Review The Magazine for Alumni, Parents, and Friends of Saint James School
Winter 2021
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The Review is a publication of the Office of Development & Alumni Relations Headmaster: The Revd. D. Stuart Dunnan, D.Phil. Director of Development and Alumni Relations: Margaret McGuigan Director of Communications: Kimberly Dudash Saint James School, 17641 College Road, Hagerstown, MD 21740 Tel: 301-733-9330 • Fax: 301-739-0043 • www.stjames.edu
ON THE COVER Teddy Kuser '24 walks across campus on a snowy day (photo by Michael Bundu '24). RIGHT: Felipe Avellaneda '22 captured a beautiful view of the Bai Yuka and the Pohanka terrace.
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Saint James School students and staff continue to follow COVID protocols.
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The Biggs Student Center was recently remodeled as we mark its 10-year anniversary.
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Francine Diaz '21 received the Hispanic Heritage Youth Award for Social Justice.
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Plans were updated for the construction of the Turner Athletic Center.
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Read about some of our alumni athletes who are playing at the Division-I level.
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Update on Saint James Campus During Pandemic AP Computer Science Award, Tone Commandments Visit Mr. Hoyer 10th Anniversary of Biggs Student Center Snowy Campus Photo Contest Sean Rowe '22 Launches Fundraising Initiative, Weekend Activities Francine Diaz Receives Hispanic Heritage Youth Award
Arts & Culture
12 Seven Choristers Earn Royal School of Church Music Medal 12 Washington County Student Art Show, Art Educators Show 13 Winter Art Showcase
Chapel Talk
14-15 A Homily for Easter, Virtual Holy Week Celebration
Chalk Talk
16-17 Saints Return to Action 18-19 Plans Updated for Turner Athletic Center 19 Four Saints Commit to Play in College
Classmates
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Once a Saint, Always a Saint: Alumni Athletes - 20-23 John Metchie '18 - 24-27 Grant Golden '16 and Bryce Golden '18 Read more about the return of interscholastic sports on page 16. - 30-31 Trinity Schlotterbeck '19 - 32-33 Chris Chaney '19 - 34-35 Tucker Almany '17 - 36-37 Morgan Moseley '20 - 38-40 Morgan McMahon '21 Earns McDonald's All-American Nomination Planning Forward in Times of Uncertainty Class Notes Update Your Contact Information, LinkedIn, AmazonSmile
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Saint James School Students and Staff Adapt to Life in a Pandemic For students and teachers everywhere, the 2020-2021 school year has presented many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, Saint James School has successfully navigated this everchanging situation by being adaptable while also sticking to our basic safety guidelines laid out in the beginning of the year, such as wearing face masks and physical distancing. For the first time since the start of the year, students were able to return home for Christmas break. Prior to that, boarding students had to remain on campus in order to keep our safe "bubble." We regathered in mid-January with boarding students returning in phases. They had to arrive with a negative COVID test, were then tested again on-campus, and quarantined in their dorm cohorts. Our faculty and staff were given the opportunity to receive the Moderna 4
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vaccine in January at Meritus Health, with the second dose in the middle of February. Once they were fully vaccinated at the beginning of March, we were able to bring day students back to campus. Day students had been learning virtually, and we were glad to welcome them to campus. A virtual learning option remains for both distance boarders who may not be able to travel and students whose families prefer that option. We started out the year with chapel being streamed online with students watching in their advisory groups. Now, students are broken into two groups, one that attends chapel inperson and the other that watches it online in Kellam Auditorium. We've kept up the tradition of sixth form chapel talks as well, with sixth formers either giving their talk in-person or sending in a recorded video that is streamed. Spring break was cancelled to
eliminate another regathering and quarantining period. To make up for the lost time off, students and faculty have been given one week per month with half-day classes, giving them afternoons to relax. Perhaps most challenging for our boarding students is that they have not been able to see their families much, but that is changing for the better as well. Families are allowed to visit their students on campus at designated times on the weekends and while following our safety protocols. Starting in March, boarding students may also request to visit home on the weekends. We are looking forward to an in-person Commencement for the Class of 2021, with only sixth form families allowed to attend. It will also be streamed for all to watch online. This has been a long year for our students and staff, but there is light at the end of the tunnel!
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Ms. Sherman teaches to a group of virtual students via Microsoft Teams.
Ms. Flowers gives day students a tour on their first day back on campus in March.
More students have been able to attend chapel in person.
Face masks are required at all times when outside of dorms.
Faculty and staff were able to get their COVID vaccines in Seating for meals takes place in two shifts with food served January and February at Mertius Health. to students by the Sage Dining staff. Winter 2021 • Review
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Saint James Receives College Board's AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award Saint James School received the College Board's AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for expanding young women’s access to AP Computer Science A (CSA). This award acknowledges the school's work toward equal gender representation during the 20192020 school year. Out of the 20,000 institutions that offer AP courses, 1,119 achieved either 50 percent or higher female representation in one of the two AP computer science courses or a percentage of the female computer science examinees meeting or exceeding that of the school’s female during the last school year. That’s nearly 37 percent more than the Pictured on SMART Board (clockwise, starting top-left): Emily Zhu '21, Hav Mercer 818 schools recognized last year. In '21, Emma Huynh '21, Chloe Jung '21, and Jessica Geng '21. In classroom (left 2020, Saint James School was one of to right): Coco Zhang '21, Francine Diaz '21, and Jessie Wang '22. 232 recognized in the category of AP Computer Science A. engineers, and tech leaders. access to computer science courses is “Saint James School’s students Closing the gap in computer science critical to ensuring gender parity in need the power to shape technology, education empowers young women the industry’s high-paying jobs and not just cope with it,” said Stefanie to build the future they want.” to drive innovation, creativity, and Sanford, College Board chief of AP Computer Science A students representation. global policy and external relations. learn to design and implement In the photo, this year's female “Young women deserve an equal computer programs that solve students pose with our award opportunity to become the next problems relevant to today’s society. certificate. generation of entrepreneurs, Providing female students with
Tone Commandments Visit Mr. Hoyer Prior to Christmas, the SJS boys' a cappella group, The Tone Commandments, made a visit to the home of long-time Saint James teacher, Ed Hoyer ‘52, to sing Christmas carols. Mr. Hoyer enjoyed from the porch while the boys sang a selection of holiday songs, including the New Year's favorite, "Auld Lang Syne." 6
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Biggs Student Center Remodeled During 10-Year Anniversary
For the past 10 years, the Biggs Student Center has been the primary social hub and gathering spot for students on campus. During the school day, students grab a snack, catch up with friends, or work on homework. In the evenings and on the weekends, it’s where many of our student life activities take place, with students hanging out, playing video games or ping pong, or watching TV together. Located on the back of Kemp Hall, the Biggs Student Center was dedicated in 2010 and fully finished in 2011. It was given in honor of Jeremy Biggs ’54, Trustee Emeritus who has since passed away, by his daughter Fiona Biggs Druckenmiller. The SJS Parents’ Association donated the furniture. Prior to the Biggs Student Center’s construction, students tended to gather by form or by residence hall because there was no real central space for socialization. Thanks to the generosity of the Biggs family, students for the last 10 years have greatly enjoyed this common spot. This past year, the Biggs Student Center was renovated, with a fresh coat of paint, new flooring and furniture, and an added mail room. The mail room, in particular, was greatly needed. With the influx of online shopping, the packages for faculty and students would line the mailbox area, making the entire room look cluttered. Now, packages are sorted and stored alphabetically on wired shelving units in a closed-off room. The Biggs Student Center has greatly enhanced our community these past 10 years, and we look forward to many more.
The newly-renovated Biggs Student Center has new flooring and new furniture.
The Biggs Student Center under construction in 2010.
Students take a break in 2011.
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Snowy Campus Photo Contest Students were given the opportunity to submit their best snowy campus photos for a social media contest, and they did not disappoint! A photo by Michael Bundu '24 is our cover photo for this issue of the Review. Felipe Avellaneda '22 had the winning photo, which you can find on the Table of Contents page. Here are a few of the other fantastic submissions!
photo by Mac Carter '23
photo by Daniel Liu '24
photo by Leevan Djirosse '21
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photo by Tasi Agwe '25
photo by Peter Xu '24
photo by Andrew French '22
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Joining Jamaica: Sean Rowe '22 Launches Fundraising Initiative Sean Rowe, a fifth form student from Fairplay, MD, launched a service initiative this year to raise funds for schools in his parents’ home country of Jamaica. The pandemic has been particularly hard on schools in rural Jamaica because many of them lack the technological resources for online learning. It started back in November when Sean’s mother, Yvonne, traveled to Jamaica for a funeral. “Basically, she came back home and said we need to help these schools out in getting them new technology,” Sean said. “With COVID, they’ve been impacted in a tremendous way, with having a lot of kids not able to go to school and not get a good education because most of it is online and most of them can’t afford that.” Sean partnered with his fellow fifth formers, Catherine Charlton, Chase Dotson, CJ Cao, Asa Hammer, Peter Yang, Beatrice Imarhiagbe, Felipe Avellaneda, Bryce Kilmer, and Josh Drabczyk to launch Joining Jamaica. The group’s goal is to raise funds to be able to support internet access
and purchase devices, such as laptops, tablets, cameras, and scanners. Sean said some children have class in the street or may have an instructor come to their homes once every week or two. “We would like to give directly to the children of the schools that are heavily impacted due to the lack of tablets and little-to-no access to the internet,” Sean said. “We want to help with their educational needs.” Sean has many family members living in Jamaica, and he has close ties to the two schools they chose to raise funds for—Maggoty High School and Kendal Primary School. His grandmother was a teacher at Maggoty and his aunt is the vice principal at Kendal Primary. Sean said they talk about their experience as educators frequently. “They said that having the ability to teach these students and direct them on a great path in a country like Jamaica is the best thing they can imagine,” he said. “They want to make the experience of the other teachers similar in that way, too.”
