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SUMMER 2004

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CONGRATULATIONS

CLASS OF 2004!

HONORING TRINITY’S RETIRING BOB HUBLAR H’02

Happy50th

Birthday,Trinity!

Dr. Rob Mullen ’77 receives a gift fromPhil ’79 and Robert ’80 Marshall

Holly Tompkins, Missy Tompkins and Lisa Tompkins.

David ’80, Steven ’81 andChris ’78 Tompkins.

Dick Boeckmann and Roy Hill ’65.

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Mission StatementTrinity High School’s mission is to provide students with a superior high school education in a supportive atmosphere based upon

Christian values in the Catholic tradition.

here are people who love to categorize, pigeonhole and list.

It seems like every time youturn on the TV, listen to theradio or open a magazine, some-

body is making a “Top (insert some number)List.” “Best Dressed/Worst Dressed.” The Oscars, the Grammys, the Tonys. The

AP college football poll. The latest Gallup Poll. On and on it goes.I guess all these ways of saying “who is up and who is down” justserve to help us make sense of the world. We place people, placesand things into some kind of context orreference point.

There are few high schools in thiscommunity that are given the mediaattention that comes our way. Justrecently articles have appeared in localnewspapers about our 50th anniversarycelebrations, some sophomores fulfill-ing their service requirements at the newNativity School, numerous studentswho are graduating with prestigiousmerit scholarships and our record num-ber of Governor’s Scholars for 2004.Our athletic teams obviously garner lotsof attention locally, regionally andnationally. Campus improvements are mentioned frequently inthe media, including our award from the Metro DisabilityCoalition for making our facilities more accessible.

I got a real kick out the many news reports that followed our bas-ketball team’s first trip to the state finals in Rupp Arena. If I heardonce I heard a dozen times some reference to Trinity as a “footballschool.” If I wasn’t accustomed to Trinity being in the news on aroutine basis, I may have gotten more bothered than I did.

The many football references made by sportscasters whilereporting on the basketball team was both a compliment and aslight. We enjoy the tremendous attention generated by success-ful football teams. I wouldn’t trade that program’s success for anyother school’s football program. The victories, trophies and, mostimportantly, the manner in which the program is conducted, arematters of pride and motivation. To highlight the football team’ssuccess while reporting on the basketball team could have beenseen by some as diluting that team’s historic accomplishment.

Fortunately, internally, there is no competition between the

football and basketball programs for attention, support andresources. Bob Beatty H’03 and Mike Szabo work very welltogether and are some of each other’s biggest fans. Director ofAthletics Dennis Lampley H’92 works hard to help each of ourKHSAA-sanctioned sports compete at the highest levels.

The news reports about the basketball team caused me to thinkabout the many ways I would like people to categorize, pigeon-hole and list Trinity.

First and foremost, we are a Catholic school. We are part of atradition of academic excellence that was recently praised byPresident George W. Bush. He said: “Catholic schools carry out a

great mission: to serve God by buildingthe knowledge and character of ouryoung people. It’s a noble calling. It’s animportant part of the fabric of America.”

In a White House ceremony markingthe centennial anniversary of the NationalCatholic Educational Association hestated: “Catholic schools have a proventrack record of bringing out the best inevery child, regardless of their back-ground. And every school in Americashould live up to that standard. We wantour public schools to live up to the stan-dards you have set in Catholic schools.”

In being a Catholic school, we areunafraid to pray regularly, worship freely and give praise to Godfor the blessings bestowed on us. Through our many school-wideprayer moments, religion class requirements, service opportunitiesand retreat experiences, we are living out Monsignor Steinhauser’sgoal of providing every Trinity student “...Good Christian,American training that will loom as important as scholastic work.”

We are an academically diverse school. Of all that there is to beproud of at Trinity, I am most proud of this feature. As I have writ-ten previously, we are living out the mission expressly assigned toMonsignor Steinhauser by Archbishop Floersh. When he askedFloersh what kind of school he was to build, the answer was clear.From the start, we were told to be archdiocesan in scope and toeducate all who seek our advantages — regardless of their acade-mic strengths and weaknesses. Of the 499 students who took thisyear’s Placement Test, their scores range from the single digits tothe 99th percentile. The great thing about Trinity is that all of thosestudents can find a home and an opportunity. We intentionally

TPresident’s NotebookBy Dr. Robert (Rob) J. Mullen ’77

In being a Catholic

school, we are unafraid

to pray regularly,

worship freely and give

praise to God for the

blessings bestowed on us.

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enroll the broadest possible range of students. It is not a marketingploy. It is who we were told to be. We embrace this mission.

We are a responsive school. Our 50-year history is filled withexamples of this school being responsive to the needs of students.Whether it was the advanced science classes taught in conjunc-tion with Bellarmine College (now University) in the mid-1950sto the vocational education program of the 1970s to the present-day House System, we have been pioneers in numerous endeav-ors. Given our humble beginnings, we have responded by beingbold innovators.

In more particular ways, we are a/an ... Arts school. Our performing and expressive arts curriculums

are magnificent. A visit to the annual Art Show in May leaves onefull of awe. The Christmas and spring concerts by the TrinitySingers and Jazz Band rival those produced by magnet programsin these disciplines. The legacy of the finest high school theatreprogram in the community is renewed each time we raise the cur-tain for the fall and spring shows. Supporting these programs aretwo freestanding facilities that have few peers; The Communi-cation Arts Center and Trinity Auditorium have anchored ourpresence on the east side of Sherrin Avenue for more than 20years. Extensive renovations have made these facilities excellentvenues for these programs.

Science school. Eight science labs support our daily curricu-lum. We are told this is the most of any high school in Kentucky.The core trio of courses in biology, chemistry and physics isenhanced by advanced science electives during the senior year.We are beginning to make increased use of our own 120-acre wet-lands. Several of our students are working on Eagle Scout pro-jects in conjunction with our wetlands. Eventually our scienceclasses will use this as a large outdoor classroom.

Technology school. The Winter 2002 issue of the TrinityLeader highlighted the innovative ways we use technology in theclassroom. The advances continue in our ability to tap into thepower of the digital age. Likewise, our administrative use of tech-nology has made us more efficient, productive and responsive.We introduced the posting of grades online locally, and continueto see benefits flow from this initiative.

Scholarship school. The graduates from the Class of 2004leave with nearly $10 million in merit scholarships. (The totalwould increase substantially if we included every offer/inquiryreceived by Brian Brohm!) At the time this column was written,members of the Class of 2004 had received acceptance at morethan 120 colleges and universities, including the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, Stanford, Notre Dame and Wake Forest.We continue the pattern of a Trinity diploma generating a highvalue in the college selection/acceptance process.

Language school. Be it English or one of the foreign languagestaught at Trinity, we immerse students in reading and writing.

We have an expanded summer reading requirement, reading andwriting expectations across the curriculum and foreign languagesoffered in a four-year program culminating in an opportunity forcollege credit. Honor societies in each of the foreign languagesprovide another outlet for study and travel.

Leadership school. We plant the seeds for tomorrow’s com-munity leaders by offering them opportunities to learn what itmeans to lead. Ninety students serve in our student governmentthrough the House System. Students take leadership roles on ourSchool Board and in clubs, teams and activities.

Math school. Students take math classes at the most appropri-ate level of difficulty based upon their strengths and weaknesses.Advanced college credit is offered. Annually, the Math teamplaces near or at the top in local, regional and state competitions.

Comprehensive school. Given our size, we are able to offer awide variety of classes and extracurricular activities that comple-ment each other. For example, students who enjoy social studiescourses can participate in the Political Debate Club. Students whotake electives in business can get involved in the InvestmentClub. Other academic-oriented clubs and activities mirror nearlyevery classroom experience. Examples include the Environmen-tal Club, Photography Club, Speech and Debate team, Mock Trialteam, Computer Club and academic competition teams. We offermore than 60 clubs, teams and activities. The National HonorSociety and Beta Club recognize significant achievements in aca-demic pursuits.

Sports school. Our athletic success is well known. We haveamassed more than 100 state championships in 50 years. Mosthave come in the last 35 years. There may not be another schoolin Kentucky or region with the same level of success over thesame period of time. More important than trophies, we offered anoutlet for more than 700 students this past school year to competein the athletic arena. We offer 10 interscholastic sports and eightclub sports. The opportunity expands when you add in the intra-mural offerings that are present throughout the school year.

Service school. Students must complete a service requirementfor each of their four years at Trinity. School-wide service projectsare conducted each year for organizations like the American RedCross, Dare to Care, the Lymphoma & Leukemia Society and theWaller-Williams Environmental School. Teachers and staff mem-bers serve their parishes, neighborhoods and communities in avariety of capacities. We recognize those who serve well, espe-cially through the annual bestowing of the Trinity Peace Medal.

The breadth and depth of this school’s offerings are inspiring.More than 200 talented people come to work at Trinity each yearto make it so. With the trust of our students’ parents, the supportfrom our alumni and friends and the good grace of God, we willcontinue to forge ahead. We will always be mindful that anydescription of Trinity must be broad and inclusive.

The best label is simply, Trinity Forever.

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Trinity High School admits students of any race, color, nationality, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally available to students. Trinity does not discrim-inate on the basis of race, color, nationality or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship or loan program, athletic or other school-administered programs.

n May 19, 1967, Trinity’s firstprincipal, Monsignor AlfredSteinhauser, submitted his let-ter of resignation, writing, “Itis still a little early to draw

conclusions but I am sure the years to comewill show that a very large number of theschool’s graduates will be American, Catholic

gentlemen in every sense of the word who will make a valuable con-tribution to God’s work in the diocese and in the community.”

As I embark on my own journey as principal, I can confidentlyconfirm for alumni what they already know: that Trinity has unde-niably achieved Monsignor Steinhauser’s goals. Everyday I hearfrom graduates making real contributions to “God’s work in thediocese and in the community.” One of the great rewards of teach-ing at Trinity is to meet former students who report back abouttheir successful careers.

These chance meetings take place in grocery store lines, at theballpark, at weddings or wherever people gather in this big, smallcity. In fact, I’ve even met up with former students of mine inplaces as far away as Las Vegas and Miami. Though I don’talways immediately recall your names, alumni are quick toremember teachers who have made a great impact on their lives.As I listen to your stories, I also hear the story of the men you’vebecome, and I become very proud to be where I am.

As a new principal I believe that has to be a primary goal: toenable teachers to do the best possible job they can to educate ouryoung men. Let’s face it; our young men need good role modelsand solid lessons. From so-called Reality TV to everyday news onthe front page of the newspaper, teens today are saturated withbad examples. I’ve never talked to anyone who wanted to turnback the clock to their teenage years. Most of us would agree thatthe temptations and frustrations of those seven years rank as thetoughest of our lives. Thankfully, Trinity still stands solidly as aplace that strives to produce “Catholic gentlemen” with the toolsnecessary to grow through and beyond those years.

Doing that work isn’t always easy. As I’ve transitioned into thisjob, I’ve become privy to some difficult situations with no clear-cut answers. Fortunately, I have a leadership team that surroundsme with experience and wisdom. Together we’re working to continue Monsignor Steinhauser’s vision.

This year that leadership team will have a new administrativestructure to better serve students. Marty Minogue ’69 and MaryAnn Hall have taken on the roles of deans of studies to better helpthe school with curriculum alignment, teacher observations andstudent scheduling. Two additional wily veterans complete thisyear’s leadership team: Father Dave Zettel ’58 as school chaplainand Dave Aberli ’75 as director of students.

Looking ahead to the upcoming school year, we see plenty ofevidence of Trinity’s continued mission. Joe Henning andJennifer Browning have agreed to take the reigns of the Houseand Activities Department. Both enter the arena full of great ideasfor further developing our student government of 90 students.They also assure me that the Houses are set to go for the fourthyear, with more mentors than ever to work with our young menduring House activities.

Mary Emrich and Michael Bratcher ’97, our Campus Ministryteam, have a full slate of retreats planned for all students. Thesetwo bring with them a youthful sensitivity to nurturing the spiritthroughout the school year. Each year I look forward to seniorretreat like I would a religious holiday.

Our faculty will be its usual mix of novices and veterans.We’ve hired several new teachers this year that will join our stafffull of fresh ideas. This year, as always, Trinity will reverberateand rejoice in those new approaches. Our enthusiastic new staffwill find master teachers such as John Esterle, Gene Eckert ’62and Frank Ward H’01 ready to advise them about what hasworked best year after year, even as these new teachers plan theirvery first lessons.

All in all, I’m happy to report that we’re as ready as we can beto take on a new year of producing quality young men for an ever-challenging world.

Principal’s CornerBy Daniel J. Zoeller, Principal

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radition is defined as “an unwrit-ten body of beliefs and customshanded down from generation togeneration through an establishedpattern of thought or example.”

Considering the tradition of Trinity that Iboth inherited and of which I am a part, tosay that my blood runs green and white is

an understatement.I’d like to introduce myself, the new chair of the Trinity Alumni

Association and the Alumni Board of Directors. I took the reignsfrom outgoing chair Sean McGuire ’84 in June. I am pleased andexcited to serve the more than 11,500 Trinity alumni.

My history with Trinity runs deep.In 1952 the late Archbishop John Floersh and Trinity’s found-

ing principal, Monsignor Alfred Steinhauser, asked my grandfa-ther, L. J. Hollenbach Jr. and a small group of men to spearheadan effort to build support for a new Catholic boys’ high school inSt. Matthews. That school, (Holy) Trinity High School, wel-comed its first freshman class in the fall of 1953. My grandfatherwas elected president of the Trinidads — a group of Trinityfathers who provided major support for the fledgling school.

Although he was a graduate of St. Xavier High School who furthered his education at the University of Notre Dame, my grand-father sent his only son to the new Catholic high school. Thus, mydad — former Jefferson County Judge Executive and Trinity Hallof Fame member L.J. “Todd” Hollenbach III — became a graduateof Trinity’s first graduating class in 1957. In 1978 my older brother,Todd, became the first son of a first-class graduate to graduate fromTrinity. And in 1979, I followed in “The Tradition” by becomingthe second alumni son of a Class of ’57 graduate. My only son, Jeb,will continue this tradition in the Trinity Class of 2011.

Consequently, when I speak about the proud Trinity Tradition andthe Trinity Family, I speak as an alumnus whose family has been a partof this nationally recognized school of excellence for half a century.

Each Trinity alumnus — from the pioneer students who beganthe Trinity journey in 1953 to our most recent graduates — hasmade an important contribution towards establishing our Tradition.

I am honored to serve as your Alumni Association chair. As Trinity moves into her second half-century of academic andathletic excellence, I ask for your support of our alma materthrough your Time, your Talent and/or your Treasure. I ask foryour input; I ask for your thoughts; I encourage your involve-ment. Without you, there will never be “Trinity Forever!”

TAlumni Board Chair’s MessageBy John Hollenbach ’79

rinity High School’s branch of the National Honor Society is called the St. John VianneyChapter. St. John Vianney is thepatron saint of diocesan priests.

His name was chosen for our chapter byFather Steinhauser, our founder, in the 1950s,when our chapter was first chartered. Trinity’s

staff at that time was comprised mainly of archdiocesan priests.Our school was founded by priests and staffed with 70 of them

in her initial 40-plus years. Today I am the only priest on campus.But we have not lost any of our Catholic Character. Over theyears, a competent and professional staff of religion teachers andother ministers have come to us and emerged to enrich ourCatholic life every day with their competencies.

Mary Emrich, our current director of Campus Ministry, com-mented recently to me and to our governing School Board about justhow much “stakeholdership” so many of our faculty and staff havein our Catholic mission. They possess a willingness to chip in, to giveof their time and to “own” part of that ministry on the part of our fac-ulty and staff. Our numerous volunteers have the same mission.

Still, there is a shortage of priests in our archdiocese, in ourcountry and in our world. Everybody knows it; it is being felt and

perceived universally. Those of us who remain in the priesthoodare feeling an increasing demand on our time and energy. We aresimply having to say “no” to many requests for various events.We are spread thin. All sorts of adaptations are being made toadjust to this shortfall of clergy.

It seems to me that it is difficult for men to hear the call to thepriesthood these days. People’s lives are filled with an incredibleamount of noise that bombards us from all sides. No wonder thevoice of the Spirit is blurred. People just don’t hear the call to beof service to God’s people, especially as ordained ministers in thepriesthood of Jesus Christ.

Maybe, just maybe, I can put out that call in this forum of theTrinity Leader. Maybe I can plant a seed or two. Parents, pleaseremain open to the possibility that your son might look in this direc-tion. Alumni, open your ears to God’s call and be willing to serve.

Speaking for myself and my 38 years of service in theArchdiocese of Louisville (where we have a wonderful group ofpriests, my brothers for life), I can say it has been an incrediblyrewarding journey, the likes of which I never could have foreseenmany years ago. And being of service in the remarkable TrinityFamily has been especially satisfying.

It has been my privilege to serve here as priest and I am not(that) tired yet. Thanks be to God!

TThe Spiritual Side: Planting SeedsBy Rev. David Zettel ’58, Chaplain & Senior Class Counselor

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1963CLASS AMBASSADOR:Jack Hettinger - jack_hettinger@mail.msj.edu

MIKE CARDWELL has formed a professionalalliance by opening an office of his firm, Roof TechInc. Roof Consulting Services with Raleigh Baker’62, chief architect of Raleigh Baker Associates at429 West Muhammad Ali, Suite 704, Louisville.Mike performs consulting work on all types of roofissues, including flat roofs, tile and slate. He can bereached at rooftech@att.net or 502-583-5343.

DR. WILLIAM C. MADAUSS is the chief of neu-rosurgery at Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center inHonolulu, Hawaii. He and his wife, Mary Ann, havea daughter, Alison, who is a corporate attorney inChicago. “I am so grateful for the excellent educa-tion I received at Trinity,” William says. “I’d love tohear from one and all.”

BOB RAPP is executive director of the 90-personlaw firm of Hermes Sargent Bates LLP in Dallas.The firm was recently named by the Dallas BusinessJournal as one of the “15 Best Places To Work” inthe Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, as it has a reputa-tion for being employee- and family-friendly.Hermes Sargent Bates is making progress towardsbeing a paperless work environment. Bob, however,realizes that there is no such thing as a paperless lawfirm. Bob and his wife, Charlotte Roberts(Assumption, 1964) were recently blessed with thearrival of their fourth grandchild. Bob is proud thathe spent six years on Trinity’s campus. Two of thoseyears were spent as a first- and second-grader atHoly Trinity School, before it moved to its presentlocation on Cherrywood Road. He finished gradeschool at Holy Trinity and then attended Trinity. “Isincerely appreciate my Catholic education at HolyTrinity, Trinity and Bellarmine,” Bob says. He canbe reached at bob.rapp@hsblaw.com.

1965CLASS AMBASSADOR:None at this time. Please contact Travis Wagoner ’90(502-736-2180, wagoner@thsrock.net) at Trinity tofind out how you can be involved.

PAUL BERGNER is owner and director of theNorth American Institute of Medical Herbalism inBoulder, Col. The institute operates a public healthclinic, a school of clinical nutrition and medicalherbalism, publishes the Medical Herbalism medicaljournal and maintains a national registry for certifiedclinical herbalists. He has written seven books onvarious aspects of natural medicine and lecturesinternationally on these topics.

1966CLASS AMBASSADOR:Bill Brasch - brasch@louisville.edu

JAMES LAEMMLE was recently named chieffinancial officer of Spalding University (Louisville).

W. JAMES LINTNER was recently named chair-man of the board of trustees of the American PrintingHouse for the Blind Inc. in Louisville.

1968CLASS AMBASSADOR:None at this time. Please contact Travis Wagoner ’90(502-736-2180, wagoner@thsrock.net) at Trinity tofind out how you can be involved.

LOUIS P. “RICK” COYNE, his wife, Tricia, andtheir son, Pat, manage and own the Sand Dollar Motelin Atlantic Beach, N.C. Rick also continues to run hisprinting company, Advertising Consultants, that herelocated to Atlantic Beach from Greensboro, N.C.over a year ago. “Come visit the Sand Dollar Motel,”Rick says. “Contact us at www.thesanddollarmotel.net or 252-726-4106.”

1969CLASS AMBASSADORS:Tim Fages - timfages@bellsouth.net Alan Hennessey - alanh@insuramax.com Mark Plummer - mplummer@jjtran.com Steve Resch - reschsteve@aol.com Ron Zehnder - ronzehn@hotmail.com

MARTY MINOGUE has been named the Honors/Advanced Placement (AP) dean of studies at Trinity.His duties will include working closely with FrankWard H’01 to help better define Trinity’s Honors andAP programs. He will advise all Honors and APstudents in their scheduling, perform ongoing acade-mic counseling and organize, communicate andoversee the school year standardized testing pro-grams. Along with Mary Ann Hall, dean of studiesfor the Academic and Traditional programs, Martywill also be extremely visible throughout the build-ings, helping the principal, Dan Zoeller, observeteachers and Trinity’s entire program of studies.Aside from his many years of teaching experience,Marty was principal at DeSales for six years and anassistant principal there for seven years before com-ing to Trinity to teach in 2003.

1974CLASS AMBASSADOR:None at this time. Please contact Travis Wagoner ’90(502-736-2180, wagoner@thsrock.net) at Trinity tofind out how you can be involved.

GARRY BURRY and his wife, Donna, and daugh-ters, Stephanie, 12, and Alison, 10, reside in Louis-ville and are active at St. Patrick Church. Garry isnearing his 21st anniversary with NorthwesternMutual, where he focuses on financial planningissues with professionals and business owners.

