SPRING 2015 WINteR 2015
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SPRING 2015 WINteR 2015
TH E Winter 2015 SPRING 2015 From the Principal Jim Meyer A changing of the guard Halfway through my first year as principal at St. Mary’s, a few thoughts come to me as to why I’m so proud to be part of this community and its rich legacy of educational excellence. I’ve been a member of the St. Mary’s community for some time now, and have seen it grow tremendously. Originally hailing from Chicago, I lived in Scotland, Japan, and New Zealand, before coming to St. Mary’s. I was hired to teach history and help with the Advancement Department by Barbara Callaway, whose daughter, Catherine Dauterman, incidentally, we recently welcomed to the English department. Over the years, I’ve been constantly inspired to work with such motivated individuals, people who truly believe in the school and love teaching. And to be honest, one need not search far for inspiration at St. Mary’s. Just look at the history of the school: this year St. Mary’s turns 150 years old, founded by young women, nuns, who took a complete leap of faith. They traveled 7,000 miles by stagecoach, train, and ship through some of the roughest terrain and most dangerous seas on earth, to start our school. Did they imagine their school would last so long and come so far? Was this the hope that got them through their treacherous journey? I can’t fathom the faith, conviction, courage, and sense of adventure held within them. That sense of progress, that reaching to push the boundaries of the known world, continues to fuel St. Mary’s even today. Over the past ten alone, St. Mary’s has become a veritable leader in global education, opening up seven partner schools in China. Our boarding program has become home to students from near and far, including from countries like China, Mexico, Thailand, Rwanda, Taiwan, and South Korea. People literally come from all over because they know that at St. Mary’s the students come first and the curriculum and adults, second. The faculty and staff are imminently attentive and conscientious that what they do is the best for the students. Though St. Mary’s challenges her students to be the best that they can be, throughout it all, the students are keenly aware that the faculty and staff truly care for them. My plan was to stay at St. Mary’s a couple of years, learn how to fly fish and enjoy the beauty of southern Oregon before moving back to the Midwest or going abroad to teach. Instead, I fell in love with the school, its students, and my colleagues. Twenty years later, I’m still here and still absolutely love being at St. Mary’s and living in our valley. Under Frank Phillip’s leadership, our school is thriving. Frankly, I can’t imagine raising my kids, or living, anywhere else. During my time here it’s become apparent to me that St. Mary’s is a very special school. Though I’ve only been here for a fraction of the School’s history, I am constantly inspired by both the impact of the past, as well as the promise of the future. T HE Messenger INSIDE: Celebrating our Sesquicentennial.......................................................... 3 Alumni Profile: Alexi Shean ‘12.............................................................. 4 Alumni Profile: Ellie Drosdick ‘06.......................................................... 6 Student Profile: Temple Holtzman ‘18.................................................. 8 A Gift From the Heart............................................................................ 10 Happenings Around Campus............................................................... 11 Athletics................................................................................................... 16 St. Mary’s: Did You Know?..................................................................... 18 Donor Gala and Annual Fund.............................................................. 20 Oldest Living St. Mary’s Alum............................................................... 22 Alumni Updates...................................................................................... 24 St. Mary’s School of Medford is located in the beautiful Rogue Valley in southern Oregon. St. Mary’s School is a co-ed, independent, Catholic, collegepreparatory school, teaching grades 6-12. For more information see www.smschool.us. Please send comments to [email protected] or call 541.773.7877. Cover photo by Austin Peña ‘16 816 Black Oak Drive Medford, OR 97504 541 773 7877 • • www.smschool.us Our Mission St. Mary’s School provides a community in which intellectual curiosity and academic excellence combine with Catholic and democratic values to inspire and prepare responsible local, national, and global citizens. Professional Excellence St. Mary’s teachers inspire students to achieve their potential in thought, word, and deed. Creative and compassionate, they provide a supportive community that values excellence, integrity, and diversity. Our teachers share a visible enthusiasm for professionalism, innovation, and scholarship. Portrait of a Graduate St. Mary’s School graduates students who can use critical thinking and knowledge to navigate with confidence in diverse settings and show compassion to others along the way. Our students appreciate the cultures and landscapes they encounter and lead life guided by a true moral compass. Board of Tr ustees Eve Benton Mirek Bobek Christina Boccato ‘03 Kylie Clement Dr. Charles Dibb Mark Eberle Jerry Eiler Krissa Fernandes Judy Gambee Peter Grant Eric Guyer ‘91 Jens Heyke Rick Hood, Chair Craig Johnson Scott King Frank Phillips Nicole Sacks Adrian Snyder Father Mike Walker Chuck Watson Frank Phillips, Head of School James Meyer, Upper School Head Chris Johnson, Middle School Head Rebecca Naumes Vega, Dir. of Admissions Bethany Brown, Dir. of Advancement 1850 1855-1856 Jacksonville is incorporated. Second Rogue Indian War. From the President Frank Phillips A new beginning is just getting started Our month of January takes its name, aptly, from Janus, the liminal, tutelary Roman god of doorways, gates and, metaphorically, of new beginnings. Janus had great perspective on things, particularly because he sported two faces, one looking inwardly, into the interior of the home or the walled city that he protected, and one looking outward, into the wide world beyond, to see what was coming. In temporal terms, Janus has one face directed back towards the past, and the other peering forward into the future. As I write this, on the eve of a new year, and in the year of St. Mary’s 150th anniversary, I find myself, Janus-like, looking inside St. Mary’s as a small school in a small town, and looking outwards at our growing internationalism and far-ranging, high achieving alumni. I find myself regarding our past while looking forward to a new epoch for St. Mary’s School. Our year began, as you can see from the beautiful photos, with the student bodies of Sacred Heart Catholic School and St. Mary’s School congregated in our gym, the first time the student bodies of both schools have been assembled since 1962 when the Black Oak Drive campus opened, to rejoice in our shared history, our unity, our accomplishments, our sense of purpose, and our commitment to Catholic education in a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Sample and several of our local priests. It was a great time to look back and reflect upon