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Panthers in 2015 right after graduating from Culver. He had 69 points (29 goals, 40 assists) in 143 games over a four-year college career at Miami (Ohio).

Laken C. Alles ’16 is a specially trained firefighter, known as a Hotshot, who battles strictly wildfires. He was featured in “Alles on front lines of western wildfires” in our news blog, “The Culver Cannon.”

Kieran Hussey Bolda ’17

married Mitchell Anthony Bolda and is living in Valparaiso, Indiana. The wedding party included Claire McMillen ’17, Susan Westman ’17, Mary Wright ’17, Kameron Hussey ’19, Madilyn Hussey ’23, and Brennan Hussey ’14.

Nathaniel Clurman ’17

debuted his pro career with the American Hockey League’s Colorado Eagles earlier to end the 2020-21 campaign and is playing with the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL.

Clurman spent a week in Centennial alongside other rookies at the Avalanche’s development camp before facing some competition in exhibition games at the rookie tournament hosted by the Arizona Coyotes in Scottsdale.

Selected by the Avalanche in the sixth round of the 2016 NHL Draft, Clurman is the second Colorado-born player to be drafted by the Avs and played with the Rocky Mountain Rough Riders hockey program. Clurman played nine games for the Eagles at the end of the 2021 season before sustaining a broken foot. Justin Matei ’17 is a member of the 2020–21 Yale Lightweight Crew. The 2019–2020 spring season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mason D. Lohrei ’19, the Boston Bruins’ prospect as a defenseman, is on pace for NHL impact. He was their 58th pick during the 2020 NHL draft. Meanwhile, Lohrei continued to develop his skills as an Ohio State freshman. He led the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL with 19 goals and 40 assists in 48 games in 2020-21. He was also named as USHL Defenseman of the Year. Lohrei is arguably the Bruins’ brightest amateur prospect.

2020s

Maksis Brimanis ’20 was chosen in the third round by the Aberdeen Wings of the North American Hockey League draft and 87th overall. At 6-feet, 2-inches tall and 198 pounds, the forward from Anchorage, Alaska, who has dual U.S. and Latvian citizenship, played with the National Collegiate Development Conference’s Philadelphia Hockey Club in 2020–2021. He has played for the Wings, El Paso Rhinos and the Fairbanks Ice Dogs this season.

Max Miller ’20 completed a post-graduate year at Fork Union Military Academy and has now enrolled at Wake Forest University, where he is a member of the Demon Deacon football team.

CULVER CLUBS INTERNATIONAL Update

Eighty guests gathered Dec. 16, 2021 in Washington, D.C. for a Capital City Culver Club reception. Head of Schools, Dr. Doug Bird ’90, was the featured speaker. Alumni representing six decades of graduating classes, as well as current and past parents of the summer camps and Academies, participated in the event.