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Jill Sylvester ’04 graduated from Harvard in 2008, then worked as an IBM business consultant for two years. In March 2010, she was commissioned as a 2d Lt in the Air Force Medical Corps and is currently attending Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA.
Cardinal Gibbons is proud to be the alma mater of Trey Shannon ’05, the current TSA Guinness World Record holder for driving a kart solo for 24 hours. The attempt took place October 25-26 at the New Castle Motorsports Park in central Indiana. Circulating around a 0.919-mile course, Shannon drove to a new record of 847.318 miles to beat the previous record by 46 miles. More importantly, Shannon was able to raise money and awareness for Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA).
& 11th graders. She also will write grants for the community, hold English clubs, work at various summer camps and learn & experience Ukraine. Daniel Pratl ’06 spent the summer studying in Italy under Chief Justice John Roberts of the United States Supreme Court. He is currently in Law School at Rutgers University and will graduate in 2013. Luis Carrillo ’07 is currently attending UNC Chapel Hill pursuing a career in athletic training. He plans to apply for medical school upon completion of his degree.
Tommy Cooley ’08 has been cast in the movie The Hunger Games scheduled to be released in 2012. You can watch him on the film’s trailer http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=p-5ANq4sAL0 Ian Garbarine ’08 will graduate from The College of William and Mary in May 2012 with a double major in Biology and History.
Colum Dever ’07 graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 2011. He is a high school teacher and assistant baseball coach at Mount de Sales Academy in Macon, Georgia. He teaches Theology to sophomores and Philosophy of Literature to seniors. Christina Kaplanis ’07 graduated from Duke University in May 2010 and is currently working in Chicago. Katherine Despotes ’07 graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 2011. She is a first year medical student at UNC Chapel Hill.
Jessica Williams ’05 married Patrick Fowler of the US Navy on December 18, 2010, in Waianae, Hawaii. Julie Midden ’06 (middenj@ gmail.com) has been working with the Peace Corps in Ukraine as a TEFL volunteer. She lives in a village on the border of Russia in north central Ukraine and teaches English to 7th, 8th, 10th
Katherine Williford ’07 recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She was one of twenty-two students chosen to present her looks in the Elle Magazine fashion show at New York’s Fashion Week. Upon her return, she will be designing clothes for Abercrombie & Fitch.
Mark Etheridge ‘07 and Mary Alice (Strange) Etheridge ’07 were married on December 28, 2010. They started dating their junior year at Gibbons!
Melissa Shafer ’08 is a senior at Columbia University and starting player on the Women’s Basketball Team. She set a new program record in three-pointers when she hit her 163rd three-point shot in her Columbia career...and she still has two more games to go! Jordan Baskett ’09 is a current student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has just been accepted into the Pharmacy School for the fall of 2012.
Dr. Pat O’Brien was presented with the Heartsaver Hero Award for saving the life of Alex Beuris ’08 with the use of an AED. They are pictured above with Greg and Sharon Beuris, Alex Beuris ’08, Dr. Pat O’Brien and Rory O’Brien ’08.
Packy Dever ‘11, is a freshman at the University of Notre Dame. Ginny Eckstein ’11 is playing volleyball at Belmont Abbey College.
Wade Gordon ’08 will be graduating from Carnegie Mellon in May 2012 with a dual degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. He will be working for Microsoft in Seattle upon graduation. Gibbons is still using the chain metal Crusader costume that Wade created! Nicholas MacDonald ‘08 received “Naval Flight Officer” at the Naval Academy in December. He is off to Pensacola for flight school after graduation in May. We are thrilled for him and couldn’t be more proud!
Lauren Halk ’11 is playing Lacrosse at Belmont Abbey College.
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