the fine work done by our St. Mary’s founders, trustees, clergy, nuns, teachers, coaches, staff, and students over a century and a half. This significant anniversary also provides a great impetus for us to look forward and gird ourselves for the work to ensure that,150 years hence, there exists an even better, stronger version of St. Mary’s School. It’s fun to envision a St. Mary’s School community, annō Domini 2165, celebrating 300 years of greatness -- and commemorating the work this generation and the coming ones will do and will have done to make that celebration possible. St. Mary’s is, indeed, entering a new phase in a rapidly changing world, but our core values endure. We will never lose our heritage of Western civilization, or in E.D. Hirsch’s phrase, our emphasis on “cultural literacy.” We will always have our students explore, in Matthew Arnold’s memorable words from his still-very-relevant 1869 essay Culture and Anarchy, “the best that has been thought and said.” In short, we will continue to produce kind, open-minded, well-educated people of great moral character who will do good in this world. That will never change. What will change, however, will be the addition of new subject areas, new techniques of instruction and assessment, and the diversity of our student body. These changes will come with a vigorous and clear-eyed response to the technology, the Internet, the dizzying advances in the sciences, and rampant globalization that call upon us to prepare our students for a world unlike that of their parents when they were in school, or unlike that even of students who went to St. Mary’s just a decade ago. To that end, let me introduce two ambitious initiatives we will be undertaking in the coming year: • A capital campaign to build a new student commons and science/STEM center; • St. Mary’s 2.0, a seven-term school year, with an eighth optional summer “flex term,” and a re-imagined, re-engineered curriculum with a much wider selection of engaging, relevant courses for our students. Readers of The Messenger will be hearing much more about these bold initiatives in coming editions. For now, I’m happy to report that the spirit of St. Mary’s has never been stronger. We have a great faculty, staff, and student body; we have a strong, strategically-focused board Continued on page 7 1865 Father Francois X Blanchet raises $2,139 (about $61k) for a school, and invites three nuns from the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary in Portland to. St. Mary’s opens its doors to 12 boarding students, and 33 day students. Celebrating our Sesquicentennial The student bodies of St. Mary’s School and Sacred Heart School celebrated a Sesquicentennial mass together in the St. Mary’s gym. It was the first time in the school’s history that they had come together for a mass. 1868 Smallpox ravages the Rogue Valley. St. Mary’s temporarily closes so the sisters can nurse the ill. For two months the sisters work night and day. One sister dies from fatigue two years later, and another bears scars of the disease for the rest of her life. Alumni Profile Alexi Shean ‘12 St. Mary’s: How it Truly Serves its Students. St. Mary’s School. We all know it as a great academic school that is also well rounded, winning multiple Oregonian Cups and State Championships. Just walking around campus you can see all of the plaques and trophies that show this. But what about the students, how does this school shape them? I am a member of the St. Mary’s class of 2012. After graduation I attended Lewis and Clark College (LC) in Portland, Oregon where I was the youngest person in the graduating class of 2015. I was able to graduate in just three years with a Bachelors degree in Chemistry while also being pre-med. While at LC I was a member of both the varsity volleyball and track and field teams. Unfortunately, I sustained a career ending shoulder injury my first year and was only able to play one year of volleyball. I have had a lot of people ask me how I was able to graduate in three years from a private liberal arts college while participating in varsity collegiate athletics. 1871 1885 St. Mary’s grants its first academic degree to Ida Beach. Medford is incorporated. Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH). My younger sister Hallie (’19) is a Miracle Kid and my initial inspiration to get involved with CMNH. When I learned of the community service requirement at St. Mary’s I knew this would be the perfect organization to work with to fulfill that requirement and then I ran with it. At the end of my four years I had completed over 500 hours of service, had organized my own fundraisers, had become a member of the CMNH Leadership Committee at our local CMNH, Rogue Regional Medical Center, and got to serve as a spokesperson for CMNH across the state during my senior year. Were it not for the community service requirement at St. Mary’s I may not have gotten as involved with CMNH as I was. I say this because CMNH has had such a profound impact on my life. Through the work with CMNH I have been inspired to become a pediatrician. The experiences I have had with CMNH have made me who I am today and are my driving force for my future career. Were it not for St. Mary’s pushing me to go out and serve the community I could be heading down an entirely different path in life and would not have the passion I have today for pediatric medicine. My response- TIME MANAGEMENT! I bring this up because high school is such an important time in an individual’s academic life because that is where a lot of habits for the future are created. Having a rigorous academic schedule in high school while participating in athletics and community service instilled in me time management skills that I have continued to use today. I am very grateful for the academically rigorous schedule I had at St. Mary’s. Being a science major in college is not easy and I was continually surprised and grateful during my academic endeavors at LC at just how strong my educational background was. This was especially evident to me with chemistry and math. I was able to skip the first semester of chemistry and be the top of my class in the second semester chemistry class. Then, with math, I went to the first day of Calculus II only to learn that I already knew everything we would be learning for the year and was able to go straight into Linear Algebra being the only first year student in my class! However, above all else, I am most grateful for my community service opportunities at St. Mary’s. St. Mary’s is unique because of this requirement. Each student must complete 100 hours of community service, 125 hours if you are a member of the National Honor Society. Then, during your senior year, you must write a paper and make a presentation about that service. This determines who gets the purple cords at graduation and who is awarded the Mary Francis of Assisi Community Service Award. While at St. Mary’s I completed my hours by working with Children’s St. Mary’s is an amazing academic school and will prepare its students well for college. But, most importantly, St. Mary’s is a school that invests in its students. It is a school that works hard to make them good PEOPLE and excellent CITIZENS. St. Mary’s, through its Catholic values at its core, has created an atmosphere of acceptance, academic rigor, and extracurricular success. However, as a product of St. Mary’s, what I feel St. Mary’s