2020 Fall Union

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Commencement 2020 • Educator Honors and Retirements Fall 2020

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Message from the President

Dear De La Salle Community,

Mark DeMarco ’78 President

“De La Salle High

School is successful because it is God’s

work. I want to thank

the parents, students,

the countless

volunteers, and

benefactors who have contributed to the

success of the school

and the mission of

Saint John Baptist de La Salle.”

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Here we are—eight months into the pandemic—who would have thought it would have lasted this long? The school has done an amazing job with transitioning to distance learning. We all know that in-person is a lot better, but we must abide by the County guidelines in terms of opening. As my grandmother always told me—“If life gives you a lemon, make lemonade.”

At this point we could open a lemonade stand.

As some of you know by now, in June of 2019, I informed the Board of Trustees that I would finish my tenure at De La Salle on June 30, 2021—that would be the end of my current contract, and that I would not be moving forward with another five-year contract option. I have decided to retire. My father died at 59½ and I turned 60 in September. My dad worked his entire life and never enjoyed retirement (he was sick with cancer). In 1999, I “inherited” stage three colon cancer and to date have survived that scare. I am looking forward to spending quality time with my family and my mom as she will turn 90 in April.

The average CEO of a company stays for 10 to 12 years. Fourteen years as President, four years as a teacher, and four years as a student is over one-third of my life spent on Winton Drive, and it was a good run.

It is now time for someone else to take the school to the next level.

De La Salle High School is successful because it is God’s work. I want to thank the parents, students, the countless volunteers, and benefactors who have contributed to the success of the school and the mission of Saint John Baptist de La Salle and will continue to do so in the future. I also would like to thank the Faculty and Staff for their commitment to the Mission—the school is successful because we all work together and have a great partnership with parents as the primary educators of their sons.

I also want to personally thank the President’s Cabinet which made me look good and did the heavy lifting—Joe Aliotti, Lynne Jones, Leo Lopoz, Mark Chiarucci, Heather Alumbaugh, and Margaret Silva.

The Board of Trustees is full swing into the process of finding my successor. The hope is that my replacement will be announced in late February. In the meantime, there is much to do this year.

Sincerely,

Mark DeMarco ’78 President

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WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE

Mark DeMarco ’78 President

Dr. Heather Alumbaugh Vice President for Academic Life

Mark Chiarucci Vice President for Advancement Lynne Jones Vice President for Finance

Leo Lopoz ’94 Vice President for Athletics

Joe Aliotti Senior Staff for the Office of the President Produced by the Office of Advancement

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Text: Dr. Heather Alumbaugh, Janet Appel, Derricke Brown, Mark Chiarucci, Rich Davi, Mark DeMarco ‘78, Diocese of Oakland, Erin Hallissy, Cameron Katz, Lasallian District of San Francisco/New Orleans, Esther Lopez, William Milosevich, Scott Roberts ’93, Lloyd Schine, Ida Tolentino, Karla Wiese.

Photos: De La Salle Photo Library, Brother Lawrence Haley, FSC, Lasallian District of San Francisco/New Orleans, Doug Paul, Scott Roberts ’93, Bob Sansoe, Studio One.

Read the Union online at www.dlshs.org

The De La Salle “Union” is a bond of unity for the extended De La Salle family — alumni, parents, alumni parents and the many friends who make up our school’s growing family.

The School Seal

The school seal is an important part of the identity of De La Salle High School.

The symbols used to make up the seal have particular meanings that reflect the values and purpose of the school. In the center of the seal is the Chi Rho (Kye Row). This is the Greek abbreviation of the title “Christ.” The first two letters of the word Christos or “Christ” are “Chi” and “Rho,” represented in the Greek alphabet as a capital “X” and “P.” The fleur-de-lis, with “lis” meaning lily in French, reminds us of our French origins with Saint John Baptist de La Salle. The lamp is a symbol of knowledge, reminding us of our primary purpose as a school — education. The section of broken chain represents freedom — freedom from ignorance. The chain surrounding the seal signifies strength and unity. “Les Hommes de Foi” is French for “Men of Faith.”

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Commencement 2020 Graduation Speeches

Post Graduation Plans 2020

Lasallian Educator of the Year

Three Lasallian Educators Say Goodbye

Ensuring Access in the Midst of the Pandemic School’s Response to Social Justice

De La Salle’s Transition to Distance Learning

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2019 - 2020 Parent Class Honor Roll of Donors 2019 - 2020 Alumni Honor Roll of Donors

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In Memoriam

Alumni Profile - Doug Paul ’87 What’s Happening Alumni Reunions

2020 Athletic Hall of Fame Members

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2019 - 2020 Sports Overview

About the cover: As a global pandemic took over the country, De La Salle High School transitioned to Distance Learning on March 16, 2020. The faculty, staff, and students left campus to continue working and learning through online outlets such as Zoom and Google Chat. The transition from on-campus learning to distance learning happened quickly, but the school was prepared to make the change. However, the shift was not easy for everyone, and adjustments were made on the fly, allowing faculty, staff, and students to adapt to the new way of working and learning. The cover displays screen shots taken by faculty members during their online learning classes.

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s the 2019-20 school year for De La Salle High School moved into the spring semester, no one could foresee what was to come with COVID-19.

The spread of the virus caused the Contra Costa Health Services Department to initiate a Shelter-in-Place order in mid-March, closing the school for the foreseeable future.

The school made a quick transition to distance learning for daily classes, but even in March, there seemed to be plenty of time to allow the virus to run its course so that normal graduation activities could take place. That wasn’t the case.

In May, De La Salle either cancelled or postponed its normal graduation activities, but still wanted to honor the graduating Class of 2020. The school created a webpage to display messages to the graduating class from faculty and staff using FlipGrid, a slideshow honored students and their college choices, and the school held the first ever Senior Send-off Parade.

Graduation, which usually is held the Sunday before Memorial Day, was postponed until August 2nd. As time passed and COVID-19 made a resurgence in Contra Costa County during July, it looked as though the school would also have to cancel all graduation activities for August as well. But within 48 hours of the scheduled event, De La Salle received word from the local health authorities that it was approved to host a Drive-Thru Graduation for the senior class. The event was held on Sunday, August 2, which allowed more than 200 students to return to campus with their families in the car, to walk across the stage and receive their diploma and senior awards. The students also stopped for a graduation photo as part of the event. The school created a virtual graduation, which included speeches from President Mark DeMarco ’78; Vice President for Academic Life, Dr. Heather Alumbaugh, Class of 2020 Valedictorian, Cameron Katz and Class of 2020 Salutatorian, William Milosevich.

Yearbooks were also not available until mid-August, as COVID-19 stalled the printing schedule, but all students from the Class of 2020 and from the 2019-20 school year, received their yearbooks by the end of August 2020.

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President Mark DeMarco ’78 Graduation Address

Well, Class of 2020—this has been an unusual year to say the least, and I know it has impacted you and all of the activities you and we had hope for during your last few months here at De La Salle. It was not supposed to end this way. We will all look back on this year and will be able to tell the story about how this year affected all of us—especially you—no words can express the disappointment you are feeling. However, I do think Dr. Seuss gives us some inspiring words:

“When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.”

— Dr. Seuss So, the last few months should not determine everything about your four years at De La Salle, but what can you learn from it? I hope each of you can say that this current situation strengthened you. I hope you can honestly say that you learned and exhibited the virtue of patience during these past few months. Speaking of virtues, I am reminded of an article in the New York Times by David Brooks who gave some good advice when he wrote about our character and virtues…He says… “Résumé virtues are the skills you bring to the marketplace. Eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at your funeral—whether you were kind, a person of integrity, honest, or faithful.”

We all know that the eulogy virtues are more important than the résumé ones. But our culture and our country’s educational system spends more time teaching the skills and strategies you need for career success rather than the qualities you need to radiate that sort of inner light. More of us know how to build an external career than on how to build inner character. COVID-19 has put this to the test. I hope we as a school have done both for you, but with a heavy emphasis on the latter—building your inner character. It is the eulogy virtues that are most important to us at De La Salle—partnering with your parents in developing your character and yes, it was certainly tried these last few months.

We live in the culture of the Big Me. The world is telling you to promote yourself. Social media wants you to broadcast a highlight reel of your life.

Commencement speakers are always telling young people to follow their passions. Be true to yourself. This is a vision of life that begins with you and ends with you.

Don’t fall into that trap. On the road to happiness you are not going to find your vocation by asking, what do I want from life? You are going to find it by asking the questions, what is life asking of me? How can I match my talents with what the world needs? In light of COVID-19, what talents will you bring to the worId? I urge you to focus on WE and not ME as you move on to your next stage of life.

Class of 2020—May God and our Founder, Saint John Baptist de La Salle guide you as you begin the next chapter of your life and please know this—De La Salle High School will always be here for you.

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Dr. Heather Alumbaugh Graduation Address

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Welcome to the Class of 2020. Take a moment to mentally thank your family, your friends, your teachers, and God. And now, take a moment to thank yourselves.

We entered De La Salle High School as freshmen together, and I think we can all agree, our four years together have been a wild ride. Born in the wake of 9/11 and graduating into a world utterly changed by COVID-19, your individual narratives seem to be destined to be intertwined with life-changing global events.

From the time you were born, you have been, as Ms. Seed puts it, conspicuously “living and experiencing history.” Perhaps that is why you have stepped up to the challenge of leadership, compassion, and resilience in such profound and inspiring ways. Many teachers want you to remember that your current circumstances do not define how far you will go, nor do they define your overarching time at De La Salle. And time and time again, our faculty communicated to me that we do not need to advise you or give you guidance, as you are the inspiration.

Instead, I would like to meditate on the ways you have inspired us. As you all know, I was an American literature professor for almost two decades, and literature has always been the way I make sense of the world around me. As your senior year came to an end, I have thought over and over of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s understanding of the powerful relationship between the individual and community to help me contemplate your unique position in history and the unique talents and gifts this moment has granted you. Emerson believes that every individual has in-dwelling divinity, that every individual is the very vessel of the holy presence of God, which is why he and the movement he inspired understood the individual as having the power to renovate society. Not institutions. Not traditions. The individual. This is why he celebrates self-trust, and he asks you to “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. ... [you] are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny’ that you are “guides, redeemers, and benefactors.” Ms. Lopez condenses this Emersonian philosophy into an elegant reminder: “don’t forget that God is within you, beside you always.”

As individuals that carry the holy presence of God and that together create community even in the face of a pandemic, you have gracefully and wholeheartedly confronted the challenge to believe in yourself in order to make your community stronger. Mr. Jeans noted “how mature” you have been throughout this whole process, Mrs. Ricketts commented that “Our boys are particularly strong while maintaining a love and compassion for those that walk beside them in tough times,” Mrs. Ladouceur articulated that “you have shown incredible tenacity despite the circumstances,” and Mrs. Macariola declared that when she thinks of this class, she thinks of “the Marine slogan... Improvise.

Adapt. Overcome.”

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Ms. Stevenson, your senior class moderator, shared a powerful summary of what the adults at De La Salle see in you. She wrote to me that:

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“This year's class is unlike any other I've seen graduate in my 22 years at De La Salle, for obvious reasons. . . I have been profoundly moved by the courage and patience our seniors have exhibited over the last two months. They could have been bitter and frustrated, indifferent and passive. Instead, I have witnessed laughter, positivity, compassion, joy, love, commitment, and tenacity. . .Our seniors are truly our school leaders. The work they have submitted has been beautiful and thoughtful. They have demonstrated the fulfillment of what we hope our boys will be when they graduate (and even what we hope they will be as adults): men who think of others, men who care about the world, men who realize they have the power to be heroic and to make significant contributions to society. . .They have stepped up in ways that have been powerful and emotional.”

As students at De La Salle, you accomplished so much academically, athletically, culturally, spiritually. You have been artists, scholars, athletes, theologians, friends, brothers. You have challenged yourselves over and over and over and then over again. You have been school leaders. You have gracefully and thoughtfully confronted the unthinkable. You have dared to be brave. But what your peers have benefitted from and what the adults on campus find most notable about you is that you have chosen to live a Jesuit teaching that the Lasallian core principles also encourage, namely that you are “people for others.” You embody as a community of individuals a profound understanding of what it takes “to be good” (as Cameron asks you to be), of what it means to “pray to be strong” (as William asks you to contemplate), and of what it means to commit yourself to community even when the world has gone sideways. The great Dutch theologian Henri Nouwen notes that “community is where humility and glory touch. However, community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another.”

Class of 2020, we are ready for you to change the world. We are ready for you to take your individual talents—your tenacity and compassion and creativity and imagination and resilience and dedication to yourselves and to others—and to craft the community that this world needs. We are ready to be led by you. We are so grateful that you know that “we are alive not for ourselves but for one another.” We are so grateful that you quite literally embody our Lasallian values, even when we have not asked you to. Thank you for inspiring us. We will always be in your corner.

Congratulations to the Class of 2020! You will be so missed, but we cannot wait to see what you do next.

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William Milosevich, Class of 2020 Salutatorian Speech

These last couple months have been a real struggle for all of us. We as a senior class have had to sacrifice numerous events and activities that make up the essence of the senior year: Senior Ball, Company’s Spring production of “Guys and Dolls”, Kairos 128, all the National and State Championships for Spring sports, Grad-Night and numerous other events have been postponed or just cancelled. Even Graduation, the pinnacle of the senior year where all of our accomplishments and struggles culminate, was in the air on whether it would be

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postponed or cancelled.

Even though we are far apart, we can stand tall together, because this is not the first obstacle we have had to face during our time together. Today, we’re struggling with the monumental threat that is COVID-19: A threat that seems to take up every waking moment of our day, but doing so will give us hope: hope that we can overcome this obstacle together.

Recently, I’ve been reflecting on my own four years at De La Salle, and I have seen how I have dealt with my fair share of hardship. Coming in freshman year, my major struggle was finding my place at De La Salle after being cut from the freshman football team. I thought being cut had shattered my chances of making new friends at De La Salle, but I was wrong. During my freshman year, I had turned my focus completely on my academics, and through that, I had met many people who shared my passions and who I would later call friends. We bonded over our shared workloads and struggles, which tied us together like a team.

