Alumni Class Notes

Morgan Brown was part of the Baylor Acrobatics and Tumbling team who won the national championship.

Brett Adams is a junior on the Wingate baseball team and was named to the South Atlantic Conference All-Conference third Team and the All-Defensive Team as a first baseman.

Nathanael Haynes is applying to medical school and plans to matriculate in the fall of 2024.

Natalie Walton will start her senior year of college at Francis Marion University in the fall and will complete the final two semesters of her Nursing program. She holds a position at her sorority and is responsible for organizing events, creating media videos and serving the community of Florence, S.C. “This college journey has been tough, but I am thankful for my experience and the preparation that Charlotte Christian gave me.”

Christian Cunningham will attend graduate school at Clemson University this fall for his MBA.

Blake Frasier caught up with fellow CCS grads Royce Hanna, Lauren Poynter, Alex Jones (‘20) and Payton Jones .

Efosa U-Edosomwan graduated from Roanoke College this past May with a bachelor’s degree in public health and a minor in sociology. He was a four year starter for the D3 nationally ranked men’s basketball team. He was named all-conference three times and scores more than 1,000 career points. He is studying for the MCAT and plans on applying to medical school in the future.

Mackenzie Hawisher Brown married Chris Brown on April 7, 2023. The couple met in church in 2019. Mackenzie graduated from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in December 2022 and is a licensed mental health counselor at Carolinas Counseling Group. Her husband, Chris, is a pastor at Youth Commission International and the couple currently lives in the Steele Creek area of Charlotte.

Caroline Lubinsky is now the senior shopping editor for the publication Family Handyman, which is under Trusted Media Brands.

Tinayeshe Kennedy Manyika released his debut single called Bluebird. He is the worship and arts assistant director and worship leader at Storyhill Church in Davidson.

Chris Stueber received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Furman University in 2020 as well as his master’s degree in chemistry in 2022 and was on the lacrosse team who won the conference championship. Through the aid of his research lab at Furman, their collaborators at Clemson University, and funding provided by the Intelligence Advanced Research Progress Agency (IARPA), they successfully produced realtime viral sensor platforms capable of accurately and selectively detecting the SARS-CoV-2 viral particle in human samples. He currently is a research specialist in the brand new, state-ofthe-art Drug Discovery Science Core in the Therapeutics Initiative Department at Harvard Medical School.

Colter Corish was recently admitted to Stanford’s Graduate School of Business Class of 2025! At school, he is passionate to continue his studies by pursuing new ways of applying Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning (AI/ML) to identify, flag, and support at-risk populations experiencing mental health crises.

Meredith Dixon graduated from Berkeley Law Order of the Coif and passed the California Bar Exam in 2022. She lives in San Francisco and works at a non-profit civil rights impact litigation organization called the Impact Fund.

Shelley Leazer La Forge married Dr. Darrin La Forge on Nov. 12, 2022. 2012 CCS alum and close friend Katey Balkian was her Maid-of-Honor. Shelley graduated from Duke Divinity School in April 2020. She taught middle school language arts for the past three years at Williams Montessori and will join the staff of Trinity Episcopal School in August.

Becca Garrett Cebulski and her husband, Scott, welcomed their first child Luke Garrett on Dec. 6, 2022.

Buddy Craft married his wife, Maddy, in December 2021 and the couple has a daughter, Agatha, who is five months old. Agatha joins sisters, Seraphina (6) and Anastasia (4). The family currently lives in Indian Land, S.C.

Parker Blazevich and Leslie Cameron Blazevich welcomed their first baby, Julia James, on Jan. 6, 2023. The couple recently returned to Charlotte after Parker finished serving in the Army and completing law school. He now practices with Johnston, Allison & Hord in the Trusts and Estates group and focuses on estate planning as well as elder law and special needs planning. Leslie is a CPA and works at a commodities brokerage firm.

Hayley Raines lives in Laurel, Miss. and is the general manager for the Laurel Mercantile Company. She was featured on an episode of HGTV’s Home Town on Feb. 5 for a home makeover!

Kiersten Wiles Hogan and her husband, Wes, and son, Jack (rising 1st grade), enjoy living in Waxhaw. Kiersten is celebrating two years on staff at Forest Hill Church where she is supporting the Next Gen Ministry through trip and event planning and database management.

Kathryn Benson Williams and her husband, Eric, welcomed their son, Iain Mackenzie, on Jan. 30, 2023. He joins his older brother, Jackson.

Dana Esposito has recently accepted a position as spa coordinator at Blackberry Mountain Spa in the East Tennessee area.

Hadley Hayes Mann and her husband, Will, are expecting their third child in July. They, together with their daughter (Francie, 6) and their son (Patton, 2), cannot wait to meet the newest addition to their family!

Josh Watson and his wife, Tabitha, welcomed a new baby boy to their family through adoption, Christopher Brooks Watson, from Dallas, Texas on Dec. 8, 2022. The adoption became final on March 24, 2023. Brooks joins big sister Harper, and big brother, Tucker, who love him very much!

Jeremy Writebol’s book, Pastor, Jesus is Enough: Hope for the Weary, Burned Out, and the Broken, was published by Lexham Press. Jeremy serves as a lead pastor with Woodside Bible Church in Plymouth, Mich. and writes out of his experience and reflection on the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation 1-3.

Derek Halvorson is stepping away from the presidency of Covenant College after serving for 11 years (his undergraduate alma mater) to become the founding executive director of the new BrockBarnes Center for Leadership at Covenant College.

Holley Rogers Tillman made a career change to real estate after 30 years as a nurse. Holley and her husband are partners in realty at the Ballantyne Keller Williams office. Their oldest daughter, Kayla, is graduating from high school and attending Yale University to study mechanical engineering and Latin this fall.