ALUMNI MAGAZINE/SprING 2013 - Green Mountain Valley School
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ALUMNI MAGAZINE/SprING 2013 - Green Mountain Valley School
SPRING 2013 ALUMNI MAGAZINE/Spring 2013 GREEN GREEN MOUNTAIN MOUNTAIN est est Sebastien Chaplais VALLEY VALLEY SCHOOL SCHOOL 1973 1973 working in public service Carlisle TuggEy McLean ’96 Clark stevens ’99 Brett Heyl ’00 IN THIS ISSUE GREETINGS FROM ALICE 1 FACULTY NEWS 2-3 NORDIC & Alpine Updates ALUMNI PROFILES 4-5 6-11 GMVS Turns 40 12 alumni on and off snow 13 CLASS NOTES 14-17 ALUMNI FACES 18-19 supporting GMVS 20-21 campus NEWS 22-23 GMVS Sponsors 24 Class of 2012 25 EDITOR Martha Kikut ALUMNI PROFILES Kim Reynolds Ava Kikut Contributors Justin Beckwith Martin Guyer Kerry Jackson Photographers Cindy Mumford Gioa Kuss Sebastien Chaplais (Brett Heyl profile) Graphic Designer Mike Olson Special thanks to Louisa Moore and Jeanne Hullett Printed by: L. Brown & Sons Printing Barre, VT GREETINGS FROM ALICE Dear GMVS Alumni, This is my favorite time of year. The blush of lime green on the trees is poised to burst into the leafy green canopy that so aptly gives Vermont its well deserved nickname, the Green Mountain state. Frisbees spin high over the soccer field held aloft on the warming air reminding us that spring has the power of renewal and the potential for fresh beginnings. This is especially true for seniors who are counting down the days to graduation. They excitedly gather to secretly plot their unique graduation entry wondering how to ever top the “helicopter drop”? And of course, there are the speeches! Those wonderful heartfelt speeches that so beautifully crystallize the GMVS experience – an experience that resonates - it is a gift that keeps on giving. What is it about the GMVS journey that has instilled in so many graduates a desire to give back and enter careers in public service? Ski racing is, after all, an intensely individual sport! Whether it is in the classroom or on the hill, GMVS students have always lived by the mantra: aim high, work hard, persevere, and your dreams can become reality! On its face, the mantra seems simple to execute. But this belies the challenges and demands inherent in the sport of ski racing. Success and failure, hope and disappointment, energy and exhaustion are the warp and woof of life at GMVS. I am reminded of Randy Pausch’s observation in his book, The Last Lecture: “the brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.” Whether it is standing at the top of a downhill, completing a 50k Nordic race in sub-zero weather, running the “puke” during Reach the Peak, spelunking a dark, narrow cave, or facing the crush of final exams, resolve is tested and character is formed. Each ascent strengthens the determination and fortitude necessary to meet challenges and reach goals. Awareness of these innermost strengths empowers GMVS graduates to go forth into the world confident in their ability to effect great change. The GMVS experience is transformative and students who stand at the podium on graduation day recognize that something special has transpired. Although they may be uncertain where their journey will ultimately lead, they know that they will never be content to spend their lives in idleness. They will always seek new brick walls to scale. Fueled by the power of their convictions and confident that all ends are achievable, it is little wonder that so many of our graduates have chosen public service and have been responsible for initiating and stewarding positive change in their communities and beyond. The 40th Reunion is time to celebrate the shared experience of the GMVS journey that has so indelibly marked your lives. Undoubtedly, each of you has a clear recollection of standing at the base of a brick wall that seemed to be erected especially for you. When you return to GMVS for the 40th, take note and appreciate our tree lined campus and remember “a civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they will never sit.” (Greek proverb). I look forward to seeing you June 14th! Alice Rodgers Head of Academics 1 Faculty News celebrating milestones luc robilard After a long career coaching, GMVS legend Luc Robillard will be retiring this June. Luc, who is married to fellow faculty member, Jennifer Robillard, has no plans to slow down. He will be busy preparing for a Cross-Continental trip from Vermont to Ushuaia, Argentinia, no doubt running into the hoards of people who seem to know him wherever he goes. Luc will be missed on campus on a regular basis, but we are fairly certain we will still see him around. Celbrating 25 years Celebrating 25 years of service this year, Randy Graves has worn many hats at GMVS. He has taught a diverse range of classes in math, history and science. Bringing his expertise as a World Cup technician with Rossignol skis, he founded the ski room and was the ski tech for many years. Randy has been a dorm parent, ski coach and helped build the GMVS gym. Judging by the vast number of alumni Randy stays in touch with, his most endearing quality is surely the close connection he makes with students. Thank you Randy! Jere Brophy has also been with GMVS for 25 years. To the outside world, Jere might be best known for his commentary in Notes from Campus, but on campus he is the Dean of Faculty, College Counselor, Athletic Director, Alpine Race Director and German teacher. Jere’s contributions to the school over the years have been innumerable. He is an extremely versatile teacher and, in addition to German, has taught American Literature, Pre-Calculus and Physics. Most notable is the tireless work he does helping our seniors during their college application process. Thank you Jere! Coach Charlie Powel ’05 Moving Fast! Charlie Powell ’05 to compete in Formula car race series In his rookie season, set to begin this summer, Charlie will enter into the Skip Barber Formula Race Series. Sixteen races from April to October will be hosted on some of the nation’s most famous road courses. This series has produced some of the best drivers in the world, competing in Indy Car and Formula 1. Charlie began early in 2012 with the Skip Barber program learning basic skills and race tactics. He already has competed against other top rookies in the nation with the Indy Car Academy and is confident for the upcoming 2013 season! 