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2012 Ian Horne (2) Ian, the goalkeeper on the Men’s Varsity Soccer Team at Colorado College, was named as an honor roll student in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. Ian is a sophomore economics major. He started eighteen soccer games as CC’s keeper and had eight clean sheets, finishing the season as the third-ranked keeper in the SCAC. When he’s not studying or playing soccer, Ian loves to ski, hike, and fish in the Colorado Mountains.
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Sean MurphT ’12
WPI sophomore Sean Murphy claimed one of the Liberty League Football weekly awards for his performance against Rochester last fall. He was named the Defensive Performer of the Week that week.
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2011 Carly Browning Carly visited Tabor in January with her a cappella group Premium Blend from Ithaca College. They performed for us and worked with our student singing groups during the day! Thanks, Carly, for sharing with us.
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Erin Kickham ’11
Caroline Tocci ’09
Ben Smith ’06
Erin, a junior on the Boston College Women’s ice hockey team, helped BC win the Beanpot Championship this year over Northeastern (3-0). For the past two years she has earned the Athletic Director’s Award for Academic Achievement honors. Well done, Erin!
I recently graduated from Colgate University where I majored in English and Creative Writing. I am teaching this year in an apprenticeship program at New Canaan Country School in CT and loving it!
Ben will be playing lacrosse in the 2014 World Championships in Denver this summer, representing Israel. He also was asked to coach the Israeli U-19 National Team, taking the team to Poland to compete in December. Ben is the first assistant coach at Harvard and continues to play lacrosse at the highest level. Very impressive as he also will be entering dental school soon!
Emily Pitman ’11
Emily interned with The North and South Watershed Association (NSRWA) Environmental Advocacy Group this summer. The NSRWA is a non-profit grassroots organization attempting to protect the water and other natural resources in Southeastern Massachusetts. Founded in 1970, the group manages environmental restoration projects and now has over 1,500 members. According to Pitman, the NSRWA’s projects are broad reaching and impact the environment, community and economy. One of Pitman’s main projects was restoring fish runs that follow rivers into the Atlantic Ocean.
2010 Josh Kanter (3) Tabor Lacrosse Alums come together every summer to participate in the Surf and Turf Lacrosse Gabriel Renaud ’12 I am now a sophomore at Bowdoin Tournament in South Boston. College in Maine. I am thinking of They come from across the country for this reunion and usually win, double majoring in Neuroscience as they did this year! From left to and French and would like to go right are Josh Kanter ’10, Cutty back to med school in Canada when my four years at Bowdoin are Dimond ’11, Jamie Prudden ’06, over. I am still playing hockey here Jeff Schwartz ’07, Ted Dimond with one of my Tabor teammates, ’06, Chris Hartzell ’06, Tucker Tim Coffey ’11. We had a big year Prudden ’03, Ben Smith ’06 and last year winning the NESCAC Garrett Curran ’04. Championship.
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2013 Quinn McKeown (1) Quinn and his college roommate, Max, who happened to attend Holderness School, dressed up as each other in celebration of Holderness Day, called Tabor Day at Holderness, in November. Quinn’s Vineyard Vines hat, however, was a dead give away as to who the real Seawolf was!
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Class of 2009: 5th Reunion! 2009 Jayson Megna After one season, plus a handful of AHL games this season, Megna is learning to get comfortable alongside Malkin and Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins in what otherwise would have been his junior season in college. Megna, 23, and a second-year pro, has had a great season with the Penguins!
2008 Will Schlitzer (4) I graduated in May 2012 from Colgate University with a BA in Geology. In September 2012, I was accepted into United States Air Force Officer Training School. While I waited to leave, I lived at home in Mattapoisett and worked at L.L. Bean and Lowe’s in Wareham. I began OTS on May 29, 2012. Following a wild summer vacation at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama, I graduated on August 6, 2012, and reported to Tyndall AFB, Panama City, FL, the next day. I am currently in training for my assigned job of Air Battle Manager and will be here until my training is complete in Summer 2014. The picture is of my family visiting for OTS graduation. Included is my brother, Sam ’10, and my sister, Emma ’08. 2006 Lizi Barba I graduated from UCSC in 2010 and still live in Santa Cruz, CA. I’ve been working in the organic industry at CCOF as a writer and editor since completing my internship in 2008. In my free time, I go to the beach and run a home-based canning company, Lizi’s Cans (www.etsy.com/shop/liziscans). Laura Grimes ’06 (5)
I graduated from law school in May 2013, took the bar exam in July 2013, and got my results in late October. I passed! I just got sworn in as an attorney at the Supreme Judicial Court of MA. I will be starting my career in the South Coast area. Sarah Madison Pennington ’06 (6) My husband, Tony, and
I welcomed our son, Grayson Pennington, on May 29, 2013, just one day after our two-year wedding anniversary!
