The Knights' Pages - Bishop O'Connell High School

Christopher Franco and Lauren RoubikLauren Roubik ’02 and ChristopherFranco were married October 13, 2012 atthe Basilica of the National Shrine of theAssumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary inBaltimore. Deacon Robert Shepherd offici-ated. Following the reception at the BaltimoreMarriott Inner Harbor the couplehoneymooned in Myrtle Beach. They livein Reston, Va.Brandon Moore ’04 married his wife,Kristina, and they purchased their firsthome only a few months later in Fair Haven,N.J. It’s been a big year!Kristina and Brandon MooreTerry Belt and Tom Reilly Join Forces inReal EstateIt was the winter of 1980. Terry Belt ’84 and Tom Reilly ’84 were freshmen at O’Connelland they were on the basketball team. At 6' tall, Terry played guard and at 6'2" tall, Tomplayed forward. When spring rolled around, they were teammates again, this time on thebaseball field. Belt was one of the leading hitters on the team.Reilly recalled recently, “I’ll never forget thisone time Terry smashed the ball directly atme. I was playing first base and I’ve neverseen a ball hit so hard.”Belt laughed, “You made the play of your lifeon that ball too.”Reilly responded, “That’s called self-defense!”Terry BeltTom ReillyTheir friendship continued throughout highschool and in 1984, they both graduated. Belt went on to play baseball at Georgetown University.And Reilly moved on to Brown University, where he played football. Their pathsdiverged at that point, but they carried with them a bond that was created both by theirpartnership in sports and by the foundation they were given in their years at O’Connell.Belt graduated from Georgetown University in 1988 with a degree in finance and embarkedon a successful career in real estate. He resides in Vienna, Va. with his wife andtwo sons.Reilly graduated from Brown University that same year with a double major: politicalscience and organizational behavioral and management. His career path led him into thelegal industry, where he focused on employing technology to assist in the practice of lawand to promote business development. Reilly is married, has four children and is a lifelongresident of McLean. After two decades, Reilly decided to get his real estate license andquickly rose to success as Rookie-of-the-Year for his company.In 2008, both Belt and Reilly became part of the founding agents at a new McLean officeof Keller Williams Realty. Terry Belt was a part of The Belt Team (a family business thatincludes his parents, Jerry and Gail Belt, and sister Christy Belt Grossman ’79), and TomReilly continued to operate as a solo realtor in the office.Last year, Reilly officially joined The Belt Team, as Senior Buyer Specialist. According toBelt, this was “a natural fit.” Both continue to be active in the community. Belt is involvedin a number of community organizations and especially enjoys coaching youth sports.Reilly has served on the Board of Directors of the Hamlet Swim Club, as an usher at St.Luke Catholic Church.Catching Upwith Jason &David FulbrookIn January 2006, Jason Fulbrook’09, a freshman at the time, wasdiagnosed with a leukemia calledBiphenotypic Acute Leukemia. It isone of the rarest and deadliest formsof leukemia because its origin as acancer is in the bone marrow stemcells that produce all blood cell types.By a miracle, he was diagnosed earlybecause of the blood test he took toparticipate in sports at O’Connell. Forthe next five months, Jason was inthe hospital and had to undergo tworounds of chemotherapy, the maximumradiation treatment, anotherchemotherapy treatment at WalterReed, and then he transferred toChildren’s Hospital in Washington fora bone marrow transplant. By anothermiracle, his brother, David Fulbrook’07 was a perfect bone marrow donormatch and helped save Jason’s life.Fast forward seven years, and the familyis happy to report that both youngmen are doing great. David is nowa second year medical student andJason is a healthy junior at the Collegeof William and Mary, studying chemistryand playing rugby in his sparetime. Because Jason now only has hisbrother’s blood in his system, he couldnever get the same leukemia again.According to their father, JimFulbrook, the family is extremelygrateful for all the support andprayers that came from the O’Connellcommunity during Jason’s ordeal.“The Fulbrooks have a family motto,”he said. “We are more of who we arebecause of each other.”David ’07, Emily ’13, and Jason ’09 Fulbrook20