1975CLASS AMBASSADORS:Mike Fallot - Mike.Fallot@ecomtek.comKen LanhamBrian Martin - bdmartin57@aol.com

MIKE FALLOT and his business partner, BobBrymer, merged their telecommunications consult-ing firms into a new company, Ecomtek, in April.Mike and Bob, who each previously operated underlicense agreements with Schooley Mitchell TelecomConsultants, will serve as partners of their new busi-ness. Ecomtek is independent of all telecom carriersand vendors, and provides consulting services tobusinesses and nonprofit and government organiza-tions to help them eliminate waste from their tele-com budgets. The company has helped organizationssave an average of 20-30 percent in all areas of tele-com spending, including local service, data, wire-less/cellular, long distance and Internet. Ecomtek

serves a broad range of clients throughout the U.S.through its affiliation with a network of more than100 independent consultants.

1977CLASS AMBASSADORS:Charles Brunner - bls0902@aol.comRob Mullen - mullen@thsrock.net

TOM WAMPLER was named director of socceroperations and head coach for the men’s andwomen’s teams at Holy Cross High School in Louis-ville. He is also a technology consultant, handlingoutsourcing, networking and telecom services forgovernment, education and business accountsthroughout Kentucky.

1978CLASS AMBASSADORS:Stan Chauvin - SCHAUVIN3@aol.comKyle Mullin - kmullin@rev-a-shelf.com Joey Porter - porter@thsrock.netBruce Palmer-Ball - BPalmerBall@aol.com

REV. LOU MEIMAN was named pastor of Christthe King Church in Louisville in April. He will con-tinue as pastor of Immaculate Heart of MaryChurch, also in Louisville. Father Meiman wasordained in 1987.

1979CLASS AMBASSADOR:None at this time. Please contact Travis Wagoner ’90(502-736-2180, wagoner@thsrock.net) at Trinity tofind out how you can be involved.

GREG ASH and his wife, Shannon, announce thebirth of their daughter, Peyton Elizabeth, who wasborn Feb. 15. “She’s a real cutie!” Greg says.

ED GRANTZ and Dr. Karen Lassiter Grantz havebeen married for six years. “It took that long to findher and to become smart enough to grab her,” Edsays. “It only took 20 years — I was always a slowlearner.” Ed and Karen met on Dog Hill in CherokeePark, where they were introduced by their dogs. Edhas been working with chemically addicted men as acounselor for the past 10 years — first with homelessmen at St. Vincent de Paul and now at JeffersonAlcohol Drug Abuse Center. Ed and Karen live inthe Highlands. “I enjoyed talking with many of myalumni brothers during the Father Kevin CasterAnnual Fund Appeal Phonathon in March and at ourreunion in June.”

JOHN RILEY is enjoying life in Orlando, Fla.,with his wife, Laura, and two daughters, Shannon, 9,and Brooke, 7. After selling his staffing company,Transworld Services Group, in 1996, and dabblingin some real estate development projects, John co-founded Co-Advantage Holdings in 1997. Co-Advantage has four subsidiaries related to the humanresource outsourcing sector. With over $300 millionin revenues in 2003, Co-Advantage was recognizedby Inc. 500’s fastest growing privately-held businessin the U.S., after achieving the 25th spot in 2002.The company was also named in 2003 as the 25thfastest-growing “inner city” company in the U.S. byInner Cities 100, another Inc. 500 designation. Whennot working, John enjoys hunting, golf and thebeach. He still keeps in touch with his wrestling bud-dies — Dominic Ancona, Todd Ackerman andBryant Nohalty.

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RAY WILCOX says, “It was great seeing everybodyat the 25-year reunion. If you didn’t make it, you cancheck out the photographs at dewittphoto.com. I lookforward to seeing everybody again in five years.”

1980CLASS AMBASSADOR:None at this time. Please contact Travis Wagoner ’90(502-736-2180, wagoner@thsrock.net) at Trinity tofind out how you can be involved.

DANIEL BRODERICK and Michele Ruffra (SacredHeart, 1985) were married June 12 at the Church of theHoly Spirit in Louisville. A reception followed at theSeelbach Hilton Hotel. “I’m looking forward to theClass of 1980’s 25-year reunion,” Dan says.

1984CLASS AMBASSADORS:Sean McGuire - spmc21@aol.com Dan Oyler - oylerlaw@bellsouth.net

JOE POWELL and his wife, Kristina, announce thebirth of their second child, Joseph Coleman “Cole”Jr. (8 pounds, 21 inches), who was born March 15.Joe is president and CEO of Presentation SolutionsInc. He and his family reside in Crestwood, Ky.

1985CLASS AMBASSADORS:Steve Arave - sarave@bellsouth.netDavid Troutman - Trout@kppky.com

BILL CLARKSON IV and his wife, Laura,announce the birth of their twin girls, Abby andAllie, who were born March 3. The twins’ proud bigsisters are Savannah, 31/2, and Lilly, 14 months. Billand his family reside in Louisville.

MATT DUMSTORF and the former ChristineLindeman were married in June 2002. Also in June2002, Matt completed his aerospace medicine resi-dency at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. InJanuary 2003 he earned certification as a Diplomateof the American Board of Preventive Medicine, spe-cializing in aerospace medicine. Matt earned an MSdegree in aerospace medicine from Wright State in2003. He recently began employment with AmericanAirlines as the area medical director at ChicagoO’Hare International Airport. Matt and Christinereside in Bloomingdale, Ill.

1986CLASS AMBASSADORS:David Elder - delder@insightbb.com Joe Lauer - jlauer@linbeck.com Jeff Tompkins - jefft6886@netzero.com Paul Vale - vale@thsrock.net Lee Wiard - LWIARD@aol.com

JOE WOODARD has been training thoroughbredrace horses for the past 10 years. He has horses stabledat Churchill Downs (his home base) and also at RiverDowns in Cincinnati, where he is competing to defendthe Trainers Title he won last summer. Joe currentlyhas 50 horses in training at both tracks and will soonbe training for a partnership called Go Rocks RacingStable, which is a partnership comprising someTrinity alumni and their friends. “Anyone fromTrinity is welcome at my barn, and I will be happy todiscuss the racing business in more detail,” Joe says.Joe also will be celebrating the first birthday of hisbeautiful daughter, Caitlin Marie Woodard.

1988CLASS AMBASSADORS:Dave Arnold - davearnold@insightbb.comDavid Travis - dtravis@rtattorneys.com

TODD GRASS was hired in 2002 as a team memberin production at Toyota Motor Co. Manufacturing ofIndiana. He is currently building the new modelSienna minivan. In 2002 he became a Shrine clown,and he is involved with the Shriners in helping to raisemoney for children with special needs. So, if you hap-pen to see “Hopper” in your local parade or at the cir-cus, give him a shout. Todd resides in Henderson, Ky.

ROBBY ROBINSON and his wife, Christie, wel-comed the arrival of their first child, ElizabethColeman (9 pounds, 7 ounces, 221/2 inches), whowas born Feb. 23. Robby and his family reside inLouisville.

1989CLASS AMBASSADOR:Richard Tinsley - rtinsley@gsatty.com

ALEX HUNT and Rachel Ann Isbell were marriedOct. 4, 2003, at Anchorage Presbyterian Church.Rachel is a graduate of Eastern High School; theUniversity of Kentucky, where she earned a bache-lor’s degree and was a member of Chi Omega soror-ity; and the University of Louisville’s Kent School ofSocial Work, where she earned a master’s degree. Sheis a medical social worker for St. Matthews Manor.Alex attended Virginia Commonwealth Universityand is a graduate of U of L. He is director of guest services at the Camberley Brown Hotel and a memberof the Kentucky Order of Colonels. Following a wed-ding trip to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, thecouple resides in Crescent Hill in Louisville.

1990CLASS AMBASSADORS:Chad Dierken -chad.dierken@appl.ge.com Jesse Ryan - jryan@servicenetdirect.comKevin M. Sullivan - kms_afpilot@yahoo.comTravis Wagoner - wagoner@thsrock.net

KEVIN JUDD and Carla Michelle Mason haveannounced their engagement to be married at HolySpirit Church in Louisville in September 2004. Carlais a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, theUniversity of Louisville, where she earned a BSdegree in sports medicine, and BellarmineUniversity, where she received a BS degree in nurs-ing. She is pursuing a nurse practitioner master’sdegree at U of L and is a critical care nurse at U of LHospital. Kevin is a graduate of the University ofKentucky, where he earned a BS degree in account-ing and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He is a CPA and managing partner ofKevin L. Judd, PLLC.

JEFF KAELIN and his wife, the former Jane AnneHirtzel (Sacred Heart, 1990), are proud to announcethe birth of their second son, Alexander Owen (9pounds, 2 ounces, 211/2 inches), who was bornMarch 18. The Kaelin’s first child, Lucas Michael,was born Dec. 27, 2001. Jane Anne deliveredAndrew so quickly that the doctor did not make it intime. The nurses did just fine, though. Jeff and hisfamily reside in Centennial, Colo. They are hopingto return home in June for Alexander’s baptism at St.Aloysius Church in Pewee Valley, Ky.

TOM SIEFERT and his wife, Dana, announce thebirth of their second child, Madeline Marie, who wasborn March 15. Madeline joins her big brother,Gabriel, 2. Tom and his family reside in LaGrange, Ky.

1991CLASS AMBASSADORS:Rob Beaven - rob@bluegrass.netTodd Warren - twarren23@insightbb.com

BRIAN SCOTT MURPHY and his wife, Lisa,announce the birth of their first child, Jessica Rose,who was born Nov. 3, 2003. Lisa and Scott both workfor General Electric Consumer & Industrial Divisionin Louisville, Lisa as an e-business project leader andScott as a financial analyst in manufacturing.

1993CLASS AMBASSADORS:Greg Ehrhard - gehrhard@hotmail.comMatt Ehrhard - mattehrhard@hotmail.com Cary McKiernan - cmckiernan@prempack.com Bill Ralston - william_ralston@kfg.com John Wallace - jwal994113@aol.com

DANNY MONTGOMERY and his wife, the for-mer Lisa Harris, have two children — daughter,Amber, and son, Dakota. Danny is a Louisville MetroPolice officer in the Baker District. “All is well, and Ilook forward to hanging out with my former class-mates and sharing some good times,” he says.

CHRIS PETTER is director of operating roommaterials at the University of Kentucky MedicalCenter in Lexington. He and his wife, Angie, havetwo children, Samantha and Hayden.

BRIAN D. SCHAAP and Jessica Anna-LouiseBortz were married in May at The Olmsted inLouisville. Jessica is a graduate of duPont ManualHigh School/Youth Performing Arts School and theUniversity of Louisville, where she earned a bachelorof music degree in vocal performance. She is a musicspecialist at St. Francis School in Goshen. Brian is agraduate of U of L’s Speed Scientific School, wherehe earned a master’s degree in electrical engineeringwith specialization in engineering math and com-puter science. He is manager of software develop-ment at Allegro IT Inc. in Louisville.

JEFF SHOEMAKER recently accepted a positionas a financial systems analyst with FedEx corpora-tion in Memphis, Tenn., after four years with Lowe’sCo. in Mooresville, N.C. Jeff’s job involves theimplementations and upgrades of the company’saccounting software.

1994CLASS AMBASSADORS:Brent Coomes - brentcoome@aol.com Chad Hennessey - chadh@insuramax.com Alex Lindle - alex.lindle@axa-advisors.com Josh McGregor - josh@ffmconline.com

SHANE YOUNG and his wife, Britney (Assump-tion, 1993), are having a home built in OldhamCounty. They have two sons — Zachary, 4, andSamuel, who was born Dec. 1, 2003. Shane is a full-time courier for Federal Express.

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1995CLASS AMBASSADORS:Brian Hemmerle - bhemmerle@hotmail.comB.J. Ruckriegel - bruckriegel@rainbowblossom.com

TIM HALL won the Democratic nomination forDistrict 26 of the Louisville Metro Council on May 18.

TODD HAMILTON earned a BS degree inaccounting from the University of Kentucky in1998. He has worked for Moore Stephens PotterLLP in Lexington since he graduated from UK, andhe is currently a senior associate. In 2002 Toddpassed the examination to become licensed as aCertified Public Accountant. In November 2003Todd and Kara MacDonald of Cleveland, Ohio, weremarried. Kara is the marketing manager for anational software company. Todd and Kara reside inLexington, Ky.

DAVID HARTLAGE and Alyssa Ann Dewald weremarried Oct. 4, 2003, at Christ Lutheran Church inSan Antonio, Tex. Alyssa is a graduate of Texas A&MUniversity, where she earned a BS degree in financeand was a member of Kappa Delta sorority. She is abank examiner for the state of Texas. David is a grad-uate of the University of Louisville Speed ScientificSchool, where he earned a BS degree in mechanicalengineering and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He is an industrial engineer for ClarkeAmerican in San Antonio. Following a wedding tripto Orlando, the couple resides in San Antonio.

JEFF KING earned a degree in civil engineeringfrom the University of Evansville, where he alsoplayed tennis for the Purple Aces. He returned toLouisville, where he worked as a project manager forHunt Construction Management Corp. Among hisassignments were managing the construction of PapaJohn’s Cardinal Stadium and the UPS hub expansionat Louisville International Airport. When the hubexpansion was complete, he decided to serve theLord rather than move on to the next project. He iscurrently serving on the Mercy Ship Anastasis, whichis currently in the port of Sierra Leone, West Africa.“Some of my college tennis teammates shared withme their experiences helping on mission trips,” Jeffsaid. “This is something I feel the Lord has directedme toward and, thanks to my Christian-backed expe-riences at Trinity, I feel I am helping in a just cause.”

JONATHAN J. PILBEAN and KatharineMcKenzie Fenton were married Oct. 25, 2003, at St.Margaret Mary Church in Louisville. Katharine is agraduate of Notre Dame Academy in Worcester,Mass., and Bellarmine University, where she earneda BA degree in liberal arts. She is a student atBellarmine’s Lansing School of Nursing. Jonathanattends the University of Louisville. He is a recre-ation assistant for Louisville Metro Parks. Followinga wedding trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn., the coupleresides in Louisville.

TOM RAMEY and his wife, Jennifer, announce thebirth of their first child, Trinity Nicole (9 pounds, 12ounces, 20 inches), who was born March 28. Trinityis named after Trinity High School. Tom and hisfamily reside in Louisville.

1996CLASS AMBASSADORS:Beck Beckman - beck_beckman@yahoo.com Shawn Brace - shawn_brace@hotmail.com Matt Janes - matt@smoothfitness.comSean Miranda - Sean.Miranda@syb.com

CAPT. DAVID BURNSTEIN is an armor officerin the U.S. Army and is currently serving inBaghdad, Iraq. He deployed in March with the 1stCavalry Division as the mortar platoon leader. Hewas promoted to captain and now trains the IraqiSecurity Forces.

TODD E. REIFSCHNEIDER and Jaime NicoleMyers were married Nov. 28, 2003, in Palm Beach,Fla. Jaime is a graduate of Male High School;Sullivan University, where she earned a BS degreein business administration (magna cum laude) andparalegal studies; and Bellarmine University, whereshe earned a master’s degree (summa cum laude) ineducation. She is an elementary school teacher forJefferson County Public Schools. Todd is a graduateof the University of Kentucky, where he earned aBS degree in finance (magna cum laude) and was amember of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity; andIndiana University, where he earned a master’sdegree in strategic finance. He is a financial analystwith UPS AirGroup. Following a wedding trip tothe Caribbean and the Florida Keys, the coupleresides in Louisville.

DAN RUEFF recently earned an MD degree fromthe University of Louisville School of Medicine. Hewill serve his surgical residency at the University ofFlorida and then hopes to return to Louisville to starta medical practice.

1997CLASS AMBASSADORS:Mark Amick - amickmark@hotmail.comJoey Klausing - jcklau00@yahoo.com Sumner MacDonald -sumnermac@hotmail.com

KEVIN MCDANIEL, a student at the University ofLouisville, graduated at the top of his ROTC classand was commissioned on May 8.

1998CLASS AMBASSADORS:Andy Diebold - afdiebold@aol.com Andy Hennessey - andrew.m.hennessey@

us.pwcglobal.com Jeremy Jarvi - jljarv0@hotmail.com

BILLY KING earned a BS degree in finance andinternational business from the University ofKentucky in December 2002. He lives in HiltonHead, S.C., where he works for a real estate devel-oper. Billy will take a leave of absence in July whenhe will attend Georgia Tech for his MBA degree.

1999CLASS AMBASSADORS:Mike Arledge - mikejarledge@yahoo.com Andy Neuner - atneunero@aol.com

ERIC SCOTT BARR and Mary Rachel Lovett ofMadison, Wis., have announced their engagement to be married this July. Rachel is a graduate ofLouisville Collegiate School and Harvard University,where she earned a BS degree in biochemical

sciences. She is a doctoral student in the Departmentof Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin. Ericalso is a graduate of Harvard University, where heearned a BS degree in computer science. He is a soft-ware developer for Microsoft Corp. Eric resides inRedmond, Wash.

BRAD STELLER is a U.S. Marine and currentlystationed in Iraq. He is a new uncle, and he can’t waitto return to the states. “Semper Fi and Go Rocks!”Brad says.

2000CLASS AMBASSADOR:None at this time. Please contact Travis Wagoner ’90(502-736-2180, wagoner@thsrock.net) at Trinity tofind out how you can be involved.

JEFF POOLE and Christina Peden of Louisvillewere married May 13. Jeff is a photographer and isworking towards earning his bachelor’s degree. Heand Christina reside in Louisville.

TODD RICE recently completed his fourth year atWestern Kentucky University. After changing majorsmultiple times, business management/marketing ishis field of study.

WILL RUEFF is a fifth-year senior at MiamiUniversity in Oxford, Ohio, where he plays for theRedHawks’ football team. Two of Miami’s gameswill be nationally televised this fall.

2001CLASS AMBASSADOR:None at this time. Please contact Travis Wagoner ’90(502-736-2180, wagoner@thsrock.net) at Trinity tofind out how you can be involved.

ANDREW BERGMAN and Crystal Edge weremarried June 12 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church inLouisville. Andrew and Crystal reside in BowlingGreen, Ky.

2002CLASS AMBASSADOR:None at this time. Please contact Travis Wagoner ’90(502-736-2180, wagoner@thsrock.net) at Trinity tofind out how you can be involved.

JIMMY MURRAY is a junior at Miami Univer-sity in Oxford, Ohio, where he plays for theRedHawks’ football team and will be a starter onoffense. Two of Miami’s games will be nationallytelevised this fall.

2003CLASS AMBASSADOR:None at this time. Please contact Travis Wagoner ’90(502-736-2180, wagoner@thsrock.net) at Trinity tofind out how you can be involved.

CHRIS McCOY earned North Carolina StateUniversity men’s basketball Scholar-Athlete Awardfor posting the highest grade point average on theteam. Chris was a walk-on for the Wolfpack for the2003-04 season. Among the team’s achievementswere: a third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tourna-ment, a second-place finish in the Atlantic CoastConference with an 11-5 record and finishing theseason in the top 20 in both the final AssociatedPress and Coaches polls.

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Christian Brandon Thomas Brooks ’00

James D. Davis III ’76

Carol A. Devlin, mother of Dennis ’83and Ryan P. ’90 Devlin

Mildred Drane, mother of Bill ’70 and Ed ’74 Drane

Donald K. Dumeyer Sr. (former associate superintendent forLouisville Catholic schools), father of Buddy Dumeyer H’94, grandfather of Matthew ’99

Gene F. Gathof Sr., father of SharonBohannon (faculty); grandfather ofMatt ’01 and Jeff ’01 Bohannon

Benjamin Gill Sr., father of BenjaminW. Gill III (former faculty)

Jane Hancock, grandmother of Jeff ’95and Billy ’98 King

Frank W. Hartley (original member of the Trini-Dads),father of the late Frank ’66 Jr. and Don ’72

Jack B. Helm, father of John ’64, Doug’65, Ted’69 and David’82 Helm;grandfather of Brandon ’92 Helm

Morris Lococo, father of Tony LococoH’03 (faculty)

Jeffrey Jordan Reeves ’78

Daniel Carl Shofner, cousin of Travis ’90, Mark ’92 and John ’99Wagoner

John Joseph “Jack” True ’77

Patrick A. Volpert ’58, brother ofHarvey Volpert ’60 (deceased)

James L. “Jim” Yates ’63, brother ofRonald ’57 and J. Dennis ’60 Yates; uncle of Mike Yates ’85

In Memoriam

Space on the Trinity Donor Wall in Alumni Hall is almost

gone. Help Trinity complete a mosaic of giving. Order your

brick now to ensure a space. Bricks can be purchased in

the following sizes for the following prices:

4” x 4” $3002” x 8” $3004” x 8” $3758” x 8” $7508” x 12” $1,500

Please contact Trinity’s Office for School Advancement at (502) 893-7625 for a brochure/order form.

Put a brick in the wall

SALUTE TO FATHER-SON ALUMNIOur Tradition has been built in part by families who sent their sons to Trinity. Among our 11,500 alumni are many father-son legacies.

Visit http://www.thsrock.net/alumni/index.htmlto view the list of these special Trinity alumni.

Many thanks to faculty member John Kahl ’69 for compiling the list.

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our newes t b ro the r a lumnireceived their diplomas at the 48thannual commencement exercises

on Sunday, May 30, at the Gardens of Lou-isville. Two hundred seventy-one mem-bers strong, the Class of 2004 enjoyed awonderful graduation weekend filled withfun and tradition. At the Senior Breakfastheld in Alumni Hall on Friday, May 28,seniors and their fathers enjoyed a wonder-ful breakfast and each other’s company.Sponsored by the Alumni Association,Senior Breakfast is the graduating class’official welcome into the Alumni Associ-ation. Outgoing Alumni Board Chair SeanMcGuire ’84 addressed the class and en-couraged them to remain connected toTrinity via the Alumni Association.

One of the highlights of the morning wasSpanish teacher Don Switzer being namedan Honorary Alumnus by the Class of 2004. Each year the SeniorClass gives this award to a faculty/staff member or friend of Trinitywho is not a Trinity graduate for his/her contributions to the life ofthe school. Senior Class President Coleman Coffey introducedSwitzer and presented to him an Honorary Alumnus certificate.

