Esto Vir Magazine Summer 2023

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mrs. Patty Boyd

Mr. Jim Capps

Mr. Gerard T. Carmody ’67

Mr. Timothy Clark ’08

Mr. W. Wes Clayton ’97

Mrs. Susan R. Conrad

Mr. Curran Coulter ’05

Mr. Joseph T. Eckelkamp (Chair)

Dr. Todd Guidry

Dr. Rollin F. Jackson

Mr. Randy Medrano ’82

Dr. Rachel Orscheln

Mr. Philip G. Rone

Mr. Bernie P. Schweiss ’80

Mr. Michael F. Shanahan

Mr. Peter O. Sheahan ’82

Mr. Jay F. Shekelton

Mr. Adeyemo Sodipo

Mr. Kevin Travers

Fr. Oscar Vasquez, S.M.

Mr. Robert Webb

Mr. Patrick M. Wheadon

Mrs. Jackie Yoon

ADMINISTRATION

Dr. Todd Guidry

Mr. Bob Schnur

Ms. Lisa Schaffer

Mr. Philip Rone

Mr. Jack Twellman

Dr. Brett Desnoyer

Ms. Beth Dunlap

Mr. Peter Vlahutin

Mr. Michael Hyde ’08

Mr. Jim Chrismer ’85

Mr. Tom Fernandez

Dr. Heather Lawler

Mr. Lee Tilley

An independent, Catholic Day and Resident school, sponsored by the Marianist Province of the United States, is dedicated to developing the inherent spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical potential of young men in Sixth through Twelfth Grade so they are prepared for success in college and life and ultimately become the men the world needs them to be.

This is accomplished through emphasis on the FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF CATHOLIC MARIANIST EDUCATION:

• Educating for Formation in Faith

• Providing an Integral Quality Education

• Educating in Family Spirit

• Educating for Service, Justice, and the Integrity of Creation

• Education for Adaptation and Change

ESTO VIR Magazine is published twice annually. Submissions are encouraged. Articles and information may be edited and printed as space allows.

Managing Editor: Martin Winkler ’05

Marketing & Communications Manager

Contributing Editors: Julie Lohr, David Nolda, Kevin Becvar

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

As we take time to reflect on the 2022-2023 school year, we can’t help but be grateful for the contributions of the class of 2023. Each graduating class leaves its mark on Chaminade and this class is no exception. Their leadership, hard work, creativity, and love for their school and one another has certainly made an impact on our school community and the students that will follow behind them. These men are well prepared to continue their Esto Vir journey in remarkable ways, and it’s been a pleasure to walk with them as they were formed in the virtues of Esto Vir.

It’s been 13 years since we opened the Skip Viragh Center for the Arts, our last major campus building project. The Skip has transformed our fine arts program and has allowed our students, faculty, and the larger St. Louis community to have access to a world class theater for events and productions.

In the years since then, needed updates to different areas of campus and to our infrastructure have been completed. This includes long overdue improvements to the classrooms in Chaminade Hall, the construction of our baseball stadium, and updates to our football field.

In 2016, Fr. Ralph and the leadership team began to assess the needs of the school and identified a pathway to campus improvements that would position Chaminade for success for the next generation of students. The process made clear that the first step in securing the future of Chaminade was the construction of a new resident hall.

Since its founding in 1910, Chaminade has sought to create a home for its students as a boarding school. In those days, the boarding students came from rural areas from Missouri and neighboring states. These were mostly students that needed a different type of education than could be provided to them in their communities.

Over the years, students have lived in Chaminade, Frische, Waldron, and Canning Halls. Our student population has certainly evolved as well, now having students from countries all over the world. And while things are different than they were in 1910, one thing remains the same: our mission to create a home for students who want access to an elite, Catholic and Marianist education. We consider ourselves fortunate to be able to provide this opportunity through our resident program. We, too, are fortunate to be a more rich and diverse community by the presence of these young men.

To ensure the stability, growth, and success of our resident program, we proudly broke ground on a new dormitory in May. Because of the visionary leadership of Fr. Ralph, and the commitment of many current and past parents, and day and resident alums, our resident students will have a new space to call home. Named Marianist Hall, the new resident hall will serve as a prominent reminder of our commitment to our Marianist identity and charism, and an expression of gratitude for the mission handed down to us by Fr. Chaminade and brought to life by the many people that have gone before us.

In addition to the construction of Marianist Hall, we are eager to make some much needed improvements to the Immaculate Conception Chapel. We’re grateful to the many donors that participated in the Fund-A-Need at the Esto Vir Auction, raising $750,000 toward the renovations. Both projects should be completed in the fall of 2024.

We are able to complete these projects because of the generosity of the Chaminade community. It’s worth noting that in addition to major funds raised for capital projects, we had a record breaking year with the Chaminade Fund. A highlight of the Chaminade Fund was the growth we experienced with our annual Give Chaminade Day. Proudly, we had increased participation from our parents and alumni. We were especially excited to see that our young alums were eager to support the effort. The Chaminade Fund supports every aspect of a Chaminade education and plays an important role in keeping Chaminade in reach for all families that want access to a better educational experience for their sons. Thank you again for your great support.

Esto Vir!

Dr. Todd Guidry, President

YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT

You have most likely heard the term “Family Spirit” so much that you may have become numb to it. This magazine will use the phrase countless times on its pages. Even our last edition’s main feature used “Family Spirit” as its title. Across the Chaminade campus it’s plastered on banners, walls, and included in an incalculable number of lesson plans, emails, and letters.

“Family Spirit” can be hard to define, but it may be the one thing that makes Chaminade, Chaminade. It is at the core of everything we do. And while it may be hard to explain to others, you certainly know it when you see it.

Lan Nguyen ’23 first came to Chaminade from Vietnam as a 7th grader in 2017. He quickly became a leader of his class and a mentor for younger students, going so far as to become a House Captain for Mauclerc House, and was chosen by his classmates as the Esto Vir Award recipient. While leading his senior retreat, Lan discussed his relationship with his mother and how he wished she could see him graduate. Some of Lan’s fellow House Captains were on this retreat and asked their teachers what they needed to do to get Lan’s mother to St. Louis in time for graduation.

With help from Chaminade faculty and staff, the young men worked for over a month, helping Lan’s mother with an application for a visa, filling out the proper paperwork, and raising the funds necessary for her to make the trip.

Lan’s mother arrived in the United States the weekend before commencement. To help keep it a surprise from Lan, she stayed with Christopher Marsek ’98 and his family.

To set up the surprise, Chaminade faculty and the House Captains set up a photoshoot in front of Chaminade Hall following graduation practice on Tuesday, May 18, during which Lan’s mother snuck in behind Lan revealing her presence, much to Lan’s surprise and enthusiasm.

After giving both of them a moment, Lan’s classmates embraced Lan in a group hug on the steps of Chaminade Hall, creating a moment they, nor will Chaminade soon forget, and a lasting image of how the love between classmates can turn them into brothers.

Family Spirit. It’s hard to define sometimes, but you definitely know it when you see it.

PRINCIPAL’S LETTER

THE BEDROCK

OF CHAMINADE:

FAMILY SPIRIT

Chaminade is a school steeped in tradition. The cornerstone of Chaminade Hall reads: Erected AD 1909. This stately building has been a place of learning and home to thousands of students for more than 110 years. This “sentinel on the hill” towers over the community and stands as a beacon of educational excellence. The campus contains classrooms, gyms, athletic fields, a dorm, and a state-of-the-art building for the arts. And while these brick-and-mortar buildings comprise the places where education takes place, they are not Chaminade.

Chaminade is the people who come to this place every day. It is the sixth-grade student who will spend the next seven years of his life proceeding down the path of his Esto Vir journey. It is the senior who wants to take pictures of himself and his friends at significant places around campus while in his red graduation cap and gown. It is the parents who make the sacrifice and place their trust in Chaminade to educate their sons. It is the teacher who has a long tenure at the school where he or she has dedicated their lives to making a difference in the lives of the students they teach. It is the alumni who think back fondly on their time at Chaminade and reflect on the lifelong friendships they made while sitting in the cafeteria, playing on teams, and absorbing the learning that was offered to them.

While Chaminade can boast about a beautiful campus with a plan to better meet student needs, this is not the bedrock of Chaminade. The bedrock is the people. The people who populate Chaminade every day are what makes Chaminade what it is. We do not travel on our Esto Vir journey alone. Everyone is here, not only to live his own Esto Vir journey, but to help others on their journey as well. One does not travel through Chaminade in a vacuum. One cannot help but interact with others. This interaction, no matter how great or small, is the building block of forming relationships. These relationships are what is known as Family Spirit.