During the next three years of school, these friends grew in number and I grew into a new person. Now, whenever I feel alone or stressed, I can remember the times when I was surrounded by my brothers and felt truly loved and respected. Times like those of prayer and honesty at an amazing place like Bishop’s Ranch with my cabin, or a place like the Contra Costa Science Fair with my AP Biology brothers, or before every race with the numerous brothers I have had the privilege to run with during the cross country and track seasons.

I am far from the person I thought I was going to be four years ago, but I’ve realized that’s the point of life. We struggle for a purpose, and my purpose was to see that the De La Salle community does not just encompass one sports team or one group of friends, but everyone who walks within our halls. And because De La Salle has never given up on me, I am still here.

De La Salle has shown us how to be resilient in our own ways, and we are showing De La Salle that we have learned and have imbued their message into ourselves. This graduation is a symbol to the world: a symbol that De La Salle students are built of sterner stuff, that we can be knocked down and get back up together, as brothers in arms. During my time in quarantine, I found a quote that has helped me stay strong and hopeful. It’s by Phillips Brooks, and I hope it can help you as well: “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.”

De La Salle Class of 2020, we can be what the world needs right now. We can rise to the task of being a bastion of hope, of strength, of resilience to those who need it. We can stand tall as strong men of faith, integrity, and scholarship so that we can pick up those in need.

We can support them as we have supported each other over these four years. It is our duty to be the miracle the world needs right now, and I believe we can be. All we have to do is try.

Go Spartans and Live Jesus in Our Hearts. Forever!

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Cameron Katz, Class of 2020 Valedictorian Speech

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What a journey, but we have finally reached the end. As freshmen, we had no idea of the impact that we would have on one another. Today, we are a group of resilient, passionate, and hard-working Spartans. You taught me what it means to be a part of something bigger than myself. Because of you, I have had a unique and memorable experience that shaped the young man I am today.

Most of us probably imagined how the Spring of our Senior Year would go. We had heard about Ball, graduation, grad night, and other senior traditions since we started, and in an instant, all those expectations changed. But if there is anything that we have taught each other, it is that our De La Salle experiences were not about this overarching image we had in our minds.

Instead, they were about the moments, even the ones we took for granted. The words that Mr. Hassett said in my junior Religion class echo in my head: “We are not only in the Holy Presence of God, but also in the Holy Presence of each other.” Our daily interactions, big and small, were God’s Holy Presence in our lives, and despite saying those words in every class every day, it was hard to fully appreciate them until now. Those actions that showed me what it meant to learn together, not just as classmates, but as brothers, a part of one family.

Although for the last few months we have been physically distant, I have still felt part of this community. I want to thank our teachers for all their hard work in helping us transition to this new environment. Without their commitment, this would have never been possible, and their effort shows how much they truly care.

I want to share a quote with you, one that has helped me through these last few months.

In the book, East of Eden, John Steinbeck writes, “Now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” Here’s my takeaway from that: do not let that pressure for success distract you from what is really important, being a good person. Amidst all the craziness and unpredictability that we encounter in life, I want to challenge you all to live what you learned here at De La Salle. Be good to yourself. Be good to others. Be good to the world.

Be good in the way that God intended you to be. Carry the spirit of brotherhood with you always because in the end, those small acts of good will be the memories you hold on to when you need them most.

During our unconventional spring break, I went for a bike ride and found myself on Winton Drive. I stopped in front of De La Salle, looking at the empty school, and really seeing it for what it was. I felt that same holy presence of everyone who made campus special. I remembered the good. I remembered the teachers who cared so much about what they were doing, and spending time after school in their classrooms. I remembered singing “Lean on Me” around the cross on Thursday mornings. I remembered listening to the chaos in the hallways as the last bell rang for previous seniors, knowing that someday that would be me. And I felt hopeful, knowing that although our physical time on campus was cut short, our legacies and memories and good actions are still here, with the underclassmen, with the faculty, and of course with each other, no matter how far apart we travel.

Nothing is ever quite what we expect, but hey, at least in a few decades, we will have a good story to pass on to the ones we love. So thank you, Class of 2020, and thank you De La Salle High School, for being our good in this imperfect world.

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DE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL

POST-GRADUATION PLANS 2020 Planned College Attendance: 238 Students at 82 Colleges & Universities College Plans

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Number of Students 193 45 238

Percentage 81% 19% 100%

Of the 193 students attending four year colleges, 10 are undecided on which school they will attend. Of the 45 attending two-year colleges, three are undecided on their final choice. The 193 students attending four-year colleges (81% of the class) will be in 76 colleges and universities in 26 states and Washington, DC. Students applied to an average of eight colleges and had an average acceptance rate of 48%.

Sixteen students (7% of the class) were recruited for NCAA athletics at four-year schools (12 at Division I, two at Division II and two at Division III). In addition, five students were recruited at the club level for Rugby and one at club level for Lacrosse.

Of four-year colleges in California, students are attending 27 schools: 18 public and nine private, for a total of 79 students, 33% of the class.

CSU’s (26 students) (11% of class):

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (6) Cal Poly Pomona (1) CSU Chico (3) CSU Fullerton (1) CSU Long Beach (1) CSU Maritime Academy (1) CSU Monterey Bay (1) CSU Sacramento (1) San Diego State University (5) San Francisco State University (1) San Jose State University (4) Sonoma State University (1)

Private CA (33 students) (14% of class):

California University (3) Dominican University (1) Loyola Marymount University (4) Pomona College (1) Saint Mary’s College (12) Santa Clara University (5) University of San Diego (5) University of Southern CA (1) Whittier College (1)

CA Community Colleges:

UC’s (20 students) (8% of class):

UC Berkeley (6) UC Davis (5) UC Irvine (2) UC Los Angeles (3) UC Santa Barbara (2) UC Santa Cruz (2)

Forty-two students (18% of the class) are attending two-year colleges in California for a total of seven different schools. An additional three students will attend community college, but have not decided which school they will attend.

Diablo Valley College (28)

Sacramento City College (2)

Grossmont College (1)

Santa Barbara City College (1)

Las Positas College (4)

Solano Community College (1)

Los Medanos College (5)

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As of May 18, 2020 Compiled by Janet Appel & Esther Lopez, Co-Directors of College Counseling

Keep in touch, Class of 2020. We would love to hear updates on your college adventures.

Who knows – you could be featured in a future Union edition!

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ach year at our Saint La Salle liturgy, Dr. Heather Alumbaugh, Vice President for Academic Life, has the privilege of honoring an educator who is chosen by his or her peers to receive a very special award…the Lasallian Educator of the Year Award.

This award is given to a faculty member who exemplifies the qualities of Saint La Salle…specifically meeting the following criteria: •

Mr. Mike Aquino

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A dedicated and committed individual who is an exemplary educator; An educator who understands his/her own dignity as a child of God so that he/she can pass this on to students; A person who cherishes and cares for his/her students like an older brother or sister, and, above all, someone who is committed to a life of faith and expresses that in a commitment to teach his or her students the importance of the spiritual life, inculcating living values.

Previous recipients of this award from our current faculty include Mr. Eidson, Mr. Ladouceur, Mr. Zorad, Mr. Hassett, Mr. Hirsch, Mrs. Stevenson, Mr. Oelschlager, Mrs. Acquistapace, Mr. Guthrie, Ms. Dickson, Mr. Berkes, Mr. Aliotti, Mrs. Appel, Mrs. Mattos, Mr. Graham, and our dear Mr. Olwell.

Each year it is both a challenge and a blessing to choose the Lasallian Educator of the Year, especially among so many dedicated faculty. As with last year, almost half of our faculty nominated one of their peers. The commitment, respect, and love our faculty give to our students is the same they show one another.

It is a great blessing to be able to speak about this year’s honoree’s commitment to the De La Salle Community.

At this year’s Saint La Salle Prayer Service, Dr. Alumbaugh shared this information with faculty and staff about the 2019-20 honoree: • This educator is empathetic, compassionate, patient, nurturing, dedicated, and proactive.

• This educator’s “leadership at this time of uncertainty has been exceptional, extraordinary; he has paved the way for the rest us of to be able to continue instruction at a distance….” and that “this educator being ahead of the game during these particularly anxious times brings confidence to all of us, wizards or not.”

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Multiple colleagues wrote about this educator’s collaboration, innovation, and forward-thinking problem-solving.

Another commented that this educator’s “relationship with the students as teacher, mentor and coach is very inspiring. He’s dedicated to creating a culture of respect and dignity here at De La Salle through the MVP training for students and faculty. He cares deeply about the heart and soul of this school and is dedicated to making De La Salle an ‘inclusive community’ where ‘respect for all persons’ is our culture and guided by “faith in the presence of God.”

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One of our department chairs commented beautifully that “he embodies the spirit of a man who "understands his own dignity as a child of God," while he also commits himself to literally "living" the values he holds dear.

On a personal note, I would like to share that this educator has been an extraordinary partner and friend to me as well as to others.

It is with great pleasure that we announce our newest Lasallian Educator of the Year. Please help me to congratulate Mr. Mike Aquino as our Lasallian Educator of the Year for 2020!

De La Salle Celebrates the Retirements of Three Employees with over 60 Years Combined Experience at School

Thank You for Your Service to Our Community At the end of the 2019-20 school year, even while distanced during shelter-in-place, the faculty and staff celebrated the over 60 years of combined service of three very dedicated individuals. Dr. Janet Appel, Mr. Matthew Castello ’80, and Mrs. Joan MacDonald. Thank you for the gift you have been for this community, and thank you for your service to our students and our community.

Janet Appel, Dr. Janet Appel retired from De La Salle after 18 years of service in the College Counseling Office.

Over the last two decades, Janet worked with more than 2,100 De La Salle seniors, wrote more than 900 letters of recommendation, attended more than 100 conferences across the country, and spent more than 80 hours on buses to tour college campuses with first generation college students. She had an outstanding ability to open the eyes of our students, to see their futures and the excitement in their careers, and places they may never have considered before.

Janet was also responsible for coordinating the school’s recycling program, and was never afraid to get her hands dirty, while doing what it took to get the job done. She pushed the community to reuse materials, to use less, and to recycle more. Janet was known for sitting next to students, patiently working with them to prepare for college, and logging countless hours with the students who needed her most. She empowered and challenged students she worked with, guiding them when writing college application essays and meeting deadlines. Most importantly, she used her gifts to touch the hearts of the students, and for that, De La Salle and the students will be eternally grateful.

Matthew Castello ’80, As a student, teacher and coach, Mr. Matthew Castello ’80 has dedicated more than three decades of his life to De La Salle High School. First coming to De La Salle as a student in 1976, Matt graduated in 1980, before attending Saint Mary’s College, where he played baseball. He turned that into a professional baseball career, playing in both Europe and the United States. Matt returned to De La Salle as a faculty member in 1992, and over the past 28 years, he has taught Religious Studies, Health, and Physical Education. Additionally, he would serve two stints as the De La Salle head baseball coach, first from 2000-03 and then again from 2010-12. Matt was also inducted into the De La Salle Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008. During his time on the Winton Drive campus, he positively influenced so many lives. One former student said this of Mr. Castello, “He’s the greatest baseball coach I ever had the chance to play for and an even better person off the field.”

Joan MacDonald, Mrs. Joan MacDonald came to De La Salle in 2001 and served the community for nearly two decades teaching Religious Studies. While at De La Salle, Joan represented a group of women that were strong and determined to be great teachers. She was an outstanding teacher for the students, but she was also a great colleague and friend to many of the faculty and staff. A great listener and supporter to faculty, staff and students, Joan always provided a shoulder to lean on. Joan is a warrior, a cancer survivor, and a strong woman, and will always be admired by her colleagues for those qualities. She knows who she is, stands by her convictions, and is always true to herself. Joan consistently opened her house to faculty of De La Salle when needed, and has been a staple. She represents a true Lasallian woman. The faculty, staff and students were lucky to have her as part of their lives for so many years. We wish Joan the very best in the next phase of her life, with her grandkids and family, and her love for gardening and traveling.

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Ensuring Access in the Midst of the Pandemic

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e La Salle understands that a student’s potential should not be tied to his ability to pay for a high quality education. As a Lasallian Catholic school, it is the school’s mission to ensure proportionate accessibility for a diverse student body each and every school year. But when you throw a global pandemic in the mix, the need for tuition assistance compounds.

De La Salle families were not immune to the chaos and struggles that have resulted from the pandemic. In the early weeks of the COVID-19, there were a number of families who were impacted by job losses, company closures, and other personal challenges. These families were going to be hard pressed to make their final tuition payments. To keep the community whole through the end of the 2019-2020 school year, De La Salle made it a priority to provide financial assistance to families in need with additional support to fulfill their spring tuition payments.

But school leadership knew much more had to be done to support families. Spring 2020 brought about an unprecedented decision by the school.

President Mark DeMarco ’78, with counsel from the President’s Cabinet, Board of Trustees, and the Finance Committee announced that for the first time in recorded De La Salle history, tuition would not increase for the 2020-2021 school year. The school also increased its budget for financial aid awards to support families in an effort to help them during these challenging times.

Even with the stable tuition for the 2020-21 academic year and an increase in financial aid, the Business Office received additional cries for help as acceptance letters and renewals went out. To answer these calls and ensure access, the school eventually allocated more than $4 million in aid (assisting one in three students) to help Spartan families in various capacities of need, which equated to more than 20% of the overall operational budget.

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The Business Office shared some of the statements of gratitude from some of our families: “Our financial aid award is greatly appreciated! I'd hug you if those were still allowed.”

“Dad said he literally had “Chills” and that Christmas came early…”

“My husband was forced to leave his job. We hope he will be able to find other employment in a few months. This wonderful gift couldn’t come at a better time to allow [our son] to continue his education in a safe, supported and thriving academic environment. I cannot thank you all enough.”

“Thank you! The financial aid will certainly help during this challenging time.”

“Oh my gosh!! Thank you so much for this extra assistance. This will help our family so much this year. We truly appreciate all that De La Salle High School has done for us and our son in his first year there and we look forward to continuing the relationship with our two younger boys as well.”

“This is absolutely wonderful news! Thank you and the committee for this much needed financial assistance.”