2 faculty additions mike day Mike Day, until recently the USST Head Men’s World Cup Technical Coach, has signed on to be Head Men’s Coach at GMVS. Mike spent the past three seasons working primarily with Ted Ligety, who under Mike’s tutelage is a four-time World Championship winner and two-time Overall World Cup GS winner. Day, who will assume his Head Coaching position officially on April 15, has already started working with GMVS in setting up programs, learning about athletes and planning for conditioning and summer skiing. Ben Sinclair, a fifteen year member of the Park City Ski Team alpine coaching staff, has accepted a position as a FIS Men’s Coach at GMVS. Sinclair will be reuniting with GMVS’ new Men’s Coach, Mike Day. The two worked together at PCST for many seasons. Sinclair will start his new job officially on June 1, in time to join GMVS for summer on-snow projects. He has already begun to familiarize himself with GMVS methodology and systems. A Level 300 Certified USSA Coach, Sinclair has been on USST’s staff for multiple international children’s competitions in Topolino and Whistler. In his role as Head U16 Coach with PCST, Sinclair managed all aspects of programming for that group of athletes, from long-term planning to day-to-day on snow and conditioning training. • ALUMNI MAGAZINE Ben Sinclair SPRING 2013 Day’s extensive coaching resume includes stints as Head J1/2 Coach with the Park City Ski Team and Head Men’s FIS coach at Carrabassett Valley Academy. Day gained great understanding of the material side of alpine skiing in his six years as National Alpine Race Director at Fischer Sports USA. 3 NORDIC ALUMNI MAGAZINE • SPRING 2013 Nordic Program Excels in Many Ways by Head Coach Justin Beckwith 4 The nordic team enjoyed success on many levels this season. For the second year in a row, all of the eligible members of the team qualified for Junior Nationals, held this year in Fairbanks, Alaska. Three of our skiers earned All-American status by placing in the top-ten during the Championship. PG athlete, Maddy Pfeifer, was nominated by the New England coaching staff for the Dave Quinn Award, honoring the athlete who best exemplifies the ideals of the cross country ski sport, including special attributes such as love for the sport, leadership, overcoming hardship and work ethic. Heidi Halvorsen represented the US Ski Team for the second year in a row at Scandinavian U18 Championships, where she had breakthrough international results, including a fifth place finish in the individual sprint and skied the anchor leg of a best ever second place finish by the US girls. The Gumby women flexed their muscle throughout the year at Eastern Cups, winning three of eight races, with Halvorsen and Pfeifer each taking a victory in sprint races and Halvorsen winning a distance race to boot. The men had solid results too, with senior, Devlin Shea, posting the fastest qualification at the Mountain Top Eastern Cup, where he went on to place sixth. Junior, Ian Moore, ended his regular season with a splendid fourth place result at the Bond Brook 10 kilometer skate race. The program continues to support local junior skiing development. Elliot Ketchel finished his first season at GMVS after making the transition from the Mad River Bill Koch League. Our athletes participated in regional junior races, trained with local skiers and GMVS hosted camps and racing opportunities for local and regional youth skiers. We head into the summer looking forward to hosting NENSA affiliated training camps and hosting visitors from throughout the country. ALPINE The Women’s Side- by Kerry Jackson the Men’s Side- by Marty Guyer As the winter comes to a close, the Women’s Alpine Program looks back on another successful season. Last season’s report on the Men’s FIS program spoke of great momentum and awesome energy! Let’s review some of the season highlights of 2012-2013 and see just how successful the boy’s program has been. Head Coach, Dani Koch, feels especially grateful for all of the improvements to the infrastructure on Inverness, saying “They really paid off for us. With the snow-making and t-bar, we were able to start training right after Thanksgiving.” In fact, the girls enjoyed fantastic training right through the holidays, and were even able to run some successful GS training--an accomplishment so early in the winter. In the month of January, the main focus was on training, as opposed to constant racing and they opted to train at home quite a bit. Another important programmatic decision was to put a greater emphasis on speed events at the September Valle Nevado camp. Dani believes that decision paid off, as he was able to send Mika Smith and Lexi Skovran to the first speed NorAms at Copper. “It was great to see their overall improvement in the speed events. Both girls are now ranked in the top 5 nationally in their age group, in both Downhill and Super-G.” Also noteworthy is that Sammi Stolar and Lexi Skovran both qualified for U18 Nationals at Mammoth Mountain this year. Sammi was ranked in the top 5 nationally going into the event and she has maintained her ranking right through the end of the season. Lexi showed a good overall performance at Mammoth and ended up sixth overall in the event. A number of girls were able to improve their point profiles over the course of the season, and Dani is proud of their efforts. With the great spring snow conditions, the girls kept racing and training right up and into Spring Break. U18 Vermont state titles for SL, GS and SG all hang around the necks of GMVS boys (Geoff Pyke SL, Gabe Rosen GS and Alva Swing SG). We have a group of top ranked juniors regularly competing at the Nor Am level and going head to head with some of best ski racers in North America (Sandy Vietze, Brian McLaughlin, Danny Duffy, Drew Duffy, Ryan Mooney, Max Stamler). We have had athletes on top of the podium at every level of Eastern racing. Numerous boys were invited to U18 and tri-regional US Ski Team camps and early season time trial races. Four athletes qualifyed for U18 Nationals at Mammoth Mountain (Jack Schibli, Drew Duffy, Ryan Mooney and Max Stamler). Our FIS program is still all about awesome energy and has continued to build great momentum. The ski racing results speak for themselves. Being ranked best in your age group in the U.S., climbing to the top of the podium or becoming a coach’s pick for a college ski team are all amazing achievements. These successes validate our training model and our coaching methods, but I want to define our FIS program’s success in a different way. Our real success is in all of our boys feeling they have worked hard and with purpose this season. They learned to be part of a strong team. And, yes results matter, they matter a lot. But what matters even more is developing a winner’s attitude. I would say that if we measure the success on attitude, our boys’ FIS program is on the top step of the podium. Ski to win! 5 Clark Stevens FROM CLARK HOUSE TO WHITE HOUSE GMVS Class of 1999 ALUMNI PROFILES By Ava Kikut, Class of 2013 It is forty degrees and sunny, weather that would call for t-shirts this time of year in Vermont, yet it still feels too chilly for sitting comfortably outdoors on 18th Street in Washington D.C.’s Adams Morgan District. Nevertheless, we are both willing to sacrifice some comfort for a quiet seat outside Starbucks, since all the nearby coffee shops and restaurants are packed. GMVS alumnus Clark Stevens has a youthful look not usually associated with the job of Assistant Press Secretary to the President of the United States, yet somehow it works. He looks right at home in jeans, beat up brown leather shoes and black Northface jacket. Although Stevens’ attire indicates today is a day off, he has spent the weekend responding to reporters’ questions about the President’s immigration plan, reiterating that the White House supports the bipartisan effort in Congress. Apparently, the broadcast I had heard in the taxi a few minutes ago had been wrong. After Stevens sets the record straight, he begins filling me in on the series of events that led him to his current position. Stevens graduated from Colby College in 2003 with a BA in Government. The same year, he began his career in politics working as an intern for Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential campaign. According to close friend Jen Santini ’99, Stevens’ father, a Republican political and media strategist, was someone who had “very much influenced him,” and politics had always been a part of his life. Stevens’ GMVS Clark House dormitory