Family Spirit has been advanced by the House System. In the early years of the House System, we quickly realized it would be a catalyst for driving Family Spirit. The House System has many benefits: providing leadership

opportunities for seniors, creating an environment of a vertically aligned community, and providing an increase in adult pastoral care. The cross-class relationships are an invaluable asset in building school climate. Because the House System has become such an integral part of the community, we sometimes take it for granted and forget how lucky we are to have such a complex system in place. Central to the success of our mission is the value the House System provides to Family Spirit. I truly believe to carry out our mission we cannot overlook the significance of Family Spirit.

As I look back on the early days of the House System, one of the first things I noticed was the change in the relationships among the students. Since Mentor Groups had students from all classes within them, students started to develop relationships with kids other than students they would not normally have in class. In the high school, Mentor Groups were made up of 9th- 12th graders, and in the middle school Mentor Groups were made up of 6th-8th graders with 12th grade student leaders. I would see upperclassmen taking younger students to games as well as more interaction at lunch and of course during House Meetings and House Events. It was great to see the older students taking the younger students under their wings and showing them what Chaminade was all about. We would see this at plays, concerts and on the sports fields, cross-class relationships became interwoven into the fabric of Chaminade.

To educate in Family Spirit we are called to build a nurturing educational culture. We are all called to build and maintain a climate that is loving to all members of our community. Within the Characteristics of Marianist Education it clearly states, “By providing climate of acceptance and love, the school acts as an extended family, nurturing growth, development and personal responsibility.” We must all take part in creating this culture; students, teachers, staff, parents, and administrators. We must ask ourselves: what is my contribution in creating a positive climate to ensure that the school mission is fulfilled? Am I doing my part?

Philip Rone, High School Principal

We often talk about the Family Spirit of Chaminade, but you will be hard-pressed to find a class that embodies the term more than the Class of 2023. This group of young men had anything but a consistent high school career: The passing of Fr. Ralph, the retirement of many stalwarts of the Chaminade campus, and a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic are just a few of the trials and tribulations that struck this class. They did not have what many would consider a normal high school experience until their senior year.

While the world has become more fractured during this time, this class took the opposite approach; learning to lean on one another and pick each other up after each challenge they faced. They grew closer as a unit, treating each other as brothers, and found the joy that servant-leadership provides as they became the 20 th senior class to lead the House System.

The words of commencement speaker, Ed Dowd ’67 are fitting for this class: “Don’t stop believing in others. Indifference is not an option.”

The Class of 2023 believed in each other. And in the process, they became a family.

Esto Vir, Gentlemen.

CLASS OF 2023

COLLEGES ATTENDING

Auguste Ray Abounader University of Missouri - Columbia

Daniel Alexander Allen Morehouse College

Aidan Michael Allman Arizona State University

Kenton Louis Ausmer Drake University

William David Bacich University of Mississippi

Timothy Lee Bailey Jr. Kansas State University

Graham Michael Basile University of Kansas

Clayton Joseph Becher Miami University

Mason Alexander William Beck

Rockhurst University

Blake Tyler Becker Miami University

Andrew Michael Behan University of Dayton

Tomas Andres Belloso Syracuse University

Tayres Alton Bluett Texas Tech University

Tanner William Bryant Florida Institute of Technology

Corwin Richard Burke Lindenwood University

John Henry Francis Burkemper Missouri University of Science and Technology

Charles Oliver Burt

Truman State University

Christian Joseph Bustillo University of Notre Dame

Liam Thomas Byrne University of Dayton

Aaron Michael Carey University of Kansas

Isaac Thomas Carey Bradley University

Anthony James Case University of Dayton

Joseph Christopher Chiburis Saint Louis University

Andrew Johnathon Clyne II University of Mississippi

William Nathaniel Coppel Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Quinn Steven Council Lindenwood University

Phillip George Covington University of Arizona

William Ryan Morgan Creighton University of Louisville

Brady Martin Cytron University of Missouri - Columbia

Fletcher Christopher Daly University of Missouri - Columbia

Nilavan Jotham Daniels Link Year Prep

Jeffrey Charles Daood Creighton University

Gianfranco Piero De la Cruz

Saint Louis University

Samuel Jacob Deeba

University of Missouri - Columbia

Ryan Michael Deemer Saint Louis University

Aiden Justin Dierberg

University of Kansas

Ethan Joseph Divis University of Notre Dame

Ryan Kinsella Doehring Spring Hill College

Gavin Xavier Duffy Jr. Miami University

Nicholas Kerr Duggan Texas Christian University

Andrew Robert Ecker University of Missouri - Columbia

Luke Andrew Eisenhart University of Missouri - Columbia

Drake Joseph Faust University of Missouri - Columbia

Zachary Charles Feise Missouri University of Science and Technology

Peter Michael Fesler

University of Mississippi

Derek Stanley Fields Jr. Ball State University

Matthew Joseph Finlay Florida State University

Samuel Drake Forrester Texas Christian University

William Hatfield Fraser New England Institute of Technology

Michael Joseph Frechmann

University of Missouri - Columbia

Zachary Michael Fritsche

University of Houston

Giovanni Joseph Gabriele

University of Missouri - Columbia

Frank Robert Ganninger

University of Dayton

Geoffrey MacDonald

Gilbert III

University of Colorado - Boulder

James Daniel Grant

Truman State University

Kyle Allen Gray Fisk University

John Patrick Guerra

University of Missouri - Columbia

Conor Flynn Hammond

Maryville University

Lucas Michael Higgins

Undecided

Aidan Lee Houseworth

Arkansas State University

Charles Gallagher Hughes

University of Wisconsin

Andrew Louis Humes

University of Kansas

Insan Hwang

University of Wisconsin

Tyler Joseph Imo

University of Mississippi

Bryce Mahki Ingram

Prairie View A&M University

Christopher Jordan Jenkins

Illinois College

Joseph Patrick Judd

Saint Louis University

Kotetsu Kawasaki

Texas Wesleyan University

Andrew Michael Keenan

University of Missouri - Columbia

Gro Moses Kelrick

University of Missouri - St Louis

Louis Elbert Kemp V University of Dayton

Thomas Patrick Keusenkothen Jr.

Texas Christian University

CLASS OF 2023

COLLEGES ATTENDING

Yuga Kobayashi Lindenwood University

Spencer Elliott Koen University of Dayton

Aidan Charles Koutroubis University of Missouri - Columbia

Yusei Kurata University of Washington

Simon David Liu University of Minnesota

Jackson Alexander Machon Will pursue hockey

Eugene Joseph Mackey V Regis University

John Alexander Mackie Berklee College of Music

Massimo Vincenzo Mattina Undecided

Carmine William McAfee University of Kentucky

Jonathan Padraig McAlone Texas Christian University

Louis Paul Mehelic Indiana University

Ethan Michael Menendez University of Missouri - Columbia

Colin Vincent Montgomery

University of Arkansas

William John Mozeliak Villanova University

Joseph William Mura

University of Notre Dame

Adam Robert Naeger

The University of Tennessee

Michael James Newman University of Missouri - Columbia

Lan H. P. Nguyen Xavier University

Maxim Timothy Nottingham University of Dallas

Dongyun Oh New York University

William Joseph Orellana Indiana University

Christopher Komninos Pelligreen Iowa Western

Jordan Jarell Pettis Grand Canyon University

James Lawrence Petty Rockhurst University

Brenden Kenneth Piontek Truman State University

Samuel Jacob Piontek Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

David Linus Portman Saint Louis University

Travis Nicholas Pryor Southern Methodist University

Joe Michael Rickman Missouri State University

Gavin Patrick Breeding Rizzo Regis University

Phillip Mark Robson

University of Missouri - Columbia

Emmett Brodie Rossiter

University of Dayton

David Christopher Ruzicka

University of Dayton

Daniel Salvador Sansone Savannah College of Art and Design

Timothy Edward Saunders University of Missouri - Columbia

Mitchell Joseph Schall DePaul University

Jacob Patrick Scheller Saint Louis University

John Robert Seibert Schlattman University of Missouri - Columbia

Holden Thomas Schroyer University of Missouri - Columbia

Joshua Carter Schultz Tufts University

Benjamin Alan Schuster University of Kansas

Joseph Frederic Sciortino University of Mississippi

Ethan Thomas Scott University of Michigan

Daniel Thomas Smith Southeast Missouri State University

Michael Regan Smith

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

John Matthew Stadnyk

University of Notre Dame

Ian Mitchell Steele

Undecided

Joshua Lee Steinhubl Miami University

Yoshitaka Suzuki

University of Wisconsin

Blake Davood Tajkarimi Miami University

Seitaro Takai

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Graham Martin Toombs

University of Notre Dame

Joseph Paul Torres

The University of Montana

Charlie Nielsen Travers

Creighton University

John Christian Unger Loyola University Chicago

Brandon Simon Wagrodzki

Texas Christian University

Timothy Michael Walshauser Jr.