With the significant allocation of funds to assist families with financial aid, and as the long-term effects of COVID-19 on our economy are still uncertain, the need for tuition assistance will continue to be a priority for De La Salle’s fundraising efforts. With students learning at home, there is no income from cafeteria sales.

With athletics postponed until January 2021, sponsorship and gate revenues are on hold or potentially lost for the year. With the inability to gather physically as a community, event fundraising income is also unpredictable.

With these challenges, De La Salle is faced with a significant loss of operational revenue to support our school efforts—tuition assistance, faculty development, and student co-curriculars.

Although many activities have been canceled or postponed on and around campus, the students continue to work hard through distance learning. Faculty remains dedicated to the transformative, educational environment De La Salle provides. As the school continues to weather the economic repercussions of the pandemic, the community’s investment in the Mission and students is needed now more than ever.

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Social Justice Letter from

Brother Donald Johanson Dear School Leaders,

It is with a heavy heart that I write these words to you. It is my hope that, through them, I can express to you my concerns, prayers, and support during a time that is testing our strength as Lasallians and as Americans.

The ugly reality of racism and division in our nation is again bringing injustice and tragedy into the lives of our brothers and sisters, as well as unrest, anger, and violence to our cities and neighborhoods. I know you share my sense of shock and sadness over the terrible events of these past days.

However, we must not let ourselves or each other—especially the young entrusted to our care—sink into their darkness. We must hold tightly to God, to each other, and to our vision for a better world. This is because we have work to do.

The cries of pain and frustration of a mistreated people are something that we cannot ignore, and something to which we must respond as one Lasallian family. We will not tolerate the sin of injustice in any of its forms, nor will we be complacent in its presence. To paraphrase Mahatma Gandhi, we must be the change that we wish to see in the world, and we must instill that same zeal in the hearts of those entrusted to our care. It is that spirit I offer to you these recommendations and encouragements.

As Lasallian educators, we are called to care for one another and for our students, and also to let ourselves grow from the experience. Teaching, learning and praying in community are what we do best. I recognize, as I know you also do, how difficult it must be for our young people not to be able to be with each other on their campuses, especially now. Accordingly, we must find innovative ways to join them in an intentional and courageous dialogue about race, one that identifies and stands against bigotry and discrimination, advances solidarity with its victims, and leads to action to transform unjust social structures. We have

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a sacred responsibility to do this.

Also, we need to ensure that our schools are truly places of salvation in the midst of today’s extraordinary need for peace and justice. I ask that we recognize that the work of educating our youth will be incomplete if it is not fully relevant to God’s work of healing and redeeming the world. In addition to continuing to strive for the full accessibility and diversity of our ministries, we must focus on delivering learning experiences that prioritize like never before, both in content and method, the formation of young people who will unswervingly build a society where the voiceless are finally heard, the invisible are finally seen, and the lost are finally found.

Know that I am with you as you decide how you will listen to your faculties, staff and students so that they can participate in your leadership in determining next steps in accomplishing this.

Earlier this morning, our District released a video message where I commended you and our District family on your resilience, creativity, and faith through the ever-evolving reality of our COVID-19 pandemic. It will be through these same attributes that we will persevere. For guidance, we can look to the example and teachings of Jesus Christ, and also to the life of Saint John Baptist de La Salle.

Together we will act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God who loves us (Micah 6:8) each and every one of us. I assure you and your school communities of my continued prayers and deep gratitude. May God bless you during these trying times, and I look forward to witnessing how our District guides and empowers our young people through these momentous times.

Sincerely, Brother Donald Johanson Brother Visitor District of San Francisco New Orleans

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At De La Salle, we were deeply saddened by the social injustice events that occurred in the United States this past summer, and we pray that we see better days ahead.

As a Lasallian Catholic school, one of our guiding principles is Concern for the Poor and Social Justice, as we believe in the living presence of God in our students, in our community, and in our world. A second guiding principle is Respect for All Persons, through which we honor and respect the dignity of all individuals.

We recognize that our students, families, and colleagues feel the weight of the tragic events, and combined with the disproportionate impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on communities of color, we can plainly see how much work is still needed by all of us to confront systemic racism and injustice in all forms.

In this environment, our faith and our Lasallian charism calls on all of us to use our voices, our actions, our prayers, and our hearts to speak and act in ways that are actively anti-racist, to work to eliminate poverty, and to create equity in all the spaces and places we inhabit.

As an administration, faculty, and staff we are committed to this work and will continue to infuse this into our curriculum, our school culture, and to share it with our wider De La Salle family.

Bishop Barber Announces Formation Of Oakland Diocese Racial Justice Task Force

On September 9, Michael Barber, S.J., Bishop of the Diocese of Oakland, announced the formation of the Diocese of Oakland Task Force for Racial Justice, which he has charged with examining the many ways the sin of racism afflicts the People of God in the Diocese. After prayer, study, interviews and discussion, the Task Force will offer recommendations to Bishop Barber outlining tangible steps that will help address the scourge of racism. This group will also discuss the feasibility of re-establishing the Black Pastoral Center, and the engagement of the community in activities, spiritual and corporal, to help combat racism.

The Diocese of Oakland has created a resource center on the Diocese website (https://oakdiocese.org/racial-equityand-justice), which is regularly reviewed and updated.

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Learning to Live – and Thrive – with Distance Learning

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ow do you teach physics students stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic about velocity?

By showing them a video in class of how to construct their own ramps using paper and rulers, and then rolling a marble down them.

How do you help anxious teenagers deal with the emotions of not being able to hug their grandparents, have lunch with their friends, or run into each other in a school hallway? By encouraging them to express their feelings of helplessness and grief through art.

And how do you provide a meaningful distance learning program at a thriving Catholic boys high school known for personally nurturing and preparing students for productive lives and careers while endowing them with a deep sense of brotherhood? By developing an engaging and creative environment that can provide them with a path to navigate through months of uncertainty during a worldwide health emergency.

“This pandemic has changed everything about how we deliver the Mission almost overnight,” said Dr. Elizabeth Berkes, Director of Faculty Development, as De La Salle— like other schools in California and nationwide—find themselves in an unfamiliar shutdown world. “From every aspect of teaching and learning, to the rhythm of the school day for students and staff, to dress code, it’s all different.

The pace of change has been staggering.”

That’s because COVID-19 is a novel infectious disease that medical and scientific professionals are still trying to figure out how to treat and prevent. Since it was first reported in China and then spread throughout the world in

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2020, new findings have been reported in everything from how the disease spreads, to who is at risk, and how people can prevent infection. New findings have meant adaptations through sheltering at home, social distancing, wearing face masks, and gradual re-openings of businesses, sports, and worship in new locations, or online only.

A Spring Disrupted

Long before the coronavirus outbreak began, De La Salle and Carondelet were already preparing for remote education, if necessary, during the fall wildfire season when hazardous air conditions compelled people to stay at home. Those efforts were aided by the six years that De La Salle had participated in a “challenge success” program with Stanford University.

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home, such as hangers and tin foil. She also had them make “Out of that work, which looked at ways to reduce sculptures from soap, using silverware, and even let them student stress, some early-adopter teachers at De La Salle know they could pick some up for 50 cents each at a dollar were already rolling out their own websites and online store. tools,” Berkes said. De La Salle and Carondelet invested in “I do art as problem solving, and I really enjoyed the Schoology, a learning management system where, among problem-solving part,” she said. other things, class assignments and tests are posted online Spencer Shively, a Science teacher and chair of the and available for viewing by both students and parents.

Science Department, who is in his 18th year teaching at So in mid-March, when the coronavirus pandemic was De La Salle, said the spring transition from regular school to declared nationwide, and California Governor Gavin distance learning was at times chaotic, and at times smooth.

Newsom ordered schools in the state to close immediately, “The school put out a reasonable schedule with good De La Salle quickly implemented distance learning. The last expectations for students and staff,” he said. “We did the regular day of classes was on Friday, March 13, and online best we possibly could, but we definitely scrambled.” learning began on Monday, March 16.

Ricketts said she also strove to have her students deal “The things we had to figure out instantly were Zoom with their feelings during a time and Google Meet,” Berkes said, “I already had a rapport with the of chaos. For their spring final referring to tools for video kids, I knew who they were and we project, she asked them to sculpt meetings that most people knew something to bring joy to s little, if anything, about before. had built a family.” omebody. One student built a hug Corey Kelly, who teaches contraption to give his grandparents, who were at high risk Physics and AP Calculus-based Physics, said teachers and of infection, a remote hug, bringing his grandmother to students had the advantage in the spring of having already grateful tears. “How beautiful!” Ricketts said. “You make been together for most of the school year. someone’s day.”

“I already had a rapport with the kids. I knew who they were and we had built a family,” he said.

Some of the challenges were more technical—how would Positive Feedback from Parents students submit written work, have labs and do The efforts of teachers to provide meaningful education was demonstrations? Kelly felt fortunate that during the spring, appreciated by parents. One parent wrote Dr. Heather his Physics students were studying things like electricity, Alumbaugh, Vice President for Academic Life, in April: “So magnetism and circuits, which lent themselves to online thankful you are keeping the grading system! As the public learning. school moms complain to me about how their schools are Art teacher Jennifer Ricketts, who was the on school’s managing the online learning, I cannot express how proud 21st Century Committee that was working on the remote and thankful I am for the decisions De La Salle has made learning plans, said she faced a challenge with students not thus far. Truly. As my boys continue to work…it would be having art supplies at home that they would have had in devastating to take away an earned grade for a “pass.” class. So she devised ways for them to use found objects at Another parent emailed a teacher saying, “I’ve heard from

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Berkes said administrators, facilities planners, and faculty members from De La Salle and Carondelet spent weeks devising a hybrid learning model with socially distanced classrooms and limited numbers of students on campus on any school day.

Then Gov. Newsom announced new state guidelines on July 17th that made distance learning the only option until the number of infections decrease significantly and the state and local counties approve reopening plans.

“We worked the whole summer on this beautiful hybrid plan and then the governor said we’re all online,” Berkes said.

The sudden shift meant that teachers had to be flexible.

“I just say, ‘let’s find a way,’” Shively said.

“It’s hard but let’s keep going. That’s critical to navigating this.’’

New Challenges, New Solutions

friends at other schools that their teenagers have no routine and little accountability, so I really appreciate that from the beginning of this transition. De La Salle gave my son a schedule to follow and consistent homework to complete. I’m guessing it was chaotic for staff behind the scenes to get the virtual plan in place, but I think you did a great job defining a clear schedule and reasonable student responsibilities.” The gratitude even extended to the school’s socially distanced drive-through graduation.

“Words cannot express my appreciation for the warm, sincere, heartfelt, and embracing send-off you all had planned for the drive-through this past Saturday,” one parent wrote. “I was moved to tears. In some respects, the one-on-one affirmation and congratulatory accolades from all the teachers and others on staff was more than a parent could ask for when compared to a traditional ceremony. I am forever grateful to you all.”

Berkes said the school was “incredibly successful” in the spring, and that enrollment did not fall off for the 2020-21 school year.

“That is a testament to the beautiful work of our faculty, to their resilience, to their hard work.”

Summer Preparations

By summer there were hopes that months of sheltering in place would lead to improvements in infection rates that could result in partial school reopening in the fall semester.

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The new school year began online on August 12th. With classes all online, students were given expectations, which included that attendance would be taken, and teachers would look for both a “virtual” presence and how active and engaged they were in class. Along with online sessions, students would have class assignments, participation in discussions boards, work on Google documents that teachers can monitor, and email communications.

Berkes said that the experience in the spring had shown that issues such as “Zoom fatigue” may arise with students and teachers in virtual classrooms, and that some students may not have the resources, including computer equipment, wireless network capability, or supplies at home. Even issues like having younger siblings, including infants in the home might impact a student’s ability to learn.

“It’s absolutely critical in a mission-driven Lasallian school that kids know you respect them,” she said.

Corey Kelly said that while being thrown into online learning full-time in the spring was a jolt, new challenges arose in the fall.

“I actually felt that the learning curve in the spring semester was a little bit less because of the community we had already built,” Kelly said.

To build community with all new students in the fall, Kelly divided them into Spartan Achievement Learning Teams (for De La Salle-only classes) or Student Achievement Learning Teams (SALT) for co-ed classes with Carondelet.

“No Physics are involved in SALT,” he said. “I call it inclusive community time.” Kelly can drop in on the meetings and monitor conversations on things such as the class prayer.

Ricketts said one of her biggest worries over the summer was how to get to know her students and have them get to know each other in her Arts classes. She’s been doing a lot of small group exercises so they can feel comfortable with each other, doing things such as drawing together while listening to classical music, which students say is helping.

“In art you’re so vulnerable,” she said. “You’re expressing emotions, and if you don’t trust each other, you might hold back. Now, more than ever, they know how to express themselves.”

Having three sons who are students at De La Salle, in their senior, sophomore, and freshman years, has allowed Ricketts to see how different young people react to the stresses of online education. Each of her sons has a different personality, and each has been affected differently by distance learning.

Many teachers, including Kelly and Ricketts, have sent home kits for students to work with at home, with different kinds of supplies for things like science experiments and art work. They both are also figuring out how to videotape demonstrations, on things like dropping items from tall heights to throwing pottery, to show students at home.

“Collectively, we have to realize that this is a singular moment and we have to do the best to move the ball forward,” Kelly said. “I really want to give my students the best possible education.”

Looking Forward

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So far, Shively said, distance learning is going well in the fall semester.

“We had time to experiment and figure out what works,” he said.

Like everyone, he wishes the school could get to at least a hybrid system, if not completely back to normal. Once Contra Costa County meets state guidelines to reopen learning in person, even in a limited way, De La Salle will implement the plans developed during the summer.

“I certainly miss being in class,” Shively said.

“De La Salle is great, because we’re teaching all boys. Boys are relational learners. It’s good to have personal relations.

That’s really hard to do in a distance format.”

However, he said his observation of other teachers’ classes is that they are creating a close and warm classroom environment, even online.

“They’re engaging, working on things together,” he said.

Berkes echoes Shively’s assessment.

“Of course we miss our students,” Berkes said. “We are a community that thrives on being together. That being said, we’re making the best of it.”

