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1999

Joseph Cunningham ('99) married Stacey Sanchez ('01) on August 5, 2005, in Hawaii. Joseph graduated from UTSA with a BS in Kinesiology and was accepted into
Officer Training School for the US Air Force at Maxwell AFB and should
be leaving by this summer.

Joseph and Stacy's daughter Maile Danielle was born December 7, 2006.


Jeff Escamilla ('99) graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio
with a degree in Information Systems and is currently the Manager of IT for
the Witte Museum. Previously, he worked as the Network Administrator for
CMSE, a government contracting company. During the course of his work he has
traveled to Japan, Germany, and England.
Melissa Limon
Melissa Limon ('99) received her Master's degree in teaching from Trinity University. She now teaches fourth grade at Hawthorne Academy in San Antonio ISD.
Julie Matonis
Julie Matonis ('99) graduated from Texas Christian University with a degree in Broadcasting. She was recently hired as a producer for NISD-TV:
http://www.nisd.net/nisdtv/
David Rice
David Rice ('99) graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and is now designing software for HEB.

Jason Sippel
('99) is currently working on his PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from Texas A&M.
He got his first two degrees at TAMU as well; he graduated with his undergraduate degree in Meteorology in 2002 and his Masters in
Atmospheric Sciences in 2004. Funding is up on his current degree in December 2007, so that's when he hopes to be done. His masters thesis was
an observational paper describing the genesis of Tropical Storm Allison
and how it can be used to view tropical cyclone formation in general.
He was the first author on a similar paper that was published in Monthly
Weather Review
this past July, and his current research is on tropical cyclone formation from a numerical modeling and predictability
standpoint.

In December 2005, he married Kelsey (seen in picture). They currently reside in College Station.

Faith Thomson
Faith Thomson ('99) graduated from Texas Tech with a degree in Finance. She has just returned from a mission trip to Australia, Indonesia, and East Timor.
   
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2000

Justin Blue
Justin Blue ('00) is serving in the U.S. Army. He is being deployed to Iraq as part of the peacekeeping forces. Our hearts go with him.
Jeff Greilich
Jeff Greilich ('00) is continuing to produce amazing video projects in the Radio/Television/Film department at the University of Texas at Austin. In February 2004 he founded the McGuffin Film Festival in Austin with fellow CAHS grads and UT students T.J. McGraw ('02) and Austen Menges ('03).
Travis Herzog
Travis Herzog ('00) graduated with honors (and a 4.0) with a B.S. in Meteorology from Texas A&M. He was the recipient of Texas A&M University's Brown Foundation-Earl Rudder Memorial Outstanding Student Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a graduating senior.
Currently, he is also working full-time as the morning/noon meteorologist at KBTX-TV3, the CBS affiliate in Bryan, TX. You can read more about him by going to the following link:
http://www.kbtx.com/TravisHerzogBio.cfm

Kimberly Phillips
('00) graduated magna cum laude in 2004 from the University of Texas at Dallas with a B.A. in Criminal Justice. She is currently completing her third year of law school at St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio and will graduate in May 2007. Kimberly is an oral advocate and brief writer for the St. Mary's Moot Court team, and a member of the following organizations: Phi Delta Phi, an international legal honors fraternity, the State Bar of Texas Law Student Division, and the American Bar Association Law Student Division. Kimberly is also a two-time ABA Moot Court Regional Champion, and the current Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) Texas Moot Court Champion. Kimberly was named the Best Oral Advocate in Texas this past summer at the TYLA competition, and was most recently named the Best Oral Advocate in the nation at the National Finals of the ABA Moot Court Tournament. She is also the recipient of 7 scholarships from St. Mary's. She will join Gardere Wynne Sewell, L.L.P., in the fall of 2007 as an associate attorney in the trial division of the law firm.

Avery Salter
('00) attended the University of Texas at Austin and graduated in May 2004 with a B.A. in Sociology and a minor in Educational Psychology. She now lives in Dallas where she is an Assistant Buyer for Neiman Marcus.
GoldfishLaugh@aol.com

Paul Taele ('00) is finishing his studies for a dual B.S. degree in Computer Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, with a concentration in robotics and artificial intelligence.
ptaele@mail.utexas.edu


Travis Taylor (’00), graduated from Baylor University in Dec. 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Informatics. He is now attending Baylor College of Medicine in Houston with a full scholarship provided by the school based on merit. He will be obtaining a residency in Anesthesiology in 2008 upon graduating from medical school.
travis.taylor@bcm.edu

 
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2001


Kessa Alderson
('01) will be graduating from Baylor University as a Religion major and with emphases in Psychology and Philosophy in the Spring of '05. She has been accepted at Truett Seminary, which is the seminary on Baylor's campus and will be taking classes there when she finishes at Baylor this spring. She hopes to find herself in Boston in the Fall studying at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and plans on going into a Christian ministry in the area of counseling.
Bryan Baeten
Bryan Baeten ('01) is attending Texas Christian University.
Saritha Campbell
Saritha Campbell ('01) is finishing her last year at UTSA with a Bachelor's in Sociology and a minor in Philosophy. She has dedicated herself to helping inner city youth and is active in that community. She has also worked and volunteered with SAISD, Bexar County, and the Inner City Olympics. Immediately upon graduation she will secure a career and pursue her Ph.D. in Psychology.
"Joel and I continue to be best friends, despite our very different career paths."

