Clark Mercer ’81, on the right, played lacrosse with the Arizona Wildfire, a team made up mostly of former ASU and University of Arizona alumni players, against Greg DeMaio ’77, who played with the Navy Old Goats, at the Vail Shootout this summer.
The family of Brad Pierce ’79: Brad, his wife Liza, Gardner (16), and Noelle (14).
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Devon Parker, the middle daughter of Scott Parker ’81, signed with Syracuse to play women’s lacrosse for the great player, and now coach, Gary Gait. Scott wrote, “After playing for Skip Flanagan, who I thought was the most famous person in the game of lacrosse, Gary may now have a slight edge! Devon is a freshman this fall.”
CLARK MERCER and GREG DEMAIO ’77 have played lacrosse against each other for years at the Vail Shootout in Colorado [see photo]. Clark used to own a tavern in Vail Village called The Tap Room, and the Navy alumni team Greg plays for would always hold their annual team banquet there at the end of the tournament. Greg emailed, “We happened to be discussing high school lacrosse once and that’s when we discovered we both attended AOF. It’s a small world!” Clark emailed, “I’m always running into Avon lacrosse players at different tournaments. I recently ran into TOM FLORENCE here in Vail. Although Tom was not playing this year, he was up to watch friends with his wife and daughter.”
82 GREGORY T. FISH, Head Class Agent
56 Blue Ridge Dr., Simbury, CT 06089 greg@gregorytfishllc.com It has come to the attention of the Alumni Office that an accidental omission was made in the Class of 1982 yearbook. We apologize for this error and want to thank Mr. RC SAYYAH for his continued support as a proud Avon alumnus from the Class of 1982.
83 WILLIAM E. ESCHERT, Co-Head Class Agent 24 Westlands Rd., Avon, CT 06001-3197 billeschert@comcast.net RICHARD C. GREGORY, Co-Head Class Agent
30 Walnut Farms Dr., Farmington, CT 06032 rick@rcgregory.com RICK GREGORY reports, “BILL ESCHERT
and I did our best to rally classmates for our 30th Reunion. It seems our reminder that everyone’s 50th birthdays were approaching seemed to wake up more than a few folks.” BILL ESCHERT wrote, “Alumni Weekend hosted the return to campus of the Class of ’83 for our 30th Reunion. The weekend started out with Avonians returning to campus on Friday during the day for tours and walks on our expanded grounds. Friday night the Class of 1983 held a dinner reunion with the Class of 1988. Despite our small size in attendees, 1983 managed to keep up with the Class of 1988 and shared stories and memories throughout the night. Those attending Friday were: BRAD BENSON ; WILL GREEN and his wife, Nancy; DON PEGG and his wife,
Susan; BILL ESCHERT and his wife, Janice; and CHRIS NICHOLS . RICK GREGORY came later for after-dinner drinks. One of the most memorable parts of the weekend was the return to campus after 30 years of our warden, CHRIS NICHOLS . Chris arrived Thursday and had a pre-reunion dinner with BILL ESCHERT and RICK GREGORY . On Friday, Chris toured campus and met with friends and faculty. He attended dinner on Friday and then returned to his home in Texas on Saturday due to family commitments later that weekend. Upon departure, Chris said he’d try not to have such a long period of time go by before his next return to Avon. On Saturday, several members of ’83 also tried their hands at fishing for a 6 a.m. call at the Nimrod Club. BRAD BENSON, WILL GREEN, BILL ESCHERT, and DON PEGG did their best bringing in some fish, but were possibly more successful at completing the farm breakfast. Will Green’s son, RICK ’15, helped get the alumni started at fishing on Beaver Pond. On Saturday, members of the class attended the alumni lunch, tours of campus, the memorial service, and sporting events down at our expanded fields. Several of us watched varsity lacrosse give it their best against a strong team from Salisbury. That evening members
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