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2019 – 2020 Parent Class Honor Roll of Donors (July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020)

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Thank you, parents, for your generous gifts to the Annual Fund.

The De La Salle Annual Fund, a fundraising priority of the school, complements our Mission, serving all students and our every year operational needs. The Annual Fund is vital to the financial health, growth, and future of the school and puts our students first by serving school priorities such as: making tuition assistance possible for families with varying levels of need, providing tools and training for our faculty and staff through professional development, and facilitating a wide array of co-curricular programs so that all students have the opportunity for activity, leadership, and expression outside of the classroom. Thank you parents for putting our students first!

Senior Parents Class of 2020 43.7% Ms. Virginia M. Aban Mr. Warren C. Anderson and Dr. Diane E. Anderson Mr. Ronald G. Arrajj, Jr. Mrs. Elena Arrajj Mr. and Mrs. Ernesto A. Avila Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Backhaus Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Ballardo Mr. and Mrs. Ryan C. Barger Mr. and Mrs. David Bartlett Mr. Denis M. Bergman and Dr. Michele D. Bergman Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Beyer Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Bianchina, Jr. '86 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Biles, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Bonderer Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Bruni '76 Mr. and Mrs. Karl Byers Mr. and Mrs. Edward O. Cano Mr. and Mrs. Christian S. Carvacho Mr. Adam D. Charlson Mr. and Mrs. Burton Coloma Mr. and Mrs. John F. Connell '80 Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. D. Costa Mr. and Mrs. Tim Cote Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crivello Mr. and Mrs. John P. Daley Mr. and Mrs. Kevin G. Daly Mr. and Mrs. Joselito I. De Paula Mr. and Mrs. Jerome E. Dermon Mr. and Mrs. Linsey Dicks Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Dickson '87 Ms. Lillian A. Dickson Ms. Susan Diego Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fakhimi Ms. Shane Felix Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Steven Flanagan Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Francisco-Choa Ms. Lisa T. Frost Mr. and Mrs. Brad Giacobazzi

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Dr. Damian J. Paonessa Mr. and Mrs. Michael Parker Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Penney Mr. and Mrs. Niro Perera Mr. and Mrs. Jay S. Pogacar Mr. and Mrs. Tyler W. Potter Ms. Olga A. Prado Mr. and Mrs. Cardell Rankin Mr. and Mrs. Marek R. Relich Mr. and Mrs. John R. Rettig Mr. and Mrs. Robert Risse Lt. and Mrs. Laurence F. Ryan '86 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Salmon Ms. Nicole Saxton Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Scarpelli Mr. and Mrs. Ken D. Schock Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Semansky Mr. and Mrs. Michael Seto Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Sigua Mr. David B. Simons and Mrs. Melissa A. Serpanchy-Simons Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Stafford Ms. Alexandra C. Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Tatum Mr. Simon J. Taylor and Mrs. Bonnie S. Burnett-Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Vranesh '85 Ms. Kathryn E. Willeford Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wolfe Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Wygal Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Yakas Junior Parents Class of 2021 38.8% Anonymous (3) Dr. and Mrs. Scott T. Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Anthony Mr. and Mrs. David Babby Mr. and Mrs. Jon K. Baird Mr. and Mrs. James F. Baldacci '83

advancement Ms. Meredith Barnidge Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Barsi Dr. Peter T. Beernink and Dr. Sharon A. Doyle Mr. and Mrs. Garth R. Benner Dr. and Mrs. Scott Bergman Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Boyle Mr. Jude Braga and Mrs. Margi EnriquezBraga Mr. and Mrs. Gregory M. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Burnham Mr. and Mrs. James A. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Butler Ms. Marcela Cardenas Mr. and Mrs. Christian S. Carvacho Mr. and Mrs. Tony Castagnetto Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Chance Dr. Steve Cheng and Dr. Nhu Pham Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Cheng Mr. and Mrs. Pravesh Chopra Mr. and Mrs. Jorge A. Cordova Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crivello Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Crosby Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Curran '93 Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Curulla Dr. and Mrs. Michael W. deBoisblanc Mr. and Mrs. Keyur Desai Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Deviney Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Drobick Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Earle Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Easley Mr. Davide Farinati and Ms. Sylvia E. Perfetto Mr. and Mrs. Flanoy Garrett The Honorable Virginia M. George Mr. and Mrs. George I. Ghantous Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Giosso Ms. Sheenna Glover Mr. and Mrs. Lance B. Grosz Mr. Chris Trujillo and Mrs. Elizabeth Grywczynski Trujillo Mr. and Mrs. Blas G. Guerrero, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hazard Mr. Patrick A. Hoey and Dr. Alison M. Hoey Mr. and Mrs. Dan P. Holland Dr. and Mrs. Brian D. Hopkins Mr. Antonio T. Hopson and Mrs. Shawna L. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. John W. Jatoft Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kahl Mr. and Mrs. David F. Kaye Mr. and Mrs. Denis S. Kenny Mr. and Mrs. Kelly F. Kerrigan Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Lencioni Mr. and Mrs. Scott Love Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Lozano Mr. and Mrs. David R. Lucas '85 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Macedo Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Macksoud Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Malone II '86 Mr. and Mrs. Marc W. Mast Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. May Mr. and Mrs. Luis Maza Mr. and Mrs. Eric W. McClaskey '85 Mr. and Mrs. Mark McGee Dr. and Mrs. Brian McGuinness Mr. and Mrs. Brian M. McNamara Mr. and Mrs. Kevin G. Mein Mr. and Mrs. David Minolli Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Molino Mr. and Mrs. James P. Morrisroe Mr. and Mrs. Calin Niculescu Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Norris Mr. Phil Oertli Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Pappas Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pearl

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Peters II '72 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Radanovich Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Reid Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Ridgway Mrs. Valerie Riva-Lynds and Mr. Mark Ramp Mr. and Mrs. David M. Roche '84 Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Rossi Ms. Sheryl L. Rowold Mr. Ludwik B. Rutkowski and Ms. Dora G. Benavides Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Schmidt '85 Mr. and Mrs. Ricky A. Serna Mr. and Mrs. Robert Silva Mr. and Mrs. David R. Stein Dr. and Mrs. James E. Stich Mr. and Mrs. Marty T. Storti Mr. and Ms. Robert Stubbs Mr. and Mrs. Eugene T. Tafito Dr. and Mrs. Ron G. Takahashi Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Tomkovicz Mr. and Mrs. John P. VanderKlugt '83 Mr. and Mrs. William Vaughn Mr. Anthony G. Viscia Dr. John P. Vogel and Dr. Tanja L. Kujac Mr. and Mrs. Timothy T. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. John F. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Ward Mr. and Mrs. James G. Wardy Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Wilson '92 Mr. and Mrs. Steven K. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Jose E. Wright Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Zocchi '88 Sophomore Parents Class of 2022 45.6% Ms. Virginia M. Aban Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Abbes Mr. and Mrs. James B. Aberer III '86 Mr. Todd T. Aiken and Mrs. Mary P. McMahon Mr. Warren C. Anderson and Dr. Diane E. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Andre Mr. Ronald G. Arrajj, Jr. Mrs. Elena Arrajj Mr. and Mrs. Ryan C. Barger Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Bianchina, Jr. '86 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Boyle Mr. and Mrs. James C. Brown '75 Mr. and Mrs. George P. Buhalis Ms. Leilani A. Calara Mr. Michael M. Caminero and Mrs. Ana R. Santos Ms. April D. Campbell Chittum Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan O. Carlson Mr. Carlos R. Carrillo and Mrs. Beatriz Ceja Mr. and Mrs. Sean Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Stuart E. Casillas Ms. Stephanie A. Chamberlin Mr. and Mrs. Michael Chaput Mr. and Mrs. Mario Cobian Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Coke Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Cole Mr. and Mrs. William C. Colvis Mr. and Mrs. Steven B. Craft Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Cuevas Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Cushing Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Davenport Mr. and Mrs. William W. Davis, Jr. '86 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel I. Deitrick Mr. and Mrs. Jerome E. Dermon Mr. and Mrs. Victor M. Diaz Mr. and Mrs. Roy P. Dimalanta '90 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N. Ellis

Mr. Jose C. Fajardo and Mrs. Frances P. Hennessy Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Fialho Mr. and Mrs. Donnie M. Fisi Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Freeman, Jr. '86 Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph A. Galera Mr. and Mrs. Steven T. Garske Dr. and Mrs. Ryan Green Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Guyette Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Harney Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Hess Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Hoffmeister '89 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Brett D. Hoover Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Hughes Mr. Richard P. Inaldo Mr. and Mrs. Bradley K. Ingram Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Jensen Mr. and Mrs. Zion M. Jerge Mr. and Mrs. William E. Johansen Dr. Patrick V. Jolin and Dr. Mariela A. Gamboa Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Jones Mr. Bert C. Kang Mr. and Mrs. Brian F. Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Tony E. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. David Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Gus J. Kerry Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Kienzle Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Koerner Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Kostolansky Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Kunz Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kuta Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Latasa Mr. and Mrs. Dominic M. Legaspi Mr. and Mrs. Brian Lightle Ms. Angela R. Lombardi Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowell Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Lucido Mr. and Mrs. Arsalan Majlessi Mr. and Mrs. Rodrigo Marcus Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Martinez Mr. Paul T. McCaffrey Ms. Aimee McCaffrey Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Horace N. Meeks Mr. and Mrs. Kent M. Mercer '87 Mr. and Mrs. Adrian E. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Steven Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Sean T. Mockler Mr. and Mrs. James M. Moloney Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Mullane '88 Mr. and Mrs. Mark P. Nagel Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Neves Mr. and Mrs. Terry Nixon Mr. and Mrs. Charles (dec.) P. Noland Mrs. Suellen G. Noland Dr. Damian J. Paonessa Mr. and Mrs. Michael Parker Mr. and Mrs. Sean A. Pickett Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Adam J. M. Richards Mr. and Mrs. Steve W. Riter Ms. Claudette Rodrigues Mr. Oscar C. Rodriguez and Mrs. Liz A. De Ceja Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Rubens Lt. and Mrs. Laurence F. Ryan '86 Mr. and Mrs. Alex S. Sana Mr. and Mrs. Drew Y. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Kris E. Sandvig Mr. and Mrs. William V. Saunders Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Schneider '83 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin D. Sebree FALL 2020 UNION

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advancement Ms. Jean A. Sherlock Mrs. Renee R. Sitzman Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Spicer Mr. and Mrs. Dominic W. Sposeto Mr. and Mrs. Zachary M. Stassi Mr. Steven A. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Stoffel Mr. and Mrs. Eric G. Storjohann Mr. and Mrs. Scott B. Sweet Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Tang Dr. Laura A. Timmerman Mr. and Mrs. Ian D. Tooze Ms. Tina J. Traum Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. VanderKlugt '87 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Voorhees Mr. and Mrs. Steve Welch Mr. and Mrs. Tim B. Westphal Mr. and Ms. Thomas R. Woelfel Mr. and Mrs. Lowry C. Wood Ms. Lisa Wood Freshmen Parents Class of 2023 46.1% Anonymous (3) Mrs. Maria M. Acosta and Mr. Jorge L. Monroy Dr. and Mrs. Ean Ainsworth Mr. Raymond Amanquah and Ms. Yanira G. Wong Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Ancona, Jr. '80 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. John P. Arcidiacono '80 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. David Babby Mrs. Staci L. Ball Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Barsi Mr. and Mrs. David Bartlett Mr. and Mrs. Carlo M. Beckman Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Francis S. Beech Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Berry Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Biles, Jr. Mr. Raymundo Bravo and Mrs. Alma Ruiz Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Bruni '76 Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Cabeceiras Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Camilon Dr. and Mrs. Allan P. Capinpin Ms. Kimberly A. Carvin Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Cazares Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Cerruti Mr. and Mrs. Elson P. Chan Mr. and Mrs. Allan J. Chandler Mr. and Mrs. Mike Chilton Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Chose Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Christensen Mr. James M. Click '90 Mr. and Mrs. Sean Cofer Mr. and Mrs. Chad A. Cola Mr. Jodi Cravens and Ms. Eva Leung Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Daly '91 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Deviney Ms. Margereth F. Drumm Mr. and Mrs. Clement S. Elgazzar '89 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Bejan Farahbakhsh Mrs. Mellanie M. Feldman Mr. Gregory M. Fernandez and Mrs. Miljoy B. Linsao Mr. and Mrs. Ubaldo Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Steven Flanagan

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Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Fortune Ms. Maria E. Garcia Mr. John C. Gingrich and Ms. Christine L. Currie Dr. and Mrs. Louis J. Giorgi, Jr. '86 Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Girod Mr. and Mrs. John P. Gnovel Dr. and Mrs. Ryan Green Mr. and Mrs. Stephan F. Haggerty Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Halfon Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hayworth '90 Mr. Roberto A. Huerta and Mrs. Anel C. Saavedra Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Collin Hum Dr. and Mrs. Alan K. Iannaccone Mr. and Mrs. Adrian M. Ivanov Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kangas Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Kelly F. Kerrigan Mr. and Mrs. Glen A. Kuiper Mr. and Mrs. Simeon S. Lagroma Mr. Matthew Lakin and Ms. Brigid Rose Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lopez Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Maestas Mr. Vincent R. Maher, Sr. Mr. Leo Marchis and Ms. Yvonne Vega Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mazzetti Dr. and Mrs. Brian McGuinness Mr. and Mrs. Jason J. McInerney Mr. and Mrs. Brian M. McNamara Dr. and Mrs. Duncan A. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Molino Mr. Michael J. Monaldo and Ms. Valerie A. Nagel Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Mucha Mr. Bert Y. Ng and Mrs. Elain X. Li Mr. and Mrs. Uriel Oseguera Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Oswalt Mr. and Mrs. Pacifico Palacay Mr. and Mrs. James W. Pariso Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Pawlo Mr. and Mrs. Adolfo Perez Mr. and Mrs. Lino Persi Mr. and Mrs. Kai Peters Mr. Stephanie Pfister Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Phillips Mr. John W. Pregenzer Mr. Evan H. Quadjovie and Ms. Kathryn Durham-Hammer Mr. and Ms. Edgardo L. Quevada Mr. and Mrs. Jay Randall Mrs. Lyantonette Recacho Mr. and Mrs. Casey C. Rhodes '89 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Risse Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. Tom G. Romary Mr. and Ms. Carlos Romo Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Rossi Mrs. Gina M. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Johnny J. C. Sanchez Mr. and Mrs. Rolando E. Sanchez Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Sigua Mr. Gary Smith and Mrs. Amy Jeng Mr. and Mrs. Dominic W. Sposeto Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Tatum Dr. and Mrs. Allen Toreja Mr. and Mrs. Richard Torres Mr. Christopher H. Trinkus Mr. and Mrs. Victor U. Udeh