Colorado School of Mines

Che Wang

Rutgers University

Mimi Wang

University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

Bryan James Ward Southeast Missouri State University

Ryan Stas Wolak

University of Dayton

Leo Christopher Wolkey

University of Missouri - Columbia

Yizi Yao

University of Washington

Zechen Yu

University of Toronto

Haoyuan Zhu

University of Wisconsin

Kellen Alexander Zoberi

Washington University in St. Louis

ATHLETICS

BASKETBALL

The 2022-2023 Chaminade Basketball season was a fun, exciting season! Finishing with a 21-9 record, the Chaminade Basketball Team played a challenging schedule, which included victories over St. Rita (Chicago), Real Salt Lake (Utah), and Curie (Chicago). Furthermore, Chaminade was Co-MCC Champions this season, sharing the title with De Smet and CBC. Other highlights of the season included beating SLUH and CBC to win the district championship. This season’s journey was led by our seniors BJ Ward, Nilavan Daniels, Sam Piontek, and Travis Pryor. Together, these accomplished seniors led a youthful Chaminade Basketball Team to an overall successful season!

WATER POLO

The Chaminade Water Polo Team started training early this year with morning swims in January. First year coaches, and alums, Zach Pogue ’15 and Johnathan Struckhoff ’18 were powerful additions to an already strong coaching staff of Andrew Schmitt ’95, Abbey Ver Meer, and Brandon Murdock. The program is robust in size with a total of 29 players. Seniors Holden Schroyer, Jack Unger, Gavin Rizzo, and Tim Saunders were central to leading such a large group, half of which were freshmen and sophomores. The Water Polo team will be senior heavy next year with 10 returning juniors. One highlight from the season was a high-scoring win over Lafayette, 18-17. The win was punctuated by 2nd Team AllConference player Brady Noonan ’24 scoring 11 goals. With such a large group of returning players, the team is already excited for next year.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE

2023 brought challenges to the Ultimate Frisbee Team. And, as always, the team responded with tenacity and class. Undermanned all year, the small squad played every game without any subs, known in the sport as ’savage’. Nevertheless, they finished the year 7-1. Captains David Portman ’23 and Conor Hammond ’23 led the way, both earning All-Star honors, with Conor also winning Rookie of the Year as a senior in his first year with the team. Next year, the team will continue to rebuild, as it looks to return to the glory years of CCP Ultimate legends, Connor Noyes ’10, and Christian Piccioni ’19.

BASEBALL

Chaminade Baseball had a rough 2023, finishing the regular season 7-19. The season had challenges well before games started with numerous injuries. Aiden Houseworth ’23, who was the starting shortstop as a freshman, was lost for the season when he had knee surgery in the fall. Ace of the staff Quinn Council ’23 and three-year starter Chris Pelligreen ’23 had elbow surgeries that also ended their careers short. With this being said, it provided opportunities for several freshmen to play including utility player Jonah Copley ’26, pitcher Cooper Brown ’26, and shortstop Jackson Miller ’26. We had solid performances from three-year starting catcher senior Charlie Burt ’23, two-year starting designated hitter Nick Livingston ’24, three-year starter corner infielder Will Bacich ’23, and first baseman, Cal Ramthun ’24 who had injuries himself to deal with. Junior Logan Zwirn was solid both in the outfield and as a pitcher along with senior Joey Chiburis and junior Carter Mercer. Carson Cosby ’25 was superb patrolling centerfield all year and Will Mozeliak ’23 was a solid defender. The graduating class (Joey Chiburis, Joe Judd, Will Bacich, Charlie Burt, and Will Mozeliak) will surely be missed, but we have a good group of returning underclassmen who will contribute in the 2024 season.

ATHLETICS

GOLF

The Chaminade Golf Team began its season as it has done for the past six years in Gulf Shores, Alabama. They faced two teams, including the reigning state champion, and came away with two solid victories. The first tournament of the season came the next week, and the team fired a 296, outpacing the field by 14 strokes. The rest of the season was a rollercoaster of highs and lows, as the team worked toward post-season. The squad took the championship of the MCC Conference Tournament and placed second at districts.

The state tournament took place at Silo Ridge Golf Course in Bolivar. Despite a four-hour rain delay with three holes left to play, the first day found the CCP golfers with a one stroke lead. Paced by individual champion Bubba Chapman ’24 (72, 70) and two-time all-state recipient John Guerra ’23 (76, 71), Chaminade took the state championship by one stroke. Junior Charlie Kramer (73,78) and senior Clayton Becher (75,79) contributed to the final tally, which is the lowest MSHSAA team score ever at Silo Ridge.

TENNIS

The Varsity Tennis Team had a solid season this spring. The overall dual match record was 12-11. The varsity tennis team finished with a 2-1 record in the Edwardsville Spring Invitational Tournament in the Champions II Flight and finished with a 2-2 record in the Belleville East Team Tournament to finish in 13th place. We also finished 2nd place in the flighted MCC Tournament. Individual MCC champions include Tate Wojciechowski ’24/Brandon Wagrodzki ’23 in the 1st doubles flight, Will Fraser ’23/Graham Toombs ’23 in the 2nd doubles flight, and Drew Hennessey ’24 in the 4th singles flight.

VOLLEYBALL

The Chaminade Volleyball Team finished their 2023 season 17-14-3. The team won a Class 4 district title and competed in a close and hard-fought four-set state quarterfinal match against SLUH. Four starters, Jack Temporiti ’24, Bode Steinbecker ’24, Danny Allen ’23, and Leo Wolkey ’23 were selected for the All-District Team; and seven players qualified for the All-Academic State Team. Temporiti and Steinbecker were chosen second team All-State. Temporiti and Allen earned second team All-MCC with Wolkey, Steinbecker, and Nilavan Daniels ’23 earning an honorable mention for All-MCC Conference Team. With many underclassmen eager to fill roles and a strong rising senior class, the team is eager to continue to build on this season’s successes as a fully MSHSAA sanctioned sport in the 2024 season. Thank you, seniors, for developing the team culture and inspiring a new generation for Chaminade Volleyball.

LACROSSE

Chaminade Lacrosse had another successful season throughout all levels. Our middle school boasted a record number of players across four teams with many athletes picking up the sport for the first time. We competed in the Jr. MSLA Tournament at the end of the season where our Esto Vir team took home a second-place finish after an exciting championship match. Our high school teams experienced similar success on the field as our JV and C teams both won their respective championship tournaments, including an undefeated season for our freshmen squad. Varsity made a run to the semi-finals for the third consecutive year on the backs of our twenty-two senior athletes. Numerous athletes earned end of season honors, including eight All-Conference and three All-State players. Senior Emmett Rossiter was also honored as the MCC Offensive Player of the Year to go along with his All-American award as one of the top players in the nation.

ATHLETICS

HOCKEY

The Chaminade Hockey Team started off this season struggling for the first half of the season only winning one game before Chaminade decided to go another way with the coaching staff. After the change was made, the Red Devils went on to win seven of their last 11 games, punching their ticket into the Mid States Playoffs as a #6 seed. From there, the team went on to beat Parkway South and #1 overall seed CBC to make it to the semi-finals. In a hard-fought battle, the Red Devils season came to a close after losing a nail-biter to the DeSmet Spartans, who went on to win the Mid States Championship against SLUH.

TRACK & FIELD

The 2023 Chaminade Red Devil Track Team is one of the most balanced squads in recent history, with talent up and down the roster in nearly every event.

A high-flying jumps squad was led by 2022 sectional qualifier and junior Jason Rea, who hopes to match last year’s success in the high and long jumps. The future looks bright as well, with sophomore triple jumper Nate Rosenblum, and freshmen high jumpers, Chris Funches and Kai Robinson, earning points in nearly every meet this season.

The throwers have garnered top spots in some of the most competitive meets in the area led by discus thrower Kyle Russell, shot puter Andrew Howell, and javelin thrower Brady Gordon.

The speed on the track is impressive as well with seniors Tim Bailey and Chris Jenkins, along with freshman Tricy Collins, earning medals all season long.

The highlight of the season, though, came at the Metro Catholic Conference meet where the 4 x 800 meter relay team of Alex Cattoor, Harry Lierman, Joe DiGuiseppe and Mitch Hardeman placed first and shattered the old school record set back in 1994 with a time of 8:08.18.

The team was well-represented at the State Championship Meet in May by the aforementioned 4x800 relay team, Joe Mura ’23 for the pole vault, and Andrew Howell ’25 for the shot put.

eSPORTS

This year we participated in a different league than last year. The league had a middle school division and a high school division. Our Rocket League team consisting of Ethan Scott, Greg Fedyk, and the third man being either Curran Buescher in the fall or Reilly Spencer in the spring did well this year and learned the ins and outs of playing in a different league. We had a number of Minecraft players, a new game offered this year: Sam Feldman, Brady Moersch, Brendan Mooney, Torsten Roither, Michael Connors, Nick Benninger, Holden Robb, and Rhys Robb. They all did really well learning the rules and competing week to week. Near the end of the spring season the eSports room was opened up on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to students that wished to watch others compete, or those that wished to come down and play a game for a bit. A lot of those days we filled the room up helping the club aspect of the eSports room to grow alongside the competitive side of things.