The group set up a GoFundMe page that currently has more than $5,000 in donations. Sean is planning a trip to Jamaica in midJune when he will visit both schools. Some of the other students involved in the fundraising initiative are also hoping to go, if traveling is safe. You can visit the Joining Jamaica fundraising page at https://gofund. me/6567db4 or follow them on Instagram at @JoiningJamaica.
Weekend Activities With no off-campus trips and cold weather forcing people indoors, students and staff had to get creative to come up with weekend activities. From movie nights in Kellam Auditorium and video game competitions to a Lunar New Year party and bingo nights in Kemp, there were plenty of activities to keep students busy. One of the more popular activities was Family Feud. Students were teamed up by dorm cohort and faced off against each other and the faculty team. Jimmy James '21 was our great game show host! Winter 2021 • Review
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Francine Diaz '21 Receives Hispanic Heritage Youth Award for Social Justice Saint James sixth former Francine Diaz was recently named the bronze recipient of the Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards in the Social Justice category. Founded in 1998 by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, the prestigious Youth Awards program honors Latino high school seniors who excel in the classroom and community and for their excellence in various categories. From thousands of applications nationwide, three students were selected for each category in 10 different regions across the country. Each will receive a one-time grant to fund their college education or to fund a community service effort that tackles a social issue. From Kearny, New Jersey, Francine first heard about the Youth Awards from a teacher at home. She chose the social justice category because it resonated with her, and then completed an essay as part of a lengthy application process. She was thrilled to be an award recipient for a very competitive region comprised of eight states, including New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Francine and her fellow award recipients were honored in a virtual ceremony on March 11. Francine stated that her primary goal is to give a voice to those who may not be able to use their own. Last summer, she led a peaceful demonstration in Hoboken, New Jersey, to speak up against police brutality incidents taking place across the country. Francine said she worked with an organization called Allies for Justice to organize and then communicated details through social media. Several thousand 10
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people attended the rally, and Francine had the opportunity to meet the mayor of Hoboken, and she was even featured on Channel 41 news, a Spanish-language station she grew up watching with her parents. “I said that I thought this was a time for us all to become united and not divided by the things that are going on in our nation,” she said. In the fall, Francine joined the student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee on campus. She feels the groundwork they have started this year will positively impact students in the years to come, including her sister Jenifer, a current third former. “It’s so important because this has been like a second home to me, as it has for so many other people,” she said. “We’re getting a lot of things improved and addressing topics that are hard to address anywhere you go. Saint James has done a great job in supporting us.” Francine said living in such a diverse community is a beautiful experience to have every day. “To see someone from a different nation or culture and have them tell you about their experiences and learn from each other’s differences and all live together is so unique,”
she said. “I’m so happy for that experience.” Helping others has always been important to Francine. In her first year at Saint James, she set up donation bins in Coors Hall to collect clothing to take to Ecuador, where her parents are from and where she has many family members that she visits each summer. “At the end of the year, a lot of girls will get rid of clothes, and I was thinking there is so much here that we could give back,” Francine said. “A lot of girls in Coors were excited to help. Not only were they giving things they didn’t want, but also clothes they just wanted to donate.” Prior to her trip, she shipped 300 pounds of clothes that went to Ecuadorian girls in an orphanage in a rural part of the country. She also
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Francine (right) plants a tree while on a trip to Ecuador.
had monetary donations which she used to buy basic necessities that she took with her when she visited the orphanage. “Seeing the looks on their faces is something that has stayed with me forever,” she said. “I want to keep doing this.” On another summer trip to Ecuador, Francine led English tutoring sessions for children in the Galápagos Islands. While there, she also spent time rehabilitating forests that had been cut down. “A lot of tourists would go there and pollute the area or accidentally bring species of wildlife that weren’t native to the area,” she said. “So, the numbers of native wildlife in the Galápagos are declining.” Francine will attend Barnard College in New York City to study political science. Her goal is to become a lawyer with a dream of one day joining Congress to make a difference legislatively. She has applied to intern this summer for a congresswoman in New York, and she has spent previous summers at law camps, including one at Stanford.
member of Varsity Lacrosse and Varsity Field Hockey teams, two sports she had not played prior to coming to Saint James. Francine’s main sport is Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which she started at the age of five. In January, she competed in a national tournament with the North American Grappling Association, where she placed first in the women’s bracket and third in the men’s for her division. If her summers weren’t busy enough, she also teaches jiu-jitsu classes to children. Barnard College has an affiliation with Columbia University, and next year she will participate on Columbia’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu team. Francine is excited for her future and the opportunity to combine her passions and continue to give back by helping others. “The main message here is live bravely and lead for good, and I feel like in the future I’m so excited because I see how much I love giving back to people and the satisfaction that it gives me, and I learned that at Saint James,” she said.
Francine also hopes to spend a year in the Peace Corps after law school, something she said she has always wanted to experience. At Saint James, Francine is editor of the Jacobite student newspaper, captain of the Speech and Debate team, and a member of the Model UN club. As part of her service-learning work at Saint James, Francine has packed lunches for children in need as part of Micah's Backpack, volunteered at the annual Kisseman Children’s Foundation Easter Egg Hunt held on campus, and worked with students from underserved populations while on a service trip to Saint James the Less in Francine (right) gets ready to take on an opponent in Philadelphia. Brazilian jiu-jitsu. She is also a
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Seven Choristers Take Silver Medal Exam with Royal School of Church Music Seven choristers took the silver medal exam administered through the Royal School of Church Music with which the Saint James Chapel Choir is affiliated. Normally the tests are conducted in person with an outside adjudicator. Instead, choristers submitted the required hymn, psalm, anthem, and Magnificat settings by video recording and then in a video interview answered questions about music theory and history, elements of liturgical worship, aural skills, and sight-singing. Coco Zhang '21, Jessie Wang '22, Jimmy James '21, and Annie Zhao '22 passed with Merit, and Jack Weisgerber '21, Peter Yang '22, and Will Zimmermann '21 were awarded Distinction for their high scores. Congratulations!
Front row (L-R): Annie Zhao, Jessie Wang, and Coco Zhang. Back row (L-R): Jimmy James, Peter Wang, Will Zimmermann, and Jack Weisgerber.
Washington County Student Art Show Saint James artists showed off their creativity in the Annual Washington County/ USMH Student Art Show. The theme for 2020-2021 was "Reaching Beyond." Jessica Geng '21 took first place in the drawing category for "Morandi Flashback" with Nash Peña '21 taking second place in drawing for "Ripe Reality." In the painting category, Katy Kwon '21 placed first for her work "A$AP RAINBOW" and Sabina Noel '23 earned second place for "Beyond." Their artwork will be on display at the Washington County Arts Council as well as in a virtual gallery. You can view each student's artwork on the next page!
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Art Educators Show SJS art teacher Jeremy McDonald had three works of art on display in downtown Hagerstown as part of the Washington County Art Educators Show. The gallery was open to the public and was also available virtually. In this photo is a ceramic piece titled "Breath" that Mr. McDonald made at Stephen Wright's (SJS '75) studio over the summer.