roommate, Andy Peters ’99, remembers Stevens as a news junkie. “Before I could rise from bed,” Peters said, “Clark would be on the computer reading The Washington Post...and informing himself of the daily news and Washington politics.” Stevens made good use of his research and knowledge by engaging in political debates, sometimes with headmaster Dave Gavett, who still remembers sitting in his office “arguing politics with Clark.” Although Gavett refers 6 to this time as, “back when [Stevens] was a Republican,” Stevens does not consider his early political views as anything more than “underdeveloped.” He clarifies that his father’s politics were often associated with him when he was in high school but “as I got older and developed my own opinions, it wasn’t really where I came down on things.” At Colby, Stevens’ personal views became more defined and his passion for politics continued to blossom. A ski academy might seem an unlikely place for educating the now Assistant White House Press Secretary. Stevens grew up racing in a small ski club in Virginia where he watched older racers head off for ski academies. Stevens wanted to ski in high school and he knew that his parents could only be persuaded to send him to a school that would provide an excellent education. Stevens found an ideal combination of academics and ski racing at GMVS and, with a little help from Alice Rodgers, convinced his parents. In the fall of 1996, a fifteen-year-old Stevens pulled onto the GMVS campus in a turquoise Volvo Sedan for his sophomore year of high school. The Volvo, said Peters, was “loaded with CD’s of the widest range of music you have ever seen!” Perhaps this collection was so vast because Stevens could not listen to a whole song without getting excited for the next one. “Halfway through he would be like ‘Oh I want to listen to this now,’” Santini recalls. “He became very passionate about anything that was of interest to him.” Stevens’ affinity for music was evident throughout his GMVS theater career, concluding his senior year with a lead role as Seymour, a nerdy shop employee, in Little Shop of Horrors. Gavett gave Stevens the role because, “aside from being a talented actor and singer, he was little.” Snatching an opportunity to do one of his dork impressions, Gavett puckers his lips, slouches his shoulders, and continues with a After the primaries, Stevens helped with the general election in Virginia. On November 4, 2008, President Obama won his first election and Virginia elected its first Democratic presidential nominee since 1964, another “great day” for Stevens. In the year after the campaign, Stevens continued moving up from press secretary at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to press secretary at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A few months into his new position, the BP oil spill crisis started. Since DHS was the lead organization in managing the response, Stevens found his time entirely consumed by work. His description of that time bears a striking resemblance to the intensity of ski racing. Stevens glances at his business Blackberry. This is the third time he has checked it in the past few minutes, but his skill of responding to reporters’ emails while also holding a conversation is evident; his answers to me have all remained equally thoughtful until now. Stevens makes an abrupt movement and then relaxes again. “Do you need to go?” I ask him. “No. I just have to take this call in ten minutes.” I remember the pictures I brought of Stevens in high school with Peters, Santini, and other GMVS students from their generation. I am not sure how he will react but when I pull the stack out of my purse and place it on the table, his face lights up. Stevens pauses and chuckles at each picture. “These are great.” As the White House Spokesman flips through some of his high school memories, I catch a glimpse of the boy who once bounced through campus, singing and giving hugs to his peers. I ask him to sum up his GMVS experience. It is the sense of community that he remembers most fondly. “I really enjoyed the people I went to school with. I enjoyed the faculty and staff. It was a unique collection of people…where everyone is driven and trying to succeed in something they care about, which I think is unique.” Hundreds of miles from Waitsfield, Vermont, outside the Starbucks on 18th Street in Adams Morgan, the Assistant Press Secretary stands up to throw away his coffee cup and prepares to take a call. SPRING 2013 In October 2007, Stevens headed for New Hampshire to become a member of a new team: the Barack Obama presidential primary campaign. “I thought the message of trying to bring folks together to work towards a common goal and the common good was really important and I wanted to work for him,” says Stevens, his brown eyes shining with sincerity tempered by the trace of prudence in his voice. For most Americans, speaking about the President, whether with praise or criticism, is casual. But Stevens’ job is to represent his boss, and to no reporter—GMVS student or otherwise—will he do so lightly. “He’s obviously someone I am very proud to work for.” Now the same student who would pop out of bed early to read the news spends most mornings working with Press Secretary Jay Carney preparing the daily briefing. Stevens briefs reporters on the President’s agenda on energy and immigration issues. He also works closely with the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Departments of Energy, Interior, and Homeland Security. • The physical resemblance hardly exists between the skinny teenager Gavett cast as Seymour ten years ago and the Assistant Press Secretary before me now. Yet memories of the show remain fresh in Stevens’ mind. “That was a great day.” He grins as he describes the final night performing in the show, after the GMVS boys had won the state soccer championships. “I actually remember, very vividly, coming out with the trophy.” Peters attributes a portion of the soccer team’s success to Stevens’ contagious playful energy, “which made him such an important leader and component of the team. I would imagine every group or team he engages with feels the same way.” “For about six months that was all I did. Every day, every weekend, working on that all the time.” The work paid off in November 2010, when Stevens found himself once again surrounded by people working around the clock on a common purpose, this time in the White House. ALUMNI MAGAZINE nasal voice, “with his pants pulled up and big glasses, we turned him into a nerd pretty fast.” 7 Brett Heyl Sebastien Chaplais ALUMNI PROFILES The Contender GMVS Class of 2000 ~ By Kim Reynolds Although a chance encounter at the J3 Junior Olympics in 1995 led Brett Heyl ’00 to GMVS, little else has been left to chance in Heyl’s impressive athletic career. After falling in the final JO event, Heyl stood up and found himself next to Adam Julius. “We talked for a while, mostly about how I was leaving the next week to go kayak in North Carolina,” Heyl said. “We really hit it off, and I knew that I wanted to go to GMVS.” Heyl was just fourteen when he arrived at GMVS that fall. He had just competed at his first kayaking Junior World Championships in the Czech Republic (Heyl paddles K-1 whitewater kayak slalom) a few weeks before starting classes. He managed to train for and compete in both ski racing and kayaking through his junior year when he decided to compete exclusively