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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.

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