Leo talks about all the boys going to CBA and I really looked forward to it.”
Yurcisin could never have anticipated what opportunities that were waiting for him, as he immersed himself into the CBA community with heavy involvement in Model UN and service.
It was his time with Model UN that helped him uncover what he wanted to pursue at the next level.
In the fall, he will be attending Georgetown University, where he plans to study international politics. He is particularly interested in international peacekeeping, something he was fascinated by during his Model UN research. By senior year, Yurcisin rose to the rank of co-secretary general of CBA’s Middle School Model UN Conference, which is attended by hundreds of excited students each fall. In fact, Yurcisin attended the conference himself as an interested middle schooler.
“My favorite part about the club is the research that we do,” he said. “Whatever the topic, I love the research and put in a lot of hours. It is an awesome event and the middle schoolers love it. I loved to run it and learn all the logistics.”
Similarly, Yurcisin was committed to participating in service immersion throughout his time at CBA. He was lucky enough to attend the Appalachia Trip during his freshman year and he was immediately hooked. He would travel on a whopping six service immersion trips over his four years, five to Appalachia and one more to Montana.
“I took the 12-hour drive [to Appalachia] and fell in love,” he recalled from freshman year. “It was such an awesome experience that I had to go back.”
Yurcisin accomplished plenty in the classroom as well, becoming a member of the National Honor Society and serving as Parliamentarian during his senior year. At the Lasalle Awards this spring, he was recognized with the annual Christian Brothers Award for Religious Service.
As he approaches graduation, he has certainly thought about what he is most proud of during his CBA career.
“Every year, I hit a block, whether it was a class or extracurricular. I had to find a way around it with my teachers and with my friends. I was able to pave a new path for a lot of different things here and that is something I am really proud of.”
Listen to the full video above for more with Steven!