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CROWNSHIELDCROWNSHIELD&Summer 2015

Learning through service

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FeaturesCover article 4-5Valedictorians and Salutatorians 6-8Senior Awards 8Al Reger Award 9-10Al Blasing Award 10Honor Grads 11President’s Award 11Athena Award 12Athletic Hall of Fame 13Faculty and Staff Awards 14-15 Auction 28

DepartmentsAdvancement 22Alumni Album 24-25Alumni News 18-21 Bulletin Board 23BSM Buzz 16-17 In Memoriam 21

Benilde-St. Margaret’sA Catholic Co-educational School, Grades 7-12

2501 Highway 100 South, St. Louis Park, MN 55416952-927-4176

President Kevin Gyolai, Ph.D.Senior High Principal Susan Skinner, Ed.D.

Interim Junior High Principal Claire Shea, Ed.S., ‘05Chair, Board of Directors Archie Black

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WritersSandy Janssen Barry ‘86, Caren Hansen,

Rachel Kuzma Olson ‘93 and Katie DesLauriers Sullivan ‘99

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Three sophomore Spanish students are pictured with eager young students at Risen Christ: (l-r) Cora Wyvell, Tony Thies, and Kate Janda.

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VOLUME 41, NUMBER 3Summer 2015

Graduation time at BSM is bittersweet. The graduates are excitedabout life beyond their familiar school, but they are nervousand anxious about what lies ahead. Parents want what is bestfor their child, of course, and have their own mix of emotionsat graduation time. Can we afford the cost of college? Did mygraduate pick the right program of study at the right college?Will they be safe? What will it be like without them at home?

Recognizing these mixed emotions, my baccalaureate speech tothe Class of 2015 had three main themes: you are ready for col-lege; remember that you are strong, smart, and beautiful; andcontinue to have an active faith life. Stated another way, I wastelling the students not to be anxious because God loves themand thinks that they are perfect just the way they are. The faculty and staff of BSM feel the same way about our students.

Our natural instinct as educators is to recognize that our graduates are ready for college, and to encourage them to stride out boldly, as they can learn little more from us.However, we want to support them on this next phase of their life journey. This is why we created the Red KnightEngagement Network, a LinkedIn-based student and alumni

support system. The Network allows our students and alumni toleverage social capital, a digital portfolio, and the inherent desire ofRed Knights to help each other, in order to gain admission intotheir college of choice, secure an internship, or land a new job. To find out more about the Red Knight Engagement Network go towww.BSMschool.org/RKEN.

In closing, the Class of 2015 was full of engaging, energetic, andintelligent young people. The world is a better place because theyare in it, and I am wildly optimistic about the future because of thisgeneration of Red Knights.

If your travels bring you to the Twin Cities this summer, pleasestop by the school and say “hi.”

Forever Red and White,

Kevin Gyolai, Ph.D.

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

If your travels bring you to the Twin Cities this summer,

please stop by the school and say “hi.”

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Rachel Tondryk Hubly ’04, a Spanish 3 language teacher atBSM and Natalie LeSage ’10, a first-year teacher at RisenChrist’s dual immersion program, were seated next to eachother at a dinner celebrating Catholic School educators. Theybegan discussing their roles and challenges in the classroom.Rachel came to understand that Risen Christ is a smallCatholic school in Minneapolis with limited resources and 97%of students receiving free or reduced lunch. Natalie explained

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A Benilde-St. Margaret’s alumni event last February brought together two alums who solved a real-world problem they didn’t know existed until they met.

Risen Christ had just started a dual immersion (Spanish andEnglish) program for kindergarten-3rd grade students. Thewheels started turning and Rachel wondered if her Spanish 3 students at BSM could create personalized, bilingual children’sworkbooks for Natalie’s students at Risen Christ. They decided to partner and embark upon a collaborative projectbetween schools.


Spanish connects alums and students

Sophie Roux ‘16 made new friends at Risen Christ.

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The Spanish 3 students researched the essential elements of abilingual children’s book. They also collected answers to ques-tionnaires sent to Risen Christ students asking about their inter-ests, families and what they wanted to be when they grew up.The high school students then developed a storyboard and illustrations unique to each child. The books also needed specialtemplates for handwriting activities so the young immersion students could practice their writing in both languages. Once thefinal drafts were printed, the books were laminated so dry erasemarkers could be used on them over and over again. Finally, two copies of each book were printed and bound, one for theimmersion student, and one for the Risen Christ library.

by Lisa Lenhart-Murphy ‘86 and Rachel Kuzma Olson ‘93

Natalie LeSage ‘10 and Rachel Tondryk Hubly ‘04 met at a dinner hosted by the BSM alumni department for graduates workingin Catholic education in the Twin Cities. The event was an extension of the annualCatholic Schools Week celebration.

Auggie Moore ‘16 was intent on sharing astory he created with two young scholars.

Students from BSM took a field trip in April to deliver the booksthey made. BSM students spent time playing on the playgroundand eating lunch with their new friends. After lunch, eachimmersion student was presented a personalized book from theirBSM buddy based on their answers from the questionnaire. Onekindergartner remarked, “That’s me!” when he looked throughthe pages for the first time. Another Risen Christ student asked,“I get to KEEP this book?” A first grader wondered “You madethis book for ME?” There was an outpouring of thankfulness andexcitement from the young readers and their teachers for the giftsthey had just received.

For the high school students, the experience provided a concrete way of making a difference in the life of a child. It was also a rewarding and interactive way for students to usetheir knowledge and gifts to help others. Rachel and Natalie arealready improving the process and planning this collaboration for the next school year. You just never know what problems you might solve when you introduce yourself to the person sitting next to you.

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Valedictorians

Top Scholars: back (l-r) Sarah Karels, Kate Sprenger,Patrick Hunter, Maureen Desmond, and Claire Kalb;seated (l-r) Hannah Scherer, Jacqui Theisen, andMadison Kahle; front Maggie Conry.


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Nine students topped the academic chartsThe Red Knights who soared to the top of their class have lists of extracurricular activities and community service

projects that would dazzle the reader. The nine valedictorians and two salutatorians will continue their education from coast to coast. As successful, involved students, they offered varied responses to “What is the most important thing you’ve learned from BSM?” and provided interesting anecdotes

about what you might not know about them.

Maggie ConryCollege/University: University of Portland

Predicted Major: Biology, Pre-Med

“What is the most important thing you’ve learned from BSM?”

Time management – how to be involved in dozens of activities simultaneously.

You may not know...

I’ve spent 40 days in the backwaters of Canada.

Maureen DesmondCollege/University: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Predicted Major: Biomedical Engineering


What it means to be a servant leader.You may not know...

I run half marathons year round.

Patrick HunterCollege/University: Boston College

Predicted Major: Accounting, Finance


Take risks and try new things.You may not know...

I officiate swimming and am the youngest certified official in all of USA Swimming.

Claire KalbCollege/University: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Predicted Major: Engineering


Learning goes far beyond the classroom.You may not know...

I have never been on an airplane.

Madison KahleCollege/University: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Predicted Major: Biology


Finding yourself is more important than anything else.You may not know...

I had an opportunity to be a professional model and will be in three bridal magazines in June.

Sarah KarelsCollege/University: University of California, Davis

Predicted Major: Biology


How to ask for help - there’s no gain in suffering silently.You may not know...

My life doesn’t revolve around school.

Hannah SchererCollege/University: University of Notre DamePredicted Major: Neuroscience and Behavior


The value of community above all things. You may not know...

My right thumb is double jointed.

Kate SprengerCollege/University: University of Georgia, Athens

Predicted Major: Food Science


Learning is more than just academics.You may not know...

I love to cook.

Jacqui TheisenCollege/University: Boston University

Predicted Major: Biochemistry


Always advocate for your education and be outspoken about your beliefs.

You may not know...

I’m a dancer.


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Matt ArnasonCollege/University: University of Notre DamePredicted Major: Economics and Applied and

Computational Math and Statistics


Always take advantage of opportunities that present themselves to you.

You may not know...

I can play jazz saxophone.

Jackie LawyerCollege/University: University of Pennsylvania

Predicted Major: Political Science, Philosophy and Economics


Don’t be afraid or ashamed of doing what you love or are good at.You may not know...

I volunteer to call Bingo to a group of really excited people at the median age of 82.

