Class Notes

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By Graduation Year:

2010

• Talon Stark made the Varsity Tennis Team this year at Cathedral Catholic High School. Way to go, Talon!
• Kathleen Johansen and Colin Dillingham, both class of 2010, all received First Honors for their GPAs of 4.0 and above at Cathedral Catholic High School. We are very proud of them!
• Ryan Hsu earned spots on both the Honor Roll and the Novice Volleyball Team at St. Augustine. The Novice Team season ended with the best record in the league and placed 3rd in the regional tournament. The team was comprised of only Freshmen.....truly novices!
  

2009

• Abigail Balmert received the Literary Writing Achievement award for outstanding achievement in writing at Cathedral Catholic High School for 2009-2010.
  
• Nicholas Nadhir received First Honors (3.60 to 3.99) at St. Augustine High School.
  
• Brian O'Regan was placed on the Principal's List for earning a GPA of 4.0 or better at the School of Digital Media & Design at Kearney High Education Complex.
  
• Michael Wayne was elected ASB Vice President of the Junior Class at Cathedral Catholic High School.
• Abby Balmert, Rahel Hintza and Jessica Sanborn all received First Honors (4.0 GPA) at Cathedral Catholic High School for the First Semester.  Chase Hauser, Eileen Kitrick and Armando Vildosola were awarded Second Honors (3.6 GPA and above) at Cathedral Catholic.
  
• Julia Slupska was the recipient of the prestigious merit-based Diman Scholarship at Portsmouth Abbey School in Rhode Island. She will receive a full four-year scholarship equaling the annual tuition, and room and board. Julia scored in the 99th percentile nationally on the SSAT and is the second SMA graduate to receive this award. Lucas Zipp, class of 2003, was also a Diman Scholarship recipient. Click here to learn more.
  

2008

• Camille Johansen and Ian Dillingham, both class of 2008,  all received First Honors for their GPAs of 4.0 and above at Cathedral Catholic High School. We are very proud of them!
  
• Conrad McGarry, now attending St. Augustine, and has recently achieved Summa Cum Laude for outstanding performance on the National Latin Examination. Nice job!
  
• Camille Johansen has received the Cathedral Catholic 2009-2010 Literary Writing Achievement Award for outstanding achievement in writing.
  
• Patrick Bones, Conrad McGarry and Dominic Vetuschi all earned a GPA of 4.0 or better and were placed on the Principal's List Honor Roll at St. Augustine High School for the Third Quarter.
• Sinead Horgan received an OLP Scholar Athlete award for Cross Country and Track & Field.
• Paula Larkin received an OLP Scholar Athlete award for Track and Field
  
• Samantha Carman and Sinead Horgan earned a 4.0 or better at Our Lady of Peace Academy. Both girls are on the Principal's Honor Roll.
  
• Ian Dillingham and Camille Johansen earned a 4.0 or better (First Honors) at Cathedral Catholic High School for the First Semester.

• Ashlee Guay will graduate from The Academy of Our Lady of Peace this year and has signed a letter of intent for a full scholarship to study and play basketball at Cal State University of Northridge.
• Lauren McGarry will graduate from The Academy of Our Lady of Peace this year, and will be attending Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. Lauren will major in Engineering and earned a four-year merit scholarship to the school. Congratulations, Lauren!
  
• Ashlee Guay received the Most Valuable Player award for OLP Varsity Basketball and OLP Scholar Athlete awards for Varsity Basketball and Track & Field.  Ashlee was also the recipient of the San Diego Union Tribune Achievement Certificate for Basketball and Track & Field.
  
• Lauren McGarry recieved First Honors (3.6-3.9) for Second Semester 2009-2010 at Our Lady of Peace and was a recipient of an Academic Letter (3.67 or higher for four consecutive semesters).
  
• Olivia Balmert received the Bausch and Lomb Science Award at Cathedral Catholic High School.  This is presented to an outstanding junior for achievement in Science.
  
• Alexis Jammo received the 2009-2010 Charles and Bessie Hannan Scholarship at Cathedral Catholic High School for exemplifying CCHS traits of character.
  
• Olivia Balmert, Nicholas Fornaca, and Sierra Hauser earned a 4.0 or better (First Honors) at Cathedral Catholic High School.
• Alexis Jammo and Jennie Jolliffe received Second Honors (3.6 GPA and above) at Cathedral Catholic High School.
  

• Lauren Ortiz received the "Spirit of the Dons" Award for her four-year commitment to volleyball.  Lauren was recognized for her leadership, excellent sportsmanship, positive use of God-given talents, and for being a role model for other athletes.
  
• Brandon Lopez and Lauren Weintraub, earned a 4.0 or better (First Honors) at Cathedral Catholic High School.  R.J. Shanks, Sara Sanborn and Kathleen Velasquez earned second honors.
  
• Brandon Lopez was recognized as a "Commended Merit Scholar" by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
  

2005

• Justin Guay, SMA class of 2005 and St. Augustine class of 2009, has just completed his second year at Salve Regina Catholic University. Justin received both merit and academic scholarships to Salve Regina, as well as a multi-cultural scholarship, giving him full tuition for four years. Wow!
  
• Bridget Bones earned a 4.0 or better at Our Lady of Peace Academy. Bridget is on the Principal's Honor Roll. 

• Nate Balmert was recognized as a National Merit Semifinalist at Cathedral Catholic High School. He also received First Honors.
  

• Alan d'Escragnole is currently attending the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.  He was selected for a 2010 summer internship at Google.
  
• Lucas Zipp graduated with the highest G.P.A. from Portsmouth Abbey High School. He graduated from U.C. Berkley with Honors and received a full scholarship to pursue his Ph.D. in Physics at Stanford University.
  
  

• Jenny Dunn Hoeger is currently working as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the Mat-Su Valley, Alaska.