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Winter Art Showcase
Nash Peña '21, Adv. Studio Art *
Katy Kwon '21, Adv. Studio Art *
Jennifer Nguyen '21, Adv. Studio Art
Jessica Geng '21, AP Studio Art *
Ryan Scott '22, AP Studio Art
Lisa Wang '23, Art III
Luke Norris '21, Adv. Studio Art
Sabina Noel '23, Art II * (*) Washington County Student Art Show winner
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A Homily for Easter, 2021 By the Revd. Dr. D. Stuart Dunnan Saint James Chapel April 4, 2021
“So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.” (Mark 16.8) In nomine. . . I speak to you on what is now our second COVID Easter. Last year, I had just returned from a wonderful ten-day trip to Spain at the beginning of spring break with Mr. Camp and Ms. Sherman which Ms. Sherman had carefully planned and arranged for the three of us. It was a great success, but we did notice at the end of the trip when we were in Granada that the Alhambra was strangely uncrowded and there seemed to be a “different tone” in the Paris airport as we progressed to our connecting flight to Dulles. We came back to discover that Spain was fast becoming the second epicenter of the pandemic, and it went into “lockdown” just two days later. We of course went into “crisis mode” at school and decided to go “virtual” with only the faculty and a “righteous rump” of seven international students left on campus. The COVID experience was new for all of us: confusing, frustrating, and terrifying. And all that we could do was respond as best we could in the moment to what was happening around us. And we were of course in no way able to predict the future or to guarantee any outcomes, which
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put me as headmaster in the “hot seat” as I often had no legitimate answer to give parents and colleagues and students who expected me to have one. And the pandemic has continued with all its twists and turns. Later, it was America’s turn to be the epicenter, not once but twice: last fall and then this past winter. And now, poor Europe is getting hit again and South Africa and Brazil with more rapidly spreading variants of the virus. Our hope is that enough of us have been infected and enough will be rapidly vaccinated that we can avoid a third spike, but many Americans are not willing to be vaccinated and many more are no longer willing to continue with the proven protections, most especially wearing masks in public. So, as a country and as a society we are struggling with our usual conflict between freedom and responsibility, which are the two mutually supporting aspects of liberty on which the dream of America is founded. And back and forth we go: “blue” states one way and “red” states another and “purple” states looking for the elusive “middle ground,” just as we have tried to do here as a school: not to endanger anyone, but
also to function as best we can with reason, generosity, self-discipline, and courage. And I would argue that Easter has much to teach us in this regard, especially now that the stone is beginning to roll for us, letting light into the tomb. The gospel passage assigned for this Easter is from the Gospel according to St. Mark, which is the oldest and therefore most accurate account in the New Testament. You will note that it ends without hope. The three women, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, have come to the tomb with spices to anoint the body of Jesus. The men interestingly, and some would say typically, are hiding. As they arrive, the women are wondering who will roll the stone for them so that they can enter the tomb, but they are shocked to discover that someone already has. When they enter, “they see a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they are alarmed. But he says to them, ‘Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that
| chapel talk | he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.’” (16.5-7) But they flee the tomb “because terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone for they were afraid.” (16.8) Now, biblical scholars pretty much all agree that this is the end of the Gospel according to St. Mark, which creates something of a narrative problem: the disciples and Peter are in Jerusalem, so if the women do not tell them that Jesus is in Galilee, then how will Jesus appear to them? A shorter version added by a later writer says that they told Peter, which is most probably what happened, and a longer version by another writer lists Jesus’ later appearances to Mary Magdalene, the two disciples in the country, and then to the eleven in the upper room, combining the accounts in the other three gospels, thereby “fixing” the problem. But I believe that Mark ends his version where he does for a reason:
he wants us to assume the challenge; he wants us to be brave. And this is exactly the lesson that we have learned in our year of COVID: we need to be brave because fear gets in the way. For surely, those who have helped and are still helping to get us through this pandemic are brave: doctors and nurses who care for the infected, politicians and civic leaders who make unpopular decisions to keep us safe, frontline workers who feed, guard, help, and take good care of us at their own risk, teachers who teach the young not just safely over a video link, but actually in a classroom, and all the people who have the courage to be vaccinated not just to keep themselves safe, but to keep all of us safe, and to free the hospital beds and medical resources they will now not need to be used by someone else who does. For the courage that triumphs in the resurrection of Jesus Christ is the courage of his crucifixion, so
not the courage to get what he wants, but actually quite the opposite: the courage to be what God wants, the courage to lose his life for us. And this is exactly the courage which we have needed in this COVID time, not the selfish fear that masquerades as courage, but real self-giving courage. So, not the false courage which begins with “this is my right,” or “you can’t make me,” or “I need,” or “I want;” “but real courage that begins with “I can help,” or “let me do this,” or “not a problem,” or “where do we start?”. Because this is the courage and these are the statements which have kept Saint James alive and on mission and all our community safe for these last twelve months, and this is the courage that we will need to win this fight for all of us: on this campus, in this country, and around the world. So yes, St. Mark is right: we cannot be afraid. Happy Easter!
Virtual Holy Week Celebration As our community marked Holy Week from both near and far, we wanted to provide a way to observe the days together. Videos were created and shared for Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. Each of the videos included an anthem sung by the Saint James Chapel Choir, a scripture reading, and the daily collect. The Easter Sunday video also included Father Dunnan's homily. You may watch the videos at: www.stjames.edu/holyweek.
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The Saints football team after their win against the Potomac School in March.
Saints Return to Action with Limited Schedule and Safety Precautions For both the fall and winter sport seasons, interscholastic competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Athletics remained an important part of daily life, with our Saints sports teams practicing diligently, rotating through shortened seasons so that each team had the opportunity to meet and work on skill development, team building, and conditioning. But after months of careful planning by Scott Barr (Director of Athletics), Kevin Breslin (Assistant Director of Athletics), and the athletic directors in the MidAtlantic Conference (MAC), we were thrilled to bring interscholastic competition back for the months of March, April, and May. Our student-athletes are excited to be back on the field and on the court, putting their hard work into practice against other teams in the MAC conference. With some of our students still learning virtually, we did not field teams for all of the sports typically offered, and we were also not able to find teams to compete against for all of our sports, such as field hockey, wrestling, and golf, though those teams practiced just as hard. 16
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A shortened schedule was offered for fall and winter sports teams, with games taking place in March and early April for football, boys' soccer, and boys' basketball. It may seem odd to watch football in the spring, but our athletes were ready to go when they beat the Potomac School on March 20. The spring sports season kicks off on April 14th when our girls' tennis team travels to Washington High School. The next day our boys' lacrosse team takes on Georgetown Day while our girls' lacrosse team travels to The Madeira School. The spring season will also include games for boys' tennis and baseball. The MAC conference drafted a set of policies that must be followed for our athletes to compete, including athletes receiving a COVID test the week of competition, wearing face masks, and not allowing spectators. We are comfortable that this set of policies will allow us to compete with other schools in an environment that will keep our students and our community safe and healthy. Overall, we are happy to give our student-athletes this opportunity to compete. Go Saints!
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Plans Updated as SJS Looks to Move Forward with Turner Athletic Center With the completion of the Pohanka Fine Arts Center, Saint James looks to begin construction of the Turner Athletic Center, the next capital project as part of the $35 million Make A Difference Campaign. Due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, the school delayed starting construction of the Turner Athletic Center for the past year. We now hope to break ground in the fall on the new building, which will be added as an expansion on the west side of Alumni Hall. Plans for the Turner Athletic Center were reconsidered during the delay, with MSB Architects of Hagerstown modifying the building to better meet the school's needs. "We took advantage of the extra year in order to reduce our footprint and the cost of the new building, and really open up the back of the building to let in more air and light," said Father Dunnan. "We also wanted the design to allow for additional space for an indoor turf field for recreational play and team practices during the winter or when it's raining in the spring and fall. This could be particularly helpful for soccer and lacrosse." The turf field will cost approximately $3 million and might not be built during the initial construction of the
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athletic center, but the space has been considered in the new plans to allow for it down the road. Another advantage of the new plans is that we gain two distinct entrances. "We wanted to tie the building more effectively into Alumni Hall, so that the existing entrance will have an internal feel to it, focusing on locker rooms, training rooms, and fitness spaces," said Father Dunnan. "The new entrance would be for visitors with a lobby, new bathroom spaces, a snack bar, a performance gymnasium for basketball and volleyball, a practice basketball court, and a new wrestling space." The Turner Athletic Center will also make the school more visually attractive to visitors approaching from Lappans Road, showing off common design themes of stone, glass, and brick. Just as we have provided a grand space for the arts with the Pohanka Fine Arts Center, the Turner Athletic Center will give our students a facility that will greatly enhance our athletic programs. If you are interested in supporting the Make A Difference Campaign, please contact Dr. Joseph Regan at 301-671-4894 or jcregan@stjames.edu.
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Four More Saints Commit to Playing at Collegiate Level Four additional sixth form student-athletes have committed to playing collegiate athletics as they further their education next year. These Saints join Miigwans Assance-Goulais (University of Toronto), Alli Jacobson (Loyola University of Maryland), Isaiah Knight (University of British Columbia), and Morgan McMahon (Colgate University) who had committed earlier this year. We wish our graduating student-athletes all the best!
Jacob Dugas College of Wooster
Amelia Shaw Hollins University
Chris Weber University of British Columbia
Ethan Welker Winter 2021 • Review 19 Valparaiso University
Metchie takes in a quiet moment before the national championship game against Ohio State. Photo by Alabama Athletics Photography
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ONCE A SAINT, ALWAYS A SAINT In this issue of the Review, we feature some of our NCAA Division I alumni athletes on their experience playing during a pandemic, the recruiting process, and what it's like playing at the D-I level. For a full list of Saint James student-athletes who have played at the collegiate level, go to www.stjames.edu/alumniathletes.