Academic-Arts-Athletics Awards – Benjamin Newhouse, Mary Pat RossAl Blasing Memorial Award – Jay WeberAl Reger Award – Mary Pat Ross, Jay WeberArmy Scholar/Athlete Award – Azzairia Jackson-Sherrod, Benjamin Newhouse

Athena Award – Madeline HoulihanAthletic Director’s Award – Blaise FitzgeraldBand Award – Michaela Heuckendorf, Audrey JewettBand Director’s Award – Benjamin GroganBest Male Lead Performance – Luke GuidingerBest Female Lead Performance – Jacqueline TheisenBest Female Supporting Actress – Jacqueline LawyerBest Male Supporting Actor – Colin SheeleyBusiness Leadership Achievement Award – Christopher Philbin, Peri Warren

Catherine Harris Award – Knight Errant – Molly Eldevik, Jacqueline Lawyer, Hannah SchererSangraal – Hanna Anderson, Sydney Liebl, Maura Lysne

Ceramics Award – Matthew BonvinoChoir Award – Arts Out in Front – Anne Dillon, Michael LindsayChoral Director’s Award – Meron Abraham, Benjamin Appelhof,Azzairia Jackson-Sherrod

Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award – Rachel ConleyDaVinci Award – Mari Larsen, Sophie-Ann WeberDrawing Award – Maura HansonEnglish Award – Megan Haakonson, Margaret Houtz, Colin Sheeley,Jacqueline Theisen

Faith Formation Award – Meron Abraham, Joseph KlevenFour Years of Excellence in English – Parker Breza, Sarah KarelsHaben History Award – Sarah KarelsHenry David Thoreau Award – Glenna GreerJerry Miller Faith in Action Award – Sofia Madden, Zachary SmithJohn Haider Career Achievement Award – Allen Chen, Maureen DesmondKnight Errant Graphic Designer of the Year – Ryan Appelhof, Keara ClackoKnight Errant Photographer of the Year – Meghan Ortizcazarin

Knight Errant Video Journalist of the Year – Danielle Carr, Benjamin KohlerKnight Errant Writer of the Year – Elizabeth GrygarKopp Scholars – Blake Castaneda, Natalie Chevalier, William Duda,Zephanlene Kaffey, Claire Kalb, Abigail Korts, Zachary Smith

Latin Award – Madeline RockholdLettering for Excellence – Connor Day, Nicholas Griebie, Alexis Hoedeman,Christine Lager, Alexandra Swedberg, Peri Warren

Lynch Leadership Award – Madeline KarlenMathematics Award – Blaise Fitzgerald, Madison KahleNational Achievement Scholarship Program Outstanding Participant – Meron Abraham

National Choral Award – Stephanie Galvin, Luke GuidingerNational Honor Society Award – Maureen DesmondNational Merit Commended Scholars – Glenna Greer, Patrick Hunter, SarahKarels, Michael Lindsay, Hannah Scherer

Orchestra Conductor’s Award – Glenna Greer, Carly Linder-RomanPainting Award – Emma Van der HeidePaul Seppelt Award – Sofia ScottPhilip Steffen Campus Ministry Award – Elizabeth Grygar, Patrick Hunter,Carly Linder-Roman

Photography Award – Audrey Jewett President’s Award – Margaux Brink, Mark Falls, Adam Grazzini, AzzairiaJackson-Sherrod, Edward McHugh, Hannah Scherer

Principal’s Leadership Award – Matthew Arnason, Maureen DesmondPro Lingua Award – Madeleine BurnsRitz Busch Memorial Award – Abigail KortsScience Award – William Duda, Alexandra SetchellSenior Drama Awards – Anne Dillon, Luke Guidinger Social Studies Award – Parker Breza, Claire Kalb, Michael LindsaySociety of Women Engineers – Glenna GreerSons of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award – Aidan O’DriscollSpanish Award – Parker BrezaStudent Council Adviser’s Award – Madeleine BurnsSundrum Social Studies Award – Thomas Brennan

Senior Awards

Salutatorians


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Ross earns Reger Award English teacher and speech coach MauraBrew tends to have a flair for the dramatic.But when Ms. Brew states, “Mary PatRoss is a force of nature; her passion,drive, commitment and work ethic arebeyond compare,” it is no exaggeration.

While at BSM, Mary Pat captained thespeech and cross country teams, served asthe managing editor of the Knight Errantand the president of the Students forHuman Life club, earned a President’sVolunteer Service Award four consecutiveyears, was formally recognized three timesfor servant leadership and character, andparticipated in debate, National HonorSociety, and Link Crew, just to name afew. It’s no wonder that BSM faculty andstaff members selected her as the Al RegerAward female recipient, acknowledgingher dedication to faith and service. Withunlimited energy to burn, Mary Pat couldestablish an Olympic event for leadership.And that would be just her style. As Ms. Brew says, “Mary Pat is nevercontent to sit back and watch. She takes the lead.”

An outstanding example is when Mary Patsingle-handedly arranged for activist andauthor Sister Helen Prejean to visit BSM inFall 2013. Mary Pat explains, “After usingexcerpts from [her] book, Dead ManWalking, in speech competition, I instantlybecame passionate about her work. For overa year I worked to secure a spot on her busyspeaking schedule. I also arranged for apanel of guest speakers to join Prejean at myschool. Panelists included criminal justiceexperts, law enforcement officials, and aformer death row inmate, DamonThibodeaux, who was acquitted after 15years of imprisonment. Because this eventmarked the first time Prejean appeared publicly with a former death row inmate, our panel was featured on local news stations and on ABC’s 20/20 newsmagazine.

I also was successful in raising $1,700 instudent donations for Prejean’s Pull thePlug Foundation. And as I watched students continue to debate topics surrounding the death penalty weeks aftershe left, I knew Prejean’s story would continue to make a difference in myschool and community.”

It did, and so did Mary Pat. With othercauses dear to her heart, she was invited toserve on a community theatre Board ofDirectors, prompting her to lobby to start ascholarship fund for low-income childrenand families wishing to participate in theatre. Her efforts raised over $10,000.She later procured a large grant thatspurred collaboration between the theaterand BSM engineering students, who crafted lifelike theatrical puppets for a production.

Mary Pat’s next stage will be at BostonCollege, where she plans to focus on psychology and business. There, peoplewill likely begin to agree with Ms. Brew’sassessment that “Mary Pat is a born leaderwho inspires all those around her to stepup and give their best.”

The BSM community sure knows that to be true.

Al Reger Award

The Al Reger Award is given out each year to two students,

one male and one female, chosen by the BSM faculty

and staff, for “outstanding dedication

and zeal to the service of God and school.”

by Caren Hansen


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Al Reger and Al Blasing Award

Weber wins twice

As a fitting conclusion to his Red Knightcareer, Jay Weber was recognized for hisservice to school and community and his athletic accomplishments. He was named the winner of both the Al Reger and the Al Blasing award.

Jay is an outstanding role model and, asAthletics/Activities Director Jerry Pettingersums up quite nicely, “A Red Knight throughand through.” His hard-working, humble, talented and gracious manner has been recognized many times over by his peers,teachers, and coaches. Guidance counselorAmanda Anderson describes Jay as “easilyone of the most selfless, humble and extraor-dinary students I have counseled over thepast twelve years. He is kind and polite notjust to his friends, but to everyone he meets.Jay gives of himself on a daily basis –through his volunteer work at CourageCenter where he coaches basketball for people with disabilities, when he tutors hispeers after school, when he spends extra time mentoring the younger players on hisfootball and lacrosse teams and when hetakes time to play with the young children inhis neighborhood. His maturity, responsiblenature, respect for others and positive attitude are all reasons why he has been continuously chosen to lead his peers – onthe football field, as a student council classboard member and senior class president, onthe lacrosse field etc. Jay walks the walk of a true servant leader in all that he does athome, while volunteering in the community,on the fields and in the halls.”

History repeats itselfIn a Red Knight first, Jay and his father,Kevin Weber ‘83, are the first father/son

duo to win the Al Blasing award.


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by Katie DesLauriers Sullivan ’99

An All-Conference and All-State Academicfootball player and defensive MVP inlacrosse, Jay also received the Jerry MillerChristian Service Award in football. He is heading to Indiana University inBloomington, Indiana, where he’ll be study-ing at the Kelley School of Business andhoping to play club lacrosse. Jay describeshimself as “extremely honored to win the Al Blasing award. I have been able to playwith people who won this award during mycareer at BSM, people that I consider myrole models, but the fact that I get to sharethis award with my biggest role model, myown father, is an incredible accomplishment,one that I am very proud of.”

