Class Notes

We love hearing from you and know that your classmates do too—so keep the information coming! You may submit updates and information to Andrew Bettencourt ’02 at abettencourt@justin-siena.org. Be sure to include a photograph too!

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Lynn Adamo ’75 has been recognized for her art work as a freelance artist, with her work popping up in several different places. She has a website (lynnadamo.com) with much of her artwork featured.

Brandon LaRocco ’98 and Miranda (Welsh) LaRocco ’01

welcomed their 3rd child into the world in August of this year. Anthony Michael LaRocco was 8 pounds, 7 ounces, and joins his older sisters Payton and Jordyn as future Braves. Brandon, the Head Football Coach of the Braves, still managed to lead the football team to their best record in 5 years and into the North Coast Section semifinals. 1

Mary Arbuthnot ’00 is a Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy, serving as a general and critical care surgeon at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune,

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NC. She will be starting a pediatric surgery fellowship in the summer of 2020 at UT Houston.

Jason Anthony ’01 won the 38th annual Northern California Golf Association Mid-Amateur Championship. Anthony, a resident of Fairfield and the NCGA Player of the Year in 2017, shot 67 in Saturday’s first round and had a 67 in the final round on Sunday for an 8-under-par 134 total at Poppy Hills Golf Course at Pebble Beach.

Daniel DeSimoni ’02 married Jaime Del Zompo on October 5, 2019. 2

John Brumley ’04 recently graduated from the University of Tsukuba in Japan with a Doctorate in Philosophy, Empowerment Informatics. John previously graduated with his undergrad degree from UC Davis in Music Theory and Composition, and received a Masters from UCLA in Media Arts.

Reid Francis ’09 married Jessica Smith on September 7, 2019, at COPIA in Napa. Reid is Software Product Manager for Text IQ, Inc and Jessica is Marketing Manager for The New York Times. Following the wedding, the couple honeymooned in Cabo and are planning an extended honeymoon in South East Asia this fall. Jessica and Reid make their home in Brooklyn, NY. 3

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Elliot Stratton ’10 - After graduating from JSHS, Elliot attended Arizona State University, where he graduated in 2014 with a BA in Business Law and an International Business Certificate. Thereafter, he attended Southern Illinois University School of Law and graduated in 2017 with a dual JD/MBA degree, and sat for the Arizona Bar Exam that year. After passing the bar exam, Elliot moved to Miami, Florida, where he is currently a law clerk for the Honorable Vance Salter at the Third District Court of Appeals.

Eric Dugoni ’12 works at Hall Wines as a Wine Educator. He started at Hall Wines just after receiving his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Chico State University in 2017. 4

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Sarah Roscoe ’14 is currently at University of Nebraska in Lincoln working on a PhD in Computer Science. She has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from SMC. Sarah teaches second level computer science this summer at UNL as part of her PhD program. She recently received the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.

Morgan Malloy ’15 is in graduate school at St. Mary’s College and is helping the coaches on the Women’s Basketball team with in-game stat tracking. Morgan played on the team for the past 3 seasons after walking on her sophomore year.

Maria Davis ’16 is currently competing in her Senior season of Women’s Golf at Long Beach State University. Maria is coming off of a Junior season where she was first team All Conference, as well as All-Academic team honoree. Maria recently finished 11th overall, helping her team to a 3rd place (out of 18) finish at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown. 5

Nik Dodson ’16 is playing his first season of baseball at Waldorf College. Nik is a pitcher and was able to get into his first game for a 2 inning appearance. Nik was previously at Solano City College.

Jordan Dunkley ’16 is in the beginning stages of his Junior year of college baseball at Point University. Previously, Jordan, who is a pitcher, was at Canada College. 6

Bailey Jameson ’16 recently finished her senior season at UNLV as a captain of the Pom team in her 4th year on the team. Her major is hospitality management with a concentration in meeting and event planning and she is currently on the dean’s list! She will be graduating in the spring, and her last football game ever was November 23. 7

Cameron Michael ’16 is starting his first season as a member of the University of Pacific baseball team. After a very successful career at Justin-Siena, Cameron played at Solano Community College before transferring to Pacific. Good luck this season Cameron! 8

Isabella Leonardi ’17 is starting her Junior year season of Women’s Lacrosse at the University of Redlands. Isabella had 6 goals as a freshman for the Bulldogs. 9 Donna Roscoe ’17 is at Amherst College in Massachusetts, working towards a Bachelor of Arts in Biochem, Biophysics, and Psychology, with sites on a Masters in Engineering. She will be a junior next year and is currently working in a biophysics lab.