SJS Class of 2018
John Metchie, III University of Alabama Metchie went from torching opponents on Turner Field to helping the Alabama Crimson Tide win a national championship. Continued on pg. 22
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Metchie and the Crimson Tide took on Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal game. (Photos by Alabama Athletics Photography)
If you were fortunate enough to watch John Metchie, III ’18 play football for the Saints on Turner Field, you would know it is obvious that he’s a special player. With speed and agility, he seemed to effortlessly haul in passes and dodge defenders. He put up some of Washington County’s all-time best numbers for receiving in his four years at Saint James. Knowing his work ethic and drive, it’s also no surprise that he has excelled at the University of Alabama, college football powerhouse for the past decade under head coach Nick Saban. Metchie had eight receptions for 81 yards in the 52-24 victory over Ohio State that earned the Crimson Tide the national championship and capped off their undefeated season, a season that began with a lot of uncertainty due to the pandemic. "It was a great feeling just because of how long the process was and how long the season was, dealing with COVID throughout the year, not being able to see family, and all of the hardships that came with it for everybody," Metchie said about winning that national championship. "So, at the end, finally winning, was a great way to end the year for us." Metchie said it all started in the 22
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summer with Alabama facilities closed. Teammates were scattered, with some going home to workout while others who stayed in Tuscaloosa trying to find ways to work out together. He said he tried to keep a consistent routine, all while not knowing if there would be a season. "It was hard preparing for a season but at the same time not knowing if there was even going to be a season, and to try to work towards a goal that you don’t know if it’s even there," Metchie said. Meanwhile, COVID policies in the state of Alabama and at the university were not as strict as other places, with many people ignoring guidelines and going about their daily routines. To avoid cases on the team and the need to quarantine, the coaches advised players to be responsible and put the team first. “At the beginning of the season, our coaches told us the winner of this season is going to be whoever handles this situation the best because everybody was going through it,” Metchie said. “I think as a team we definitely handled it well. We did have some cases, but we were able to minimize it.” Metchie started the season as the team’s number-three wideout, but his role expanded after senior wide
receiver Jaylen Waddle went down with an injury. Metchie made the most of his opportunity, ending his sophomore season with 55 catches for 916 yards and six touchdowns on his way to a national championship. Metchie said when colleges started recruiting him while at Saint James, he had a vision for himself and where he wanted to go to college. He had about 25 offers from Division I schools before deciding on Alabama. “Coming here [to Alabama] and seeing the environment and the fact that I’d be surrounded by likeminded people and a like-minded organization for people to support me, it was definitely a no-brainer for me,” he said. Under Coach Saban, the Crimson Tide have now won six national championships, and Metchie said it’s a unique experience to play for him. "This is a place that demands you to be at your best every single day. And that’s how he is, he demands you to be at your best every day; there are no excuses," Metchie said. "It’s a great opportunity to play for him. He’s a great coach obviously, and this place that he’s created is the most competitive place in all of college football." As a freshman, he had the opportunity to learn from the best,
| classmates | including four future NFLers at the wide receiver position for the Crimson Tide. Jerry Jeudy and Henry Ruggs III were first-round draft picks last year and DeVonta Smith (this year’s Heisman Trophy winner) and Waddle are projected to go in the first round in the 2021 NFL Draft. "It was great, especially coming in my freshman year when they were all here and I was younger," Metchie said of playing with those receivers. "At the time I didn’t have a significant role on the team, but it was a big opportunity for me to learn and develop." Metchie said the amount of prep work that goes into each game during the season was unimaginable to him prior to coming to Alabama. “You start the week off learning your opponents, their names, their numbers, how they play, what they like to do, watching their games over and over again,” he said. “Then you go over your plays, and new plays you’re going to put in for how you want to attack these specific teams. Then going out and practicing it. The preparation for it is second
Metchie celebrates a TD against Auburn. (Photo by Alabama Athletics Photography)
to none, especially here.” Metchie got started playing football late. He was born in Taiwan and lived in Ghana until the age of six, when his parents moved him and his Metchie had more than 2,500 receiving yards for the Saints. siblings to Brampton, Ontario. He structure and gave me a lot of tools played soccer and lacrosse in grade that a regular high school or a lot of school, but says he didn’t really start other places wouldn’t have given me,” playing football until middle school, he said. after watching his brothers play. Metchie said being around He ended up hearing about Saint students of various backgrounds is James through Tyler Grochot ’18, a the most important thing he took fellow Canadian. At the age of 14, he away from Saint James. moved to Hagerstown to pursue his “The most valuable lesson I football dream. learned there was how to co-exist, “I started learning about football at and not just co-exist, but thrive Saint James,” he said. “That’s where amongst different types of people,” I really learned about football and he said. “That goes as far as races, colleges and the NFL and all of that.” white, black, Asian, Hispanic, Metchie put up big numbers for etc., but also people of different the Saints, recording more than backgrounds, kids who grew up less 1,300 rushing yards, 2,500 receiving fortunate like me and kids who grew yards, and total 42 touchdowns. up wealthier.” He said even though Saint James is The Crimson Tide are already small, it was the biggest stage he knew preparing to defend their national at the time and he made the most of title next season. Metchie could it. become Alabama’s number-one “It was a great experience. I wideout, but he’s not worried about learned a lot and grew a lot and other people’s expectations. met a lot of great people,” he said. “Next season I’m mostly looking Some of the skills he learned he has forward to being the best version of carried with him. A business/finance myself,” he said. “I think if I do that major at Alabama, Metchie was on and if I’m able to be the best version the 2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor of myself, then everything will take Roll. care of itself and everything will be “Saint James definitely prepared great.” me as far as independence and
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Grant Golden University of Richmond Photos by Richmond Athletics
Grant Golden ’16 has earned numerous accolades and has climbed statistical leaderboards for the Richmond Spiders throughout his career, and he’s not finished yet. Grant recently announced he will return for a sixth season, taking advantage of an NCAA decision to grant an additional year of eligibility to student-athletes competing in winter sports due to the impacts of COVID-19. He will join teammates Jacob Gilyard and Nathan Cayo in one final attempt to win the Atlantic-10 (A-10) championship and an NCAA tournament bid. After averaging 12.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game this season, Grant was named Third Team All-Atlantic 10, becoming first player in school history to earn All-Conference honors four times. He finished the season as the sixth-leading scorer (1,739) and fifth-leading rebounder (792) in Richmond history, now with the chance to move up the ranks next year. Richmond had finished the 201926
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2020 regular season with a record of 24-7 and a second-place finish in the A-10, looking at a sure spot in the NCAA tournament before it was cancelled due to the pandemic. “At the end of the regular season last year, in the locker room after that last game was special because we were all really proud, especially after having two losing seasons before that,” he said. “For us to stick it out and get to that point, that was one of the best moments of my career regardless of how it ended.” After a challenging and uncertain season, the Spiders finished this year 14-9 and played in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT), not the tournament Grant was aiming for, but he said he still felt grateful to play postseason basketball when many teams did not have that opportunity. “It’s been a tough year in a lot of ways. We were able to have a season, but it was very different,” Grant said. “Our team had to get shut down three different times because of COVID and go into isolation. It's certainly not the way we envisioned it
but looking back later down the road we’ll be grateful for the fact that we got to play.” At 6-foot 10, Grant plays center for the Spiders and was one of 20 players named to the watch list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, given to the nation’s top center. Basketball has changed over the years with more versatile play expected from big men. “At Saint James, our coaches expected some of those things from me, and I definitely started really handling the ball, making decisions on the perimeter, shooting threes, and stuff like that,” Grant said. “I think a lot of what I did at Saint James certainly prepared me for how the game has changed and what you’re seeing more of from bigger players." The road hasn't always been smooth during his career at Richmond. During his freshman year, Grant collapsed during a game early in the season while playing Texas Tech on national television. He missed the rest of the season
| classmates | after undergoing a cardiac ablation procedure for an accelerated heart rate and was granted a medical redshirt by the NCAA. "It's obviously not what you want at 19-years old to have to get an ablation, but it was a problem that was able to be taken care of and I haven’t had any issues since then. So, I’m lucky and thankful," he said. Grant is actually a thirdgeneration college athlete. Both of his grandfathers played college football and his father Craig (who is also 6-foot-10) played basketball at Fairfield. Now, he and his brother Bryce ’18 (Butler University) are carrying on the family tradition. Grant said he was introduced to basketball by his father around age four and has been playing for as long as he can remember. The two brothers had many one-on-one contests growing up. “We were always battling. Lots of bruises, scars, and tears probably,” he said. “People getting in trouble. There were some battles, but I never took it easy on him.” The Goldens were living in Charlotte, NC when he joined his first travel basketball team at age eight. "They took it very seriously. My mom and I talk about it all the time. We were having two-hour practices and conditioning,” Grant said. “At that point, I wasn’t sure it was really what I wanted to do because I felt like it was a little much at 8-years old. But ever since then I’ve been all in.” Grant and Bryce arrived at Saint James in the fall of 2014, prior to Grant’s fifth form year. Former coaches Dan Prete and Don Shopland had reached out and encouraged them to apply after watching the brothers at an AAU tournament. “My dad was sick at the time so