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Vaccaro II '79 Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. H. Van Oppen Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Villarreal Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Voerge Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Voorhees Mr. Robert A. Walsh and Dr. Jill M. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Brooks L. Wells Mr. and Mrs. Peter Whipple Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. White '88 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Williams '88 Mr. and Mrs. Phil A. Wiltz Mr. and Mrs. Dennis F. Wirth '76 Drs. Douglas and Julianne Wright Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Yakas Mrs. Ana G. Zaldua Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Zocchi '88

Incoming Parents Class of 2024 39.45% Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adams Mr. and Mrs. Michael Agustin Mr. Todd T. Aiken and Mrs. Mary P. McMahon Mr. and Mrs. Phil Alapati Mr. and Mrs. Todd M. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Edgardo Alvarez Mr. and Mrs. Enrique M. Alvarez Mr. and Mrs. Darren M. Anderson Ms. Anne M. Appel Mr. Brian A. Awabdy and Dr. Graziella W. Awabdy Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Barth Mr. and Mrs. David Baur Mr. and Mrs. Garth R. Benner Mr. and Mrs. Mark Blair Mr. and Mrs. John D. Boswell Mr. and Mrs. Dale Burgham Mr. and Mrs. Karl Byers Ms. April D. Campbell Chittum Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Canon Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Castillo, Jr. Mr. Eduardo Castro-Morales and Mrs. Adriana L. Arredondo-Barajas Mr. and Mrs. William Chan Mr. and Mrs. Jaime Chaves Mr. Beyat U. Christen Ms. Tara Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy M. Condon Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Cooke Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Corral, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Crissman Ms. Kathryn A. Cronin Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Cuevas Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Curulla Mr. and Mrs. Jon Daco Mr. and Mrs. Philippe De Smedt Mr. and Mrs. Steve Dietsch Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Dumdumaya Mr. and Mrs. Dritan Dyrmishi Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Enea '84 Mr. Dorj Enkhmandakh and Mrs. Baasan Jantsan Mr. and Mrs. Ryan J. Esposito Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Feldman Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Fillari Dr. Tobias Funk and Ms. Shannon Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mike S. Gandy Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Gartner '82 Mr. Dann B. Gesink and Ms. Yvonne Parker Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ghiglieri Mr. and Mrs. Steven Gran Mr. and Mrs. Paolo Guggia

advancement Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Harper Mr. and Mrs. Niall Healy Mr. Emilio J. Heredia and Mrs. Ana I. Monsalve Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Hershey Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hoppin Mr. Dan Hubbard and Mrs. Bernice Chun Mr. and Mrs. Jon Huckestein Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Johannsen Mr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Johns Mr. Edward E. Keenan Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. King Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Knapic Mr. and Mrs. David Kovacovich Mr. and Mrs. Elmer M. Lacsamana Mr. and Mrs. Simeon S. Lagroma Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lane Mr. and Mrs. Garrett W. Larson Mrs. JoAnn Lasater Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. LeCoque Mr. and Mrs. Trace Lee Mr. and Mrs. David Lemmons Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Leoncio Mr. and Mrs. David N. Louie Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Madrigal Mr. and Mrs. Carl Maestre Mr. and Mrs. Arnold C. Magcale Mr. and Mrs. Mark McGee Mr. Anthony E. Metcalf Mr. and Mrs. Steven Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Arul A. Money Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Morgan

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Morris Mr. Robert S. Mulcahy and Ms. Ginna M. Operario Mr. and Mrs. Mark P. Nagel Mr. John Nguyen and Mrs. Claudia Chumo Mr. and Mrs. David M. Nuti Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. O'Flynn Mr. Howard Overton Ms. Catherine G. Parco Mr. and Mrs. Tim Partain Mr. and Mrs. David W. Pascoe Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Guilherme Pinto Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ponce Mr. and Mrs. Milton C. Primas Mr. and Mrs. Jose A. Quezada Mr. David J. Ramirez '98 and Ms. Anna Kononova Mrs. Claudia E. Ramirez Mr. and Mrs. Uwe W. Reimer Mr. and Mrs. Troy A. Rensch Mr. and Mrs. Jose Alfonso S. Reyes Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Rillo Mr. Emilio S. Roque and Mrs. Rosa D. Reinosa Mr. and Mrs. Adalberto Ruvalcaba Mr. Abdallah W. Saadeh Mr. and Mrs. William B. Salacuse Mr. Jerry Sanchez and Ms. Patricia Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. David T. Seeno '94 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shepherd Dr. Monique Stevens Mr. and Mrs. David Stump

Ms. Kristel Svansjo Mr. Gordon C. Sweet and Ms. Dana Sherry Mr. Mohammed Tahmassebpur Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tatad Mr. and Mrs. Andrew T. Tealdi Mr. Josecruz Torres and Ms. Karina JacoboEufracio Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Truman Mr. and Mrs. Steven Victor Dr. and Mrs. Darko Vodopich Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Walton Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Brandt J. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Kurt A. Winter Ms. Tania Woods-Williams Mr. and Mrs. Jemal D. Zikria Mr. and Mrs. Ante Zovich Mr. and Mrs. David Zuniga •••

De La Salle’s Honor Roll of Donors recognizes parent gifts made to The De La Salle Annual Fund from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. We have made every effort to provide a complete and accurate listing. However, errors may occur, and we hope you will accept our sincere apologies. Please contact Director of Development Karla Wiese, in the Advancement Office at (925) 288-8195 or wiesek@dlshs.org, and we will correct our records.

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Our hope is that you will continue to help us build on our progress and encourage your Spartan brothers to join in the effort for the 2019-20 school year!

Anonymous (8) Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bihler '69 Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Flores '69 Father LaSalle Hallissey, O.P. '69 Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Imfeld III '69 Dr. Timothy L. O'Malley '69 Mr. Gary L. Weberling '69 Mr. and Mrs. James M. McCaughey '70 Mr. Robert J. Montgomery '70 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis G. Sechrest '71 Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Seilhan '71 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Cumbelich '72 Mr. Thomas R. Klenow '72 Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Peters II '72 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Rissetto '72 Mr. Michael J. Teslar '72 Mr. Robert C. Woulfe '72 Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Keenan '73 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Klenow '73 Mr. Rick E. Koch '73 Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Schratz '73 Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Shoemaker '73 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Spiller '73 Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Wagner '73 Dr. and Mrs. Tikoes A. Blankenberg '74 Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Dias '74 Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Enea '74 Mr. and Mrs. Mario Jimenez '74 Mr. Joseph B. Kearney '74 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Wolking '74 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Brown '75 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Donahue '75 Mr. and Mrs. Terence D. Doyle '75 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Frainier ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Price '75 Mr. and Mrs. Scott J. Pursley '75 Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Quintero '75 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Bruni '76 Mr. Michael J. Cashman '76 Dr. and Mrs. Patrick G. Devlin '76 Mr. and Mrs. George C. Driscoll '76 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O. Hawkins '76 Mr. Alfred B. Johnson '76

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Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. McClay '76 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Miller '76 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis F. Wirth '76 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Baldacci ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis K. Burns '77 Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Killoran '77 Mr. Karl F. Kreft '77 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Lawton, Jr. '77 Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Massey '77 Mr. Kevin J. McNiff '77 Mr. Barry R. Serafino '77 Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Turner '77 Mr. Jack K. Young '77 Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Cavallero '78 Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. DeMarco '78 Mr. Michael L. Lynch '78 Mr. Brian M. Serafino '78 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Eggers, Jr. '79 Mr. William A. Frainier ’79 Mr. John W. Martell '79 Col. and Mrs. Paul R. Pryor '79 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Russell '79 Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Vaccaro II '79 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Wanket '79 Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Amador III '80 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Arcidiacono '80 Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Arvin '80 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bassi '80 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew D. Castello '80 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Connell '80 Mr. Robert D. Flaig '80 Mr. and Mrs. John K. Hanecak '80 Brother Jack Henderson, FSC '80 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory P. Lafayette '80 Mr. and Mrs. P. Phil LeJune '80 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. McNiff '80 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Molinar '80 Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Mullen '80 Cdr. (Ret.) and Mrs. Edward A. Robertson, Jr. '80 Mr. and Mrs. Keith T. Schuler '80 Mr. and Mrs. George F. Condon III '81 Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Guelld '81

Mr. and Mrs. Scott J. Hazelwood '81 Mr. Robert H. Palmer '81 Mr. Gregory P. Rosellini '81 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Wanket '81 Mr. and Mrs. John E. White '81 Mr. Michael S. Abraham '82 Mr. and Mrs. Louis R. Baldacci ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Brasiel '82 Mr. Paul Chahin '82 and Ms. Leslie GuerreroChahin Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Gartner '82 Mr. and Mrs. Scott K. Hirsch '82 Mr. James S. MacIntyre '82 Mr. and Mrs. Virginius N. Miller '82 Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Abreu '83 Mr. and Mrs. James F. Baldacci '83 Mr. and Mrs. Darrell J. Di Giovanni '83 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Engelhart '83 Mr. John P. Fitzsimmons '83 Mr. and Mrs. David A. Frankel '83 Mr. Robert D. Glynn III '83 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Hare '83 Mr. Mark Holm '83 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Jarrett '83 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O. Oswald '83 Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Peters '83 Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Schneider '83 Mr. and Mrs. John P. VanderKlugt '83 Mr. Raoul C. Von Richter '83 Mr. and Mrs. Phillip J. Williamson '83 Mr. and Mrs. Sean R. Edgar '84 Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Enea '84 Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Irving CPA '84 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Lapin '84 Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Loscavio '84 Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Palm '84 Mr. and Mrs. David M. Roche '84 Dr. Michael Twomey J. Rubino III '84 Mr. and Mrs. Julius W. Allen '85 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Krochmal, Jr. '85 Mr. and Mrs. David R. Lucas '85 Mr. and Mrs. Eric W. McClaskey '85 Mr. and Mrs. John S. McPhee '85

Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Panella '85 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Renner '85 Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Schmidt '85 Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Vranesh '85 Mr. Wallace Wilkalis III '85 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Aberer III '86 Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Bianchina, Jr. '86 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Burke '86 Mr. and Mrs. Kent L. Camera '86 Mr. and Mrs. William W. Davis, Jr. '86 Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. dePaschalis '86 Mr. Michael Di Fiori '86 and Dr. Jamie Di Fiori Mr. and Mrs. William C. Fortner '86 Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Freeman, Jr. '86 Dr. and Mrs. Louis J. Giorgi, Jr. '86 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick T. Hannigan '86 Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Malone II '86 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Robison '86 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Rollo '86 Lt. and Mrs. Laurence F. Ryan '86 Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Strauch '86 Mr. Brian J. Taglang '86 Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Turner '86 Mr. and Mrs. Antonio L. Vernon '86 Mr. James B. Woulfe '86 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Dickson '87 Mr. Eric J. Dinaburg '87 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Francis '87 Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Gibson '87 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. LaCour '87 Mr. and Mrs. Kent M. Mercer '87 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Pelster '87 Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Salvemini '87 Mr. and Mrs. Brook E. Serafino '87 Mr. John Shoaff '87 and Mrs. Laura Sonjara Mr. Scott B. Stokes '87 Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. VanderKlugt '87 Dr. and Mrs. James A. Brasiel '88 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Forester, Jr. '88 Mr. and Mrs. James J. Hinckley '88 Mr. James King and Ms. Eden Godsoe '88 Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Mullane '88 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Roberts '88 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Rosecrans '88 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Velasco '88 Mr. Christopher D. Walton '88 Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. White '88 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Williams '88 Mr. David A. York '88 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Zocchi '88 Mr. Darren M. Anderson '89 Mr. Christopher H. Barry '89 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Brien '89 Mr. Brian R. Chavaria '89 Mr. Christian N. Curry '89 Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Donati III '89 Mr. and Mrs. Clement S. Elgazzar '89 Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Gargaro '89 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ghielmetti '89 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Glanville '89 Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Hoffmeister '89 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Jatoft '89 Mr. Brian R. Marchiano '89 Mr. and Mrs. Casey C. Rhodes '89 Mr. and Mrs. Damon M. Williams '89 Mr. James M. Click '90 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Clinch '90 Mr. and Mrs. Casey B. Dias '90 Mr. and Mrs. Roy P. Dimalanta '90

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Freeman '90 Mr. and Mrs. Joshua D. Freeman '90 Mr. Richard Graham '90 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Grant '90 Mr. Robert L. Kroha, Jr. '90 Mr. and Mrs. Craig J. Mercer '90 Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Shea '90 Mr. Anthony G. Viscia '90 Dr. Jeffrey C. Andal, M.D. '91 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Daly '91 Mr. Jesse J. Glueck '91 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Koller '91 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Selby '91 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Walker '91 Mr. Justin C. Walsh '91 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew B. Wilson '91 Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Wilson ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Jeff B. Cortez '92 Mr. Daniel J. Dempsey '92 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Miranda '92 Dr. and Mrs. John P. Schilling, M.D. '92 Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Wilson '92 Mr. Garth N. Adlao '93 Mr. and Mrs. Aras A. Alekna '93 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan J. Bellusa '93 Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Curran '93 Mr. Andrew L. Freeman '93 Mr. Daniel W. Gagen '93 Mr. David H. Melmed '93 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Molloy '93 Mr. Michael J. Prindiville '93 Mr. Scott Roberts '93 Mr. Giles D. Thompson '93 Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Baldacci '94 Mr. and Mrs. Dalton C. Brown ’94 Mr. Adam C. Carter '94 Mr. John P. Chuakay '94 Mr. Brian J. Clarke '94 Mr. and Mrs. Scott J. Drain '94 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Gaber '94 Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hayek '94 Mr. Matthew M. Henderson '94 Mr. Roland J. Hindsman '94 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Hintz '94 Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Kamp '94 Mr. Haig Kouyoumdjian, Ph.D. '94 Mr. Jonathan P. Larson '94 Mr. and Mrs. Leo C. Lopoz '94 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Mack '94 Mr. Matt Malone '94 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. McCarthy '94 Mr. Michael F. McKay II '94 Mr. Joseph C. Molina '94 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Morano '94 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Nelson ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. O'Keefe '94 Mr. Patrick M. O'Rourke '94 Mr. Paul R. Oswald '94 Mr. Robert E. Portis, Jr. '94 Mr. Matthew T. Prisegem '94 Mr. Michael J. Prisegem '94 Mr. Eric J. Quinn '94 Mr. Julian A. Roca '94 Lt. Cdr. and Mrs. Joel C. Rolley USN (Ret.) '94 Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd V. Schine III '94 Mr. and Mrs. David T. Seeno '94 Mr. Stephen R. Sonaty '94 Mr. and Mrs. David B. Stewart '94 Mr. Alan G. Villacorta '94