Although Jay and his father, Kevin Weber ’83,were both winners of the Al Blasing Award,they played very different sports. Kevin wasa soccer, basketball, and track and fieldstandout during his Red Knight athleticcareer while Jay concentrated on football andlacrosse. Reflecting on the lucky experienceof being both a Red Knight student and parent, Kevin states, “When I was a studentat BSM, there was a definite sense of com-munity, school spirit and pride among thestudents, faculty and staff which is absolutelythe same today. As a current BSM parent, I still see the common threads the school has always had, specifically: excellent academics, a Catholic and Christian environment, high participation rates in athleticsand extracurriculars and a commitment tohelp others in need. There is a fierce loyaltyto being a Red Knight and thus the sayingwe've all heard, ‘Once a Red Knight, alwaysa Red Knight.’”

How lucky for BSM that this apple didn’tfall too far from the tree.

President honors six seniors Dr. Kevin Gyolai presented his President’s Award to six members of the Class of2015: Mark Falls, Hannah Scherer, Eddie McHugh, Adam Grazzini, AzzairiaJackson-Sherrod, andMargaux Brink. They served the BSM community on thecourts, on the field, at the range, on the slopes, in the media, in print, in NHS, in peerministry, Link Crew, Student Council, and RKVC. They were good students, talentedathletes, strong servant leaders, spirit leaders and agents working for change. They were excellent representatives of their class with a wide variety of talents andcontributions to the greater community. They made BSM a better place for everyone.

President’s Award

Honor Graduates

Summa Cum LaudeMatthew ArnasonMadeleine Burns

Yifeng ChenNatalie Chevalier

Rachel ConleyMargaret Conry

Connor DayMaureen Desmond

William DudaMegan Haakonson

Patrick HunterAzzairia Jackson-Sherrod

Madison KahleClaire Kalb

Hyun Wook KangSarah Karels

Madeline KarlenJacqueline Lawyer

Benjamin NewhouseMadeline RockholdMary Patricia RossHannah Scherer

Katherine SprengerJack Swanson

Alexandra SwedbergJacqueline Theisen

Jay Weber

Cum LaudeGunnar Bowman

McCall BromelkampJonathan Cadle

Anne DillonSaghar FehrestiAdam GrazziniGlenna Greer

Madeline HoulihanMatthew Knuth

Mari LarsenMaura Lysne

Sofia MaddenMorgan MatsonSamuel Merriam

Leni MerriamMark PitschLuke PossisJocelyn PuhlCarter Roo

Jonae SuttonEverett Waldon

Peri WarrenMikaela Wolf

Magna Cum LaudeAnna Barger

Thomas BrennanParker BrezaKeara Clacko

Nicholas GriebieKhoa Ho

Alexis HoedemanMargaret HoutzJiafang HuangMark Kaske

Joseph KlevenChristine Lager

Jordan MaddausChristopher Philbin

Sofia ScottZachary Smith

Madisyn Studsrud

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Athena Award

Softball standoutheaded to the U

A six-year varsity letter winner in softball and a four-year letter winner in volleyball, Maddieracked up numerous awards during her career as a Red Knight. She served as a softball captain for three years, and her success at the plate earned her a school record for maintaining a .600+ batting average over four years. She set other school records forRBIs, hits, and stolen bases as well. The successful end to her athletic career at BSM has given Maddie the title of top female athlete in the Class of 2015.

This Minnesota Ms. Softball finalist also captured four All-Conference awards, five All-Section spots, two All-State honors, andfour Most Valuable Player nominations. Off the field, but in the gym, Maddie served up anAll-Conference Honorable Mention and an All-Conference Academic Award for her efforts on the volleyball court. Maddie’sextracurricular resume does not end here. She was a member of the National HonorSociety and participated in the Red KnightVolunteer Corps and Link Crew, in addition to serving volunteer hours at Feed My Starving Children and Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners (IOCP).

As the recipient of the 2015 Athena Award,Maddie Houlihan knows how to hit a home run both on and off the field.


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Maddie has had plenty of successful moments as a high school athlete, but two memories stand out in her mind. Beating the Orono volleyball team last fall was an exciting end toher volleyball season. The other highlight iswhen seventh grade sister Sarah was brought up to play one varsity softball game alongsideher. Maddie took up her usual position at firstand Sarah played next to her at second base. It was a passing-of-the-torch milestone in her athletic career at Benilde-St. Margaret’s and will always hold a special place in Maddie’s heart.

The oldest of three children, Maddie also has a sophomore brother Alex. Maddie admits family is “really important to me” and notes that her parents have given tremendous supportas both mentors and fans. Maddie’s softballcareer began with t-ball and transitioned intofastpitch around third grade. In the BSM off-season, Maddie plays for MN VortexFastpitch. A serious athlete, Maddie has invested many hours perfecting her swing, running the bases, and taking infield practice.

Looking ahead, this first baseman is excitedabout where she is headed, stating, “I feel likemy hard work is paying off.” Maddie will bepacking for the University of Minnesota this fall where she will play softball for the GoldenGophers while pursuing a degree in business.

Although they hoped for a berth in the state tournament this year, the Red Knights fell shortlosing to Buffalo and Hopkins in the sectionchampionship. As she steps up to the plate nextyear, Maddie will just have to set her sights on anational championship with the Gophers instead.

by Rachel Kuzma Olson ‘93

2015 BSM Athletic Hall of Fame Awards CeremonyFriday, October 2, 2015

The Minikahda Club3205 Excelsior Blvd.

Minneapolis, MN 55416

11 a.m. social • 11:30 a.m. lunch • 12:30 p.m. program

Athletic Hall of Fame Mission Statement To instill and preserve pride in the outstanding athletic accomplishments

or contributions to the athletic history and traditions of St. Margaret's Academy, Benilde High School, and Benilde-St. Margaret's School by alumni athletes,

their coaches, directors, and loyal supporters.

Mike KarboDennis Dale ’63Jim Flick ’64

Mike Perry ’64Joan Kowalsky ’77Bob Madson ’77

Amy Busch Gjerde ’90Dana Mucha ’92Nick Schneider ’01

Rachael Drazen Malmberg ’04

Future inductees will be selected by a committee from nominations submitted by May 16, 2016. Download the 2016 nomination form at

www.BSMschool.org/athletichalloffamenomination.

Register for the luncheon and ceremony at www.BSMschool.org/athletichalloffame

Hall of ATHLETIC


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Quality educators share awards

The 2015 end-of-the-year awards ceremony took place on May 19. Each year BSM honors outstanding

faculty and staff by presenting several awards: Staff of the Year,Faculty of the Year, Apple Polisher

Award, and Parents’ Choice Award.

speech at the eighth grade graduation, Carol remarked, “As I leaveBSM, I want to thank parents and students for the opportunity towork with you. A lot of people can’t say they love their job but youhave made it impossible for me not to love mine and you are why itis so difficult to leave!”

Faculty of the Year and Retiree

This year’s Faculty of the Year award winner, science teacher MarkLex, is another outstanding member of BSM’s community who willbe sorely missed as he enters retirement.

In 1706, John Baptist de La Salle, patron saint of teachers, listedwhat he believed to be the twelve virtues of a good teacher: gravity,silence, humility, prudence, wisdom, patience, reserve, gentleness,zeal, vigilance, piety, and generosity. While these words are notcommonly used to describe educators today, Mark’s career at BSMis a testament to the timelessness and relevance of De La Salle’sdoctrine.

Mark’s quiet and assured teaching style exemplify the virtues ofgravity and silence. He creates a classroom atmosphere that encour-ages curiosity and innovative learning. Ever humble, Mark is morecomfortable working behind the scenes, ensuring the attention andpraise go to his hardworking students. Prudence, wisdom andpatience are evident in how Mark is able to break down complexscientific concepts to make them accessible and understandable tohis students. Unflappable and always kind when dealing withstressed and confused high-schoolers, Mark embodies reserve andgentleness. A dedicated and caring teacher, Mark’s zeal and passion

Staff of the Year and Retiree

“I feel deeply connected to this school and this community. I lovebeing part of what BSM has become. I’m touched by the award.BSM has a special spirit that can transform you.”