there was a lot of uncertainty for us him, it would be something he’d on what we wanted to do, especially consider. to go off to boarding school,” Grant “Out of all the schools I was said. “But after some thought considering, I felt like Richmond was and consideration, we thought the highest level of basketball with basketball-wise and academically it the best possible education,” Grant would be the best thing for us, and said. “It’s a great school, super hard it ended up being one of the best to get into, and I felt like to be able decisions we ever made.” to play basketball at a place like that Grant excelled while at Saint and take advantage of the education James. He was named the would be huge for me.” Washington County Co-Player of the He believes that the structure Year as a sixth former after averaging of Saint James and the supportive 17.2 points and 10.3 rebounds per environment with teachers being game. The team won IPSL and MAC accessible on campus set him up for championships. When the Saint success academically. James Invitational Tournament “When you’re coming to college (SJIT) was re-launched in 2016, from a place like Saint James, you Grant helped lead the team to a know how to take free time and use it third-place finish and was named to productively,” he said. the All-Tournament team. Grant earned his undergraduate “We heard so many stories about degree in Communications and is what the tournament was and how now working on a graduate degree big it was before they stopped in Human Resources, which was a running it, so the fact that Coach factor in his decision to return to Prete was able to bring it back was Richmond next year. awesome,” Grant said. “It was special for us to be the first group to play in it after they brought it back.” Grant started getting recruited by colleges the summer before he arrived at Saint James. While he said there were some pressures, he tried to keep the perspective that he was very lucky to be in a position where schools were offering him a scholarship to play basketball. Grant was born in Richmond, and said he knew if the university offered Grant Golden is the sixth-leading scorer in Richmond history. Winter 2021 • Review
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Bryce Golden Butler University Photos by Zach Bolinger/ Butler Athletics
Bryce Golden ’18 and the Butler Bulldogs were in New York City for the Big East tournament in March 2020 right as the coronavirus was threatening to shut the country down. The Bulldogs had gone 22-9 in the regular season, were almost assured a spot in the NCAA tournament, and were ready for their run at the Big East title. All of that came to an abrupt halt. “We had the noon game on Thursday, and I woke up early and looked at my phone to see all kinds of conference games getting shutdown. The Big East was the last conference to cancel,” Bryce said. “Right up until we were about to get on the bus, we thought we were going to play. Then we got shutdown, and a couple hours later they told us March Madness was cancelled.” Bryce ended up taking a train back to his home in Virginia, where he would be for the next five months. Fortunately for Bryce, his brother Grant '16 was also home, and the two were able to train together while the country was mostly in lockdown. “There was a court down the 28
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street from our house, and I don’t think anyone had used it in years,” Bryce said. “We would go there to shoot around and take a break from everything. We got some weights and made a makeshift gym in our basement.” Bryce came back for his junior year at Butler in the fall with online classes and small group workouts before gradually expanding to full team practices, all while not knowing for certain if there would be a season. At the end of October, when games are usually starting, the Big East announced games would begin by the end of November. There were new protocols and adjustments to make, but one thing Bryce said he didn’t notice was playing in front of reduced crowds or empty arenas. “That was one of the things everyone talked about, but I personally didn’t notice too much of a difference,” he said. “Once you’re out there playing, basketball is basketball, whether everyone’s watching or nobody’s watching.” The 2020-2021 season was upand-down for the Bulldogs, who
finished 10-15 and lost to #17-ranked Creighton in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament. Bryce started all 24 games he played in and averaged 10.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. Transitioning from high school to college basketball is already a big learning curve, but Bryce had the extra challenge of recovering from a shoulder injury when he first arrived at Butler for his freshman year. He had shoulder surgery prior to his graduation from Saint James and was out until December. He did not redshirt, but took everything in, and then came back for his sophomore year bigger, stronger, and ready to go. “The pace of college basketball is so much faster than high school,” he said. “The biggest adjustment for me was just keeping up because it’s just one thing after another after another. There’s not many plays you can take off and not give up a bucket or a rebound.” Bryce also said with college basketball there is greater attention to detail, and the daily schedule reflects the intensity of preparation.
| classmates | “The schedule is very set here every day. It’s class then film then weights and practice. Rinse and repeat every day. Saint James benefited me in that regard because it was a similar structure,” he said. Bryce now stands at 6-foot-9, but he can recall playing on a plastic Fisher Price basketball hoop when Grant was four and he was a toddler. He joined a very competitive travel team in eighth grade, not long before he and Grant came to Saint James. He said he started to get seriously recruited after his fourth form year at Saint James, when he also joined Team Takeover, an AAU team that played on a competitive circuit. “Recruiting is a business. So, everything you hear on a recruiting trip is everything you want to hear,” Bryce said. “Fortunately, I had a good group around me with my parents and Coach Prete and Coach Shop to bring me down a little bit and make me look at things in a more sensible way.” At Saint James, Bryce was a three-time First Team All-County selection. During his fourth form year, Grant’s sixth form year, the basketball team won its first MAC championship in 15 years. As a sixth former, Bryce averaged 15 points and eight rebounds, and the team won another MAC title. “I knew going into my senior year I couldn’t let my brother one-up me in getting a championship his senior year,” Bryce said. “So, we got it done. Not many people get to end their career on a victory, and I got to.” Bryce is thankful for the opportunity to have met so many people from various backgrounds during his time at Saint James. “I came from a public school in rural Virginia so there wasn’t much diversity, but going to Saint James I got to meet a lot of different people from a lot of different places and
different backgrounds,” he said. “To this day I still talk to kids that were from Japan and China and all over the place, so it was great to see that and experience that at a young age. It opened my eyes up to the fact that there’s a bigger world outside of where you are currently right now.” Bryce is looking forward to things returning to normal before his next season at Butler, located in basketball-crazy Indiana. The passionate fan base is one of the things he loves most, and he hopes to give them something to cheer about. “There’s a standard here at Butler where we’ve been to two Final Fours and that’s something that’s not out of our grasp. There’s a blueprint for us to do it,” he said. “Butler over the last 10 years has been the marquee program in Indiana. It’s been great to play here and I’m excited for my next couple years here as well.”
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more season for the brothers to potentially face off in the NCAA tournament, something Bryce joked would either “go great or go horribly and we’d get double techs in the first five minutes of the game.” “Obviously, it would be a dream of mine,” Bryce said. “He’s always been someone I looked up to and admired, on and off the court, and everyone wants a chance to go against their idol.”
Omar Habwe '17 Omar Habwe '17 spent three seasons playing at D-I Mount St. Mary's before signing this season with Stony Brook as a graduate transfer. Omar is a versatile player and efficient scorer, shooting just under 40 percent from the field. He played in his 100th Division I contest on December 28 agasint UMass Lowell. At Saint James, Omar earned First Team All-MAC honors for three straight years and finished his career with 1,158 points.
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Trinity Schlotterbeck University of Maryland Trinity Schlotterbeck ‘19 dominated opposing batters while pitching for the Saints softball team, and she’s now taking on Big 10 talent at the University of Maryland. Over her final two seasons at Saint James, Trinity fanned 345 batters in 166 innings, earning a scholarship to play for the Terps. She pitched a no-hitter against Madeira School with 21 strikeouts (yes, that means every out was a strikeout!). Trinity was named the 2018 Washington County Pitcher of the Year, but she was also a force at the plate. That same year, she had county highs for average (.786) and home runs (8), including three grand slams. At Saint James, Trinity also starred on the volleyball team as an outside hitter, earning All-County honors multiple times and helping 30
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| classmates | the Saints capture the IPSL title her senior year. “I loved that I had the opportunity to play. If I went to another school, I don’t know if I would have played volleyball because it wouldn’t have been required,” she said. “I probably would have just played softball allyear round. So, it made me take a step back from softball and take that mental and physical break and focus on something else that was important to me.” Trinity is majoring in Communications/Public Relations with a minor in Leadership and credits Saint James for teaching her study skills and time management. “I definitely benefitted from learning how to manage your time correctly and learning how to be successful while you’re busy,” she said. “I picked up those traits at Saint James.” Trinity's father, Chris ’91, was her softball coach at Saint James and a pitcher for the Saints as well. Her dad, along with her brother Isaac ’17, also a pitcher, were major influences while growing up. “My dad was the one who taught me how to hit, pitch, throw,” she said. “Having him always there in my corner was definitely an advantage. Someone who could always take me out, help me pitch or catch me, that definitely made me a lot better.” Trinity started playing softball in second grade, but she had played t-ball before that. Her favorite sport growing up had been soccer, but once she started playing softball, she knew that was her sport. She started pitching in third grade. “I was playing with fifth graders, and they were pitching, and I thought ‘I want to do that. I want to be the person in the circle, the person that controls the game,’” she said.
Trinity Schlotterbeck on the mound for the Terps this season.