in kayaking. “There is something irreplaceable about the experience of sitting in a start gate, hearing the countdown ’3, 2, 1 Go!’” Heyl said. “There are many technical examples of how skiing helped my kayaking, but even combined they do not match the importance of those hundreds of skiing starts. By the time I was eighteen, ’3, 2, 1’ had become my mental trigger to focus,” he said. 8 “Brett worked super hard,” said Julius, Head U16 Coach at GMVS. “He was a great kid, intense, and he rose above the pressure he was under.” After GMVS, Heyl made the US National Canoe/Kayak Team and moved to Washington, DC to train with the team coach and attend George Washington University. He trained for four years, working with his coach two to three times per day. He admits it was hard to strike a balance between training and school, but he was training with a purpose; the goal was the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Four Americans made it to the final qualifying round, which was a World Cup on the Athens Olympic course. To stay in contention, Heyl needed to be in the top ten. After his first run, he didn’t think he would make it, but as he watched the remaining racers, he stared in disbelief. The moment came when there were not enough people left to knock him out of the top ten. “I was going to the Olympics!” he said. “Calling my parents to tell them was one of the sweetest moments of my life. They had sacrificed so much for my athletic success; it was wonderful to be able to give them that moment,” he said. Heyl remembers the opening ceremonies of the Olympics as “unimaginable.” Although the competition did not go as well as he wanted (he placed 15th), he said he made good friends from other sports, and it was the experience of a lifetime. 2008—London or Bust In 2008, Heyl was one of the best paddlers in the world. “I had succeeded in my goal of the past four years of being brutally honest about the areas in which I was lacking, and forcing myself to get better and train harder,” he said. Sebastien Chaplais “I was going to the Olympics! Calling my parents to tell them was one of the sweetest moments of my life.” Brett Heyl, Class of 2000 After the convention, Heyl began doing advance work for President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and former President Bill Clinton. “Advance is an interesting world in which a small group of us would go ahead of a principal and plan, create, and execute the event,” he said. He credits his training as an athlete to his success in advance work. “You have to be able to self-motivate and work hard. Also, when we are creating venues, the visualization skills learned by being an athlete were indispensable.” Kim Reynolds is a writer and editor who lives in Warren, Vermont. Two of her children are currently students at GMVS. SPRING 2013 After returning from England and taking a brief break, Heyl received an offer to work for the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC. He began assisting the team that was running the stadium event of the Convention (due to severe weather this event was cancelled). “It was an amazing team, and we worked very well together,” Heyl said. “My boss had been the First Lady’s trip director before being asked to run the stadium event for the President’s campaign,” he said. Although his work on the advance team has come to a close, and Heyl will move on to other pursuits, he feels that GMVS solidified the tenacity he has to stick to his goals and to weather the storms on his route to success. “GMVS is an interesting dynamic in which students are both friends and competitors,” he said. “It is a conflict that doesn’t get the attention that I feel it deserves. However, it prepared me for the exact same dynamic I encountered in my ten years on the US National Team,” he said. His advice to current students is to, “Become best friends with your dream. It is what will carry you over the long journey.” He admits that dreams are worthless without goals you can control and attain. “If you can map your way from where you are now to your dream with goals, then there is nothing standing in your way,” he said. “But goals are often hard to achieve, and not always fun. It is your dream that will push you though the hard times, and allow you to keep moving forward.” • A public service path Heyl was honored to work on the most recent inauguration for President Obama. He was part of a small team working for the Swearing-in Ceremony. “It was a wonderful experience, and one that put me between the President’s wishes and those of Congress (who constitutionally run the inauguration). It was eye-opening to say the least!” ALUMNI MAGAZINE But one bad run in the qualifying competition, and Heyl’s dream of London was shattered. “I had one bad run at the worst possible time, and in a blink it was over.” That defeat nearly broke his spirit. “It was crushing,” he said. “But over the past four years, I have learned that if I can bounce back from that place, then I can handle any disappointment. Overcoming that fear of failure has been great for me as a person,” To Heyl’s credit, in addition to being an Olympian, is also a four time US National Champion, three time Pan-Am Champion, and placed second in the 2008 World Cup Overall. 9 Carlisle Tuggey McLean ALUMNI PROFILES moving forward giving back GMVS Class of 1996 ~ By Kim Reynolds Carlisle Tuggey McLean ’96 dares anyone to provide her with a more challenging job than the one she currently holds. As General Counsel to Maine’s Governor Paul LePage, she advises the Governor in legal matters and acts as liaison between the Governor, twelve state agencies, and the State Attorney General’s Office on dozens of ongoing administrative and legal cases. She also serves as the Governor’s Senior Natural Resource Policy Advisor, guiding the Governor on policy positions involving Maine’s natural resources. Of the job she says, “It’s an opportunity to help improve the state of Maine and to also test my own skills and boundaries. I attribute (or blame – whichever is more fitting) my perpetual push to be challenged in large part to the experiences I had as a teenager at GMVS,” she said. In her day-to-day capacity, Tuggey McLean operates much like an in-house counsel at a company (the state employs about 10,000 people), advising the Executive branch on pending lawsuits and proactively pursuing litigation to enforce state laws. As Senior Natural Resource Policy Advisor, she works on policy matters involving marine resources, agriculture, forestry, state parks, state public lands, conservation, inland fish and wildlife, and on legislation. Tuggey McLean has an impressive resume leading up to her current role in state politics. After leaving GMVS, she attended Bates College, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2000. She then went on to pursue a Juris Doctor/Master of Environmental Management from Pace University School of Law dovetailing her studies with a Master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, graduating from both in 2005. 