Tony Foltz '03, who was the victim of a terrible hit and run accident last April, overcame his critical injuries to finish the Broad Street Run and graduate from Temple University Law School. He completed the run with his brother Charlie '11 and received the Crossen Award from Temple for overcoming adversity. [Pic] Matthew Mealey '03 is the owner of Kiwi Yogurt, a business he started a year and a half ago. Presently there are stores in Cherry Hill, University City, West Chester and Collegeville with two more opening by the summer. SPC. J. Travis Logan '03, a research associate with Diversified Search Odgers, Berndtson in Philadelphia, left for Fort Knox, KY earlier this year to begin Officer Training as part of the U. S. Army National Guard. In June, he entered Officers Candidate School. Austin Connors '04 graduated with a degree in Classical Studies from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL and is back in the Philadelphia area. He is employed at the Media Theatre as their Director of Development. Patrick Daley '04 is the Development Manager for Junior Achievement of Delaware. He covers Salem County, NJ, the three Delaware counties, and Cecil County, MD. His goal is to create meaningful relationships with donors who volunteer and provide funding for JA student programming focused on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship. JA empowers today's youth to own their future economic success via K-12 student programs which bridge the gap between school and the real world. Carl Engel '04 is a first-year law student at Temple University. Matthew Rafferty '05 is a research analyst in prospect development for Georgetown University's Advancement Office. He plans to attend GU in the fall to pursue a master’s degree in English Literature. William Smith '05 is a second-year student at Jefferson Medical College. Louis Vogel '05, who is pursuing a law degree from Villanova University, is the Mid-Atlantic Chairman for The United PAC of America.
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Theodore Gribb '06 graduated cum laude from Fordham University. He is presently employed by Pharma Tech in northern NJ as an organic chemist synthesizing prostaglandins and living in New Jersey. He co-authored a paper on the use of metal oxide nanoparticles in nanoreactions which was published in 2009. Brad Kelly '06 recently graduated from Catholic University in Washington, DC and is employed in the Psychology Department at Georgetown University. Jeff Battipaglia '07, an offensive lineman at the Naval Academy, played in his final Army-Navy game which was the ninth straight win for the Midshipmen. John Braithwaite '07 recently won the Student Leadership Award at Fordham University. Matthew DiGiesi '07, a senior at Catholic University of American, has made the Dean's list for the third semester in a row. Matt is a Political Science/Pre-Law Major with a minor in Philosophy. Matthew Dolan '07, a senior at Dickinson College, was a first-team, all-conference selection for the 2011 All-Centennial Conference men's basketball team. Matthew Griffin '07, a junior at Boston University, made his NCAA tournament debut. Ryan Haber '07, a fifth-year senior at Stony Brook University who was captain of the 2006 Prep football team, has been named a captain of the Stony Brook team. 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. Ryan Gregory '08, a junior at the University of Scranton, was President of the Rugby Team for 2011. Other Preppers who were officers this year are Rory Lynch '09, Vice-President, Mike Farren '08, Treasurer and Fr. Rick Malloy, S.J. '73 was the Team Chaplain. Ernest Menold '08 and his teammates on Loyola University of Maryland's Ice Hockey Team participated in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 3 National Championships. Samuel Settle '08, Chairman of the Penn State Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), attended the 19th Biennial YAF National Convention in Orange County, CA last fall to celebrate the 50th Anniversary
of YAF. At the convention, Samuel accepted YAF's Chapter of the Year award on behalf of Penn State YAF. Samuel, who was appointed to YAF's Board of Directors last winter, was elected to serve a full two year term at the convention. He was subsequently elected by his fellow board members to serve as Secretary for the Board. 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. Christopher Smith '08, a junior at Ursinus College, won the 2011 Centennial Conference Championship in the 200 yd. butterfly, while setting a new Gettysburg College pool record in that event. At the Championships, he also set a new Ursinus College record in the 200 yd. free style. Brian Capps '09 and Matthew Bischoff '09 have developed “Quotebook,” an app for the iPhone and iPod touch that stores quotations for papers, projects, and speeches. It is a digital notebook for quotes that lets users store, sort, and share the quotations that matter to them. Brendan Glynn '09, a sophomore at Drexel University and a member of the men’s lacrosse team, received a Colonial Athletic Conference Academic Excellence award. This award is given to student-athletes who achieve a 3/2 term and/or cumulative GPA during their championship athletic season. William Hockeimer '09, a neuroscience major at the University of Michigan, was recently elected Editor-inChief of the University's Undergraduate Research Journal. He will be the first junior to hold the position. Jeffrey Lynch '09 earned 2011 Mike Durgala CC Tournament co-MVP accolades after leading Johns Hopkins to its fifth straight baseball conference championship. Michael-John McGinn '09, a sophomore English Major and Creative Writing and Coaching Minor at Ursinus College, wrote an essay “Google It,” which was selected for an oral presentation at the 7th Annual Undergraduate Conference on Literature and Creative Writing, "Literature and Creativity in a Digital Age." He presented the essay at Susquehanna University. Andrew Goebel '09, a sophomore at DeSales University, was cast in “She Stoops to Conquer,” a charming, romantic comedy first performed in 1773. The play, an Act 1 production, ran in the early Spring. Recently he was cast as one of the Knights of the Round Table in Lerner and Loewe's “Camelot.” Kyle Mullen '09 has emerged as an ace pitcher for the Saint Joseph's University baseball team. Anthony Ricco '09 is president of an organization at Penn State University called Global Water Brigades and is leading about 20 students to rural Honduras in the spring to build sustainable pipelines and wells, bringing clean potable drinking water to over 1,600 people. Brian Lojewski '10, a freshman at Loyola University in Maryland, was in the cast of "Our Country's Good" at Loyola's McManus Theatre earlier this year. Last fall he appeared in "The Pillow Man" at the Black Box Theatre also at Loyola.
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