Additionally, alumni fathers in attendance were asked to standand be recognized. Fifty-eight graduating seniors’ fathers areTrinity alumni.

The Trinity Class of 2004 accomplishedthe following:■ 12 recognized by the National Merit

Corporation■ 4 National Merit Scholarship winners■ A finalist in the National Achievement

Scholarship Program■ 3 Robert C. Byrd Scholarship winners

— one of two Kentucky schools withthree winners

■ 13 recipients of the KentuckyCommonwealth Diploma

■ 15 seniors who were on the Honor Rollall eight of their semesters

■ 95 percent will be entering college in 2004

■ 10 Governor’s Scholars■ 2 Governor’s School for the Arts

attendees■ Accepted at 129 colleges and universities

■ 51 members of the National Honor Society■ 39 members of the National Beta Club■ State championships in golf, football, lacrosse, crew,

powerlifting and pole vault■ Performed more than 20,000 service hours over four years■ 45 Academic and Honorable Mention All-State

student-athletes■ Awarded nearly $10 million in merit scholarships

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WELCOMES CLASS OF 2004; SWITZER NAMED HONORARY ALUMNUS

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Trinity Honorary Alumnus Don Switzer

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2004 ALUMNI DADSFifty-eight members of the Class of 2004 have fathers who are Trinity alumni. One of the best compliments Trinity can receive iswhen an alumnus’ son chooses to attend our school. Congratulations graduates and alumni dads!

Robert R. Benim ’72 Gregory Joseph BenimCarl J. Brady ’77 Matthew Joseph BradyLeo J. Brown III ’78 Leo Joseph BrownKenneth E. Clark ’80 Tyler Christopher ClarkTheodore D. Coffey ’79 Adam Pruett CoffeyScott Conti ’81 Marvin Scott ContiVictor S. DeGeorge ’83 Zachary Martin DeGeorgeJohn V. “Vince” DeMuth ’77 John Robert DeMuthStephen L. Fogle ’73 David FogleDennis J. Fowler ’70 Bryan Christopher FowlerThomas W. Giesler ’69 Brett Thomas GieslerWilliam C. Goetz ’72 Marc Allen GoetzSam J. Habeeb Jr. ’73 Sam Joseph HabeebMilt L. Hettinger Jr. ’75 Kyle Andrew HettingerTim E. Heustis ’69 James Michael HeustisMarvin C. Huber Jr. ’71 Marvin Chester HuberRich Impellizzeri ’76 Alexander Cole ImpellizzeriThomas J. Kaelin ’72 Thomas Joseph KaelinKevin A. Karcher ’74 Luis Kevin KarcherPeter L. Kazunas ’80 Matthew Charles Kazunas

Dean A. Keal ’71 Patrick Dean KealDoug N. Lanham ’72 Eric Joseph LanhamJack P. Lewis ’80 Ryan Lewis UnderwoodJames M. Link Jr. ’78 Robert McGuire LinkJohn W. Mason Jr. ’75 John William MasonTerrence P. McKenna ’73 Curtis Patrick McKennaMichael D. Meehan ’77 Jacob Edward MeehanRichard K. Miles ’79 Anthony Jacob MilesLarry E. Mooney ’73 Matthew Lawrence MooneyFred Nix ’72 Michael Blake Nix David P. Noe ’80 Robert Bradley NoeJoseph P. O’Mary Jr. ’73 Kendrick Lewis O’MaryRobert J. Oesterritter ’66 Shawn Robert OesterritterJoseph A. Ogden ’66 Christopher Lance OgdenMark C. Pittenger ’78 Scott Bradley PittengerJ. Larry Raidt II ’80 Michael Elliott RaidtPhil W. Ray ’69 Chad Michael RayJohn Stephen Resch Sr. ’69 John Stephen ReschPeter J. Rivard ’70 Justin Alexander RivardRobert M. Schmitt ’75 Robert Perry Schmitt

Michael A. Schneider ’78 Nicholas Michael SchneiderDaniel J. Schnurr ’78 Robert Daniel SchnurrJack R. Schwab ’85 Joseph Scott SchwabDanny M. Shain ’81 Jonathan Allen ShainJeff A. Sheehan ’76 Aaron Thomas SheehanFred M. Sims ’74 Ryan Joseph SimsJ. T. Sims Jr. ’72 Parker Cameron SimsJeffrey A. Steele ’80 Jeffrey Allan SteeleCharles G. Steier Jr. ’74 Charles Gilbert SteierMichael E. Steltenpohl ’77 Wesley Michael SteltenpohlDominic A. Tallarico Jr. ’75 Michael Giovanni TallaricoDonald J. Temple ’75 Alexander Martin TempleMatt A. Thoben ’74 Eric Allen ThobenChristopher S. Tompkins ’78 Nicholas Joseph TompkinsH. Nick Ulmer Jr. ’69 Benjamin Haney UlmerFrank P. Vannier ’68 Frank Patrick VannierStephen J. Weis ’71 Christopher Michael WeisMichael E. Wheatley ’75 Ryan Cooper WheatleyMark S. Zoeller ’73 Benjamin August Zoeller

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ach spring the Trinity High SchoolAlumni Association recognizes abrother alumnus as the year’s Honor

Alumnus. The award is presented to aTrinity graduate who has distinguishedhimself in his professional life; demon-strated the qualities, values and idealstaught at Trinity; and maintained a strongloyalty to his alma mater.

A member of the Trinity Class of 1978,Christopher S. Tompkins has beenselected as the 2004 Honor Alumnus.

Chris is a Louisvi l le nat ive andattended St. Martha School. He enrolledat Trinity in 1974, and was involved withJunior Achievement, student publicationsthe ECHO newspaper and the Shamrockyearbook, the German Club, wrestlingand football.

After graduating from Trinity, Chrisattended the University of Louisville, where he focused on busi-ness administration. His business education has served him well;he has been with Kruse Plastic & Plywood, a distributor of spe-cialty building products, for 25 years, and president of the com-pany for 22 years. The epitome of professionalism and ethics inbusiness, Chris’ company has been awarded for its superior workin the industry by twice being named “Distributor of the Year” byWilsonart International, the leading manufacturer of decorativesurface products. In addition, he is actively involved in GreaterLouisville Inc. and currently serves as a CEO Round Table facil-itator. He is in his sixth year of serving on the ExecutiveCommittee of the North American Building Material DistributionAssociation and is the immediate-past president.

Despite the rigors of running a business, Chris has remainedfiercely loyal to his alma mater. He recently completed a two-yearterm as chair of the Trinity School Board, the decision-making

body of the school. He also is a contribut-ing and ex-officio member of the TrinityFoundation Board, which owns the assetsof the school. Chris is a former chair ofthe Alumni Board of Directors, which isthe governing body of the Trinity AlumniAssociation.

Trinity President Dr. Rob Mullen ’77had this to say about Chris: “Chris has hada wonderful impact on his alma materthrough his leadership positions on theAlumni Board and School Board. Hisleadership and commitment make thishonor well-deserved.”

As a member of the Alumni Associa-tion, Chris has volunteered for a variety ofprojects benefiting his brother alumni. Heis a co-founder of the annual ShillelaghCup golf outing; a longtime volunteer atthe Shamrock Bass Classic and the Sandy

Newman Memorial Golf Classic; a regular caller for the FatherKevin Caster Annual Fund Appeal Phonathon; and a member ofhis graduating class’ reunion planning committee. Chris’ wife,Lisa, also volunteers at many Trinity events.

Chris and Lisa have been married for 19 years. They have fourchildren: Nick ’04, 18; Andrew ’06, 16; Peter, 12; and Jack, 6.Chris’ four brothers — Mark ’77, David ’80, Steven ’81 and Jeff’86 — also attended Trinity.

He and his family are parishioners at Holy Spirit Church, whereChris is a member of the Worship Committee and director ofUsher Ministry. He also has coached third- and fourth-grade bas-ketball at Holy Spirit and baseball at St. Matthews Little League.

“I am very proud to be a Trinity Honor Alumnus,” Chris said.“Receiving this award is confirmation that I have lived the valuesI learned at Trinity. I would like to sincerely thank all involved forblessing me with this very special recognition.”

2004 HONOR ALUMNUS – CHRISTOPHER S. TOMPKINS ’78

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Trinity Honor Alumnus Chris Tompkins ’78 was presented his award by his son Nick ’04.

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or more than three decades, theTrinity High School community hasawarded the Trinity Peace Medal.

The award recognizes a deserving group orindividual for efforts that promote peace-making, justice-building and service to oth-ers. Mr. Klaus Mittelsten H’92, who at thetime was chair of the Foreign LanguageDepartment, initiated the award along withTrinity principal, Father Thomas DuerrH’92. Recent recipients have includedNancy Russman, the Cathedral HeritageFoundation, Bob and Dotti Lockhart andErnie Marx.

The 2004 Trinity Peace Medal isawarded to Father Tim Hogan. Ordained apriest for the Archdiocese of Louisville in1966, Father Hogan began his priesthoodas an instructor at Nazareth College inBardstown, Ky. After a term as associatepastor at St. Augustine, he spent three years as director of social ser-vices at Boys’ Haven.

He returned to the classroom as an associate professor atSpalding University and was chair of the Social Work Department.For most of the 1980s, Father Hogan was director of the SchumannCenter for Social Services. From there he went on to become exec-utive director of Catholic Charities for the archdiocese, a position

he held for 11 years. During his tenure,both the Adoption and the Parish SocialMinistry programs were revitalized.

In addition, he piloted the MigrationRefugee Services programs to becomingone of the most efficient in the nation. Anincoming refugee could depart a plane atthe airport and, within two months, almostbe fully integrated into the community.Father Hogan’s vision and focus on pro-grams like this brought the Archdiocese ofLouisville national attention.

Father Hogan has been chair of theNational Association of Social Workers,project director of the Child WelfareTraining Project and chair of CatholicCharities USA. He is currently pastor of St.Boniface Church in downtown Louisville.

Father Hogan has spent most of his pro-fessional life helping those in the margins

of our society — the homeless, refugees, children and the poor.He is an example of the Gospels’ call to compassion and love. Hiscommitment to the service of others is an example for all of uswho claim to be followers of Jesus.

In recognition of his years of service to the Louisville commu-nity, the Trinity High School community is proud to award the2004 Trinity Peace Medal to Father Tim Hogan.

2004 TRINITY PEACE MEDAL – REV. TIM HOGAN

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Trinity Peace Medal recipient Rev. Tim Hogan

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was a freshman, searching for my locker in a vast hallway,with no sign of hope. I came from a small grade school — aquarter the size of Trinity. I entered a huge high school with a

new set of fears, not knowing anything. It was then that a seniorasked me if I needed help. Now that I am a senior, I find myself

helping the lost freshmen find their way, try-ing to help them experience the real Trinityand our brotherhood.

When I was a freshman, I heard “there wasnothing like Trinity.” I thought those were justwords said to prospective students. It wasn’tuntil later in my years here that I understoodwhat it really means to be a student at Trinity.All around the area, Trinity is known as aschool of excellence in academics and athlet-

ics, but what people do not see is what happens everyday.As you walk through the halls, you feel the warmth that oozes

from this school. If you walk into a classroom, you meet ateacher ready to help you in any way he or she can — notbecause they have to, but because they love what they do. Thisis the Trinity I love.

Trinity is a high school, but it’s a home to me. I’ve developedstrong relationships with students and faculty alike. Goingthrough four years at Trinity will change a person. Trinity has

groomed fine young men who have gone on to become prominentand successful in and out of the Louisville area.

“It’s interesting to leave a place, interesting even to think aboutit. Leaving reminds us of what we can part with and what wecan’t, then offers us something new to look forward to, to dreamabout.” (Richard Ford, American author). This time of my life andthat of my classmates will soon come to an end. We will walkacross the stage at graduation as our names echo through the audi-torium, and we will become Trinity alumni. In the back of ourmind, we will remember our fallen brother Ross Meredith, whopassed away on Jan. 27, 2003.

As Ford says, we have something to dream about. Never againwill we be in class with our closest friends; we’ll be in a vast lecture hall with hundreds of students and a professor. Neveragain will we be part of the rowdy student section cheering theRocks to victory. Never again will we have lunch in the cafeteriawith our brothers.

A strong education will get us far in this world and help ourclass to become future leaders. As I begin my voyage into the realworld, I will always remember the morals and values Trinity hastaught me. I will graduate high school with my mind and body,but my heart and soul will always be at Trinity.

“Brothers for Life.” God bless Trinity and God bless the UnitedStates of America.

OUR LEGACYBy Matthew Bauder ’04, Co-Editor in Chief, The ECHO

Matthew Bauder’s column appeared in the special graduation issue of The Record newspaper.

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JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGEKENT STATE UNIVERSITYKENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITYKENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGELAKE ERIE COLLEGELEXINGTON COMMUNITY COLLEGELIMESTONE COLLEGELINDENWOOD UNIVERSITYLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYLOYOLA COLLEGE (MD)LOYOLA UNIVERSITY (IL)MARSHALL UNIVERSITYMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYMETHODIST COLLEGEMIAMI UNIVERSITY (OH)MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYMOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITYMURRAY STATE UNIVERSITYNASHVILLE AUTO-DIESEL SCHOOLNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

2004 GRADS ACCEPTED AT MORE THAN 125 SCHOOLSMembers of the Trinity High School Class of 2004 have been acceptedfor admission at the following colleges, universities and schools.

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ime. It’s something we all wish would move faster andfaster until it’s almost up. At that point, it would come asa gift to have just a little more.

It’s almost unimaginable that the four years of my life as a stu-dent at Trinity High School are coming to an end. I started my

first day at Trinity in 2000 as a tiny, terrifiedfreshman, finding my way through the con-fusing hallways filled with upperclassmen.But despite feeling apprehensive about mynew surroundings, it didn’t take long for meto feel at home. To feel welcome at this placeis not a problem for any student who makesthe choice to come here.

I can’t explain what it is that makes Trinityso special. It may have been the crisp, cool

fall evenings spent in the student section at Trinity footballgames. Then again, it may have been the dances, the pep ralliesor the first time we felt the joy of beating “that school over onPoplar Level Road,” as Father Ron Domhoff H’98 always put it.

I’ll never forget the pride I felt working Open House and thecelebraTion dinner-auction. I’ll never forget the times I sharedwith my brother students in class and the relationships I’ve builtwith my teachers, classmates, my best friends and total strangers.The recollection days I encountered once a year as an underclass-

man, culminating with the most bonding experience of my entirelife, senior retreat, will always be with me. The warmth, love andcompassion this school and faith community so proudly and gen-erously provided to me in the rough times I faced — and that weall face as teenagers — will forever inspire me.

This place I call home means much more to me than just a highschool. I would not, cannot and, frankly, don’t want to imaginewhat my last four years would have been like had I chosen a dif-ferent path of schooling. This anxious, foolish and anxiety-stricken freshman has become a part of something no one canexplain but only feel — the Trinity Tradition, the Trinity Legacyand, foremost, the Trinity Family.

If someone had asked me in the final weeks of my freshmanyear, “How do you think you’ll feel a week from graduation?” I probably would have told them to book me a ticket out of here.

Now that my Trinity days are almost over, however, I’ve neverfelt more bittersweet. I don’t want to leave. On the other hand, theinevitable is the inevitable, and I will soon part with being aTrinity student. But I will never part with this place for good. Iwill support Trinity and its mission forever.

Enjoy, cherish and love the remaining time you have here, under-classmen. You just might want some of it back when it’s gone.

Thank you Class of 2004, thank you Trinity and GO SHAMROCKS!

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Coleman Coffey ’04

ONE SPIRITBy Coleman Coffey ’04, Co-Editor in Chief, The ECHO

Coleman Coffey’s column appeared in the special graduation issue of The Record newspaper.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYOHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITYOHIO STATE UNIVERSITYOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYPEABODY CONSERVATORY OF MUSICPURDUE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGYPURDUE UNIVERSITYRHODES COLLEGEROCKHURST UNIVERSITYROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYSALISBURY UNIVERSITYSALVAE REGINA UNIVERSITYSAMFORD UNIVERSITYSOUTHWESTERN COLLEGESPALDING UNIVERSITYSPRING HILL COLLEGESAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITYSAINT VINCENT COLLEGESTANFORD UNIVERSITYSTERLING COLLEGETAYLOR UNIVERSITYTENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYTHOMAS MORE COLLEGETOWSON UNIVERSITYTRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITYTRINITY COLLEGE (CT)TULANE UNIVERSITYUNION COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMAUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN DIEGOUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATIUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO-BOULDERUNIVERSITY OF DAYTONUNIVERSITY OF DENVERUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIAUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISUNIVERSITY OF IOWAUNIVERSITY OF KANSASUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKYUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHISUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (FL)UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHARLOTTEUNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAMEUNIVERSITY OF RICHMONDUNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFICUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANAUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIOUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAVALPARAISO UNIVERSITYVANDERBILT UNIVERSITYWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (MO)WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITYWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITYWILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITYWITTENBERG UNIVERSITYXAVIER UNIVERSITY

2004 GRADS ACCEPTED AT MORE THAN 125 SCHOOLS (CONtinued)

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rinity alumnus Jeff King’95 has seen the best andthe worst of humanity

— the helping hands of peoplewanting to better the lives ofthose around them and the hor-rific effects of war.

For nearly two years he hasserved aboard the Mercy Shipsorganization’s hospital shipAnastasis. Mercy Ships is aglobal, interdenominationalChristian charity that providesmedical care, relief aid and train-ing for long-term, sustainablechange in developing, impover-ished and war-ravaged nations.

King’s journey to Mercy Ships was one of faith. After graduating from Trinity in 1995, he attended the

University of Evansville, a Methodist university, where heplayed tennis for the Purple Aces and earned a BS degree in civilengineering. He returned to Louisville and was a project engi-neer with Hunt Construction. In this position he worked for theconstruction manager of the UPS Hub 2000 project at LouisvilleInternational Airport.

Since college, however, he has heard the call to serve the poorand needy. As a student at Evansville, King went on missiontrips to Jamaica with friends and was a member of a Christianfellowship. He also performed construction work, repairinghomes in Appalachia with the Christian Appalachia project, aCatholic ministry.

Through these experiences King realized that he enjoyed mis-sion work and wanted to do something more long-term. Notknowing which direction to go in to pursue such work, he hadlunch with then Holy Spirit Church pastor Father ThomasBoland, who is a former Trinity faculty member and current pastor of St. Patrick Church in Louisville.

“I asked Father Boland if he could point me in the right direc-tion,” King said. “He gave me a book of mission organizations,and Mercy Ships caught my eye. I love the ocean and sailing, andI liked the practicality of their work; their motto is “Use the TwoHands of the Gospels” — to help people with their physical andspiritual needs. I also was looking for something in constructionor working with water so I could use my engineering degree.”

After the completion of the UPS hub, King set sail for SierraLeone, West Africa, aboard the Mercy Ship Anastasis. MercyShips is a far-reaching organization with offices worldwide. Since

1978, Mercy Ships has per-formed more than 2 million services, with a dollar value of$250 million, and impactedmore than 5.5 million people. In addition, they have accom-plished the following: performedmore than 18,000 operationssuch as cleft lip and palatesurgery, cataract removal andorthopedic and facial reconstruc-tion; treated more than 300,000people in village medical clinics;taught more than 5,500 localhealthcare and professionalworkers in modern healthcaretechniques; delivered more than

$21 million of medical equipment, hospital supplies and medi-cines; and completed nearly 350 construction and agriculture projects, including schools, clinics, orphanages and water wells.

Mercy Ships’ fleet comprises three ships — one that serves theCaribbean and Central America and two that serve Africa. TheAnastasis, Mercy Ships’ 552-foot flagship, was an Italian cruiseliner for 25 years and is currently the world’s largest non-govern-mental hospital ship. Acquired in 1978, she contains three fullyequipped operating rooms, a dental clinic, a laboratory, an X-rayunit and a 1,500-ton cargo capacity. Her 300-person crew includesdoctors, dentists, nurses, engineers, cooks, mechanics, electricians,plumbers and carpenters — even a hairdresser is onboard.

Volunteers aboard the Anastasis range in age from 18 to themid-70s. There also are about 50 families with children.Volunteer teachers educate the youngsters. All crew pay for theirroom and board, which is about $225 a month.

“We call it ‘working by faith,’” King said. “Many peoplereceive financial support from their church.”

King first visited the war-torn nation of Sierra Leone for fourmonths. Then it was on to Togo, West Africa, for four months,home again and back to Sierra Leone, where he recently com-pleted a six-month stay.

From 1991 to 2002, Sierra Leone was gripped in civil war. Theconflict began peacefully, up-country from the capital, Freetown.The Revolutionary United Front demanded the reform of the gov-ernment; most of Sierra Leone’s wealth was confined to Freetown,while the villagers of the countryside suffered in poverty.

The conflict soon turned into a violent war for the country’sdiamond mines. The rebels seized control of this wealth-generat-ing resource and began to spread fear among the local populations

Jeff King ’95 takes a break from helping villagers build a well.

Alumni Profilei

JEFF KING ’95 - TALKING THE TALK. WALKING THE WALK.By Travis Wagoner ’90 Director, Annual Fund & Alumni Relations

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to maintain control; one particularly abhorrent feature of the con-flict was the frequent hacking off of limbs, ears and lips, particu-larly of civilians, including children.

Approximately 50,000 people were killed during the war. Manymore were maimed and raped. In addition, the forcible conscriptionof child soldiers was practiced. Pro-government militia leaders arenow facing the United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal — thefirst time the crime has been prosecuted under international law.

The government, which had been similar to a parliamentarydemocracy, had two leaders overthrown during the war. Oncepeace was returned, however, an election was held and will beheld every five years.

King arrived in Sierra Leone in 2003, shortly after the war hadended. The country was decimated. Many villages lacked sanitarywater; rebel armies had polluted wells by dumping trash, dead ani-mals and even human bodies into the water supply. The work wasdaunting, but King and his crewmates were up to the challenge.