10 During graduate school, she targeted places and opportunities during the summer months that would later enhance her career, something she encourages all graduate students to do. “It provides perspective beyond academia and gives you a glimpse into what you’re working toward,” she said. During those summer months, she worked in the Freehills Law Firm, Australia’s largest law firm, in Sydney, assisting on major infrastructure projects, public private partnerships, and the purchase and sale of large corporations. At the New York State Attorney General’s office in New York City, she worked on litigation in both state and federal court; at the Trustees for Alaska, a non-profit environmental law firm in Anchorage, Alaska, she assisted staff attorneys in advocacy on behalf of the environment. “I have pulled on all three of those experiences as I have transitioned in my professional life,” she said. After graduate school, she went on to work at one of Maine’s four largest law firms, Preti Flaherty, where she specialized in land use, permitting, and compliance matters for both large and small clients prior to taking on her present role as General Counsel to Governor LePage. GETTING OUTSIDE AND GIVING BACK Along the route to her impressive career, Tuggey McLean has found time to ski, sail, and pursue the outdoors. She married a third generation Mainer who had never skied. She had never sailed; but they each taught the other their sport. Now Tuggey McLean sails in the Gulf of Maine Racing Association (GMORA); she is also a member of a J24 crew in Casco Bay, Maine. “We have been sailing together for five years. We are the only allfemale crew in the fleet, and we won second place for the fleet last season.” “Being part of such a special and unique place endowed me with an understanding that the world has a tremendous amount to offer and you just have to think big and dive into opportunities as they arise.” Carlisle Tuggey McLean Class of 1996 Tuggey McLean has also run a marathon and two half marathons with her husband, something she finds particularly ironic. “I was never a fast runner,” while at GMVS. The two-mile (a physical test requisite that is no longer required) proved to be a real challenge, and took her several attempts to pass. • SPRING 2013 “As difficult and challenging as it was at the time, I believe those challenges contributed to my interest in staying fit and healthy as an adult, and I now very much enjoy running – something I could not have imagined from the hills of the Mad River Valley Circa 1994.” ALUMNI MAGAZINE She volunteers with SailMaine, a nonprofit community based sailing program in Portland that aims to connect people of all ages, abilities, and income levels to sailing in Maine. In addition, a large part of her volunteer work has centered on the Maine Cancer Foundation, contributing to organizing the Annual Breast Cancer Awareness lunch as well as involvement with the Pink Tulip Project, which directly funds breast cancer research while connecting participants with gardening. Her community involvement goes back to her days at Bates when she worked on the weekends at the Gould—Sunday River weekend program. Then, post graduate school she coached ski racing at a small local mountain in Maine working with young athletes (U14s) on the weekends. “I decided to coach kids in an effort to give back to the sport some of what I had learned, and particularly to encourage children of all abilities to push themselves to excel and do their very best.” she said. 11 GMVS/40TH June 14 -16, 2013 WE INVITE YOU TO A WEEKEND OF STORIES, LAUGHTER, FUN & a little fitness! Reconnect with Classmates and Staff • • • • • • • Meet Alums from all 40 years & share old Photos/Video Hear from the Founders: Al, Ashley, Bill and John Go on a GMVS Morning Run Alumni Soccer Game Hike up Inverness Dinner at Flatbread, Lunch at the Den Dancing to The Who, Pink Floyd, and Madonna, and more Sleep in your old dorm – Pound Cake, Clarke or Witch’s Hat Official Invite and more info to come via YouTube, Facebook, email and snail mail. Make sure we have your contact info by emailing us at [email protected]. 12 alumni on and off snow NCAA championships middlebury ski bowl Sara Kikut (’11), Doug Lewis, (’82) Devin Delaney (’09) Christina Gush ’98, Doug Lewis ’82, Scott Kennison ’97, Andrew Brodie ’93 CONGRATULATIONS TO GMVS ALUMNI 2013 ALL AMERICANS Kane Boynton ’12, University of Michigan Simona Croccolo ’12, Castelton State College Devin Delaney ’09, Denver University Sara Kikut ’11, Dartmouth College Emma LeBlanc ’10, Brown University (Number 1 in McConnell Division) Graham Quisenberry ’12, Babson College Ali Spencer ’10, Castelton State College PARK CITY IMPROMPTU GET TOGETHER Chuck List ’88 hosted a Ski Academy Get Together in March and reports that 19 ski academy alumni and their families attended and had a great time. Jamie Preston ’81, Sean Railton ’79, Adam Comey ’88, Mark Cosslett ’80, Bjorn Danielson ’86, Sue Larson ’92, Seth Lehner ’87, Kristina Nicholas ’89, Chuck List ’88, Jason Webster’88 13 CLASS NOTES It is with great sadness that we announce that our friend and GMVS alum, Thomas Tafuto ’83 passed away on February 26, 2013. Alumni Photos are numbered after names and are in collages following Class Notes. 70s No Notes submitted- we would love to hear from you! 80s Jamie Preston ’80 (4) (13) (21) We still live in Park City, with summer sojurns to Lake Champlain. When working, my primary focus is legal counsel to Backcountry.com. But, ideally we are out skiing, biking, golfing, windsurfing, or trying to learn kitesurfing. Best of all is time with my daughter Sonja, now 5, whose favorite sport, thankfully, is skiing! I continue to serve on the GMVS board, and am happy to have pulled Jamie Armstrong into service. The direction of the school is exciting and I hope the 40th spurs even more alumni involvement. I see a lot of Alums in Park City, and recently had a great day with Tom Charland ’83 and Eric Jordan ’82 at Snowbird. We run into Sean Railton ’79, the Lathrop twins ’02 and Chuck List ’88 on a regular basis. See you in June! 14 Doug Lewis ’82 (15) (21) Kelley and I spent another winter season out in Park City skiing as much as possible. While I was busy calling the World Cups for Universal, Kelley was busy organizing ELITEAM. At the Town League race we ran into the Lathrop twins ’02 who dominated. Spent many a day with Sean Railton ’79 and also caught a glimpse of Jamie Preston ’82. So psyched for GMVS’ 40th in June. Hope to see everyone there! Jeff Olson ’84 (11) Jeff submitted a picture: “Redeploying the American Farm” with an organization called Veterans to Farmers and our vertical growing technology: http://www.futuregrowing.com/ Galleriffic/TGJennings.html Darian Boyle ’86 I was a pioneer in Woman’s Freeskiing and on the skiercross circuit for many years. Several racing highlights include: 2000 World Extreme Sports Award Voted “Best Female Freeskier in the World”; 1999 Crowned World Skiercross Champion; 1999 X Games placed 2nd in skiercross; 1998 US Open Skiercross Champion and 1993 finished 2nd overall on the World Pro Mogul Tour. Life as a Champion athlete opened the door to a career in television broadcasting. I have been working as a Sports Reporter and TV host, traveling and exploring the globe. A few years ago, I immersed myself in the family business and am President of Typhoon Boat Works--a Custom Boat manufacturing company for fishing and cruising boats. Stand up paddling and surfing is my passion. With thanks to sponsors, I travel and compete in stand up paddling, host stand up paddle camps and have my own stand up paddle radio show called “Stand up with Darian”. Cassy ’81 (Benjamin) and Tom ’80 Johnston (10) Tom and I live in Boulder Wyoming. We have three children in college. We raise cattle and hay. We both have other jobs to support Tom’s ranching