RACQUETBALL

The Chaminade Racquetball Team is in rebuilding mode and made significant improvements this year. We had a fantastic group of 11 first-time players and four returning players playing mainly at the Junior Varsity 2 level. The JV-2 Team A finished in second place at the Missouri High School Racquetball Association State Tournament, a notable accomplishment given all were first-time players. Contributing to the team’s second-place finish were juniors Cal Ramthun, state champion at seed #1, and Liam Hanrahan, 3rd place at seed #5.

ACHIEVEMENTS AMAZING

KELLEN ZOBERI ’23 NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR PROGRAM

Congratulations to Kellen Zoberi ’23 for being named a candidate for the United States Presidential Scholars Program! This program recognizes some of the Nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Kellen is among 5,000 students across the nation and one of 100 in the state identified as a candidate for exceptional academic achievement, including scoring exceptionally well on the ACT. Congratulations to Kellen on his academic achievements and this prestigious recognition.

ISIAH SHEPHERD ’24 WINS MODEL OF JUSTICE AWARD

Congratulations to Isiah Shepherd ’24, who was honored with the 2023 Archdiocesan Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Model of Justice Award!

Shepherd was recognized at the MLK Mass held at the Cathedral Basilica for his dedication to service and justice. Isiah is a true Chaminade Gentleman and a role model to his fellow students and community.

SCHULTZ ’23 WINS NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP

Congrats to Josh Schultz ’23 who was selected as a winner of the National Merit Scholarship!

Roughly 1.5 million high school students apply for this scholarship each year and of those applicants, roughly 7,250 of them are awarded a scholarship! Awesome work, Josh!

TRAVIS PRYOR ’23 WINS PRESIDENTIAL VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD

TRAVIS PRYOR ’23 NAMED JR. AMBASSADOR FOR NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS

Congratulations to Travis N Pryor ’23, on being selected as a National NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers) Jr. Ambassador for the 2022-2023 NSBE program year. Travis was selected amongst his peers in a highly competitive selection process and served on the national programming committee for NSBE PCI (Pre-College Initiative) at the 49th “I AM S.T.E.M” National Convention in Kansas City, MO in March 2023. Congrats Travis!

CHAMINADE INITIATES NEW MEMBERS TO HONOR SOCIETIES

On March 21st we had the privilege of honoring the newest members of the National Junior Honor Society and National Honor Society. These middle school and high school students have shown exemplary qualities of scholarship, character, leadership, service, and citizenship. Induction into the NJHS and NHS is one of the highest honors a Chaminade student can achieve and these Gentlemen earned this honor with their hard work and dedication. Congratulations to all new members, and to all members previously initiated!

Congratulations to Travis Pryor ’23, who earned the Presidential Volunteer Service Award! Travis completed 128 service hours in a calendar year, earning him the bronze award. In his high school career, Travis completed more than 500 hours of service! Congrats Travis, and thank you for embodying Esto Vir.

JACOB SCHELLER ’23 WINS ARCHBISHOP JOHN L. MAY SERVICE AWARD

Congratulations to Jacob Scheller ’23 who was awarded the Archbishop John L. May Service Award in March. This award recognizes one senior from each Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of St. Louis who has demonstrated extraordinary community service and leadership. Jacob has completed more than 350 service hours at Chaminade, his parish, and in his work with children with Down Syndrome. Congrats on the well-deserved recognition Jacob!

THREE STUDENTS WIN PRESIDENTIAL SERVICE AWARD

Congratulations to seniors Nilavan Daniels, Jacob Scheller, and Charlie (Jeffery) Daood for earning the Presidential Volunteer Service Award! This award is presented to students who complete more than 100 service hours within a 12-month period. Amazing work, Gentlemen!

CHAMINADE WIND ENSEMBLE WINS EXEMPLARY RATING

Congratulations to the Chaminade Wind Ensemble, whose performance at the MSHSAA Band Festival on March 8th earned them a top “Exemplary” rating! Fantastic job, Gentlemen!

MATH COMPETITION CLUB FINISHES SECOND NATIONWIDE

Congrats to the Math Competition Club who placed in two yearround nationwide tournaments and one local tournament! In the Catholic Math League, they were the number one team in their division. Special congratulations to Insan Hwang ’23 who was the top student in the division and to Alex Pantazopoulos ’25 who placed 8th among sophomores in a competition earlier this year. Awesome work, Gentlemen!

DEREK FIELDS ’23 NAMED A TOP 25 BIG RED PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Congratulations to Derek Fields, Jr. ’23 for being named one of the Top 25 Big Red Players of the Year by the National Football Foundation. Derek earned the award with stellar on field performance, which also earned him a scholarship to Ball State where he will continue his football career in the fall. Way to go, Derek!

BEN GORIN ’24 MAKES EAGLE SCOUT

Congratulations to Ben Gorin ’24 who has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout with Troop 505 in Chesterfield. Great work, Ben!

EIGHT ATHLETES COMMIT TO COLLEGE

Congrats to all of our graduating athletes who signed with their respective colleges and universities this spring! We look forward to following your athletic careers at the collegiate level.

CHARLIE HUGHES ’23 WINS ELITE ELEVEN SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

Congratulations to Charlie Hughes ’23 for being selected as an Elite-Eleven Scholarship Award Winner! Charlie was chosen from hundreds of applicants and was honored for his academic and athletic accomplishments at the 32nd Annual National Football Foundation Chapter Awards Banquet at the downtown Missouri Athletic Club. Congrats, Charlie!

HARLAN SHEEHAN ’24 NOMINATED FOR STUDENT VISIONARY OF THE YEAR

Congrats to Harlan Sheehan ’24 on being nominated for Student Visionary of the Year by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! Harlan helped form the LLS Club at Chaminade this year and has been working to raise funds for blood cancer research.

CHAMINADE VOLLEYBALL WINS DISTRICT TITLE

Congratulations to Chaminade Volleyball as they won the Class 4 District title with a 3-0 victory over Oakville!

KOUTROUBIS ’23 NAMED CLASS 5 ALL-STATE

Congratulations to Aidan Koutroubis ’23, who was voted First Team Class 5 All-State Punter for this season.

ACHIEVEMENTS AMAZING

CHAMINADE BASKETBALL WINS DISTRICTS

B.J. WARD ’23 RECORDS 400TH CAREER ASSIST

CHAMINADE BASKETBALL EARNS MCC CONFERENCE HONORS

Congratulations to Chaminade Basketball’s MCC All-Conference Award Winners!

• Nilavan Daniels ’23: Conference Player of the Year/First Team AllConference

• BJ Ward ’23: First Team AllConference

• Collin Perry ’25: AllConference Honorable Mention

CHAMINADE TRACK SETS NEW SCHOOL RECORD

There’s a new school record in the 4x800 m relay! This season at CBC, Harry Lierman (2:03.3), Joe DiGuiseppe (2:03.3), Mitch Hardeman (2:03.2), and Alex Cattoor (1:58.4) ran a new school record in the 4x800m relay for a combined time of 8:08.2. In addition to the new record, they placed first as a team! The previous fastest time, 8:16, was run in 1994 by Kell, Vatterott, Scheetz, and Goldkamp. Great job, Gentlemen, and congratulations!

Congratulations to Chaminade Basketball who won the Class 6 District 3 championship with a 66-60 victory over defending state champion CBC!

Congratulations to Chaminade Basketball’s BJ Ward ’23 who recently recorded his 400th career assist and finished his Chaminade career as the program’s all-time assists leader. After graduation, BJ will continue his basketball career at Southeast Missouri State. Congrats, BJ!

NILAVAN DANIELS ’23 SCORES 1000TH CAREER POINT

Congratulations to Chaminade Basketball’s Nilavan Daniels ’23, who scored his 1,000th career point in a victory over SLUH in February. Way to go, Nilavan!

CHAMINADE SOCCER WINS MULTIPLE ACCOLADES

Congratulations to all members of Chaminade Soccer who were named to the MCC All-Conference Team and the Boys Class 4 Region 2 Team. Special congratulations to Giovanni Gabriele ’23 who was named the Class 4 Region 2 Player of the Year.

BASEBALL EARNS ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS

Congratulations to all members of Chaminade Baseball who earned All-Conference Honors. Chaminade is well represented this year, with seven players earning recognition. Amazing job, Gentlemen!

CHAMINADE TRACK MAKES STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Congratulations to all members of Chaminade Track & Field who qualified for the Missouri State Championship Meet in Jefferson City!

Congrats, Gentlemen on your fantastic seasons!

CHAMINADE GOLF WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Congratulations to Chaminade Golf for winning the 2023 Boys State Golf Championship! The team won a thrilling one stroke victory in the state tournament and this is the team’s second state championship in three years. Amazing work, Gentlemen!