Trinity started playing on a club team at age 12. She played on three different club teams as she progressed, including summer travel ball in Birmingham, AL, for two seasons. Trinity said she started taking softball seriously around age 14 because she was already seeing players around her getting recruited for college. “Recruiting was happening at a very young age. So, 7th and 8th graders were getting recruited to Division I colleges,” she said. “By 8th grade I wasn’t getting recruited by big schools, so I just thought I’d go small DI or DII. Which is crazy for that age.” Trinity said it was luck that she wound up at the University of Maryland. Her travel coach encouraged her to go to Maryland’s camp the fall of her third form year, where she met the Terps coach. “The coach said 'we want you here.' The following week I went on a visit and she basically sold me on the school and a few months later I committed,” Trinity said. “It was a
quick process for me.” Her freshman season at Maryland was off to a great start before the pandemic cut it short. She was named the Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week in early March, becoming the first Maryland player to ever receive that honor. It came after the Panther Invitational in Miami, where she went 3-0 and threw three complete games with a 0.97 ERA. But not long after they returned to Maryland, the season ended abruptly. When the team started back up in the fall, they were doing individual workouts in groups of no more than five players. By the end of the fall, they gradually worked up to full team practices. There was still uncertainty about whether they would have a season. “We were on-edge throughout our winter break because they hadn’t told us we were going to play,” she said. “So, when we found out, that initial feeling was amazing. Knowing that all of the hard work we put in is finally going to pay off. We can show people what Maryland softball is all about.” Winter 2021 • Review
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Chris Chaney University of Maryland
Chris Chaney ’19 and the Maryland Terrapins baseball team had just flown to Texas for a series against Texas Christian University when they got the news that their season had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a freshman pitcher for the Terps, Chris only got to throw 3 2/3 promising innings out of the bullpen. However, over the summer when much of the sports world was still shut down, Chris had the opportunity to play for the Nashua (NH) Silver Knights in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL). He had an impressive season as a relief pitcher during the eight-week, 39-game season, and the Knights earned the FCBL championship. “They were pretty strict with COVID standards, but we were able to play a full season, so that was great because it allowed me to get back on the field,” Chris said. “It was 32
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an unbelievable experience for me. They had a lot of loyal fans. I hope to go back to play in that league again one day.” Chris was home from Nashua for about a week and then went back to the University of Maryland for the fall semester. Maryland is testing its athletes three times per week, twice with rapid tests and once with a PCR test. A Criminal Justice major, Chris said he didn’t always appreciate the rigorous schedule at Saint James, but it has helped him succeed in college. “My grades are the best that they’ve ever been. Saint James definitely prepared me for the workload,” he said. “I’ve really learned to be independent and get through different challenges unlike some other students I’ve seen.” The Terps season started at the beginning of March and will run through the end of May. Chris said
since arriving in college, he’s become a totally different pitcher. He used to rely on a four-seam fastball, taking the mound and trying to blow the ball past every hitter. Chris said he feels like he “actually learned how to pitch” and now has an effective change-up and a two-seam as well as better pitch location. “I think the most important thing in college is that you can’t just be overpowering because you have to come to the reality that really no one is overpowering at this level,” he said. “That was honestly a hard thing for me because I was always a guy who just liked going out there and trying to throw the ball really hard, but you won’t get far just doing that.” Chris said baseball is the only sport he’s ever taken seriously, starting out with t-ball around age five. He played Little League and then travel ball. While at Saint James, he also played on a team out of Manassas, VA, that
| classmates | played in recruiting showcases. “We traveled all over for that— Georgia, Florida, Louisiana. It was constant driving for my parents, and I can’t appreciate them more for that,” Chris said. He found the college recruiting process to be exciting, with the opportunity to visit college campuses, meet coaches, and see a team’s facilities. Chris said there were about 15 schools he was considering, but the scholarship offer from Maryland was too good to pass up. Chris had surgery during his fifth form year to repair a tendon in his arm. It was similar to Tommy John surgery, except instead of replacing the ligament they were able to repair it. Chris said this was a fairly new procedure (he believes he was around the 290th person in the country to undergo this surgery), where the ligament is wrapped in medical tape and then bolted back onto the bone with titanium bolts. The recovery time is about six months, or about half that of Tommy John surgery. “You go into the surgery not knowing if you’re a candidate for a repair or for Tommy John. The doctor has to go in and decide what he’s going to give you while he’s in
Chris Chaney pitched for the Nashua (NH) Silver Knights over the summer.
there and can feel the ligament to see if it’s sturdy enough to keep it,” Chris said. “They called my parents in the middle of the surgery to tell them what was going on. The first thing I asked when I woke up was what did I get. That was the scariest part for me.” He came back the following year to join a core group of fellow sixth formers who led the Saints baseball team to their first-ever MAC championship in 2019. Chris went
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6-2 with two saves and a 2.97 ERA and was named All-MAC and AllCounty. “I’ve never been part of a team with so much chemistry and unity before,” Chris said. “We didn’t care what other teams thought of us, we just did our own thing and had fun with it. It brought us to a championship, and I think the most important thing is we were together through it all.”
Myles Nicholson '17 Myles Nicholson '17 has been a force as the leadoff hitter for the D-I Mount St. Mary's baseball team. His 2020 campaign was cut short, but in his sophomore year he was named to the All-NEC First Team. He batted .365 at the plate with 44 runs scored, 23 RBIs, ten doubles, four triples, three home runs, and 37 stolen bases. He ranked first in the NEC in stolen bases. At Saint James, he earned AllMAC and All-County honors.
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Tucker Almany Saint Joseph's University Tucker Almany ’17 had a prolific three-sport career while at SJS, earning numerous All-MAC and AllCounty honors while representing the Saints in soccer, wrestling, and lacrosse. In wrestling, Tucker placed seventh in the Maryland Independent State wrestling tournament and put together a 116-49 career record, one of only three Saints to surpass 100 wins (along with Jimmy Sutch ’07 and TJ Quelet ’19). He was a standout goalie on the soccer team, earning All-County honors after the 2015 season. But his play as goalkeeper of the lacrosse team is where Tucker found the most success. He made his mark by doing everything well— stopping shots, outletting passes, communicating with defenders, and providing leadership. Tucker was a two-time All-County goalie and was named Washington County Player of the Year in 2017. He was also named a U.S. Lacrosse Academic AllAmerican, one of the highest awards available to a high school lacrosse player. 34
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Tucker is now a senior at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA, where he starts in goal for the men's lacrosse team. His road to becoming a Division-I lacrosse player began at age 7 or 8 when his aunt gave him his first lacrosse stick. Coming from an athletic family, lacrosse was just one of many sports he played growing up. His parents were both college athletes at Salisbury, with his father, Tim, playing football and his mother, Donna, on the swim team. His brother, Griffin ’20, was also on the SJS soccer, wrestling, and lacrosse teams and earned All-County recognition multiple times. “Growing up, Griffin and I were both always playing sports every season,” said Tucker, who also participated in youth wrestling and football. “There was never a moment when I thought lacrosse was my thing. I just kept playing and it naturally progressed to that point by the time I got to high school.” Tucker said he started playing in a local youth recreational league before joining a club team in Frederick, MD. It was then that he got his first
taste of playing goalie, and while he continued to play field positions in recreational leagues, on his club teams he was primarily in goal, a position he has grown into over the years. “It’s obviously at times stressful to be in goal because there is so much pressure. But I think I always play better in important games. I like being the leader of the defense and when you need to make a big save, you’re the guy everyone looks to,” he said. Tucker believes that playing multiple sports while growing up and at Saint James helped his overall development as an athlete. “Coming in as a college athlete I felt more prepared and able to adapt,” he said. “My quickness and speed I get from soccer and my drive and power I get from wrestling. If I were not a three-sport athlete I don’t think I would have had as much success, and I also would have burned out so much faster.” He points out that he knows athletes who played lacrosse yearround for four or five years before
| classmates | college, and by the time they entered college, they no longer had the drive to continue playing. “There were times I wouldn’t touch my lacrosse stick from November to February right before the season started just because I had played all spring and all summer,” Tucker said. “So playing other sports was good for not only athletic development but just for that refresh and to have fun and do other things.” He committed to Saint Joseph’s in the spring of his fifth form year, a late recruit by Division-I standards according to Tucker. “To be saying that it’s late as a junior, and that you would have to make that decision as a sophomore or freshman is crazy,” he said. “That’s why some of the rules have changed for early recruiting, but a lot of kids my grade or older end up transferring because they picked their college as a high school freshman and it wasn’t a good fit.” After having his junior season abruptly cut short by the pandemic, he’s thrilled to be playing lacrosse again for the Hawks. They started the year in small training pods and eventually expanded to full-team practices by the end of the fall. He gives credit to the SJU athletic department for getting them back on the field safely. “We get [COVID] tested three times a week, and they have to do that for the entire athletic program, so that takes a lot of not only money but also coordinating,” Tucker said. “There was so much uncertainty this year, and the Ivy League and some other leagues are not playing, so for us to look at those schools and think about what our school is doing so we can play is huge.” Tucker has thrived academically at Saint Joseph’s as well, consistently landing on the Northeast Conference
Honor Roll. “For academics, I was used to going to study hall every night and doing work and sitting down and doing it whereas a lot of my classmates were not,” he said. “Time management was the biggest thing that I was more prepared for than other people because I was so used to being so busy.” Last year, he received the 2019 Dorie Leahy Award, presented to the SJU student-athlete who "possesses a real love of learning, is faith-filled, dedicated and loyal to their team/school. This studentathlete has the courage to fight the good fight." Tucker also serves on the SJU Student-Athlete Advisory Board working directly with Athletic Director Jill Bodensteiner. Tucker said one of the most important lessons he learned at Saint James was how to treat people, especially those who are different from you or who may not agree with you.