“Eighty percent of the world’s illnesses are related to water san-itation,” King said. “In six months we rehabilitated forty-one wells.We also trained twelve locals on how to repair wells, install pumps,repair well linings and deepen the wells for the dry season.”

In addition, King and other volunteers lived on-land in SierraLeone, building a maternity clinic, a hospital and a physicaltherapy center for polio victims and amputees. King is currentlythe project manager overseeing hospital and physical therapycenter construction.

As well, on weekends the crew pile into Land Rovers and vol-unteer at orphanages and children’s hospitals, playing games andsports with the kids. They also are involved with the Don BoscoHome for Street Boys, which is run by priests of the SelesianOrder, teaching job skills and linking them with families.

Before any construction is performed, however, ship doctorsconduct medical screenings at the national football (soccer) sta-dium for thousands of people. Those in need of surgery are broughtonboard the Anastasis. The ship’s name is Greek for “resurrection.”

Evangelization is also part of Mercy Ships’ mission. “The crewgathers once a week on the ship for prayer,” King said. “On Sundayswe go ashore and worship in the villages and local churches. Wealso show a film about Jesus that’s in the African dialect.”

Sierra Leone is predominantly Muslim. Islam there, however,is a mix of traditional Islam and the native practice of worship-

ping spirits and one’s ancestors.King and his crewmates are well-received by the indigenous

people and the government. “They know we’re there to help, andthey appreciate that,” he said.

King credits some of his passion for mission work to Trinity.“I’ll always love Trinity and the experience I had there,” he said.“It shaped me and taught me a good work ethic and disciplinethrough managing sports and school. My teachers pushed andchallenged me. I learned more about having a good faith life byattending Catholic school, praying and going to Mass.

“Plus, there were fewer distractions without girls,” he added,smiling.

In addition to going to school, King played basketball for threeyears, tennis for two years and ran track for one year. Beforeenrolling at Trinity, he attended St. Margaret Mary School forthree years and, when his family moved to Oldham County, heattended Liberty Elementary School and Oldham County MiddleSchool. When home from Mercy Ships, he attends church at St.Joseph Church with his parents and Southeast Christian.

King is interested in working full-time for Mercy Ships.“It’s such a fulfilling job,” he said. “I love helping people and

the adventure. I get to serve with people from many countries. Aswell, I’ve seen the need in the world. My experience has helpedme organize my priorities; faith and family are very important toAfricans, and I bring that back home with me. The things that onceseemed important no longer are. Pursuing the material life and thedrive to make more and more money are big in the U.S. Still, theinfluence of American pop culture is definitely present in Africa.

“Nevertheless, life is much slower. There’s not as much pressureto cram so much into a day. Much of an African’s day is spentmeeting basic needs — gathering food and water and cooking overa fire. Life is pretty basic and simple. I learned from the people Iserve to place more focus on faith, family and enjoying life.”

King describes himself as spiritually naïve before joiningMercy Ships. He never lacked the desire to serve others, but he ismore confident in his faith after praying with and for his crew-mates and the people of West Africa.

“I’ve seen the worst and the best in people. It made me realizethe terrible things people can do to each other. I’ve also seen peo-ple who, after all they’ve been through, can forgive and still keeptheir faith.”

STATEMENT QUESTIONS? CALL SANDY!Confused about your latest Trinity statement? Not sure how much you owe on your Annual Fund

pledge? Call Sandy Camerucci at Trinity’s Office for School Advancement at (502) 736-2156.

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CLASS OF ’59 - SEPTEMBER 17-18On Friday, Sept. 17 we will not attend the Trinity-Seneca football game.Instead, a Friday night stag outing will be held at Wildwood CountryClub, 5000 Bardstown Road in Fern Creek. The event will begin at 7 p.m.There will be a cash bar and a buffet. The cost is $25/person, including taxand tip, if you wish to eat. If not, come anyway and have a drink with us.

On Saturday morning, Sept. 18 we’ll have a golf scramble at QuailChase Golf Course. Tee times begin at 9 a.m. Scramble prizes will beawarded. Tournament will be followed by a cookout. All are invited toattend, including non-golfers, as it will be our last chance for a formalget-together. A special area will be reserved for us. There will be a cashbar and a buffet. The price is $51 for golf (includes all expenses) and$8.95 and up for lunch.

A tour of Trinity’s expanding campus can be arranged on Saturdayafternoon.

RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST FOR ALL EVENTS! To print areservation form, visit www.thsrock.net.

Class of ’59 Reunion Committee:Robert M. Lindsay, Chair

bobl@segal-lawfirm.com (502) 568-5600Creighton E. Mershon

cmershon@bellsouth.net (502) 896-4209Scott McGregor

smcgregor@cookairtomic.com (502) 244-3922E. J. Gary

egary@nlfs.com (502) 895-9170Ray Pfeiffer

pfeifferr@ft.newyorklife.com (502) 454-5845Dick Bealmear

rbealmear@aol.com (502) 267-6481Ben Jewell

jewell.ben@insightbb.com (502) 425-6748Tom Nolan

tomnolan@nolan-nolan.com (502) 451-5692Alex Talbott

alexftalbott@msn.com (502) 899-1734Joe Wathen

jwathen@louky.org (502) 412-0511George Gutermuth

george@usaimage.com (502) 228-4347Bob Butler

rsbutler@bellsouth.net (502) 897-5663Gene Good

egood@money.uswomail.com (502) 243-9458Greg Larkin

audrey.larkin@jhhs.org (502) 895-2681Norb Nopper

norbnopper@aol.com (502) 893-2724Joe Havill

Josephhav@aol.com (502) 245-3991Bob Liter (502) 228-3484Don Gatterdam (502) 899-3776

CLASS OF ’64 - JULY 30-31The Class of ’64 Reunion Committee invites you and your spouse orguest to attend a special get-together weekend on Friday and Saturday,July 30-31, at the Belterra Casino Resort and Spa. Belterra is locatedalong the Ohio River in Switzerland County, Ind. This weekend get-together is in addition to the 1964 Class Reunion at the Trinity footballgame on Friday, Sept. 17.

We have a golf scramble planned for Saturday. Even if you don’t playgolf, there will be plenty of time and activities to get together with ourclassmates.

In addition to the many Belterra activities (including having some funlosing money), there will be a cash bar available on both Friday andSaturday nights. The VIP room will be available to Trinity alumni.

For additional information about Belterra, including its many activi-ties and upcoming shows, go to www.belterracasino.com.

RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST!The other part of our reunion will take place Sept. 17 at the Trinity-

Seneca football game at Trinity Stadium. Plans are to have a receptionbefore the game (kickoff 7:30 p.m.) and attend the game.

Times and prices TBA.

Class of ’64 Reunion Committee:Matt Bellucci

mattmaribell@earthlink.com (502) 426-9595Howard Nethery

netheryh@aol.com (502) 222-0886Gary Wilmes

gwilmes@msn.com (502) 245-4747Gene Henchy gene@dismas.com

CLASS OF ’69 - SEPTEMBER 24-25On Friday, Sept. 24 we’ll attend a pre-game reception and the Trinity-St. Xavier football game at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium (kickoff 8p.m.). The reception will be held at Tailgaters. Bus transportation to andfrom St. Matthews is available. We’ll return to Tailgaters after the gamefor a post-game gathering.

The cost is $15 for the pre-game reception and a game ticket; $10 forbus transportation (includes liquid refreshments); game ticket only —$10). Time for bus departure TBA.

On Saturday, Sept. 25 we’ll have a golf scramble (cost is $50). Time andlocation TBA. Our Saturday evening will begin with a Mass to honor ourdeceased brothers. Time and location TBA. After Mass we’ll enjoy dinnerat the Clifton Center on Frankfort Avenue (time TBA). The eveningincludes dinner, music, a reunion memento and two cocktails (reasonablypriced cash bar to follow). The cost is $80/couple or $55/single person.

RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST FOR ALL EVENTS! To print areservation form, visit www.thsrock.net.

Class of ’69 Reunion Committee:Mark Plummer

mplummer@jjtran.com (502) 254-3509Tom Dockter

dtdock@aol.com (502) 896-2426

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Tim Fages timfages@bellsouth.net (502) 459-7490

Paul Bruenderman pwbruenderman195@aol.com (502) 749-8871

Ken Blockkenblock@hotmail.com (502) 254-1250

Ron Zehnderronzehn@hotmail.com (502) 228-5807

Steve Reschreschsteve@aol.com (502) 645-2166

Steve Mershon stevemershon@mail.aoc.state.ky.us (502) 897-6724

CLASS OF ’74 - SEPTEMBER 17-18Join us on Friday, Sept. 17 for the Trinity-Seneca game at TrinityStadium (kickoff 7:30 p.m.) We’ll enjoy a reception in the ConvocationHall (second floor of Trinity Arts & Communication Center — the oldarmory) at 4:30 p.m., followed by a tour of the campus at 5:30. Thecost for the evening is $14/person and includes a cookout buffet and agame ticket. Spouses welcome. NOTE: Due to the high volume ofadvance reserved ticket sales, our seats will be general admission.

On Sept. 18 we’ll have a day on the links at Shawnee Golf Course.We’ll start with lunch at noon followed by tee times beginning at 1 p.m.The cost is $40/person (includes greens fee, cart, lunch and four drinktickets).

That evening, join us at Indigo Casual Gourmet Café in ChenowethSquare. You can make reservations for dinner if you like, beginning at 6p.m. Mike Murphy and his band, The Vinyl Kings, will provide livemusic. There is no cost for this event other than what you eat/drink.Spouses welcome.

RESERVATIONS ARE DUE BY AUGUST 13. To print a reservationform, visit www.thsrock.net.

Class of ’74 Reunion Committee:Michael A. Murphy

murphvk@earthlink.net (502) 845-0419John Pieper

john_pieper@mnccpa.com (502) 454-4980Albert Gutterman

agutterman@iglou.com (502) 244-0509Jim Lavelle

jrl@loganlavelle.com (502) 657-2316Dave Pullem

davidp@ltroth.com (502) 254-3695Fred Sims

docfsims@aol.com (502) 245-3393Mike Schutte

m1p1tit2@aol.com (502) 420-9940 Jack McGill (502) 339-0893Joe Weber (502) 896-0500Ron Miller (502) 327-6858Ed Drane (502) 456-6800

CLASS OF ’84 - AUGUST 21-22We’ll begin our weekend on Saturday, August 21, with a golf outing atSeneca Golf Course at 7:30 a.m. The cost is $30/person (includes greensfee, cart and lunch). The Class of ’89 will be joining us. First-come-first-served for up to 64 players.

That night we’ll enjoy the Trinity-Montgomery Bell Academy(Nashville) game (kickoff 7 p.m.), and a pre-game reception in theConvocation Hall (second floor of Trinity Arts & Communication Center— the old armory) at 4:30 p.m., followed by a tour of the campus at 5:30.Kickoff is at 7 p.m. The cost for the evening is $20/alumnus (includes acookout buffet, game ticket and T-shirt). Spouses welcome. NOTE: Due tothe high volume of advance reserved ticket sales, our seats will be generaladmission. LARGE CROWD ANTICIPATED - POSSIBLE SELLOUT.

On Sunday, August 22 we’ll have a family brunch at the Cardinal InnHall of Fame Café (2735 Crittenden Drive). The Cardinal Inn is adjacentto the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center and next door to the Hilton GardenInn. For directions, please visit www.cardinalhalloffamecafe.com. Check-in begins at 9 a.m. The cost for the brunch is as follows: children 3 andunder - free; ages 4-12 - $6.50; ages 13 and over - $13.

RESERVATIONS ARE DUE BY JULY 23! To print a reservationform, visit www.thsrock.net.

Class of ’84 Reunion Committee:Sean McGuire

spmc21@aol.com (502) 225-9677 Joe Powell

joecool@presentationsolutions.com (502) 241-7029 Todd Coke

tcoke@ups.com (502) 895-3034 Chris DeMuth

cdemuth@dominionhomes.com (502) 895-6412 John Ouseph

john.ouseph@appl.ge.com (502) 429-0500 David Miller

david@millerprintgroup.com (502) 326-0030

CLASS OF ’89 - AUGUST 20-21We’ll begin our weekend on Saturday, August 21 with a golf outing atSeneca Golf Course at 7:30 a.m. The cost is $30/person (includes greensfee, cart and lunch). The Class of ’84 will be joining us. First-come-first-served for up to 64 players.

We will have an event on Friday evening and on Saturday evening.Times, location, costs TBA.

Class of ’89 Reunion Committee:Paul Allison

paul.allison@insuramax.com (502) 479-4084Tommy Clark

tclark5402@aol.com (502) 587-8662Greg Hall

gahall@excite.com (502) 894-0497Chad Harned

chad@ayrking.com (502) 749-4588Chad Nieters

porkchop70@netzero.com (502) 243-2286

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THE 2004 SHAMROCK BASS CLASSIC HookS 100 BOATS AGAIN!

Listed below are our sponsors.

Please give them your patronage.

All Pro Championships, Inc.

All-State Ready Mix

Arrow Electric

Balfour Co.

Bibb Tile Co.

Bob Ray Company - The Tree Cutters

Brunner’s Lawn Service

Buechel Day Care Inc.

Buy Owner

Cardinal Services

EIC Technology

First Commonwealth Mortgage

Francis & Company

Frederick Roofing

Gateway Press

Heustis Auto Supply

Insuramax, Inc.

J&J Transportation

Jansen Industrial Equipment

John Conti & Sons

John Doelker Catering

KAP Enterprises (Long John Silver’s)

Kruse Plastic & Plywood, Inc.

Langan Insurance

Machine Concepts, LLC

Marvin Maeser Plumbing

Masonomics

McMillan Building & Development

Medallion Homes

Mees Tile & Marble, Inc.

Miller Print Group

Nugent Sand Co.

O’Mary Brothers Plumbing

Patterson Dental Supply

Plehn’s Bakery

R.L. Volz Landscaping & Nursery

Rick Adrio, DMD

Schultz Equipment

United Electric

Vermont American Corporation

Welch Printing

WRH Enterprises

Yang Kee Noodle

Listed below are our gift sponsors.Please give them your patronage:B&W Specialty HouseBluegrass Brewing CompanyBounty Hunter LuresBuckhead Mountain GrillBullfrog Creek - The Fishing StoreBW-3Cardinal Inn Hall of Fame CaféClifton’s PizzaHeimerdinger CutleryHendrick’s Creek ResortJeffersonville Elks Country ClubBernie Karem Meats & DeliPizza GuyTrinity Athletic DepartmentTrinity Campus Store

Many thanks to the volunteerswho make the Shamrock BassClassic possible:Charles Brunner ’77 Brent Coomes ’94Dennis Cornell ’85Joe Demling ’68 John DoelkerJoe Fowler ’71

Lee Harlemert ’91Bill HearnMatt Hearn ’05 Milt Hettinger ’75Keith Heustis ’75 Bill Hodapp ’82 Louie Karem ’83Alex Lindle ’94Bruce Lindsey ’87Brian Martin ’75 Travis Martin ’07 Holly McGuireSean McGuire ’84David Miller ’84Josh Mullin ’01 Mark Plummer ’69 Tim Poole ’87Joey Porter ’78Mike Price ’66 Jacob Raderer ’05 Rick RadererJohn Ribar ’70Mike Saylor ’83 Scott Spalding ’01 Chris Tompkins ’78Lisa TompkinsTravis Wagoner ’90

or the second consecutive year, the annual Shamrock BassClassic, sponsored by the Trinity Alumni Association,brought 100 boats to Taylorsville Lake for an afternoon of

fun, fellowship and fishing.Saturday, May 8 was a beautiful day to cast off in hopes of land-

ing a big one. A record 14 current students competed along with86 Trinity alumni and 14 fathers of alumniand students in this ninth annual tournament.

Taylorsville Lake presented its usual toughchallenge. Of the 100 boats, only 19 weighedin the 15-inch minimum size bass. In all, 22fish were weighed in for a total weight of46.14 pounds. Nevertheless, the weather was

perfect and everyone enjoyed the day.Mark Stowe ’91 and Brian Estridge won the $1,000 first prize

with two fish totaling 6.08 pounds. Chad Francis ’94 and RobBaker reeled in the Big Fish and its $500 prize. They also finishedsecond ($900), walking home with $1,400. Mark Stowe left thetournament quickly to get to a wedding — his own! Many thanksto his very cool financée. Outstanding.

Thank you to the alumni, current students and friends of Trinityfor volunteering their time and talent to make this event possible.We also want to thank our sponsors and gift donors.

See you next year!

The top finishers are as follows:

First Place – Mark Stowe ’91 and Brian Estridge

(6.08 pounds, $1,000)

Second Place – Chad Francis ’94 and Rob Baker

(5.40 pounds and Big Fish, $1,400)

Third Place – Larry Koestel ’66 and Mike Sturgeon

(4.33 pounds, $800)

Fourth Place – Tim Pate ’90 and Mike Wade ’90

(3.98 pounds, $700)

Fifth Place – Charlie ’77 and Chuck ’05 Brunner

(3.74 pounds, $600)

Sixth Place – Joe Prestigiacomo and Mike Bonds

(3.12 pounds, $500)

Seventh Place – Travis Johnson ’95 and Brad Fields

(2.95 pounds, $400)

Eighth Place – Steve Riggs ’59 and Paul Whitehead

(2.94 pounds, $300)

Ninth Place – Jason Jarvi ’96 and Bryan Johnson ’96

(2.35 pounds, $200)

Tenth Place – Jamie ’92 and Mike ’95 Fulkerson

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rinity alumnus Steve Crump ’75 was the keynote speakerat the 17th annual African-American Catholic LeadershipAwards Banquet on March 6 at the Hyatt Regency in

downtown Louisville.Crump is a reporter at WBTV in Charlotte, N.C. He has been

involved with Trinity by serving as keynote speaker at the 2002Shamrock Awards Dinner and other speaking engagements.Crump also was one of six recipients of alumni awards last yearat the annual Salute to Catholic School Alumni in Louisville.

Seven young people were honored at this year’s banquet byreceiving awards in honor of Rodriq McCravy, an African-American Catholic youth and a 1986 Trinity alumnus who died in1987. These awards are in the form of scholarships to college orCatholic high school.

CRUMP ’75 SPEAKS AT AFRICAN-AMERICAN CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP BANQUET

SANDY NEWMAN MEMORIAL GOLF CLASSIC ON PARore than 300 golfers had a great time at the SandyNewman Memorial Golf Classic on Saturday, June 5at Seneca Golf Course.

The morning flight was won with a score of 57 by the team ofRob Beaven ’91, Chris Gregory ’91, Andy Kim ’91, BrianLaBruyere ’91 and Matt Wells ’91.

The afternoon flight also was won with a 57. Joe Bohn ’87,Greg Gentner ’87, Rick Gentner ’88, John Hellmueller ’86 andTodd Raque ’87 were the winning team.

Many thanks to Sandy Newman Memorial Golf ClassicChairman David Troutman ’85 and coordinators Roger Burkmanand Joe Demling ’68 for helping to organize the event. Specialthanks go to Seneca Golf Pro Moe Demling ’60, the Seneca staff,Mo Moorman Distributor, Coca-Cola and all hole sponsors.

Thanks also to the volunteers who helped the event runsmoothly: Matt Barry ’99, Pat Barry ’99, Rob Beaven ’91,Roger Burkman, Brent Coomes ’94, Tim Culver ’82, JoeDemling, Joe Frederick ’88, Rich Impellizzeri ’76, JoeyKlausing ’97, Eric McElroy ’99, Sean McGuire ’84, JoshMullin ’01, Mark Plummer ’69, Joey Porter ’78, B.J. Ruckriegel’95, Jimbo Schaffer ’95, Jim Wadell ’74, Mary Ann Snyder,Adam Wiseman ’00 and Marney Zarick.

The Sandy Newman Memorial Golf Classic is played each yearin memory of William “Sandy” Newman ’67. Sandy participatedin a number of activities during his four years as a Trinity student,including the National Honor Society, the Pep Club and theSoccer Club. He received a Shamrock Award for his academicachievements during his junior year.

As an alumnus, Sandy served on the Alumni Board of Directorsfor more than 10 years and as treasurer for more than six of thoseyears. He was extremely active in Alumni Association activitiesand instrumental in organizing the Alumni Golf Scramble(renamed the Sandy Newman Memorial Golf Classic in 2001)until his untimely death in 1994.

In 1995, Sandy was posthumously named the Honor Alumnusfor his loyalty and dedication to Trinity.

Sandy was best known for his unfailing desire to help with anyAlumni Association activity that promoted Trinity. For Sandy, itwas not any one effort; it was continuous efforts to promoteTrinity each and every day.

Though Sandy is no longer with us, those members of the TrinityFamily who knew and loved him will remember his spirit and lovefor Trinity High School. Sandy’s wife, Beth, and their sons, Patrick’00, Clay ’02 and Casey ’05, share Sandy’s love for Trinity.

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r. Marty Minogue ’69 was an-nounced as an additional dean ofstudies for next year. He completed

his first year of teaching math at Trinity in June.Minogue will work closely with Advanced

Program Director Mr. Frank Ward H’01 to helpTrinity better monitor and define our Honorsand Advanced Placement programs. Amonghis duties, he will advise all Honors andAdvanced Placement students in their schedul-ing and ongoing academic counseling, andorganize, communicate and oversee the schoolyear standardized testing programs. Minoguealso will work alongside Ms. Mary Ann Hall,dean of studies for Trinity’s Academic andTraditional levels.

“I’m looking forward to starting my new

position,” Minogue said. “I enjoy workingwith the challenge of master schedules andthe scheduling of students.”

Minogue will be visible throughout thebuildings, assisting in the observation ofteachers while working with the AcademicServices Department to monitor and furtherrefine Trinity’s entire program of studies.

Aside from Minogue’s many years ofteaching experience, he was principal atDeSales for six years and assistant principalthere for seven years.