With these words, Carol McNamara quietly but graciously acceptedthe Staff of the Year award given at an all-school award ceremony inMay to the most deserving BSM staff member. Every year, staffmembers are nominated by peers and the recipient is chosen by anadministrative team. Comments from colleagues nominating Carolfor the award include, “Carol embodies every value we try to instillin our young students. She is a wonderful role model of Catholicvalues...” “She believes in treating each student with individual loveand respect. She tries always to find the good in every person, oftenadvocating for issues on behalf of a student.” Perhaps the best illus-tration of her dedicated and nurturing leadership style is summed upby a statement from junior high Spanish teacher Megan Hansen,“Carol is a wonderful role model for all leaders in our school. She isvery thoughtful and careful with her words. She supports all teachersequally and I have always felt, ‘she’s got my back.’”

Carol was instrumental in the formation of the junior high 26 yearsago. Over that time, there have been plenty of challenges as well assuccesses. Through it all, Carol has worked determinedly to create apositive and supportive environment for both students and teachers.In May of this year, Carol announced her retirement from BSM. Herlegacy in building the junior high will forever be etched in the wallsof this institution. More importantly, though, are the lives she hastouched during her tenure at Benilde-St. Margaret’s. In her closing

Faculty and Staff Awards


The honored faculty and staff are: (l-r) Matt McMerty-Brummer, Claire Shea, Carol McNamara, and Mark Lex.

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for science is evident in his teaching. Ever vigilant for opportunitiesto help, Mark comes in early and stays late. He is a true servant-leader and a man of faith and he demonstrates piety in how easilyhe finds the good in his students.

The last virtue on de La Salle’s list describes Mark to a tee, generosity. Mark has unselfishly given of his time and talent inmany areas of BSM life. When he wasn’t coaching or workingwith the senior class board he was the face behind the camera capturing Red Knights in action at countless events. He also was a founder of the school’s green movement. Working with theEnvironmental Adventures Club, he spearheaded community-wideorganic recycling and composting efforts. Mark is also a trainedEMT and has volunteered his time to train faculty and staff in CPR, first aid and AED use.

Thanks to Mark for his dedication to Benilde-St. Margaret’s for thepast 33 years. He set a wonderful example for his fellow teachers,students and co-workers.

Apple Polisher

In 1994, the National Honor Society created an award that recog-nizes a faculty or staff member from the Benilde-St. Margaret’scommunity who has been instrumental in the development andachievement of its students.

The Apple Polisher Award is a special honor that acknowledges an exceptional person who demonstrates outstanding service and dedication to students. The award is all the more meaningfulbecause its recipients are nominated and selected by the students themselves.

A 2005 alumna, Claire Shea was a very involved student at BSM.Campus Minister Mike Jeremiah believes Claire’s experiences as astudent give her a unique perspective and prepared her well for herrole as a religion teacher at her alma mater. Her students had won-derful things to say about her. “Her positive attitude makes anyclass period fun. I will miss her and her words of wisdom nextyear.” Another young student added, “I don’t think I’ve ever had ateacher influence me more. She has changed my life in many waysand makes me want to be a better person.” It was obvious frommany statements that Claire is passionate about teaching. She caresabout the individual student and challenges them to become theperson God is calling them to be.

Accepting the award, Claire joked that she wasn’t gone very longbefore she missed BSM and knew she wanted to come back. Thecurrent students are all very happy she did.

Sharon Bartels arrived at BSM 12 years ago almost by accident. However,it was no accident that she impacted the BSM community in so many positive ways since then. Sharon was involved in the lives of her students,cared about them, and worked with them to achieve at their highest level.She took an interest in their personal lives that went above and beyond thecall of duty. Sharon was at school (it was not work for her) early and she left late. She made a huge difference in the lives of so many students. BSM was fortunate to have Sharon as a math teacher and member of the community. She will definitely be missed.

Sharon Bartels retires

Parents’ Choice Award

The Parents’ Choice Award, a faculty and staff recognition program,is sponsored by the Parent Association. Each year BSM parents areencouraged to vote for a faculty or staff member who has left a posi-tive, lasting impression on their student. Is there someone who hasbeen a role model or mentor? What teacher has inspired a love oflearning for their student? Fall and spring conferences provide theopportunity to submit a ballot and parents are also able to vote online.

The Parent’s Choice Award winner for 2015 is also last year’s ApplePolisher Award winner, Matt McMerty-Brummer. Last year, the stu-dents appreciated Matt’s sense of humor and consistent willingness tohelp. This year, parents echoed their children’s sentiments while high-lighting Matt’s cheerful personality and inspirational teaching style.

According to one parent, “Mr. M.B. is a positive role model for students. He encourages active learning and provides opportunitiesfor his students to see their hard work and effort pay off.” Anothercompliments Matt for his ability to get kids excited to come to classand study and learn Spanish. Yet another parent is impressed withMatt’s ability to see the individual needs of his students and keepthem motivated during moments of struggle and doubt.

With BSM’s stellar faculty, it’s no small feat to be recognized twoyears in row. Kudos to Matt for this impressive accomplishment.

Members of the math department (past and present) gathered to celebrate withSharon Bartels as she began her retirement journey: back (l-r) Jim Picard, JoanieKopp Sauer ’88, Mary Seppala, and John Hamre; front (l-r) Dan Bowler,Sharon, Rosalie Goldberg, and Jean Hromatka Nightingale ‘80.

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BSM BUZZSofia Madden was crowned Prom Princess atthe Grand March on Saturday, April 25. She ispictured with the other senior girls on the court: (l-r) Annalise LeJeune, Molly Eldevik,Morgan Williams, Sofia, Peri Warren,Sydney Liebl, and Gretchen Sattler.

Benilde-St. Margaret’s was announced as one ofthe three winners of the Jostens and GRAMMYFoundation® Rock Your School Song Concert. Inorder to be considered for this exemplary award,the schools needed to submit a video showcasingtheir school spirit and their musical talent withtheir school song being sung. For BSM’s video, acombination of choir members and cheerleaderswere featured singing BSM’s rouser showcasingschool spirit with musical talent. StephanieGalvin ’15, Luke Guidinger ’15, AnnieDillion ’15, Malik Nolen ’15, ZephKaffey ’15, Azzairia Jackson-Sherrod’15, Sabrina Ehrmantraut ’16, JoeyMcLain ’16, Rachael Long ’16, andSophia Wolf ’16 participated in the video.Director of Vocal Music Nancy Stockhaus orches-trated the performance and the school received a$2,500 prize for their efforts. The money will beused by the music department to fund things ontheir wish list.

Edina’s Monument Daughters of the American Revolution chapter presented the DAR Youth CitizenshipAward, certificate and medal toCharlie McNamara ’17. Theaward is given to individuals who have displayed patriotic service, leadership, courage andlove of country. McNamara is theMinnesota state president of theChildren of the American Revolution.

Jack Gannon ’16 representedthe Red Knights at the state golftournament June 9-10 at BunkerHills Golf Club in Coon Rapids.

On Saturday, April 18, Molly Eldevik ’15 wonfirst place in the State Speech Competition andParker Breza ’15 finished in 5th place. Thecompetition was held for the finalists of the sectiontournament that was on March 18. Eldevik partici-pated in the category of Great Speeches andParker Breza participated in the category ofExtemporaneous Speaking. Other Red Knightswho competed at state were Zip Kaffey ’17,Katie Marusich ’17, Teagan Wolf ’17,Josie Ross ’17, Jimmy Youngblut ’16,Andy Hudlow ’15, Jackie Lawyer ’15,and Megan Haakonson ’15.

Rachel Lyons ‘16 was accepted to the Al Neuharth Free Spirit and JournalismConference which was held June 20-25. This honor is awarded to onlyone student per state andincludes not only an all-expenses-paid trip toWashington D.C. for the conference, but also a$1,000 scholarship to the college of her choice. This is the second consecutive year that an editor from the Knight Errant has been Minnesota’s representative.

Nancy Stockhaus, choir director at BSM, is thewinner of the 2015 MISF Honor Teacher of theYear Award. Honor Teacher Award winners areleaders who model outstanding service to the stu-dents and school community; they are passionateand committed to engaging and developing stu-dents. In addition to being the musical inspirationbehind the drama productions and choir programat Benilde-St.Margaret’s, she has a track record ofengaging students; and building a lifelong pas-sion for music. Nancy stays connected to themusic profession on a national level. Every otheryear she organizes the participation of a musicalensemble to participate at the national youth con-ference. Nancy provides musical leadership tononprofit social justice organizations. Earlier thisyear, she took students to sing at a benefit concert aimed at improving the educational experience of girls in Africa.