Joel Diaz
Joel Diaz ('01)
"After changing majors 2-3 times, I cut my losses and graduated with a Bachelor's in Economics and Stats. I worked for a bank for a while after that, the pay was good, but I got bored. I was offered a position teaching Free Market Economics and International Economics at an American university in Zhengzhou, PR China. That is where I am currently been residing for the past year. I plan on living in China for a couple of years to perfect my Mandarin, and who knows after that. It's been the most enlightened experience of my life."

Carlos Guevara
Carlos Guevara ('01) is attending the University of Virginia.

Scott Parks
Scott Parks ('01) attended UTSA for 4 yrs on a AFROTC Scholarship, where he recieved a BBA in
Information Systems Management. He commissioned in the USAF as a Second Lieutenant, and I works in the 60th
Communications Squadron as the Deputy Flight Commander at Travis AFB, California.

He says, " Air Force life has been pretty cool. I haven't deployed yet but will do so in the near future. Currently I am studying for the GMAT getting ready to go to California State University at
Sacramento to get a Masters in Information Management. Also, I'm getting married to Stephanie Balladares (Taft '02) on July 7, 2007."


Megan Pachecano ('01) will graduate from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2006 with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. She will then continue her music studies in the pursuit of a Master of Music Degree.
Mark Perry
Mark Perry ('01) Mark Perry ('01) graduated with highest honors from Abilene Christian University in 2005 with a degree in Finance and Accounting. Following graduation he worked for two years in energy sector financial accounting for Ernst & Young in Fort Worth, TX. In the fall of 2007, Mark began work on his Master's degree in International Security Studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C.

Stacey Sanchez
('01) married Joseph Cunningham ('99) on August 5, 2005, in Hawaii.
Their daughter Maile Danielle was born December 7, 2006.
Kurt Scherer
Kurt Scherer ('01) is now a Marine stationed in Kubasaki, Japan.
 
Michael Schott
('01) g
raduated with honors from UT Austin with a BBA in Finance and Accounting in 2005.

He is now working in Investment Banking at Jefferies & Company in New York City.

 
Levi Thomson ('01) graduated from the UNiversity of North Texas with a B. A.
in Radio/TV/Film in May of 2004 with honors (Cum Laude) at the age of 20.
After spending a year in an intensive seminary quality bible program, in
ministry, and working as a school bus driver, he has ended up back in San
Antonio working as an Associate Producer for KENS-5 Eyewitness News.
email: lthomson@kens5.com

 

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2002


Jessielynn Bagnas
('02) graduated from Norwich University ('06) in Northfield, Vermont with a B.A. in English and Communications. While at Norwich, Jessielynn was an active member of the Guidon student newspaper as well as The Vermont Sampler,
a series of videos spotlighting Vermont's tourist attractions. She is moving to North Carolina in June of 2006.

Kimberly Botello ('02) is majoring in Theater at the University of the Incarnate Word.
Clint Conlin
Clint Conlin ('02) is finishing at UTSA and will pursue graduate degree in Pharmacy.

Ari Edelman
Andrew Edelman ('02) is attending the University of Texas at Austin. 

Ricky Galindo
Ricky Galindo ('02) is attending Lamar University in Beaumont.

Emily Glaser
Emily Glaser ('02) graduated from North Texas University in Denton. She is currently working as an assistant editor at a post-production facility in San Antonio.


Heather Keller ('02) attends Texas Tech University, pursuing a Bachelor's in Interior Design and Architecture. (more...)

heather.m.keller@ttu.edu


Katie Serafine
( '02)
graduated from Norwich University ('05) in Northfield, Vermont with a B.A. in Psychology and a Minor in Spanish.
She was accepted into the Personality/Social Psychology Masters program at American University in Washington, DC. for Fall 2006.

Lauren Weeks
Lauren Weeks ('02) graduated from UTSA and has accepted a 2nd grade teaching position at Carroll Academy in SAISD.
Andrew Youv
Andrew Youv ('02) is attending the University of Texas at San Antonio.
   
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2003

Elena Drinka
Elena Drinka ('03) is attending New York University. She plays on the All-America Women's Volleyball Team and has been named the 2003 Division III Freshman of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
Chester Mojica
Chester Mojica ('03) is majoring in Science at UTSA.
 
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