Principal Dan Zoeller praised Minogue’swork ethic and said, “He has a wealth of sched-uling experience and experience with datamanagement, which is important to us as wepay more attention to standardized test scores.”

MINOGUE ’69 NAMED CO-DEAN OF STUDIES

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rinity alumnus Louie Karem ’83 hasbeen named the Kentucky Chapter ofthe Leukemia-Lymphoma Society’s

Man of the Year. Karem raised $18,613 forthe organization.

The Leukemia-Lymphoma Society is ded-icated to funding blood cancer research andtreatments. Leukemia is the leading cause ofdeath among children under the age of 15.

“This year’s honorees for the campaign

are Rory, 7, and Miles, 6, who are currentlybattling to defeat the disease,” Karem said.“It is with great pride that I am fighting ontheir behalf. Tremendous strides have beenmade to find a cure for leukemia, but they aresimply not enough. We need your help.”

Karem is the owner of Bernie KaremMeats & Deli in St. Matthews. (The sirlointriangle rocks.)

KAREM ’83 NAMED LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA SOCIETY MAN OF THE YEAR

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ichael Frank ’02, who is currently a firefighter aboardthe nuclear aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln(CVN-72) in Everett, Wash., recently took the battle from

the sea to the ice to help make life better for many special kids.Frank participated in the 2004 Microsoft

Hockey Challenge in Seattle. The annual eventhelps raise money and awareness for Seattle’sRonald McDonald House. Although his carrier’steam lost to a Microsoft Corporation squad by ascore of 10-1, they helped raise $500,000 for thecause. Frank plays forward for his 17-man team.

“To be asked to play in this game was a plea-sure,” Frank said. “I’m always up for a challenge.”

The hockey team, comprised of officers andsailors from some of America’s premier hockeystates, came together during the summer of 2003to take part in an adult league in Bremerton, Wash.After just a few months of playing together, the

team won the league championship.“These sailors continue to amaze me,” said the team’s coach,

Lt. Michael Chanely. “From a ten-month extended deploymentto fight a war to capturing a hockey championship and being

invited to represent the Navy in a major event likethis is incredible.”

Frank agrees. “My teammates can adapt to any-thing and play with everybody,” he said.

As a firefighter, Frank puts in long hours work-ing in the reactor department aboard the USSAbraham Lincoln. He also enjoys the opportunityto pull together with his shipmates to defend the Navy’s honor on the ice. He recommends theNavy to anyone looking for a challenging profes-sion and strong camaraderie.

“If you want to have a great time, do stuff thatis exciting and defend your country, you shouldjoin the Navy,” Frank said.

MFRANK ’02 HELPS RAISE $500K FOR SEATTLE RONALD McDONALD HOUSE

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rinity alumni were prominent among this year’s BusinessFirst “Fast 50” list. Their companies have earned well-deserved recognition for being among the 50 fastest-grow-

ing, for-profit, independent and privately owned companies inGreater Louisville.

The Fast 50 is a Business First newspaper project sponsored byCotton & Allen Group LLC, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield,Maker’s Mark Distillery, National City Bank, Wyatt Tarrant &Combs LLC law firm and United Parcel Service Inc.

Cotton & Allen determined the Fast 50 companies based onconfidential financial information submitted by companies listed.To qualify, companies had to have an average of at least $1 mil-lion in annual revenue for the three most recent years and bebased in Jefferson, Bullitt, Oldham or Shelby counties inKentucky, or Clark, Floyd, Harrison or Scott counties in Indiana.

Trinity Family members and the company’s place in the list areas follows:

1. First Commonwealth Mortgage (Tim Poole ’87, President;Brian Poole ’87, Mortgage Banker; Richard DeGrella ’65, ITSpecialist) - First Commonwealth Mortgage originates under-writers and funds residential mortgage loans.

10. Neace Lukens (Doug Stough ’80, President) - A full-serviceinsurance brokerage firm offering property and casualty insurance

coverage, employee benefits and life and personal insuranceproducts.

12. J.C. Malone Associates (Terry Malone ’83, Vice President)- J.C. Malone provides national executive search and recruitingservices and regional contract/temporary staffing.

28. Sterling G. Thompson Inc. (Steve B. Thompson, parent ofWilliam ’06) - A full-service insurance agency offering commer-cial and personal property/casualty insurance coverage, bondsand employee benefits/life insurance products.

40. Langan-Insurance, Benefits & Financial Services (WilliamJ. Roby Sr., president and CEO; parent of Billy ’88, Langan VicePresident; Scott ’90 and Brian ’96) - An independent insuranceagency offering a full range of property, casualty, employee ben-efits and financial service products. In addition, Langan offersmid-market companies a menu of services geared toward reduc-ing the long-term cost of insurance and attracting and retainingemployees.

47. Marco Die Supplies Inc. (Ed Martin ’81, President; John’82 and Steve L. ’88 Martin, vice presidents) - Company providesall of the components needed to assemble steel rule-cutting diesused in the packaging industry. Marco Die Supplies distributesinternationally, with their strong points being the eastern andMidwestern United States.

SIX ROCK COMPANIES MAKE “FAST 50” LIST

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TRINITY THANKS THE FOLLOWINGcelebraTion 2004 CORPORATE SPONSORS

FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT:

PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR VERY GENEROUS SPONSORS!

Beechmont Press

Bob Ray Company, Inc.

Commonwealth Mechanical

Cundiff Construction

Deyta, Inc.

Don Meredith Reprographics Co., Inc.

Edelen & Edelen Realtors

Family Built Development

Fifth Third Bank

Flynn Brothers Contracting, Inc.

Insuramax, Inc.

Kindred Hospitals, Louisville

Landscape Lighting Co., Inc.

Logan Lavelle Insurance Agency, LLC

Magnolia Place

Monsour Builders

Norton Healthcare

Parkway Medical Center

Pinnacle Properties of Louisville

Red Barn Mall

Robert Mattingly & Sons, Inc.

Rueff Sign Company

Smashgraphix

St. Clair Construction, Inc.

Starr Promotions

Statewide Insurance Services

Stock Yards Bank

Stonefield Trace

Trilogy Health Services

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

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r. Don Jones ’73 had nothing butsmiles as he walked across the floor ofSteinhauser Gymnasium in January.

He addressed the Trinity community to help uscelebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

Jones was recently named the president andCEO of Woof & Company, an upscale petretailer in New Jersey. Before that, Jones was thesenior vice president of the Northeastern zone ofGap Brand and managed $1.6 billion dollars instores and operations, overseeing more than16,300 associates.

Born in 1955, Jones lived through years ofsegregation. He told of having to drink from a“black” water fountain and live life as if he wereinferior. Jones was the only African American inhis Trinity freshman class.

“Life is a journey,” Jones told the assembly.“It’s a journey of making choices, learning andgrowing, and failing and succeeding.”

Mary Ann Hall, chair of Trinity’s DiversityTask Force, said the speech went off without a hitch.

“Don Jones’ speech was an excellent lead-inwith the national fame of Martin Luther KingJr. and the local fame of Don Jones himself,”Hall said. “Now the challenge is to look insideto see if you can live a life of tolerance andacceptance. It’s easier said than done but willhelp you threefold.”

The main goal of the Diversity Task Force isto take a proactive stance in supporting pro-jects that promote the dignity of the humanperson and in supporting the rights, privileges,programs and activities made available to stu-dents at Trinity and in the Louisville commu-nity. The other task force members are Messrs.Dave Aberli ’75, Joe Bobrowski, Tom DubayH’94, Mike Magre ’83, Steve Ferman and Mrs.Jean Delaney.

JONES ’73 SPEAKS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S INFLUENCEBy Andrew Hall ’04, Opinion Editor, The ECHO

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ALUMNI TO TAKE ON VARSITY IN CROSS COUNTRY, SOCCERCROSS COUNTRY: The 30th Annual Alumni-Varsity Cross Country Run is Thursday, August 12 at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer StatePark. The course will open for touring at 6 p.m. and the race will start at 7. Awards will be given out and announcements made at7:30. Dinner will be served at 7:45. There is no entry fee for the 5K race. T-shirts will be for sale and refreshments will be servedafter the race. Please pass this information along to your former teammates!

Contact Coach Chad Waggoner at (502) 736-8252 or waggoner@thsrock.net with questions or for more information.

SOCCER: Alumni, you have the chance to prove how good you were in your day against the 2004 Soccer Rocks at the Alumni-Varsity Soccer Match on Saturday, August 7, at 3 p.m. at Seneca Park. You’ll also have the opportunity to meet Trinity’s new headsoccer coach, Gregory Moss-Brown. A pizza party will follow the game.

Last year the two teams played to a 0-0 tie after two overtimes. Contact Coach Moss-Brown at moss-brown@thsrock.net to get on the roster. Participants should meet at the soccer field.

Parent Phonathon a SuccessThank you, parents of the Class of 2004, for your gifts to the

2004 Father Kevin Caster Annual Fund Appeal as a senior parent gift. These funds will be used to fund student tuition assistance, ensuring that current and

future Trinity students will enjoy the same education and experience your as sons. Many thanks to the Parent Phonathon volunteer callers:

Cindy Cayot H’03 (Ben ’04, Brandon ’06), Sherri Greenwell (Sean Gardner ’04), Charlotte Link(James ’02, Robert ’04, Christopher ’07), Milt ’75 and Mary Hettinger (Brad ’00, Kyle ’04),

Peggy Sermersheim (Brian ’02, Jeff ’04) and Hollis Starks (Bill Willett ’04).

ANNOUNCING THE FIFTH ANNUAL BATTLE FOR THE

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CLUB CLUB # SHIRT SIZE

APPLICATIONS (WITH PAYMENT) MUST BE RECEIVED BY JULY 30, 2004. MAIL TO TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL OFFICE FOR SCHOOL ADVANCEMENT, 4011 SHELBYVILLE ROAD, LOUISVILLE, KY 40207. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CALL (502) 893-7625.

WHAT: A golf match between the St. Xavier andTrinity Alumni associations. Open to all St. X andTrinity alumni.

FORMAT: Sixty-man teams will compete in a com-bination of two- and four-ball matches. All playerswill be required to have an official USGA Handicap.

WHEN: Monday, September 20, 2004(tee times starting at 8:30 a.m.)

WHERE: Nevel Meade Golf Course

COST: $95 per player(includes golf, cart, dinner and Shillelagh Cup shirt)

Fifth Annual Shillelagh Cup Application Form

Shamrock Cross Country: The First 50 YearsAttention cross country alumni! According to Dick Bealmear’59, “The research and writing of Trinity’s amazing cross-country history is coming along nicely. Thank you to Jerry,Ken, Justine, John, Greg, Jim B., Jim S., Harry, Joey, Tony,Bill, Jon, Rick, Mark, Michael, Nick, Robbie, Hank, Don,Denny, Chuck and Gary for the photographs, scrapbooks andother information you let me use for the book.”

Chapter One, “The Early Years with Coach Jerry Denny,” is about95 percent complete. The chapters covering the 1960s, ’70s, ’80sand ’90s are approximately 65-75 percent complete. Dick wouldlike to hear from more cross-country alumni. You don’t have tohave been a star harrier to be included in this history.

Any anecdotal information about individuals and teams fromany era will be greatly appreciated. Photographs, scrapbooks,etc. will be returned ASAP.

Any profits from the sale of the book are to be donated toTrinity’s cross country program. The book will go to printsometime after the conclusion of the 2004 cross country season.

Please send photographs and other information to:

Richard T. Bealmear ’59, 11307 Cottage View CourtLouisville, KY 40299

Contact Dick with any questions you might have:502-267-6481, rbealmear@aol.com

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rincipal David Winkler H’04 served Trinityhonorably, professionally and graciously for10 years. His tenure as Trinity’s fifth princi-

pal ended when Mr. Dan Zoeller took the reigns.Winkler has accepted the position of academic

dean with the Louisville Technical Institute, whichis one of several subsidiary schools in the SullivanUniversity System. He started in his new positionJune 21. Winkler is one of two academic deans; heworks with the day school, and there is another aca-demic dean that works for the evening programs.

“I am excited and grateful for the opportunity touse some of my secondary education experience ina related and yet different arena of education,”Winkler said. “No dances or mixers are in the job description.”

In his new position, Winkler will work on cur-riculum organization, professional developmentwith faculty, accreditation procedures and acade-mic advising of students.

“Trinity is a wonderful place with so many finepeople, and it is not easy to leave,” Winkler said.“However, life is change. Thanks to everyone fortheir support and patience. I wish all of my co-workers the best of everything as today keepsturning into tomorrow, and I am grateful to havebeen able to work in a place where we all could beco-workers and not employees or ‘big wigs.’ GoRocks, and Trinity forever!”

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t’s hard to summarize 39 years of incredi-ble service and dedication in a few sen-tences,” Trinity President Dr. Rob Mullen

’77 said of Mr. Bob Hublar’s (H’02) decision toretire this year.

Dr. Mullen is right, so instead of a list of Mr.Hublar’s accomplishments, here’s a story:

An anxious, summer-ready class some 30 yearsago tried to “get” Bob Hublar. On the last day oftheir school year, they had sneaked water pistolsinto his class, planning to shoot the science teacherevery time he turned his back to his students towrite on the blackboard.

“I told them they were walking on thin ice,” Hublarremembers warning them after a few shots of water had been fired.

Little did the students know, Hublar had anticipated the prankand had armed himself with a giant, water-filled syringe hidden inone of his desk drawers.

“Right before the bell rang I unloaded on them,” Hublarboasted, adding that he retreated to the safety of the adjoining labbefore payback could be attained.

This is just one of many poignant memories Hublar has had inhis 39-year tenure at Trinity. He began his career at THS in 1965,teaching physical science, algebra I, geometry, algebra II/trigonometry and, of course, physics. While he has ceased teach-ing most of these subjects, one has remained synonymous withHublar — physics.

“One of the highs of my time at Trinity has been the fun ofteaching physics,” he said.

Hublar chose to teach physics because he loves fixing thingsand seeing how things work. “You hardly do something duringthe course of a day that doesn’t have something to do with

physics,” he said.One person who has encouraged Hublar along

his way to achieving legendary status at Trinity ishis father. “He would help me build things to usein the labs,” Hublar said. “He was always verygood at building things.”

Hublar, who in 1987 was named the Outstand-ing Science Teacher by the Kentucky Academy ofScience, also coached the Shamrock swim team tostate championships in 1967 and ’70. In addition,he served as athletic director.

“I’ve had some really great, talented studentsand have made good friendships with the fac-ulty,” Hublar said. “For me, the most rewarding

thing about teaching is when students come back and tell me thatI helped them.”

As a student at St. Xavier High School, Hublar contracted polio,which affected his leg. For a young man interested in athletics, thiswas devastating. Hublar, however, refused to let it keep him down.

“You adapt,” he said. “That’s what life is all about — adapting.”After graduating from St. X, Hublar attended Bellarmine

College, where he majored in math and physics. He did his stu-dent teaching at Trinity and became a full-time teacher here forthe 1964-65 school year.

Dr. Mullen commented that he is happy for Hublar as he movesinto retirement, calling him a “teaching icon at Trinity.”

Senior Mike Hogan, a two-year Hublar student, echoed Dr.Mullen’s sentiment. “Mr. Hublar is one of the most devotedteachers at Trinity,” he said. “It will be hard to fill his shoes.”

Thank you, Mr. Hublar, for 39 years of outstanding, dedicatedand exemplary service to Trinity. Your impact on past and currentstudents is indescribable.

HUBLAR H’02 RETIRING AFTER 39 YEARSBy Chris Weis ’04, Features Editor, The ECHO

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n Saturday, March 13, Trinity Family members came toAlumni Hall to give their beloved school a wonderfulbirthday present in the form of support for her students.

On a night when records were broken, surprises emerged andsingers sang, a great time was had by all!

The generosity of the Trinity Familyand our many friends came shiningthrough again. celebraTion 2004eclipsed the record number of atten-dees from two years ago, drawing acapacity crowd of 631, marking thefourth straight year the event has soldout. Additionally, the event stands tonearly match last year’s dinner/auctionin net proceeds.

“I always look forward to workingwith these volunteers because I know,even in the dead of January, that springcan’t be too far behind,” said JoeyPorter ’78, vice president for schooladvancement. “I am constantly amazedby their dedication. They work unbe-lievably hard.”

The birthday theme was an obviouschoice, and production chairs SharonBenim and Anne Solomon got to workearly, scanning hundreds of photosfrom the pages of Trinity yearbooks.Photos from all 50 years were used to create the table centerpieces, andpatrons had a great time walkingamong the tables, reliving memoriesand making new ones. Our greatfriends at Smashgraphix, Greg ’77 andScott ’77 Scinta, designed the programand invitations by building around apicture of the first freshman class.

Bill H’03 and Angie H’03 Edelen finished a fantastic run serving as chairpersons and immersing co-chairs Lisa Wise andScott Austin in the celebraTion culture as they prepare to chair theevent by themselves in 2005. “There is nothing like a plan com-ing together,” Bill Edelen said.

As always, Super Shamrock and Rock Garden items quicklysold out as patrons rushed to grab Trinity memorabilia. At 11 p.m.,Trinity President Dr. Rob Mullen ’77 drew the name of the

$25,000 capital prize winner. It was Nancy Zabaneh, who boughtthe chance from her son, Jamil ’04.

Highlights of the evening also included:■ The Trinity Singers performing a medley of ’50s tunes and

leading the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday” to Trinity;■ Members of the Executive Com-

mittee lighting candles, and longtimepatrons Ray H’03 and Lois H’03Woock, John (Sr.) and Jean Ribar, andBianca Cristofoli blowing out the can-dles prior to singing;

■ A lovely tiered cake created byTony Osting ’78 and donated byHeitzman Bakery;

■ More than 500 gifts were donated; ■ A surprise visit by Trinity’s basket-

ball team, returning fresh from theirSeventh Region championship game.

Said Angie Edelen: “Being part ofthe Trinity Family is extremely re-warding. Helping with celebraTionlets me satisfy my need to be a part ofmy son’s school experience, and at thesame time, lets me help make Trinity abetter place for our boys.”

T h e e v e n t n e t t e d m o r e t h a n$185,000, and all proceeds directlybenefit student activity programs, student athletic programs and need-based financial aid programs. cele-braTion helps keep tuition lower, andproceeds are used for such expensesas stipends for activity moderators,House T-shirts for every student,technical equipment in the audito-rium, new uniforms for athletic teams

and much more.“Because of the work of so many volunteers, we are able to

produce this event with very little expense,” Dr. Mullenremarked. “Nearly every dollar raised is returned to the school.”

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW FOR A“MAGICAL” EVENING, celebraTion 2005,ON MARCH 12, 2005!

celebraTion 2004: HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY, TRINITY!By Joey Porter ’78, Vice President for School Advancement

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n Jan. 8, Trinity High Schoolannounced that Mr. Daniel J.Zoeller would become theschool’s sixth principal onJuly 1, 2004. Zoeller succeeds

Mr. David F. Winkler, who stepped down asprincipal in June after a 10-year tenure.

Zoeller is a native of Louisville. He earnedhis bachelor’s degree from Eastern KentuckyUniversity and a master’s degree from theUniversity of Louisville. He will receive hissecond master’s degree in the coming monthsfrom Spalding University. Zoeller has studiedin Japan and England. He worked for a year inEngland as a Fulbright Scholar, where he firstlearned about the British use of “houses.”Zoeller adapted the idea to Trinity and has beenthe driving force behind Trinity’s very successful House System.

He began his career at Trinity in 1991, after a teaching stint inFlorida. He has served the school in various capacities, includingthat of teacher, coach, club moderator, department chair, retreatleader and director of activities. Students, his peers and theGovernor’s Scholars Program have routinely honored him for hisexceptional work.

Zoeller’s official title is vice president for academics; weshorten it to the more familiar “principal.” He joins Jack Sorg, thevice president for administration, and Joey Porter ’78, the vicepresident for school advancement. They join President Dr. RobMullen ’77 as the officers of the school.

It was Mr. Larry Kurtz, former director of students and assis-tant principal who encouraged Zoeller in the early 1990s to pur-sue administrative work. Believing he was too young and want-ing to concentrate on teaching, he politely declined.

Several years ago, however, Zoeller was approached byPrincipal David Winkler, who also recognized his administrativepotential. Older and wiser, Zoeller decided to take some classesin administration at Spalding University. He enjoyed them andrealized he had the instincts for an administrative position. Soonthereafter, Trinity’s position of principal became open.

“I talked with my friends and colleagues on the faculty and myfamily, and all were unanimous in encouraging me to apply forthe job,” Zoeller said. “That gave me the confidence to pursue it.”

Zoeller was selected as principal after the most complete inter-viewing process in Trinity’s 50-year history. A search began lastAugust and was national in scope. Inquiries and applications werereceived from 11 states and represented a deep pool of talented

education professionals. Dr. Mullen chairedthe search committee that included represen-tatives from each of the school’s stakeholders:students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni andboard members. Finalists were subjected tofive separate interviews after passing throughseveral stages of examination. The processlasted four months.

For Zoeller to emerge as the best candidateis a testimony to his professionalism and skillas an educator. Throughout the process, themore than two-dozen participants in the selec-tion process gave him extremely high marks.

As principal, Zoeller wants to “keep onkeeping on” with Trinity’s success. In addition,some of his goals for the school are for Trinityto become as recognized for academic achieve-

ments as we are in athletic achievements. He would also like togive more identity to the school’s academic Levels of Difficulty.

“We currently have excellent Traditional and Advanced pro-grams,” Zoeller said. “We have chairpersons for both programs inLinda Whitworth and Frank Ward (H’01), respectively. I’d like to dothe same thing for our Academic and Honors guys, who make up thebulk of our students, and give them more identity and focus. We’realready looking at the curricula for those programs and will be making changes to ensure that they’re better prepared for college.”