Three BSM students were honored at St. LouisPark’s 26th Annual Caring Youth recognitionevent. Kayla Grendahl ’19 (far right) andMikaela Wolf ’15 (far left) were BSM’s juniorand senior high nominees, respectively, andLucian Parece ’16 was nominated for his volunteer work with Perspectives Family Center.The students are pictured with BSM’s service-learning coordinator Lisa Lenhart-Murphy ’86.The Caring Youth Awards have been given since1990, when Doris and Roland Larson started theprogram through Westwood Lutheran Church. Its purpose is to encourage and reward youngpeople in St. Louis Park who both care for fellowcommunity members and volunteer their time.

Parker Breza Molly Eldevik

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BSM BUZZJalen Floyd ’15, LaShauna Porter-Wrzos’16, and Mae Fullerton ’16 (pictured left toright) competed at the state track meet June 5-6 at Hamline University. Mae placed 3rd in the 1600 meter run and reset her school record at that distance. LaShauna placed 8th in the 200meter dash and also competed in the 100 meterdash. For the second year, Jalen qualified for the state meet in the 200 meter dash.

The National Honor Society officers for the 2015-2016 school year are President GunnarLundberg ’16, Vice President MacartanCommers ’16, and Secretary Carson Ferrer ’16.

Student leaders for the 2015-2016 school year have been elected. Those serving on the student council executive board are President Peter McCague ’16, Vice President Joe Blake ’17, Secretary Maddie Etienne ’16,Commission of Publicity Anna von Kampen’16, and Commissioners of Student ActivitiesKendra DuLaney ’16 and Matt Lynch ’16.Leading the senior class will be Brooke Stanley (president), Auggie Moore (vice president), Paige McLeod (secretary) and Jack Magill (treasurer). Junior officers includeMark Racchini (president), Carrie Bather(vice president), Cora Wyvell (secretary), and Edmund Hoes (treasurer). The sophomoreschosen to serve are Eric Weber (president),Michael Hunter (vice president), Lillian Galvin (secretary), and Quinn Ehlen (treasurer).

SophomoresChaz Linder andCarrie Batherwere winners ofthe MinnesotaMusic TeachersAssociation statepiano contest.They performed atthe 80th annualstate honors concert on June 6at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

Cast members of the spring musical, Urinetown,received numerous Spotlight awards and performed at the Spotlight Showcase on June 14 at the State Theatre. Urinetownreceived Outstanding Overall Performance and Outstanding Overall Performance by aChorus. Honorable Mention was awarded to the overall production, performance in dance,vocal performance and acting by a chorus.Outstanding Performance ratings went to Luke Guidinger ’15 (leading role),Maddie Turk ’17 (leading role), StephanieGalvin ’15 (supporting role), Jackie Lawyer ’15 (supporting role), FrankieGormley ’16 (featured role), and Josie Ross ’17 (featured role). Jacqui Theisen ‘15earned Honorable Mention Performance in a Featured Role.

On April 18, Danny Fritsche ’15was promoted to the rank of 4th DegreeBlack Belt during the National KarateBlack Belt Exam at EisenhowerCommunity Center in Hopkins. Twelveyears of training prepared him for thisexam which tested his proficiency in skillkicking, classical basics, classical form,self defense, target/pad strikes, sparringand endurance exercises. There are30,000 black belts in the 40-year history of National Karate, with only 97attaining the rank of 4th Degree BlackBelt and the black uniform.

Joe Kleven ’15 has been selected for theDexter/United States Bowling Congress HighSchool All-American team. Dexter and the USBCannually select five boys and five girls fromaround the country to form the All-American team.In addition to high school bowling accomplishments and a minimum 3.0 GPA, nominated athletes must provide a letter of recommendation and a 500-word essay. Joe will receive a $1,000 scholarship and will be recognized at this year’s Junior Gold Championships in July.

Maya Argenta and Connor Weatherlywere the winners of the Red Knight Award given annually to outstanding eighth graders. The winners are selected by the junior high faculty. The students chosen show academic promise, have strong values, are cooperative and pleasant in the classroom and are kind and respectful to everyone.

Peter McCague ‘16 Brooke Stanley ‘16 Mark Racchini ‘17 Eric Weber ‘18

Pictured (l-r): Laurie Fritsche, Co-Founder of National Karate GrandMaster John Worley, Danny Fritsche, and Eden Prairie National Karate School Owner/Instructor Master William Hill.

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St. Margaret’s Academyalumnae gathered on

June 9 at Jax Café for their annual get-together: (l-r) Lorraine Michaels,Bonnie Mell Koehler, KathleenSiede Nelson, Mary KummerIngaldson, Marlene Beriou Dowson,Catherine Sullivan Bendel, MaryMach Peterson, Anna Mrsich Glynn,Maxine Miles Prokop, Gerry MillerMaloney, Terry Smith Beach, JanetSwierczek Barrett, Rita LorsungPeller, Joanne Nilan Anderson, andDorothy Buchanan Lodahl.4

Judith Drury Mulryanattended West Coast Falconry

in Marysville, California, in May and workedhands-on with birds of prey. 6

Pat Fiske has produced adocumentary film called “Love

Marriage in Kabul.” The film was selected andshown at the Minneapolis-St. Paul InternationalFilm Festival on April 16 and 19. Pat currentlylives in Australia.

St. Margaret’s Academy alumnae met to plan their

50th reunion and set the date for October 1,2016: back row (l-r) Lin Hipp, Stevie FrazerZureck, Mickey Finn Pula, Terri EganWolf, Mary Jahnke Anderson, and CarinOfferman Stringer; front row (l-r) MaryLiemandt McFetridge, Sharon PhimisterBrust, Cheryl Koznick Crowley, PattyKlein DeVries, and Sally Noonan Smith.6

Rick Johns is returning tothe Twin Cities after eight

years as lead athletic administrator at UniversitySchool of Milwaukee to be the next director ofathletics and activities at St. Thomas Academyin Mendota Heights.

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Kara Hanrahan Spikeand husband Pete welcomed

Joseph James Spike on April 18. Big sistersLauren (10) and Maggie (1) are excited tohave a baby brother. Kara is a hospice nurseand Pete is the Sportservice general managerfor Delaware North at Target Field.

Brigid McShane Browneand husband Mike had their

third son on April 4. Brendan has two bigbrothers, Hayden (5) and Patrick (3). TheBrowne family lives in Park Ridge, Illinois,where Brigid works at J.P. Morgan and Mikeworks at Citizens Bank.

Jamie Flaherty Held andhusband Steven are excited to

announce the birth of Bree Lynne on January 2.The new addition completes their trio of ladies:Mallory (7), Sophie (3.5) and now Bree. Jamieis the owner and attorney at Held Law Officein Edina.

Jamie and John Lotzerannounce the birth of their

second daughter, Lillian Marie, on December17, 2014. Big sister Abbie welcomed Lilyhome. Jamie is a special education teacher inthe Elk River school district and John is a portfolio manager for BMO Harris Bank in the special assets team.

Becky Kemp Ryerson and her husband,Mark, welcomed Carole Jay into their familyon February 15. Carole’s siblings Gralow (1)and McCarthy (2) are excited to have a newbaby sister. The Ryersons live in Chicago.

Nick and Leah WindhorstFord are pleased to announce

the birth of Beatrice Eleanor on April 29.

Gabe Skelly is the recruitment chair of the MN

AIDS ride. This is Gabe’s ninth year riding 300miles across the state for the event. Gabe wasalso named customer success manager at FieldNation. Field Nation is the second fastest growing private company in Minnesota.

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After 18 years JeanHromatka Nightingale is

leaving her position in the math department atBSM and heading to Shanghai, China, to teachat the Shanghai American School. She will be

teaching AP Calculus BCand geometry at theinternational school thathas 1,500 students (K-12)and 54 nationalities inthe student body. Nostranger to teaching inother countries, Jeanused her connections

from her past years overseas and attended aninternational teacher recruiting fair at theUniversity of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. 5

Scott Gault was appointedBank of Tampa’s new market

president for Pinellas County. Scott spent the lastsix years of his career with SunTrust Bank inOrlando where he was a senior vice presidentand a commercial team leader. Scott will belocated in the Bank of Tampa’s St. Petersburgoffice. Scott holds an MBA in internationalfinance from Florida Metropolitan Universityand has an undergraduate degree fromFairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey.