does the best is teach its student’s high moral values and how to be good people through the service of others. It is this factor that I feel makes St. Mary’s unique and is what has made me the person I am today. These core values that I was able to learn while attending St. Mary’s have been the key to my passion, my success, and my future career. This is something that many people do not realize and something I myself did not fully comprehend until recently. I hope every student at St. Mary’s is able to look past the requirement aspect of community service to see an opportunity to help others and grow as a person because, if they do, their life can be shaped for the better as mine has. *Just before we went to press, Alexi wrote to tell us that she has been accepted to Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences and Western University of Health Sciences and has chosen to attend Western University. She will be starting school in August, 2016. Opposite: Family photo from Alexi’s college graduation. Parents are Laura and Gerald Shean. Little sister Hallie (’19); This page:Alexi acting as the Asante CMNH representative at an Asante fundraiser golf tournaments; Athletics: volleyball and high jump at Lewis and Clark College 1889 St. Mary’s closes for repairs, as well as to reassess the “spiritual succor” in the area. Alumni Profile Ellie Drosdick ‘06 For the past three months, every day has been strikingly similar. I wake up, make myself a cup of tea, sit in front of my computer, and tell my story. In order to become a doctor, I will be forced to talk about myself. A lot. When I was 16, I got sick. Very sick. I had been in and out of doctors’ offices for months, complaining of a low immune system, fatigue, and my remarkable ability to contract every illness I encountered. Each doctor chalked it up to “depression,” and “adolescent ennui.” While I may have also had a touch of those things, they were missing something. On top of a general personal statement that is sent to all of the medical schools to which I am applying, each medical school admissions committee asks for 3-6 essays, tailored to their specific program. Every one of them wants to hear a perfectly crafted, buttoned-up tale about how I came to want to be a doctor, and how every event in my life has led me in one, steadfast direction. The truth is, however, my life has been a series of detours, the most significant of which started my Junior year at St. Mary’s. I was admitted to the hospital with a 104.4 degree fever in the middle of the night, and stayed for several days before my doctor sauntered in and announced, “Well, we think you are going to make it.” I had septic shock, which means that a lethal bacteria (in this case, campylobacter) had entered my bloodstream, and untreated, would have plummeted me into multisystem organ failure, and subsequent death. We still don’t know what landed me in the Intensive Care Unit in November of that year, but doctors agree that it is one of two things: Costa Rica (bad poultry? Eggs?), or uncooked cookie dough. But really, who knows? I left the hospital after a week-long stay, and my family and I were under the impression that everything would go back to normal. It didn’t. The struggles I’d had before my illness had escalated were still present, 1891 A nearly unanimous petition is signed by the entire population of Jacksonville, asking for the reopening of the school. St. Mary’s reopens its doors. only they’d became much worse. My fatigue was so bad that I could barely stay upright for more than an hour, which became clear after I tried to go back to AP Physics class the following Monday. My immune system, already weak from the infection, was further decimated by the broad spectrum antibiotics that had saved my life. I was alive, but every moment was a struggle. I was truly blessed to be at St. Mary’s during all of this. The support I was given by the staff and students continues to warm my heart, and without it, I wouldn’t be where I am today. I was granted a general pass that allowed me to enter and exit school at will, depending on my physical condition each day. I was given leniency when it came to assignments and exams. On the last day of school my senior year, when everyone was signing yearbooks, I was on my way to take my AP Calculus midterm, which I had yet to complete. Earlier that semester, I had tried to withdraw from Calculus, but Mr. St. Onge would not accept my resignation. He had generously written me a letter of recommendation for Loyola Marymount University, and he told me that if I quit Calculus, then I wasn’t the person he’d written about, and would rescind his letter. I hated him for it at the time, but I still think about his bold refusal to let me give up, and I am grateful. I graduated from St. Mary’s in 2006, and unfortunately, my health did not significantly improve until my Junior year of college. After going from doctor to doctor (I’ve met a lot of doctors), who told me they didn’t know why my health wasn’t improving, I turned to Eastern Medicine, and it saved me. While I had wanted to be a doctor since I turned four, I could not ignore how much Western Medicine had failed me. Upon graduating from Loyola Marymount in 2010, I started a graduate program in Chinese Medicine, which was mostly a study of acupuncture and herbs. It was a wonderful experience, and I was successful in my studies, but 2 years into the 4 year program, I realized it wasn’t going to be enough. I don’t just want to do Eastern or Western Medicine, I want to do both. I want to practice integrative medicine, and I want to help people who may not know about the benefits of alternative modalities, before it is their last resort. This Fall I will be starting a Master’s Program at Georgetown University, in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. It is a one-year Master’s program, and it emphasizes evidence-based integrative medicine, to teach future med students how to communicate with traditional Western doctors about how and why Eastern medicine works. I am beyond thrilled to be attending. When I was 16, the plan was to finish high school as soon as possible, finish college swiftly, and become a doctor as quickly as I could. While my experiences have been challenging, confronting, and overwhelming, I am grateful for the detours I’ve taken. I feel that these struggles have made me a more well-rounded individual, and will ultimately make me a better doctor. So I will keep telling my story, I will keep evaluating my path, detours and all, and I will keep aspiring to be the person Mr. St. Onge once thought I could be. I think I’m getting closer. From the President continued from page 2 of trustees; we have a new President-Principal leadership model to take us into a new epoch; and we have great support from our community. A private school is very much like a private university. It takes dedicated alumni and current students and their families who love the institution to support it and make sure it endures for future generations of students. This year, an unprecedented 97% of our currently enrolled families contributed to the St. Mary’s Annual Fund by Christmas break! This kind of enthusiastic support bodes well for the next phase of St. Mary’s School, and so we can create and sustain the type of environment for students that Pope Francis, from an address he gave in Brazil in 2013, describes below: “Our generation will show that it can rise to the promise found in each young person when we know how to give them space. This means that we have to create the material and spiritual conditions for their full development; to give them a solid basis on which to build their lives; to guarantee their safety and their education to be everything they can be; to pass on to them lasting values that make life worth living; to give them a transcendent horizon for their thirst for authentic happiness and their creativity for the good; to give them the legacy of a world worthy of human life; and to awaken in them their greatest potential as builders of their own destiny, sharing responsibility for the future of everyone.” 