“The opportunity to meet people from all over the country or world who have different views than you or have different ways of communicating, everyone is so different, and having those experiences at Saint James has been huge in learning how to handle certain situations,” he said. “A lot of kids I know grew up in a town with people very similar to them and didn’t have that same experience.” Tucker will graduate this spring with a degree in Interdisciplinary Health Services (IHS) with a biology minor. He plans to take this summer off to travel before finding a job in the medical device field.
Grace Bowers '19 & Andre Myers '19 Grace Bowers Andre Myers is D-I is a sophomore a sophomore SPOTLIGHT midfielder on lacrosse player the Colgate at Hampton women's lacrosse University. team. After most He played in of her freshman six games as year was cancelled, she has four a freshman, scoring four goals goals in six games for the Raiders before the season was cut short. this year. At Saint James, she Unfortunately, Hampton made scored 220 goals with 66 assists the decision to cancel the 2021 and led the Saints to the 2016 and season due to the pandemic. In his 2017 IPSL championships. She final year at SJS, he was First Team was First Team All-County in each All-MAC and All-County, leading of her seasons with the Saints. the Saints offense with 62 goals.
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Morgan Moseley East Carolina University Morgan Moseley ’20 grew up in a family of athletes, so it is probably not surprising that she is a collegiate athlete, playing basketball at East Carolina University. From Centreville, VA, Morgan is the daughter of Kimberly and Anthony Moseley and she has four siblings. Her mother was an All-ACC track runner at Virginia while her sister Mia is currently playing lacrosse at Delaware State. Her brother, Michael Moore, lettered in football at Virginia and is now playing for the Edmonton Eskimos in the CFL. “My older brother played basketball when he was younger, and I always looked up to him,” Morgan said. “He’s one of the reasons I started playing basketball in the first place, when I was around four years old.” In grade school, Morgan played both travel lacrosse and club basketball, until she decided to focus her efforts on basketball. She eventually played on the Powermove AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) team. When Morgan was in sixth grade, she took an overnight school trip to Saint James. The group stayed in the wrestling room and made Saint James their base while visiting Antietam and Gettysburg battlefields. When it came time to choose a high school, Morgan said her advisor talked to her parents about Saint James and encouraged them to apply. 36
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| classmates | “When I came to visit, I was already familiar with the campus, and I really liked the family culture and everything. It made the decision easy,” Morgan said. The girls’ basketball team went 81-24 over the last four years, with Morgan being named the Washington County Co-Player of the Year, along with teammate Skylar Treadwell ’20. Morgan and Skylar also both surpassed 1,000-career points, two of the three females in SJS history to reach that milestone (along with Heather Lowery ’08). Last year, the Saints won their second consecutive National Championship at the Washington D.C., Title IX Christmas Tournament and their third straight IPSL Championship. In addition to dominating on the basketball court, Morgan lettered in soccer, volleyball, and lacrosse during her time at Saint James. She was named Second Team All-County in lacrosse her fourth form year, her final year playing lacrosse. Morgan was a force at middle blocker on the Saints volleyball team, helping them win the 2018 IPSL championship. “It’s especially good for high schoolers to play multiple sports because a lot of college coaches will say you can burn out if you just play basketball every day, all-year long,” Morgan said. “Joining multiple sports teams also helped me make different types of friends.” When it came time to think about college, Morgan said her mom had learned from her brother’s recruiting experience to start early and be proactive in getting in touch with coaches. “I would send my highlights and my grades and let them know who I am,” she said. “You have to get your name out there early and often.” Morgan said she ended up with 13 offers, including five that she
considered seriously. Morgan’s first offer came from Hartford. When the coach, Kim McNeill, moved to East Carolina she offered Morgan a scholarship with the Pirates. “When I went to visit ECU, I already had a relationship with the coaches. I liked the campus, it was beautiful, and I Morgan takes a shot in a game against Duke. loved the warmth of the south. So, everything during her freshman year. just came into place,” she “Time management is the biggest said. thing, especially as an athlete. When Morgan said she didn’t get to have we were actually going to class, I had a typical first-year college experience conditioning at 8:00, class at 9:00, due to the pandemic, but still feels then I had to run across Greenville she had a good year. to get to the labs, and go straight “It was a learning season for from class to practice. So knowing me. Even though I wasn’t getting a how to manage my time and get my lot of playing time, I was learning homework done was huge,” she said. the game, watching a lot of film, Morgan also said the relationships practicing, keeping up with she made at ECU this year reminded everything,” she said. her of Saint James. Morgan, who is majoring in “Our team is big on family and exercise physiology, was able to that kind of carries over from Saint earn 35 credits through AP exams James because it’s definitely like a big she took at Saint James, and feels family at Saint James as well,” she academically she had an advantage said.
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Skylar Treadwell '20 Skylar Treadwell played in 10 games in her first year with the Seton Hall Pirates, making her collegiate debut on December 8 with two rebounds against Saint Peter's. As a sixth former at Saint James, she averaged 18.2 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.6 steals and 2.2 blocks per game. She was named Washington County Co-Player of the Year along with Morgan Moseley. She finished her career as Saint James alltime leading scorer with 1,618 points.
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Morgan McMahon became the first female Saint to earn a McDonald's All-American Nomination.
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Morgan McMahon Colgate University In February, Morgan McMahon ’21 became the first Saint James female basketball player to be named a McDonald’s All-American nominee. Morgan, who will take her talents to Colgate University next year, was one of 700 boys’ and girls’ players nationally who earned the prestigious nomination, and one of 82 girls representing the East region. Because of the pandemic, McDonald’s changed the criteria for nominations. Players were “being recognized for the consistent hustle, grind and passion each have brought to the game of basketball over the course of their high school careers,” according to their press release. Hustle, grind, and passion happen to be three words that perfectly describe Morgan's play on the court. Morgan did not get to play games her senior season, but she had a major impact in her three years in a Saints uniform, averaging 12.1 points and 2.8 steals per game in that span. In her fourth and fifth form seasons, she accounted for 182 assists, including 6.0 per game last season when she was leading the Saints offense night in and night out as the point guard. She was also named All-County in each of her three seasons. A Hagerstown native, Morgan said she started seriously playing basketball in middle school. She played on her public school team and also started playing on a club team in Martinsburg, WV. By eighth grade, she had started to outgrow the local talent and wanted to push herself more, so she joined a club team in Bethesda, MD, more than an hour’s drive south of Hagerstown. “My parents agreed to take me down to Bethesda three nights a week,” Morgan said. “The drive was almost three-hours round trip. I don’t think I would be where I am without that commitment from my parents.” Continued on pg. 40
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When it came time to consider high schools, Saint James checked off a lot of boxes for Morgan and her parents, Todd and Carrie. Her younger sister, Grace ’24, also attends Saint James. “We really wanted a good academic school and a religious school as well, and it just happened that Saint James had a growing girls’ program and Coach [Nate] Naylor had big aspirations for the program, and that’s something that really appealed to me,” Morgan said. “The whole athletics department is really special and didn’t compare to the other schools that I was considering.” In addition to playing for the Saints, Morgan continued to play club basketball, joining the Germantown Lady Panthers who are members of the Girls Under Armour Association. Morgan and her parents made the 45-minute trip to Germantown, MD, three days a week, a commitment that was difficult at times to juggle as a Saint James student. “I would have to eat and do my homework on the road and not get back until 11:00 at night. It was a lot sometimes, but it was definitely worth it,” she said. Morgan received her first college recruitment letter in the fall of her eighth-grade year, before she even arrived at Saint James. She explained that many colleges and universities will host their own camps in the summer, which presents the best opportunity to get on the radar of those programs. Morgan said she attended Colgate’s camp the summer after her third form year and caught the attention of Colgate’s coach Bill Cleary. “The coach saw me, and we had never had a phone call, he had never sent me a letter, and he said ‘we’re
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going to offer you a scholarship, we assistant athletics director and coach really want you to play here.’ So that of the boys’ basketball team, invited was the first offer I got,” Morgan Morgan and a few other interested said. girls to practice with the boys’ team. Morgan describes the recruiting “It was a lot of fun practicing with process as “insane” as she continued them, and it definitely helped me to to consider schools, including get stronger and faster and improve Davidson, William and Mary, all of my skills,” she said. “They’re Villanova, and Fordham. She such great guys and very competitive decided to make a decision early and we pushed each other in in her fifth form year so she could practice.” “relax and get the process done Aside from being a member of the with.” She hit a snag when she had basketball and cross country teams, a quad injury during cross country Morgan is also an usher in chapel season that prevented her from going and a prefect in Holloway. During to camps or filming scrimmages, but her time at Saint James, she has during that time she really figured learned the importance of “always out who had prioritized her on their having people in your corner.” recruiting lists. “Something that I have always “I talked with my parents, teachers cherished here is my relationships that I have a close relationship with with dorm parents and teacher/ at the school, and my basketball coaches and people who are in coaches, and they all said ‘go where my life constantly and giving me you’re wanted. Go where you know advice,” she said. “I find myself you’re going to play and make an leaning on them more than my impact,'” Morgan said. “Colgate friends sometimes. In addition to really stuck with me throughout the rigorous academic standards the process. Even when I was that Saint James upholds, that has entertaining these other schools, certainly played a role in me being they didn’t waver.” prepared to go to New York.” She made a verbal commitment to Colgate in her fifth-form year and signed her letter of intent in November. Morgan plans to study law and hopes to go into politics. Due to the pandemic and not having all of our students on campus, there was no girls’ basketball team this year. Morgan signs her Naitonal Letter of Intent to play at Colgate with Kevin Breslin, her father, Todd, mother, Carrie, and sister, Grace '24.
