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Heath (’89) and Mary (Banks ’89) Jackson, Craig Kin, Monica McCall (’09), Randy McCall (’76), Kelly Moore (’79), Paul Morgan (’78), Mike O’Brien, Johnny Patterson (’62), Stacey Pearson (’98), Scott Smiley, Roy and Linda (Zimmerman ’79) Steele, Jerry Stephens, Stan Stephens (’89), Dub (’74) and Val Stocker, Taylor Sturgis (’09), Jeff Thigpen (’06), and Katie Tull. • Dwight (’92) and Dwight (’92) and Tara (Willbanks ’01) Goodwin hosted the Fort Worth Freshman Send-off Aug. 11 at The Hills Church of Christ. Volunteers included Sara (Sparks ’09) Brooks, Kyle (’81) and Tammie (Minton ’83) Cotton, Kylie (Jennings ’09) Pope, Shay Aldriedge (’10) and Jenny (Wessel ’04) Haskin. •The first ACU Moms gathering met Sept. 19 at the home of Starlyn (Thomas ’86) Barrow in North Richland Hills. Attendees included Kari Bankes, Karen Bowling, Connie (Faulkner ’86) Brown, Cindy Chessher, Tammie (Minton ’83) Cotton, Cari Dennis, Staci Guy, Nancy Morgan, Allison (Flow ’86) Osburn, Kim Vargas, Susan (Moore ’86) Webb, Bonnie Wieder, and Laurie Wischmeyer.
Melanie (Booker ’06), Kyl e (’03), and Ethan Fry we re joined by Lee (Ligon ’80) and Ron Booker (’80) at the UIW tailgate in San Antonio. The Bookers and cooked for the tailgate cro Frys wd.
HOUSTON AREA facebook.com/ACUHouston • acu.edu/houston • The Wildcat Caravan featured lunch July 17 at the Canyon Café. Attendees included Chad Baker (’99), Tim Beckett (’83), Adam Brennen (’04), Jason Campbell (’05), Ryan Cantrell (’12), David Crabtree (’85), Austin Cunningham (’03), Ken and Traci Dornak, Dr. Frank and Sara (Offutt ’65) Eggleston, Hillary Eichelberger (’13), Dr. Dave Fuller (’98), Lowell Good (’87), Carson (’12) and Sara (Shoultz ’12) Henley, Bill Lamkin (’85), Andrew Leeser (’01), Art and Angie Marquez, David Meredith (’95), Josh Parrott (’04), Gregor Reeves (’93), Allen Ritchie (’86), Matt Sanderson (’13), Sherri Scott (’96), Matthew Sloan (’16), Judge Steve Smith (’74), Landon Speights (’05), Wes and Pam (Kennedy ’78) Speights, Mark Sprague (’10), Michael and Angella Thomas, Laure Tucker (Guyer ’77), Gordan Ware (’84), and Ed Williamson (’70). • The annual Freshman Send-off party was attended by about 75 Houston-area incoming students and their families July 27 at the Memorial Church of Christ. Co-hosts and volunteers included Mike (’99) and Melissa (Hall ’01) Avery, Dylan Benec (’14), Steven Booker (’11), Leah Bouteller (’12), Matt Sanderson (’13), Chris (’94) and Jacinda (Jackson ’95) Shanks, Gordon (’84) and Gretchen (Shaw ’85) Ware, Dana (’74) and Sheila Wright, and James (’03) and Tiffany Wright. • Physicians Dave (’98) and Amy (Berry ’95) Fuller, along with Kelsey Chrane (’12), and Carson (’12) and Sara (Shoultz ’12) Henley, hosted about 25 young ACU alumni for dinner Aug. 15 and the launch of a health professionals mentoring group. ACU president Dr. Phil Schubert (’91) also was
SAN ANTONIO AREA facebook.com/ACUSanAntonio • acu.edu/san-antonio • Young alumni gatherings were held at Hofbrau at the Quarry on June 6, at the Luxury Restaurant on July 18, and at the Friendly Spot on Aug. 8. Events have