While overseeing the academic side of the school, Zoellerwants to stay in touch with as many students as possible throughdaily interaction with them, teaching a class and staying involvedwith the retreat program. In addition, he would like to maintainfriendships he has with faculty members,

“Trinity is a second family to me,” Zoeller said. “The bestfriends I have in life are on the faculty here. I want to maintainthose relationships while doing the work that I have to do. I knowthe nature of those relationships will change in some respects, butI want to maintain those friendships.”

With his own family, Zoeller wants to continue to lead an activehome life and be present with them, which can be difficult for aprincipal due to long hours. He and his wife, Pam, have three chil-dren: Jude, 11, Chloe, 10, and Holly, 5. His family is ofteninvolved at Trinity; his children love to scan IDs at games, andtheir biggest heroes are Trinity players.

As a teacher, Zoeller is most proud of the thanks he receives fromthe Trinity Family — e-mails from alumni, invitations to gradua-tions and people who stop to talk with him at athletic events.

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attend his college graduation, that’s special,” Zoeller said. “Hebecame very interested in literature through my class, and I findout he’s graduating from college with a degree in Russian litera-ture with honors. Reading Dostoevsky in my class is what turnedhim on to Russian.”

Zoeller also is proud of his involvement with campus ministryand the relationships he formed with students while on retreats.Coaching golf also is a source of pride.

In addition, Zoeller is proud of implementing Trinity’s HouseSystem three years ago. He learned of this method of schoolactivities while in England, where it is common in privateschools. There are 10 houses that are named after Catholic writ-ers, thinkers and saints, and the entire student body is dividedequally among the houses. House meetings are held monthly, andstudent government is included in the House System. With thehouses comprising freshmen through seniors, students encountermore fellow students and faculty members than they otherwisewould have. Zoeller has been contacted by schools from acrossthe country and from several foreign countries with inquiriesabout how the House System was implemented.

“The more avenues we can give students to express them-selves and form connections with good role models, the better,”Zoeller said.

A lover of reading and writing, Zoeller considered journalism,broadcasting and English as college majors. English, however,was always at the forefront. Stereotypically, English majors go onto law school or teach. Zoeller took the LSAT and did well. His

mother, though, reminded him of how much he liked Englishstudies and the classroom. He graduated from Eastern KentuckyUniversity with a BA degree in English and a journalism minor.

He then went on to graduate school at U of L, earning his MAT

degree. His original plan was to teach for two or three years andthen move on to something else, possibly law school. But aftertwo years of teaching he was hooked.

“I struggled my first year of teaching, which many teachersdo,” Zoeller said. “But after my second year I knew I loved it.”

Zoeller applied for teaching positions in Louisville, but nobodywas hiring. He attended job fairs. Fortunately, he received phonecalls from two school districts in Florida on the same day. He flewto West Palm Beach for an interview at Jupiter High School andwas hired. This was on a Wednesday.

“The principal asked me, ‘You can be here Friday, right?’”Zoeller said. “I said, ‘How about Monday?’ So, on thatWednesday, I found an apartment, returned to Louisville anddrove back to Florida that weekend with a U-Haul.”

After five years with Palm Beach County Public Schools andone year as a Fulbright Scholar in England, Zoeller — fortunatelyfor Trinity — returned to Louisville.

“I am very grateful to Dave Winkler,” Zoeller said. “He’s been agreat help with personal issues, the school calendar and hiring. Hewas very gracious and insightful as I made the transition to principal.”

Dan Zoeller embodies our core philosophy — the student is thefocus of all that we do. He believes in Catholic education and themission of Trinity High School.

Trinity continues to grow! The main entrance for Trinity is now

located at the Alumni Hall rotunda doorsat the corner of Shelbyville Road andSherrin Avenue.

The Academic Services Department,Principal’s Office and College Guidanceoffices have moved to new space inAlumni Hall. The former office area will be

converted into space for counselors’ offices.Please do not use the entrance off the

Steinhauser Gymnasium parking lot whereit reads “Trinity High School” above thedoor. ALL visitors to Trinity’s campusmust enter through the rotunda.

Stationed in the new entrance will be a receptionist to help direct you where youneed to go.

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r. Charlie Leis H’01, a member of the TrinityHigh School Board, was recently named thechairman of the Catholic Education Task

Force Board. Leis also served as the Trinity Foundation Board chair

at Trinity for a number years.The task force, commissioned by Archbishop Thomas

Kelly, O.P. H’01 in January 2003, serves the purpose ofbreaking down barriers between all spectrums of Catholichigh schools located in the Archdiocese of Louisville — a bound-ary that includes all of Jefferson and Oldham counties and runs asfar south as Bardstown.

“We discussed many different important issues during the ses-sions,” Leis said, “including everything from population growthand demographics to new innovative ways of marketing Catholiceducation and fund raising for all of the institutions. In otherwords, we discussed all of the issues that have a chance of beingon the horizon over the next five years.”

The task force includes representatives from all of the major

Catholic schools and others representing smaller demo-graphic portions of the Archdiocese.

“A year ago, at the urging of several of the highschools, Archbishop Kelly decided to form a task forceand asked Mr. Leis to chair it,” Trinity President Dr. RobMullen ’77 said. “We are very proud to have him repre-sent our school as the chair of the task force.”

The task force’s goal of sharing information and plan-ning to add to the vitality of each of the high schools is

just one of a string of policies that have been enacted by the arch-bishop in the last two years to add to the strength and success ofCatholic education in the archdiocese. The task force also strug-gled against the potential problem of high school students losingconnection with their grade schools and parishes. New plans are tobe implemented in the next few years to address this issue.

“I still participate with my grade school through sports likeintramural basketball,” Trinity senior Kenny Barnett said. “But Iknow plenty of people who have not had any affiliation with theirprevious schools — only the parish where they attend church.”

LEIS H’01 NAMED CHAIRMAN OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION TASK FORCEBy Coleman Coffey ’04, Editor in Chief, The ECHO

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he Ad Federation of Louisville’s annual awards ceremony,held on Friday, March 5, took on a distinctive Trinity flavor. Power Creative, the agency that handles all of

Trinity’s advertising and creative imagery work, won nine gold“Louie” awards and several silvers.

Of the nine gold awards, three were given for work done inconjunction with Trinity High School.

Said Power Creative President David Power ’89: “At PowerCreative, we work as a team on every account, so all of the staffshould be congratulated for our impressive showing at the 2004Ad Federation awards. It is wonderful to receive industry recogni-tion for solid creative work that also performs for our customers.”

Here is a description of the Trinity award-winners, along withthe creative teams behind them:

Trinity High School - GOLD “It’s Who You Can Be” DIRECT MARKETING Consumer, Single Flat Cary W. Meyer ’88, Associate Creative Director Andy Stillwagon, Copywriter Laura Hagan/Valerie Holcomb, Creative Director Craig Schneider ’85, Photographer

Trinity High School - GOLD Trinity Marketing CD INTERACTIVE MEDIA40 B Interactive Multimedia (CD/DVD) Consumer Mike Reinhardt, Multimedia Cary W. Meyer ’88, Associate Creative Director Laura Hagan/Valerie Holcomb, Creative Director Craig Schneider ’85, Photographer

Trinity High School - GOLD Trinity Marketing Materials MIXED MEDIA (Cross Platform) CAMPAIGNS Consumer, Local (Single Market) Cary W. Meyer ’88, Associate Creative Director Mike Reinhardt, Multimedia Geoffrey Noles, Multimedia Laura Hagan/Valerie Holcomb, Creative Director Craig Schneider ’85, Photographer

Trinity High School - SILVER Trinity Interactive Tour ELEMENTS OF ADVERTISING Animation or Special Effects (video, film, Internet) Geoffrey Noles, Interactive Specialist Cary W. Meyer ’88, Associate Creative Director Laura Hagan/Valerie Holcomb, Creative Director Craig Schneider ’85, Photographer

Like David, Cary Meyer ’88 and Craig Schneider ’85 are proudTrinity graduates. Congratulations to all of the wonderful, creativefolks at Power Creative for your achievements!

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he Trinity Foundation Board welcomes new membersTim Ayers and Don Jones ’73. Tim, parent of Patrick ’93and Boomer ’97, is chairman and CEO of Cornerstone

Healthcare, Inc. Don, who spoke to the school community in January at

Trinity’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day assembly, is president andCEO of Woof & Company.

There are currently 124 members on the Foundation Board,which controls Trinity’s assets. Tim Culver ’82 is executive direc-tor of the Trinity Foundation Inc.

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rinity ended the 2003-04 school year with a Mass and din-ner on Sunday, June 6. At this event each year, five awardsare given to faculty members: the Rev. Thomas Duerr

Award, Moderator of the Year, Coach of the Year, the Staff ServiceAward and the Ed Nolan Service Award.

Bob Hublar H’02 received the Rev. Thomas Duerr Award. Thisaward is presented to a Trinity faculty member by the faculty torecognize significant and outstanding contributions to the school.He/she is nominated by other faculty and voted on by the entireTrinity faculty. The award is named after Trinity’s third principal,the Rev. Thomas Duerr H’92.

Hublar also won the Sheeran Award, which is the Teacher ofthe Year Award voted on by students.

Rev. Thomas Duerr Award: Bob Hublar H’02 - TeacherCoach of the Year: Mike Szabo - Teacher, Head Basketball CoachModerator of the Year: Pep Club Co-Moderators, Mike Bratcher’97 and Jennifer Browing. Mike Bratcher - Teacher, AssistantCampus Minister, Seton House Mentor, Retreat Leader -Freshman, Sophomore, Junior & SeniorJennifer Browing - Teacher, Pep Club Co-Moderator,

Becket House Director

Staff Service Award: Mary Ann Snyder - Secretarial Assistant tothe Principal, Office Manager

Ed Nolan Service Award: Mary Ann Hall - Dean of Studies,Academic and Traditional programs

Also honored were faculty members celebrating at least 10 yearsof service to Trinity. One of the strengths of Trinity is the dedica-tion of her teachers and staff. We take pride in recognizing thosemembers of the Trinity community who are celebrating mile-stones of 10 or more years of service in support of Catholic edu-cation at Trinity High School.

Congratulations, Trinity faculty and staff, for guiding our studentsthrough another successful school year!

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Roxanna Benson - 10 yearsRoger Burkman - 10 yearsLinda Whitworth - 10 yearsDavid Winkler - 10 yearsEd Rudolph H’95 - 15 yearsJoey Porter ’78 - 20 years

Judy Peake - 25 yearsJoyce Riggs - 25 yearsGreg Sysol H’03 - 25 yearsJean Delaney - 30 yearsJoe Demling ’68 - 30 yearsJoe Thompson ’63 - 35 years

Bob Hublar H’02Jennifer Browning Mike SzaboMary Ann Hall Mary Ann SnyderMike Bratcher ’97

n February, faculty member Tom Dubay H’94 reported tomembers of Trinity’s chapter of Amnesty International that itsletter writing had paid off.

According to a report from Amnesty International, 12 of the

people for whom they have written letters this year have beenreleased from jails in Ethiopia, Macedonia, Mauritania and Nepal— further proof their letter writing is saving lives.

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rinity junior Patrick Crush was a featured writerin Louisville’s Catholic newspaper, The Record.His contribution appeared in the April 29 issue.

It is a wonderful testimonial to the value and impact of young people in today’s Church. The Record has a circulation of more than 67,000. Article reproduced withpermission of The Record.

Tradition. That word is passed around commonly today.We can all find certain traditions in our families, friendships,schools and activities. For many teenagers, these are aspects of ourlife we look to continue throughout our lives. Unfortunately, wetend to overlook one of the most important traditions — those wehave with our church. Some may wonder, “How in the world canteens possibly grasp what tradition is to our church?” Well, thething about tradition is that it doesn’t necessarily have to comefrom our predecessors. Teens, as active members in the church, area crucial part of the church’s tradition. We can find hope for thefuture to carry on the responsibilities of the Catholic community.

At this time in history, teens are not only the church’s future butalso its present, affecting the decisions our leaders make whilepreparing to take on those roles in the future. Bringing hope forthat future is our work now. We renew that hope every time wehelp out a neighbor or individually accomplish a positive goal inall areas of life.

Traditions are based on those who came before us, but in order

to be fully enriched, the next generation has got to moldthese traditions in a way that is clear to us. However, wecannot lose the important ideas that underscore the prac-tice itself. As a result, we not only strengthen that centralvalue but also define our surroundings, our church and,most importantly, ourselves. When we create our ownways to acknowledge our beliefs, we simultaneouslyforge our identity as well.

You may be wondering, “What can I do?” To shapethat mold, we must continue to respect the traditions of today. Inorder to change well-established traditions for the better, timemust be given to create awareness. For most traditions, thechange will only occur gradually, because many people (adultsand teens included) are reluctant to undertake radical change incertain instances. Nobody wants to hear that they are wrong.That’s where compromising becomes a factor. The essence of tradition falls into this. Church traditions are not “mine” or“theirs” but an evolution representing all who believe in thevalue. Finding this common ground can be the toughest part, aswe would like things “our” way. Consequently, having thepatience to pull it off is something that can be admired.

Young and old, we can all contribute to the traditions of thefuture. God tells us to be welcoming and open to everyone, and ifeveryone can have his or her input, we can guarantee that thefuture will be bright. That hope — the “tradition” — is what givesthe favorable and certain outlook for teens in the world today.

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or sophomore James Dawson, hard work and ded-ication are a must.

Dawson was recently selected to be a memberof the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, aprestigious association that gives high school students achance to witness firsthand what it is like working in themedical field.

“It gives the youth an insight into what doctors reallydo behind the scenes,” Dawson said. “Basically, youshadow a doctor in a hospital and also maybe in their office.”

Dawson, whose mom is a nurse and whose next-door neighboris a doctor, has grown up having an interest in pursuing a careerin the medical field. He enjoys many of his classes at Trinity andcarries exceptional grades in hopes that in he can major in pre-medicine in college.

The forum lasts for two weeks and has multiple sessions.

Dawson will attend the July session. He is very excitedto be included in an organization such as this.

“It’s like a medical school for high school students fortwo weeks,” he said.

Dawson is not the only person excited about the pro-gram. Sophomore Nick Hall, a friend of Dawson’s, saidDawson was a perfect candidate for the forum.

“James has always been a very determined person,”Hall said. “Not just in school but in all aspects of his life.

He never seems to quit, and when he gets a goal in his head orsomething he wants to achieve, he won’t quit until that goal hasbeen surpassed.”

In addition to being invited to participate in the forum, Dawsonalso has been invited to join the National Honor Society of HighSchool Scholars, an honor society based in Atlanta and run byClaes Nobel, grandson of Alfred Nobel.

DAWSON ’06 ATTENDS LEADERSHIP FORUM ON MEDICINEBy Coleman Coffey ’04, Editor in Chief, The ECHO

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r. Greg Sysol H’03 has retired from Trinity’sDepartment of Theatre Arts after 25 years.

When Sysol started at Trinity for the 1978-79 school year, Father Ted Sans served as the producerfor the theatre program. Sysol took over the position inthe 1985-86 school year, and in the early 1990s he addedtechnical director duties to his job description.

While at Trinity, Sysol produced 38 performances,with this spring’s production of Carousel being his last.

Sysol is stepping down from his theatre duties to put more timetoward the daily Trinity Television (TTV) broadcasts and videoproduction classes. He also teaches an English class.

As the Theatre Department’s producer, Sysol was in charge ofhiring and grading the staff, developing a budget and overseeingthe productions. As technical director, Sysol was responsible forthe concepts, building of the productions’ sets, lighting and sound.

“Mr. Sysol can’t be replaced,” junior actor C.J.Rush said. “His hard work and love for the theaterwill be missed.”

Mr. William P. Bradford II H’03, longtime artisticdirector for Trinity Theatre, praised Sysol’s work: “Hehas been responsible in providing the wherewithal for usto build some fulfilling theatre.”

Sysol said that many memorable moments took placeafter the conclusion of a production, explaining to the

company what they just contributed to the program.“I’m bittersweet that my role as producer has come to an end,”

Sysol said, “but it’s kind of a special moment in all. My favoritemoments are tied to students and the realization that at some pointyou touched another human being’s life.”

Thank you, Mr. Sysol, for 25 years of serving Trinity Theatreand her students so well.

SYSOL H’03 RETIRES FROM TRINITY THEATRE AFTER 25 YEARSBy Joel Kleyer ’05, Centerspread Editor, The ECHO

n the Jefferson County Arts Awards Competition, senior DeanAschbacher won a Silver Key for Drawing and freshmanJohn Adams won a Silver Key for Sculpture. Junior Corey

Washburn won an honorable mention for Ceramics.

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rinity junior Ryan Smith took a leave fromTrinity campus life this spring while participatingin the United States Senate’s Page Program in

Washington, D.C. From January to June, Smith lived in Webster Hall and

worked as a page for Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell(R). He was one of 30 pages selected.

Smith’s family is “very involved with politics,” hesaid. His aunt, Shannon Jones, runs Ohio Senator MikeDeWine’s and Congressman Steve Chabot’s campaigns. In addi-tion, Smith’s grandmother is the Republican Party chairperson forWhitley County, Ky.

Smith volunteered to work on Sen. McConnell’s campaign in2002. He also volunteered for the campaign of Hunter Bates, who

was running for Kentucky lieutenant governor withErnie Fletcher until he was forced to drop out for legalreasons.

While in Washington, Smith stayed busy by helpingthe Senate run smoothly day by day. He ran errands, suchas delivering papers or relaying messages for senators,using the Senate Subway. He also answered telephoneswhen needed, worked in the Senate cloakroom andhelped with the Senate’s daily roll call.

In addition to his Senate duties, Smith had the privilege of attend-ing President Bush’s State of the Union address in January. Healso met President Bush during a tour of the White House andCIA headquarters. In addition, Smith’s service to the Senateincluded a trip to New York City.

MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTONBy Alex Flood ’05, Centerspread Editor, The ECHO

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rinity parent and assistant football coach OscarBrohm was one of seven individuals honored atthe Salute to Catholic School Alumni dinner on

March 16 at the Galt House East. The annual event issponsored by the Catholic Education Foundation.

Brohm has been associated with Louisville area sportsfor more than 40 years as an athlete and a coach.

He attended St. Ann, Holy Cross and St. Denis ele-mentary schools and graduated from Flaget High School.At Flaget he played football, basketball and baseball and earnedfirst-team All-State honors as quarterback. He also served as pres-ident of the student body during his senior year.

Brohm attended the University of Louisville on a footballscholarship and graduated with a degree in accounting. He alsohas a master’s degree in education from U of L and is a certifiedpublic accountant.

Brohm began work as an auditor for Ernst & Ernstin 1970. Other career stops included The LouisvilleCourier-Journal, WHAS-TV and Metro Louisvillegovernment.

He has coached since 1970, starting with St. Denisfootball and Shively baseball and including St. Bernardand Highview sports and the Fern Creek Babe Ruth andOptimist leagues. Over the years, he has coached foot-ball, basketball, baseball and softball at the elementary,

secondary and college levels.He and his wife, Donna, coached the Spalding University

women’s softball team in 2001. Currently, he serves on the foot-ball staff at Trinity and as an assistant coach for the LouisvilleFire arena football team.

Brohm and his wife have four children – Greg ’88, Jeff ’89,Kim and Brian ’04 – and are members of St. Bernard Parish.

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he Great Balloon Race, the Mini Mara-thon, the Great Steamboat Race, theTrinity Father-Son Golf Scramble! It

must be Derby Week.What a combination of wonderful events to

take place during Louisville’s finest days of theyear. While the runners were salving their mus-cles and the balloonists were packing away, 25pairs of Trinity fathers and sons gathered atIndian Springs Golf Course for a leisurely nineholes of golf.

The play was excellent. More important thanthe final scores, however, was the opportunityfor fathers to gather with their sons and spendsome quality time together. It was a time for Trinity fathers tomeet other Trinity fathers and to become strangers no more. Itwas a time for laughter, joke telling and good-natured ribbing. Fora short period of time, it was all about fathers relying on sons andsons relying on fathers in order to figure out how to successfullycomplete the hole, make a shot or even which shot to make. It istimes like these that make me proud to be a part of something noother high school in the city can claim.

Congratulations to Matt ’06 and Don Langan for their first-place finish. Kevin ’06 and Pat Heitz finished second. The com-petition results were as follows: Tommy O’Bryan ’06, son ofCharlie O’Bryan ’71, longest drive; Michael Chancellor ’06, sonof Mike Chancellor ’75, longest putt; Larry Hollingsworth(Prentice ’07), closest to the pin; and James Chaney ’07, shortestdrive. Most of all, congratulations to all participants for making

such a successful day. I say a saddened goodbye to the seniors and

an enthusiastic hello to the freshmen. Thanks foryour support, and let’s do it again next year!!

1. Don and Matt ’06 Langan - 32 2. Pat and Kevin ’06 Heitz - 34 3. Mike and Andrew ’06 Carroll - 353. John ’78 and Sean ’05 Walsh - 354. Harry and Marty ’06 Nash - 36 4. Charlie ’71 and Tommy ’06 O’Bryan - 36 4. Alan ’71 and Ryan ’06 McGinnis - 364. Larry and Prentice ’07 Hollingsworth -36 5. Mike ’75 and Michael ’06 Chancellor - 37

5. Pat and Pat ’07 Speer - 37 6. Les and Sam ’05 Terwilleger - 386. Pat and Ryan ’04 Harris - 387. Al and Eric ’05 Futrell - 397. Edward and James ’07 Chaney - 398. Fred Krebs and Kevin ’05 Purcell - 408. Mo ’71 and Nathan ’06 Price - 408. Dominick and Nick ’07 D’Urso - 408. Tom and Thomas ’07 Colbert - 409. Dave and Drew ’06 Haycraft - 419. Jim Marshall and Blake ’07 Whelan - 4110. Ed ’73 and Russ ’05 Harpring - 4211. Terry and Branden ’06 Buller - 4312. Rich ’82 and Jake Allen ’07 - 5013. Eugene and Brian ’07 Cox - 51

FATHER-SON GOLF SCRAMBLE - A DERBY TRADITIONBy John Kahl ’69, Teacher

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t was a beautiful spring day on Monday,April 26, when nearly 50 Trinity stu-dents descended on River Road Country

Club to be mentors and golf coaches to children with special needs. The DonFightmaster Tournament for ExceptionalChildren once again asked Trinity to take onthe lion’s share of volunteer service.