CHAMINADE BANDS HAS ELEVEN NAMED TO MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR BAND

In February we hosted the 12th Annual Chaminade Middle School Honor Band. Under the direction of Mrs. Cherly Parisi, we had ELEVEN Chaminade students participate in the event. Congrats to the following on a wonderful performance: Nick Benninger ’28, John Comerford ’27, John Council ’28, James Gage ’28, Chris Green ’27, John Morgan ’27, Zach Munro ’28, Torsten Roither ’27, Matthew Sansone ’28, Joseph Zaegel ’28, Nathan Zaegel ’28.

TWO STUDENTS CELEBRATE FIRST COMMUNION

At our final First Friday Mass of the year we had two students, Drew Hieken ’29 and Johnny Piazza ’29 celebrate their First Communion. Congratulations, Gentlemen!

CHAMINADE HAS THREE MUSICIANS EARN EXEMPLARY RATINGS

Congratulations to our musicians who recently won Exemplary Ratings at the District Solo and Ensemble Festival. With their performances, these gentlemen earned an invitation to the State Solo Festival later this year: Graham Toombs ’23 (Alto Saxophone), Will Coppel ’23 (Tenor Saxophone), Intae Hwang ’25 (Marimba). Great job, Gentlemen!

CHAMINADE CELEBRATES TWO BAPTISMS

April was a particularly special month as we had two students celebrate their Baptisms. Congratulations to Drew Hieken ’29 and Hank Seo ’26! Drew celebrated his Baptism at Our Lady of Pillar with family and friends while Hank celebrated on campus with his fellow students and teachers. Special thanks to Fr. Sean who administered the sacrament for both students!

NEW MEMBERS INDUCTED INTO THE CHINESE HONOR SOCIETY

Congratulations to all students who were inducted into the National Chinese Honor Society in April! Students inducted have studied Chinese for at least 2 years, accumulated an A average grade or higher, and have demonstrated citizenship, leadership, and service to their community.

2023 – 2024 HOUSE CAPTAINS

Congratulations to the following students who were elected as House Captains for next school year:

Gray

Trey Cunneen ’24

John Zimmerman ’24

Steven Williams ’27

Lamourous

Carter Mercer ’24

Jack Temporiti ’24

Nick Skorubskiy ’27

Mauclerc

Mikey Ganninger ’24

Ben Gorin ’24

Jack Guidry ’27

Meyer

Alpha Bangura ’24

Tate Wojciechowski ’24

Logan Corry ’27

O’Donnell

Andrew Benedict ’24

Nick Cutler ’24

Jake Williams ’27

ALUMNI A LETTER TO

2022-2023 was another wonderful year for Chaminade. As the school year has come to an end, I hope that all of you had the chance to come to campus for some of the events that have taken place this year.

Chaminade alumni have been involved in many events, including the Christmas Tree Lot, the Esto Vir Auction, the Chaminade Sports Hall of Fame, as well as band, drama and sporting events. I would like to thank all the volunteers that made these events possible. Our Alumni Association is blessed to have such dedicated individuals.

At the Blessed Chaminade Day Liturgy, our two Alumni Association Awards were presented - the Alumnus of the Year to Matt Geekie ’80, and the Alumni Humanitarian Award to Michael Tecklenburg ’82.

We recently welcomed the Class of 2023 into the Alumni Association. The Class of 2023 has exemplified our Esto Vir motto during their years at Chaminade and these young men will be pursuing their academic interests this fall at some of our nation’s finest schools. Many of them have received scholarships and awards for their achievements while at Chaminade. Welcome to the Alumni Association, gentlemen! We look forward to your involvement for many years to come.

Thank you very much for the opportunity to serve as your Alumni Board President. It is an honor and privilege to represent you and you should be proud of your dedicated Alumni Board. Should you have any questions about events, want to help run an event, or simply want to attend one, please feel free to contact me or our Director of Alumni Relations, David Nolda, 314-692-6673, or dnolda@chaminade-stl.org.

Esto Vir!

Tom Schroyer, MD ’92

John Kekeisen ’85 is a five-time Emmy award winning producer with a passion for visual storytelling with over 30 years of experience in radio and television production. John toured as a professional stand-up comedian, freelanced as a cameraman for ESPN, FOX Sports, and Lucas Oil productions, worked as a professional voice artist, and played many significant roles over the years in both radio and television.

Lt. Cmd. Mark Kekeisen ’88 was a Navy pilot for 20 years, has three children and lives in Idaho.

Mark Baczynski ’99, Director of Resident Admissions, traveled to Saudi Arabia and Thailand to recruit resident students and met several Chaminade alumni along the way.

Jakkrit Sirikantraporn ’96 (father of Tee ’24) and Vorasak Orsiriwikorn ’99 joined Mark for a welcome dinner, lunch reception and family meetings to share their experiences at Chaminade as students and as a parent (Jakkrit) in Bangkok, Thailand.

Tom Sullivan ’94 hosted a reception in his home for families interested in Chaminade/Catholic Boarding Schools in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Thank you to Che Hung “Joe” Su ’12, HSBC Premier Relationship Manager in Taipei Taiwan! Joe assisted Chaminade’s Resident Admissions Director, Mark Baczynski ’99, at a recruiting fair in Taiwan.

Apiwat “Kông” Amornpongchai ’98 assisted Chaminade’s Resident Admissions Director, Mark Baczynski ’99, at a recruiting fair in Thailand.

Kevin Roedel ’87 coached the 901 Rugby High School Rugby team, in Germantown, TN, and won the Tennessee State Olympic 7s Rugby Championship. This was the high school boys 4th TN State Rugby Championship. Kevin is the Director of Rugby and has served as High School head coach since 2016.

From left: Cusumano ’13, Novelly ’16, Anthon ’16 & Anthon ’18

John Cusumano ’13 started working at MRP Capital Group in 2018 and was the 11th employee. He started with 23 properties in 2018 and now has 140 properties under management in 27 states. The portfolio is 3.2 million square feet which equates to approximately $450million in value.

John has since built a Leasing Department and has played a major role in MRP’s growth on the national level. Part of the growth has been key team members, three of which are Chaminade alumni!

AJ Anthon ’16 - started 2/21 Anthony Novelly ’16 - started 10/21 Jake Anthon ’18 - started 10/22

Bill Corrigan ’77 stepped down from his position as a St. Louis County judge to become a top aide to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey.

Bill was appointed to a circuit judge post two years ago by Gov. Mike Parson, and will serve as deputy attorney general in the office.

David Amelotti ’10 is an on air reporter for News 4 St. Louis. In January, he happened to walk into Mr. Dan Stout’s classroom as sophomores were discussing media bias. David was a very insightful surprise guest speaker.

David Amelotti ’10 was recently promoted to Co-anchor of News 4 at 4 on KMOV CBS. David will continue to tell stories and offer live reports in addition to his anchor responsibilities. David joined the KMOV team in June 2021 as an evening enterprise reporter and fill-in anchor. Amelotti is an Edward R. Murrow Award Winning Broadcast Journalist. He was a founding member of CSPN which fueled his passion to pursue broadcast journalism at Lindenwood University.

On the family front, David and Mandy Amelotti welcomed their daughter Isabella in February. Isabella is the couple’s first child and she enjoys cuddles, afternoon naps, and watching continuous coverage of PGA golf with her Dad.

(From left: Todd Guidry, President; Humanitarian Alumnus, Michael Tecklenburg ’82; Alumnus of the Year, Matt Geekie ’80; Most Reverend Mark S. Rivituso, D.D., J.C.L.. Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis)

The awards were presented at Mass on Blessed Chaminade Day on Tuesday, January 17.

In October, David Bader ’15 became the Press Secretary for U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (Neb.).

Senator Fischer serves on the following Senate committees: Agriculture, Armed Services, Commerce, Rules, and Ethics. Bader previously served as Press Secretary for retired U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.). He has worked on Capitol Hill since January 2021.

Jackson Stokes ’10 missed performing with his band for St. Louis fans, but returned with a show on January 6 at Central Stage in Grand Center.

Did you see the Missouri tourism commercial during the Super Bowl?

Cody Stokes ’03 was the director!

Jayson Tatum ’16 scored 51 points in a victory over the Charlotte Hornets and broke a Boston Celtics all-time record in the process.

It was Tatum’s fifth career regular-season 50-point game, passing Larry Bird for the most in Celtics history. No other Celtic has more than one such performance.

Coach Frank Bennett ’01 had a busy Easter weekend, helping coach Team USA to victory during the Nike Hoops Summit.

Brady Cook ’16 was featured in the PostDispatch for leading a 96-yard touchdown drive for Mizzou against the University of South Carolina Gamecocks.

Congratulations to our 2023 Alumni Award winners.

RJ Landers ’04 moved back to St. Louis to accept the Director of Event Operations position for the St. Louis Battlehawks.

ALUMNI NEWS

Thank you to the hockey alumni who came out on December 27 to play in the Legends and Young Guns games!

