alumni news Class Notes
1991 Sara Stansbury
1980 Leslie Ragland Gattuso
1993 Lori Johanyak Morris
1988 1998 Chris Connolly
1999
Jack Koban
2000
Suzy Sawyer Mayhan
1989 Sherrie Overton Rojas
Jenna Adcock
Adam Heitzman
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alumni news Danny Koban
Bryant Kroll
new son, Daniel
2003 Alex Habashy
Jennifer Oros Meredith Kroll
2004 Brandon Goode Jennifer Kersting Ohman Jamiee Johnson Justin Miller Kristin Haynes Meier is married
2002 Scott Coll Allison Rose Sarah Sudduth Spivey
Chad Connolly and wife
2005 Brittany Bacon Chance
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alumni news Joe Chando John Nichols
Chelsea Hilliard Romaine
Ben Prudhomme
Sara Schneider Packer Jessica Cozart Mauck Jason Smith John McNeel William Pulido Hillary Thompson
Bailey Ryan Billen married
2007 Lauren Tucci Boswell
Whiteny Carpenter Gass
Fraser Gaulden
2005 Nancy Hargest Rosenberg
Lauren Gordon Whitney Jackson
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alumni news Ann-Katherine Hailey Stukenborg
Amy Winkler
2008 Kailey Bir Michael Currence
Brandon Edwards Andrew Greenop
Casey Houston Katelyn Jeffrey
Chad Holmes
Virginia Kerr Katie Nichols
Magazine
Meagan Memphis Health and Fitness Myles McGuire
Zack Ring
Samantha Vitale
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alumni news Anna Cabe Mark Pulido
David Cervetti
Zach Ricketts
Sarah Hervey
Kathryn Jones
Rachel Treece Brewer
Kelly Latiolais
2009 Rebekah Baird
Ethan Livingston Emily Ballard
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alumni news Natalie Lloyd
Cayley Turrin
Jenna Wright Dareen McCloud
2010 Royce Alfred Beau Gordon Lauren O’Connor
Courtney Crudup attended
Ryan O’Connor Trey Pence
Rebekah Herrman
Natalie Hogan
Maria Pizano
Garrett Shouse
Brittany Taylor
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alumni news Megan Van Eaton
Austin (Boomer) Martin
Patrick McGinnis
Christina Vanelli
Emma Kate Morse has had the
Kayla Walker
Meagan Nichols
Zach Wheat
Megan Pulido
Claire Yates
Ariel Revere
2011 Daven Aldrich Chase Smith
Serina Branch
David Tolbert
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alumni news 2012
Jackson Butler
Chelsea Casaccia
Trey McGinnis
Maria Rodriguez
2013 West Covington Julie Eckel
2014 Alex Rittman
Taylor Seaman, who has maintained
Grace Summers
Andrew Wadovick
Matt McCurdy
Reunions Chandler Williams
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alumni news ALUMNI PHOTO ALBUM Homecoming 2014
Faculty Alums bringing the gifts at the Homecoming Mass
At the Pep Rally
Visiting Teachers
At Eagle Lane before the game
Class of 1989
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alumni news 2004 Reunion
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Jennifer Oros and Byron Brown were married on September 20, 2014 with several friends from the class of 2003 in attendance, (from left) Jessica Kronberg Govan (a bridesmaid), Shannon Crosby Lyons and Mary Claire Massey Ortiz.
Chelsea Hilliard Romaine and some of her SBA friends who attended her wedding and reception. (see Class Notes) Emily Vasco Sieger (’99) and husband Justin stopped by SBA in October. Emily had not previously been in the new high school and wanted to stop by to see it. She was very impressed.The Siegers make their home in the Chicago area.
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Many SBA alums are now members of the Kappa Delta Sorority at the University of Memphis.They got together for “Go Greek” week. First Row (from left) Marella Baccay (’14), Desi Chavez (’12), Marisa Loeffel (’14), Allsion Fetz (’12), Meredith
A bunch of Eagles’ alums got together in The Gove at Ole Miss when the Rebels hosted the UTK Vols this season.
Row, all from the class of 2014, (from left)Harley Hamlet , Brooke Deason , Katherine Zaleski, Kendyl Jennings, Bobbie Gillespie, Catherine Wylie and Taylor Etter.
Alums from the class of 2007 greet classmate Nick Maurizi as he arrives home for a visit after boot camp recently. He is currently in Marine Combat Training in North Carolina. (from left) Tyler Tansey, Houston Russell, Fraser Gaulden, Michael McCaffery, Nick Maurizi, Philip Valle, Katie Valle, Jordan Zarshenas and Nathan Miller.
Caitlin Doyle Motte (’03) and husband Jason hosted their third annual “Strike Out Cancer” gala and auction in November.They started the Jason Motte Foundation to provide support for cancer research when Jason joined the St. Louis Cardinals and Caitlin’s grandfather Lynn Doyle died of cancer. This year’s event was held at the Great Hall in Germantown. Jason recently signed with the Chicago Cubs.
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Zach Ricketts stopped by SBA on his way to his next assignment in Hawaii (see Class Notes). He was happy to catch up with other alums, now working with SBA in various capacities (from left) Philip Valle (’07), Zach (’08), Michael Allen (’08) and Paul Frierott (’10).
2006 alum Ben Prudhomme (top 2nd right) is Chairman of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis Young Professionals Council. In August he spearheaded a drive to provide clothing items and school supplies for school children in need.Through the inspiration of Coach Valle (top center), SBA students were
McCurdy kids after Matt ran for Centre College in the NCAA Div. III South/Southeast Regional Cross Country meet at Berry College. He placed #32 out of 201 runners and made the Regional team. (from left) Caitlin (’13), Matt (’11) and Jon, a current senior.
