FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT

Letter from the Alumni Association President

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UR SPRING ALUMNI WEEKEND was held on April 22-24, and it was a resounding success! The Alumni Association hosted the Spring Alumni Weekend kickoff event at The Star in Frisco on Friday, April 22. Over 200 TCA alumni attended the event, in addition to over 25 former and current administrators, teachers and coaches. It was great to see familiar faces and meet new people as well. For me, I had the opportunity to catch up with my seventh-grade football coach, Ed Aronson, my sixth-grade teacher, Dennis Saffold, and my eighth-grade science teacher, Bill Lipman. I can still recall Coach Aronson instilling “The Five P’s” in the football team: “Proper preparation prevents poor performance.” Teachers and coaches like Ed, Dennis and Bill truly had a lasting impact on my life, and I’m forever grateful for their instruction.

On Saturday, several individual classes hosted class reunions, and the alumni baseball team played the TCA varsity baseball team. The TCA alumni team was comprised of players from classes spanning 1976 to 2019, and despite an excellent effort, the alumni team lost to a very talented varsity team by a score of 15-6. Don English, the TCA boys athletic director, who was recently inducted into the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and Craig Sites ’97 coached the alumni team. Several alumni players made impressive plays, including Matt Biermacher ’01, who recorded the first ever stolen base by an alumnus, and Blake March ’19 and David Purcey ’01 had impressive outings on the mound.

The weekend concluded with a matinee production of the TCA Upper School spring musical, Matilda! We had a wonderful turnout of alumni and their families for the event. I continue to be honored to serve as the president of the TCA Alumni Association, and I’d like to thank the entire Alumni Association board and our director of alumni, Beth Harwell, for their dedication and efforts in making Spring Alumni Weekend a success. We are already planning for our event next year, and we hope that you can attend. May God continue to bless TCA!

BRANDON WADDELL ’97

Alumni Association President