Shades of Green - Stephen T. Badin High School

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1960-70s
John Slovisky ’60 and several siblings – David ’63,
Barbara ’73 and David’s wife, Sally Webster Slovisky,
participated in “The Legend” run/walk half-marathon
in East Lansing, Mich., in August. Each placed third in
their respective age groups. John is a retired history
teacher from Talawanda High School in Oxford and a
frequent substitute teacher at Badin. David lives in
Lander, Wyoming and Barbara in East Lansing, Mich.
Jim Tracy ’74 resigned as the manager of the
Colorado Rockies. Tracy compiled a record of 294-
308 in nearly four seasons as manager of the Rockies.
He was the National League Manager of the Year in
2009, when he took over the Rockies in May and
guided them into the playoffs. He has previously
managed the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh
Pirates.
Terry Owen ’76 has
opened a business on
Hamilton Avenue in
College Hill, suburban
Cincinnati, called Silk
Road Textiles. The business
offers fine fabric and
yarn from around the
world, and caters to
experienced quilters, fiber
artists, knitters and crocheters. Owen says her goal is
to make the business “a community gathering place.”
Owen recently retired from a 30-year teaching
career, including two years as a Peace Corps volunteer,
10 at Seton High School and 15 in the
Finneytown district.
1980-90s
Mike Kerrigan ‘80 is chairman of the Outback Bowl,
the Jan. 1 college football bowl game in Tampa, Fla.,
that pits teams from the Big Ten Conference and
the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Kerrigan is an
account executive with WTOG-CW,, channel 44 in
Tampa, and has been involved with the bowl for 25
years. He has served on the bowl’s Board of
Directors since 2002.
Jim Schaffer ’84 gets a great big “Thank you!” from
Badin High School students and staff! When it came
time to put the compressors for the new $450,000
air conditioning system on the roof of the school in
June, Jim was running the crane that made it happen.
Badin is now a much more comfortable place to go
to school!
Julie Marie Hassett ’88 has released her independent
film, “Joy”, five years after making the movie in and
around Jungle Jim’s market in Fairfield. Julie co-wrote,
directed and starred in the film, which was inspired
by the deaths of her father, Robert, and her sister,
Elizabeth Joy Weitz ’97. The film is about discovering
“the meaning of life and finding joy again,” Hassett
told the Cincinnati Enquirer in 2007. It is available
through Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble
book sellers. Hassett is married and lives in Los
Angeles.
Craig Bucheit ’94 has been named a captain in
the Hamilton, Ohio, police force, the number
two post in the department. He and his wife,
Angie Briggs Bucheit ’95, are the parents of
four children. Angie is a counselor at Badin
High School.
Kim Pohlman Tavares ’94 received her master’s
degree in business from Miami University.
2000-10s
Caitlin Wolf Huxel ‘00 is teaching 6th grade
Language Arts at Talawanda Middle School in
Oxford.
Marilyn McAllister ’00 graduated in May from
Austin Peay State University in Clarksville,
Tenn., with a master of arts degree in industrial/organizational
psychology. She lives in
Nashville, Tenn.
Zach Marcum ‘02 was named the 2012 Rising
Star of the Year at the
2012 Next-
Generation Pharmacist
awards event in San
Diego, Calif. The Next-
Generation is a
national program that
honors pharmacists
who define the future
of the industry. Zach
is an assistant professor of medicine at the
University of Pittsburgh. After graduating with a
PharmD from Butler University, Zach joined
the faculty at Pitt and also earned a master’s
degree in geriatrics. He’s currently pursuing a
PhD in clinical and translational science.
Jeremy Hammond ’04 is now working for
WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment, handling
event and promotional activities as well
as their Make A Wish partnership. He was on
hand July 30 at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati
for a WWE smackdown. Jeremy previously was
the events coordinator at the Georgia Dome
in Atlanta.
Thomas Koch ’04 is
currently a captain in
the United States
Marine Corps, serving
as a company commander
of a combat
engineering battalion
in Afghanistan. A 2008
graduate of the
United States Naval
Academy, this is Thomas’ second tour of
duty in Afghanistan in the last two years.
He is the son of Roger ’68 and Carol
Koch of Oxford, and brother to three
other Badin grads – Paula ’06, Robert
’08 and James ’11.
Beth Lagergren ’05 is a nurse
practitioner at Children’s Hospital in
Columbus. She earned her undergrad
degree in exercise science from Miami
University, and her master’s degree at
Ohio State.
Mandy Hessling ’07 was in Honduras
with the University of Cincinnati on
a health services mission. She is completing
her doctorate in pharmacy.
Whitney Mueller ’09 interned with the
Cincinnati Reds this summer, primarily
working in the Reds’ Hall of Fame. She
is a senior at the College of Mount St.
Joseph, majoring in sports management
and marketing, and is a member of the
golf team.
Sydnee Fields ’10 was voted captain of
the Xavier University women’s
soccer team. Sydnee is majoring in premedicine.
She is a dean’s list
student and an Atlantic-10 Conference
all-academic selection.
Nick Sciulli ’11 has been the ball boy
on the rightfield line for the Cincinnati
Reds throughout the 2012 season. Sciulli
sent an e-mail to the Reds wondering
how those jobs were filled – and it just
so happened that a job was open! Sciulli
does numerous other things helping
prepare the Reds lockerroom and dugout
before the game, then takes his
place in the
field. A former pitcher for the Badin
baseball team, Nick is a sophomore
at Miami University-Hamilton.
Nick Seither ‘11 enjoyed a lineman’s
dream during a football game for
Georgetown College on Saturday, Oct.
13. Nick picked up a fumble
with two minutes to play and raced 25
yards for the game-winning touchdown
as Georgetown defeated Cumberland,
41-35. Seither, a
sophomore, plays defensive end for
Georgetown, one of the top-rated
NAIA football teams in the country.