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On the 50th Anniversary of St. Andrew’s, the Outstanding Alumni Award was established to be given to a graduate of St. Andrew’s who has demonstrated through their field of work, or service, that they are dedicated to the wellbeing of their community and its future; and their contributions of time, talent, and energy have made a positive impact in their community.
This year, we recognize a member of the Class of 2014, Air Force Academy graduate, and active duty service member, Matthew Lee ‘14. A true servant, Matthew entered the Air Force Academy, noting the saying “you apply for one reason, and you stay for another.”
“I stayed for the people,” Matthew says, “the opportunity to make a difference in the world, and have a greater purpose than myself.”
After graduating from the Academy in 2018, Matthew began pilot training in Del Rio, Texas, later continuing his flight instruction on C-17 planes in Oklahoma. He is currently stationed at Travis Air Force Base in California, flying missions to the Middle East and Europe.
One of Matthew’s larger recent missions was evacuating refugees and service members during the US withdrawal from Kabul, Afghanistan in late August 2021.
Matthew reflected on this experience by saying, “It was a tiring and exhausting couple of weeks for the crew, however it was also the most rewarding. Watching the Afghans leave our plane, knowing they all would have a better chance at life was incredibly humbling. After talking to some of the Afghanis it furthered our beliefs that the women would finally be able to have freedom, the men would not have to worry about protecting themselves or their family from being killed by the Taliban, and the children would finally be able to have a childhood. Our crew was humbled and grateful to be part of this operation and it made us proud to be Americans.” It is with great pride that we recognize Matthew Lee, Class of 2014, with the 2021 Outstanding Alumni Award.
This fall, Katherine Lewin
‘09 opened a shop, called Big Night, in Brooklyn, NY! Big Night focuses on dinner party essentials and specialty grocery items to help with all of your hosting needs! Read more here.
Flo Clemons ‘09
married Max Conte in the Upper School Chapel on October 2, 2021, with many SAS alumni in attendance!
Pema Bear ‘18, who is studying public health and business at American University in Washington, DC, spent the fall semester abroad in Copenhagen! Conor Keelan ‘13 has begun
work on a new stage adaptation of Spirited Away in Tokyo as the Associate Music Supervisor, Orchestrator, and Electronic Music Programmer. Unfortunately, due to Omicron, he will not be able to be there in person but he has been working remotely since December. Show is set to open in March.
This December, Callie Clemons Burns ‘07 and her
husband Randy welcomed their first child, Randall. The family of three is currently living in New York City!
This fall, SAS fans of NBC’s The Voice watched Kalie Jennings ‘17 audition with her impressive cover of Corinne Bailey Rae’s “Put your Records On.” Within seconds, celebrity coaches Blake Shelton and John Legend both turned around. Ultimately, Kalie chose Team John, and had the opportunity to work with singer Camila Cabello for her battle vs. fellow contestant Samuel Harness. Though Kalie’s time on The Voice was short, she has been performing shows in LA. She is a student at the Berklee College of Music with a focus on jazz performance, and is scheduled to graduate in 2022.
You can watch Kalie’s (also known as KJ) Voice audition here!
majoring in Political Science and Ethnic Studies at Santa Clara University and this fall, she was named a recipient of the Hackworth Fellowship with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Each fellow is given the opportunity to “engage more deeply with the application of ethics to a topic of concrete concern” and is granted a $4,000 stipend. Grace has been interning with the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies in Washington, DC this fall, researching the relationship between the US and Haiti with regard to refugees.
Greg Hutton ‘07, wife
Lindsey, and big brother Cash welcomed Grace Elisabeth Hutton on July 23.
Nathan Lietzke ‘19 was named to the USA Men’s Volleyball Team, and competed in the Pan American Cup in September 2021. The team took home the bronze medal, the first medal for the USA since 2014. Nathan is a junior playing collegiate volleyball for Stanford University.
Carson Witt ‘18 writes, “I graduated from St. Andrew's in 2018, where I played varsity soccer, ran varsity track, participated in Select Choir and theater, and played piano. After graduation, I reported to the United States Naval Academy. I continued to pursue music at the academy with the men’s choir, but I left the group in my sophomore year to pursue other sports and interests. Ryan Bishop ‘08 started a
pediatric cardiology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital in July of 2021.
I am majoring in Operations Research, a mathematics major that is comparable to Data Science and Industrial Engineering. Some courses I take in the major include linear programming, simulation, probability, statistics, and matrix theory as well as operations research courses applied to military problems.
I will graduate with a bachelor of science degree and commission as an officer in the United States Navy on May 27, 2022. I will then report to Pensacola, FL where I will go to flight school and train to become a Naval Aviator for the next 10 years. I am very excited to start my naval career, and I can’t wait to see where the coming years will take me.
All in all, the Naval Academy has been a great experience. A common saying is that the reason you come to the academy is different from the reason you stay. This couldn’t be more true. The academy is very difficult, both academically and physically. My past four years have been filled with many challenges, early mornings, and late nights. I wouldn’t have been able to get through those days without the friends I have made along the way. While the academy has been a challenge, I wouldn’t trade my experience for anything, and I have grown so much as an individual and as a leader. This fall, Emma Schmidt '21
was recognized with the Rising Star Award from the International Dark-Sky Association. The Rising Star Award honors students of any grade level who demonstrate an enthusiasm for and commitment to dark sky conservation or research into natural darkness and light pollution. During her time at the SAS Upper School, Emma developed a curriculum program called "Fight for the Stars: Be a Knight for the Night", earning her Girl Scout Gold Award. Her curriculum covers light pollution, its causes and effects, and is designed for fourth and fifth grade students. St. Andrew's students in Ms. Donna Hunt's 4th grade class used the materials from Emma's course to learn more about the issue of pollution.
second year law student at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder, Colorado. She spent the summer of 2021 clerking for the Third Court of Appeals in Austin and the law firm of Cokinos & Young. She graduated from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina Magna Cum Laude in May 2020 with degrees in Political Science, International Relations and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.
Kevin Latreille ‘19 is a
junior at the University of Kansas, majoring in Sport Management. This January, Kevin embarked on a “study away” program to Maui, where he was working on the Sentry Tournament of Champions, the calendaryear opening tournament of golf’s PGA Tour. Kevin’s duties ranged from ticketing and hospitality to serving as a spotter on the course.
Our annual Alumni Baseball Game is back! Join the team, or just come to watch the game. Afterwards, enjoy a grill out by SAS grad parent Brett Schwab! Alumni Baseball Game Sunday, May 29, 2022 Upper School Baseball Field
Email Steven Garcia '02
(sgarcia@sasaustin.org) to join the roster! Kyle Quick ‘10 married Brittany Gottfried on June 5, 2021 in Austin, TX.
It was great to see so many players come out for our Alumni Soccer Game on December 29! Hope to see you all next year!
Reunion 2022 April 1-2
Save the Date! April 1-2, 2022 Classes of '02, '05, '06, '07, '10, '11, '12, '15, '16, '17
Alumni, we hope you’re planning to join us for our biggest Reunion weekend yet. Come back to visit classes and Chapel, catch up with your classmates and teachers, and celebrate your reunion milestone.
Questions? Email alumni@sasaustin.org
1112 West 31st Street Austin, Texas 78705