habit. I am a dental hygienist, and volunteer for our local ski club. Tom works for USSA as a technical adviser. Kristen Cook ’86 I am living in Bow, NH with my husband Peter and two boys Jonathan (10) and Evan (8). Recently I started working at St. Pauls School in Concord NH, as a nurse in their Health Center. It’s been fun to work with high school students at a boarding school, brings back lots of memories from my GMVS days! Doug Beaman ’81 I am still living in Hood River, Oregon with my wife, Michele, and my two kids, Isaac and Casey. Jim Sink ’87 (19) Megan and I were blessed with the birth of our second child, Mackenzie. Now her brother Brennan, 4 years old, has a pal. We are still in Austin, Texas and enjoying balancing the two Nina Skylling-Atkins ’90 (9) Aaron, Aksel and I went home for Christmas this year. Seven Springs did not disappoint. Skied and spent quality time with the family! We are still living in Truckee and enjoying the northern CA life. Skiing at work one day and golf with our son the next. I could not have imagined a better life! JP Daigneault ’92 (14) Hey, I’m in Sochi right now (well, Rosa Khutor Alpine Center, 1 hour up the road from Sochi) doing my best imitation of fellow Alum Doug Lewis. I’m announcing the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup finals and also the FIS Europa Cup finals. As I was in Whistler during the 2010 Games, I’m again surrounded by pros (Chris Davenport and Doug Lewis there). This time around I’m doing English-language announcing to complement in-house Russian announcer Denis Stoikov. Denis is some kind of a big deal on Russian sports TV. Here are some clips of Denis at work: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=1M1HvFGGKoY These are test events for the Games which will open here in less than a year. The place is amazing ... I don’t know how to explain it, really. The sheer scale of everything here is mindblowing. Imagine starting from scratch with a huge mountain (think Whistler) and then building Las Vegas at the bottom and developing the slopes, lifts, and everything else that a mountain resort has to have. This is Rosa Khutor Alpine Center. You know the big M40 snow guns? There must be between 500 and 1000 of them here. New, Pisten Bully Snowcats? Between 50 and 100 at least. And on and on. All new Doppelmeyr lifts (gondolas, 6-pack chairs, Bryn (Miller) Ambauen ’95 (18) I am loving living in Bend, Oregon with my husband Beny Ambauen (just celebrated 10 years of marriage) and two and a half year old daughter Zayda. Still lead a very active lifestyle skiing, mountain biking, stand-up paddleboarding on the river and hiking among other things. Anna Baxter ’96 I’m in my second year of business school at UCLA Anderson and am making the most of student life in sunny California. Once I graduate (mid-June), I’ll be joining Adobe in San Francisco. I’ll be sad to leave LA, but am looking forward to getting to know a new city (and to being a few hours closer to my sister and her family). In the week between graduating and re-entering the working world, I’m planning on heading east for the 40th celebration. I hope to see many of you there! Caitlin Kozicki ’98 (5) We are still living in Denver and having fun teaching our daughter to ski. SPRING 2013 90s Brandon Dyksterhouse ’93 (14) Hi All - After three fantastic years in Whistler, BC I am finally returning to the U.S. for a job in Colorado with Front Range Ski Club (FRSC) and Echo Mtn. I will be joining their staff as Chief of Operations and will be heading up summer and winter development. I am extremely sad to be leaving behind JP Daigneault (Co-worker 20122013) but am happy knowing that the BC Ski Team is in great hands. FRSC is a new, privately owned ski resort (August 2012) that caters to high-end early season race training. Next fall we aim to host numerous National Teams, NCAA schools, and clubs and academies alike. If all goes well I will be renewing a partnership with GMVS to further establish our beloved school as the best Ski Racing Academy on the planet! I hope that everyone is doing well and look forward to seeing you all at the 40th. All 4 now ~ Dykster • Ken Zemach ’87 (8) My current focus this year is on raising money to fight MS, as I have a close family member with the disease. To do so, I’m racing in the 2013 Badwater Ultramarathon, a non-stop 135 mile race with cumulative 13,000+ feet of climbing, across Death Valley to half way up Mt. Whitney... in the middle of July. You can support my insanity in spirit, and the MS Society directly by donating on my personal fundraising page here: http://tinyurl.com/action-stops-ms detacheables, POMA). Many of the slopes have lighting systems. Amazing luxury hotels and lodges all over the mountain and I’d say they are only 25% done building everything here. It is a 24/7 (not a metaphor - really around the clock) construction zone. The countdown is on! ALUMNI MAGAZINE kids, lots of travel for work, and enjoying all that Austin has to offer. 15 CLASS NOTES 00s Camille Campanile ’00 (7) My husband Ray and I welcomed our fourth child into the world on February 8, 2013! Big sister Francesca (8) and big brothers Raphael (6) and Gustavo (4) are thrilled with their new little brother: Alessandro Serafino Campanile! Alessandro weighed in at 7lb.s 4 oz. and was 21 & 1/2 inches long at birth! We are all over the moon about him :) Madaileine ’00 and TJ Kingsbury ’97 (1) (3) TJ and I welcomed baby #2 in November-Duke Dillon Kingsbury! Older brother Killian recently turned 2 and made his skiing debut just last weekend! Lots of sleepless nights and chaotic days but we wouldn’t trade it for the world! We actually managed to get away for the first time without both kids last week and competed in a snowshoe half marathon race. I think we will be sore for months to come, but so much fun. We’re looking forward to seeing everybody in June! Jenny ’02 and Abbi ’02 Lathrop “Team John Lathrop”; Abbi and I with our finance’s, both named John, are competing to defend our 2012 team championship title in the Park City Town Race Series this year. Competition is stiff with many past national team athletes competing in the beer league. We are continuing our ski racing careers the best we can while living “real life” with 8-5 jobs in beautiful Park City, Utah. :) 16 experience of a lifetime and tons of travelling the world chasing snow. We just got back from the World Championships in La Molina, Spain where we medalled in both events we participated in (bronze in SL and silver in GS). Unfortunately, the athlete that I guide has decided to retire the year before the paralympics. I will not be skiing next year but on the other bright side of the medal I will be planning my wedding:)! Alessandra DeMarchis (’05) came up north this past December to visit. Together we went wedding dress shopping :)! When I am not skiing, I have the other best job in the world. I have been working for the last four year as a Physical Therapist in a rehabilitation center near my house in Gatineau, Québec. Chelsea Forsthuber ’06 I have been living in Encinitas, CA for the last two years and recently started working for FRENDS as their marketing coordinator. Started by a group of professional snowboarders, the company has shifted from action sports to women’s fashion. A very exciting change of pace for me! I still work for ESPN during X Games, and love having the opportunity to get back to Vermont a few times a year (my brother