1906 1908 Mayor Reddy and a number of Medford’s leading citizens ask for the school to be moved to Medford. St. Mary’s moves to its first Medford property on 13th and Hollyenrollment is at 126, faculty at 6, the school is almost 50 years old. Student Profile Temple Holtzman ‘18 I have always loved working with children, and it has been a long term dream of mine to volunteer at an orphanage. Because it is incredibly difficult to work in the foster care system within the US, I set my sights on Africa. With the help of my uncle, I was put in contact with an organization that works in Rwanda called the Point Foundation. One of the causes this organization supports is children who were once in the orphanage. As the orphanages close and children are rehomed, the Point Foundation steps in to provide a home for those unable to care for themselves. During my time in Gisenyi, I went to each of the four houses supported by the Point Foundation, and visited with the residents. The residents were about 15-25 years old and all had severe mental or physical disabilities. Each house I went to I was greeted at the gate with smiles, and brought inside to catch a glimpse of their lives. Sometimes this took place by showing me their drawings, miming what they did during the day, or any other form of communication. None of the persons with disabilities spoke English, but their enthusiasm was more than enough to make our short visits worthwhile. On my first day, I toured the center and saw where the PWDs spend most of their time during the week. I was blown away by their craftsmanship. There were sturdy flip flops made only out of cardboard and paper, 1920 The sisters create legal history by leading the successful movement to have the Oregon School Bill declared unconstitutional. Precedent is set for Brown v. The Board of Education and Pierce v. The Society of Sisters exquisite folders made from banana leaves, and many beaded things, among others. The most surprising was the knitting. There were maybe eight knitting machines, and behind each one was someone working it. The surprising part came in hearing that each person behind the machines was blind. Looking at the complex knitting contraptions, and then looking at the beautiful sweaters, I would never have guessed it. My favorite day by far was driving into the hills to find a new location for a school. The difference between the town and the hillside was massive. I was staying in a house that could have electricity, running water, etc., but the hillside consisted of entirely mud houses, few pumps for water, and a lot of banana trees. As soon as I drove up, the entire village was outside. There were 30 children, all trying to see what was going on and the curiosity and excitement was overwhelming. We live in a time of great technology, and I am used to being able to Google something I don’t know. However, for these children, I was likely one of the first fair-skinned people they had ever seen. Their knowledge of anything other than their lives is limited, yet I was greeted with smiles and not a stereotype. They were thrilled to take pictures, show me how they jump rope. Throughout my entire trip, I was repeatedly met with genuine kindness. Despite having grown up under poor circumstances, not a single person I met was bitter or angry. Because working with children is my passion, my hope is to return to Rwanda and work in the primary and nursery school with children ages 2-7. This coming year I am fundraising to build another school in Gisenyi. Maybe located on the mountain I visited. I wish to create a facility that will have a lasting affect on the children who attend. Education is something that many people take for granted, yet it is of immeasurable importance for these children. For many, their biggest dream is to attend school. Although my visit to the nursery school was brief, it left a lasting impression. The excitement on the children’s faces at coming back to school from a break was contagious, and I wholeheartedly look forward to volunteering with them. Opposite page, clockwise from top: Showing the kids a picture that they had just posed for; carers with a child with disabilities; visiting a house – residents singing. This page, top: looking for a new school location; above: a few of the 37 dresses. 1930 1947 Jack Smith is the first male to graduate from St. Mary’s. St. Mary’s closes its boarding program. A Gift From the Heart It’s not often that one receives a gift such as one that was received by St. Mary’s School just before Christmas. Our Director of Advancement, Bethany Brown, and Principal, Jim Meyer, were asked to meet Mrs. Ordal, mother of Hailey ’16, in the chapel at noon on a Tuesday. Little did they know, that Mrs. Ordal had in store for them… A true labor of love, Mrs. Ordal handmade a St. Mary’s 150th Anniversary Altar Cloth for the Chapel as a gift and thank you to the school upon her daughter’s graduation. Included with the altar cloth was a description written by Mrs. Ordal; The inspirations for the cloth were the altar cloths of St. Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest and of Karlskirche in Vienna. St. Stephens Basilica was unfortunately hit during the Allied Bombing raids during World War II and left mostly in a state of disrepair during the years of Communism. The Communists intimidated people from going to church or expressing their faith via fears of torture and death, but they could not purge God from the hearts of the people. When Communism waivered, and later fell, the church was restored. Karlskirche was built in gratitude that one of plagues of Europe was over. It was an altar cloth there that inspired the edging along the sides of the St. Mary’s Anniversary altar cloth. The SMS altar cloth is made of 100% Italian linen, in honor of the home country of the chapel that inspired the St. Mary’s Chapel. The crochet is of 100% cotton. A partial antique pattern was used as inspiration for the side edges however, the pattern was modified to make it unique. The crocheted ends are completely newly designed and created for the St. Mary’s Chapel only. Embroidered on the linen are 5 crosses to represent the wounds of Christ. The crosses are in the four corners and midway on the front edge of the linen. The cloth should be rolled and not folded, onto its padded rod, then covered with its cloth bag. This method of storage represents the Shroud of Jesus. The cloth should be stored flat and not vertically. This altar cloth is the result of over 300 hours of handwork by Kathie Linn Ordal and is given to the Chapel of St. Mary’s School on their 150th anniversary. Thank you, Mrs. Ordal for this beautiful heirloom gift. It will be enjoyed and cherished