Auburndale alums Christy Burns Ford ‘88, Jennifer HarrisSomogyi ‘88 and Renae Adcock-McElwain ‘88 still having good times together at Pinot’s Palette on Sanderlin in Memphis recently. Christy is a local artist (CBFord) and was recently a featured artist exhibit at Memphis Botanic Garden.
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Bret Bilbrey (’01) met up with Bill Courtney (Auburndale ’86) at the Lipscomb and Pitts Breakfast Club in November. Bill, of “Undefeated” fame and author of “Against the Grain,” was the guest speaker. (Right) Bret and his girlfriend Laura Fenton, both who received their undergraduate and masters’ degrees from the University of Memphis, were chosen for a marketing and recruitment poster recently issued by the University
Three SBA alums (from left) Andrew Raffanti (’14), Joseph Hastings (’05) and Jeff Bogue (’07), entered the seminary this year for the Diocese of Memphis.
Kim Otts (’01) and Joey Falanga (’00) were married on September 21, 2014 with several SBA alums as members of the wedding party. Sadly, Kim passed away just two months and a day after the wedding (See About Our Faith-In Memorium).With the blessings of Kim’s family, we wanted to share their wedding photo with all the SBA family. Following Kim’s internment at Memphis Funeral Home on Germantown Pkwy, the same members of the wedding party (below) Melissa Falanga (’04), Lee Otts (’00), Pearson Allen (’00), Shannon Lynch Maki (’01), Bret Bilbrey (’01), Brenna Ragghianti (’01) and Joey gathered for a last sparkler and tennis shoe tribute to Kim.
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
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Kathleen Aldrich, SBA Class of 2008 Kathleen Aldrich entered the University of Tennessee with a general idea to study international affairs, but, as she says, “lacked a definite direction.” She says, “My parents challenged me to try a semester of Mandarin, and, to my very great surprise, I enjoyed it. I committed to a language and world business with a Mandarin concentration major, and studied abroad in Shanghai, China. A semester traveling to new places every other weekend and living in a city different from everything I had known with new experiences everyday was enough to convince me to return for an extended stay.”
Kathleen shares some of her travel photos –
Houhai Lake in Beijing.
to absorb the culture and immerse myself into the life of my temporary home. My goal for moving to Beijing was to build on my Chinese, travel, and to live like a local as much as a blonde woman from the south can in China. I practiced my Mandarin every chance that presented itself - like bargaining while shopping, traveling to Yunnan and other exciting cities and dining on delicious street food, to name a few.”
After her contract ended, Kathleen moved to Washington DC and accepted a job as a Staff Assistant for International Policy at the US Chamber of Commerce, her current position. She says, “My main responsibilities are organizing and running events, everything from meetings to Trade Symposiums, assisting other teams with Heads of State visits, such as hosting 12 African leaders during the African Leaders Summit in August, scheduling meetings for my team, and outreach. The most exciting part of my job is the events organized by the International Division. I have met Embassy staff, Hill staff and businessmen from all over the world, and listen to Heads of State – like Dr. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany. On other days, I have accompanied my colleagues to Capitol Hill to Near the bottom of Tiger Leaping Gorge outside of Yunnan, China discuss hot-button trade issues with Congressmen and Senator staff. It is a fast-paced environment and always busy, but never dull! I am lucky to have the job!” After graduating from UT, Kathleen interned with Senator Alexander for the summer in Washington DC. Kathleen ends with, “Looking back over the last few years, I know that none of this would have ever hapShe reports, “I quickly figured out this was a place where pened if I had not stepped out of my comfort zone. I would like to live eventually, but was not ready to settle Pushing the boundarthere yet. I still had a pretty bad travel bug, and still had ies gave me the best my sights set on returning to China for a year or longer. experiences of my So I began to look for a way to return to China, and life to date – from accepted a job as an English teacher for a year with EF studying abroad and Education First in Beijing. My center was a total English teaching, traveling to immersion environment, consisting of half foreign teachLijiang, Inner Mongolia ers and half Chinese teachers. It was easily the hardest and everywhere in thing I’ve ever done. At the peak of my schedule I had between, to sharing around 150 students between 3-18 years old at various insane daily experienclevels of fluency. Despite the difficulty and newness of it es with friends from all, it was rewarding to watch my students practice and across the globe.” gain confidence in their speaking skills. One of the best moments was the day my shyest student began to talk after months of silence. Outside of work, I did all I could Kathleen and Brian, one of her students in China
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Paige Scrivener, SBA Class of 2012 Paige Scrivener has been appointed as the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Confucius Institute’s new student ambassador. As an ambassador she serves as the liaison between the Confucius Institute and the UT and Knoxville communities. Paige is a junior in global studies with a concentration in global politics and economics and a double minor in Chinese and Asian studies. Having just participated in the US Department of State Critical Language Scholarship Program this summer, which allowed her to study Mandarin in Suzhou, China, she hopes to apply her personal experiences there in an ambassador position. With the support of Hanban in Beijing and a partnership with Southeast University in Nanjing, the Confucius Institute of UT was established to bridge the gap between Chinese and US cultures. By offering Chinese language and culture classes, planning events and activities and reaching out to
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both the UT and local communities, the Confucius Institute enhances the Chinese learning experience. Learn more about the Confucius Institute at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville at their website http:// confucius.utk.edu/.