10th reunion cluster: 2003, 2004, 2005 2005 Stacey Corwin Stacy announced her engagement to Kevin Elliot ’04. The proposal happened at Tabor! They are planning a July 2014 wedding. Christine Dunkley Dailey ’05 (7) I married Kyle Dailey
October 5th. We met at Fairfield University where we both graduated in 2009. I wanted to share this picture from our wedding in Bermuda. We had a bunch of Tabor alums in attendance. Pitured from left to right are: Vanessa Phifer ’05, Kevin Elliot ’04, Stacey Corwin ’05, me, Kyle, Alexandra Utter ’05 and Sara DiPesa ’04. Kyle and I live in Boston. I am looking forward to Tabor events in the future, but unfortunately, I cannot make it to our reunion in June. Mary Frances Griffith ’05
I am graduating in December from Peabody College of Education with a master’s in Elementary Education. While I have really enjoyed the music, food, and lifestyle Nashville has to offer, my plan is to return to Colorado to begin my career as a math teacher. Lindsey Weiss ’05 (8)
My boyfriend and I welcomed a beautiful and healthy baby girl on my (and now her!) birthday, November 30—Karli Elizabeth Charlton.
2004 Sarah Bender Merrick (9) Chris Merrick and I, (both class of 2004), were married on June 15, 2013 in Woodstock, VT. It was a beautiful day attended by many fellow Tabor alums! Pictured from left to right are: Travis Dempsey ‘04, Matthew Merrick ’03, Doug Gascon ’99, Jahn Pothier ’83, Laura Bender McGuinness ’00, myself, Chris, William Bender ’98, Will Washburn ’04 and Khaliq Gant ’04. Chris and I currently live in Philadelphia, PA. I am a chef and Chris is a software engineer. We have a dog, Roxy, who we adore! 2002 Pete Smedberg I was surfing the Tabor website out of nostalgia and noticed my old chemistry teacher, Mr. Conley, is still teaching there. I never thought I would say this fifteen years ago, but I miss Tabor. I had some of my most memorable years there. Thank you for what you do, Mr. Conley. I hope everything is going well with all the folks that are still around from back in my day. I am in the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Bagram, Afghanistan. 2000 Courtney Cote Cottrell
I am still living in Elizabeth, NC, with my husband, Ryan. Ryan has just advanced to Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. Our second son, Colton, was born last January. I am still working as the Event Coordinator for Kids First, a non-profit child advocacy center. William Sabatini ’00
The Flagship Niagara League announced William Sabatini, former Chief Mate of the US Brig Niagara has been promoted to Captain. Sabatini is the fourth Captain on the Niagara. The Niagara is a sail-training vessel located in Erie, PA, offering summer training opportunities.
1999 Gerald Berberian (10) I am currently living in South Boston. I spend the majority of my time traveling professionally with my position of Global Sales Manager for the 3D printing company Stratasys.
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Derrick Frazier ’99
Having wrapped up a couple professional gigs on political campaigns—a presidential and a mayoral—I am back in the nonprofit sector supporting the renaissance of New Orleans’ public education system. About a year ago, I took a couple months to travel around the Middle East and was fortunate to get to spend a month in Egypt during the relatively calm period between the fall of Mubarak and the fall of Morsi. Tim Polley ’99 (11)
Tim brought his family and joined us from North Carolina for the Family Skate and Alumni Hockey game. Thanks for visiting, Tim!
We welcome these children of alumni into our community with joy.
1998 Peter Hams (12) Peter, Derek Kilduff ’02, and their girlfriends joined the Tabor community for the Family Skate that took place before the Alumni hockey game in February. 1997 Conan Leary Conan, faculty and Tabor’s Head Wrestling Coach, was voted by his peers as the New England Coach of the Year. His team placed 3rd at both the Class A Tournament and the New England Championship this year. His student John Anderson ’15 was awarded the Seabrooke Outstanding Wrestler Award, the first Tabor wrestler to accomplish this feat since Conan won it in 1997. Melissa Press De La Vega ’97 (13) My husband, Marcus, and
I welcomed Rebecca Gail on August 2, 2013. Big brother Ben is thrilled! It was so fun seeing everyone at the reunion in June!
Sarah Madison Pennington ’06 boy, Grayson, May 29, 2013 Lindsey Weiss ’05 girl, Karli Elizabeth, November 30, 2013 Justin Ohrenberger ’99 boy, Devlin Owen, February 3, 2013 Amy Clark Canty ’98 girl, Vivianne Bernadette, May 10, 2013 Melissa Press De La Vega ’97 girl, Rebecca Gail, August 2, 2013 Conan Leary ’97 boy, Brogan Hollis, March 1, 2013 Molly Brzek Hollister ’96 girl, Emily Elizabeth, April 13, 2012 Kimberly Baker Leadley ’91 girl, Emerson Cowles, August 13, 2013 Heather Feeley Weddle ’87 boy, Benjamin Thomas, April 13, 2013 Kevin St. Germaine ’85 girl, Celine LeBaron, August 14, 2012
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