SAINT XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF SAINT XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL • Volume 43, No. 3 • <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2011</strong> A Voice for Radio, The Face of Planes, New Age Grows with Mafia Support Page 2 New <strong>School</strong> Event Old <strong>School</strong> Success Page 4 Artistic Awards for Creative Trio Page 5 Joe Steier The Idea Master Page 8 www.saintx.com
2 Deener has Audience of Sports Fans Since his college days, Drew Deener ’91 has been quenching the thirst of Kentuckiana sports fans with talk and information about their favorite teams. He is a self-proclaimed sports fanatic. While at Transylvania University, Drew petitioned the administration and was allowed to broadcast the home basketball games on the school radio station – a one watt juggernaut. Although a “one-man flyby-the-seat-of-your-pants operation,” it was a great learning experience. He was hooked. Drew began his career in Hazard, Ky., as a TV sports anchor. Soon he was in Lexington again, where he was sports anchor and reporter for WKYT-TV for eleven years. Drew also worked for the UK Football TV Network as a sideline reporter. On radio, he hosted sports talk shows on ESPN Radio 1300 and WVLK-AM 590, served as color analyst for the Kentucky Thoroughblades hockey team, and was announcer for UK baseball for four years. In 2008, Drew moved back to Louisville. He was paired with John L. Smith to host a morning sports show “The Early Birds” on WKRD-AM 790. It was an immediate success. John L. has moved on, but Drew remains, and the show’s popularity has soared. He also hosts “Cardinal Insider” on WKRD, “Cardinal Courtside,” and UofL Football/Basketball play-by-play on WHAS-TV. While sometimes controversial, he is “not a shock jock.” He strives “to be entertaining, while being fair and informative.” Written by Pete Wimsatt ’72 A Global Voice What started as a 3-month gig doing technical writing has turned into a 19-year career for Mike Mangeot ’84. As Public Relations Manager for UPS Airlines, Mike is the face and voice of the world’s largest package carrier. In fact, Mike got connected to UPS by another St. X grad, Mike Clark ’71. During his tenure, he has concentrated on communicating the company’s purpose – global commerce that improves humanity. Three years ago he moved into the public relations arena for Louisville-based UPS Airlines. Mike’s expertise recently helped guide UPS through its greatest tragedy, the crash of one of its jets and death of two crew members. Though his work is global in nature (when reached for this article, he took the call while standing atop a mountain in Alaska), Mike’s roots remain in Louisville. That sense of connectivity keeps him bonded to UPS, as well as St. X. As a professional communicator, he is grateful for the writing skills he learned from Rena Boyd, as well as the critical thinking ability fostered by Brother Julius Mahoney and Brother James McCarthy. Written by Chuck Willenbrink ’77 Trio of ’77 Grads Exemplifies St. X Mafia Tony Fink, Charlie Hagerty, and Ed Miller were mutual classmates and good friends while at St. X. Tony and Charlie played football – Tony for two years and Charlie all four. Ed seemed to get more kicks playing soccer for the Tigers. They never dreamed to what extent they would be involved in the burgeoning computer world, or that they would eventually be leading one of the region’s top IT consulting firms. After graduating from St. X in 1977, Tony and Ed attended Bellarmine and Charlie marched on to UK. Throughout college, all kept in contact. In 1996, Charlie, after 20 years in the computer industry, started New Age
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