Planning FORWARD In times of uncertainty Ideas for Giving and Making an Impact in 2021 Saint James School continues its mission educating the next generation of leaders. Our students are thriving, rising to the challenge of the current moment, and reminding us all how bright the future can be. Many of our friends are also looking for ways to have a positive impact on the world and the causes they care about. Congress extended some of the COVID relief tax changes to 2021. Our organization has created this brochure to offer resources to help you with your tax planning and to offer some ideas for you to consider if you are thinking about making a gift in support of our mission in 2021.
2021 Giving Incentives The CARES Act passed in 2020 included several charitable tax provisions to encourage giving. Congress has extended these provisions for 2021 including: • A deduction for charitable donors who do not itemize when filing their tax returns. If you do not itemize but make a cash gift to charity, you will be allowed to take a special tax deduction, up to $300 ($600 for joint filers), to reduce your tax liability. • An increase in the deduction limit up to 100% of a donor’s annual income for cash gifts (previously the deduction was capped at 60% of annual income). If you make a gift you will be able to deduct more this year.
Donor Advised Funds If you have a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) and wish to help us this year, you can make a gift from your DAF to support our work without affecting your personal financial security.
Charitable Gift Annuities If you are concerned about your financial security given the ups and downs of the stock market, you may want to consider making a gift to fund a charitable gift annuity. You might be surprised by the benefits. You can exchange your low-performing stock, CDs or cash for guaranteed, lifetime fixed payments. If you make a gift of an appreciated asset, you will not have to pay capital gains when you fund the annuity. You may also benefit from a tax deduction this year and a portion of your payments could be tax-free.
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Buzz Goodall has gotten his first vaccine and began downsizing his holdings while enjoying his winters in Florida and summers in Nantucket. Ned Noyes has retired from his real-estate company and he and his wife Rosa are contemplating taking advantage of the current real-estate boom and put their summer house on the Potomac on the market as they consolidate.
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Pete Clements has fully recovered from a heart attack nearly a year ago and has returned to his post at Home Depot. He attributes his speedy recovery to his rigorous work-out regime. Bob Kay has been successful in dealing with his cancer over the last several years. He is looking forward to some warm weather and golf in Providence Forge, VA. Mons King retired from his pump manufacturing company and stays busy volunteering at PGA golf tournaments as a ‘walking scorer’ who is assigned to follow each foursome around the course. This enables the TV networks to show the speed, arc, distance, etc. of each shot. He recently returned
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from the Sony Open in Hawaii and is looking forward to his annual trip to Atlanta for the Tour of Champions. Archie Michael has moved into a retirement community in Litiz, PA., although he still has his house in Ocean City, MD where he can be found entertaining his children and grandchildren. Don ‘Sparky’ Nichols reports he had all the COVID symptoms in early 2020 but came out unscathed and now has gotten his first shot. Not surprisingly, in retirement, he has gotten his HAM operator’s license and is talking to all his ‘Tec’ friends around the world at all hours of the day and night. Clinton Pitts spends his summers in Virginia maintaining his farm and continuing to do his small bit to improve the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay by aquafarming a million oysters a year. After the heat of a Virginia summer, he enjoys his ‘cool’ winters in Maine with Galen and blowing snow. George Reinhart and his wife Doris are both fully retired and enjoying traveling and some golf on the course which abuts their Seabrook, SC residence.
Luddy Sells has settled in on his ‘new’ farm (downsizing isn’t in his vocabulary) outside of Middleburg, VA. He and Brianne are still involved with their horses and enjoy having their daughter, sonin-law and two-year-old twins living on the farm. Sandy Shaw has turned over his equipment business to his son in Frederick, MD. Last year he watched his grandson play in a lacrosse tournament held on the SJS campus and reportedly was in awe of ‘the place’ he left 60+ years ago. As one would expect, he stays in contact with his Bel Air side kick Archie. Toby Young continues to pursue his love for bridge during these trying times by playing online. Unfortunately, age has forced him to step away from his competitive tennis. He made a generous gift to SJS in memory of his older brother Chip '59 and reported that he had continued his rigorous work ethic the last few years by cutting, splitting and then selling firewood to his neighbors.
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Rick Hoff and his family have relocated to Mount Pleasant, SC. He would love to connect with any alumni in the Charleston area.
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Caroline (Combs) Adams and her husband Jason welcomed a son, Gregory Lawrence, on June 2, 2020.
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Myers Rhoad is a psychotherapist (Licensed Social Worker) based out of Denver, CO. She started her own private practice called Empowerment Therapy, LLC, in February 2021. She offers therapy to older adolescents and adults, as well as families.
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Carrie Spicher recently launched an event planning business, Carrie Anne Events, in North Carolina. Grace McFillen '15 designed her website, carrieanneevents.com.
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Sophie Abeles is a 2021 Fulbright Scholarship Semi-Finalist. Sophie graduated from Boston University in May of 2020 with a BA in International Relations and Spanish with Magna Cum Laude distinction. She works as an admissions counselor for an education technology company called 2U.
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Former faculty members Evan and Leanne (Pasqual) Gilbertson welcomed a daughter, Attilia Jane, on July 2, 2020.
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In Memoriam Penny Allison, wife of Bill Allison '60, departed this life on December 19, 2020, after 44 years of marriage. Penny was the loving mother of four children, Bill, Aaron, Peter and Catherine; grandmother of 10; and greatgrandmother of two. She served the Philadelphia School district as an exemplary early childhood teacher and is memorialized by the Penny Allison Early Childhood Fund, a part of the Carbon County Community Foundation. To date it has already distributed nearly $5,000 to nine early childhood teachers in Carbon County, PA.
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Adam S. Mott passed away on March 14, at the age of 80. He was the father of David Mott ’82 and Jenny Mott ’81 and grandfather of Adam Hamrick '13. Mr. Mott is also survived by Josie, his wife of nearly 59 years.
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Hugh H. Schindel passed away on January 11, 2021 in Hagerstown, MD. Hugh is survived by his wife of 58 years, Rayetta; and their three sons, Hugh “Rusty” Schindel II '82 (Sherri), Kyle Schindel '84 (Kelly), and Matthew Schindel '89 (Maria). He also is survived by six grandchildren, Amy Anand (Gagan), Benjiman Schindel '10 (Samantha), Levi Schindel '16, Ellen Schindel, Anna Schindel and John Schindel; and two great-grandchildren. George A. Thompson '56 passed away on May 1, 2020. He served in the United States Army from 1960-1962. He was retired from Washington Steel Corp in Pennsylvania. He is survived by his wife Linda (Galloway) Thompson, his daughters Lisa Norman, Colleen Bonus, a son Adam Thompson, and 13 grandchildren.
Diana Baldwin Dunnan Father Dunnan's mother, Diana Baldwin Dunnan, died quietly at home after a long illness on the evening of Monday, February 22, 2021; she was 90 years old. Please pray for the repose of her soul, for Father Dunnan, and for her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, whom she loved, and who loved her very much. A gifted gardener and devoted mother and grandmother, Mrs. Dunnan was committed to philanthropy, serving as the Head Docent of the National Gallery of Art when she was a young mother in the 1960’s, volunteering in several capacities at St. Albans School, and supporting secondary and collegiate education, environmental causes, and hospitals financially, most notably York Hospital in York, Maine. Mrs. Dunnan was a generous supporter of Saint James over the last 29 years, and obviously a great support to her son. Anyone wishing to make a gift in her memory should make a gift to the school. These gifts will be applied to the Memorial Scholarship Fund. A memorial service for Mrs. Dunnan will be held at St. Peter's by the Sea, in Cape Neddick, Maine, at a date to be announced this summer.
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