by the St. Mary’s community for years to come. 1949 St. Mary’s becomes a parish school when it is purchased by Sacred Heart Parish and officially assumes the name St. Mary’s School. Enrollment is over 300. Happenings Around Campus Hygiene for Local Youth Our Interact Club has teamed up to assemble dental hygiene kits for local youth. The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) provided materials for 300 kits and Medford Rogue Rotary members Darren Ravassinpour of Ravassipour Orthodontics, Mark Hageman, DDS, and East Main Dental matched that number. Each kit contains a toothbrush, toothpaste, 2-minute timer, and dental floss. They’re all packed in a cool pencil box-like case, complete with care instructions in English and Spanish. The kits will be distributed free of charge at the Head Start program in Central Point and through the Maslow Project serving homeless youth in Jackson County. Assembly of the kits took place on Wednesday, April 15th at 12:30pm in the St. Mary’s gym. 1952 A second school is built on the same site to accommodate growing numbers. KUA Jog A Thon Last May, Kids Unlimited Academy in Medford held their first ever Jog-a-thon at the St. Mary’s track. Over 75 St. Mary’s students mentor Kids Unlimited students, so it was a natural fit for our students to participate in the Jog-athon. The day focused around fitness, fun and mentorship fun for both student bodies. 1960 1962 The parish separates the growing schools into two schools: St. Mary’s High School, and Sacred Heart Elementary. St. Mary’s High School moves to its current location on Black Oak Drive. The school is almost 100 years old. Jim Meyer sponsored Evan Koningsman ‘18 and Dyaln Fecto ‘17 in their Confirmation into the Catholic church at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Grants Pass on May 16, 2015. Lucas Hill ‘19 placed 1st in the 12-15 yr old Intermediate Men’s Weapons Kata & 3rd in Fighting at the UFAF Chun Kuk Do World Championships, which was held in Las Vegas in July. He trains at Chip Wright’s Champion Karate. Riley O’Sullivan ‘15 was names Ashland Rotary Student of the Month for March 2015. John Healy ‘21, aka The American Dashan, represented St. Mary’s School in The Fifth Class US West Coast National Speech Contest in Chinese language and won the First Prize in this High School only contest in Santa Clara, California. Contestants from the San Francisco Consular District which includes Northern California and the States of Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska competed. Maddy Schwartz ‘15 and Ally Waldron ‘15 entered a five minute film (“Free Fall”) in the Launch program and won first place! “Our film was screened at the Ashland Street Cinema along with other Launch winners and even with films from animators like Pixar. It was so rewarding and exciting seeing our movie up on the big screen and being able to meet other filmmakers.” “The film involved seven kids under the age of nine and we filmed everything over a weekend. Maddy and I didn’t think the footage we got would make be able to tell a cohesive story, but in the end it turned out pretty cute. We both had a great experience with the festival and we are already writing out the script for our next film entry.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y89tM3k70CY Congratulations to Denten Edwards ‘15 for selection to the East Shrine Team. He will be representing St. Mary’s School at the 2014-2015 Shrine All-Star Football Game on August 1st. Ashley Rietman ‘17 and Genna Dorrell ‘11 each earned a trip to the East Coast next summer, where they will tour Philadelphia, New York, Washington D.C. and other points of interest. Both students competed in the United Nations Educational Pilgrimage for Youth contest through the Order of Odd Fellows. The students were required to complete an essay, give a speech, and interview about “Which program of the United Nations is most beneficial to the youth of the world and why?” 1971 Sacred Heart Parish can’t afford to continue running St. Mary’s High School and makes the decision to close its doors. A “Save St. Mary’s Committee” is formed, and St. Mary’s is incorporated as the first independent Catholic school in the State of Oregon. Hancock Field Station This was the 19th year that our 7th graders have travelled to the Hancock Field Station in eastern Oregon. Our students spent about 5 hours a day for two days learning about geology, paleontology, and arid lands ecology. For the rest of the day, they participated in team-building activities, learned how to use a compass, and learned about (and trying to catch!) reptiles and amphibians around camp. 1972 St. Mary’s establishes itself as a Class 2A powerhouse in major sports winning many state championships in football, baseball, basketball, and track between 1971 and 1985 Middle School Art Week The middle school students had a wonderful Art Week last spring! The week was focused on gaining inspiration from artists in residence, celebrating the power of making art and sharing student art work. Student activities included decorating the campus, face painting, a large group color wheel, a field trip to the Rogue Gallery and Art Center, a Middle School Art Festival, a scavenger hunt, and a potluck. During Art Week, St. Mary’s School shined with excitement for creative expression. It was a truly beautiful week for the whole community! At h l e t i c s 1985 The school encounters declining enrollment and financial hardship. Barbara Callaway is appointed by the Board and charged her with re-dedicating the school to academic rigor and high quality college preparation. AP classes grow to 21 offered. Athletics Volleyball The crusader volleyball team ended their season with an overall record of 13-14, which landed them in the first round of the state tournament where they were defeated by Vale District 84 High School. Players recognized with league honors are as follows: 1st Team All League Mackenzie Addington ‘17 (Defensive Player of the Year), Madi Christensen ‘17 and Ashley Rietmann ‘17. 2nd Team All League Sarah Thisted ‘16 Honorable Mention All League Emily Johnson ‘16 and Hallie Shean ‘19 Football Our football team ended their season with an overall record of 4-5. Many of our players made the All Conference Teams: 1st Team Offense: Tanner Smith ‘16, Bryce Bramscher ‘17, Nick VanValkenberg ‘16; Defense: Tanner Smith ‘16, Nick VanValkenberg ‘16 2nd Team Offense: Thys Kuitert ‘17, Ryan Trask ‘17, Thomas Cox ‘17, Kyle Cahn ‘18; Defense: Graeden Bird ‘16, Ben Robinson ‘17, Kele Eaton ‘16, Jake Reynolds ‘19, Kyle Cahn ‘18 Honorable Mention Offense: Ty Mulholland ‘16 Cross Country This season our girls cross country team won the crown of state title. Marissa Dobry ‘16 took the individual crown in 18 minutes, 39 seconds, followed by her teamates, Emma Bennion ‘19 (9th, 20:04), Lindsey Gurr ‘18 (20th, 21:13 ), Madeline Volk ‘16 (27th, 21:30) and Meg Vasey ‘16 (28th 21:40). The boys team also competed at the state meet and finished 12th overall, lead by excellent performances by Evan Koenigsman ‘18 and Tyler Cochran ‘18. Longtime St. Mary’s coach, Joe Volk was awarded the District 6 Coach of the Year. Honorable Mention All League Austin Pena ‘16, Eli Conway ‘16, Weston Grant ‘17 and Ryan Trask ‘17 Soccer Our girls team also dominated the All League selections. Both the boys (15-3 overall record) and girls soccer (14-3-1 overall record) teams made it all the way to the state semi-finals this fall. The Crusaders lead the OSAA Boys Soccer Special District 5 All League Selections with naming the following players: 2nd Team All League Sara Klott ‘18, Allie Buccino ‘16, Sabrina Miller ‘16 and Emily Elmore ‘16 1st Team All League Hunter Rothfus ‘16 and Alex Robertson ‘16 Honorable Mention All League Emily Riehlman ‘16 2nd Team All League Bryce Parsons ‘16 and Justin Hawkins ‘16 1st Team All League MaryBeth Barnum ‘16 (Conference Player of the Year), Ellie Hough ‘16 and Ibixia Alvarez ‘19 1985 1987 Current staff member Chako Hill is hired. A fire severely damages Sacred Heart School, and the 7th and 8th grades are moved to the St. Mary’s campus. 