Mikkel, class of 2000, is getting married in May). My company also puts on a music festival every June at Stratton Mountain called the Frendly Gathering. Otherwise, I just love life living on the beach right outside of San Diego, attempting to surf and paddle board and living a healthy lifestyle. Austin Nelson ’03 (6) I’ve been living and working in Aspen for the past four years. Last winter Nelson Riley (’01) and I started The ApresBike, a pedal powered party bike in Aspen. We also traveled to Alaska to ski Girdwood and Valdez this past April. While skiing in Valdez, I fell into a 60ft hidden crevasse and shattered my left tib/fib. Flew to New Haven, CT to undergo surgery, five plates and sixteen screws... Began skiing again 8 months later and just attended the World’s 1st Deaf Alpine Skiing Championships in Nesselwang, Germany where I placed 11th in Downhill, 6th in Super G, 6th in Super Combined, and 5th in GS. Cody Transue ’06 (12) I just returned to China from a month long trip in Nepal and India. Living in southern China the past two years has made me really miss anything resembling winter so I packed up with a friend of mine and went off to Kathmandu. My friend, our awesome Sherpa guide, and I spent 14 days trekking in the Khumbu region reaching a max elevation of 18,519 ft on the summit of Kala Patthar which rests within Everest’s shadow. I then took off on a whirlwind tour of India’s “golden triangle” which culminated in seeing the Taj Mahal and sleeping outside in a desert village in between short camel trips. So now I’m back in Shenzhen teaching again for the next four months while I search for a new job back in the states. So if anyone out there knows of one, let me know! Chloe Lauzon-Gauthier ’05 (2) This past year has been a really exciting year so far. I was a guide for a visually impaired athlete on the Canadian Para-Alpine National ski team. Taking up this new role as a guide has been an Caroline McHugh ’08 This past September I moved to Frisco, Colorado where I currently work as an Environmental Analyst for SE Group. Life in the west is fantastic, although snowfall has been somewhat Meghan Luck ’09 (20) This past fall I began working for a global actionresearch policy network out of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government called WEIGO (Women in Informal Economies: Globalizing and Organizing). My work there has exposed me to some truly inspiring people and ground-breaking research on economies in developing countries. This spring I am in the first semester of my senior year at Harvard, and I am looking forward to one more college summer before real life kicks in next January. I credit GMVS for breeding in me a spirit of international adventure, and now my eyes are set on London, where I am planning to relocate in January of 2014. Most of all, I am looking forward to a spring break in Sun Valley, ID, where I can satisfy my ever present craving for the mountains. Michelle Seares ’09 I will be graduating from Colby College this May with a degree in Government and Jewish Studies and will be attending law school in the fall, most likely at George Washington University in Washington, DC. I am most interested in health law and policy but that can always change! 10s Simona Croccolo ’12 As GMVS graduates, we are given many opportunities and choices. One choice we face is whether to continue to compete as skier , and on what level. My choice was to attend Castleton State College in Vermont. As a freshman, I was able to contribute to the success of the Castleton State women’s ski team. For the first time the Castleton women’s team was nationally Congratulations to the 2013 GMVS College graduates Jeff Bak ’08, Whitman College Zachary Barkan ’06, University of Vermont Adrienne Barrett ’09, University of Connecticut Haley Best ’09, St. Lawrence University Elizabeth Cochrane ’09, Colby College Brett Depper-Goldstein ’09, Colby College Evan Diamond ’09, Dartmouth College Jenna Duncan ’09, George Washington University Laura Gelabert ’09, HEC Montreal Dylan Grald PG ’09, University of Vermont Emily Hammel’09, Middlebury College (2013.5) Eric Harwood ’09, University of New Hampshire Katherine Jondro ’09, Clarkson University Natasha Kosik ’09, University of Colorado Daniel Kuzio ’09, Bates College Erika Lacasse Courchesne’09, Universite de Montreal Natacha Lefebvre ’09 Universite de Montreal Marie-Elaine Lepine PG ’09, University of New Hampshire Zoe Livingston ’09, Bates College Meghan Luck ’09, Harvard College (December ’13 graduation) John McGlenn ’09, Montana State University Amy McLaughlin PG’12, Williams College Maggie McLaughlin ’09, Boston University Andrew McNealus ’08, Middlebury College Paige Pasquini ’09, St. Lawrence University Michelle Seares ’09, Colby College Carl Spielvogel ’09, Bowdoin College Andrew Spielvogel ’09, Harvard College Nicholas Thimm ’09, University of New Hampshire Christian Woolson ’08 Middlebury College SPRING 2013 Natacha Lefebvre ’09 (16) I am studying occupational therapy and graduating from University of Montreal this year! Next year, I will start my Master’s degree in the same program. I’m still dating Fred Durand ’08 who is in his second year of law school also at the University of Montreal. We’ve been dating for 7 years and living together for 2. • Elizabeth Cochrane ’09 I am a senior at Colby College and I will be graduating in May. In August, I am starting medical school at the University of Vermont College of Medicine! ranked. We were excited to qualify for the 2013 USCSA national championships held in Sun Valley, Idaho. Our successful year was the best in the history of the women’s team at Castleton. I am honored to have been awarded the MVP for Castelon’s 2013 women’s ski team. ALUMNI MAGAZINE unimpressive... If there are any other alumni in the area, look me up! 17 ALUMNI FACES 1 3 2 4 9 8 10 13 16 14 15 17 1. Madaileine ’00 and TJ Kingsbury ’97’s 3-month old son Duke 2.Chloe Lauzon-Gauthier ’05 with Vivian Forest 3. Madaileine and TJ Kingsbury son Killian turns 2! 4. Jamie Preston’80’s daughter Sonja 5. Caitlin Kozicki ’98’s daughter Sophie 6. Austin Nelson’03 Crevasse 7.Camile Campanile ’00’s new baby 8. Ken Zemach’87 at White River 9. Nina Skylling’90 Christmas 2012 10. Cassy (Benjamin)’81 and Tom ’80 Johnston family photo 11. Jeff Olson ’84 at TG Farm 12. Cody Transue ’06 at Gokyo Ri during the ascent 18 18 6 7 5 11 19 12 20 21 13. Jamie Preston ’80 Utah skiing 14. Dykster ’93 and JP Daigneault ’92 15. Doug ’82 and Kelly PG’89 Lewis in Deer Valley 16. Fred Durand ’08 & Natacha Lefebvre ’09 17. Simona Croccolo ’12 18. Bryn (Miller) Ambauen ’95 with child 19. Jim Sink ’87’s children 20. Megan Luck ’09 21. Doug Lewis and Jamie Preston 19 SUPPORTING GMVS CAMPAIGN FOR THE 5TH DECADE $200K $400,000 $600,000 $920,000 $1 MILLION (MATCH GOAL) $1.25 MILLION (DONOR MATCH + BONUS) $2.25 MILLION Dear GMVS Community: Two of my greatest GMVS moments were when my little 11 year-old daughter announced that she wanted to “go to school with those kids” (referring to the GMVS athletes she met in the Weekend Program); and seeing the tremendous outpouring of support for the Campaign of the 5th Decade. I could give you many paragraphs on all the things GMVS did for my daughter and does for our student/athletes in general; but for the moment I will stick to what the hugely successful Campaign will do for GMVS. Additionally, the School’s Board of Trustees has allocated $500,000 for a Faculty Fund. This Fund is to last in perpetuity and is restricted to the recruitment, retention and professional development of our coaches and teachers. All of the above will be a real “shot in the arm” for our great little School. If all this were not enough, the Campaign has helped finance a “World Class” ski training facility on Inverness, and has given us a start on some long-needed Campus improvements. Hurray for us! Thanks for making this happen. ALUMNI MAGAZINE • SPRING 2013 First, we will now have an endowment of over $2.0 million – an increase of $1.36 million over an 18-month period. This endowment will supplement GMVS’ operating budget, and thereby support the School’s education and athletic programs. We expect that the endowment will continue to grow through contributions, prudent withdrawals, and professional management. 