SSES has not put a varsity team on the floor since the 2022-23 season, but will continue to build toward that goal by developing its current middle school and junior varsity programs. Plans are in place to reboot the varsity team for the 2026-27 season.

The rebuild is led by Head Coach Jenn Miller, a former all-state performer in West Virginia as a prep who played at Florida State University from 1995-97. She took over the Falcons in 2022-23 and led the squad to a 9-7 record in her inaugural campaign. The 2023-24 season was halted after just three games because of low roster numbers and the Falcons played at the middle school level only in 2024-25.

The current challenge, however, is not unique to the program. From 2009-14, the Falcons won just five total games, and entering the 2016-17 season Saint Stephen's had collected just eight district victories in 10 years. But prior to the recent shutdown, SSES had put together a string of six consecutive winning seasons and an 81-46 overall record.

The Falcons were the feel-good story of the 2019-20 athletic season, smashing nearly every record on their way to the first state Final Four appearance in school history. SSES finished 26-5, demolishing the previous single-season high for wins (16) set by the 1983-84 and 1984-85 teams. The Falcons captured their first district championship in 36 years and their first regional title ever to advance to the Final Four.

A 67-30 loss to eventual Class 3A state champion Carrollwood Day School at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland took little of the luster off a gem of a season. A slew of team and individual records fell. Guard Jamie Springstead, the school’s all-time leading scorer (male or female) with 1,605 career points, established a best for points in a season with 493 (a team-leading 15.9 per game). The Falcons scored at a clip of 51.8 per game. No Saint Stephen’s team had previously recorded a scoring average better than 43.5 ppg. Records for points in a game (84), points in a season (1,609), winning percentage (84%), and margin of victory (22.2 ppg.) also were set.