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Notre Dame Cheerleaders
2005 classmates Preston B. Bennett (left) and Donald J. Taynor
will boost the University of Notre Dame athletic teams as members
of the school’s “Blue” athletic cheerleading squad. (There is a
second, “Green” squad as well.) This will be Bennett’s second
year and Taynor’s first. “I, like most here, had a desire to be on
‘that’ field,” Taynor said. “I knew Preston was a cheerleader the
year before, so I thought I’d give it a shot. I’m glad I did. Both
the guys and girls on the team are great, and are already close
friends.”
2006
Nworah B. Ayogu has become
very involved at Harvard University
where he’s a neurobiology
concentrator (pre-med) student
with a secondary field in health
policy.
Ayogu was elected to the
school’s Undergraduate Council
and is also an Institute Of
Politics liaison to Ambassador
George E. Moose, former U.S.
ambassador to the UN in Geneva.
He was also appointed to
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the Harvard Foundation, which
works to improve relations
among racial and ethnic groups
within the University.
Thomas C. McCartney is studying
biomedical science at The
Ohio State University where
he’s involved with club volleyball
and ballroom dance.
Nicholas J. Mascia, a member
of Boy Scout Troop 826 in
Pickerington, was accepted into
the ranks of Eagle Scout by the
Eagle Scout board of review in
November.
St. Charles alumnus Adam Ritter ’03
“held court” at the University of Arizona
last fall when the senior was selected the
school’s Homecoming King in addition
to being crowned a national champion
twice at the 2007 NCAA championships in
Division I swimming.
Ritter is now poised to gain a spot on
the U. S. Olympic Swim Team to compete
for gold in Beijing at the 2008 Summer
Olympics. The U.S. Olympic swim trials
will be held in July 2008. The Olympic
Games start a month later. “I’ve made my
time standards in multiple events already
for the Olympic Trials,” he said.
Ritter went to college well prepared
for more than athletic competition. He’s
2003
Kyle L. Barger, a senior at Wittenberg
University, was one of
only 13 students selected by the
school’s department of management
for distinguished honors
for his senior portfolios, which
displayed “the highest caliber of
work.”
Students use the portfolios for
job interviews and admission
to graduate or professional programs.
They serve as a compilation
of the seniors’ management
knowledge and experiences,
and exceptional evidence of
their ability to apply management
concepts and theory.
John A. “Alex” Lewis graduated
from Miami (OH) University
and was commissioned as
an Ensign in the United States
Navy on May 5th, 2007. He was
accepted in the Navy ROTC
Scholarship Program upon
graduation from St. Charles
and now plans to attend flight
school this fall after working at
the Miami University ROTC Unit
this summer.
2002
Timothy “TJ” Davis is a parole
officer with the state of Virginia
living in Charlottesville. He
graduated from Bowling Green
State University last August with
degrees in criminal justice and
psychology. At BGSU he was
active in Delta Tau Delta Fraternity,
Dance Marathon, and Interfraternity
Committee. He plans
to pursue a master’s in public
policy at Virginia this fall.
Davis is a member of Virginia’s
Crisis Response Team. He was
paged and placed on alert for
possible assignment in Blacksburg
the morning of the tragedy
at Virginia Tech. His group was
not activated, but many others
were. He reported that the entire
state went into mourning and
all you can “see everywhere you
go is orange and maroon,” the
school colors.
Benjamin J. Tilton is working
as an analyst at Normura Securities,
an investment banking
firm in New York City.
2000
Joe Pemberton has enrolled in
a two-year management training
program at Suburban Natural
Gas in its Cygnet, Ohio office.
Joe joins his father David
Jr. ’79, and grandfather, Dave
Sr., as the third generation of
Pemberton men involved in the
family business.
Prior to this move, he worked
five years with Saks 5th Avenue
and two years at Federal Express.
Jeffrey Pierce is teaching history
and technology in Hong
Kong.
Will Herbert “got his wings” in
the U. S. Air Force last July.
1999
Pumped
Adam J. Ritter ’03 celebrates his victory in the finals of
the 2006 NCAA swimming championships. He was an
Ohio high school state champion at St. Charles in the
200-free in 2002.
Dennis J. Pettis lives in Baltimore
where he is based as a
sales representative for Janssen
Pharmaceutica Inc.
J. Alex Lewis ’03
Christopher Alvarez-
Breckenridge ’01 delivered the
keynote address in May at the
2007 induction ceremony for
the Borromean Chapter of the
National Honor Society held in
Mother of Mercy Chapel at St.
Charles. Theme of his talk was
the importance of mentoring.
Six juniors and 55 sophomores
were enrolled this year.
majoring in civil engineering with a 3.1
GPA and is interested in owning his own
firm some day. His semester schedule
was a daunting one. It included advanced
hydrolics, Chinese Civilization, and
advanced concrete (“much harder than it
sounds,” he says.)
Ritter culminated his college swimming
career this winter by winning a national
championship in the 200 IM with the
third-fastest time in history, pro or
amateur. He also placed third at the
competition in the 200 freestyle, was fifth
in the 100 freestyle, and competed with
the Wildcats’ championship 800 freestyle
relay team.
In his career he won multiple
All-American honors with NCAA
championships in five events, helping the
Wildcats finish second, third, third, and
fourth in Division I during his time in
Tucson.
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