Left to right 2014 graduates Robert Douglas, Sam Feldman, Jono Nelson, and Ben Cooper complete Tough Mudder at Mount Snow
2013 CLASS AGENTS Georgina Blakeley Andrés Fernández Vílchez Jay Fields Jamie Johnson Paul Metscher Jay O’Brien Emilio Rocha Mike Simmons Jordan Stanley Anna Strzempko Chris McCormick Noel Nakamura Wynn Mason ERIN FERRARO Coming back to Suffield was great! I was so happy to see some of my favorite classmates and faculty again. I can’t wait to be at SA this summer for Summer Academy and enjoy a few more weeks at my “second home.” MARIAM IBRAHIM Wrapped up a great freshman year by declaring my mechanical and aerospace engineering major and joining Orange Key, Princeton’s tour guide group. Raced back to Suffield to see many friends in the Class of 2014 graduate and see a number of missed faces. Spending this summer in Bordeaux and Lyon, thanks to Suffield’s Waskiewicz Award, and visiting Spain. Hope everyone is doing well! ANGELINA MASSOIA Going to a school as close to Suffield as Wesleyan is, I was happy I could keep in touch this year. Although this softball season was not all I hoped it would be due to a broken hand, I was at least able to start the last part of the season at shortstop and still had a good time with it. It was great to see
a lot of the Class of 2013 at graduation and I’m looking forward to a summer of working and friends. NOEL NAKAMURA I can’t believe my freshman year at Franklin and Marshall is already over! It has been a crazy year, but a fun and exciting one nonetheless. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss Suffield. It seems like just yesterday I was sitting outside the Union hanging out with all my friends, while soaking in the sun and getting ready for our final weeks at Suffield. It’s crazy to think that it has already been a year! It was great seeing everyone at Commencement, and a huge congratulations to the Class of 2014 on graduating! ANNA STRZEMPKO It was wonderful to be back at Suffield for graduation and see some loved ones make that accomplishment. While I miss Suffield, Wesleyan has been ideal in teaching me how to be better at what I love to do. I learned how to write and speak at Suffield, and I am beginning to take those talents seriously now at Wesleyan! RYAN TETTEMER I can’t believe my freshman year is over. I had a great year studying business and playing for the Brandeis baseball team. Since I’m so close to Boston, I was able to experience the Red Sox winning the World Series firsthand with my fellow teammates. This summer I’m working at Westfield Bank and playing Tri-County baseball. Since I’ve been home, I’ve spent time with many of my Suffield friends, including Jack Patterson, Natalie DeLiso, Ben Stein, and Paul Metscher.
Sam Clark ’11 at Texas Tough Mudder
2014 CLASS AGENTS Kevin Cournoyer Julie Doten Sam Feldman Charlotte Hinrichs Shivang Jhunjhnuwala Griffin Manos Briana Matthews Brice McAllister Zach McCormick Jono Nelson Alexis Sarris Denny Smythe Izzy Thompson KEVIN BARRY Attending Endicott College, where I will be majoring in business and playing both football and lacrosse. ROBERT DOUGLAS Toughest 10 miles of my life during the Tough Mudder I participated in with Jono Nelson, Sam Feldman, and Ben Cooper in June! The only time we weren’t climbing up or down 45+ degree gradients, we were completing physical puzzles, like pushing each other over wooden walls 10 feet high or diving into icy water that would immediately send our bodies into shock. Each of the 15 obstacles posed unique challenges that tested us as individuals and as a team. The four of us even stayed back for a short while on some to help others. While I can’t say it was the team’s best idea to go shirtless (by the end of the first obstacle I had shed my first round of blood), I’ll be wearing my ‘mudder’ ID numbers all summer after the scorching sunburn we all received, and I couldn’t be happier. Right after we finished, the majority of us signed up for next year’s race.
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