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Mr. Joseph D. DeFalco '95 Mr. Jaime A. Estrada '95 Mr. Donald R. French '95 Mr. John M. Galloway '95 Mr. Joseph P. Harney '95 Mr. Jordan D. Kahn '95 Mr. David V. Monahan '95 Mr. and Mrs. Scott K. Mullin '95 Mr. Scott A. Sills '95 Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Tschann '95 Mr. Ryan R. Amaro '96 Mr. Anthony P. DeMelo '96 Mr. and Mrs. Zachary J. Ellman '96 Mr. Rashad E. Floyd '96 Mr. Michael C. Fordon '96 Mr. Louis A. Gernhardt V '96 Mr. Nicholas M. Ghiorso '96 Mr. Matthew L. Harrison '96 Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Irving '96 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Marchetti '96 Mr. Demian I. Oksenendler '96 Mr. Jeffrey J. Reilly '96 Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Rhodes '96 Mr. David A. Adler '97 Mr. and Mrs. Brett J. Anderson '97 Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Bristol '97 Mr. Greg G. Brown-Davis '97 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Coughlan '97 Mr. Steven J. DeBenedetti '97 Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Erlec, Jr. '97 Mr. Daniel J. Kehoe '97 Mr. Brian K. Leffler '97 Mr. and Mrs. Justin E. Alumbaugh '98 Mr. and Mrs. Carson L. Brown '98 Mr. and Mrs. Nathan A. Burkhardt '98 Mr. Steven K. Choh, Jr. '98 Mr. Brian C. Engleton '98 Mr. Anthony R. Field '98 Mr. Cortland L. Golightly '98 Mr. Michael P. Gonzales '98 Mr. Michael A. Mariani '98 Mr. Timmy R. Pizza '98 Mr. and Mrs. Joshua J. Quintero CMT '98 Mr. and Ms. David J. Ramirez '98 Mr. and Mrs. John T. Rassier ’98 Mr. Darren J. Salmi, M.D. '98 Mr. Matthew Sansoe '98 and Mrs. Alice Liu Mr. Michael C. Trevino '98 Mr. Dominic E. Uchikura '98 Mr. and Mrs. Joshua M. Valdez '98 Mr. Daniel L. Alexander '99 Mr. John J. Erdos '99 Mr. and Mrs. Shaylen A. Hansen '99 Mr. Christopher G. Hesse '99 Mr. Bryan F. Marini '99 Mr. Bryan S. Murphy '99 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Pappageorge '99 Mr. Ryan C. Pegnim '99 Mr. Jesse Rodriguez '99 and Mrs. Nancy Cialdella Mr. Jordan R. Sanders '99 Mr. Michael P. Wallace '99 Mr. Alexander C. Cartwright '00 Mr. and Mrs. Colby R. Clegg '00 Mr. Charles A. Favroth '00 Mr. Kevin C. Fordon '00 Mr. James B. Kehoe '00 Mr. James R. Parodi '00 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas E. Andrade '01 FALL 2020 UNION

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Mr. Clark R. Messman '14 Mr. Jacob N. Nye '14 Mr. Marcelo G. Orozco '14 Mr. David R. Ortega, Jr. '14 Mr. Nicholas B. Carmichael '15 Mr. Matthew G. DeVincenzi '15 Mr. Cameron J. Lissarrague '15 Mr. John A. Quinn, Jr. '15 Mr. Matthew S. Sanders '15 Mr. Keanu A. Andrade '16 Mr. Ross C. McDonald '16 Mr. Joseph H. Ridgway '16 Mr. Robert X. Driscoll '17 Mr. Nicholas M. Brdar '18 Mr. Luke M. Freeman '18 Mr. Luke A. Ogburn '18 Mr. Nathan M. Bashant-Coon '20 Mr. Charles A. McAdoo '20 Mr. Nicholas A. Mast '21 Mr. Uriel A. Oseguera, Jr. '23

Mr. Daen J. Ekpa '06 Mr. Lincoln D. Gunn '06 Mr. Benjamin R. Guthrie '06 Mr. Alexander J. Harkins '06 Mr. Shawhin Moosavi '06 Mr. Robert E. Pohl '06 Mr. Joseph R. Bernardi '07 Mr. Daniel J. Calle '07 Mr. Kevin D. P. Maggi '07 Mr. Andrew M. Milcovich '07 Mr. Alexander S. Enea '08 Mr. Sam S. Gervolino '08 Mr. Richard A. Kearney '08 Mr. Robert A. Van Wyck '08 Mr. John W. Yandell III '08 Mr. Avin D. Andrade '09 Mr. Greg Y. Gonzalez '09 Mr. Victor J. Jackson '09 Mr. Timour A. Khousnoutdinov '09 Mr. Michael P. Kiper '09 Mr. Daniel P. Murphy '09 Mr. John A. Baltz '10 Mr. Kaid M. Collins '10 Mr. Nicholas Q. Egan '10 Mr. Kenneth C. Egu '10 Mr. Matthew G. Halick '10 Mr. James R. Logan '10 Mr. Kevin T. Peters '10 Mr. Timothy T. Smith '10 Mr. Sean C. Sweeney '10 Mr. Anthony V. Dominguez '11 Mr. Thomas E. Nelson '11 Mr. Travis D. Pacos '11 Mr. Devin J. Williams '11 Mr. Luke Blasi '12 Mr. Alexander H. Buckley '12 Mr. William T. Fernando '12 Mr. Sean M. Peters '12 Mr. Matthew W. Wallace '12 Mr. Michael D. Inman '13 Mr. David W. Ogburn II '13 Mr. Henry J. Alms '14 Mr. Colin W. Chiapello '14 Mr. Austin S. Dondanville '14 Mr. George F. Driscoll '14 Mr. Peter G. Fosbery '14 Mr. Joseph M. Gervolino '14 Mr. Cruz B. B. Ignacio '14 Mr. Brett P. Inglesby '14 Mr. Brian M. Joyce '14 Mr. Kellen C. McDonald '14

Mr. Peter M. Burns '01 Mr. Paul A. Guaragna '01 Mr. Jonathan Hardisty '01 and Mrs. Megan Ferri Mr. Sean P. Mann '01 Mr. Joseph T. McKeown ’01 Mr. Adam E. Polk '01 Mr. David P. Smith '01 Mr. William E. Steuber '01 Mr. Matthew M. Butala '02 Mr. Garrett B. Denniston '02 Mr. Sean E. Halligan '02 Mr. Sean P. Hanlon '02 Mr. Thomas P. Hayes '02 Mr. David E. Huffman '02 Mr. Gregory Kosich '02 and Ms. Angelina Adler Mr. Herbert D. Pease '02 Mr. Dennis A. Rosendo '02 Mr. Walter J. Selby IV '02 Mr. and Mrs. Ryan J. Sullivan '02 Mr. Daniel A. Tabacco '02 Mr. Ian C. Tongol '02 Mr. Brad D. Waitrovich '02 Mr. Rogelio Avalos '03 Mr. Kevin W. Bacharach '03 Mr. Allan C. Bushnell III '03 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Carey '03 LCDR Gregory M. Contreras '03 Mr. Peter A. Llama '03 Mr. Zalan M. Lorincz '03 Mr. Gregory D. MacArthur '03 Mr. Richard J. McNell '03 Mr. Christopher P. Schornack '03 Mr. Christopher B. Wilhelmy '03 Mr. Chad N. Worth '03 Mr. Don M. Basanes '04 Mr. Nicholas C. Cipolla '04 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan A. Clark '04 Mr. Derek R. Fahlman '04 Mr. William J. Hayes '04 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Llama '04 Mr. Mark A. Lopez '04 Mr. Nathaniel T. Lovallo '04 Mr. John P. Milcovich '04 Mr. Anastasios P. Sotiropulos '04 Mr. Louis M. Wolf '04 Dr. William J. Milcovich '05 Mr. Christopher R. Sansoe '05 Mr. Jason A. Toovey '05 Mr. Christopher R. Carroll '06

2019 – 2020 Alumni Event Sponsors (July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Frainier '75 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Baldacci ’77 Mr. William A. Frainier '79 Mr. John F. Connell ’80 Mr. and Mrs. James F. Baldacci '83 Mr. and Mrs. Sean R. Edgar '84 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Aberer III '86 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Lezcano '90 Mr. Anthony G. Viscia '90 Mr. and Mrs. Dalton C. Brown ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Nelson ‘94 Mr. and Mrs. Joshua J. Quintero CMT '98 Mr. and Mrs. John T. Rassier ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vila ’03 Mr. Michael A. Pittore ’04 ••• De La Salle’s Alumni Honor Roll of Donors recognizes alumni monetary gifts made to the school from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. We have made every effort to provide a complete and accurate listing. However, errors may occur, and we hope you will accept our sincere apologies. Please contact Karla Wiese, Director of Development, in the Advancement Office at (925) 288-8195 orwiesek@dlshs.org, and we will correct our records.

2019-2020 Alumni Annual Fund Participation Percentage by Class

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7.14% 6.15% 0.00% 5.80% 6.82% 6.38% 7.92% 6.67% 7.48% 9.09% 4.20% 11.32% 7.58%

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1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

4.70% 9.35% 5.70% 6.04% 11.36% 8.87% 8.33% 6.06% 8.67% 10.12% 2.92% 7.34% 12.70%

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7.53% 8.28% 8.05% 10.98% 6.85% 5.51% 5.90% 5.71% 5.47% 4.76% 2.68% 2.99% 1.03%

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3.27% 1.98% 2.60% 2.02% 2.22% 2.55% 1.48%

In Memoriam

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May they rest in peace…with God forever.

Brother John Achin, former De La Salle faculty member Todd Behrend '84 Robert A. Carter '93 Joan Isola, mother of Frank (Mike) Isola '84 and Gregory Isola '85 Mark Metcho '73 Robert B. Mullen, father of Patrick Mullen '74, John Mullen '78 (deceased) and Mark Mullen '80 Kevin J. O’Connell, grandfather of Evan O’Connell ’21 Jack O'Leary, former faculty member and father of Joseph O'Leary '90 Rich Pelletier '83 Peter Pierucci '96 David Saller '93 Herbert Sanguinetti, father of Matthew Sanguinetti '87 Robert L. Specht, grandfather of Kyle Morrison ‘22 Steven Trottier '85

Brother Maris Is June 21, 2021: Come Join the Fun

The 36th Annual Brother Maris Golf Tournament had a great group of socially distanced and masked alumni, parents, and friends who came out to Crow Canyon Country Club in Danville to raise over $16,000 to provide financial aid assistance for our De La Salle families most in need.

Although golfers were not able to reconnect and gather the same way as previous years, golfers did have a lot of fun getting together, bidding on items in our online auction, and spending a beautiful day outside playing golf in lovely Danville, CA. Special thanks to Anthony Viscia '90 and Pacific Funding Group for their title sponsorship and numerous years of support, making this event a success.

The 37th Annual Brother Maris Golf Tournament, hosted by the De La Salle Alumni Association, will take place on Monday, June 21, 2021 at Round Hill Country Club. This event honors Brother Maris Spillane, FSC, a teacher and golf coach in De La Salle's early years, and will feature a shotgun start, great contests, special hole and hole-in-one prizes, and an exciting putting contest.

The fun will include tee prizes, refreshments, lunch, and end-of-day cocktail reception with a silent auction and fund-a-need. Save the date, and join us in helping to raise funds to support our Spartans of the future.

For information or if you are interested in getting involved or sponsoring, call Lloyd Schine ’94 at 925-288-8171 or email schineL@dlshs.org.

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Alumni Profile - Doug Paul, Class of 1987 Douglas Paul, De La Salle High School Class of 1987, has served on the front lines for the United States military for more than 30 years, and recently was promoted to Brigadier General for the Colorado Army National Guard. Although he has spent the last 31 years of his life in the military, that is not the only thing that defines him. He’s also a family man and an entrepreneur.

For Paul, juggling life as a Brigadier General, a businessman, and a family man is incredibly challenging, but also rewarding.

When asked how he handles these challenges, Paul said, “Sometimes it can't be done and the family really feels it, especially when he is overseas for a year at a time. It's all about prioritizing and planning and ensuring that you have the very best people around you that can share the burden and excel when required.”

Paul resides in Colorado Springs, Colo., and is married to Heather Noonan of Denver, Colo. His wife works fulltime as a corporate attorney and they have two young hockey-playing boys, Colt and Cody, so the whole family is busy! Considering the values Paul learned as a youth, he said, “De La Salle instilled in me the Catholic values which brings our family closer together with a core set of values and Church.”

In addition to his family life, being a Brigadier General in the Colorado Army National Guard has a lot of responsibility. Paul is the commander for 3,900 soldiers that comprise multiple units and commands. His units include: Special Forces, Special Operations, Infantry, Aviation, Artillery, Military Police, Engineers, Space, and Cyber, all of whom deploy overseas on a contingency basis and who assist in domestic operation responses. Paul works for the Adjutant General (TAG) of the State of Colorado and has an Air Force counterpart who oversees the Colorado Air National Guard.

When asked if his De La Salle education helped to shape him, Paul said, “De La Salle prepared me for a career in the military in multiple ways, most importantly it taught me selfless service and duty to a higher cause. I was on the wrestling team and it taught me the value of teamwork, dedication, and to never give up, even when on your back.”

