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’00s<br />
Robert Salazar ’01 is working for<br />
the Pueblo of Laguna Department of<br />
Education. Robert taught middle school<br />
science classes last spring when the school<br />
had a staffing need, but normally works<br />
with systems analysis, efficiency and<br />
school improvement.<br />
Matthew VerEecke ’01 married Karelia<br />
(Brown) Ver Eecke August 25, 2013 in<br />
Telluride, Colorado . Kurt Ver Eecke<br />
’98 was the best man and Jordan<br />
Hanssen ’00 performed the ceremony.<br />
Prep classmates Anson Chen ’01 and<br />
Katie (Holland) Maurer ’01 joined<br />
the festivities, as well as Coach Tommy<br />
Smith. Matt recently finished his masters<br />
in Mental Health Counseling from<br />
the University of New Mexico, and the<br />
newlyweds plan to move to Bend, Oregon.<br />
Maggie Latta ’02 married Alex Yocom-<br />
Piatt on June 15, 2013 in the Dominican<br />
Republic. Several Prep grads were in<br />
attendance, including: Scooter Haynes<br />
’01, Grace Lerner ’02, Julia Maccini<br />
’02, Doug Siegel ’02, and Meghann<br />
Zimmerman ’02.<br />
We’re looking for volunteers to help plan<br />
the upcoming Class of 2004’s 10-year<br />
reunion. To learn more, please email<br />
alumni@sandiaprep.org.<br />
Sara (Richards) Cooper ’05 married<br />
Kevin Cooper on July 6 in Anchorage, AK.<br />
In May, Beth Obenauf Odegard ’05<br />
graduated from the University of New<br />
Mexico’s School of Medicine. Beth and her<br />
husband, David Odegard ’05, moved to<br />
California where Beth is working on her<br />
Ob-Gyn residency in Santa Clara, CA.<br />
Katherine Blanchard ’06 spent the<br />
2010-2011 school year as a Fulbright Fellow<br />
in Belgrade, Serbia. Katherine now lives<br />
in Washington, DC and works with the<br />
Smithsonian Institution.<br />
Yanni’s Mediterranean Grill co-owners<br />
Nicole Kapnison ’06 and her mother,<br />
Chris Komis, were featured in the May 31<br />
edition of the Albuquerque Journal for the<br />
remodel and relaunch of Lemonia. The<br />
new space, formerly known as the Opa Bar,<br />
was designed and decorated by Kapnison<br />
and Komis.<br />
Amy Mann ’06 – see page 19.<br />
Marie Milne ’06 – see page 19.<br />
In July, Dani<br />
Castioni ’07<br />
participated in the<br />
University of New<br />
Mexico School of<br />
Medicine’s White<br />
Coat ceremony. The<br />
first-year medical<br />
student has a<br />
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Biology<br />
from Stevens Institute of Technology.<br />
On December 10, 2012, JoAnna Phillips<br />
Eller ’07 and her husband Rhett welcomed<br />
Iris Elizabeth into the world, Miss Iris was<br />
seven pounds, nine ounces and 20 inches<br />
long. Five days later, Jo Anna received<br />
a Bachelors of Arts in English from the<br />
University of New Mexico. The Eller<br />
family had a busy summer: Jo Anna began<br />
childbirth education certification courses;<br />
Rhett, who will receive<br />
his master’s degree<br />
in Optical Science<br />
next spring, passed<br />
his PhD qualifying<br />
exams; three-year-old<br />
Ava started preschool;<br />
and Iris won 100.3 The<br />
Peak’s “BabyPalooza<br />
2013”.<br />
Jack Olson ’08 is interning in Shark<br />
Bay, Australia with Florida International<br />
University and the Shark Bay Ecological<br />
Research Project (SBERP). Jack is working<br />
with Tiger Sharks as part of a larger project<br />
to catalogue the many food chains in the<br />
pristine Shark Bay sea grass ecosystem<br />
on Australia’s west coast. Jack received<br />
a degree in Evolutionary Biology and<br />
Ecology from CU-Boulder in May 2012<br />
and has plans to attend graduate school<br />
in marine fisheries. His photo blog is<br />
chilidoghotpocket.tumblr.com.<br />
At Clark<br />
University’s<br />
2013 Athletics<br />
Awards<br />
ceremony,<br />
Mollie<br />
Kleyboecker ’09 received the Merit<br />
award, which recognizes student-athletes<br />
who have had a significant impact on their<br />
sport. Mollie, a two-time NCAA Qualifier<br />
who holds five individual school records<br />
and has three other relay records, is the<br />
first woman in school history to complete<br />
the 100-yard backstroke in less than a<br />
minute.<br />
’10s<br />
Several members of the Class of 2010<br />
met in San Diego during Spring Break.<br />
Pictured from left to right: Clayton<br />
Calvin, Maddy Walton, Stephen Kersh,<br />
and Leslie Wilson.<br />
James Fisk ’11. James has been accepted at<br />
Trinity College Dublin as a Non EU visiting<br />
student for the Michaelmas Term, (<strong>Fall</strong><br />
Semester) 2013.<br />
In March, Alexandra Vavruska ’12 was<br />
crowned Miss Santa Fe. The ’12 grad was<br />
also named as a “Miracle Maker” for<br />
raising the most money for the Children’s<br />
Miracle Network. Alexandra attends<br />
Creighton University.<br />
Kaitlyn Glass ’13, a goalkeeper for the<br />
Lubbock Christian University Women’s<br />
Soccer team, is leading the 2013 season<br />
soccer coverage on NMPreps.com.<br />
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