Legends

Young Guns

Andrew Clarke ’22 made an impact in his rookie NAHL season in St. Cloud for the Norsemen. Clarke is a true product of the area as this is the first season he has played away from where he grew up. From 2017 until last season Clarke played in the St. Louis Blues AAA program and played high school hockey in Missouri all four years for Chaminade, where he scored 27-20-47 in 49 games including 14-11-25 in 14 games his senior year.

Jayson Tatum ’16 set the NBA All-Star Game scoring record with 55 points. His performance also earned him the MVP award for the game.

Eddie Barfield ’20 (pictured on the left) was honored by the University of Kentucky Men’s Basketball Team at their Senior Night for his services to the team as their equipment manager. Eddie was also a team manager for Chaminade during his time here as a student.

Congratulations to Amar Johnson ’21, whose South Dakota State Jackrabbits recently defeated North Dakota State in the FCS championship game. It was the program’s first national football championship, taking down the Bison 45-21.

Late in the first half, it was Johnson breaking free for a 55-yard gallop that set up a field goal that gave the Jackrabbits a commanding three-score advantage at the break. Amar led all ball carriers with 126 yards on nine attempts.

Jayson Tatum ’16 scored his 1,000th 3-pointer this season! Tatum hit his 1,000th career 3-pointer, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to reach 1,000 threes at 24 years and 344 days old.

Jayson fittingly broke the record of his childhood friend, Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal ’01, who made his 1,000th 3-pointer at 25 years and 223 days old.

Notable & still handsome Chaminade Hockey alumni, Bryan Pritchett ’02, Mark Mangelsdorf ’02 and an ’03 dentist (John Pastorek) achieving things. Dental Ducks: Champions of Centene Adult Men’s Hockey Silver Division.

Patrick Clohisy ’20 tied a Billikens record with three home runs in SLU’s 14-5 win over Northwestern. Patrick was also recognized as an NCAA DI Hitting Performer of the Week.

Congratulations to Brady Tkachuk ’18 and Matthew Tkachuk ’16, who played on the same team at the NHL All-Star Game. On one play, Brady assisted Matthew on a goal to tie the game at 3-3. Matthew was named the game’s MVP.

Denzel Martin ’09 was promoted to be the Outside Linebackers Coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers! While at Chaminade, Denzel played both football and basketball, playing alongside Bradley Beal ’11 to help Chaminade win the 2009 State Basketball Championship.

Congrats to the Dills, who have 3 generations of Eagle Scouts in the family. Kevin Dill ’99, his son, Connor ’26, and his father, Tony (SLUH ’57). They attended Missouri Eagle Scout Day in Jefferson City, hosted by Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe ’79

Fr. Pat Hyde ’04 led a Eucharistic Revival Youth Rally at Ascension Church in Chesterfield in March. Fr. Hyde’s message was that we have an innate desire to be known and loved. God chooses us right now as we are, and we need to open our hearts to Him and let Him in. We receive Him in the Eucharist, and in the Eucharist we are set free.

Danny Kerth ’11 got engaged to be married in April and just happened to choose the same location as a group of our seniors, who were out for prom, to pop the question. Danny had spoken to the seniors just a week before for Esto Vir Day.

Joe Bayer, Jr. ’97 was elected as Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Missouri was elected as Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Missouri.

Sam Duggan ’81 received the Bro. Fred Weisbruch Award at the 2023 Father-Son Banquet.

Bro. Fred was the principal of Chaminade from 1969 through 1975, and won the respect and admiration of faculty, students and parents for the superb leadership and outstanding contributions that he made to the development of our school. Each year, Chaminade bestows an award in his name to the father of a Chaminade student who has, to an outstanding degree, emulated Bro. Weisbruch in his service and dedication to Chaminade.

Sam came to Chaminade in 7th grade in 1975, graduating in 1981; his son, Ben, graduated in 2016, and his son, Nick, graduated in 2023.

Adam Roeder ’14 has been named to take over the Red Devil Hockey Program as the Head Coach of the Varsity Team as well as the Program Director leading all coaches with the Mid States Development Team, the Junior Varsity and Varsity Hockey Clubs. Coach Roeder is no stranger to the game of hockey. Roeder grew up locally playing for both the AAA Blues as well as the St. Louis Junior Blues (NA3HL) while playing for Chaminade in his High School years and serving as Captain his senior year. He then played Junior A hockey for the Janesville Jets (WI) in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) also serving as a Captain. After 3 seasons with the Jets, he earned an athletic scholarship to play Division I College Hockey at Northern Michigan University in the Western Collegiate Hockey League (WCHA) where again, he was a Captain.

Back in November, Ken Jones ’68 attended an event on campus and met Rafail Revutskyi ’24, a resident student from Urkraine, and immediately hit it off. Ken was impressed that this young man approached an “old man” and was genuinely interested in talking to him and to hear about his Chaminade experience.

The photo above was taken at Rafail’s first-ever baseball game. They had great seats next to the dugout and they were able to go out on to the field, get a game ball and autographs from players.

As Ken said, “Though it rained that day, it was a delight to take Rafail to the game.”

Pictured is Rafail, Ken ’68 and his brother Terry Jones ’76

The Latham family (including Dean ’20 and Luke ’22) had a chance meeting with Mike ’91 and Dan ’90 Graham, resident hall alumni, on a Caribbean cruise over Christmas 2022. Mike noticed Luke’s CCP shorts as both groups were headed ashore in Costa Maya Mexico to go see Mayan ruins. Many fond memories were shared about Father Ralph and Brother Eppy.

Following his NCAA collegiate career, Roeder earned a degree in Finance and moved back home to pursue a working career to help give back to the game he loves. Coach Roeder and his fiancé, Emily, are getting married in August. He works in the financial services industry when he is not coaching hockey.

Pete Buback ’81 began his Appalachian Trail thru hike on April 14. He spent a few days exploring Harper’s Ferry, WV. If all goes as planned, Pete should finish in Georgia about mid-October.

Three Chaminade graduates and former Red Devil Hockey players accompanied their teams to be a part of the ACHA Hockey National Tournament that was held in Boston.

• Jack Kremer ’19 (left) is a defenseman for the Illinois State Division 1 Redbirds. This was the first time in the Redbird Hockey program’s history that they attended the tournament after being ranked 15th in the Nation.

• Jacob Behnen ’19 (center) is a defenseman for the Lindenwood University Division 2 Lions.

• Kyle Crews ’20 (right) is a forward for the University of Arkansas Division 3 Razorbacks.

Despite the thunderstorms and tornado warnings, we were able to celebrate the newest members of the Chaminade Sports Hall of Fame, including the 1998 State Champion Baseball Team. Congratulations to all of the new inductees!

• 1998 Baseball State Champions

• Mark G. Finke ’82

• Peter O. Sheahan ’82

• Pat Murphy ’85

• Michael A. Collier ’94

• Mark Mangelsdorf ’02

• Justin Bardgett ’05

• Brandon D. Lockhart ’09

• Rev. Norbert Moellering, S.M.

Dr. Guidry, Mr. Massa, Mr. Shaver, Mr. Becvar, Mr. Winkler and Mr. Nolda spent a great Sunday in Columbia meeting with young alums and learning about college life at Mizzou.

Per Pete on April 14: “I started my journey today. We discovered that the AT runs right past an historic catholic church in Harpers Ferry appropriately named Saint Peter’s. What better place for me to start my journey then from my name sake church. So after Mass this morning, I was off.”

Please keep Pete and his family in your prayers while he’s on his Appalachian journey.

Eduardo Suarez-Solar ’84 received his doctorate in business from the University of South Florida, MUMA School of Business.

Ed is an Equity Shareholder with Gunster, Yoakley and Stewart in Florida and a corporate attorney specializing in Labor and Employment.

Ed has been married to Mercedes T. Suarez-Solar for 35 years. They have three daughters and two grandchildren.

Jayson Tatum ’16 Night. Coming to Busch Stadium on August 1st!

2ND SEMESTER EVENTS

8th graders celebrated their transition to high school on May 25, 2023.

Mr. John Kelly led his 6th grade class on a clean up of campus for Earth Week on April 21, 2023.

Davide Amelotti ’10 of KMOV interviewed Mr. Dan Stout about his love of baseball and teaching on March 28, 2023.

We inducted the newest members of the National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society on March 21, 2023.

Charlie Hughes ’23 gives his remarks and thanks our donors during our scholarship luncheon on April 13, 2023.

O’Donnell House celebrates with outgoing dean, Eric Burdge ’89 after winning the Marianist Cup on April 5, 2023.

A group of faculty and students spent their spring break on a service trip to El Salvador in March 2023.

William Evitts ’29 was the Middle School Principal for the Day on May 11, 2023.

Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith was our guest speaker at the annual Father-Son Banquet on February 21, 2023.

Ed Dowd ’67 gave the commencement address to the Class of 2023 on May 21, 2023.

Students cheer on their classmates during the senior-faculty basketball game on February 10, 2023.