To add to the roles of being a husband, a father of two, and the supervisor to nearly 4,000 soldiers, Paul also felt the need to give back to his community. He knew he wanted to own his own business at some point in his life, so business options in the health and wellness industry seemed like a natural fit. “It was important to open the health and wellness franchise, because in the military we would focus heavily on physical and mental fitness and resiliency,” Paul said.

In 2016, Paul and his wife Heather, discovered a veteranfriendly franchising opportunity with a spa co-ownership in Colorado Springs called Hand & Stone. The idea of helping people with their health and fitness excited him, and the business with 32 employees was basically running itself, allowing him to focus on his military and Department of Energy work. But in early 2020, Paul’s business, like many other small businesses in the United States was impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

“COVID has impacted us all,” said Paul. “I consider myself fortunate because my family, being in Colorado, has been able to work from home and return to school. I did have to close [my] business for two months, but it is back open and returning to normal. We've

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been busy on the Military side working and planning responses, and testing for COVID events.”

Paul added, “As a military officer you lead people at all levels.

You also learn how to plan and identify and mitigate risk. These are key components in opening any business regardless of industry.

The ability to plan for the future with limited resources while maintaining talent and identify areas of risk and mitigate them before they become issues is critical to success.”

To get to where he is today, one would have to look back at Paul’s 31-year career of active duty in the military. He has seen significant action in the field and at the highest levels of service. It all began in 1989 when he joined the National Guard and ROTC program while attending Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, before being selected to the United States Army Special Forces as a “Green Beret” in 1993. In 1995 he moved to Colorado to join the 19th Special Forces Group of the National Guard, conducting training missions in the India-Pacific region, and providing support for the 9/11 attacks. In 2001, Paul was put back on active duty as a member of the Special Forces Operational Detachment—Alpha (A-Team) Team, and served the first of three tours of duty in Afghanistan, before being injured in a mortar strike in 2004.

After a full recovery, he was deployed to Northern Iraq as a Special Forces Advanced Operating Base Commander, which included seven A-Teams that conducted operations from the Syrian to the Iranian boarders. In 2014, he returned to Afghanistan as the lead advisor to senior leaders in the Afghan Ministry of Defense, while his third tour of duty in Afghanistan came in 2018 when he was the Deputy Commander of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force. They continued combat operations using U.S., NATO, and Afghan special forces to provide time and space in support of Afghanistan and U.S. peace talks.

Aside from his active duty, Paul also works at Lockheed Martin as an engineer and program manager for the Intelligence Support Services where they develop, test, and implement technologies for the U.S. intelligence community, as well as the Lockheed Defense and Global Services where he focuses on program management for U.S. Department of State contracts in the Middle East and Africa.

He has also spent time with the Department of Energy to help test the security of our nation’s special nuclear material weapons sites, where they report their finding to the Office of the Secretary.

Paul returned to his family in Colorado in 2019, where he was selected as the Commander of the Colorado Army National Guard, before being promoted to Brigadier General short after his return.

“The De La Salle focus on Faith is paramount because you need faith in God and yourself to excel in the world,” said Paul.

“Integrity is non-negotiable in life, business, and the military, once you lose it you will never get it back. Scholarship keeps you always moving forward through continued excellence in yourself and giving to others.”

alumni news A Letter from the President of De La Salle Alumni Association: Scott Roberts ’93 Dear Spartans,

What a difference a year makes! Last year I was announcing the new Student Alumni Association, the opening of the Ladouceur Athletic Performance Center, and the second Annual De La Salle Giving Day.

Fast forward a year, and so many of us have had our lives overturned. COVID-19 has dramatically changed how we live. The cataclysmic changes have been substantial for all of us. Many lives lost; millions more jobless; riots and demonstrations on the rise; and social justice is top of mind. What a change!

The Spartan in me has been inspired to step up! Those who know me, know I have been working in my community for several years, with a primary focus on education. I believe it is my duty to serve, so I am running for School Board Trustee in my area. I believe in ensuring equitable educational opportunities for all students and returning students to the classroom as soon as is safely possible. De La Salle has been a shining example of how to do this successfully. In fact, De La Salle parents have indicated that they and their students are very pleased with how the school has responded to this crisis. And, as soon as the County allows, De La Salle is already prepared to go to hybrid learning. In addition, some at-risk students and those who need more personalized support are already scheduled to participate in on-site learning, adhering to strict safety protocols. De La Salle is working hard to ensure all our students receive a quality education.

As Alumni, we play a significant role in determining the development of future Spartans. We entered De La Salle to learn and left to serve. Your financial gifts ensure deserving students receive the necessities for a quality educational experience, and contribute to how well the school manages diversity, equity, and inclusion. Today, your gifts are more important than ever. De La Salle has done a fantastic job in navigating this pandemic, but we need your help to ensure equity in distance learning; providing up-to-date facilities for when we can safely return students and staff to the campus, and more than ever the much-needed financial aid to attend this prestigious institution. Your support provides students more than just a place to go to school. Your donation gives them the opportunity to live the Spartan brotherhood and affords them a quality education to propel them into a bright future.

Alumni Board Roster As we all find ways to cope during this pandemic, we hope you can spend time with loved ones near and far. The blessing of technology is playing a tremendous role in keeping my family in touch over the miles. Remember too, the Spartan resolve learned during our days at De La Salle. Now, more than ever, we need to draw on that resolve, live out our faith, and act out our values.

Thank you again for the honor of serving as your Alumni Association President.

There has never been a more important time to re-engage and be reinvigorated with Spartan Pride! I challenge you, Spartans! Stand up! Stand firm! Stand tall!

Go Spartans!

J. Scott Roberts President, DLS Alumni Association Class of 1993 92’ Football Team Hall of Fame

John Bellusa '93 Derek Fahlman '04 Charles Favroth '00 Bill Fortner '86 Louie Gernhardt '96 Joe Kearney '74 Mike McKay '94 Richard McNell '03 Anthony Pappageorge '99 Danny Pease '02 Josh Quintero '98 Scott Roberts '93 Dr. Mike Rubino '84 Ian Tongol '02 Anthony Viscia '90 Adam Wong '18 FALL 2020 UNION

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Robert Manning ’70: Robert attended Occidental College and Universitaet des Saarlandes. He currently works at CJ Automotive as a Logistics Manager.

Thomas Dinkel ’75: Thomas graduated from Oregon State University in 1979 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration, Behavioral Science. He earned a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business in 1989.

Thomas is the Owner of Dos Lagos Vineyards in Napa, Calif., and has been married to Marcie Hunt for 27 years.

Adam Morte ’01: Adam graduated from California State University San Marcos with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration/Marketing.

He currently works as the Northern California Area Sales Manager for Brew Dr. Kombucha.

Richard (Scooter) Barry ’84: Scooter earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Kansas in 1989. After winning an NCAA Basketball Championship in 1988, he lived and worked abroad as a professional basketball player. Scooter recently moved back to the Bay Area and is interested in new opportunities and supporting current De La Salle students.

Thomas Isaacson ’90: Thomas is the owner of Mile High Cake Pops in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Aaron Larson ’90: Aaron attended the University of Southern California and earned an Aviation Safety and Security Certificate in 2019. He currently works at Qualcomm Inc., as an International Captain - Corporate Aviation.

James Neudecker ’95: James earned his Juris Doctor degree from Hastings College of Law in 2002. He is currently a partner at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP, after being at Reed Smith LLP for almost 18 years.

Sean Farnham ’96: In the summer of 2020, Sean was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Men’s College Basketball by Silver Waves Media. One of the rising stars in the broadcasting industry, Farnham has risen quickly in the ranks since 2003. Currently, he is one of the lead college basketball analysts for ESPN. He has made stops at Fox Sports and CBS Sports, working his way up from high school analyst after doing athlete profiles and then served as one of their premier college basketball analysts. During his 10-year broadcast career at Fox Sports West, Farnham won two Los Angeles based broadcast Emmys, covering the Lakers, Clippers, Angels, and Dodgers. He has appeared on the radio and on television throughout his career for different platforms, has covered seven different sports, and a dozen different sports shows throughout his career. Farnham graduated from UCLA where he lettered for four seasons in basketball, and got into broadcasting while he was still playing for the Bruins.

Rainier Mendoza ’99: Rainier completed a program in Business Management in 2003, then earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Saint Louis University (PH). He earned a master’s in Health Care Administration from Walden University. He is currently the Chief Nursing Officer at Encompass Home Health.

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Dan Pease ’02: Dan recently joined CAVU Wealth Advisors in Walnut Creek where he works with affluent individuals and their families to navigate complex wealth management issues. Using his breadth of roles in the financial services industry, Dan provides his expertise in comprehensive wealth management with an emphasis on taxes, investments, insurance, life income planning, and charitable giving. In 2020, Dan joined an elite group of financial professionals to obtain his Certified Wealth Strategist® designation. The motto "Enter to Learn and Leave to Serve" was instilled in him during his time at De La Salle High School. He has continued this legacy through his volunteer work at De La Salle and the Community Youth Center as a wrestling coach ever since. He currently sits on the Board of The First Tee Contra Costa, is an Ambassador for the Concord Chamber of Commerce, and a Board member for the De La Salle Alumni Association. Dan lives in the East Bay with his wife Catherine and two children Ryan and Summer.

Ian Tongol ’02: Ian recently celebrated his Zoom Wedding and marriage to Breanna Lindholm on April 18, 2020. He also celebrated his one-year anniversary as a recruiting manager for Robert Half. Ian enjoys serving his local community with his time, talent, and treasure through service activities including coaching and supporting local youth sports, bringing friends and colleagues together for monthly golf outings, to serving as an active member of the De La Salle Alumni Board of Directors and supporting Spartan families.

Jonathan Clark ’04: Jon and Tracy Clark welcomed their beautiful daughter Lucy Lee Clark on July 14, 2020. Congrats, Coach and Daddy Clark!

Bryan Lee ’04: Bryan graduated from the University of California San Diego in 2008 with a degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. He finished up a program at the Royal College of Surgeons in Medicine and Surgery in 2015. Bryan currently works for Cooper University Health Care in Critical Care Medicine as an ICU Physician.

Lincoln Gunn ’06: Lincoln graduated from Princeton University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. He is currently the Head of Global Operations and Partnerships for Fandom.

Ryan Card ’10: Ryan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 2014. He is currently working as an Executive Assistant for Netflix.

Steven Torres ’12: A University of Arizona graduate, Steven currently works for Wix.com/Agency Partnerships.

Mike dePaschalis ’14: Mike graduated from Gonzaga University in 2020, and currently works at Postal.io, Inc., as the Director of Finance.

Derek Ellingson ’14: De La Salle helped put Derek in the right place at the right time. He used to give speeches at the annual auctions, groundbreakings for new buildings, etc. One of his speeches was heard

by Br. Michael Meister at Saint Mary's College, which gave him the opportunity to go there with the help of financial aid and scholarships.

Derek attended Saint Mary’s College of California, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science in 2019, then enrolled in a Master’s of Science degree program (in Management).

Through Derek’s time at Saint Mary's, he quit playing hockey and soccer and chose to solely play rugby. Over a fouryear period, he worked his way from the bottom team to the top team, giving him an opportunity to continue playing rugby professionally. In June of 2020, Derek was selected third overall in the first collegiate Major League Rugby by the Utah Warriors out of Salt Lake City.

Nicholas Carmichael ’15: Nicholas earned a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuring (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified Application Specialist: Using Microsoft Office Excel 2007, both from Texas Christian University in 2016. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (BBA) and Management from Texas Christian University in 2020, and will be starting a new job in Fort Worth, Texas.

Nicholas Crossen ’15: In June of 2020, Nick completed his Master’s degree in Accounting from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and followed up that accomplishment by passing his CPA exam. Congratulations, Nick!

Devin Asiasi ’16: Devin finished his collegiate career at UCLA in 2019 and entered the 2020 NFL draft. In the third round, the tight end was selected by the New England Patriots with the 91st overall selection.

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Gunnar Rask ’19: Recognized for embracing self-efficacy as the key pillar for enhancing his intellectual, personal, and professional endeavors. Gunnar is always two steps ahead, managing time and resources well enough to set him up for success on and off the field. Currently, he is in the process of completing an internship with one of the Board members of the Haas School of Business, studying market analysis and company trends.

Additionally, he has taken an initiative to connect with a Haas mentor in order to gain greater insight on leadership principles that will serve him well in the upcoming application cycle. In the process of tending to his own holistic development, he is quite keen on the well-being of others and demonstrates this leadership trait via mentoring.

Kyle Harrison ’20: The San Francisco Giants drafted left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison in the third round of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. He was the 85th player taken and the second Bay Area high school player. Across three seasons with De La Salle High School, Kyle posted an impressive 21-1 overall record with a 1.19 ERA and 192 strikeouts in 124 innings.

What’s Happening?

Send your news and photos to Lloyd Schine III ’94, Director of Alumni Relations, at SchineL@dlshs.org.

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De La Salle and Carondelet Fall Reunions

Our Spartans had a quiet reunion cycle this past summer due to the spread of COVID-19, but we took the time to begin the planning process for next year’s reunion events. A number of Zoom reunion planning meetings were held over the past few months, and our Alumni Office also hosted a mini Zoom reunion for the Class of 1970 to celebrate their 50th Golden Reunion, along with Carondelet’s class of 1970.

De La Salle and Carondelet Alumni Offices are currently jointly planning for spring and summer class reunions for the classes with years ending in 0 and 5, to catch up for this past year and also with classes ending in 1 and 6 for 2021. The 50-Year Golden Reunion for the Class of 1971 is scheduled to take place along with the Class of 2021 Commencement Ceremony, while the Class of 1970 50-Year Golden Reunion is currently scheduled for October of 2021.

Once the De La Salle Athletic schedules are determined for 2021, planning will be underway for athletic reunions including Water Polo, Cross Country, Basketball, Rugby, Soccer, Baseball, etc. If you are interested in helping to plan your class or athletic reunion, please contact Lloyd Schine ‘94 at 925-288-8171 or schinel@dlshs.org.

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CLASS 2000

CLASS 2001 Calling the Class of 2015: Your Five-Year Reunion is just around the corner!

Class of 2015, your first-ever reunion will be a wonderful time to gather together since your graduation day at De La Salle. Join with your Spartan alumni to renew the brotherhood you felt on campus, and keep your connection with De La Salle alive.