Tony Cerulli was awarded a2015 fellowship from John

Simon Guggenheim Memorial in the field ofSouth Asian studies. The award was given insupport of his project, “Sanskrit MedicalClassics in Crisis: Language Politics and theReinvention of a Medical Tradition in India.”Tony is associate professor of South AsianStudies at Hobart and William Smith Collegeswhere he teaches courses on the history and literature of India, Hinduism, and Buddhism. He received a B.A. from Loyola UniversityChicago, an M.A. from Yale University, and aPh.D. from the University of Chicago. Tony isalso a published author and managing editorof the journal, India Review.

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Joe Burns and his wife,Danielle, are pleased to

announce the birth of Parker Jane on February2. Joe works for Nutanix and Danielle owns anEtsy shop featuring organic cotton items forbabies – www.babydolphindesigns.etsy.com. The Burns family lives in Victoria.

Adlina and Luke Dugan are the proud parentsof baby Lilyana who was born April 22.

John Klinkenberg and his wife, Tiffany, arehappy to announce the birth of John Sylvesteron May 2. Big sister Kensi (3) welcomed thenew baby home.

Sarah and Jake Carlsonwere married on January 17,

in Cancun, Mexico. Jake is a media and entertainment consulting manager forCognizant Business Consulting and Sarah is anaccount director for Yahoo. The Carlsons live inLos Angeles. 6

Jill Periolat and Luke Kaster ’99 were married on January 2. Jill is a media and performing arts teacher in the MinneapolisPublic School System and Luke is the generalmanager of the Bulldog Downtown. 6

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2001 Sarah Rauth Polovitz and husband Markannounce the birth of Lauren Rebecca on April 19. Big brother Johnny is almost 2. Sarah is a realtor for Edina Realty. The familylives in Excelsior.

Laura Athey and DakaraiBrown, Ph.D, were married

on July 19, 2014, at the Church of the GoodShepherd in Golden Valley. Several RedKnights joined the party to help Laura andDakarai celebrate: Tim Athey ’08, KatieMonsoor ’03, Joe Monsoor ’07,Elizabeth Rebehn Bakken ’03, LeanneKocemba ’03, and Toni Krynski ’10.

Laura is athird gradeteacher for theMinneapolisPublicSchools andDakarai is thechief chemistat WalmanOptical. Thecouple lives inHopkins.3

Alicia and Mark Hamilton are proud toannounce the birth of Charles Stanley on April 25.

Nick and Katie Jetland Trevena welcomedtwins Theodore “Theo” Edward and Margaret“Maisie” Louise into their family on May 20.The twins have an adoring big brother, Calvin,who is three and a half. The Trevenas live inChanhassen.

Becca Burnsmarried ChrisPaulson on April25 at AssumptionCatholic Churchin St. Paul followed by areception at Ariain Minneapolis.4

Mark and Jo JacobsonShultz, and bigsister Stella, welcomed LandonMark into theirfamily onNovember 23,2014. Jo is a kindergarten teacher at NovaClassical Academy in St. Paul and Mark is an engineer at Graco in Rogers.

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Eric Bigham and AlyssaSaunders were married on

September 27, 2014. Eric is a realtor forRemax Results andAlyssa works forCaringBridge. TheBighams live in St. Louis Park withtheir rescue puppyDolly. 4

Claire Shea andhusband UsmanHussain are happyto announce thebirth of Norah Ashaon April 9. Norahhas a big sister,Amelia (2.5), athome. Claire hasbeen a religionteacher at BSM but next year will serve as theinterim principal in the junior high at BSM.

John Theisen married EmilyHecht on May 16 at the

Golden Valley Golf and Country Club. (See Alumni Album for a photo.)

Megan Kelly marriedPatrick Stiger in Lindstrom,

Minnesota, on May 9.Megan recently graduatedfrom Rush Medical Collegeon May 21 and will begoing on to complete a resi-dency in anesthesiology atJackson MemorialHospital/University ofMiami. Patrick is an Army veteran who will soon graduate with hisbachelor’s degree.4

LaToya Williamsgraduated with an M.S. inpsychology from AvilaUniversity in Kansas City. 6

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Ryan Shaver is joiningKARE-TV as a multimedia

journalist. Ryan is leaving KIMT-TV in MasonCity, Iowa, where he worked as a sportsanchor and reporter. Ryan will get to work withdad and television anchor Randy Shaver doing“Prep Sports Extra” shoots in the fall.

Connor Mooney is the co-founder and operations

manager at Otium Outdoors. He executed asuccessful crowd-funding effort to help bring theOtium SoftRack to market. The Otium SoftRackis a removable, all-in-one car rack that can holdalmost any outdoor sporting equipment.

Greg Zeman, PatrickDaly and BJ Dunn

graduated on May 23 with B.A. degrees fromthe University of St. Thomas. Greg and BJ were marketing majors, and Patrick was afinance major. 6

Saint John’s University golfer Brett Draxlerwas named to the MIAC All-SportsmanshipTeam. Brett graduated on May 10 with a B.A. in global business leadership.

Four very happy engineers from the BSM Classof 2011 all graduated from Rose-HulmanInstitute of Technology on May 30: (l-r) Garrett Shaffer, Jack Tift, MargaretMiller and Nils Swensen. 6

John Marinelli graduated with honors fromthe U.S. Military Academy at West Point as aphysics major. He also served as the CompanyF-3 commander and was a member of the varsity men’s soccer team. John aspires to serve as a military physician specializing in pulmonary and critical care medicine and hasbeen accepted at the Mayo Medical School to continue his education.

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ALUMNI NEWSRebecca Tourville graduated from theCollege of St. Benedict on May 9 with a degree in economics and a minor in psychology. Rebecca has accepted a position at Target Corporation as a businessanalyst. Rebecca is pictured here with Jenny ’15 and Nick ’10.4

St. John’s University junior catcher Gabe

MacDonald led the Johnnies with a 27-game hitting streak this season. Gabe batted .343 with five home runs and 33 RBI in31 games (30 starts between catcher and designated hitter). Gabe was also named to theAll-Midwest Region Team on D3baseball.com.Fellow Red Knight alum Marcus Barone is ajunior pitcher on the team as well. The Johnnieswon the MIAC Tournament but ended their season with a 2-0 loss to No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater in the NCAA Regional.

Kathy Marinelli wasaccepted into the ILAC

Program at Creighton University MedicalSchool. Kathy will travel to the DominicanRepublic for six weeks this summer to buildmedical clinics in rural areas and serve as atranslator in triaging local patients. Kathy feelsher rigorous coursework in AP Spanish lastyear at BSM definitely helped her acceptanceinto the program as a freshman.

The University of Minnesota Gophers defeatedHarvard 4-1 on March 22 to win their thirdNCAA women’s hockey title in four years. Thiswas the Gophers’ sixth national title and fifthsince the NCAA began crowning a championin 2001. Forward Kelly Pannek assistedMeghan Lorence on the last goal to clinchthe win.

John Lager will begin his collegiate career atYale University where he will play football forthe Bulldogs.

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McKenzie Swenson was named the MIACWomen’s Golf Athlete-of-the-Week in April after finishing third individually with her bestcollegiate showing at the Illinois WesleyanInvitational in Normal, Illinois. McKenziehelped lead the Gusties to a fourth-place finish in the 19-team invite.

Benilde-St. Margaret’s School’s 2014 yearbook,The Sangraal, was recognized for excellenceand featured in the 2015 Jostens Look Book,celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbookdesign and coverage for the fourth year in arow. The Sangraal was one of only 476 yearbooks selected from approximately 3,000. The 2014 Sangraal, Capture the Moment, was created by a team of 24 contributing student reporters and photographers with chief editors Zoë Cave, Liz Nicholson andKatie Segner under the direction of KelliRahn, BSM’s yearbook adviser.

