Pacific Conference (PCSC) for her role on the LMU Softball Team, as well as First Team AllPCSC. Sterling led the conference in overall offensive statistics and was in the top 10 in batting average, runs, hits, doubles, home-runs, RBI’s, SLG% and OBA. Sterling also led the conference in home-runs and SLG%. Steven Petrovich is a junior at USC and is spending his spring semester studying abroad at the University of Manchester in England.
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Emily Paluch has written a script for a short film that was recently selected as a Top 16 finalist for UCLA’s annual Campus Movie Festival finale. The script was written during her junior year at La Salle for Ms. Jude Lucas’ LTV class. At the time, Emily lacked the proper resources to film her screenplay. This past fall, when she joined the Film and Photography Society at UCLA, she attended a screenwriting workshop, refined her script and submitted it for consideration for the CMF. The CMF is an annual competition held on college campuses across the nation in which groups have to make a 5-minute film in one week. UCLA’s Film and Photography Society selected three scripts out of 34 entries, including Emily’s film “09456,” a psychological thriller. The film was selected as a Top 16 finalist out of 116 entries submitted by film students, film clubs and societies at UCLA. Julia Jacques and Brigit Murphy are thoroughly enjoying their freshmen year at Gonzaga University. Both will be traveling to Nicaragua this summer for a month. For the first 15 days, they will be volunteering their time in the village of Jiquillo working one on one with children teaching them English, building eco-friendly infrastructure in their village, and helping protect the critically endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle by venturing out to secluded beaches in search for Sea Turtles laying eggs. For the last 11 days, they will be helping build an artificial reef in the Caribbean, doing 14 dives in 11 days off of Little Corn Island and getting PADI certified. Julia & Brigit are both fundraising for this experience so if you would like to support them please visit www.snap-raise.com/fundraisers/265 for Julia and www.snap-raise.com/fundraisers/177/participant/2221 for Brigit. Alessandra Gonzales set two school records for Seattle University at the 2014 WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. She first raced down the track in 7.81 seconds in the 60 meter dash, breaking that mark by 1/100th of a second. She then set a new school record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 25.84 seconds, 5/100ths of a second faster than the old mark.
Engagements Dustin Hackman ’00 and Angela Holbrook were engaged on August 5, 2013 in the East Cape of Baja California Sur. They plan on getting married in San Diego, where they live, on August 10, 2014.
Ryan Weigand ’02 and Darcie Flanders are engaged to be married on May 10, 2014 in Turlock, CA. Ryan is working in development at Northern Arizona University. Lisa Jutsum ’05 got engaged in January to Jonathan Blomberg, who is a pilot in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). After working in the same city in DRC over the past two years, the couple plans to marry in June in Pasadena.
Weddings Terapat “Eddie” Prapapanich ’95 married Theerarat Limatibul on January 23, 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Erawan in Bangkok, Thailand. Siobain Courtney ’00 married Jonathan Cruz Martinez on July 6, 2013 at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills followed by a reception at her parents’ home in Monrovia. Siobain is a personal trainer and orthopedic exercise specialist and went back to school in January to become a physical therapy assistant. Siobain and Jonathan make their home in Pasadena. Catie Kirby ’02 and Ricky Victor, former JV Football Defensive Coordinator and Varsity Boys Basketball Assistant Coach, wed on September 21, 2013 in South Pasadena at Catie’s home church, Holy Family. Included in the wedding party was Alicia Mino Rocha ’02. Catie and Ricky honeymooned in Jamaica.
Births & Adoptions David Carta ’86 and his wife Christine welcomed their fourth boy into their family on No-
vember 4, 2013. His name is Adam Jacob Carta and he joins Sam (7), Andrew (5) and Thomas (2). Dad still endeavors to be able to play center one day for the Carta basketball team. Tawni (Hart) Wagner ’96 and her husband Rodney welcomed their identical twin daugh-
ters, Hunter Gayle and Charli Hart, into the world on October 7, 2013. Tawni and her family reside in Seattle where she continues to work for Nordstrom. Johann Chan ’98 and his wife Wendy welcomed their first child, Emmanuelle Joy Chan, on October 18, 2013 weighing 5lbs., 13oz. Jennifer (Pittman) Corcoran ’99 and her husband Joel welcomed their second son, Peyton
Joseph Corcoran, on July 17, 2013 in Roseville, CA. He weighed 8 lbs., 1 oz. and was 20.75” long. Peyton joins big brother Noah Scott Corcoran, born March 29, 2010. Noah weighed 8 lbs., 14 oz. and was 22.5” long at birth. He is now much (much) bigger. 3 1/2 years and two kids later, their parents are finally getting the hang of things like updating alumni publications. They do not expect to have the upper hand for long. Chris Miller ’99 and his wife Jackie are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Penelope Jessica Miller. She was born on November 12, 2013 at 10:44pm weighing 7lbs., 4oz. and 21.5in. long. Jennifer Ballantyne Freeman ’00 and her husband Doug welcomed their third child, Brooklynn Ruby, on October 15, 2013 at Methodist Hospital weighing 8lbs., 11oz. and 21in. long. Big brother Kaleb is 6 years old and big sister Alivia is 3 years old. Jennifer graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in June 2013 with a Master’s in Animal Science/Nutrition. She has been working for Natural Balance Pet Food’s for almost 9 years as their staff Registered Veterinarian Technologist and Director of Customer Service. Vanessa Casillas Caulfield ’02 and John Caulfield ’03 welcome their baby boy, Jack Caulfield, to the clan on December 12, 2013 at 6:07pm weighing 7lbs. and 20in. long. WINTER / SPRING 2014
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