Kevin Murray, Mike Sansoni, Bobby Muth, Ted McShane, Greg Mendez, Sean Ryan, Kevin Lake, Joe McElwee, Bob Protesto all from ‘04, Jim Kane ‘07, Brian Kane and Kyle McElwee ‘08, and the veterans Jim Kane ’73 and Joe McElwee ‘73. Michael Morell ’04 is working as an accountant for Surfline in Huntingdon Beach, CA Tommy Saporito ‘04 has been accepted to Second City’s Conservatory Company in Chicago. Austin Connors ‘04 is the Development Director for the Media Theatre. Stephen Harrington ’06 graduated from Catholic University with a degree in finance after playing as a fouryear starter and 2010 captain of the Lacrosse team. He is currently residing in Washington, D.C. area working for Seneca Resources as a Sales Associate. John Braithwaite ‘07 recently won the Student Leadership Award at Fordham University. Zachary Certa ’07 is a first year student at Jefferson Medical College after graduating from Georgetown University in May. Patrick Curtin ’07 graduated from Chestnut Hill College in May and was the recipient of The Golden Griffin Award, which is presented to the graduating senior who had the most school spirit for their four years. Patrick is currently employed as an Admissions Counselor at Rosemont College.
Hornell, NY. The ceremony was attended by fellow Prep graduates: CPT Michael A. Nguyen ‘97, Ens Greg Taylor ‘07, and Ens Alex Rulon ‘07. Thomas McGlynn ’07, a recent graduate from The College of the Holy Cross, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Germany during the 20112012 year. Tom’s appointment is in Saxony, Germany. ENS Alexander Rulon ‘07 graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy last spring and commissioned as a USCG Officer. He is assigned to his first cutter out of Norfolk, VA. ENS Gregory Taylor ‘07 graduated from Purdue University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Professional Flight Technology and a Master of Science degree in Aviation and Aerospace Management. He also received his commission as a naval officer in the United States Navy with the rank of Ensign. He is currently stationed at the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida as a Student Naval Aviator. James Zebley ‘07 was awarded the Staughton Prize for Excellence in Latin, Romeo Elton Prize for Excellence in Greek, and the John F. Latimer Prize in Classics by the Classics Department at George Washington University. These awards are awarded annually by the department to the student(s) who has demonstrated academic excellence in each of these areas. Andrew Hanna ‘08, a lacrosse player at Rollins College where he is a member of the honors program, was named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-District Second Team. An economics major, Hanna is the first player in program history to earn the prestigious honor. Robert Jones ‘08 interned this past summer with the scholarly publishing house Librairie Droz in Paris, France. Robert’s internship was facilitated by Princeton University’s Department of French and Italian with support from the University’s Council of the Humanities.
2LT Christopher Gannon ‘07 [above, second from left] was commissioned as a US Army Officer at Fordham University in May. Chris also graduated from Fordham and will serve with the 222nd Military Police Company in
who had previously served as Secretary of YAF’s Board of Directors, became Secretary of YAF’s newly formed Board of Governors. He was inducted into The Phi Beta Kappa Society this past spring. Settle accepted YAF’s Chapter of the Year award on behalf of Penn State YAF. He also served as a Republican Precinct Captain and a Member of the Centre County Republican Committee, and is actively involved with the area Tea Party. Mark Giubilato ’09 played fullback for the University of Pittsburgh and plays on the special teams kick off and punt squads. Jeffrey Lynch ‘09 earned 2011 Mike Durgala CC Tournament co-MVP accolades after leading Johns Hopkins in its fifth straight baseball conference championship. John Zielinski ’09 spent the summer in Shanghai, China working as an Engineering Intern doing research and development at Tianma Microelectronics. He is a junior at Penn State (University Park) majoring in Electrical Engineering.
2010s Joe Madsen ‘10 directed a play, “Peaches and Freon,” at Georgetown University. John Gregitis ‘10, John McShea ‘07 and Fran Smith ‘10 are members of the University of Scranton lacrosse team which won the Landmark Conference Championship (first time in 25 years) and earned a berth in the NCAA tournament. Robert McCabe ‘10, a freshman at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), was named to the NCAA Division 1, America East Conference Baseball All Rookie Team last spring.
Samuel Settle ‘08 was a Republican nominee for the State College Area School District Board of School Directors. Earlier in 2011, Samuel was appointed to the State College Human Relations Commission by the Borough Council. Following the merger of the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) with the Young America’s Foundation this past summer, Samuel,
Class of '03 (mostly) news: Patrick Travers '03, Sean Mitchell '03, Dan Stanek '03, Greg Connors '02, Andrew Rice '03, Dan Fitzpatrick '03 and Trevor Echelmeier '03 celebrating the wedding of classmate, Mike McDonald '03 [not shown].
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