The ACS team travels toHefei, China, for the RoboCup

2015 World Championships July 14-25. Theteam spent weeks updating the robot for thecompetition before leaving for China. Picturedhere are Glenna Greer, Jonathan Cadle,Jack Pupel, Michael Starosta and BlaiseFitzgerald. Other team members include:Michael Black, Maureen Desmond, Vidal Guzman, Megan Haakonson,Mitch Lowenberg, Yanjun Pan ‘14, andSofia Scott. 6

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ALUMNI NEWSJoAnna Albers

Wife of Jeff ’95

Maureen Donohue Bain ’65

Kathleen Huttner Boyd ’46

Adrienne Lijewski Brown ’52

Scott CarlquistHusband of Monica Murphy ’81

Roger Carlson ’61

Charlie CarraherFather of Stephanie Carraher Sommer ’88Carin Carraher Hockert-Hedeen ’90

Chuck Cichosz ’67Brother of JoanMary Ellen Cichosz FischerLinda Cichosz Tjosaas ’69

Caroline “Kay” DaleMother of John ’60Mary Ellen ’60Carolyn ’62Dennis ’63James ’66Sheila ’68 - DeceasedGregoryChristopher

Frank DunbarFather of Jim ’96Matt ’98Steve ’01

Catherine EckertMother of John ’75Mary Eckert Scott ’78

Susan EikenberryMother of TomJulia ’79Laura ’81KateTim

Elizabeth FerrianMother of Mary Beth Ferrian Liekhus ’68Barbara Ferrian Munnelly ’71Jeanne ’72BetsyPatty

IN MEMORIAMPatricia Hickling Halvorson ’45

Lucille Connolly Hartwig ’31Mother of Barbara Hartwig Castaneda ’62

Ronald HentgesFather of JeanMark '77Kelly Hentges Ryan '78

Dolores KalbMother of Kathleen ’74Joan Kalb Hazuka ’75Tom ’77Bill ’78Joe ’80Mary ’82Howie ’83Barb Kalb Hasper ’84Bob ’84Mike ’85Peggy Kalb Koets ’88

Sandy KelleyMother of Kyrsten Kelley Johnson ’04Michael ’16

Kathleen Wood Kerber ’52

Marcella Waldherr Lindley ’36Mother of Colleen Lindley KeeganPatricia Lindley Hastreiter ’74

James Lyon ’67

Geneva MaasMother of JohnPhillipJeannine Maas Lee ’71Colette ’75Kevin ’78Mary Ann Maas Wagner ’55 – deceasedPatricia ’63 – deceased

Lorraine Matuzek ’47

Brother Raphael Maurice Olson, OSB – past staff

Maryanne Cain Reed ’64Wife of John Reed ’66Sister of Joseph ’59RichardSusan Cain Strandberg

Troy ReevesHusband of Roberta Hartel Reeves ’59

Jim Reger ’71Brother of Kathy ’68John ’70Jerry ’73Kevin ’74

Nancy RonhovdeMother of Lori Ronhovde Jandl ’91Tim ’92Tracy Ronhovde Standl ’92Lisa Ronhovde Sodahl ’00

James Ryan – past facultyFather of Ruth Ryan Sullivan ’85Martha Ryan Seal ’81

Diane SchmerlerMother of Nicholas ’98Joseph ’02Viviana

Harold “Jerry” SoderbergHusband of Marlys Rosacker Soderberg ’51 - deceased

Father of JeromeNoel Soderberg Evans ’74 – deceasedJames ’76JohnJeffrey ’78Sheri Soderberg Cioroslan ’79Thomas ’82Brother of Gloria Soderberg Sims ’43 - deceased

William Stoessel ’64Brother of Robert ’59Elizabeth Stoessel Steeber ’61

Pastora TalatalaMother of Aileen ’95Arnold ’97

Mary Margaret Gerber Trainor ’52

Paul Williams, M.D.Father of Mark ’72Paul ’74Thomas ’76Carole Williams Briggs ’79Philip ’81

Rosemary McDermott York ’48

The Crown & Shield will be available in a digital format, beginning with the fall issue.

Consider receiving your issues via email rather than in print. The nature of the articles and the quality of the magazine will not change. It will have the added benefit of being a fiscally and environmentally responsible choice.

If you would prefer to change to the digital format, you can act today by scanning this QR code, goingto http://bsmschool.org/crownandshield or returning the enclosed postcard to BSM.

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Dear Friends and Alumni,

For the 41st time in history, Benilde-St. Margaret’s celebrated our seniors at baccalaureateand graduation. The academic, athletic and community involvement the young men andwomen who leave our halls and continue their educational and personal growth at colleges and universities across the country have pursued over the last four years continues to astonish me. I am optimistic about the future of our country and Benilde-St. Margaret’s as our graduates take leadership roles and support causes they are passionate about—causes like making a private, Catholic high school education at BSM possible for any student who seeks it.

This passion—to make a Catholic education available to a student regardless of financialability, has been exemplified this year by a number of very generous families.

Over the past few months Benilde-St. Margaret’s has been blessed to have four families meet with me, hear about our need to commit to an incoming ninth grader who requires full tuition assistance, and agree to support the student for the next four years. This commitment amounts to $70,000 in financial aid next year and over $300,000 during the students’ careers at BSM.

The willingness of these families to make a four-year pledge is a win-win for the student and Benilde-St. Margaret’s.

• Having these four-year commitments allow the students to know with certainty that they will be able to attend and graduate from BSM without the anxiety that their financial aid grant could be changed and place an unplanned hardship on their parents.

• For BSM it means that we will be able to, for the first time, enroll the most financially needy, most deserving students and provide 100% of the tuition assistance they qualify for under TADS and ensure they will have it for the next threeyears. This is different than our past tuition assistance guidelines in which we provided less aid, to more families. Now we are able to accomplish both goals—assist our most financially needy students and continue to assist 200 other students with partial aid.

Over the next couple of years, I will continue to meet with families, both old and new, and discuss the greatest need our community has—making it possible for any student, regardless of ability to pay, who is seeking a private, Catholic educationexperience, to achieve that experience at Benilde-St. Margaret’s.

If this four-year financial aid program resonates with you, and you would like to join our first four families in making a long-term commitment to our financially needy and well-deserving students, please let me know. I would enjoy visiting with you and helping you realize your philanthropic goals.

Again, thank you for your support this year and have a wonderful family-centered summer. I look forward to seeing our returning students and families in a couple of months. As for the 150 families leaving BSM for the last time, I hope our paths will cross again and you continue to believe that our mission is worth your charitable gifts.

Regards,

Advancement

Richard J. OlsonVice President of Advancement

This passion—to make a Catholic education available to a studentregardless of financial ability, has been exemplified this year by anumber of very generous families.


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Bulletin BoardReunion InformationComplete reunion details can be found onlineat www.BSMschool.org/reunions

SMA 1950 • Thursday, September 17SMA 1955 • Wednesday, September 16SMA 1960 • Tuesday, September 8 SMA 1965 • Saturday, August 22SMA 1970 • Saturday, September 19

Benilde 1960 • Friday, September 11 Benilde 1965 • August 7-8Benilde 1970 • Friday, September 11

BSM 1975 • September 11-12BSM 1980 • Saturday, August 22BSM 1985 • August 7-8BSM 1995 • September 11-12BSM 2000 • October 2-3BSM 2005 • Saturday, November 28

Other DatesBoys’ soccer alums, lace up your cleats and join your old teammates on the turf foralumni soccer on August 13. The game starts at 6 p.m. Family and friends are invited to join the players for a BBQ on the plaza after the game.

Hit the road at alumni cross country onSaturday, August 22. Bring the family for a mile fun run starting at 10 a.m. at Bassett Creek Park.

For additional information or to help with reunion plans, contact Mary Fran O’Keefe at [email protected] or 952-915-4360.


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Alumni Album

Photo 5—Sandy Janssen Barry ‘86, Steve Dunbar ‘01, KathleenWaddell ‘03, Craig Shaver ‘09 and Nick Schneider ‘01

Photo 4—Nate Tennessen ‘92,Charlie Broyles ‘92,

Hank Paulson ‘15, Johnny Mack ‘15, and

Luke Possis ‘15

Photo 1—Back row (l-r) Annie Houlihan ‘05and Jen Deglmann ‘10;seated (l-r) MeronAbraham ‘15, PaytonTurner ‘15, MaggieConry ‘15 andMikaela Potter ‘15

Photo 7—Chris Philbin ‘15, Bennett Lang ‘05 and SamMerriam ‘15

Alumni/Senior BreakfastMay 1 marked college decision day and the inaugural

alumni/senior breakfast at BSM. Over 50 alums returned toBSM to visit with graduating seniors and share information

about their college and career paths.

Photo 2—Back row (l-r) Jack Swanson ‘15, Alex Messer ‘15,Andrew Norman ‘15, Craig Darcy ‘98, Mark Falls ‘15, and Jason Anderson ‘15; seated (l-r) Jake Anderson ‘15,Patrick Murry ‘96, Richmond Bowen ‘15, Allen Chen ‘15 and Griffen Anderson ‘15

Photo 3—Mary HelenMcHugh Franze ‘77posed with her nephewEddie McHugh ‘15.