Unsure what to do or how to do it, theyoung men resorted to doing what they dobest — be teenagers. For several hourseach Trinity student was assigned a childto mentor, assist or otherwise be responsi-ble for. Our students walked, talked,laughed, caddied and helped feed the young people in their care. Itwas an inspirational day for all involved and filled with joy andlaughter, wonder and amazement, bonding and friendship.

I am so proud of our guys. They were asked to blindly follow andthey did. In turn, they became the leaders. Normally quiet young

men suddenly exploded with applause andhigh fives. Usually, I am worried about thetournament; on April 26 I sat in awe ofwhat I saw. As senior Rob Curtin said,“This is something words cannot describe.”

I echo that sentiment. On the surface, I think we understand

better what Christian leadership is about.However, there is no doubt we all walkedaway with something deeper in our hearts,stronger in our souls and more definite inour minds. I don’t know what it is, but I doknow I saw and felt it on that beautifulApril morning. It was taught to me by our

students. They touched my heart, the hearts of the exceptionalchildren in their care and the parents who were present. It was aunique experience, and I’m happy to say that Trinity is the onlyschool to participate in the Don Fightmaster Tournament forExceptional Children in this magnitude.

THS STUDENTS TEACH AND LEARN AT FIGHTMASTER TOURNAMENTBy John Kahl ’69, Teacher

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or the past three years the AdvancedProgram Class of 2004 has had tochoose from a carbon-copy list of

required community service projects.While there was only one option provided

for the students’ senior year, the venture wasof an entirely different nature and has, con-sequently, been considered by some partici-pants as a more satisfying experience.

Volunteering at Green Hill Therapy, Inc.,the seniors assisted in pediatric physicaltherapy in the form of hippotherapy, whichinvokes the development of motor skillsthrough horseback riding.

“It’s more rewarding than the impersonaland semi-removed projects like the walks of yore,” said MattCovington, recalling AIDS and hunger walks.

Ben Cayot has noticed that he and his peers are more involvedin the hippotherapy service and more motivated because they are“actually getting something accomplished.”

“We don’t just show up and that’s it, like in previous years,”Cayot said.

Throughout the winter months, students fought post-school and

weekend traffic on Shelbyville Road onthe drive to Middletown, turning ontoLong Run Road, and finally pulling into asloping, gravel driveway — a fenced-inpasture to their left and a 10,000-square-foot riding arena to their right.

Students have aided in side walking(the supporting of riders on either flankof the horse), horse grooming and land-scaping tasks.

“Side walking can be a challengebecause not all of the kids cooperate,”Mike Graven said of the popular GreenHill assignment. “Of course, not all ofthe horses cooperate either.”

Arguably the most worthwhile aspect of the endeavor is thateach individual volunteered over a number of weeks.

“Green Hill has provided a sense of doing something meaning-ful on a week-to-week basis,” Covington said.

Graven said that Green Hill Therapy is a good program and heis glad to have spent his time constructively. “I never would haveknown about Green Hill if it weren’t for Trinity,” he said. “I’mglad I got involved.”

STUDENT SERVICE THAT’S A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLORBy Chris Weis ’04, Features Editor, The ECHO

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rinity senior Andrew J.Solomon has been awardeda $2,500 National Merit

Scholarship. According to theNational Merit Scholarship com-petition, he is one of some 2,500high school seniors named win-ners. Scholarship recipients werechosen from approximately 15,000finalists in the 2004 Merit Scholar-ship competition.

In addition, for the fourth straightyear all of Trinity’s National Meritsemifinalists were named finalistsby the National Merit ScholarshipCorporation. Congratulations to thefollowing seniors: Michael R. Graven, Joshua D. Hausladen,Andrew J. Solomon and Travis R. Watters.

Finalist status is achieved through principal endorsement,

strong grades throughout highschool and by an SAT score com-parable to a student’s PSATscore. About two-thirds of the15,000 students named semifinal-ists receive the honor of beingnamed a finalist.

In addition to the four finalists,seven Trinity students were com-mended by the National MeritScholarship Corporation. Theirscores were also very high butslightly below the score neededto become semifinalists or final-ists. These students are seniorsElliot H. Brown, Merv C. Huber,

Stephen M. Klump, William T. McClean, J. Daniel McGeeney,Zachary C. Olson and Michael F. Witten.

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From left: Trinity President Dr. Rob Mullen ’77, Travis R.Watters’04, Michael R. Graven’04, Joshua D. Hausladen’04,

Andrew J. Solomon’04 and Father David Zettel ’58.

ational Beta Club Moderator Donna Rice reports thatseniors Michael Hogan and Daniel McGeeney wereselected as semifinalists in the National Beta Club

scholarship program. Hogan went on to become a finalist, win-ning a $1,000 scholarship from the organization.

Each National Beta Club Chapter can nominate two of itssenior members for the sholarship. Hogan and McGeeney were

two of the top 375 candidates out of 800 entries. They were chosen based on academic excellence, leadership, character andservice to their school and community.

Hogan was one of only three students in Jefferson County, 17in Kentucky and 209 in the United States to be chosen as a final-ist in the competition.

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y signing-up for the appropriate AP exams, the followingseniors have completed the final requirements needed toreceive a Commonwealth Diploma as well as a Trinity

diploma. Congratulations to:

Philip D. AschbacherBrent T. BatchelorBenjamin T. CunninghamSean P. Gardner

Brett T. GieslerMichael E. HoganNicholas E. LaBedzJohn D. McGeeneyGordon B. NewellAndrew J. SolomonAndrew R. ThainTravis R. WattersMichael F. Witten

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n February the Varsity French ScrabbleRocks knocked outtheir opponent DeSales 594 to 562 to win first place in thecity. Our JV ScrabbleRocks turned duPont Manual crim-

son red by beating them 419 to 406 to also win first place in

the city. Congratulations to team moderator Mr. Alan Wilson and the

French ScrabbleRocks! Mr. Wilson vowed to shave his beardif the Rocks won. He fulfilled his promise.

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rinity High School continued a strong run of prestigiousRobert C. Byrd scholarship winners this year. Only 15scholarships are awarded in each of the six Kentucky dis-

tricts, with a limit of 95 for the commomwealth. The following Trinity seniors will receive $1,500 four-year,

renewable scholarships: Daniel McGeeney, Andrew Solomon andMichael Witten.

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Congratulations to the ECHO newspaper staff for winningawards in recent journalism contests!

2004 Kentucky Professional Communicators Journalism ContestElliot Brown ’04 - First Place, OpinionColeman Coffey ’04 - First Place, EditorialsCorey Hallion ’04 - First Place, Sports Photography;

Second Place, Feature PhotoRobert “Stats” Sampson ’05 - First Place, SportsChris Weis ’04 - Second Place, Features; Second Place, ReviewsShawn Kelly ’06 - Honorable Mention, CartooningMatt Phillips ’05 - Honorable Mention, SportsECHO staff - Honorable Mention, Graphics

The entries of the four first-place winners have been sent to thenational contest, where they are eligible for cash prizes.

Kentucky High School Journalism Association ContestEric Lanham ’04 - First Place tie, ColumnsRobert “Stats” Sampson ’05 - First Place, SportsElliot Brown ’04 - Third Place tie, ColumnsLeo Brown ’04 - Honorable Mention, Editorial WritingECHO - First Place, Overall DesignECHO - Second Place, Page One DesignECHO - Third Place, Two-Page Layout

Based on cumulative points, the ECHO received second place inthe General Excellence category for Class 3-A.

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he Basketball Rocks weren’t the only team to win theirregional tournament in March. Trinity’s FBLA (FutureBusiness Leaders of America) hit their own version of a

three-pointer by placing third in state competition.Placing for Trinity in the Entrepreneur competition were seniors

Brett Batchelor, Brian Smith and Andrew Thain. Senior MichaelHogan placed third in International Business. Senior Jamil Zabanehtied for first in the region but failed to place in the state competition.

“I think we did really well,” said FBLA Moderator J.P. Rich’82. “Despite not qualifying for the national competition, this was

a good learning experience outside of the classroom.”Qualifying for FBLA competition is no small feat. Those in the

Entrepreneur competition are given a test, and the top eight three-person teams compete in a case study. The teams are then sepa-rated into different rooms and are given 20 minutes to come upwith ideas. After the grueling process, they have 10 minutes topresent their proposal to a team of judges.

Students who take the International Business and MarketingExam face a 100-question multiple choice test, with their scoresranked among approximately 50 other teams.

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oach Ed Bowling declared this year’s varsity QuickRecall Team to be in a rebuilding mode. After two yearsof having a senior class nucleus, senior Zach Olson and

junior Sean Walsh led this year’s team. The balance of the teamis comprised of sophomores.

Trinity finished third in league play with a record of 6-3. Thethree matches lost were by a combined 10 points and againstsenior-dominated teams.

After league play, the Rocks competed in the eight-teamregional tournament but were defeated in the first round.

A season highlight was the team’s performance at theKentucky Derby Academic Tournament. The Rocks advancedto the Sweet 16 by going 3-0 in round-robin play. Trinitycrushed Iroquois 51-6, squeaked by Seneca 31-29 and sealed the deal with a resounding 39-18 victory over John Hardin High School.

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wo three-man teams from Trinity competed in the KentuckyEconomics Challenge contest conducted by the KentuckyCouncil on Economic Education. The contest was held on

April 15 at the Federal Reserve Bank in downtown Louisville.The two teams comprised seniors Dan Derringer, Brett

Giesler and Travis Watters on Team A, and juniors CollinCarroll, Brandon Gaddis and Chris Hobson on Team B.

In a very close contest, Team B won by one point. Each of theteam members won a $100 savings bond from the KentuckyCouncil on Economic Education and the right to go to Chicagoto represent the commonwealth of Kentucky in the MidwesternRegion of the Economics Challenge.

At the Chicago competition the team faced a tough crowd ofseasoned, intense competitors. The Stock Rocks lacked theexperience to compete with the other teams there but learned agreat deal from the experience.

“We had a nice trip,” said Dr. Tom Zehnder ’63, the StockRocks’ moderator. “We saw how other schools run things.”

Dr. Zehnder called his team “babes in the woods,” referring totheir inexperience against the competition.

“Congratulations to Dr. Tom Zehnder” former principal DavidWinkler said. “This is certainly one type of benchmark perfor-mance or assessment that allows us to assess students learning incomparison to students outside their classes and Trinity.”

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or the 48th consecutive year, the Trinity Shammy Awardswere presented at the Senior Prom. The awards are votedon by the senior class and presented to their own at mid-

night at the Prom. Nearly 90 percent of the senior class attendthe Senior Prom.

This year’s winners were: Mr. Football - Kerry Pappas; Mr.Basketball - Brad Noe; Mr. Baseball - Tyler Kuhn; Mr. Fall Sports

- Nathan Marks; Mr. Winter Sports - Ryan McIntosh; Mr. SpringSports - Brendan McKenzie; Mr. Performing Arts - Elliot Brown;Mr. Visual Arts - Britt Dodd; Mr. Scholarship - Michael Hogan;Mr. Rock Spirit - Vinnie Bergman.

The senior class officers presented a special Mr. CongenialityShammy to Tony Miles. And the most coveted Shammy, Mr.Trinity, went to Kyle Hettinger.

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ifteen Trinity juniors were selected for the 2004 Governor’sScholars Program. This number represents the largest con-tingent the school has ever sent to GSP.

Congratulations go to the following Trinity students: BrianBani, Chris Buetow, Alex Buschermohle, Colin Carroll, StephenChan, Patrick Crush, Mitch Hobbs, Parker Hobson, JohnLaFollette, Peter Ninneman, Tommy Reynolds, Andrew Scoggan,Mark Sheller, Tyler Short and Sean Walsh.

The Governor’s Scholars Program will be held this summer atCentre College, Eastern Kentucky University and BellarmineUniversity for approximately 1,000 outstanding Kentucky highschool students. Established in 1983, the program has beenhighly successful, offering a concentrated academic and personalgrowth experience for seniors who have demonstrated excep-tional intellectual potential, high academic achievement and cre-ative ability. The program moves at a swift pace and advancedlevel, as the Scholars concentrate on concepts, theory and dis-

covery. Each student selects a focus area (astronomy, fine arts,psychology, philosophy, etc.) and participates in both a generalstudies class and in a Governor’s Scholars seminar. Kentucky’sGSP is the longest running and most prestigious of all such pro-grams in the country.

“This is a real testimony to both the quality of our AdvancedProgram students and their dedication,” said Advanced ProgramDirector Frank Ward H’01, who was selected to be a GSP instruc-tor at Bellarmine. “These 15 students are representative of theirwhole class; the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. They demonstratethe strength of the whole group and I think that’s what reallymakes this important.

“To be accepted, the applicants must have a 3.5 grade pointaverage or higher. They look at your standardized test scores,the level of difficulty of your courses, your extracurricular activ-ities, your honors and the three essays you submit. Beingaccepted is not easy.”

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he Math Rocks finished second out of 28 teams in theLouisville High School Mathematics League (LHML),and five students qualified for the second round of the

American Invitational Mathematics Examination.The team, moderated by Mr. Harry Moody, competed in the

LHML in four different competitions throughout the year.Several team members finished strong in the LHML, led by

senior Patrick McGeeney’s second-place finish among seniors andall students. Bryan Henn finished seventh among all freshmen.

In the sophomore division, Kenny Minogue finished fifth andRobert Wessel placed 14th. Among juniors, Takeshi Matsui finishedfourth, Stephen Chan placed seventh and Kane Miller placed 11th.

“The Math League was a good chance to represent the mathprogram at Trinity,” McGeeney said. “I was used to doing thekinds of problems (on the exams) because of Mr. Moody’s train-ing in class.”

Another element of the Math Rocks’ competition is theAmerican Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), whichtook place March 23. The exam is the second round of nationalcompetition in which students can participate.

Trinity had five students qualify for the AIME by scoring wellon the AMC-12 exam. Those students are Chan, Henn, freshmanRobert Mauer, junior Tommy Reynolds and Wessel. It is rela-tively unusual to have two freshmen qualify for the AIME.

LED BY MCGEENEY ’04, MATH TEAM FINISHES SECOND IN LEAGUEBy Elliot Brown ’04, Reviews Editor, The ECHO

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ongratulations to freshmen Preston Bates and AustinRaderer for presenting bill proposals that were passed inthe recent Kentucky United Nations Assembly (KUNA).

KUNA Moderator Mr. Joe Thompson ’63 also reports that Bateswas one of only 24 students selected from more than 1,200 participants as an outstanding speaker at the assembly.

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his year’s Governor’s Cup team set the tone for Trinityteams of the future by finishing third in district competition.

With only one senior and an abundance of sopho-mores, the Quick Recall team, the Future Problem Solvers andthe Test Takers made a strong showing at the tournament, whichwas held at Ballard High School.

“Our Quick Recall and Future Problem Solver teams com-peted very well,” said Mr. Ed Bowling, Governor’s Cup moder-ator. “Being the youngest team, we did an outstanding job. Thetable is set for the future.”

In the Test-Taking round of the competition, seniors BrettBatchelor (Science) and Dan Derringer (Math), junior SeanWalsh (Arts/Humanities and sophomores Rob Astorino (Arts/Humanities) and Nils Herdelin (Arts/Humanities) qualified forregional play. Walsh went on to do well enough at the regionaltournament to qualify for state.

The Quick Recall Rocks finished second, failing to qualify for

regional play. Unfortunately, a mishap left the team unable tocompete at the tournament.

Team member Kevin Purcell was happy with the QuickRecall squad’s performance. “It was a two-horse race betweenTrinity and St. X,” he said. “Playing without any seniors, Ithought we did very well.”

Future Problem Solvers Moderator Missy Clay was pleasedwith her group’s effort. Trinity placed second, losing only toSacred Heart Academy.

“They did extremely well,” Clay said. “It’s extremely difficultto gather your thoughts as a group.”

In Future Problem Solvers competition students are given twohours to discover problems and solutions based on something inthe future. The scenario must be explained in writing in a docu-ment that averages 10 pages in length.

The team was comprised of seniors Josh Hausladen and WesThomas and juniors Alex Buschermohle and Tyler Kmetz.

THS PLACES THIRD IN GOVERNOR’S CUP DISTRICT COMPETITIONBy Leo Brown ’04, Sports Editor, The ECHO

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he Speech Rocks earned a berth in their regional tourna-ment this spring. The Improvisational Duo teams ofsophomores Ben Sobczyk and Josh Moore, seniors Andy

Sobczyk and Matt Orgel, and seniors John Haire and Sean

Gardner, respectively, qualified for the state competition.Andy Sobczyk and Haire qualified for state in Broadcasting,

and Gardner in Prose.

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have been familiar with Trinity High School for well over 12years now — not quite as long as most of you in this room tonight.

Although for the first eight of those years I was merely anexcited fan sitting with my dad over in thebleachers of Harry Jansing Field, I knew thatthis was the high school I wanted to attend; Ifelt like this place was where I belonged. Itseems kind of funny now looking back at hownaive an 8-year-old can be, because it wasn’tuntil I became an actual student here when Ifinally ascertained what a sense of belongingto this place really is.

Within the first month of my freshman year,I gained an early insight of how much anopportunity my parents were placing upon mypath. It was at this moment that I was firstappointed a member of the Trinity commu-nity, and all I wanted to do was run with it. I tried to get involvedin as many activities as I could, knowing that high school divi-dends paid back the more you invested. Freshman year I beganplaying basketball and found out firsthand how much hard workand dedication it takes to be a student-athlete at Trinity.

Also freshman year, I was fortunate enough to be chosen as ashadow leader by Mr. Joey Porter ’78 and Mr. Roger Burkman inthe Advancement Office. For anyone who was as excited aboutthis place as I was, it was a great job. I actually had a chance toshare days in class with many prospective eighth-graders, whoseshoes I had filled only a year before.

I’m not going to say I wasn’t nearly exhausted at the end of myfreshman year; it’s always a pretty rough transition from gradeschool to the much quicker pace of high school. Regardless, myroots were beginning to be firmly planted into this institution.

Fortunately, the graduating Class of 2004 entered this schoolduring one of her most expansionary periods. To the many

members of the Trinity community who haven’t stepped foot oncampus for some time, the immense changes must come as apleasant surprise.

In the last four years we have had the bene-fit of utilizing the R.W. Marshall Center, theFloersh Hall extension, Shamrock Hall, reno-vations to Steinhauser Gym and, finally, DuerrHall. We’ve even had a chance to experienceless tangible, yet very important aspects ofTrinity. I’m not sure how much everyone hereknows about the House System, but it’s one ofthe most innovative arrangements I’ve everseen in a school setting. Not only does it breakdown class barriers, it also gives numerousnew ways for students to get involved inschool activities. Trinity is very grateful to Mr.Dan Zoeller and his exceptional ideas.

The most accommodating aspect of this entire school is thesimplest: the classroom. Never have I been so close to faculty,staff, administrationand even alumni.There is a specialre la t ionship thatexists between stu-dents and their edu-cators here. I reallyfeel like my teachersare more than justeducators — they’rementors. And for aslong as I’ve knownthem, they will bethere to guide me inany way possible.

Even with all thenew horizons, theenrollment increaseseach year, the expan-sions of the campus, the Shakespeare and calculus lessons, thisschool has not lost touch with it’s most important aspect: Its mis-sion to foster a Catholic community of education and faith to alegion of young men. With all of the roadblocks and hazards thatstand in the way of teenagers, faith is something that can becomefrail at times. Out of everything that I feel pride in for Trinity, itseffectiveness to build a whole community of Christian faith andaction is what makes me feel closest to its core.

TRIBUTE TO TRINITYBy Coleman Coffey ’04

Coleman Coffey, president of the Class of 2004, delivered this address at a special Massfor former faculty before the Trinity Tribute 50th anniversary celebration on May 22.

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The late Father Kevin Caster H’93

(Left to right): Father Tom Boland, JoeGliessner ’63, Brother Robert Arrowsmith

and Father Ron Domhoff H’98 (back turned)

Denny Esterle H’01 (left)

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Senior Retreat is alife-altering experi-ence when you are aretreatant. But beingable to lead twosenior retreats thisyear was unexplain-able. Giving back tomy classmates inthat setting was oneof the most inspiring

things I’ve ever been involved in. I know fully now what it meansto be a Catholic, a friend and a believer.

It’s been a long journey since freshman year. I can’t believeit’s a week from being over. There are so many things I don’twant to say goodbye to, although I know it is inevitable. I

mean, think aboutit — if you sat nextto Brian Brohm ins e v e n t h - p e r i o dhumanities classwould you want itto be over?

Trinity has givenme a story and anexperience I cancall my own. Thereare 270 other sto-ries that will be coming to an end at graduation, but their legacywill stay here, and so will their spirit — living on for another50 years.

That’s what makes this place so special.

Lisetta Kenney, Mike Hamilton H’96 and Kathy Mullen

Maggie Beyer, Wayne Metcalf ’65 and Mo Woods

Linda Braun and John Esterle

Jack Guthrie ’58 Father Don Springman H’94 (left) and Father Ron Domhoff H’98

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SHAMROCK SPORTsi

Kenny Barnett (baseball) signed with Northern Kentucky University.Barnett finished the season with a 2.11 ERA in 69.67 innings pitched.Sean Duggins (baseball) signed with Transylvania University.Duggins batted .301 and hit 22 RBIs, including three homers, in40 at-bats.Tyler Kuhn (baseball) signed with the University of West Virginia.Kuhn has a batting average of .318 and amassed 42 hits and 36RBIs as a senior. Said head baseball coach Steve Tompkins ’81:“Tyler led the team in every offensive category as a junior and wasa leader for the team in his final season of high school competition.”Blake Nix (basketball) signed with Taylor University. Nix averaged9.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game as a senior and was instru-mental in leading Trinity to its first-ever trip to the Sweet 16. In twoSweet 16 games he averaged 13.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game.