Current resident students and staff helped celebrate the groundbreaking of Marianist Hall on May 23, 2023.

Our middle schoolers put on their production of “The Stinky Cheese Man” in March 2023.

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We had a great time at our Young Alum Happy Hour at 4 Hands on March 28, 2023.

We officially welcomed the members of the Class of

on January 27, 2023.

The annual Esto Vir Auction was held at the Ritz-Carlton on February 11, 2023 and was a huge success.

Coach Frank Bennett ’01 was our guest speaker at our latest CABN event on March 23, 2023.

Chaminade was well represented at the Unite 4 Justice Summit at DeSmet on March 24, 2023.

Lamourous House performs during the annual House Show on February 24, 2023.

Fr. Andre-Joseph and Bro. Michael McAward of the General Administration of the Society of Mary visited us from Rome on March 6, 2023.

spent an afternoon at Harpo’s in Columbia, MO with some young alums attending Mizzou on April 23, 2023.

Our 6th and 8th graders made the annual trip to the Tetons in April and May.

McBride alums look on as Chaminade Basketball takes on SLUH during the annual McBride Night game on January 27, 2023.

Students and faculty alike enjoyed the lumberjack pancake breakfast on February 9, 2023.

Students and teachers took part in a video shoot with Birdeye Media on April 18, 2023.

Chaminade Drama performed the musical “Curtains” in February.

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inducted our newest members into the Sports Hall of Fame on April 15, 2023.

We held our Junior Ring Ceremony & Brunch on March 2, 2023.

ADVANCEMENT UPDATE

Record-Setting Give Chaminade Day

On April 19 we celebrated our annual Give Chaminade Day with a goal to raise $125,000. We are overwhelmed and humbled by the generosity of the Chaminade family. With your support, we far exceeded our fundraising goal.

Through the collaboration of several alumni, current parents, past parents, and faculty/staff members, a variety of unique challenges were offered this year: an Alumni Participant Challenge, a Current Parent Participant Challenge, a Faculty/Staff Participant Challenge, and a Give Chaminade Day Dollars Raised Challenge. A special thank you to this group of donors for setting up these challenges which elevated our Giving Day to new heights and increased our participation in record-setting ways!

Throughout Give Chaminade Day, we heard stories from some of our faculty members (Michael Massa ’83, Dave McCoy ’86, and Mark Bacyznski ’99) and alumni (Joseph Corrigan ’22, David Amelotti ’10, Monroe Douglass, Jr. ’04, and Peter Sheahan ’82). These Chaminade Gentlemen shared how a Chaminade education is more than academics. It is an opportunity to grow in faith, create a global outlook, and develop the strength to do what is right. Your participation in efforts like Give Chaminade Day is what makes stories like theirs possible.

To highlight the cost of educating one Chaminade student for one day, we offered an Esto Vir coaster incentive for those making a gift of $135 or more. We truly saw the impact that one day can have! In just 24 hours, the Chaminade family donated over $180,000 in support of our students and ensured that the Esto Vir journey for our students can continue and will prepare the next generation of Chaminade Gentlemen to have a positive influence on their communities.

Thank you very much for all that you do for the young men of Chaminade.

Joseph Corrigan ’22

Peter Sheahan ’82

Monroe Douglass, Jr. ’04

Isaiah Shepherd, JP McAlone, and Charlie Hughes kicked off this year’s Give Chaminade Day

MARIANIST HALL GROUNDBREAKING:

RENEWING TRADITION

On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, after nearly a decade of planning and fundraising, we finally broke ground on a new resident hall.

The event was celebrated alongside those whose generosity helped make this project a reality, including Friends of Fr. Ralph, past parents, day and resident student alumni, as well as current resident students who will call the new building home beginning in the fall of 2024.

Our resident students have called many buildings on campus home: Chaminade Hall, Frische Hall, Waldron Hall, and Canning Hall. By naming the new building Marianist Hall, it is our hope to recognize the names of our past while reminding future generations of what Chaminade stands for. Upon revealing the name of the new hall, Dr. Guidry remarked, “We recognize the men who have gone before us, who are responsible for building this great institution, and to

cement our fidelity to our mission and our purpose.”

Chaminade Board Chair, Joe Eckelkamp echoed those sentiments stating “Let today be not just the celebration of a new building, but also a time to offer a prayer of hope to the students who will live inside its walls. Let it be a celebration of the legacy of those who came before us, and a chance to renew our commitment to the Resident Program.”

Change and moving forward can be hard. But the building of Marianist Hall shows Chaminade can change and respect its history. We can move forward with the knowledge given to us by those that came before. And most importantly, we can maintain our traditions by renewing them for generations to come.

CHAMINADE ADMISSIONS

There is something special at Chaminade. And, Julie, Zach and I get the honor of being able to showcase this in the Admissions Office with our prospective families.

We hosted nearly 500 shadow visitors at Chaminade this year and had record high applications. It was awesome to see what our prospective students experienced on their shadow visit. They jumped right into Mentor Group with their Ambassador and enjoyed a pickup game of shinny hockey, ping pong, mini-golf or even a “Mindful Monday” conversation starter.

The shadow student then attended several classes and saw our students engaged in learning in a myriad of ways. They witnessed students dissecting a cow eye in Mr. Pendleton’s 7th grade science class. They appreciated a group of freshmen designing and constructing a 7-foot tall cardboard Lego man in Mrs. Laury’s freshman Art class. They helped build a 3D model of a castle in Mrs. Young’s STEM class. Seeing our teachers’ engaging lessons and the Family Spirit in action (one of the Characteristics of Marianist Education of which we’re so proud) made our prospective student’s decision an easy one to apply to Chaminade.

Some of our own highlights of the year are:

Heather: Seeing our Student Ambassadors in leadership roles with our shadow program, at Open House and at High Schol Nights.

Julie: Senior Johnny Schlattman reflecting on his Chaminade years at New Family Night.

Heather: Our first year together with our new Admissions team.

Julie: Hearing the cheers from the sidelines of the Red Devil fans game after game, all across campus.

Zach: Coaching Soccer and Water Polo, bringing back memories of playing both at Chaminade.

Heather: Seeing the Chaminade Band perform with the students from Cor Jesu; it sounded like we were at Powell listening to the symphony.

Julie: Listening to the celebratory sounds of the seniors leaving campus at the end of the year as car after car honked as they left campus for the last time.

Zach: Surviving the 28hour bus ride to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on the 8th grade Tetons trip and really enjoying working with the students on their incredible experiences!

Zach: Being asked to tie a middle school student’s tie in the Main Office before Career Day.

All three: The pride from our department knowing we got to showcase all of this and delight in knowing that our new students will make their own individual contributions to the school on their own Esto Vir journey!

REST IN PEACE

MAUREEN R. BAINE

November 23, 2022

Mother of Robert P. Baine III ’76, John M. Baine ’77 & Charles J. Baine, Sr. ’83

Grandmother of Kevin A. Rose ’14

Mother-in-law of Steven J. Mattingly ’79

DANIEL J. BANTLE (MCBRIDE ’70)

December 18, 2022

GERALD W. BARRETT, SR. (MCBRIDE ’59)

December 18, 2022

JOHN H. BASLER

February 5, 2023

Father of J. Jeffrey Basler ’79 & Michael D. Basler ’81

Grandfather of John T. Basler ’14

Father-in-law of Gregory J. Twardowski ’84

WILBERT L. BAUMANN ’51

October 29, 2022

Brother of the late Robert W. Baumann ’45

KELLY M. BECKERLE

August 26, 2021

Wife of Timothy G. Beckerle ’83

M. JOSEPH BEILE, JR.

March 25, 2023

Father of Milton J. Beile III ’74

Brother-in-law of the late James F. Karleskint, Jr. ’53

ROBERT A. BERGER (MCBRIDE ’60)

December 5, 2022

JOHN E. BERRA, SR. (MCBRIDE ’53)

February 10, 2023

STEPHEN M. BIRA (MCBRIDE ’49)

January 13, 2023

FREDA J. BRUEMMER

October 20, 2022

Wife of Henry P. Bruemmer ’52

Sister-in-law of the late John E. Bruemmer ’53

ELEANOR S. BURNS

March 12, 2023

Mother of Riley A. Burns ’20

Sister-in-law of Kenneth L. Burns ’70

SEGUNDO CARRETERO

February 15, 2023

Grandfather of former staff member, Erik Carretero

IN MEMORIAM: DECEASED AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2022 - MAY 31, 2023

DOLORES ALBAIR COMBS

March 29, 2023

Mother of William B. Albair ’68, Robert J. Albair ’69 & Richard G. Albair ’73

Grandmother of Brian A. Lamping ’00, Michael J. Albair ’01 & Timothy M. Lamping ’07

RICHARD R. CONSIDINE ’56

April 5, 2023

KAY CORSO

March 8, 2022

Wife of Michael S. Corso ’54

ANGELO JOHN CROCE (MCBRIDE ’56)