Photo 6—Back row (l-r) Jen Deglmann ‘10, George Boosalis ‘15,Mark Falls 15, Abe Fortier 15, Darragh Cutter 15, and SarahWartman Dooley ‘94; front row (l-r) Angela Hickman, AnneSumangil ‘95, Jonae Sutton ‘15, Libby Grygar ‘15, SophieElsenbast ‘15, Kayla Gardner ‘15, Libby Dooley Hankey ‘94, and Eric Sumangil ‘97

Additional alums in attendance include:

Curtis Wilson ‘99, Colleen Powers ‘04, Kelly Rodgers ‘04, Bill Kruse ‘90, Laura Hanson Conlon ‘97, Matt Colford ‘82, Mike Rooney ‘82, Alex Zeman ‘05, Lee Lira ‘88, Sean Lumpkin ‘88, John Rondoni ‘98, Tim Herbert ‘80, Carol Nelson Schultz ‘91, Alexandra Campion Young ‘04, Allison Luse Riter ‘04, Dan Brennan ‘79, Chuck Haben ‘79, Joe Jensen ‘07, Lauren Walsh Jensen ‘07, John Hedrick ‘78, Pat Walter ‘75, James Brackin ‘99, Andrew Alberts ‘99,Kelly Gallagher ‘93, Jeff Olejnik ‘86, Catherine Thimmesh ‘85, Alanna Olson ‘07, Maureen Hastings Shaver ‘79, Kristine Hernandez Pierce ‘86, Danielle Grant ‘91, Alli Selleck ‘98, Melissa Bickel Berggren ‘94, and Kristin Brierton Dennewill ‘86


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Kaster – Periolat Wedding—Lots of alums attended the wedding of Jill and Luke in January; front row (l-r)Andrew George ‘02, Luke, Jill, Curt Wilson ‘99; second row (l-r) Michael Periolat ‘99, Elliot Botten ‘99, KathleenMartinson Stutzman ‘96, Gina Periolat Elliott ‘96, Sue Cipolle, Justine Chatterton ‘02, Lisa Lang ‘02, and EricaLundberg ‘02: third row (l-r) Annie Olson Caparoso ‘02, Debbie Martinson, Evan Carpenter ‘02, SusanMartinson ‘02, Dana Stack ‘02, Tony Cipolle ‘02, Sarah Kaster, Margaret Seiwert ‘68, Mary Seiwert Periolat‘67, Colleen Kaster Quince ‘97, Nick Kaster ‘90, Letty Tenner Fitzgerald ‘66, Pat Fitzgerald ‘66; fourth row (l-r)Andrew Martinson ‘99, Josh Walton, Nick Batko ‘01, Lexi Guillaume ‘02, Paul Judd ‘99, Stephanie Anderson‘02, Sue Jacobson, Marilyn Peller Nelson ‘78, Jeff Pearson ‘62, Jim Kaster ‘65, Mike Pearson, Mike Kaster ‘69,Rick Kaster ‘73, Rod Pearson ‘71, Jeff Kaster ‘92, and Mary Pearson Kaster ‘64.

Summer Golf Trip—Friends from the Class of1993 met in Galena, Illinois, for a golf weekend;(l-r) Kelly Gallagher, Andy Schnack, Larry Oleksa,

Kirk Fossum, Jason Doll and Ryan Vanyo.

Awards Night—Several alums had a lot to smile aboutwhen their children were honored at a student awardsnight in May: (l-r) Paul Rocheford ‘81, Margaux Brink ‘15,Jeff Brink ‘81, Will Duda ‘15, Leon Duda ‘79, Jay Weber‘15, Michelle Fournier Weber ‘83, Kevin Weber ‘83,Natalie Chevalier ‘15, Lynn Lira Chevalier ‘85, AdamGrazzini ‘15 and Maureen Weber Grazzini ‘86.

Baccalaureate Breakfast—Graduating seniors celebratedwith their alumni parents at the baccalaureate Mass andbreakfast on May 17 (l-r): Corrina Colwell Conley ‘79,Rachel Conley ‘15, Eric Munkeby ‘85, Sam Munkeby ‘15,Joe Binish ‘85, Claire Binish ‘15, and Teresa Link Binish ‘85.

Alums at Billie Joel—Julie Palach ‘80and her husband, Mick, ran into otheralums at the Union Rooftop before the BillieJoel concert in May. The three alumnaeposed with their husbands: (l-r) Anne BraunLaughlin ‘82 with husband Patrick, JulieOrtler Palach and husband Mick, ElizabethHoy Linares ‘78 with husband Juan.


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Alumni AlbumJoranger GolfAlumni golfers came out forthe annual Joranger Openon June 8. Foursomes were

comprised of friends, classmates and families.

Photo 1—‘75 Foursome: Tim Lutz, Greg Kemp, John Dwyer, and Pat Walter

Photo 3—‘86 Foursome with tournament organizer Sandy Janssen Barry ‘86:Bill Fitzgerald, Jeff Olejnik, Chris Beutz, Chris Warren, Bill Igel, Mark Scherer,Greg Daniel, and John Ziminske

Photo 2—SMA Golfers: Margaret Mandile Sulzbach ‘68, JanetWilliams ‘74, Peggy Murphy Cerrito ‘74, Mary Kaye AndersonGorrilla ‘74, and Mary Jagodzinski Leizinger ‘74

Photo 4—Jim Ferrens ‘92and Adam Lenhart ‘91

Irish Eyes are Smiling—Neighbors Jennifer BeanBruce ‘92 and JenniferDarcy Murry ‘96, holdingbaby George, posed with their children on St. Patrick’s Day: front row (l-r) Libby Bruce (9), MaddieMurry (8), Betsy Bruce (7)and Jack Murry (3.5).

First Pitch—Alex Wahl ‘05 threw out the first pitch at a Twinsgame. Alex was joined by family members and alums (l-r) MarkWahl ‘77, Rose Sellman Wahl ‘77, Sarah ‘08, Alex, and Amber.

Bigham Wedding—Eric ‘05 and Alyssa were

joined in the wedding partyby Red Knight groomsmenAlex Bigham ‘08, Spencer

Campion ‘06 and Isak Tranvik ‘05.


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Spring Wedding—John Theisen ‘06 and EmilyHeckt celebrated their May wedding with RedKnight alums; (l-r) Nathan Berglund ‘06, DanForsman ‘06, Kevin Deneen ‘06, Emily, John,Kaylee Arostegui ‘07, Janine Karas ‘07 andSean Wyley ‘06.

Conry Graduations—Michael Conry ‘11 and sisterMaggie ‘15 celebrated their

graduations at a gatheringattended by family and friends.

Michael graduated from theUniversity of Notre Dame andMaggie from BSM: back row (l-r) Michael Conry, MichaelKruse ‘11, Sam Ziegler ‘11,

Tanner Speltz ‘11, TommyNelson ‘11, Patrick Conry ‘08,Rose Conry ‘09, and Mary PatRoss ‘15: front row (l-r) Patrick

Hunter ‘15, Maggie, DavePaquette ‘74 and Bob Kruse ‘74.

Case Adjourned—AttorneysMeghan Lind DesLauriers ‘99 andChris Ugarte ‘98 returned to BSM’sCollege and Career Center to speakwith students about their experiencein the law profession.

Alumni Lacrosse—Red Knight lacrosse alums and current players were back in action on Thursday, June 18: back (l-r) Lucian Parece ’16,Colin Mulcahy, Connor Gallaher ’13, Patrick Johnson ‘07, Jake Anderson ’15, Mike Hickey ‘04, Charlie Gondeck ‘10, Christian Horn ‘12,Brett Patterson ‘10, Taylor Topousis ‘11, Peter Schubloom ‘11, Nate Barry ’15, Will Tucker ’15, Michael Gilligan ‘07, and Spencer Williams‘12; middle (l-r) Kevin Moeschl, Matt Draxler ‘07, Harrison Brink ’16, Jack Tucker ‘13, Simon Gondeck ‘13, George Boosalis ’15, Mark Falls’15, Michael Naughtin ’15, Mitch Lowenberg ’15, Griffen Ehlen ’16, and John Biglow ‘08; front (l-r) Josh Werkmeister ’14, BrennanHarrington ‘06, Mickey Lamb ’14, and Turner Wine ‘18.

Kopp Graduation—The Kopp family joined Sarah ‘11 to celebrate her graduation from Marquette University. Sarahgraduated with a degree in marketing and international business: (l-r) Katie ‘06, Mary Kay Morin Kopp ‘80, Molly ‘14,Sarah, Jimmy ‘08 and Jim ‘80.

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