20 Larry Dickie Chairman of the Board of Trustees Annual fund Can we count on you for the 2012-2013 Annual Fund? The Annual Fund is a necessary supplement to tuition and a critical component in providing GMVS’ high quality program. A gift to the Annual Fund supports small classes and coaching groups, wellmaintained vans, extracurricular activities, early season on-snow training, and so much more. Your gift helps GMVS provide this year’s students with all the great experiences you had when you were here. Donate online at gmvs.org/development/annual-fund or mail a check to: GMVS Annual Fund 271 Moulton Road Waitsfield, Vermont 05673 Thank you to those who have already so generously contributed to the 2012-2013 Annual Fund and thank you to those who will. We could not continue to excel without your help. 2011-2012 Annual Report The 2011-2012 Annual Report listed Annual Fund Donations and Annual Gala income summary but did not list Capital Campaign Contributions. All Capital Campaign contributions will be recognized in the 2012-2013 Annual Report and Campaign for the 5th Closing Report due out this summer. We sincerely apologize for any confusion this created. Please contact Karyn Campbell [email protected] to make any corrections. Corrections to GMVS Annual Report published in the fall of 2012 Missing from the list of those that gave to last year’s Annual fund: Wendy Scipione Art and Debby Scipione* *Donors in bold have contributed for five or more consecutive years 21 Two GMVS Athletes competed in European Youth olympic festival in brasov, romania Kristen Sweeney ’13, Ireland Olympic Team member, and Charlie Raposo ’14, British Junior Ski team member, were in Barsov, Romania in March competing against elite skiers from throughout Europe. Kristen Sweeney’13 with Irish National Coach and teammate Charlie Raposo ’14 A record number of GMVS Athletes possible on US Ski Team Next Year Danny Duffy ’12 GMVS skiers are very much on the radar of the US Ski Team this spring, as four skiers have met the Team’s nominating criteria for next year. Making the grade for nomination to the C Team are Sandy Vietze and Brian McLaughlin, while Danny and Drew Duffy, each ranked #1 in the US in their respective age groups in GS, met the Development Team criteria. All four will be headed to the Team’s tryout camp at Mammoth in May. In addition, current US Team member AJ Ginnis has been back on snow over the past month after his knee surgery last fall. Also, junior Charlie Raposo, a member of the British Junior Ski Team, has made the criteria for nomination to the U18 National Team. He is currently ranked third in the world for 96’s in GS, and will likely be in the top 5 in slalom once the new list comes out. HEIDI HALVORSEN ’13 SPEEDS INTO THE FUTURE Heidi Halvorsen’13 22 Heidi Halvorsen finishes her high school career with impressive credentials. She is a six time All-American in Junior National competition. She is a twotime member of the US Ski Team's U-18 team – this year she led the women's squad, placing 5th in the sprint, 12th in a 4km distance and anchored the US women to 2nd place finish (the best US result to date) at Scandinavian Junior Championships, held in Trondheim, Norway. Other notable results from this season include winning two Eastern Cup races and placing 15th overall at US Senior Nationals in the sprint (5th Junior). Halvorsen ends her 2013 race season as the 27th ranked sprinter in the Nation. She has been accepted to Williams College. campus News Tending goal last year were two freshman trying to fill the vacancy of alumnus Dan Bell ’11, who is now playing for Bates College. Casey Cardon and Erik Silbernagel, both members of the class of 2015, did an admirable job getting the Gumbies to a nearperfect record for 2012. And, since then, both boys have been working to stay fresh for the coming season. “It’s a whole new year,” says Jackson. “Like GMVS, every year we start from scratch and recreate the team.” The first game of the season is scheduled for April 26th, and the first home game will be Saturday May 4th vs. Milton. On Monday May 6th the team will face Colchester high school--the team they saw last in the championship game. If you find yourself nearby, come cheer the team on to another successful season! • While the team graduated 8 talented seniors from its roster last spring, there is no shortage of players lined up for this year. Over 30 boys have signed on for the upcoming season and coach Sam Jackson is already strategizing about how to make the best use of this small army of eager Gumbies. ALUMNI MAGAZINE One of the things that makes the end of ski season a bit more palatable here on campus is the arrival of lacrosse season. And there are a lot of athletes and fans looking forward to this year’s return as the reigning state champs! 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Dion Real Estate Route 100 Waitsfield, VT 802-496-5000 Reliable Racing www.reliableracing.com 800-223-4448 Lincoln Peak Properties PO Box 802 Waitsfield, VT 802-496-8000 Sugarbush Resort www.sugarbush.com 800.53.SUGAR Roth Real Estate Main Street Warren, VT 802-496-3865 Sugarbush Real Estate 5081 Main Street Waitsfield, VT 802-496-3500 24 Casella Waste Management 888-314-2142 Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic 3 Albert Cree Drive Rutland, VT 802-776-2214 Congratulations to our newest alumni: the class of 2013 Henry Anderson: University of Vermont Nick Cosentino: Colby-Sawyer College Lainey Curtis: Colby College; UVM Margret Doemland: St. Michael’s College Drew Duffy: Middlebury College Storey Dyer Kloman: Dartmouth College Kelly Glander: UVM; UNH; St. Michael’s College Heidi Halvorsen: Williams College Trevor Harnsberger: St. Michael’s College Ava Kikut: Middlebury College; NYU; Wesleyan University Gabrielle Pasteris: Harvard College; Colby College; UVM; Skidmore College Nick Post: Williams College Kate Rankin: Boston U.; Emerson College; American U.; Northeastern U.; George Washington U. Jack Schibli: Middlebury College Devlin Shea: Harvard College Kristin Sweeney: Babson College Alva Swing: UVM; St. Michael’s College Thomas Walsh: Chapman University; George Washington U; Savannah College of Art & Design; Colorado Mesa U. Sam Worley: St. Michael’s College 25 WWW.GMVS.ORG 2012/2013 Annual Fund There is still time to give. Thank you in advance for your support! www.gmvs.org/development/annual-fund 2013 Save the Dates 40th Alumni Reunion: June 14-16 Kelly Brush Ride: September 7 Alumni Golf Tournament: September 27 Gala Dinner & Auction: September 28 Shrek the Musical: October 24-26
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