February 14, 2023

WILLA COLLEEN CRONIN

December 4, 2022

Mother of John T. Cronin ’72

WILLIAM T. DALES ’63

February 22, 2023

ELIZABETH “LIZZY” DOLAN

January 28, 2023

Daughter of Matthew R. Dolan ’78

Niece of Stephen G. Dolan ’73, Joseph M. Dolan, Sr. ’75, John F. Dolan ’77 & Mark M. Dolan ’78

Cousin of Edward M. Dolan ’02

LAWRENCE L. DOLAN, JR. ’70

March 26, 2023

Brother of Stephen R. Dolan ’72, Timothy J. Dolan ’79 & Shawn R. Dolan ’83

Brother-in-law of William T. Dowd ’76

C. EILEEN DONOVAN

September 22, 2022

Wife of Thomas Z. Donovan ’53

Sister-in-law of the late James J. Donovan, Jr. ’45

Aunt of James J. Donovan III ’72

LILY T. DUGGAN

January 20, 2023

Mother of Samuel W. Duggan II ’81

Grandmother of Benjamin S. Duggan ’16 & Nicholas K. Duggan ’23

ELMER J. FILLA (MCBRIDE ’46)

January 16, 2023

ROBERT W. FINKES

December 23, 2022

Grandfather of Anthony C. Mazzola ’21 & Adam R. Naeger ’23

ANDREW A. GERWITZ, SR. (MCBRIDE ’42)

December 26, 2022

JOHN P. GIBBONS ’54

January 19, 2023

EUGENE R. GOLOMSKI (MCBRIDE ’59)

January 14, 2023

ADOLFO H. GOMEZ, JR.

January 24, 2023

Grandfather of J. Quinn Gallagher ’22 & J. Liam Gallagher ’26

WILLIAM “BILL” GRAY

January 27, 2023

Father of Michael W. Gray ’76

Grandfather of Alexander J. Weber ’10 & Timothy M. Weber ’13

ADAM E. GREMP ’06

May 15, 2023

Brother of Alexander J. Gremp ’05, Austin T. Gremp ’09 & Aaron M. Gremp ’11

MARY ANN GRIGONE

March 17, 2023

Mother of Steven J. Grigone ’79

Grandmother of Michael A. Grigone ’17

PAUL T. HATCHER ’59

January 3, 2022

ROBERT M. HEALY (MCBRIDE ’60)

December 22, 2022

NORWIN F. HEIMOS ’48

February 18, 2021

CHRISSIE S. HEREFORD

July 1, 2021

Wife of Stephen M. Hereford ’53

WILLIAM D. HOLTHAUS, SR.

March 10, 2023

Father of William D. Holthaus, Jr. ’00, Robert S. Holthaus ’02 & Michael J. Holthaus ’07

WILLIAM B. HUTCHINSON (MCBRIDE ’46)

February 4, 2023

WILLIAM C. KILGORE ’47

October 26, 2020

MICHAEL J. KNUDSEN ’99

December 4, 2022

REST IN PEACE

CLEMENS GREGORY “GREG” KREKELER, ’54

January 13, 2023

Son of the late Clemens G. Krekeler, Jr. 1919

Nephew of the late Joseph Krekeler 1914

Father of Gregory C. Krekeler, Jr. ’80 & James A. Krekeler ’82

Grandfather of J. Andrew Krekeler, Jr. ’19

ROBERT A. LANDGRAF (MCBRIDE ’49)

January 30, 2023

CAROLYN JOYCE LARAIA

November 24, 2022

Grandmother of Alexander F. Meyer ’20

WILLIAM “BILL” LAWLER

January 5, 2023

Father-in-law of Chaminade staff member, Heather Lawler

Grandfather of August W. Lawler ’25

WILLIAM J. LINK ’01

December 13, 2022

Brother of Henry L. Link ’06

CLAUDE E. LYLES III

February 18, 2023

Father of Dominic M. Lyles ’05 & Gregory O. Lyles ’08

EUGENE R. MATLOCK (MCBRIDE ’72)

February 6, 2023

DANIEL H. MAY (MCBRIDE ’53)

February 22, 2023

MARK A. MCCOY ’82

March 22, 2023

Son of former hockey coach, the late Tom McCoy

Brother of David L. McCoy ’86 & current parent, Robert M. McCoy

Uncle of Jack H. McCoy ’18 & Joseph W. McCoy ’28

MICHAEL F. MCMANUS, SR.

November 27, 2022

Father of Michael F. McManus, Jr. ’78 & John C. McManus ’83

Grandfather of Michael F. McManus III ’22

FRANCES ANN MEHELIC

December 28, 2022

Grandmother of Louis P. Mehelic ’23

SAMUEL M. NEWBOLD (MCBRIDE ’47)

December 31, 2022

JOSEPH A. NONNENKAMP ’99

May 7, 2023

Brother of Thomas J. Nonnenkamp ’04

JOY O’NEAL

May 15, 2023

IN MEMORIAM: DECEASED AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2022 - MAY 31, 2023

FR. W. FRANZ SCHORP, S.M.

February 19, 2023

Mother of Fathers’ Club Secretary, Rich O’Neal Mother-in-law of Mothers’ Club Social Chair, Amy Allman-O’Neal

Grandmother of Graham E. O’Neal ’20 & Lucas E. O’Neal ’24

LT. COL. GARY M. PENNINGTON

March 26, 2023

JAMES E. PHELPS, JR.

March 29, 2023

Father of James E. Phelps III ’90

Grandfather of James E. Phelps IV ’27

PETER E. POPIT

January 15, 2023

Father of Edward P. Popit ’97 & Kevin C. Popit ’05

JOHN C. RONQUEST ’53

March 21, 2021

SISTER HELEN RYAN, CSJ

January 30, 2023

Chaminade faculty 1995-2009

JOSEPH J. SALERNO

March 22, 2023

Father of Anthony J. Salerno ’81

Grandfather of Joseph P. Morrissey ’12, Joseph A. Salerno ’12, William J. Ernst (attended 1999-2000 ) & Christopher L. Ernst (attended 1999-2000)

ARTHUR E. SANTEN ’51

July 15, 2021

Father of Stephen A. Santen ’78

ROBERT O. SCHEIPERPETER (MCBRIDE ’43)

February 6, 2023

THOMAS J. SCHREIBER ’58

January 11, 2020

Brother of the late Jack A. Schreiber III ’42 & James D. Schreiber ’43

Uncle of John A. Schreiber ’68 & Jeffrey T. Schreiber ’72

Great Uncle of Daniel J. Schreiber ’00, Mark J. Jostes ’00, John A. Schreiber ’04, Jeffrey C. Schreiber ’04, David M. Benage ’05, Andrew R. Schreiber ’07, Scott M. Jostes ’07, John D. Benage ’08 & Timothy C. Benage ’11

VIRGINIA V. “GINNY” SCHMIDT

January 20, 2023

Mother-in-law of Paul J. Roeder ’82

Grandmother of Justin P. Roeder ’12 & Adam J. Roeder ’14

Chaminade faculty 1970-73, 1989

PATRICIA “PAT” SCHROYER

April 25, 2023

Mother of Thomas M. Schroyer, Jr. ’92

Grandmother of Holden T. Schroyer ’23 & Owen T. Rutherford ’26

Sister-in-law of Stephen G. Dolan ’73

LEONARD F. SCHULTE, JR. (MCBRIDE ’62)

January 11, 2023

ALBERT L. SCHWEITZER, JR. ’40

January 30, 2023

Father of Albert L. Schweitzer III ’61

Brother of the late James M. Schweitzer ’42

JOHN V. “JACK” SIEMER (MCBRIDE ’49)

December 14, 2022

JOHN E. “JACK” SIMON, JR.

December 5, 2022

Father of John E. Simon III ’84

ROBERT V. SNYDERS, SR.

December 20, 2022

Father of Robert V. Snyders, Jr. ’75, Daniel J. Snyders ’77, David E. Snyders ’78 & William J. Snyders ’82

JUDITH S. SULLIVAN

March 26, 2023

Mother of Dennis J. Sullivan ’84

Mother-in-law of Daniel J. Hoover ’91

PIERCE E. SULLIVAN ’55

May 25, 2022

MICHAEL MCKAY WEAVER

April 28, 2023

Cousin of staff member, Kevin Becvar

JOHN WEIDINGER (MCBRIDE ’55)

January 3, 2023

CAROL J. WINBORN

January 10, 2023

Mother of Steve Winborn ’83

ROBERT J. WINKA (MCBRIDE ’58)

February 6, 2023

FREDERICK J. ZAEGEL IV

February 9, 2023

Son of Frederick J. Zaegel III ’84

Brother of Peter M. Zaegel ’21

FINAL FRAME

Lan Nguyen ’23 is embraced by his fellow House Captains on the steps of Chaminade Hall after they surprised him by bringing his mom to St. Louis, MO from Vietnam so she could see him graduate in person.