Alumni Class Notes - December 2018

December 20, 2018

 1990s | 2000s | 2010s 

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1990s

On December 8, Joe Miller ’99 was sent by the Maryknoll Lay Missioners to Cochabamba, Bolivia, for a three-and-a-half year assignment, to begin in January. After three months of brushing up on Spanish, Joe expects to be ministering with youth who are living with developmental and physical challenges in Cochabamba and Tacopaya, a small town near the Altiplano. For more information on the Maryknoll Lay Missioners and follow Joe's work, visit the Maryknoll website.

2000s

Megan Fee Smith ’00 recently accepted the position as Head Coach of the CDH girls golf program. Smith is an English teacher and has experience as a girls golf coach and mentor. Additionally, Smith is the president of the Cretin-Derham Hall Alumni Association and she is excited to work with student-athletes to promote the mission, values, and vision of Cretin-Derham Hall.

Smith has been involved with the CDH girls golf program in the past. During the spring of 2016, she was an assistant coach for the CDH junior varsity and developmental teams. As an alum of CDH, Smith played on the varsity girls' golf team during the 1997-2000 seasons, and continues to play golf in various leagues and tournaments throughout the Twin Cities area. 

As a teacher, coach, and athlete, she emphasizes having fun while improving golf skills, as well as respecting the golf course and other players. By using this approach, student-athletes are more confident in learning and developing their golf skills, as well as learning the values of leadership, teamwork, and dedication to the sport and the CDH community.

 2010s

Anna Fobbe ’15 has been selected as the recipient of the Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year award for Division II women's soccer. She was also named the 2018 NSIC Goalkeeper of the Year and was a first team All-NSIC selection. Read more.

Two Raiders at Saint John’s University earned Associated Press Division III All-America, first team, honors – congratulations to Max Jackson '15 and Danny Greenheck ’16. Greenheck was also named to the American Football Coaches' Association (AFCA) All-Americans second team.

Jamie Urban ’18 was named the 2018 Miss Minnesota Teen for the National American Miss Pageant. She currently attends the University of St. Thomas.

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