included interns as well as recent graduates Jordan Abshier (’13), Mike Aguilar (’11), Tyler Allen (’12), Dan Antwine (’13), Brian Billingsley (’10), James Chambers (’06), Drew (’12) and Cadence (Smith ’12) Corbin, Austin Cotton (’17), Mark Daughdrill (’12), Julie Eichelberger (’10), Katherine Garner (’14), Zachary Higgins (’14), Rebeca Ingram (’13), Jimmie Jackson (’10), Darwin Johnson (’12), Jared (’05) and Lauren (Lair ’05) Jones, Sarah Kelly (’13), Chris Lair (’06), Sarah Lane (’10), Jordan Lightfoot (’15), Tori McFadden (’14), David (’02) and Hailey (Martin ’02) Mullican, Catherine Narvaez (’13), Michael Roberts (’09), Rafie Rosales (’14), Chandler Schmidt (’11), Brent Schroeder (’15), Kasarah Seabourn (’14), Rachel Skinner, Tyler Truax (’10), Andrew Voiles (’09), Brendan (’05) and Erin (Utley ’07) Voss, Grant Wilson (’15), Kelsey Woodbridge (’14), Preston Woolfolk (’10), and Tenell Zahodnik (’07). • Recent monthly Wildcat Wednesday luncheons have featured alumni speakers such as Deanna (Kirkpatrick ’83) Rankin on June 12 and Honors College dean Dr. Stephen Johnson (’90) on Sept. 25. • The Wildcat Caravan featured dinner July 16 at The County Line. Attendees included Mike Dormady, Ken Duke, Jason Embry (’85), Jared (’05) and Lauren (Lair ’05) Jones, Matt (’83) and Lisa (Young ’83) Lair, Steve Mack (’82), Doug and Teri McKenzie, Jim (’82) and Debbie (Dorsey ’83) McKissick, Alan (’86) and Janice (Harris ’88) Rich, and Catherine Sansing. • Alan (’86) and Janice (Harris ’88) Rich hosted a Freshman Send-off fajita dinner at their home Aug. 10. Co-hosts included Stephen and Angela Ramsuer, Dan Niederhofer (’83), Teri McKenzie and Steve Mack (’82). Some 70 attendees filled their home to pray over the area students. • Ray and Judy (Evans ’77) Gray and Ken and Doris Schuetze hosted the first official Corpus Christi Purple and White recruiting party on Sept. 22. • Valinda (McAlister ’81) Bacon spearheaded the San Antonio area Purple and White recruiting party Sept. 24 at the North Central campus of Oak Hills Church. Cecil (’71) and Judi (Hines ’68) Eager and Steve Mack (’82) co-hosted this event and more than 100 recruits and their family members attended. • ACU Moms gathered Oct. 7 at the home of Nancy Brister. Moms present included Carla Berryman, Elizabeth Ford, Nancy Brister, Lorna Crane, Peggy Day, Ann Gonsalves, Ramey Miller, Joy Oxford, Tiffany Rano, Catherine Sansing, Kerry (Smith ’89) Stemen, Joy Stewart, and Susan Tomenendal. 䊱 Houston Texans’ safety Danieal Manning (’07) and ACU alumni relations and annual projects director Craig Fisher (’92) visit with Dr. Lynn Luttrell (’78), associate professor of kinesiology, at a tailgate party before the Wildcat football game Oct. 12.
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on hand to encourage these new ACU graduates entering various medical schools and programs. • About 40 alumni gathered Sept. 17 at Maggianos Little Italy for an ACU in Houston Alumni and Friends Luncheon with speaker Chad Baker (’99). • ACU Moms in Houston met Sept. 24 in the home of Sara (Offutt ’65) Eggleston for their first interest and launch meeting. Thirteen moms (and mom representatives) spent time in fellowship, planning, prayer and packing student care packages. • The Wildcats came to Houston for the first time Oct. 12 as ACU played Houston Baptist University in football. About 400 ACU alumni and friends gathered at BBVA Compass Stadium for a pregame tailgate party. Ron (’80) and Lee (Ligon ’80) Booker supplied barbecue sandwiches and the trimmings for the tailgate attendees. An army of volunteers also helped at the tailgate, some of which included Rand (’76) and Jane (Pinson ’76) Baker, Tim (’83) and Rhonda (Agee ’83) Beckett, Steven Booker (’11), Mark (’90) and Paige (Henson ’91) Cawyer (and children Bryce and Camille), David Meredith (’95), Warner Phelps (’01), Matt Sanderson (’13), and Justin Scott (’06). • A Distinguished Alumni Citation reception was hosted Oct. 13 for Chad Baker (’99) at the First Colony Church of Christ. Guest speakers included COBA dean Dr. Rick Lytle, Matt Sanderson (’13) and Chad’s daughter, Abbey (a future Wildcat).
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