alumni sports by dave myers On the soccer pitch, Mauricio Simms ’07 saw action in four games for 11-7 Davidson. Sander Beck ’08 is expected to be in Maryland’s starting rotation. Sander was coming off a great summer in the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League where he pitched a team high 40.3 innings for the Youse Orioles, while going 6-1 with 28 strikeouts and a 1.56 ERA. These stats earned the big right-hander co-hononrs as the league’s most outstanding pitcher. On the waves, Joe Morris ’08 contributions to Yale sailing continue to grow under full sail. Autumn highlights included a win at the Schell Trophy regatta at MIT in November and a third in the A Division at the Hood Trophy competition. The Bulldogs, ranked number one in the nation during the Fall, closed the season with a 4th at the Atlantic Coast Championships, with Joe and crewmate grabbing a second place finish in the B Division. On the gridiron, Jon Gren ’09, quickly made a mark as the number two receiver for the Bowdoin College. In seven games for the 3-5 Polar Bears, Jon caught 46 passes for 345 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 7.5 yards per catch with a longest of 41 yards. At MIT basketball, Ben Montgomery ’09 has averaged 18 minutes and 2.5 points for the 121 Engineers. Caroline Burns ’09 has already been a contributor in the pool for the James Madison University swim squad. The highlights of Caroline’s efforts during the first semester of her collegiate career were wins in the 100 and 200 backstroke events against Radford in November. Kate Dickerson ’09 has seen action in five basketball games for Emery University which is off to a 6-4 start.
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alumni athletes to watch
lacrosse Brown University Alex Jones ‘09 Cornell University Kristen Reese ’06 Dartmouth University Garrett Nicholson ‘06 Denison Matt Verklin ‘08 Nick Verklin ‘09 University of Denver Becca Steinberg ‘08 University of Delaware Nick Elsmo ‘07 Taylor Burns ‘08 University of Florida Lindsay Higham ‘09 George Washington Univ. Emmy Aras ‘09 Hamilton College Brad Kennedy ‘09 College of the Holy Cross David Henry ‘08 Johns Hopkins University Brett Bathras ’06 Erin Russell ’06 Monica D’Ambrogi ‘08 Lynchburg College Chase Loetz ‘07 University of Maryland Brian Phipps ’06 UMBC Adam Cohen ‘09 The Ohio State Univ. Stewart D’Ambrogi ‘09 University of Oregon Kristina Barrett ‘08 US Air Force Academy Woodruff Johnson ‘07 US Merchant Marine Academy Sean Sheehy ‘09 USNA Maggie Morton ’06
Penn State Universitry Kevin Etter ’06 Kelsey Hughes ‘09 Suzanne Isidor ‘91, women’s head lax coach Randolph-Macon College Van Eney ‘09 Roanoke College Brooks Laufman ’06 Sunni Ray ’06 St. Mary’s College Dennis Rosson ‘07 John Collinson ’07 University of North Carolina Mark Staines ‘08 Stevie Kirkup ‘09 Stanford University Elizabeth Adam ‘09 Yale Caroline Crow ‘08 Vanderbilt Anastasia Adam ’06 Allie Frank ’06 Alex Priddy ‘08 University of Vermont Alex Plavner ‘08 Villanova University Shannon Lane ‘09 University of Virginia Lauren Benner ’06 Josie Owen ‘08 basketball Emory University Katie Dickerson ‘09 Franklin & Marshall Faith Meisenburg ’06 MIT Ben Montgomery ‘09 Randolph-Macon College Taylor Weiczorek ‘08 Washington & Lee Univ. Will Smith ‘08 baseball University of Maryland Sander Beck ‘08
cross country Colgate Emily Oliver ’06 field hockey The Ohio State Univ. Keri Houser ‘06 St. Mary’s College Ryan O’Malley ‘07 football Bowdoin College Jon Gren ‘09 Noah Pyles ‘09 Hamilton College Brad Kennedy ’09 Salisbury State Univ. Zach Holbrook ‘07 University of Virginia Brendan Lane ’06 golf Tulane University Sage Roth ‘08 gymnastics Auburn University Toi Garcia ‘09 sailing College of Charleston Alex Bertrand ‘08 Katie Weaver ‘06 Connecticut College Brendan Heussler ‘08 Georgetown Evan Aras ‘07 Roger Williams College Dave Schellie ‘09 St. Mary’s College of Maryland Sara Morgan Watters ’06 Yale Joe Morris ‘08 soccer Davidson College Maricio Simms ‘07 Lynchburg College Christina Tran ‘08 swimming James Madison University Caroline Burns ‘09
From the Class of ’09 (L to R) Brad Kennedy, John Gren and Noah Pyles