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The Class of 2013
Scecina's Newest Alumni
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The Class of 2013 Baccalaureate Mass took place in St. Philip Neri Church.
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Classmates Elizabeth Lee and Grace Fought share in the excitement of Scecina's 57th Commencement Exercises.
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Class of 2013 Co-Valedictorians, Raymond Riley and Emma Flick, share the podium for their commencement address.
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Class of 2013 Salutatorian, Betsy Griffin, addresses the graduation audience.
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Congratulations Class of 2013!
Photography of Graduation Ceremony and Baccalaureate Mass courtesy of Gary Yohler '63, Tiffany Photography Studios.
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Crusaders Win State
Scecina Softball Claims Its Second State Championship
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The team sings the Fight Song to the Crusader crowd after their IHSAA State Finals victory.
(photo courtesy of Indystar.com)
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The Lady Crusader Softball team added to its rich tradition with yet another exciting run through the IHSAA Tournament. This year the girls made the ultimate run by capturing the 2A State Championship---the program's second state championship.
Head Coach Cory Gray took time after the big win to share his
perspective on the accomplishment and what it means to him:
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Cory Gray
Head Coach
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"It literally brings tears to my eyes every time I think about it. To think about the conditioning that started back in November and the grind we were all going through with March a long way away. Even when March arrived, the weather wasn't cooperating; so we were still indoors working hard to get better.
Winning the Conference Championship for the first time since 2007 was a huge confidence builder. Winning a Sectional like we did, beating #3 Cascade in the Regional, and beating #1 Evansville Mater Dei to win the Semi-State gave us the confidence to know that we would not lose in the State Title game.
After a hard fought win against returning state finalist Adams Central, there was nothing like celebrating with the coaches, the players, the parents, my family, and friends in the community. It was truly overwhelming to see that crowd and to see how many people we were actually playing for. I have thought about that game everyday since then, and I still get emotional."
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Welcome Aboard!
Scecina Welcomes Three New Members to the Board of Directors
 | | George Newhart '61 |
George Newhart is a 1960 graduate of Scecina Memorial High School. He received his BS in Accounting and MBA from Butler University. George is a Certified Public Accountant with over 40 years of experience in accounting, finance, investor relations and administration, most recently serving as Vice President and Corporate Controller with CTS Corporation.
At Scecina, he has served on the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors for several years and has generously supported our school through his gifts of time, talent and treasure.
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Julanne Sausser is a former employee of Abitibi, an environmental recycling company. She and her husband, Mark, are Co-Chairs of our Giving Back, Looking Forward Parent Phase. Mark is an Indianapolis attorney.
Julanne and Mark are the parents of two daughters; one is a Scecina graduate, and the other is a current student. Both daughters are graduates of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, where Julanne was a very active and effective volunteer for the school and parish.
Julanne has volunteered frequently in Scecina's Enrollment Management office, and during the last two years, she has spearheaded efforts to help current Scecina parents reach out to new families.These efforts have helped new parents feel welcomed and have answered many of their initial questions as members of the Scecina community. Julanne will help us initiate a Parents Organization for SMHS.
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Ron Mead oversees mission integration throughout St.Vincent Health and its ministries, as well as the work of the community development and ethics functions. He is responsible for the operation and direction of St.Vincent Seton Cove Spirituality Center and the Associate Assistance Program.
At Scecina, he is a member of the Mission Effectiveness Committee of the Scecina Board of Directors. Since June 2012, Ron has been an active member of the Catholic Culture Planning Area Team in our Strategic Growth Planning initiative.
Before joining St.Vincent, Ron served as an executive with the Daughters of Charity National Health system in Evansville,IN from 1987 to 1998. He also has more than 12 years of experience in management consulting, primarily serving hospitals, health systems and physician groups.
Ron earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Drake University and an MBA from Rockhurst College.
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Crusader Athletics
Spring Athletes Honored
Baseball
ICC First Team: Aaron Leming and Thomas Allgood
All-City First Team: Sam Burck
All-City Second Team: Sam Elmore and Aaron Leming
All-City Tournament Team: Rocky Leffler and Sam Elmore
Softball
All-State Second Team: Alexis Tarver
All-City First Team:
Alexis Tarver, Michelle Rodgers, Justice Carmichael, Darcella Blakey
ICC First Team:
Alexis Tarver, Michelle Rodgers, Leah Thompson, Darcella Blakey
All-City Tournament Team: Alexis Tarver, Michelle Rodgers, Leah thompson
Track and Field
Boys All-City and Regional Qualifier: Dustin Feltner, Shot-put
Boys Academic All-State: Michael Kennedy
Girls All-City and Regional Qualifier: Katie Suiters, Discus
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Alumni Spotlight
Leeann Sausser '12 Continues Writing Success at DePauw University
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Leeann Sausser, Scecina Class of 2012, has been selected to have her First Year Seminar paper entitled, "Uncovering Historical DePauw: A Narrative Nonfiction Approach," to appear in an anthology of freshman writing at DePauw University.
Her nominating professor, Samuel Autman, wrote a brief introduction that will appear at the top of her entry. He said, Leeann's "paper demonstrates what happens when students pick topics about which they are passionate. She spent hours soaking in old documents about Indiana's oldest college newspaper. As a result, she seamlessly wove volumes of research into a historically based narrative. Hers was the best research paper I read all semester. As a faculty member who has been advising The DePauw off and on since 2003, I was astonished by what this first year student's research had uncovered."
During her first year, Leeann has also written opinion and feature articles for The DePauw.
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Alumni Spotlight
Lauren Elaine Skirvin '02 Developing Short Film, Freedom Lovers
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Lauren is a 2002 alumna of Scecina and works as an actress and filmmaker in Los Angeles. She started off in the theatre at Indiana University and continued on in Chicago where she was a part of her own theatre company called Purple
Bench Productions.
In 2008 she moved to LA and booked her first TV audition ever, which led to an appearance on CBS's Criminal Minds. She has since been doing various web, film, and TV projects. Recently, Lauren has moved into producing many of her own small projects as well.
The short film , Freedom Lovers, is her current project and by far her biggest undertaking to-date. She believes that although the political themes of this short may be polarizing to some audiences, the story has much more to offer, "the characters are very complex and flawed, and I think many people can identify with at least one of them in some way." You can learn more about Lauren's current project at https://www.facebook.com/FreedomLovers1.
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Alumni Spotlight
Gilberto Leija '09 Named NAIA Track and Field All-American
Gilberto Leija '09 is a student at Marian University and competed for a national championship in outdoor track (200m), resulting in a ranking of 8th in the nation. He is an All-American and has broken several school records for Marian and Vincennes Universities. Gilberto competed in four previous national championships (indoor and outdoor) for Vincennes University.
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