1992 With the approval of Archbishop Levada, a 6th grade is added to St. Mary’s. 70% Thanks to our no-cut sports policy, nearly ¾ of St. Mary’s students participate in a team sport. St. Mary’s athletics has won 5 out of 8 Oregonian Cup Awards. 100% 2015 SAT Performance St. Mary’s Average Oregon Average United States Average Verbal Math Writing Combined 603 565 601 1769 523 522 499 1544 497 513 487 1497 Writing well promises success in college and in career. The entire class of 2015 was accepted to a college or university. Written communication matters in nearly every walk of life. We teach students the steps to write well, and that writing is a means of self expression. We teach our students to express themselves in clear, direct, organized, and accurate language. 2007 After 68 years, St. Mary’s reopens its boarding program and welcomes Chinese, South Korean, Thai, and students from several other countries to its campus. 17.5 The average class size is 15-20 students 37 Number of clubs and organizations at St. Mary’s 70% Nearly ¾ of our faculty hold advanced degrees 41% There are 472 students in the 2015-16 St. Mary’s student body. Nearly half of them receive finanical aid. 24 Number of AP classes offered at St. Mary’s Art History Biology Calculus AB Calculus BC Chemistry Chinese Language Comparative Government Computer Science English Literature Environmental Science German Language Macro Economics Micro Economics Physics I Physics II Physics: Mechanics Psychology Spanish Language Spanish Literature Statistics Studio Art U.S. Government U.S. History World History Last year, St. Mary’s had 23 AP Scholars; 12 AP Scholars with Honors and 17 AP Scholars with Distinction. In the spring of 2015 AP tests were taken by 151 St. Mary’s students 6.4M $ College Counseling St. Mary’s begins building a solid path to college the first day your child walks through our doors. St. Mary’s average SAT scores are 270 and 300 points higher than North and South Medford high schools, respectively. The class of 2015 had 76 graduates who earned over $6.4 million in college scholarships and grants. 2008 St. Mary’s School partners with the Chinese Ministry of Education to open the first Confucius Classroom at a secondary school in the United States, allowing excellence in Mandarin education in the Rogue Valley. St. Mary’s donor gala A speical thank you to all those who have given to the St. Mary’s Annual Fund. Your contributions of money, time, and in-kind gifts support the school in more ways than you can ever imagine. Without you, we would be unable to realize our mission to create global citizens. Thank you. 2012 As a pioneer in international education, St. Mary’s opens its first branch campus in China, St. Mary’s-Shanghai. St. Mary’s Annual Fund When you give a gift to the St. Mary’s Annual Fund you support MANY worthy activities. What does Phil Fund? Financial aid We’ve awarded over $1.1M to 40% of the student body this year alone! Springerim Robotics Teams Mock Trial Brain Bowl St. Mary’s Chapel Technology equipment Science Equipment Physical Education Equipment Model UN Math Team Geography Bee St. Mary’s Garden Art Supplies Faculty Professional Development Facility Upgrades Featured project for 2015-16 This year, with your help, we can re-finish the Multi Purpose Room into a Makerspace, which will provide hands-on, creative ways to encourage students to design, experiment, build, and invent as they deeply engage in science, engineering, and tinkering. This will be the space where our students will gather to make robots, collaborate on photography, create digital art, music, movies, and games with computers and mixers, and engineer new projects. It’s become apparent that our students need this space. And it will only happen with your support. Please keep the Makerspace in mind when making your contribution to the St. Mary’s Annual Fund, and let’s get started creating! All the St. Mary’s faculty and staff are Phil! They contributed over $30,000 within the first week of school! Be Phil. Give a gift today. give online at smschool.us/phil or call 541-773-7877. 2013 2014 St. Mary’s opens three more branch campuses in China, St. Mary’s-Pinghu, St. Mary’s-Wuhan and St. Mary’s-Shunde. St. Mary’s opens its fifth school in China, St. Mary’s-Guiyang. Jack Rentz: Oldest Living Alum by Sophia Palosaari ‘06 at the same time “Do you want to tell it?” Helen continues with the air of someone who knows the story well: “He was very small, and the three boys [his friends] were always in some mischief, and they went up on the third floor, and they found a laundry chute, and they decided to throw Jack down the laundry chute. Course they got caught…” Jack picks up here: “Sister Superior looked down, and I looked up and she thought I was one of the grade students, not the high school and she called me in for picking on the grade school, and I got the hands whacked”. “Did you really get your hands whacked?” I ask. “Oh yeah!” he says laughing, “Oh yeah, no problem!” That’s when he says he learned the most important lesson he ever received from St. Mary’s: “Don’t argue with the nuns.” It can be difficult to confront the national history we all share. As I personally experienced recently, when one of St. Mary’s own sat down with me to recount some memories of his time both at St. Mary’s and beyond, soldier’s stories can be especially hard to hear. While writing this article, I found myself reflecting on the importance of remembering these people, and their lives, if only so that history not be repeated. Jack Rentz sits across from me, his baseball cap politely resting on one knee. This is a man who was schooled by nuns - he knows to take his cap off indoors and will do so again later when I show him the St. Mary’s Chapel. On his cap are printed the words WWII and Korea Veteran. Between these, lies a golden star - an indicator of the bronze star of valour he received while serving. Jack is a veteran of the US Marine Corps. He’s also an alumn, or, would have been had he not been called away to service in the summer of 1943, during one of the bloodiest times our country had seen to date, WWII. “All of us were aware of the fact that a lot of us were leaving sooner or later,” he says. “At the young age of 17 you’re indestructible, at least that’s the way a 17 year old looks at it. So thinking about it, going into the service was a big thrill. It was a new adventure. And it takes awhile, one moment of the first shot, and you realize it isn’t.” Beside him, sitting demurely, is his wife Helen, to whom he’s been married for 68 years. An elegant woman, Helen provides support throughout the interview which ranges through some difficult memories. Having raised four children together in the Catholic