Class of 2015 – Virtual Five-Year Reunion Friday, November 27, 2020 Live event postponed until the Spring of 2021

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Visit the Reunion page on the De La Salle website, www.dlshs.org/reunions to purchase your tickets and for complete details. Don’t forget to update your contact information, 2018and UNION 33 at De La Salle. so that you can continue to stay informed about alumniFALL events opportunities

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De La Salle High School Announces 2020 Athletic Hall of Fame Class

On May 6, 2020, De La Salle High School announced new inductees to its Athletic Hall of Fame. As part of the nomination process, these honorees are recognized not only for their athletic achievements, but for their academic, professional, and community involvements. Many of the members of this class are noted for their dedication and support of the De La Salle Mission. These alumni and supporters will be recognized on a to be announced date later in the 2020-2021 school year.

The Athletic Hall of Fame inductees this year include five individual athletes, two teams, and one supporter.

Bryan Byrne, class of 2002, played baseball at De La Salle. His senior year, he led the team with a .410 batting average and was the Most Valuable Player. A two-time All-BVAL honoree, Bryan helped lead the Spartans to a league championship in 2000. He received a scholarship to Saint Mary’s College for baseball and was honored as the 2003 West Coast Conference (WCC) Freshman of the Year. That year he led all WCC freshmen with a .358 batting average, while leading the Gaels in eight offensive categories. He was also a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American and earned First Team All-WCC honors. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2005 and played six seasons, primarily at first base, at the AA and AAA levels. He was voted as a Southern League (AA) All-Star in 2008 and 2010. He was awarded the Best Offensive Player by the Mobile Bay Bears, where he broke the franchise RBI record.

Bryan was the Director of Baseball Operations at Saint Mary’s College before joining the Houston Astros as an area scout in 2012. After four years with Houston, he joined the Washington Nationals where he currently works as an Area Supervisor.

Matt Clizbe, class of 1990, was a three-sport varsity athlete in football, baseball, and track and field at De La Salle. A three-year varsity football player, Matt was named All-East Bay in 1988 and 1989 and All Bay Area, AllNorCal, and was a member of the Bay Area News Group Cream of the Crop in 1988. He went on to play football at UC Berkeley where he was a defensive back and running back for the Golden Bears. In 1993, he was named the Special Teams Most Valuable Player. After graduating from Cal, Matt continued on to play in the Canadian Football League for the Birmingham, Alabama Barracudas for one season. Today Matt works as a Relationship Specialist for Fremont Bank.

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Theo Robertson, class of 2005, set basketball records at De La Salle for 3-point percentage and overall field goal accuracy and finished his career with 1,220 points. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a two-year captain and standout forward on the basketball team. Theo played for the Bears from 2006-10, earning Pac-10 All-Freshman Honorable Mention in 2006, All-Pac-10 second team honors as a senior in 2010, and was named to the 2010 Pac-10 All-Tournament Team. He was a key part of Cal’s 2010 Pac-10 championship team, earning team MVP honors after averaging 14.2 points per game. He finished his career as the school’s all-time three-point shooter, making 44.0% of his attempts beyond the arc, and ranks among Cal’s top 25 career scorers with 1,315 total points. Following graduation, Theo has worked at the Pac-12 offices, two stints at Cal, first when he finished as Director of Operations during the 2013-14 season, and then back again in 2017 as a Player Development Coach.

Theo then spent two seasons with the Warriors, where he was part of the 2015 NBA Championship-winning program as the team’s video intern, working with Steve Kerr’s coaching staff assisting with game preparation. He was promoted to video coordinator/player development prior to the 2015-16 season, working on-court with players in addition to his game-planning responsibilities. After his second stint at Cal, Theo returned to the Warriors, in his current capacity as a Player Development Coach.

Kevin Simon, class of 2001, excelled at football at De La Salle and beyond. He was a star linebacker and running back at De La Salle High School from 1997-2001. While at De La Salle, Kevin played on two USA Today National Championship Teams (1998 & 2000) and contributed to the school’s national record 151-game winning streak, spanning from 1992-2004. As a senior at De La Salle, Kevin scored 16 touchdowns as the team’s leading running back. He was named 2000 Rivals National Defensive Player of the Year, Cal-Hi Sports’ State Defensive Player of the Year, USA Today, Parade, PrepStar, and Super Prep All-American and was rated the No. 1 Linebacker in the nation by ESPN and Rivals.com. Kevin played in the inaugural U.S. Army All-American Bowl in 2000, before playing

football at the University of Tennessee from 2001-2005. A Tennessee linebacker from 2001-2005, he was a two-time All-Southeastern Conference selection. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Tennessee in 2005 and went on to earn a Master's in Sport Psychology in 2014. He had a brief NFL career as a player after being selected by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft. After his playing days ended, Kevin joined the Dallas Cowboys as a College Scout from 2009-2016. He was primarily responsible for scouting schools in the Mid-West. He left Dallas to join the Atlanta Falcons as a Pro-Scout from 2016-2018, which included a 2016 NFC Championship and a trip to Super Bowl LI. Kevin most recently returned to Tennessee and is now the Director of Player Development for the University of Tennessee football team.

Jacob Yount, class of 2005, had an outstanding varsity high school golf career for the Spartans.

He was a medalist at the local qualifying tournament for the 2005 US Amateur at Montreux Country Club in Reno, Nevada. In 2004, he made it to the round of 32 in the US Junior Amateur at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, won the Future Collegians World Tour (FCWT) junior golf event at Singing Hills in nearby El Cajon by firing rounds of 66-70, and won the Country Youth Classic in Illinois by 13 shots, posting rounds of 67-64.

He was ranked among the Top 50 Junior Boys in 2004 by Golfweek magazine. Jacob was a FCWT All American and also posted one top 10 and three top five finishes in his American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) career. Collegiately, he attended the University of San Diego, where he continued his stellar golf career. Jacob was named the 2008 West Coast Conference Player of the Year, after winning medalist honors at the WCC Championships in sudden death, shooting a three-round total of 218 (73-71-74). Currently, he is a Regional Director of Sales for AppDynamics, leading an enterprise field sales team, and he continues to stay busy with his amateur golf career.

Tom Bruce has been an integral part of the De La Salle Community for over 30 years.

Tom was a De La Salle parent, who fortunately for the Spartans, never left, after having two sons, Andrew ’00 and Matthew ’97, graduate from De La Salle. Tom is a graduate of Saint Mary's College in Moraga from the class of 1967. He joined the De La Salle Athletic Assistants (Whitecoats) in August of 1993 at the Freshman Football

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meeting. He was appointed Coordinator of the Volunteers Team, several years later. His professional career included management positions with Emporium Capwell, as Regional Vice President of Stores, Branch Manager for Wohlberg-Michaelson Staffing, and Area Director for Regus Limited. Tom’s additional volunteer positions include President of the Saint Mary's College National Alumni Association and Chair of the Gaelsports Board of Directors, a fundraising body for Saint Mary’s College Athletics. Tom continues to be an active member of the De La Salle Hall of Fame voting committee and he leads a team of volunteers at each Hall of Fame event. Tom is always there when extra volunteers are needed and it is not just that he volunteers his time, but he plays an integral role in managing all of the White Coat volunteers. Tom is an excellent, well-deserving, honoree for the De La Salle Athletic Hall of Fame and a true Spartan, inside and out.

The 2006 Basketball Team had a record of 32 wins and 1 loss, that led to Bay Valley Athletic League, North Coast Section, and CIF State Division 1 championships. The team won their 27th game in a row when they beat Clovis West in the CIF State Division 1 Championship game at Arco Arena in Sacramento. The team ranked in the top 25 nationally for the entire season. After graduation, the players have continued to support De la Salle and their local communities by giving back their time, talent, and treasure in true Spartan spirit.

The 1993 Football Team was undefeated, North Coast Section Champions, and split CIF State Champions. Over the course of the season, the defense and special teams outscored their opponents’ combined point total. Nine players went on to play football at NCAA Division 1-AA or higher programs. The team’s offensive rush yards averaged over 9.8 yards per carry. The players have continued to support and coach for De La Salle over the years, including the class of 1994 starting a financial aid endowment to support future Spartan families in need.

The inductees will be officially inducted into the De La Salle Athletic Hall of Fame later during the 2020-2021 school year. The event will be open to the public and registration will be online at https://www.dlshs.org/athletics/hall-of-fame.

For more information, contact Director of Alumni Relations Lloyd Schine, III ’94 at SchineL@dlshs.org or by phone at (925) 288-8171.

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FOOTBALL

NCS Champions CIF Division State Runners Up

All-EBAL MVP Shamar Garrett 1st Team: Dorian Hale, Shamar Garrett, Ben Roe, Matt Vranesh, Wyatt Crespi, Chad Tasi, Clayton Seastrand, Lu Hearns, James Coby, Grant Daley and Blas Guerrero.

2nd Team: Brendan Tuholski and Jon Puckett

CROSS COUNTRY

NCS Division 2 Champions Patrick Curulla made podium at CIF State meet (11th) Team set a school record time @ CIF State

All-EBAL 1st Team: Patrick Curulla and Kieran Brown 2nd Team: Derek O’Connor

WRESTLING

NCS Champions, NCS Champions, NCS Duals Champions

All-EBAL 1st Place: Bobby Cuevas, Gavin Fernandez, Mario Franco, Lance Hackett, Ben Roe and Bradley Moore 2nd Place: Atri Feizi, Zavion Fernandez, Conor Sweeney, Darin Guerrero and JT Earle 3rd Place: Mateo Sandez 4rd Place: Aaron Linder and Stefan Bakiev NCS Individual Champions: Bobby Cuevas, Gavin Fernandez and Bradley Moore

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NCS Division 1 Champions, NorCal finalist

All-EBAL MVP Thomas Gregorios 1st Team: Miles Daniels 2nd Team: Noah Clifford and Chris Bunch

WATER POLO

EBAL 3r d place

All-EBAL 1st Team: Carsten Peters 2nd Team: Jagger Beeken Honorable Mention: Brodie Sladek

SOCCER

EBAL 1st place, NCS Semifinalist, NorCal qualifier

All-EBAL MVP Ramiro Rosas 1st Team: Sebastian Ramirez, Ben Parker and Dom Giusto 2nd Team: Gabriel Perez Honorable Mention: Max Ramirez, Sari Khleif and Matt Guichard

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2020 Spring Sports and Summer Athletics in Review – COVID-19 Edition

As the spring sports season for 2019-20 was getting into full swing, De La Salle announced on March 13 that all sports were suspended until further notice, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the school awaited an announcement from the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), many hoped that the spring sports season would resume at some point before the end of the school year.

As De La Salle awaited further guidance by the CIF, the Athletics Department began planning for every possible scenario, while coaches hosted Zoom team meetings to keep their players active and informed. During this time of uncertainty, De La Salle students received encouraging words from prominent De La Salle alumni in the athletic world, including Sean Farnham ‘96 (ESPN Basketball Analyst), Austin Hooper ‘13 (Cleveland Browns), Chris Wondolowski ‘01 (San Jose Earthquakes), Maurice Jones-Drew ‘03 (retired NFL/NFL Network), and Peyton Omania ‘18 (USA Olympic hopeful - wrestling).

Although spring sports were at a stand-still, there was some good news coming for De La Salle Athletics. Devin Asiasi ’16 was selected in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots, Kyle Harrison ‘20 was selected in the third round of the Major League Baseball draft by the San Francisco Giants, and Derek Ellingson ’14, was selected third overall by the Utah Warriors in the Major League Rugby draft. Additionally, the school announced the 2020 Athletics Hall of Fame Class, produced a De La Salle Athletics Department recognition video, replacing the traditional Athlete of the Year presentation, and released a special good-bye video to the seniors from the head coach of each spring sport.

An announcement by the CIF on April 3 to cancel spring sports ended the season for high schools throughout the state. While the entire community was saddened by the news of a canceled spring season, it did not diminish the tremendous efforts and dedication of our spring athletes. Our community is proud of their resilience during a time of chaos and uncertainty.

When the school year came to an end, the first official phase of the return to play began for the school in early June. Varsity football, cross country, and water polo had “workouts” with protocols in place for a safe return. These workouts were ongoing throughout the summer as the school awaited a second announcement from the CIF regarding the status of athletics for fall 2020, which came on July 20. Once again, many students across the state were hit with disappointing news, as the CIF announced that sports would be postponed until the 2021 calendar year. The traditional three seasons of sports would De La Salle Seniors Sign NLI for 2020 be combined into two seasons, with the first In February, 12 De La Salle High School student-athletes announced their scheduled games starting in January, followed by the commitment announcement to NCAA schools for the 2020-21 school year. second season of sport in February.

Highlighting the February announcements were five members of the football Since the CIF announcement in July, De La Salle team, four members of the baseball team, one lacrosse player, one cross head coaches have been working on their “new” country runner, and one for rowing. season plan: game scheduling, safe “pod” camps for Congratulations to the following 12 De La Salle student-athletes and their on-site training, and communications, keeping families: current and prospective student-athletes informed on National Letter of Intent Signees plans as available. The school also added basketball and junior varsity football to its return to play lineup 1. Anthony Banis – University of Washington – Rowing in July; baseball, freshman football, and volleyball 2. Vince Bianchina – Northwestern University – Baseball were added in August, and soccer and lacrosse 3. Chase Britton – Whittier College – Lacrosse 4. Keoni Coloma – Saint Mary’s College of California – Baseball joined the process in September.

5. Wyatt Crespi – Wake Forest University – Football Throughout the downtime due to COVID-19, the 6. Grant Daley – University of California, Berkeley – Football De La Salle Athletics Department continued to 7. Shamar Garrett – San Jose State University – Football adjust to situation changes, while keeping its 8. Kyle Harrison – UCLA – Baseball 9. Charles McAdoo – San Jose State University – Baseball student-athletes ready for any situation. Once the 10. Derek O’Connor – Saint Mary’s College of California – Cross Country green light to return to play is given, De La Salle 11. Benjamin Roe – Eastern Washington University – Football Spartans will be ready to make a quick adjustment 12. Brendan Tuholsky – University of California, Davis – Football to the playing field.

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