Today, FALL/WINTER 2008 1 - University of the Ozarks
Today, FALL/WINTER 2008 1 - University of the Ozarks
Today, FALL/WINTER 2008 1 - University of the Ozarks
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manager trainees for <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers<br />
in Honduras.<br />
Russell Davis ’08 is working in<br />
Austin, Texas, as an agency leasing<br />
broker for Transwestern, a commercial<br />
real estate company.<br />
Jeana Feazel ’08 is living in Coon<br />
Rapids, Iowa, where she is a resort<br />
manager for Whiterock Conservancy, a<br />
5,000-acre, non-pr<strong>of</strong>it land trust in west<br />
central Iowa.<br />
Robby Finnell ’08 is working as<br />
an adult protective services specialist<br />
for <strong>the</strong> State <strong>of</strong> Oklahoma. He investigates<br />
neglect, exploitation and abuse <strong>of</strong><br />
adults.<br />
Robin Jennings ‘08 and Richard<br />
Humphreys <strong>of</strong> Clarksville welcomed a<br />
baby boy, Jack Anderson, to <strong>the</strong> family<br />
on Aug. 27, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Enyinnaya “K.Z.” Inyama ’08 is<br />
working as a manager trainee for Edward<br />
Jones in San Antonio, Texas.<br />
Michelle Linares ’08 is working as<br />
a teacher in La Ceiba, Honduras.<br />
Clint McHenry ’08 and Andrea<br />
(Mitchell) McHenry ’08 are living<br />
in Tulsa, Okla., where she works as a<br />
teacher and he works for Enterprise.<br />
Several former men’s basketball players returned to compete in <strong>the</strong> Alumni Basketball<br />
Game on Oct. 18. Those included (from left ) Habeeb Kareem ’08, Reggie Brasfield ’04,<br />
Josh Joyner ’06, Michael Bollman ’04, Isaac Middlebrooks ’05, David Hamilton ’06,<br />
Ryan Marshall ’01, Ge<strong>of</strong>f Owens ’04, Ricky Johnson ’03, Scott McCall ’07, Brad Johnson<br />
’06, David Pridgin ’07, Jacob Sibley ’06, Andre Webster ’98, and Bo Martin ’08.<br />
David Ray ’08 was busy during <strong>the</strong><br />
summer and early fall working for <strong>the</strong><br />
National Republican Party as a campaign<br />
aide in senatorial races in Louisiana,<br />
Mississippi and Georgia.<br />
Luis Sanchez ’08 is living in Chihuahua,<br />
Mexico, where he is a development<br />
and new projects manager for a<br />
company.<br />
Fidel Samour ’08 is working in<br />
Little Rock, Ark., as a project coordinator<br />
at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.<br />
Samantha Whitten ’08 is in graduate<br />
school and working as a graduate<br />
assistant at <strong>the</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Arkansas<br />
Sociology Department.<br />
Jonathan Vire ’10 and Savannah<br />
Keith ’10 were married July 12, <strong>2008</strong>,<br />
in Lamar, Ark. The Vires live in Lamar<br />
and are students at U <strong>of</strong> O.<br />
Porchia, Gonzalez named to Sports Hall<br />
Smooth-shooting basketball player<br />
Anthony Porchia ’93 and high-scoring<br />
soccer standout Marcos Gonzalez ’01<br />
will be inducted into <strong>the</strong> U <strong>of</strong> O Sports<br />
Hall <strong>of</strong> Fame during a ceremony on Saturday,<br />
Feb 14, in Mabee Gymnasium.<br />
Porchia played for <strong>the</strong> Eagles from<br />
1989-93 and is <strong>the</strong> program’s second<br />
all-time leading scorer (1,671 points)<br />
and career leader in three-pointers<br />
(241). He was an All-Arkansas Intercollegiate<br />
Conference (AIC) selection<br />
in 1992 and 1993 and was named to <strong>the</strong><br />
AIC All-Freshman team in 1990.<br />
Porchia was also named All-NAIA<br />
District 17 after helping <strong>the</strong> Eagles to a<br />
23-9 record and a spot in <strong>the</strong> national<br />
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tournament during <strong>the</strong> 1992-93 season.<br />
Gonzalez was a four-year standout<br />
for <strong>the</strong> Eagles’ soccer program from<br />
1998-2001. Many consider him one <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> pioneers in helping build <strong>the</strong> Eagles’<br />
soccer program. The Eagles were 5-13-1<br />
in <strong>the</strong> year before he arrived on campus<br />
and 50-27-5 in his four years at <strong>Ozarks</strong>.<br />
A native <strong>of</strong> Georgetown, Texas,<br />
Marcos still holds school career records<br />
in assists (45), points (149) and shots attempted<br />
(367) and is second on <strong>the</strong> career<br />
list in goals (52).<br />
He also holds <strong>the</strong> school record for<br />
assists in a game with 8 against Rhema<br />
Bible College in 2001, which is also an<br />
NCAA record. His 66 points, 20 goals<br />
Gonzalez<br />
Porchia<br />
and 26 assists during <strong>the</strong> 2001 season<br />
are also all single-season school records.<br />
He was a four-time All-ASC East<br />
first-team selection and was named an<br />
NSCAA All-Region selection and ASC<br />
Offensive Player <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Year in 2001.