faith—three of whom attended St. Mary’s (Kathy ‘67, Linda ‘69, Jim, and John ‘75)—it’s apparent they are finely tuned to one another, often completing each other’s sentences. Our interview begins with Jack’s time at St. Mary’s before the war: “He was very small….” his wife offers. They speak over each other for a second, the easy back and forth plain. Then, He recalls too, the music of his time, and another instance of trouble with the nuns: “Oh the bands, well all the bands were the big bands of that time, jitterbugging was in. In fact, we even had dances at the old school up on the top floor. Yup! Almost got kicked out of school for that one too! I don’t know if you remember the jitterbug, but they had what they call pecking.” I stand and apparently do the Charleston “Like this?” I ask. “No, no” the couple say kindly. “You have to peck! This gal and I were pecking and… “Rentz!” he recalls one of the nuns yelling and whistles. “My folks had to come down and get me on that one, that was a moral [transgression].” For all the “trouble” Jack got in, he remembers the nuns fondly: “The nuns were patient, particularly with me. We came up from California and we first lived in Klamath Falls. California had a satisfactory, that was the grade, there was nothing else, all students got satisfactory. Whether you were flunking or not, you got satisfactory on your report card, and I was one of those that I was really flunking... A nun in Klamath Falls, Sister Bertha Marie started helping me to catch up with everybody else. I’ve often thought of her. She was a marvelous teacher.” The wife interjects “And the nuns here were the same, [weren’t] they?” “Oh yeah.” He says. “And they picked up where she left off.” At this point in the interview, Jack begins speaking about his service. “I was going to be a senior. I enlisted when I was 17, but the next day after taking the oath, I turned 18. And on the 19th birthday I was in combat. I was with the 2nd and 4th Marine Division, but I’m ahead of myself. When I enlisted, the reason was because I didn’t want to go in the Army and live in a foxhole. So I joined the Navy. We took our training at Farragut, Idaho. After the basic training you put in for schools that you wanted to go to, and I’d always wanted to be with the Aviation, naturally. The first draft after graduation from basic I went over [to the enlistment Ca m p u s N e w s 2015 St. Mary’s School continues to internationalize, opening two new branch campuses in China, St. Mary’s-Zhengzhou and St. Mary’s-Yangshe. registry] and they had 50 names on it, and they were all assigned to hospitals, to [Medical] Corps School. Well, my name was on it, but I was able to avoid that draft because I happened to have pneumonia and I was in the hospital. I came back thinking “Well, I won’t have to worry about it.” “I got put back in it again. “We went to Corps School...and I was sent to Camp Pendleton, in California. It was a huge big marine base, and I was working in the hospital there. I was there a very short time and I was transferred to the Marines. I was sent to Elliot to start my Marine training. “I ended up in a foxhole anyway. “So I served with the 2nd and 4th Marine divisions during the war. The 2nd Marine Division was the invasion of Saipan. And the 4th Marine division was a sister island of Tinian. I was with a squad and we administered aid as quickly as possible. When we left the United States, we all had our big red patches on our helmets and everything. We stuck out like a sore thumb. And they took all of those away in Hawaii, and we dressed just like a Marine, because it didn’t take the Japanese long to know that if you killed one [Medical] Corpsman, several Marines, more than several, would die before you could get aid to them. “To give you an example, in Oita, one of the first islands that the Marines invaded, there was a mistake in the tides and the boats that we had at that time, they took water all the way up to the shore. Well, the tide was out, and they hit the reef. They had to wade ashore for 200 yards. And they just chopped them to pieces. Twenty corpsman lost their lives on that day, it was that bad. They were just waiting for them. So this is what they did. I was with a combat unit, and we secured an island, and we went on patrols to find the holdouts that were living in caves. The people of Saipan were convinced that the Marines would eat the kids. His eyes glisten as he continues: “So momma with her kids would throw them off the cliffs and she would jump after them.” “But after the island was secured-secured means walked across the island; it doesn’t mean that all resistance [is subdued], there’s still some hiding out, well, the civilians were starting to come in.” He stops now, unable to go on, takes a moment and continues: “And in Saipan there were buildings in there and two of us were assigned to take care of the children, and so we were building mosquito proof little cribs to put them in and the mothers would fight us because they were sure we would take them out and eat them. But we finally succeeded, and we had our own nursery there.” Here, Jack is more moved than at any other point in the interview: “It was nice.” He continues, “That was a long time ago. The 4 Marine division, I was assigned was an evacuation unit. The wounded would be brought to our spot and there we would administer whatever was necessary to get them to a ship and a hospital. th “Tinian was the smallest...beachhead that the Marines had ever made, it was 50 yards wide. What we were doing…. is we made the enemy think we would land the full force there. And so they brought their people to stop them there, and actually the whole fleet, the rest of the [troops] came in from the city side of the island. And they had just a small contingency guarding that 50 yards because they didn’t think nobody could land on 50 yards. But the Marines did. My ship, my boat missed the beach and in Tinian it’s unusual, but the land comes right up and then there’s a cliff! And there is no sand, no nothing, there’s just a cliff. We got off of the cliff and I got mixed up and got lost, and I was by myself on the shore. That’s when. He stops, again overcome, his wife continues: “ He went underneath a hill, and every time he tried to get out, there was Japanese on the side and they would shoot at him. And finally he heard this Marine on top say “Ok, Corpsman! Get out of there!” and he did, so that’s why he’s here today. And so we’ve been married 68 years. And I’m proud of it, I was awarded the bronze star, with a V for Valour on that Tinian when I caught up with them.” The wife resumes, and they begin to finish each other’s sentences: “They called him back to Korea, you know” He picks up: “We had two daughters and they called me back” “they needed Corpsman so bad that….” she says. He points out the blue on his hat: “This is a United Nation’s ribbon. And I was with the United Nations on that one.” “He served on a hospital ship over in Korea…” she continues. “....over in Piyeson Harbour” She picks up: “And he came back paralyzed, so we thank the Lord every day because they kept saying [mobility] was going to come back and right now he has a 52% disability, but he can walk. The only thing he could use [when he came back] was his right arm, and move his head.” His story ends simply: “They flew me back”. There is a long moment before anyone speaks again. In a world of Hollywood