Kyle Riddell (volleyball) signed with Lindenwood University.Riddell is a two-year starter for the Shamrocks. He also playsmiddle blocker for the Louisville Fury Volleyball Club. Head vol-leyball coach Pat Bowles H’01 had this to say about Riddell:“Kyle’s size and leaping ability makes him an outstandingblocker and a powerful attacker. He plays back-row defense, ararity among big middle blockers. He has shown great energy onthe court and helped to make Trinity a formidable name amongvolleyball schools and clubs.”Andrew Sobczyk (tennis) signed with Furman University.Sobczyk has a 4.0 GPA in Trinity’s Advanced Program. He wasthe 2002 and 2003 regional doubles champion and state runner-up in that category both years. He also earned a top-300 nationalranking the last two years.

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regory Moss-Brown has been named head soccer coachat Trinity. Moss-Brown replaces Walter Mata, who was154-43-1 in nine years. Mata’s team won the 1998 state

championship and finished with a No. 3 national ranking.A native of England, Moss-Brown comes to Louisville from St.

Petersburg, Fla., where he served as director of coaching educa-tion since August 2003 and head coach at Division II EckerdCollege in St. Petersburg for one year. Prior to that, Moss-Brownwas head coach at Division I power Hartwick (in upstate NewYork) — a school that has been to the NCAA Tournament 22times and won the 1977 national title.

“The more research I did on Trinity, it just made sense for meto come here,” Moss-Brown told Jody Demling of The Courier

Journal. “Everything is directed towards the environment of asmall college.

“My whole life has been soccer. I love teaching, and there isso much teaching to do at this level. It’s just a perfect fit in somany ways. ... I want to strengthen the schedule so we are apowerhouse.”

Moss-Brown came to the United States in 1982 and played fouryears at Hartwick before spending the next eight years playing inprofessional and semi-pro leagues. He was a member of theTrinidad & Tobago national team in 1988. Moss-Brown went tograduate school at the University of Louisville.

In addition to coaching, Moss-Brown will teach psychologyat Trinity.

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hat else can this kid accomplish? Trinity won its 15th football state cham-

pionship seven months ago, but All-Americaquarterback Brian Brohm continues to gain notoriety.

The National Quarterback Club has named the KentuckyMr. Football the National High School Quarterback of the Year. Brohm, a University of Louisville signee, washonored at the awards dinner on June 29 at the J.W.Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C. Football greats Eli,Peyton and Archie Manning were among the other honorees atthe dinner, along with Roger Staubach and Aaron Brooks.

Brohm finished as one of Kentucky’s s all-time bestquarterbacks and led the Shamrocks to a 39-5 record inhis career, including 15-0 in the playoffs and three con-secutive Class 4-A titles. As a senior, Brohm completed298 of 463 passes for 3,720 yards and 33 touchdowns.For his career, he completed 698 of 1,071 passes for10,579 yards and 119 TDs with just 14 interceptions. Hefinished second to Leslie County’s Tim Couch on thestate list for career yardage and touchdown passes.

Oh, yeah — He also was drafted in the 49th round of the MajorLeague Baseball draft by the Colorado Rockies.

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SZABO AND BASKETBALL ROCKS HONOREDCongratulations to Mike Szabo and his team for piling up a bunch of season-ending honors, including

being named the Team and Coach of the year by The Voice-Tribune. The team’s starting lineup was also named the “Player(s) of the Year” by The Voice-Tribune.

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eniors Brian Brohm (quarterback) and Kerry Pappas (cen-ter) were selected to play for the Kentucky All-Stars in theannual Kentucky-Tennessee All-Star game on June 18 at

the University of Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium.The Bluegrass boys rallied from being down 14-3 to win 28-

23. Kentucky has won four of the past five games but trails 14-7in the series. Brohm did not play due to the state baseball play-offs, where he played outfield for Trinity.

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BASEBALLAfter finishing as state runners-up in 2002, the hard-hitting BaseballRocks lost to Lexington Lafayette 8-7 in the semifinals of the 65thState Baseball Tournament at Lexington’s Applebee’s Park on June18. The sixth-ranked Rocks came into the game with a 33-6 record.

Lafayette hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to seal the victory.Down 6-2, Trinity tied it at 6 in the top of the sixth, but walked

a batter to start the bottom of the inning. The runner then advancedto third on an attempted pickoff at first base. The homerun broughtin the two deciding runs.

The Generals scored five runs in the first inning. Trinity ralliedin the top of the sixth when Lafayette hit two Rock batters andgave up a two-run single to senior Matt Brady. Trinity scored on adouble steal when senior Nick Tompkins scored from third tomake it 6-5 and pinch-hitter Nathan Sturtzel, advanced to second.Senior Wes Steltenphol’s RBI single to left tied it at 6. The baseswere loaded, but Trinity flied out to right to end the rally.

In the seventh, the Rocks pulled within 8-7 on senior TylerDeskins’ RBI single to right. Unfortunately, Deskins was pickedoff at first.

Trinity played without regular first baseman, senior SeanDuggins, who drove in the winning run against Seneca in theSeventh Region finals. Duggins was suffering from mononucleosis.

The Rocks scored first, making it 1-0, but the Generals went up6-1 in the second. Undaunted, Trinity cut the deficit to 6-2 in thefourth when sophomore Erich Holland tripled and scored on juniorBrad Savko’s single.

There were Rock ducks on the pond with the bases loaded in thefifth, but Holland flied out to deep left field to end the inning.

The loss was disappointing after Trinity rallied from a 3-1 deficitto tie Beechwood in the top of the seventh inning of the quarterfi-nals. Trinity won 5-4 in the ninth inning.

TENNISThe Tennis Rocks, led by first-year coach Greg Koch, sent two sin-gles players and a pair of doubles teams to the State High SchoolTennis Championships, May 27-30, at the University of Kentucky.

The team finished second to St. Xavier in the final standings.In singles play, sophomore Miguel Reyes advanced to the third

round before falling to Nolan Polley of Paul Dunbar (6-4, 6-0).Senior Andy Sobczyk advanced to the semifinals but lost to BenClos of St. Xavier (6-1, 3-6, 6-2).

The doubles rounds featured the teams of junior Steve Lavelleand freshman Michael Logan and senior Robbie Link and fresh-man Robert Stedman. Logan and Lavelle advanced to the thirdround, where they were defeated by St. Xavier (4-6, 7-5, 6-0).Link and Stedman made it to the quarterfinals but fell to duPontManual (6-3, 7-6, 10-8).

Reyes and Sobczyk were named to the All-State Team.

TRACK & FIELDThe Track & Field Rocks qualified for the state meet in twoevents with three entries: the 4x800 relay team and pole vault.The team finished in 10th place overall. North Hardin won theteam title.

The 4x800 team of junior Pat Daly, sophomore KennyMinogue and freshman Ethan Short won the regional in a time of8 minutes and 8 seconds — 15 seconds in front of second placeand setting a new school record. The team finished third at thestate meet, improving their school-record time.

Pole vaulters Brandon McKenzie (senior) and Evan Byers(junior) also qualified for the state meet by finishing first and sec-ond in the region. McKenzie added his name to Trinity’s list oftrack state champions with a vault of 14 feet, 6 inches. It wasTrinity’s first state championship in track since 2002.

Trinity also had big performances from the distance and fieldteams. Daly was the best finisher for the Rocks for the day by fin-ishing fourth in the 1600 with a time of 4:24.

Junior Shane Logsdon also had a terrific race in the 3200,allowing race leaders to burn up the pack by running the first milein 4:40. Logsdon finished 15th with a time of 10:29, which wasone second off his personal best.

Sophomore John Parker gained valuable experience in the dis-cus, throwing 118 feet.

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BOWLINGThe Rock Rollers continued their success this year. The A Teamfinished second in their conference, earning a State Tournamentberth. The B Team finished third in their respective conferenceand did not qualify for state.

At the state tournament, the A Team fin-ished in third place, losing 225-202 in thesemifinal match. The team was led by seniorDaniel Farish and junior Jesse Massie.

Of note this season, Farish rolled his thirdperfect 300 game of his career.

CREW — STATE CHAMPS!In their first season of competition, theRowing Rocks captured the Kentucky HighSchool Championships in both the eight-manand the four-man events. The regatta was heldApril 24 in Louisville on the Ohio River.

In May the team traveled to Cincinnati for the Midwest JuniorCham-pionship. Thirty-one teams from across the country com-peted. Forty-six boats were entered in the regatta.

Trinity’s eight- and four-man boats advanced to the finals. TheRocks’ eight-man boat finished in second place, and the twofour-man boats finished in second and third. The team finishedsixth overall.

“Finishing so high is excellent for a novice team, especially onein their first season,” Crew Moderator Carole Baker said. “I’mreally proud of these guys and glad to see them doing so well.”

The Rowing Rocks were also complimented by officials.Several Trinity parents received praise for how well our youngmen acted and their politeness. Some of the time officials stoppedour parents and complimented them on how well our men actedand how polite they were.

Bob Hurley ’73 is the team’s head coach. He is a member ofthe Louisville Rowing Club and has been rowing for nine years.Trinity practices on the Ohio River using the rowing club’sequipment.

Trinity is one of six Louisville schools now offering crew.Assumption, Ballard, Collegiate, du Pont Manual and SacredHeart are the others. Crew is a club sport andtherefore not part of the Kentucky HighSchool Athletic Association. Trinity partici-pants pay for an eight-hour training sessionand travel expenses. Team members are alsoexpected to do fund raising.

CYCLING ROCKS — STATE RUNNERS-UPCongratulations to the Trinity cycling teamfor their second-place showing at the 2004Kentucky Mountain Bike State Champion-ships in Bowling Green on March 27.

For the second year, the Bowling GreenHigh School Cycling Club has sponsored the

Kentucky State Championships on their home course.Missing seniors due to spring break, the Rocks raced with

only three cyclists: freshman James Brown (sixth place), juniorMatt Folz (seventh place) and sophomore Simmons Faulk (12th

place). This was a remarkable achievement,considering the team’s sparse representation.

Last year’s winner, Heath High School fromPaducah, repeated with the overall team winby utilizing a large contingent of racers.

In other cycling news, Trinity seniorJason Wagner took third place in the ClarkState Forest Circuit Race in February. Witha field of more than 40 racers, Jason brokeaway with some very strong and experi-enced cyclists.

The Cycling Team was moderated byMessrs. Alan Arnett and Steve Eastman.

Lacrosse — STATE CHAMPS!The Trinity Lacrosse Rocks won the 2004 State Championshipby defeating St. Xavier 9-5 at Kentucky Country Day Field.Coach Pete Schroeder’s Rocks beat 10 other teams to claimtheir first state championship in the three years the league hasexisted.

Goal scorers were seniors Parker Sims (3), Ryan Smith (2)and Andrew Solomon (1); junior Collin Fackler (1); andsophomore Chris Sims (2). Sophomore Blake Herner got thewin in goal as he stopped 10 of 15 shots. Senior Eric Heick wasthe MVP of the tournament.

The Rocks finished the year with a 21-2 record, including 13-0against Kentucky teams, falling only to top-ranked teams inIndiana and Tennessee. Things look bright for the future, as theJV squad finished their season with a 9-2 record as the Fifth ThirdBank Lacrosse Invitational Tournament champions.Several Lacrosse Rocks were awarded the following honors: ■ First Team All-State - Michael Anderson, Drew Assapimonwait,Collin Fackler, Eric Heick, Parker Sims and Michael Swindell ■ Honorable Mention All-State - Chris Sims ■ Two Rocks were awarded to national honors:

U.S. Lacrosse All-American - MichaelAnderson

U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-American -Andrew Solomon

In addition to being a two-time All-American, senior Michael Anderson waschosen to play for the West squad in the2004 National Senior Showcase, June 25-27, in St. Louis. He’s one of 96 playersnationwide to be chosen and was the firstplayer ever from Kentucky to participate inthis game.

Congratulations to all the lacrosse playersand coach Pete Schroeder and his assistantsfor a very successful year.

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POWERLIFTING —THREE-PEAT State Champs, WORLD RECORDS!This winter, competing against 34 teams and 485 lifters, Trinitypowerlifters won the Class 4-A and overall team state champi-onship titles for the third consecutive year.

Scoring 103 points, the Rocks had three individual winners aswell. Senior Stuart Dierson won the 195-pound class. SeniorBrian Thompson won his 220-pound class, setting a new staterecord in the process. He dead-lifted 635 pounds and benched 355pounds for a total of 990 pounds.

Junior Kyle Riggs won the 235-pound class. Sophomore NickLaBarbara tied the record in the 135-pound class for the flatbench, benching 275 pounds.

On April 6-7 your powerlifters entered the 2004 NationalPowerlifting Championships in Oklahoma City. Competing withmore than 600 lifters from 19 states, the Rocks finished second inthe nation! Trinity finished with 76 points; a team from Louisianawon with 85 points.

Trinity had two national champions: sophomore DonaldBarnett in the 181-pound class and senior Brian Thompson in the220-pound class. Barnett set a teenage world record in the dead-lift, hoisting 556 pounds. Thompson set a teenage world recordwith a deadlift of 628 pounds. Second-place finishers includedfreshman Brad Clark, Labarbara, senior Kyle Hettinger andsophomore Jeff Krawiec. Freshman Larry Taugher finished fourthin his division.

All of these were truly remarkable achievements for a teamcompeting in its first-ever national championship competition.

VolleyballThe 2004 volleyball season was one of change, growth andsome adversity. In early 2004 it became apparent that other localhigh schools would drop their boys’ program. Not to be dis-couraged, Trinity forged a traveling schedule which proved tobe more competitive than the prior local high school league.

The Rocks finished their season with a 15-4 record. Seasonhighlights include first-place finishes in the IndianapolisCathedral High School Tournament and the Center Grove HighSchool Tournament; a second-place finish in the CathedralHigh School Classic Tournament; and a fourth-place finish inthe Ohio Centreville High School Tournament. The KentuckyState Championship Tournament was not held this year. The JVsquad finished with a 13-1 record, and the freshman team hada 4-5 record.

The team also posted two successive dual-match victories over

crosstown rival St. Xavier. The significant victories includedwins over Cincinnati LaSalle, Cincinnati Elder, Lafayette-Jefferson, Hebron, Wapahani, Indianapolis Cathedral and St.Xavier.

Another highlight was the eruption from Cathedral fans whenthe defending Indiana state champs Irish squeaked past the Rocksin a three-game thriller, a sign of respect to our program. In thelast tournament at Center Grove, the opposing coach was heardsaying to her team that Trinity was the best high school team inAmerica. Although debatable, it was yet another sign of respectfor our program.

Senior middle blocker Kyle Riddell showed total dominanceearly in the season. Unfortunately, he broke a finger and wasunable to play the remainder of the season. However, that did notstop him from signing an athletic scholarship with LindenwoodUniversity.

Junior Todd Chamberlain transitioned from an outside hitter tomiddle blocker this year and proved to be an outstanding player.Todd was named to the USA’s 2004 Youth National TrainingTeam, an achievement no other male player from Kentucky hasever accomplished.

The SpikeRocks are coached by Pat Bowles H’01, head coach;Dan Kessler, JV coach; Eric Brian, freshman coach; and PatEckert, assistant coach.

CHAMBERLAIN ’05 NAMED TO JUNIORNATIONAL TEAM

Tens of thousands of boys play volleyballcompetitively across the U.S. Of these,about 400 of the top players in the nationattend a tryout during which only 18 areselected for the USA Junior National Team.Trinity junior Todd Chamberlain is amongthem. This is extremely gratifying testimonyto Trinity, to Louisville and to Todd’s clubteam, MAVA.

The squad will attempt to win theNORCECA (the Volleyball Zone for the USA) Gold Medal in2004 and qualify for World Championships in 2005 for the firsttime. The qualifying players will meet at the Olympic TrainingCenter in Lake Placid, N.Y., on July 10. After a two-week trainingsession, the group will be trimmed down to a final travel squad of12 athletes, with the other six returning home. The final squad willthen travel to the Dominican Republic on approximately July 24to compete in the NORCECA Zonal Championships.

Club Sports Connection (continued)

Members of the Classes of 2000-04 are invited toattend the Fourth Annual Cookout for

Young Alumni the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 24 at Trinity’s Alumni Hall.

Mark your calendar now, and be on the lookout for a postcard.

Cookout forYoung Alumni

Todd Chamberlain ’05

For your convenience, we are now accepting MAIL ORDERS for the 2004 Trinity-St. Xavier game on Friday, Sept. 24, at Papa John’sCardinal Stadium. All Trinity-St. X ticket orders will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis and will be mailed when they becomeavailable.

We also are accepting MAIL ORDERS for RESERVED SEAT PACKAGES for Trinity’s five 2004 HOME FOOTBALL GAMES:Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville), August 21, 7 p.m.; Chaminade Julienne (Dayton), Sept. 10, 7:30 p.m.; Seneca, Sept. 17, 7:30p.m.; Shelby County, Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.; and Fern Creek, Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE:■ Mail orders for Trinity-St. X must be received by Sept. 3 in order for us to process the tickets and mail them to you.■ Mail orders for Home Reserved Seat Packages must be received by August 2.■ Trinity-St. X over-the-counter sales will begin Monday, Sept. 20 at 8 a.m. at the Athletic Office. NO SUNDAY SALES!■ Orders for 20 or more tickets must be picked up at the Athletic Office.■ Please call the Trinity Athletic Office at (502) 895-6765 if you have any questions.

MAIL ORDERS FOR TRINITY-ST. X RESERVED SEAT PACKAGES MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY SEPARATE CHECKS!

Please use this order form when ordering your tickets:

Trinity vs. St. Xavier Tickets (See stadium diagram)Sections: 204-209 _______Upper Stadium Reserved @$10.00 =_______Sections: 104-109 _______Lower Stadium Reserved @$10.00 =_______

_______General Admission @ $7.00 =_______

Parking Pre-Sale: _______ Parking Permit (Red Lot) @$10.00= ______________ RV Parking Permit @$25.00= _______

TOTAL TRINITY-ST. X =_______

+ Postage & Handling $1.00

TOTAL _______

TWO SEPARATE CHECKS PLEASE!Reserved Seat Packages for Home Games@ $25.00 (Includes five home games) TOTAL PACKAGES _______

Name_______________________ Address ________________________________________

City________________________ State________________________ ZIP_______________

Phone_______________________

Please return to: Trinity High SchoolAthletic Department4011 Shelbyville RoadLouisville, KY 40207

OFFICIAL ORDER FORM FOR THE 2004 TRINITY-ST. XAVIER GAME&

2004 RESERVED HOME SEASON TICKETS

Parking tags will be pre-sold for all parking in theRED stadium lots. There are approximately 1,700spaces in this lot. They will be divided equallybetween Trinity and St. Xavier. Additional parkingwill be available in the GREEN lot and several U of L campus lots on a first-come-first-servedbasis. Attendees may also park at the Fairgroundsand walk to the stadium from Lot H on the CentralAvenue extension. The 0.5-mile distance is actuallycloser than some campus lots. Additional informa-tion on traffic flow will be available in the weeksprior to the game.

All Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium seats are num-bered from left to right, beginning with seat 1/101and 200 Level sections. All 100-Level sectionsbegin with Row A and end with Row V. Rows H, Iand O have been omitted from the sections. Most200 Level sections begin with Row G and end withRow XX. Rows H, I, O, HH, II and OO have beenomitted from the sections. Rows HA, HB, HC, HD,HE and HF indicate handicapped seating in all 200-level sections. The elevator on the west side of thestadium must be used to access seats in the ClubLevel (300) and Private Suite areas (400 and 500Level). Elevator service is not available for 100-and 200-Level sections.

Head Basketball Coach Mike Szabo and the Sweet 16-bound Shamrocks.

Auctioneer Harold Holmes

Steve Crump ’75

Lois H’03 and Ray H’03 Woockand David Winkler.

Steve Fackler ’73 and Tim Freibert ’71 cheer on the auction.

Greg ’77 Scinta, Jina Scintaand her husband, Scott ’77 Scinta.

Non-Profit Org.U.S. Postage

PAIDLouisville, KYPermit No. 893

Trinity High School4011 Shelbyville RoadLouisville, KY 40207

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

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July26 School Board meeting

August7 Alumni-Varsity Soccer Match

12 30th Annual Alumni-Varsity Cross Country Run20-21 Class of ’89 Reunion21-22 Class of ’84 Reunion27 Rockin’ Freshman Orientation

September6 Labor Day7 Alumni Board of Directors meeting

17-18 Class of ’59, ’54, ’74 and ’94 Reunions19 Shamrock Awards Dinner (Galt House)20 Shillelagh Cup (Trinity Alumni Association vs.

St. Xavier Alumni Association,Nevel Meade Golf Course)

22 1953 Society Dinner24 Trinity vs. St. Xavier football game24-25 Class of ’69 Reunion

Calendar of Events

2004 Trinity VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULEDATE OPPONENT SITE TIMEAugust 21 Nashville Montgomery Bell Academy Trinity 7:00 p.m.August 28 OPENSeptember 3 Manual Manual 7:30 p.m.September 10 Dayton Chaminade-Julienne Trinity 7:30 p.m.September 17 Seneca Trinity 7:30 p.m.September 24 St. Xavier Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium 8:00 p.m.October 1 Eastern Eastern 7:30 p.m.October 8 Shelby County Trinity 7:30 p.m.October 15 Southern Southern 7:30 p.m.October 22 Fern Creek Trinity 7:30 p.m.October 29 Ballard Ballard 7:30 p.m.November 5 District PlayoffNovember 12 District ChampionshipNovember 19 Regional ChampionshipNovember 26 State Semi-FinalsDecember 4 4-A State Championship

Head Varsity Coach: Mr. