AMHS Magazine: Summer 2018 by Archbishop Mitty High School

Archbishop Mitty High School proudly presents Archbishop Mitty High School proudly presents

The Class of 2018 The Class of 2018

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CAMPUS NEWS

2 Congratulations to the Class of 2018

This year, seniors headed off to colleges across the nation and abroad. Learn where they’ll be studying next year.

15 Plug Into Tech

With a prime location in the heart of Silicon Valley, Archbishop Mitty produces many alumni who pursue careers in technology. Hear from Monarchs who work for companies changing how we do business.

Leadership In Catholic Education President Tim Brosnan Principal Kate Caputo Associate Principal Keith Mathews Assistant Principal/Dean of Students Jim Fallis Chief Financial Officer Jorge Helmer

20 Pitching Perfection

From top national rankings to alumnae who compete for Team USA, the softball program has a legacy of success. Learn more about this tradition of excellence.

Chief Information Officer Eric Anderson Executive Director of Advancement Mason Kimont

22 Taking the Stage in College

Alumnus Lucas Kernan ’17 shares a behind-the-scenes tour of what it is like to be a high school student applying to performing arts schools.

24 Celebrating the Class of 2018

Student Activities cherishes the opportunity to show graduating seniors how much they are appreciated and will be missed. Read about the end-of-the-year activities.

26 Cornerstone: Finding Faith in Service

Students participating in service projects make new friends, break down barriers, and find helping others is key in their growing relationships with God.

28 Outreach Office Hosts Successful Retreat

Outreach hosted a retreat this spring, giving members of the African American Student Union and the Latin American Student Union a chance to form lifelong friendships.

Director of Admissions Katherine Wesmiller Director of Athletics Brian Eagleson Director of Campus Ministry Tim Wesmiller Director of Communications Katie Helland Director of Creative Services JoAnn Schilb Director of Performing Arts Doug Santana Director of Student Activities Greg Walker ARCHBISHOP MITTY MAGAZINE is printed by Bluewater Printing Services, Inc. and is published three times a year for the families and friends of Archbishop Mitty High School. Questions, suggestions, or items of interest should be directed to the Archbishop Mitty Communications Office at the address below.

OTHER NEWS

Letter from the Diocese

34 Alumni Baseball

Class Notes

36 Mitty Auction

Brother Fien Volunteer Dinner

38 Alumni Golf Tournament

Career Symposium

40 In Remembrance

AMHS Communications Office 5000 Mitty Avenue San Jose, California 95129-1897 Change of address or mailing inquiries are handled through the Advancement Office: (408) 252-3923.

Dear Friends, My favorite layout in this edition of the Archbishop Mitty Magazine is found on pages 24 and 25. Check it out… Over the years people have often asked me how in the world I could possibly deal with over 1700 teenagers for so long. This is the reason. Study the pictures carefully. The energy is infectious. The joy is palpable. The fun is genuine. The love is real. The faith is relevant. When student body president John Lahey shared his prayer at the opening of Monarch Madness this past March, reverent silence blanketed the Civic Auditorium. Among other things, he prayed to God that we could all squeeze just a little more out of a night that held so much promise. No one left disappointed. You see, at Archbishop Mitty, it’s cool to be as engaged and as happy as the students in these pictures. Whether saluting while singing the Alma Mater, cheering at games and the Madness, or proudly donning their Kairos crosses at the conclusion of graduation—these young people should give us all a great deal of hope. So please join me in “Celebrating the Class of 2018” and their amazing accomplishments. And let us also celebrate the classes that have come before and those that will carry on the tradition well into the future. Enjoy the magazine. God’s Blessings,

Tim Brosnan President

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF

Each year during graduation, five seniors are presented with five special awards. We are so pleased to introduce the recipients from the Class of 2018.

VALEDICTORIAN DANNING YU In his four years at Archbishop Mitty, Danning Yu, this year’s valedictorian, achieved a 4.75 cumulative academic GPA. A National AP Scholar, Danning earned — before this year— a perfect score of five on 11 different AP tests. And he took four more AP courses this year, as a senior. Over the past three years, this young man has received AMHS General Excellence Awards for being one of the top three students in the following areas: mathematics, robotics, science, social studies, English, newspaper, and world languages. In short, no matter the academic arena, Danning is a true scholar. But a review of Danning’s academic activities reveals only a partial picture of this young man’s talents. He has been a stalwart member of the popular robotics team and served as co-captain of the group this year. His embracing of a servant leadership style has resulted in his being perceived by his peers as being approachable, helpful, and humble. Danning can often be seen tutoring students in various venues around campus and is the go-to guy when anything needs fixing on the robot. His skill set opened up the doors last summer to a full-time job in which he operated Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milling machines to make parts for research, medical and defense industries, and companies like Tesla and Google X. Danning brought this experience back to the Archbishop Mitty robotics lab, which recently acquired a CNC machine of its own. Finally, Danning clearly recognizes that his many talents are gifts to be given back to the larger community. For example, while on the Ethics, Culture, and Justice South Africa immersion trip last summer, he helped set up a computer and printer at an orphanage for children with AIDS. And for his recent Eagle scout project, Danning built a three-tier compost bin for the school’s newly established garden. In his spare time, he has become a virtuoso piano player. Danning will be headed to the engineering program at the University of California, Los Angeles in the fall.

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SALUTATORIAN NICHOLE LIM Nichole Lim is one of the most multi-talented scholars ever to attend this school. Academically, her record is truly noteworthy. She has maintained a 4.67 cumulative GPA over her four years, while taking honors and Advanced Placement classes in every discipline, never receiving less than an “A” grade. Nichole is a National Merit finalist and an AP Scholar with distinction who has already received perfect scores of five on eight different AP tests prior to this year; she enrolled in four more as a senior. Perhaps most impressively, Nichole was the recipient this year of the AMHS General Excellence Award, which is given to a student who is recognized as one of the top three students in at least three different departments. This young woman received the unprecedented honor of being one of the top students in seven different arenas: mathematics, performing arts, science, religious studies, English, newspaper and social studies. With an amazing array of talents, this young woman has had a truly remarkable impact on virtually every aspect of our school. Nichole has participated in the Ethics, Culture, and Justice South Africa immersion trip. She is the editor of the justice awareness section of The Monarch newspaper and an active member of the Mitty Advocacy Project. Nichole is also the student editor of The Muse, the school’s literary magazine. And her musical skills are extraordinary. As the principal cellist in the AMHS orchestra and string quartet, she has performed at a large number of school functions throughout her time on campus and has consistently received unanimous superior rankings by the California Music Educators’ Association. Nichole is without question one of the finest musicians the school has produced. She will be attending University of East Anglia in England.

ARCHBISHOP ROMERO AWARD KATIE PETERSEN The Romero Award, named for the former Salvadoran Archbishop who fought and died for the cause of social justice, draws our attention to the core of the mission of Archbishop Mitty High School. It recognizes a graduating senior who is deeply committed to Christian Service and the Campus Ministry program. In addition, this award recognizes an individual who has put his or her intelligence and education at the service of those in need through a keen awareness of our commitment to promote social justice in our community and throughout the world. The recipient of the award has the honor of delivering a reflection at the Baccalaureate Mass. Katie Petersen is the Romero Award winner this year. She is a tremendously well-rounded student who is a role model academically, athletically, and spiritually. In her four years on campus, Katie has taken a rigorous academic course load while maintaining a 4.27 GPA and taking nine A.P. courses in six different areas of study. As an athlete, she has been a most successful, all-WCAL tennis player, and she has also used these skills to teach tennis to young children. But this young woman’s greatest impact on both Archbishop Mitty and the wider the community has been her commitment to service, faith development, and justice. In particular, Katie has been the charismatic and inspirational leader of the Mitty Advocacy Project, which is a student-run legislative leadership team working to spread awareness about social justice issues. This year, as the president of MAP, she led the group to Washington D.C. and served as a facilitator in legislative meetings, where she supported her team members as they lobbied for bills to support victims of human trafficking, regulate private prisons, and create a just immigration policy for this country. When the group traveled to Sacramento last March, she was the keynote speaker at the Catholic Youth Advocacy Day conference. Katie will be attending Barnard College in Columbia University next fall.

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THE REGENTS’ AWARDS The Regents’ Award is so named because the Archbishop Mitty High School Board of Regents honors one young woman and one young man each year at graduation in recognition of outstanding overall achievement. The winners of this award are two individuals who have demonstrated excellence in a wide range of activities at school while maintaining outstanding academic achievement and upholding the values and ideals of Archbishop Mitty High School.

ELIZABETH MAU

BLAIR EVANS

Elizabeth Mau is the female recipient of the Regents Award this year. She is a truly unique leader who has excelled in a wide variety of ways. Elizabeth is an outstanding academic student, who maintained a 4.57 GPA over her four years while taking a most rigorous academic schedule with a total of nine A.P. courses in six different disciplines. Elizabeth is an engaged, articulate, insightful, and collaborative student, who adds greatly to any classroom setting.

Blair Evans is the male recipient of the Regents Award this year and has definitely made his mark at Archbishop Mitty in a multitude of ways. He has achieved excellence in such diverse arenas as mathematics, Performing Arts, Campus Ministry, and Student Government. Blair has excelled in the classroom, taking a rigorous course of study, inclusive of six Advanced Placement courses, while maintaining a 4.05 GPA. His teachers fully appreciate his kind, caring, and fun manner that keeps the classroom lively.

But this young woman’s successes are in no way limited to the classroom. Elizabeth has been a significant contributor to the amazing Speech and Debate program. And she has engaged in such diverse opportunities as the LIFE Corps Team, the ECJ Native American immersion trip, and the Environmental Challenge service learning program. Perhaps her most inspiring and creative involvement at Archbishop Mitty has been her unparalleled leadership in the technical side of the award-winning Performing Arts program. Over the past four years, Elizabeth has literally given hundreds of hours to the theater program as stage manager, set builder, and lights/sound coordinator. The theater faculty are still trying to figure out what they are going to do without her next year. Elizabeth will be sharing her many talents with the student body at University of California, Santa Barbara next year.

Blair’s commitment to his faith and to serving the larger community has motivated him to participate in all four of the school’s retreats. As a member of Campus Ministry’s leadership team, LIFE Corps, he led a sophomore Agape Retreat. In addition, Blair also participated in the South Africa Ethics, Culture, and Justice immersion trip.

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In the theater arena, Blair has excelled and created some of the most memorable, supportive, and —at times— outrageous roles performed on the school’s stage. Most importantly, this young man is a well-respected leader inside and outside of the classroom. Perhaps this is so because of his genuine love for this community, which manifests itself in a ministry of presence rarely seen in a young person. Football game tonight? He’s there. Concert? He’s there too. Open House? He’s there. The man is, well, everywhere. As a class representative for two years and an ASB spirit commissioner this year, he has made leading by presence an art form. Everyone knows his name. More importantly, he seems to know everyone else’s. Blair is, without question, “Mr. Mitty.” He will be attending the University of Southern California in the fall.

2018 SENIOR AWARDS ARCHBISHOP MITTY ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS Students who achieved a cumulative academic-grade-point-average of 4.0 or better for each of the first seven semesters. Gabriel Meza Rami Kawa Katherine Day Connor Albright Brandon Milliken Amelia Kinsella Neena Deshpande Madeline Baker Rachael Murdock Jenna Kliewer Julia DeVine Kunal Barde Avani Mylvara Aleksander Kozminski Aleksei Dillon Ali Bell Anand Narayan Shannon Lau Minh-Tam Doan Sheel Bhardwaj Clare Necas Brenton Law Jim Falcone Madeline Brodrick Claire Nguyen Daisy Lee Jack Garvey Matthew Bui Druv Pai Jolie Leung Emily Genevriere Thomas Butler Catherine Petersen Aileen Levan Sophia Harrison Courtney Butler Swathi Ramaprasad Nichole Lim Jasmine Ho Jeffrey Chao Alexis Rambac Jasmine Lin Kim Hoang Abigail Chen Katherine Rejer Mia Lombardo Joshua Isaacs Soo Min Cho Joshua Robertson Jeremy Lu Ashton Jimenez Nathalie Co Sarah Savage Megan Luo Derek Jones Ryan Coldiron Jillian Sherwood Danielle Matlock Andrew Kang Olivia Cunningham Hannah Shinnerl Elizabeth Mau Rushil Kapadia David Dalal Tuan Shridhar Charles Meng Supna Kapoor Anna Theresa Davis

Timothy Simka Kela Sowell Mariah Stanelle Ammar Syed Trinity Marie Tan Cathy Teng Leo Tong Minh-Tram Tran Nina VanAtta Teja Veeramacheneni Evan Vemury Rithvik Vobbilisetty Madelyn Whalen Nichole Wong Kaitlyn Wu Clara Yang Danning Yu

ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM AWARDS AP Scholars Students who received scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams Angelina DiLisio Abigail Chen Sebastian Anvari Jim Falcone Grant Chiu Samskar Bajaj Ella Garfunkel Soo Min Cho Kunal Barde Rachel George Wesley Chu Alexander Basinski Olivia Heitz Louis Coffin Ashank Behara Kim Hoang Ryan Coldiron Ali Bell Charles Ibsen David Dalal Anna Bowman Jiho Kim Madelyn Davis Matthew Bui Bailen Lawson Neena Deshpande Marcela Capizzi

Alexander Maxwell Charles Meng Clare Necas Isabel Newcomb Maria Carolina Nome Willow Patel Jacob Perata Julia Queiroz Rahul Ramakrishnan

Liane Reyes De Leon Carolyn Richter Hannah Shinnerl Samantha Townzen Sean Tso Nina VanAtta Amelia Whitney Andrew Wong

AP Scholars with Honor Students who received an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams Rithvik Vobbilisetty Catherine Petersen Ritwik Krishnan Katherine Day Thomas Butler Kyle Xia Katherine Rejer Aileen Levan Blair Evans Jeffrey Chao Jillian Sherwood Daren Liu Rohit Ghoshal Nathalie Co Abhiram Evan Vemury Elizabeth Mau Ashton Jimenez Olivia Cunningham AP Scholars with Distinction Students who received an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams Minh-Tram Tran Yush Raje Megan Luo Rushil Kapadia Connor Albright Teja Veeramacheneni Swathi Ramaprasad Danielle Matlock Supna Kapoor Sheel Bhardwaj Nichole Wong Alexis Rambac Rachael Murdock Amelia Kinsella Aleksei Dillon Kaitlyn Wu Sarah Savage Avani Mylvara Aleksander Kozminski Minh-Tam Doan Jason Xu Tuan Shridhar Shriya Nandwani Brenton Law Jack Garvey Clara Yang Timothy Simka Anand Narayan Daisy Lee Emily Genevriere Danning Yu Ammar Syed Claire Nguyen Jolie Leung Joshua Isaacs Nickhil Tekwani Liam Olsen Nichole Lim Derek Jones Cathy Teng Druv Pai Jasmine Lin William Ju Leo Tong Shree Mukilan Pari Jeremy Lu Andrew Kang National AP Scholar Granted to students in the United States who received an average score of at least 4 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams Andrew Kang Rushil Kapadia Teja Veeramacheneni Danning Yu

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SENIOR AWARDS (continued)

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS Thomas Butler Nathalie Co Emily Genevriere Derek Jones

William Ju Andrew Kang Amelia Kinsella Aleksander Kozminski

Brenton Law Daisy Lee Nichole Lim Danielle Matlock

Elizabeth Mau Gabriel Meza Liam Olsen Druv Pai

Timothy Simka Teja Veeramacheneni Rithvik Vobbilisetty

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP COMMENDED STUDENTS Sebastian Anvari Alexander Basinski Anna Bowman Matthew Bui Abigail Chen Wesley Chu Louis Coffin Katherine Day Aleksei Dillon Minh-Tam Doan

Blair Evans Ella Garfunkel Jack Garvey Sophia Harrison Steven Howell Rushil Kapadia Anna Krause Ritwik Krishnan Jolie Leung Aileen Levan

Jasmine Lin Jeremy Lu Megan Luo Lemuel Marucot Charles Meng Avani Mylvara Anand Narayan Claire Nguyen Shree Mukilan Pari Yush Raje

Swathi Ramaprasad Katherine Rejer Jillian Sherwood Kela Sowell Ammar Syed Nickhil Tekwani Cathy Teng Leo Tong Samantha Townzen Sean Tso

Nina VanAtta Nichole Wong Kaitlyn Wu Kyle Xia Jason Xu Danning Yu

NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM SCHOLARS Louis Coffin Olivia Cunningham Jim Falcone

Sebastian Garate Ella Garfunkel Steven Howell

Ashton Jimenez Supna Kapoor Jolie Leung

Elizabeth Mau Olivia Monroy Lucy Nino

Julia Queiroz Samantha Townzen Maria Elena Yero

Gary Braia Service Awards Each year service awards are given to those members of the graduating class who demonstrate, to an exceptional degree, service to the school and the wider community. The awards are named in memory of Gary Braia, a long-time and much-beloved Archbishop Mitty teacher who exemplified selfless service to others. The 2018 recipients of the Gary Braia Service Award are as follows Faizon Bannister Elijah Brown Jade Cox David Dalal Nathan del Rosario Mariah Dewey David Elfrink Blair Evans

Ella Garfunkel Emily Genevriere Derek Jones Jiho Kim Cassandra Korb Ritwik Krishnan John Lahey Cameron Lahitette

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Nichole Lim Megan Luo Caroline Manibo Daniel Marella Elizabeth Mau Macy McHale Claire Nguyen Allison Ogden

Gillian Ortega Gwyneth Ortega Karisma Ortiz Ashlyn Plant Alexis Rambac Katherine Rejer Maxwell Slade Mariah Stanelle

Makaela Tanaka Nickhil Tekwani Dario Vacca Danning Yu Emilio Zertuche

ARCHBISHOP MITTY MEDALLIONS Campus Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexis Rambac

Robotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danning Yu

Christian Service . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan del Rosario

Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danning Yu

Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teja Veeramacheneni

Speech and Debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jolie Leung

English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nichole Lim

Newspaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexis Rambac

Performing Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amelia Whitney

Physical Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay Houston Religious Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nichole Lim

Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nichole Lim

Student Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blair Evans

Visual Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paige Baldwinson World Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sofia del Cano

Yearbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashton Jimenez

ARCHBISHOP MITTY CERTIFICATES Campus Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zoe Kouretas Rachael Murdock Brian Salkeld Nickhil Tekwani Christian Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minh-Tam Doan Eric Luong Supna Kapoor Ivanna Yeager English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Garvey Rushil Kapadia Amelia Kinsella Rachael Murdock Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathalie Co Aleksei Dillon Minh-Tam Doan Amelia Kinsella Newspaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Krause

Performing Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Dalal Madelyn Davis Erik Federwisch Pascha Oania-Hopkins Joseph Shifman Mariah Stanelle Physical Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hailey Bruce Sophia Mendoza Brian Salkeld Shane Wegener

Religious Studies . . . . . . . . . Olivia Cunningham Derek Jones Maria Carolina Nome Timothy Simka Robotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timothy Simka Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathalie Co Andrew Kang Timothy Simka Cathy Teng

Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Garvey Supna Kapoor Jenna Kliewer Shree Mukilan Pari Speech and Debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Mau Rahul Ramakrishnan Student Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jade Cox Quang Phan Visual Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Faizon Bannister Miles Lawson Jasmine Nguyen Maria Elena Yero World Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheel Bhardwaj Sophia Harrison Yearbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samantha Townzen

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Colleges and Universities ACCEPTANCES

MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2018 WERE POLLED AS TO THEIR EDUCATIONAL PLANS FOR THE FALL, 2018. THE RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS 100% ATTENDING COLLEGE IN THE FALL. Percentage attending a four-year college or university: 98% Percentage attending a two-year college: 2% UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Berkeley 17 Davis 48 Irvine 36 Los Angeles 25 Merced 12 Riverside 17 San Diego 17 Santa Barbara 59 Santa Cruz 42 TOTAL: 273 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY Fullerton 8 Humboldt 8 Long Beach 22 Los Angeles 4 Monterey Bay 16 Northridge 7 Sacramento 10 San Bernardino 2 San Diego 58 San Francisco 55 San Jose 100 San Marcos 11 Sonoma 31 Stanislaus 2 TOTAL: 465 CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Azusa Pacific University 4 Biola University 1 California Baptist University 2 California Institute of the Arts 1 California Lutheran University 2 California Northstate University College of Health Sciences 1 Chapman University 56 Concordia University - Irvine 2 Dominican University of California 4 Harvey Mudd College 2 La Sierra University 1 Loyola Marymount University 76 Menlo College 3

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Notre Dame de Namur University 1 Occidental College 1 Pepperdine University 10 Pitzer College 2 Point Loma Nazarene University 2 Pomona College 1 Saint Mary’s College of California 42 Santa Clara University 73 Stanford University 1 University of La Verne 2 University of Redlands 15 University of San Diego 72 University of San Francisco 64 University of Southern California 23 University of the Pacific 20 Westmont College 3 Whittier College 7 TOTAL: 494 OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 1 Allegheny College 1 American University 7 Amherst College 2 Appalachian State University 1 Arizona State University 28 Auburn University 1 Augustana College 1 Babson College 1 Baldwin Wallace University 1 Bard College 1 Barnard College 1 Barrett, The Honors College 1 Bates College 1 Baylor University 10 Belmont University 1 Beloit College 1 Berklee College of Music 1 Boise State University 6 Boston College 5 Boston University 16 Bowdoin College 1 Brandeis University 1 Brown University 2

Bryant University Caldwell University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve Champlain College Clark University Clemson University Colby College Colgate University College of the Holy Cross Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Colorado State University-Pueblo Columbia College Chicago Connecticut College Cornell University Creighton University Dartmouth College DePaul University DeSales University Drake University Drexel University Duke University Eastern Washington University Elmhurst College Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Emerson College Emory University Fairfield University Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles Florida Atlantic University Florida Institute of Technology Florida International University Fordham University Furman University George Fox University George Mason University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Gonzaga University Goucher College Grinnell College Hamilton College-New York

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Hampshire College Hampton University Hawaii Pacific University Hofstra University Howard University Illinois Institute of Technology Indiana University at Bloomington Iona College Iowa State University Ithaca College Jackson State University Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Knox College Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College Lewis University Loyola University Chicago Macalester College Marist College Marquette University Marymount Manhattan College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Miami University, Oxford Molloy College Montana State University, Bozeman Montclair State University Nazareth College New England Conservatory of Music New Jersey Institute of Technology New York University Northeastern University Northern Arizona University Northwestern University Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences Ohio University Oklahoma City University Oregon State University Oxford College of Emory University Pace University, New York City Pacific University Pennsylvania State University Point Park University Portland State University Pratt Institute Princeton University Providence College Purdue University Reed College Regis University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rice University Rider University Rochester Institute of Technology Rutgers University-New Brunswick Saint Louis University

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Salisbury University 1 Sarah Lawrence College 3 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2 School of Visual Arts 1 Seattle Pacific University 3 Seattle University 40 Seton Hall University 3 Simmons College 1 Skidmore College 1 Southern Methodist University 6 Southern Oregon University 2 St. Bonaventure University 1 St. Edwardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University 1 St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University - Queens Campus 5 Stevens Institute of Technology 2 Stonehill College 2 Stony Brook University 1 Syracuse University 20 Temple University 3 Texas A&M University 8 Texas Christian University 7 The George Washington University 9 The New School 1 The Ohio State University 2 The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University 1 The University of Arizona 35 The University of Iowa 2 The University of Tampa 1 The University of Texas, Austin 8 The University of Texas, Dallas 1 Trinity College 1 Tulane University 6 Union College 1 United Coast Guard Academy 1 University of Alabama 8 University of Alabama at Birmingham 1 University of Central Florida 2 University of Chicago 2 University of Colorado at Boulder 39 University of Colorado at Denver 3 University of Colorado-Colorado Springs 1 University of Connecticut 1 University of Denver 8 University of Florida 1 University of Hartford 1 University of Hawaii at Manoa 13 University of Houston 3 University of Idaho 1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 9 University of Kansas 2 University of Louisville 1 University of Maryland, College Park 1 University of Miami 2 University of Michigan 7 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 5

University of Mississippi 2 University of Missouri, Kansas City 1 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 1 University of Nevada, Reno 43 University of New Mexico 2 University of North Carolina at Asheville 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 University of Notre Dame 1 University of Oregon 68 University of Pennsylvania 1 University of Pittsburgh 2 University of Portland 64 University of Puget Sound 10 University of Richmond 1 University of Rochester 3 University of South Carolina 2 University of South Florida, Tampa 1 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2 University of Utah 7 University of Vermont 1 University of Washington 46 University of Wisconsin, Madison 2 University of Kentucky 1 University of Massachusetts, Amherst 4 Vassar College 2 Villanova University 3 Virginia Commonwealth University 1 Walla Walla University 1 Washington State University 24 Washington University in St. Louis 2 Western Washington University 5 Whitman College 4 Whitworth College 2 Willamette University 6 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 Xavier University 1 TOTAL: 1087 INTERNATIONAL London College of Fashion 1 Trinity College Dublin 1 University of Bath 1 University of Glasgow 1 University of Leeds 1 The University of Manchester 1 Waseda University 1 University of Sussex 1 University of East Anglia 1 TOTAL: 9 GRAND TOTAL: 2328

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Introducing the Class of Reynalyn Crisostomo Aberin* Kaitlin Sara Adachi* Keila Jewel Kuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;uipo Affonso* Madeline Monique Aguirre* Lahra Lucia Ahearn Akshay Nitin Akarte* Suraya Jasmin Akhenaton* Muhammad Asghar Akram Nehemiah Emil Al Mansour Anna Guadalupe Alberico Connor Ryan Albright* Nicholas Lucca Alftin Christian Anthony Alvarado Anna Clare Amaro Kelly Anne Andreacchi* Sebastian Adam Anvari* Jovita Mattson Aquino Alan Antonio Arreola Charles John Baguley Samskar Bajaj* Madeline Claire Baker* Paige Elizabeth Baldwinson* Faizon Malique Zion Bannister Kunal Kaushik Barde* Alexander James Basinski* Slader Armani Basso Abby Mack Baumgartner* Ashank Behara* Ali Madison Bell* Sheel Bhardwaj* Rhea Esha Sanjay Bhatia Nicole Justine Blakes* Jack David Henry Bloome Madison Sage Booth Mel Matthew Petros Borja Anna Lynne Bowman* Charles Pablo Brandt Madeline Cranson Brodrick* Elijah Stephen Brown Ethan Steven Brown* Jack Kiichi Brown 10 ARCHBISHOP MITTY MAGAZINE

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Hailey Renee Bruce* Derek Minh Bui Matthew Jonathan Bui* Travis Matthew Burnell* Courtney Emily Butler* Thomas Gerard Butler* Anthony Keone Fonseca Byers* Catherine Rose Cabri* Chloe Nicole Cacoyannis Anna Marie Calvert Braeden Alexander Camarota* Ashley Grace Campbell

Araceli Canales Kamrin Kuliaikaui Caoili Marcela Hiromi Capizzi* Lauren Carolyne Carpenter* Tyler Ray Casaclang Nicole Castillo* Miguel Antonio Cebedo Margaret Susanne Cecilio* Jeffrey Rong-Guan Chao* Abigail Yung Li Chen* Grant Chiu* Soo Min Cho* Jae Hoon Choi* Ricardo Giovvani Choy-Velando

Wesley Chu* Nathalie Hoang-Vi Co* Louis Carneiro Coffin* Sarah Ann Coglitore* Ryan Kiernan Coldiron* Brianna Michelle Connors Jacqueline Corley* Jade Aspen Cox* Clay Joseph Crisafulli* Nicole Renee Crisham* Francisco Javier Cruz Gonzalez Joseline Cecilia Cruz-Ramirez* Olivia Marie Cunningham* David Wilder Dalal* Kaylah Nicole Dale Marc Vincent Daniels Anna Theresa Elizabeth Davis* Madelyn Rose Davis* Logan Jack Mullane Dawson* Katherine Emma Day* William John Dabney DeDen Hana Corrin DeGuzman* Sofia del Cano* Nathan Samuel del Rosario Annelliese Delacroix* Caitriona Maeve Delumpa* Neena Asavari Deshpande* Matthew Evan DeVaughn Alexandra Rose Devincenzi Julia Frances DeVine* Mariah Chang Dewey Daniela Maria DiBono* Alexander Joseph Dickens* Caroline Kelly Dickens* Angelina Marie Viviana DiLisio* Aleksei Bouza Dillon* Antonio Marco DiMambro* Charles Steven Vo Dinger* Minh-Tam Dang Doan* Jacob Christopher Domingue Roshan Dominic*

Albert Gerard Drewke Robert-John Agustin Driz Sean Wang Duffy John James Dugan* Dasha Efremov Nicolas Andrew Efremov David Thomas Elfrink* Jarrett Bradley English Blair Ernest Evans* Jim Joseph Falcone* Amanda Lauren Farley* Erik Michael Federwisch* Jean Carlo Fernandez Breanna Lynn Figone* Kayla Ann Flovin* Jessica Michelle Flowers* Rylie Alisa Fong* Fernando Fonseca-Vallejo Paris Jessica Fox Ryan Yasuto Fox Evan Tyler Friend Brandon Fuentes Reyes Maxwell Richard Fuller Sebastian Christopher Garate* Ella Sabina Garfunkel* Jack Ryan Garvey* Emily Genevriere* Rachel Julia George* Rohit Ghoshal* Jonathan Huybao Giang Ava Margaret Gigantino Natalia Vasiliki Good Kelland Hawthorne Goodin*

Riley James Grigsby Yabsera Grum* Emmanuel Antonio Guerra Nathaniel Lawrence Gustafson Sophia Ann Harrison* Colin Peter Hastings* Olivia Genevieve Heitz* Hugo Alberto Hernandez Nicholas James Hessler Jasmine Jing Man Ho* Brandon Bao Hoang* Kim Hoang* Kristian Michael Hoang Onica Nicole Hoeke Jay Sealy Houston Steven Luis Howell* Kylie Elizabeth Hughes Charles Victor Shireman Ibsen* Mackenzie Jane Iden Amanda Alysse Iruegas Joshua Matthew Isaacs* Lindsay Elise Jamieson* Alina Marie Jean* Ashton Margaret Jimenez* Caitlin Rose Jimenez* Derek Woodrow Jones* Hekili Freitas Jordan Kristian Myles Jordan William Beichen Ju* Andrew Jun-Mo Kang* Rushil Amar Kapadia* Supna Kapoor* Rami Kawa*

Ryan Aruna Keit-Weerakoon Nikolina Kristina Kesovija* Atheer Jamal Khan Daniel Kim* David Hyun Kim Jiho Kim* Amelia Sangalang Kinsella* Jenna Elizabeth Kliewer* Cassandra Lynne Korb* Zoe Christina Kouretas* Aleksander Marek Kozminski* Anna Gabriella Krause* James Patrick Kreck* Ritwik Krishnan* Kevin Gabriel Kuehn* Belana Marie Ganiban Labra* John Mark Lahey* Cameron Esteban Lahitette* Taylor Elizabeth Lambert* Tyler Johnathon Laton Shannon Alexandria Lau* Brenton Yi-Kai Law* Bailen Jarrod Lawson* Miles Bernard Lawson Teresa Mai Le* Samuel Alexander Leather Daisy Hyeri Lee* Taytianna Monae Leggett Yasmine Amaya Lelaind* Jolie Aline Leung* Dominic Michael Leuzze Aileen Therese Levan* Nicole Christine Liddle* SUMMER 2018

The Class of

2018

Nichole Rachelle Lim* Jasmine Lin* Daren Winning Liu* Kellie Marie Logsdon* Mia Isabella Lombardo* Jacob Macaranas Lopez Sudeep Louis* Jeremy Lu*

Hector Elias Lua Megan Ashley Luo* Eric Luong Jenica Lauren Lizada Mallari Caroline Leonin Manibo* Daniel Akira Marella* Kevin Zachary Marinshaw* Gustavo Maia Martins Lemuel Briones Marucot* Danielle Marie Matlock* Ethan Francis Matus* Christopher Joshua Mau* Elizabeth Giuliana Mau* Alexander Robertson Maxwell* Landon Ryan James McArthur* Philip Mel McCabe Kathleen Marie McDonald Macy Catherine McHale* Annika Marie McKinley* Julia Elizabeth Meacham Arturo Joshua Medina Sophia Isabella Mendoza* Charles Long Meng* Isaac Edward Messer* Natalie Grace Meyer Gabriel Luis Meza* 12 ARCHBISHOP MITTY MAGAZINE

Jacob Alexander Mifsud Querta Ariel Miller Brandon Andrew Milliken* Kristin Akemi Miyahara* Olivia Cathleen Monroy* Jehanna Patricia Diciembre Monsale* Sofia Elizabeth Montgomery* Elizabeth Camille Moore* Julia Beth Morse Alexander Anatoli Muchynski Rachael Lynn Murdock* Jack Richard Murphy* Avani Voruganti Mylvara* Shriya Nandwani* Anand Narayan* Clare Madison Necas* Ronja Tracy Nerb* Isabel Grace Newcomb* Albert Dinh Trung Nguyen* Andrew Quang Nguyen* Claire Mai-Anh Nguyen* Jasmine Nguyen Landon Lam Nguyen* Madelyn Bao Tram Nguyen* Alexandria Grace Marie Nicosia* Lucy Michelle Nino* Nkem Delores Nnam Maria Carolina Diamantaras Nome* Jaclene Marie Nunes* Delaney Christine Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien Pascha Grace Oania-Hopkins* Enrique Jesus Obieta Allison Nicole Ogden Liam Ethan Olsen* Carmen Elizabeth Orellana* Giuliano Penichet Orsi* Gillian Marie Ortega* Gwyneth Josephine Ortega* Karisma Linda Ortiz* Druv Ramesh Pai* Nirav Walls Pakala* Jennifer Nicole Paluch Yianni Papadokonstadakis* Shree Mukilan Subramaniam Pari* Daysha Jaraldine Patalot* Willow Gray Patel* Jacob Ryan Perata* Harrison Foss Peters* Catherine Miyuki Petersen*

Alvin Cong Tam Phan* Quang Anh Phan* Anjolie Lauren Picar Kathryn Elizabeth Picone Ashlyn Marie Plant* Micaela Nicole Pollifrone Hailey Rose Prentice Julia Maria Leibfacher Queiroz* Nelson Alejandro Quijada Guerra Yush Neil Raje* Rahul Ramakrishnan* Swathi Ramaprasad* Alexis Nicole Rambac* Marissa Nicole Ramos Jackson Thomas Rasmussen*

Tatum Justine Rausch Carmen Maria Read* Katherine Rejer* William Henry Rendler III Raymond Cameron Rendon Jared Reupert Alexandro Roberto Reyes Liane Michelle Reyes De Leon* Jade Lily Ricci* Amanda Claire Rice* Julia Moreno Rich* Carolyn Nicole Richter* Andrew Joseph Rintala Joshua Fajilan Robertson* Brianna Celeste Robles Daizey DelValle Rodriguez Matthew James Rose* Kayla Marie Salaber Brian Christopher Salkeld*

The Class of

2018

Annalisa Sambuceto* Sarah Caroline Savage* Skyleur Madison Savage* Moriah Reeda Scott Jake Tomas Serpa Joshua Tyler Seward* Maya Chanelle Shaw* Jillian Tyler Sherwood* Joseph Mendes Shifman* Hannah Edigna Shinnerl* Tuan Shridhar* Nimesh Christopher Ryan Silva Timothy Aditya Simka* Maxwell Thomas Slade Camille Fiona Smallwood* Hailey Simone Smith* Angeli Rose Soller Solanzo Kela Marie Sowell* Mariah Anne Stanelle* Taylor Lynn Starek Nicolina Anne Steele Griffin Matthew Stilwill Kyra Neha Sur* Abigail Gretchen Suratos* Ryan Jeremy Swift* Ammar Hassan Syed* Hailey Elizabeth Talia* Elizabeth G. Tan* Trinity Marie Obenza Tan* Makaela Kyoko Quigley Tanaka* Garrett Semisi Taufa Mia Ann Taxin Liam Anthony Tecson Elise Jamila Tejano Nickhil Chandra Tekwani* Cathy Huan Teng*

Tyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ranae Saril Thomas Miranda Kristine Thompson* Luke Harry Tillmann Leo Linghe Tong* Andrea Monique Topete-Perez Dominic Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill Torregroza

Samantha Anne Townzen* Alexandra Rose Tran* Minh-Tram Tran* Matteo Costa Travostino Megan Nhan Truong* Sean Jone Wah Tso* Rachael Natalie Tucker* Audrey Isabella Turk Melissa Claire Urrutia Dario Gregory Vacca Alyssa Rayann Valdez Nina Leigh VanAtta* Tiffany Kaitlin Varela* Teja Sai Veeramacheneni* Abhiram Evan Gladstone Marchand Vemury*

Nicholas Stephen Vitale Daniel Thanh Nghia Vo Rithvik Raghav Vobbilisetty* Karli Michele Vossoughi Kien Tuong Vu* Tyler Tru Vu* Jordan Anthony Walker Leslie Perez Wang* Shane Michael Wegener* Julia Rose Wendling* Oliver Christian Werner Madelyn Claire Whalen* Makena Lee Whims Amelia Mary Whitney* Shaz Widhani* Donovan Xavier Wilson Audrey Nicole Wolfe* Camille Marie Wolfe* Andrew Wong* Nichole Yuki Wong* Torin Nathaniel Rucker Wright* Kaitlyn Joyce Wu* Kyle Tingli Xia* Jason Xu* Jota Orion Yamaguchi Clara Yang* Ivanna Ashley Yeager* Maria Elena Yero* Nicholas Wyatt Young Danning Liu Yu* Hayden August Zadel* Francesca Nicole Zappula Emilio Rene Zertuche* * Denotes California Scholarship Federation Life (Sealbearer) Membership

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IN THE NEWS Bishop Patrick McGrath shared this letter with teachers and staff of the Diocese of San Jose announcing a change in the organizational structure at Archbishop Mitty High School. Read his full letter below:

MITTY MAGAZINE UPDATE The spring issue of the Mitty Magazine featured the Archbishop Mitty Speech and Debate program. In June, the team received the highest team award possible and was named a School of Outstanding Distinction at the National Tournament. The award recognizes the top 10 speech and debate programs in the nation. The Monarchs also won their third consecutive state championship. Pictured at left: The team celebrates their new national awards.

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By Christine (Brady â&#x20AC;&#x2122;02) Oliver - Director of Alumni Relations

With a prime location in the heart of Silicon Valley, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no wonder that many alumni of Archbishop Mitty choose careers in technology. From more traditional jobs to ones at companies like Uber, Google, and Stitch Fix, which provide personalized, on-demand services, Monarchs are involved in tech in a variety of ways. They work for companies that are changing the way business is done and how we live our lives.

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STEPHANIE FEDERWISCH ’07

SOFTWARE ENGINEER, GOOGLE Walking into her college career fair with 30 resumes, Stephanie promised herself she would leave without taking any home. The promise paid off and right after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, she started as a software engineer at one of the places where she had left her resume: Google. Stephanie describes her job as part engineering, design, and psychology with a little bit of communication skills. Her typical day includes writing code, fixing issues with software, debugging problems, and testing features with users. In the afternoons, she makes her way back to Archbishop Mitty where she teaches programming to the Robotics Team.

Influential Teacher: “Mr. Greene. On the first day of Freshman Orientation, he gave us a math puzzle that I still remember solving. He was one of the first people who taught me how to program and one of the original mentors of the Robotics Team.”

SHAYAN ALAM ’99

PARTNER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER, APPLE PAY BUSINESS OPERATIONS, APPLE

Shayan’s journey to his current position started at a baby shower. He happened to run into a old colleague who was starting a new role with Apple Pay. Shayan kept in touch with him over the next year and a half and eventually, he was able to join the team. “I wouldn’t be where I am if I didn’t happen to seize the opportunity that presented itself out of nowhere,” Shayan said. At Apple, Shayan addresses day-to-day problems and concerns to make sure partners and customers using Apple Pay have the best experience possible. Apple Pay is available in more than 21 countries so those customers can be located across the world, anywhere from Australia to Brazil. “I can spend my day troubleshooting why a particular customer in Russia is having issues with their accounts or trying to understand how a new feature will impact the millions of

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customers using Apple Pay and building out a communications plan for our team and partners.” Before taking this position, Shayan worked at Visa on technology to enable mobile payments. Now, that same underlying technology is used in Apple Pay by millions of users daily. Talk about coming full circle.

Influential Coach: “Coach Mike Saso. I ran cross country all four years, and while I wasn’t the most talented athlete, Coach Saso reminded me of the tremendous heart I had, which inspired the rest of the team. I’ve kept this in mind throughout my career. We’re faced with new challenges every day, and whether we’re good at it or not, we have to find a way to achieve success.”

PHIL FARRELL ’69

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS MANAGER, STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EARTH, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Originally searching for a career in natural resource management, Phil stumbled into tech when he took a research assistant position for an economist. The data analysis he did for that job required a lot of programming. After that, he continued his quest for knowledge in IT by taking every opportunity to learn new skills. To do that, he read manuals, experimented with systems, signed up for courses and attended industry conferences. Phil took time to learn everything he could to develop his skills in computer programing, system architecture, project planning, and communication. Eventually, his path took him to Stanford where his job grew as technology use expanded. “I have always relished the intellectual challenge of both my work, itself, and of interacting with all the intelligent staff, faculty, and students around me,” he said.

Influential Teacher: “Brother Allan DeLong. He helped me realize my abilities. In physics class, he drilled the scientific method into us in the lab experiments, so it became second nature to us.”

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KATELYN VEYNA ’11

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS ANALYST, REPORTING AND ANALYTICS, UBER

Katelyn makes sense of the financial data that helps Uber toward its goals of making transportation safer and more accessible, reducing congestion in cities by getting more people into fewer cars, and creating opportunities for people to work on their own terms. Data analysis continues to be a growing field in Silicon Valley as companies strive to measure progress and make decisions that influence growth. “I’m responsible for figuring out how all this data relates and how it can be mapped together to create the report teams need,” she said. Uber’s technology is available at a user’s fingertips and changed the transportation landscape. It’s not slowing down. The app-based company allows something as simple as moving across the city to become a customized experience where the user can dictate when and how they arrive at their destination. “The company works at an exponential pace,” Katelyn said.

Influential Teacher: “Mr. Wesmiller. I was quiet in high school and my Ethics Culture and Justice: India class and the immersion trip facilitated by Mr. Wesmiller helped me to get out of my shell. I wouldn’t be where I am without him and ECJ: India.”

LAUREN (CURTIS ’05) DAY

HEAD OF DIGITAL MARKETING, STITCH FIX At Stitch Fix, a company that sends hand-selected collections Influential Mentors: of clothing and accessories to clients’ doors, Lauren and her team are responsible for driving client growth across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and Google. Lauren graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 2009, at a time when jobs for recent graduates were hard to find. She took a job at an ad-tech company that focused on connecting gaming developers with advertisers. Now, she’s responsible for growth at a publicly traded company that is completely disrupting the retail industry. “We blend the art of expert, personal styling with the science of algorithms to deliver apparel and accessories selected to fit our clients’ unique tastes, lifestyles, and budgets,” she said. “Our business sits at the intersection of data science and fashion.”

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“I had so many amazing, influential mentors during my time at Mitty! Mr. Eagleson, Mr. Howard, Mr. Motroni, Mr. AlmazanCezar, Coach Gaspar Torregroza, Coach Wes Jones, and Coach Gina Eagleson were all incredible mentors to me during my time at Mitty. I am eternally grateful to have such strong, positive forces in high school that have absolutely shaped the person I am today.”

BRIAN DOMBROWSKI ’03

FOUNDER, CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER, FANTAG

Brian founded Fantag, a company that allows content creators and their fans to instantly capture and share highlights from livestreaming video with just the tap of a button on their phone. He came up with the idea for the start-up while filming high school games for coaches after he had graduated from college. During games, he constantly was asked by parents for specific clips of the footage. That’s when Brian came up with the idea for the app, which allows spectators to identify and capture video clips of their favorite plays from multiple angles during the game. Brian says one of his most memorable moments of getting the app going was when the it successfully captured multiple angles of a play at a major league soccer game. “Lots of hard work had led up to that moment where it was actually real and working as I had imagined,” he said.

Influential Teacher: “Mrs. Mack. I loved to write and remember spending time reviewing my papers with her during free hours. I always appreciated that extra time and encouragement from her.”

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PITCHING PERFECTION By Katie Helland - Director of Communications

From top national rankings to alumnae who compete for Team USA, the softball program has a legacy of success. The program boasts 15 CCS Championships, a record for sectional titles held by one school, and has been ranked No. 1 in the nation. On top of that, alumnae of the program have played or currently play professional softball.

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PRO PITCHER & PROUD MONARCH

“The word that best represents the program is excellence. This resonates with the girls both on and off the field,” said Coach Joe Gron, the head coach of the varsity softball team. “We get a type of student-athlete that comes in and strives for excellence, to be great in all that she does.” Coach Gron, now in his third season, has led the Monarchs to WCAL and CCS titles each of his first two seasons. He believes in hard work and appreciates that this sport teaches discipline and patience. “You get three hits out of 10 — that’s a .300 batting average — and you’re considered a good hitter,” Coach Gron said as he sat on the bleachers overlooking the softball field. “I don’t think there’s any other sport or any other thing in life where you can fail 70 percent of the time and still be considered good.” For senior Mariah Dewey, the team captain, the program has taught her not just tenacity, but how to be a good teammate. To keep the group’s focus on teamwork, rather than individual efforts, each Monarch dedicates the season to someone they love and admire. When the Monarchs first get together at the start of the season, each student-athlete is given a softball and writes down the name of a person or people they’re playing for that year. Then, the team uses those softballs to play catch each day. “So basically, every day we’re reminded of who we’re playing for,” said Dewey, who will be playing softball for the United States Coast Guard Academy next year. Dewey plays for Mr. Korbel, her high school counselor who passed away suddenly at the end of last year, and for her brother, Jacob Dewey ’16, who is serving in the US Navy. Many of her teammates play for their parents, she said. Not far away from the softball diamond, banners in the Fien Gym display the years of the CCS Championship titles won by Monarchs in the past. “We come out here to play for not only this particular team and set of players, athletes, and coaches,” Coach Gron said. “We’re playing for the community, plus all the former players that have put these banners up here.”

Monarch Keilani (Ricketts ’09) Tumanuvao was the youngest of four siblings to attend Archbishop Mitty High School. Tumanuvao knew the school’s softball and basketball programs had a legacy of success and dreamed of the day she could don the same jerseys as her older siblings and play on these teams. Now, young women at AMHS would love to put on her jersey as Tumanuvao is the pitcher for professional softball teams, like Team USA and USSSA Pride. “When I was little, I looked up to the girls in the Mitty jersey and being able to put on the Mitty jersey was a cool thing,” said Tumanuvao. “For me at least, I saw Mitty as the school of champions. There’s a legacy of so many great players that have gone through the programs.” When Tumanuvao joined her varsity high school softball program as a sophomore, she knew the expectations for the team were high. But by Tumanuvao’s senior year, the team was ranked No. 1 in the nation and had a perfect season record of 32-0. Go Monarchs!

MEET THE MONARCHS

We caught up with several alumnae who participated in the varsity women’s softball program to see what they’ve been up to since they graduated:

Samantha Ricketts ’05 - Assistant Coach for Mississippi State University - Former Assistant Coach for USSSA Pride - Played for National Pro FastPitch(NPF)’s Akron Racers

Keilani (Ricketts ’09) Tumanuvao - Pitcher for Team USA, USSSA Pride (NPF), and Shokki Softball - National Pro Fastpitch All-Star - Two-Time NCAA Player of the Year

Jazmyn Jackson ’13 - Team USA - WBSC Women’s World Championship: Gold Medalist

Pictured at left: Seniors Alyssa Valdez, Hana DeGuzman, and Mariah Dewey participated in the team this spring and committed to playing softball next year in college.

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Taking the Stage in College By Lucas Kernan ’17

Before graduating from Archbishop Mitty, I encountered a lot of confusion surrounding my choice to pursue a career in the arts. Adults who weren’t particularly involved in the field would question my choice; peers who were going to top tier STEM programs didn’t even understand how it was possible to study acting; and – unsurprisingly – little to nobody truly understood that the application process was completely different than what the conventional narrative dictated. The Advanced Acting class that I took my senior year of high school was instrumental in helping me take my passion for theater to the next level. Here is my story... The arts application process at Archbishop Mitty starts junior year. Before the penultimate semester begins, all prospective arts students start the process with the helping hand of Mr. Doug Santana and his Advanced Acting class. Advanced Acting is a class offered at AMHS that is especially geared towards preparing all students applying to college to study acting, directing, film, and any other higher arts field. This class gives students oneon-one access to Mr. Santana as they prepare their artistic supplements, monologues, and songs, while allowing them to interact with peers who are navigating the same process. Students meet with Mr. Santana their junior year to prepare a list of schools they might want to attend. He does a wonderful job of personalizing this process for each student focusing on a wide variety of factors like program intensity, location, financial aid availability, and degree. Each student’s list is organized similarly to the “reach, target, safety” system used in the standard application process, but instead of evaluating a student’s test scores and GPA, Mr. Santana organizes schools by general selectivity or how many students are let into the program. Students are strongly encouraged to apply to whichever schools they are interested in while making sure they apply to more than just the highly selective programs. After the list is compiled, students are encouraged to visit whichever schools they can and learn more about the programs during the summer and remainder of the school year. Come August, students are officially enrolled in the Advanced

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Acting class. Here, students – with the help of Mr. Santana and their classmates – revisit and finalize their lists of target universities and begin to compile artistic supplements. Through various workshops, one-on-one coaching sessions, and mock auditions with AMHS performing arts alumni or local theater makers and educators, students explore, workshop, and solidify their monologues so they are ready for audition season. Audition season? That’s right! By the end of January, students have prepared all their monologues and actually begin auditions. Once more, students begin to travel across the state and country. I had an audition in San Francisco for a school in New Jersey; an audition in New York for a school in Boston; and many more at Chicago Unifieds, a convention of universities gathering in one city to see hundreds to thousands of prospects over the course of one weekend. After all that, if I was lucky, some schools would want to see me again for a callback weekend. I did get lucky and ended up flying out once more to Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey for one final audition. This was eight months after I had begun my process. It was only after those five months of applications and three months of auditions that I could breathe a sigh of relief and become the clear-eyed, second-semester senior that the rest of my fellow soon-to-be-grads had become. I ended up making my decision between New York University and Rutgers University, two very different programs. I went with NYU, and I can say that I am incredibly happy with my choice as are my other classmates and friends who were in Drama III with me my senior year. Fellow Monarchs Arjun Biju, Diego Blanc-Zoco, Emily Goes, and Piper Lewis all attend NYU; Paige Decena is at Cap21; Colin Anderson attends Boston Conservatory; Ivan Bracy studies at Point Park; Connie Curme goes to Montclair; Mark Johnson is at Pace; and Fiona Pestana studies at USC. This year, as I watch my friends in the class behind me complete this process, I am beyond excited to see them realize the reward was worth all the hard work. I love what I am doing, and I am so glad to share it with my Archbishop Mitty community.

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Celebrating the Class of 2018 By Greg Walker - Director of Student Activities

Back in August, the sentiment of the Class of 2018 could have been summarized with one phrase: “I can’t wait until graduation!” But in the final weeks of classes, members of the graduating class realized they will no longer see their friends every day. No one will question how they parked on Doyle Drive, and they won’t have to arrive on campus at 7:00 a.m. just to get a parking spot in the Senior Lot. There won’t be another Christmas Rally, Spirit Week, or Monarch Madness. Their time on campus is done, and they are now alumni. Senioritis is a part of every school year. But the closer we get to graduation, the more I start wishing the sands in the hourglass would somehow move just a little slower. In his prayer to begin Monarch Madness, ASB President John Lahey brilliantly articulated the emotion seniors experience when he prayed, “As every tick of the clock subtracts from our days as Monarchs, I ask for a somewhat unique request. Let this night carry on. Let the dances last a little longer. Let the cheers ring a little louder. Let the suspense build a little bigger.” For most students, the month of May represents an opportunity to look back on the accomplishments, connections, and stories that Monarchs create over four years. Student Activities cherishes the opportunity to show these graduating seniors how much we have appreciated them and how much they will be missed. End-ofthe-year activities such as Senior Ball, Senior Cruise, and Senior Dinner are opportunities for the students to gather, take pictures, tell stories, and enjoy their final days on campus. The moment is now here when the Class of 2018 becomes the new college Class of 2022 and a new chapter of their lives begins. What will these new college freshmen take with them? Student Activities provides Monarchs with the knowledge that imagination, a little friendly competition, and self-belief are the cornerstones to building community. To members of the Class of 2018, thank you for four years of memories. It’s been a pleasure working hard to, in some way, make your Archbishop Mitty experience more memorable. It’s our wish that you go into the world with a smile on your face, compassion in your heart, confidence in your gut, and a song in your head. (And yes, you will always dance to the songs from your Monarch Madness soundtrack). This will always be a home to each and every one of you. It is our hope that you stay close, stay together, and remember that you are Monarchs for life, and that is something to cherish.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;As every tick of the clock subtracts from our days as Monarchs, I ask for a somewhat unique request. Let this night carry on. Let the dances last a little longer. Let the cheers ring a little louder. Let the suspense build a little bigger.â&#x20AC;? John Lahey, ASB President.

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CORNERSTONE Finding Faith in Service By Betsy Portillo - Campus Minister for Christian Service

The name Cornerstone is a reference to Ephesians It is after school on a Monday and about 80 students dressed in 2:19-20: “So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, long pants, closed-toed shoes, and black shirts with the word but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of “Cornerstone” embossed in gold writing are making their way to the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles the 400 wing of Archbishop Mitty’s campus. These students are and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.” part of a community service/youth group program for freshmen, Just as Christ is the cornerstone of our faith, his actions sophomores, and juniors at Archbishop Mitty High School. They and example also serve as a cornerare grabbing a quick snack before stone for the way our Church should heading off to their community serbe. The hope for the Cornerstone vice sites to work for the rest of the Program is that in following Jesus’ afternoon. From 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 example of serving others, espep.m., these Monarchs will spend cially the poor and marginalized, time organizing and sorting donated students will also become closer to food and clothing at Sacred Heart Christ and the faith he has inspired. Community Services; tutoring Pope Francis, paraphrasing and playing with kids at Queen of the book of James, once commentApostles School; reading, singing, ed, “A faith without bearing fruit in and playing games with the resilife, a faith that doesn’t bear fruit in dents at Belmont Sunnyvale; and works, is not faith.” counting and packing lesson plan As Catholics, we listen to materials for teachers at Resource Jesus’ call to serve one another and Area for Teachers, or RAFT. This wholly embrace that ours is a “faith service day is one of five that the stuin action.” Students in Cornerstone dents will take part in over the course recognize that their faith is made of the semester, rotating through real by their experience of service sites until they’ve gotten a chance to and that their service is more meanvisit each one at least once. - Ephesians 2:19-20 ingful when put into the context The service experience, of their faith. Every other Monday, however, is only half of the draw seeing students proudly donning to the program. On weeks when their Cornerstone shirts on campus is a reminder to the entire students are not doing service, they meet in the school’s chapel Archbishop Mitty community that we cannot espouse a faith with teachers and senior leaders to participate in an afternoon that does not bear fruit in good works. In the end, students find of games, prayer, and small group sharing. These youth group that in joining Cornerstone they leave with more than just a free days offer students a place to relax and have fun with their shirt and snacks; they make new friends, break down barriers, peers, as well as prayerfully and intentionally reflect on their and come to know Christ in the communities where they share service experience, growing stronger in both their faith and and serve. their relationships.

“So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.”

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OUTREACH OFFICE HOSTS SUCCESSFUL RETREAT By Patsy Vargas - Outreach Coordinator

Every other year, the Outreach Office hosts its most well-attended event, the Outreach Retreat. Members from the African American Student Union (AASU) and the Latin American Student Union (LASU) come together for a night of activities, reflection, and bonding. Led

by the AASU and LASU adult moderators on Friday, April 13th, a group of students met to share their own experiences as students of color on Archbishop Mitty’s campus. Students participated in ice breakers, heard reflections from senior Nkem Nnam and social studies teacher Mr. Anthony Rojo and ended the night with an exciting game of night tag. While both clubs actively participate in individual activities throughout the school year, such as attending local cultural events, volunteering in the community, and participating in schoolwide activities, the retreat is an opportunity for students to unite as a larger group. Students are given a safe space to share their fears, struggles, and celebrations. Monarchs discussed such topics as the Black Lives Matter movement, cultural identity, and ethnic diversity. They also shared personal stories, family traditions, and first-hand accounts of issues related to financial and socioeconomic status. When asked about his own experience, freshman Tristan Grant offered, “This

CLASS NOTES

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David Massa just retired and moved to Virginia to be closer to his grandkids and he is loving it! He misses California but is far happier with the cost of living in his new state. He also doesn’t miss the crazy politics of California!

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Jim Olich is an estimator for a large tile and stone company in the San Francisco Bay Area. He works from home. Frank Sabatte has been named senior curator at The Gallery at the Sheen Center in New York City. He has been the director of the Openings Artist Collective since 2006 and exhibited recently at Hunter College in New York City.

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John Moore retired at age 57 and lives in Albany, Oregon. His youngest daughter just got married and is now pregnant and expecting in July. This will make for a total of three grandsons. Joe has fathered six wonderful children over three decades. He enjoys visiting old friends from high school, whenever possible. In 1970, Archbishop Mitty was a pleasant place to go to school, and he enjoyed the friendships and guidance given by the religion teachers.

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David Butler has had his art included in group shows at the NYC MoMA Education Annex and Triton Museum.

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was my first Outreach retreat, and I really didn’t know what to expect. I think it’s great that Mitty allows us the opportunity to have a retreat. It was comforting to hear that other students share similar experiences.” For seniors, the retreat is bittersweet, especially given the fact that this is their final Outreach activity. During the night, these Monarchs provide younger students with advice and guidance. They share their recent college acceptances and give insight into how to be successful at Archbishop Mitty. A member of AASU, senior Harrison Peters said, “The Outreach Program supported me through my Mitty experience. My hope is that my younger brother will be able to enjoy it as much as I did. I will surely miss this place next year.” The Outreach Retreat allows students to feel supported and welcomed. It allows them to embrace and celebrate their backgrounds while recognizing that we are all made in God’s image and likeness.

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Steve Sulgit has been married 38 years and has three kids and a granddaughter, who is five months old. He has been working at United Airlines for 42 years and is looking forward to the next adventure and some very good IPA beers. Dan DeGroot and his wife, Kim, are owners of Kimberly’s Global Real Estate Corporation in San Luis Obispo, California. The couple is also launching Ruthian Investment Fund, LLC, a private equity fund investing in residential real estate.

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Craig Watkins has been busy enjoying a new home with his wife of four years, Margaret. They recently relocated from the Bay Area to Shingle Springs, California, where they have a beautiful home on five acres. The couple completed a grand chicken coop and are loving the quiet of the countryside! They have

been traveling quite a bit throughout the states on their Harley and are looking forward to their trip around New Zealand in February. Craig also moved his business from the Bay Area up to Shingle Springs, where it has been very well received by the community. Being the premier, boutique financial services firm in the area has allowed Craig to expand his business to three offices in the cities of Shingle Springs, Benicia, and Rocklin to help the large population of retirees create custom income distribution plans that replace their paychecks.

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Kathy Egan is celebrating ten years as Kathleen M. Egan, CPA PLLC in Phoenix, Arizona!

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Karen (Ellingson ’79) Knerr’s oldest son, James Jr., was married last April 2017 in a five-day, eventful, destination wedding in Maui, Hawaii. He and his wife live in Los Angeles and work at the music publisher/ record label, BMG. James Jr. began work there a week after college graduation as an intern and met the love of his life at the same company in 2010. Karen retired as a State Farm Agent in 2009 and with the kids out of college and married themselves, she has since spent most of her time volunteering, mostly for hospice. In 1997, she and her husband moved from San Jose to Lake Wildwood in Penn Valley, California. Her husband will retire in about three years. At that time, they will hopefully fulfill their lifetime dream of seeing the United States via motorhome, among other ways. She is ready to watch any grandchildren that they may be blessed with grow, when they come. She and her husband celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on December 18, 2017. They are looking forward to slowing down, traveling, and starting the next chapter that they have worked so hard for!

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Ken Cauchi is married with three children: A daughter, who is 22 years old, and identical twin boys, who are 8 years old. Ken and his family are living in Yuba City, California. He has been working AT&T for almost 19 years.

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Paul Behan and his wife Teresa (Mitchell ’84) Behan are excited to have their daughter, Kate Behan ’22, start at Archbishop Mitty this fall. Kate just returned from competing in Glasgow, Scotland at the 2018 Irish Dance World Championships. This is her second year qualifying for that competition.

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Tiffany Owen Zinckgraf earned the distinction of being named one of the top 50 travel agents out of more than 4,000 business owners for the fourth year in a row. As an independent agent and owner of TravelBook Vacations, she is affiliated with the nationwide host agency Cruises & Tours Unlimited. This year, her personal travel highlights included a trek to Machu Picchu in Peru and a Viking Ocean Cruise from Rome to Barcelona that included a visit to Tunisia. Tiffany invites all alumni who want to share travel images on Facebook to join the group “Mitty Alums Love Travel.”

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Pancho Jimenez was named a 2018 SVLaureate by SVCreates. The nonprofit recognizes artists for exceptional achievements in the arts and contributions to the cultural life of Silicon Valley.

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Tony Lee visited the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with his wife and son. They had a blast watching the halfpipe skiing finals at Phoenix Snow Park! Other than that, he is the director of professional services operations at Hortonworks. Lisa Pualuan is working on her master’s degree of nursing in adult and gerontology primary care through Purdue University.

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Sue Phillips was named the 2018 Wilson Sporting Goods/ Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s National High School Coach of the Year. She was also named the Naismith National High School Coach of the Year. Scott Sullivan has been married to Ruth Ann for 25 years. They have two children, Brynne, 13, and Kaitlyn, 19, and live in Longmont, Colorado. Kaitlyn is a second year nursing student and plays DIII soccer at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska. Scott is a certified athletic trainer NATA/

BPC and registered kinesiotherapist AKTA at Workwell Occupational Medicine. He participated in the Sacramento Century Challenge with fellow Archbishop Mitty alumnus Todd Toral ’86 in October of 2017 and completed three Tough Mudder Races in Northern California with Ron Cauchi ’86, Justin Reilly ’86, Mike Gabbani ’86, Jose Castanon ’86, Rob McAlvey ’86, Deirdre Kelly ’86, Lisa (Sheredy ’86) Hollis, and Tiffany (Broyles ’86) Lewis. He also had an epic time at his 30-year Archbishop Mitty reunion.

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Erin (Silva ’95) Kelley is working for Comvita, a New Zealand-based publicly traded company that is the world leader in Manuka Honey. In the U.S., they sell their products at Costco, on Amazon, and through the company website: Comvita. com. Work consumes a lot of her life but outside of that, she is having fun with her 5-yearold daughter and 3-year-old son, who seem to be changing every day! She is currently living in Santa Barbara, California, trying to get to the beach as much as possible.

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Kerri (Walsh ’96) Jennings was inducted into the PAC-12 Hall of Fame. Mike Smith recently accepted a position as the vice president of engineering at MainStreaming S.p.A., which is based in Milan, Italy, with the mission of expanding their online video and audio streaming business into the United States with the establishment of MainStreaming, Inc. in San Francisco.

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Matthew Cesario has been married to Megan Cesario for 13 years. He is grateful to have three beautiful children: Jacob, Brianna, and Kaia.

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Rachel Ruggiero enjoys working with her teenage daughter on a cotton candy catering and party game rental business they started called Sparkle Party Rentals. The pair was featured on the cover of Los Gatos Weekly! This has been a fun and wonderful way for Rachel to bond with her daughter while teaching her entrepreneurial skills.

Genny (Guy ’98) Altwer spent 14 years working as a police officer with the San Mateo Police Department. She retired, went back to school, and is now an associate marriage and family therapist working in Campbell, California. She works with first responders recovering from trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder. She is married with two children, Julianne, 10, and Chloe, 8. Chloe has autism and Genny is an advocate for autism awareness and families SUMMER 2018 29

CLASS NOTES living with autism. Her family recently brought home a service dog named Elvis for their daughter. She says the dog makes her family feel complete! Marina (Martinez ’98) Wasche has been married to Jason Wasche ’99 since 2005 and they have four daughters: Layla, Bria, Maya, and Grace. She is a part-time dentist and full-time mama.

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Christina-Marie (Furtado ’00) Holguin married the love of her life, Josh Holguin, on February 24, 2018, in Austin, Texas.

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Jess Boulton recently accepted a new position with UBS Investment Bank in San Francisco, where he advises software and internet companies on mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions. He and his wife, Emily, live in San Mateo with their two boys Reid, 3, and Nate, 10 months.

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Breann Robowski recently hosted a baby celebration for Julie (Harper ’02) Stark, Ashley (Jorgenson ’02) Tollison, Erin (Stapp ’02) Skarbek, and Janelle (Rhodas ’02) Harris, who are all due in August or September. Sylvia (Hechema ’02) Rutherford, also in attendance, had twins four months ago.

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Mike Boulton and his wife, Melissa, welcomed a third boy to their family on April 9th. Teddy Boulton is a healthy, happy boy and eager to learn from his two big brothers Brady, 7, and Benjamin, 5. Brady and Ben are Queen of Apostles Eagles and frequently roam the Archbishop Mitty halls where Melissa teaches AP Psychology.

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Jaclyn (Agustin ’05) Victoria married Janus Victoria ’04! They met at Archbishop Mitty and started dating in 2001. After 16 years of dating, they “Thai’d” the knot in Phuket, Thailand, with seven members of the bridal party being Archbishop Mitty alumni, including Jeremy Lacson ’05, Myles Guanzon ’04, Rebecca Aldaz ’05, Jonas Victoria ’06, Vincent Nguyen ’06, Christian Jason Angeles ’04, and Peter Nguyen ’04. Janus completed his master’s degree of architecture from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 2016 and is taking his licensing exams while working at IBI Architecture Group in downtown San Jose. Jaclyn is in her second year of a master’s degree program to become a family nurse practitioner at Samuel Merritt University.

Kelly (Maxwell ’05) Musgrave and her husband, David, welcomed their first child, Isla, in December 2017.

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Alyssa Carter is currently a producer for the REACT Channel at Fine Brothers Entertainment. She has produced more than 100 episodes on the channel for various series and participated in several Staff React episodes, as well.

Tenley Block has been working as the manager of Suite and Hospitality for the Golden State Warriors for the past seven seasons. She is currently enjoying her fourth year of finals basketball and is rooting hard for another Championship Ring!

Help us keep the alumni database up-to-date. Name/Class Year: Spouse/Children Street Address City/State/Zip Code Home Phone Work Phone Email Address Company Name/Occupation Mail to: AMHS Alumni Office, 5000 Mitty Avenue, San José, CA 95129 Email to: alumni@mitty.com

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Share your updates with us! Visit mittyalumni.com to add your own class notes and read more about your classmates!

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Nicole Santo had her first book published in April. It’s called “By Hand: The Art of Modern Lettering.” It is available on Amazon, Target, and Barnes & Noble stores and other independent stores. It is a book that teaches people how to hand letter and guides them through 30 lessons and projects to bring hand lettering into their life, home, and gatherings. Her second book, “The Kids Book of Hand Lettering,” will be released in October!

Clara (Maloney ’09) Protteau married Andrew Protteau on October 21st at St. Catherine of Alexandria in Temecula, California. Mass was celebrated with family and friends and Father Sergio Ovando. Clara and Andrew reside in Ontario, California.

Emily Albanese graduated with a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law.

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Brandon Tran is attending graduate school at MIT.

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Josh Ronen has successfully matched into internal medicine residency and will begin a three-year intensive training program in July at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. He graduated from medical school in August 2017. Upon graduation in 2021, he will be eligible for board certification and independent practice in internal medicine and will have fulfilled the prerequisites to pursue a subspecialty fellowship (ie. in cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, etc.), if he so chooses.

Eddy Trang just finished his master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), concentrating in Southeast Asia studies and international economics. Next month, he will be moving to Indonesia to work on poverty issues for the World Bank.

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Jenna McGuigan is graduating from San Diego State University with a physics degree and works to launch rockets with Orbital ATK, an organization affiliated with San Diego State University. They design, build, and fly solid and liquid rockets. She was just featured on the company’s social media accounts as treasurer. Pretty neat stuff!

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Davelyn Couch will be starting her first year at University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law in August!

Carlisle Micallef was awarded a scholarship for a 12-month interdisciplinary master’s program in Chinese studies at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing, China.

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Pearci Bastiany just completed his time as a campaign fellow for the London Breed for San Francisco Mayor campaign. This was his first experience working on a campaign. He is also in his second season working with the Oakland Athletics as a ticket taker supervisor.

Ember Hopkins had the honor of working with and performing for dance legend Donald McKayle as a member of his Etude Ensemble at the University of California, Irvine this past year. This summer, she also has the amazing opportunity to conduct dance research in Italy. She will be performing at three different historical theaters in Rome as well as producing original choreography. She is working with Italian composers to create sound scores.

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Kaitlin Milliken graduated summa cum laude from Boston University’s College of Communications with a journalism major and political science minor.

Clemence Couteau joined the Peace Corps after graduating from Stanford in 2016 and working for wikiHow in Palo Alto in 2017. She is currently serving in Benin (West Africa). She is a rural community health volunteer stationed in the north of the country and will be working there for two years. She works in conjunction with her village’s Health Center and Social Welfare Center on projects relating to malaria prevention, hygiene and sanitation, maternal and child health, and gender equity. Her most meaningful experience there to date has been mobilizing 500 girls from the local middle and high schools to participate in a girl’s march to celebrate International Women’s Day and promote the importance of girls’ education.

Lauren Tofano just graduated from Cornell University and will be moving to Osaka, Japan to teach English!

Ciana Knight is on the second half of her gap year. After working and interning at the Santa Clara County Court through December, she flew to Santiago, Chile and interned at an ONG in the city. At the end of March, she moved to Peru to be a part of an economic development program there for three more months. Her last month in Latin America, she will be traveling through Ecuador and Cuba before finally heading home right before school starts in September!

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The Brother Herman J. Fien VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DINNER The Brother Fien Volunteer Recognition Dinner is an annual event held to thank the parents, alumni, and friends who volunteer their time and talents in support of the Archbishop Mitty High School community. Held on Friday, May 4th, this dinner honors the memory of Brother Herman Fien, a beloved teacher at Archbishop Mitty who dedicated his life to supporting the school community. More than 200 people were treated to a dinner hosted by the administration, faculty, and staff. Principal Tim Brosnan acknowledged the efforts of all who volunteer at the school, specifically thanking the members of the Archbishop Mitty Parent Association (AMPA) for their yearlong efforts on behalf of the school community. In addition, three special recognitions were announced. Tim Brosnan presented the Brother Fien Volunteer of the Year to Cathie Whalen for her support of the Archbishop Mitty Speech and Debate program. The Alumni Parent of the Year award recognized Dan Stapp ’75 for his service to the Athletics and Campus Ministry programs. The Alumna of the Year was Stephanie Federwisch ’11, who was recognized for her commitment to the robotics team as a mentor.

Aymar Events Center was full of AMHS parent volunteers who were recognized at the dinner, including dedicated auction volunteers Tracy Nees, Ellen Imrisek, and Moira Edelman.

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Volunteers, including Kathy Martinelli, Kimberly Moore, and Jeff Moore, gathered at the Volunteer Recognition Dinner this year. Kathy and Kimberly are both past Brother Fien Volunteer of the Year honorees.

Honorees at the Brother Fien Volunteer Recognition Dinner this year included from left to right: Stephanie Federwisch ’11, Alumna of the Year; Cathie Whalen, Volunteer of the Year; and Dan Stapp ’75, Alumni Parent of the Year. They posed for a photo with Tim Brosnan after receiving their surprise recognitions.

Career Symposium Series By Christine (Brady ’02) Oliver - Director of Alumni Relations Every year, the Board of Regents sponsors a series of career symposia for current students. This past school year, the series featured careers in performing arts, engineering, and athletics, three popular topics for students. The goal of these sessions is to expose students to a variety of career paths and professions. For the sessions focusing on athletics and performing arts, a variety of careers were included to show the breath of the industries. The engineering session included professionals who work with software, construction, rockets, and renewable energy.

Speakers for the 2017-2018 school year included Performing Arts Joey Dippel ’09 - Actor, Director, Choreographer, Artistic Director. Greta McAnany ’06 - Filmmaker, Entrepreneur, Founder of Blue Fever. Autumn Hill ’04 - Soloist for Columbia City Ballet, Franchise Owner of Creative Movement and Dance. Shannon Self ’95 - Artistic Manager at Children’s Musical Theater San Jose. Engineering Julie Kelleher ’09 - Associate, Carbon Projects at 3Degrees, Inc. William Robowski ’05 - Project Manager at Shimmick Construction. Esha Joshi ’12 - Software Engineer at Apple, Inc. Jeremy Pedro ’13 - Propulsion Development Engineer at SpaceX. Athletics Brian Witt ’07 - Social Media Manager for the Warriors. Brian Dombrowski ’03 - Founder and Chief Product Officer at Fantag. Monica LeBron ’97 - Deputy Athletics Director, Chief Operating Officer at Tulane University. Jill (Hunt ’83) Stelfox - Vice President/General Manager Zebra Sports at Zebra Technologies.

We’re looking for alumni to share their experiences this year. If you’re interested in being part of one of the sessions below, please submit your information at the Career Symposium link on Mitty Alumni Connect: mittyalumni.com. Careers in Medicine September 26, 2018

Humanities Majors January 18, 2019

Careers in Social Justice March 15, 2019

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We had an awesome group of alumni baseball players return to campus on Saturday, February 24th, for the annual Alumni Baseball Game. Despite rumors of rain, we ended up with blue skies and a beautiful day for a ball game. After the seventh inning, alumni, families, and friends enjoyed a delicious barbecue lunch.

Baseball is a family affair for alumnus Michael Crisafulli ’88 and his sons, Clay Crisafulli ’18 and Carson Crisafulli ’21.

John Patrick “JP” Caldwell ’17 pitched for the alumni team.

Paul Paulus ’81, Chad Opstedal ’92, George Mensah ’93, and Chris Sorci ’92 watched the field closely from the dugout. Johnny Melero ’10 and Anthony Lewis ’11 had a chance to catch up during the game. Michael Crisafulli ’88 got on first base with a fist bump from Joseph Yorke ’18.

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The Mitty Auction was held on Saturday, April 14th, at Hayes Mansion in San Jose. It was a beautiful evening for the Havana Nights-themed event, and the historic Hayes Mansion and patio area provided the perfect venue for guests to mingle. Silent auction bidding began immediately as folks strolled along the patio where the silent auction tables and hundreds of items of merchandise were arranged. The ballroom was the location for the gourmet dinner and live auction festivities. Auctioneer extraordinaire, Carl Silva, lead a spirited live auction. Under the leadership of Co-Chairpersons Deborah Farnyniaz (Chris ’19), Marnie MacMillan-Ruf (Kieran ’19), Kelly Mahoney (Sean ’91 and Erin ’19), Kimberly Mulcahy (Ella ’19 and Camille ’21), and Maria

Nash Vaughn (Joseph ’19), volunteers worked tirelessly to make the auction a success. Incorporated into the auction festivities were two special events: a wine night at Joseph George Wines in Willow Glen, chaired by Kimberly and Jeff Moore (Christina ’13, Bailey ’16 and Jennifer ’22), and a jewelry party hosted by Sue Kupka (Bryan ’08). Both events provided underwriting support for the Mitty Auction. Many businesses, individuals, and supporters contributed to the success of the evening with underwriting and donations. Thank you to everyone for the support. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. All proceeds from the Mitty Auction benefit the Archbishop Mitty General Endowment Fund. Proceeds from the Fund-A-Need appeal benefit the financial aid program at Archbishop Mitty.

AMHS grandparents Alyce and Lionel Vaughn had a great time at the Mitty Auction and took full advantage of the after-dinner dancing.

The winner of the Mesa Especial wa s in for lots of treats during dinner and the liv e auction. Seema (Roy ’91) Mulji and Kirt Mulji at the Mitty Auction.

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The next Mitty Auction will occur April 6th, 2019. Check the Archbishop Mitty website for auction updates. If you would like to get involved, or have a donation idea, please contact Sarah Janigian in the Advancement Office by emailing sjanigian@mitty.com or calling (408) 342-4224.

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Melinda and John DiNapoli posed in front of one of two 50s cars, which greeted guests as they arrived.

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We celebrated the 30th annual golf tournament with a beautiful day of golf on Monday, May 7th, at Cinnabar Hills Golf Club in San Jose. The weather was perfect. Thank you to all who played, volunteered, sponsored, and planned this great event! We couldn’t do it without you. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the AMHS Alumni Scholarship Endowment, which provides book scholarships to students from families with demonstrated financial need.

Pictured on right: Mina Norona, Stephanie Kochhar, Amy Guenther, and Tammy Miller stopped to take a photo on their way into registration.

Pictured below: We couldn’t put on such a great tournament without the help of volunteers. Roseanne (Lipari ’87) Smith and Denise Alberto ’87 have a tradition of working at a contest hole each year.

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Pictured on left: Tony Lupina ’71, Mike Putz ’71, Joe Montemagno ’71, and Robert Blickenstaff ’71 formed one of the many foursomes made up of alumni. Pictured on lower left: Brandon Burks ’03, Scott Keyser ’03, and Ryan Seay ’03 waited patiently for the post tournament banquet to begin. Pictured below: Cindy Worthington lined up for the perfect shot at the putting contest.

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In Remembrance

March 1st - June 11th

The Archbishop Mitty family requests that you join us in prayer for the following members of our community and their families.

Dorotea Atayan Grandmother of Alyssa Perez ’19

Connie Fejeran Grandmother of Haley Marquez ’21

Roberts Regua Father of Alyssa Regua ’19

David Barber Father of Reilly Barber ’19, Maxwell Barber ’22, and Alexander Barber ’22

Mike Fuller Uncle of Maxwell Fuller ’18

Casildo (CJ) Romero AMHS Class of 2014

Fr. Pedrito Gutierrez Great-uncle of Kendall Johnston ’20

Menbera Sahela Grandmother of Yabsera Grum ’18

Jongdoo Lee Grandfather of Wonjin Lee ’21

Fluer Torres Grandmother of James Brennan ’19

Noma Martin Grandmother of Jared Martin ’21

James Alexander Tostado Uncle of Ana Sapien ’21, Andrew Sapien ’17, and Robert Sapien ’15

John Barrientos Grandfather of Gabrielle Rivera ’19 and Bella Rivera ’21 William Blach Father of Charles Blach ’19 and Caroline Blach ’15 Joan Brown Mother of Dave Brown ’71, AMHS Faculty; grandmother of Catherine (Brown ’00) Peevey and Jennifer (Brown ’02) Germer Sabrina Bueno Great-grandmother of Brandon Bueno ’21 Pedro Covarrubias Grandfather of Samantha Dhanani ’19 Dan DeGroot Father of Dan DeGroot ’73 and great-grandfather of Jason Switkes ’21

Patty Rauch Neustadter Former Faculty Member Federico Joaquin Obieta Uncle of Enrique Obieta ’18

Edward Van Valkenburg Father of Jill Messer, AMHS Staff; grandfather of Davis Messer ’13, Anna Messer ’16, and Isaac Messer ’18

Bocci Ponzini AMHS Class of 1978

Dominic Vargas AMHS Class of 2015

David Priego Father of Kathi Pasquinelli, AMHS Faculty

Henry Woodley Father of Fiona Woodley ‘97 Delilah Zepeda Aunt of Ysabella Tovar ’21

Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

This photo survives from day s gone by at Archbishop Mitt y. Can you tell us anything abou t this picture? Do you know these peop le? If you can enlighten us, we’d love to learn the mysteries of this image.

Email us in the Alumni Dep artment at alumni@mitty.c om.

From the last issue: Based on your responses, this picture is of the 1991-92 LIFE Team and includes Ryan Morgan, John Romano, Mr. Gary Braia, Amy (Kwalick ’92) Woodman, Lance Porria, Father Enzie Logatutta, Tom Lawrence, Stacey Crowley, Christina (Anselmo ’92) Mauro, Amy Quinn, Maureen (Loftus ’92) Anderson, Leandra (Saenz ’92) Hutton, Brian Eagleson, Mr. Mike Saso, and Mr. Mike Targgart. Thank you for helping us solve this mystery!

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