glamorization of violence, it’s easy to forget that for so many, these stories were not fiction, they were about one’s own survival. After the war, Jack didn’t just survive, he thrived. He would go on to work as a salesman for Gerber Products Company for 27 years until his retirement. His flock would grow to include children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. I finally ask my last question, noting he’s lived three times as long as I have: “What are your hopes for the next 150 years?” “I won’t make it” He says with a small laugh. “We don’t know that” I say smiling back. “Well, we have twenty great grandchildren, and two more on the way, so we’re hoping St. Mary’s is here for our future generations, and I think of my daughters, and granddaughters who graduated through here. There’s no better type of education. Keep goin’ St. Mary’s” As to their hopes for the world? “Peace.” Alumni News 2015 St. Mary’s School turns 150 years old! Alumni News Cassandra Carothers ‘11, Brown University class of ‘15 was an All American Scholar for 2013. The criteria for selection to the AllAmerican Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50. Sarah Ramsay ‘14, was awarded a full scholarship to the 2015 Summer Foreign Language and Areas Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for the study of Chinese at the University of Oregon. She has also been accepted to the CIEE summer accelerated Chinese program in Shanghai this Summer. Ben Kline ‘09 graduated from West Point on May 23rd and is commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army. Emma Werner ‘15 received a gold medal for her performance in the National German Exam. Ellen Nastassia Drosdick ‘06 was accepted to Georgetown University. She plans to get her masters in Physiology and Bio physics. Tia Khachitpat ‘06 is graduating from Baylor University with a Masters in Social Work. Nic Patella ‘98 was the speaker at last year’s graduation ceremony. Nic currently works for the World Bank on infrastructure projects in Nepal, Bhutan, India, and Bangladesh. Riley Parsons ‘12 and Marco Ciccone received the $5000 grand prize in the first annual CIE Business Plan Pitch Competition. Riley is currently attending Santa Clara University. Mia Harrie ‘13 Will be traveling to Beijing to attend Minzu University of China for two months this coming summer. As this is an intensive language program, Mia has made a pledge to speak only Chinese while there. Enough scholarship was given to her so that the trip will be almost free of charge. Rachel Morey ‘06 married Prescott Garner on October 10, 2015 at the St. Mary’s School Chapel. April Strickland ‘98, who is currently a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Bowdoin College, is fresh off work on Belief, a seven-part documentary for Oprah Winfrey that debuted October 18. Strickland was the senior researcher for the documentary, which offers intimate portraits of belief systems across the world. “Over the course of three years, we shot in 33 countries and six continents,” says Strickland. “I worked on the project from its conception in pre-production to its completion.” Dick Iven ‘46 and his wife Charlotte, just celebrated their 60th anniversary. They live in Cottage Grove, OR. Priyanka Samra ‘08 is competing in the Miss Oregon USA pageant in Gresham this November She is an advocate and is raising awareness for Habitat for Humanity and Unique Home. Mary Stallings ‘10, Jim Meyer (holding Mary’s baby Benjamin), Rachel Bennion ‘15, Sarah Bennion ‘15 and her fiancé Chris Keenan. Jerry ‘62 and Pat (O’Hara) ‘62 Higgins (who met during their junior year at St. Mary’s) recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family in Ireland. They report that they are now both retired from teaching and live in the mountains near Klamath Falls. to teach an outdoor education curriculum that she had written. Named the St. Mary’s student of the year in 2003, Katie went on to attend the University of Oregon where she earned an environmental studies degree. She later earned a master’s degree in education at Southern Oregon University. Rich Zielony, father of Amanda (Zielony) Smith ‘98, Maren (Zielony) Schultz ‘00, Kristen (Zielony) Ashurex ‘01 and Kathryn Zielony ‘04, passed away on May 10, 2015. Art Eaton, grandfather of Mary Eaton ‘13 passed away on June 10, 2015. Stephanie O’Dell ‘65, passed away on July 16, 2015. Barbara Gentry, mother of Alexander Gentry ‘10 passed away on September 29, 2015. Claire Crawley ‘07 and David Delgado ‘07, St. Mary’s high school sweethearts, were married on June 20, 2015 at Roxy Ann Winery in Medford. St. Mary’s friends and family in attendance were: Anne Lise Delgado ‘16, Joseph Delgado ‘10, Michael Delgado ‘06, Jessica (Grant) Heiner ‘02, Collin Grant ‘05, Austin Grant ‘06, Keenan Grant ‘10, Weston Grant ‘18, Chris Sutton ‘07, Robert Boggess ‘07, Thomas Watson ‘07, Sophia Cooper ‘20, Danielle Shubat ‘10 Obituaries Bruce Hough, father of Christie (Governor) Montelongo ‘97, Neil Governor ‘00 and Scott Governor, passed away on November 16, 2015. Carole Gerdes ‘61, passed away on July 22, 2015. Craig Garfield ‘74, brother of Karol Mrocezek ‘70 and Brad Garfield ‘71, lost his courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) on July 19, 2015. Edward Kelly ‘53 passed away on June 10, 2015. Joan Molatore, mother of Tonya (Molatore) Alger ‘97, Tyler Molatore ‘97 and Luke Molatore ‘96, passed away on September 4, 2015. Katie was a science teacher at Hedrick Middle School, and had plans to return to Honduras next summer Toni Adams Bianchini ‘61 passed away on March 30, 2015. Toni, is survived by her husband, Larry Bianchini and their children: daughter, Denise and son, Mark. Toni was an example of courage, inspiration, and LOL sense of humor. Paula George, mother of Nicholas Pierce ‘01, and Sam George (who attended St. Mary’s with the class of 2006), passed away on December 21, 2015. Bob Gervais, father of Matt Gervais ‘10, passed away on December 7, 2015. Dorothea Batchelder, grandmother of Melissa Grice ‘03 and Michelle Teeters ‘01, passed away on September 13, 2015. Edward Fogel ‘58 passed away on October 25, 2015. Katie MacDiarmid ‘03, passed on December 19, 2015 from a tragic auto accident in northern California en route to a rock-climbing expedition in Bishop. She was a beloved student, classmate and friend to all who knew her. Rudolph Driscoll, father of Cooper Driscoll ‘20, passed away on July 21, 2015. Laval Meunier ‘56 passed away on July 13, 2015. Merilyn Clizer, grandmother of Elizabeth (Boggess) Bunn ‘05, Robert Boggess ‘07 and Silas Boggess ‘09, passed away on November 7, 2015. Polly Arnold, grandmother of Lillie Shepherd ‘16, passed away on May 28, 2015. Larry Walker, father of Brad Walker ‘85 and longtime St. Mary’s football coach, athletic director, teacher and onetime principal passed away on December 29, 2015. Walker was 17427-1 at St. Mary’s from 1967 to 1985, earning state crowns in 1969, ‘70, ‘78, ‘79, ‘81, ‘82 and ‘83. His teams once reeled off 76 straight regular-season victories over a nine-year period before Yoncalla ended the streak, 17-10, at Spiegelberg Stadium Oct. 7, 1983. Jim Gregg ‘82 who played for Coach Walker said, “He had a calm way about him. Before a game he would pump you up to play your best. By the time we left the tunnel we were all ready to play. He was a great motivator.” Non Profit Org. 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