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Ed Dudley ’80 was named the head football coach at Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in January 2023. He has been a Georgia head coach for 29 seasons, has led programs at Buford (1992-94), Walton (1995-2008), Ware County (2009-13) and most recently Winder-Barrow (2018-22).

In July, Aidan Beyer '21 graduated from Army Air Assault School, a ten-day course at West Point, earning his Air Assault badge. He will be a third-year cadet in the Army ROTC program at Auburn University.

St. Pius X Director of Enrollment and long-time Varsity Girls Soccer Coach, Sara Geiger Schmitt, who played four years of college soccer at Samford University, was recently inducted into the Class of 2023 Samford Athletics Hall of Fame with her 2005 teammates.

The team was the first women’s team from Samford to reach the NCAA tournament. Not only did they reach the tournament, but they advanced to the second round with their first round penalty shootout win over Vanderbilt. Geiger was one of the shooters to net her shot during the shootout and was named to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament team!

Brennan Hamilton married Mattie Smyth at the historic DeKalb County Courthouse in downtown Decatur on June 1, 2023. Brennan was accompanied by former Dean of Students, Maria Kepler, as his best person. Brennan is the St. Pius X World Languages

Department Chair and Mattie is a JV softball coach. They are appreciative of the Pius community for all of their generosity and kindness as they begin their new life together. (Photo taken by Grey Kenna ’19.)

Catherine DeWitt Rice ’00 is engaged to St. Pius X parent, Adam Roe, after meeting at the St. Pius X George B. Maloof Tennis Tournament two years ago. They look forward to combining their six boys into one family in the spring of 2024.

’14 married Williamson Gasaway on April 29, 2023, in Athens, GA, where they live. Other St. Pius X alums in attendance included her sister and bridesmaid Bennett Travers ’10, her brother Christopher Travers ’12, and Mary (Gray) Kemp ’14. In Athens, Carson works for Cafe 1040, an international Christian mission agency, and Williamson works at ProCoat Painting, a residential and commercial paint service.

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