Aidan Willard ’17 is heading into his senior year at Oregon State, and his Redshirt Junior year of eligibility as a Quarterback for the Beavers. 10

Cole Cummings ’18 is currently playing basketball in his sophomore year for San Diego Miramar College. Cole has had some injury trouble this season, but did start all 12 games he played in and averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds per game for the Jets. 11

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Vianca Dagnino ’18 appeared in 31 games for the Oberlin College Yeowomen, making 30 starts in her freshman campaign last season. She saw 89 at-bats and recorded 30 hits for a team fifth-best .337 batting average. Vianca Finished third on the team in hits and in RBI with 19. She registered a team fifth best .416 slugging percentage and walked a team best 15 times. Vianca also recorded 81 put-outs at catcher. The team opens up the 2020 season on March 15. 12

Catherine Flaherty ’18 was featured in an article in the alumni section of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) website earlier this school year. The article profiled Catherine for being a 3rd generation Gaucho and her experience at the school so far as she follows in her parents’ (Sean and Kirsten) footsteps. Catherine is working towards a major in Political Science, with a minor in Professional Writing. 13

Lizzie Hansen ’18 is currently in her sophomore season for the University of California San Diego Women’s Water Polo team. Lizzie played in 20 games as a freshman, scoring 3 goals, and has 2 assists so far this season in 6 games. 14 Ally Jackson ’18 and Steven Silva ’18 are both taking classes and working internships for Disney World in Florida. Steven works at the Cantina in Galaxy’s Edge and Ally works Peter Pan’s Flight and “It’s a Small World.” 15

Kendall Martin ’18 is beginning her sophomore year throwing the Javelin for University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Track and Field team. Kendall had a strong freshman campaign, and took second at the Cal Poly/UC Riverside Tri Meet in the javelin with a monster throw of 41.35m (135’ 8”), a four meter personal best that would propel her all the way to fifth on the UCSB All Time List for that event. 16 Rebecca Reynolds ’18 is currently participating for the UC Davis Women’s Water Polo team this season. She has scored her first collegiate goal this season and has helped the Aggies to a 6-5 record so far. 17

Luigi Albano-Dito ’19 is redshirting this year for College of Marin baseball. Luigi will play first base and pitch for College of Marin.

Maxx Castellucci ’19 is pitching for the Mission College baseball team as a freshman. Through 7 games Maxx has made 2 appearances for the Saints. 18

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Caroline Chatagnier ’19

completed her first solo flight in the fall. Caroline is currently enrolled at Utah State University and is majoring in Aviation. Keep making us proud Caroline! 19

Allison Clark ’19 is in her freshman year playing for the Sonoma State Women’s Lacrosse team. Allison scored 3 goals to lead the Seawolves in her first game of the season. Barrett Donohoe ’19 and Michael Fitzgerald ’19 completed their first season playing for the Monterey Peninsula College Football team. Barrett was the backup QB for the team, while Michael played Defensive Back.

Julia Lokey ’19 continues her successful professional dance career. Highlighted by recently placing in the finals of the Ohio Star Ball DanceSport Championship, Julia is making us very proud as a well-rounded, and well-prepared, student! 20 Landon Mispagel ’19 is just beginning his freshman year on the UCSB Track and Field team. Landon will be competing in the 110m hurdles for the Gauchos. 21

Will Natuzzi ’19 is a redshirt player this year for the Cabrillo College baseball team. Julia Sangiacomo ’19 completed a very successful season for the Santa Clara Volleyball team last Fall. Julia was named Second Team All West Coast Conference (WCC) as well as to the All Freshman team. She led the team with 411 kills and was an integral part of a team that finished 21-12. 22

Shelby Thomason ’19 completed her freshman season playing for Dominican College of California as a member of the Volleyball team. 23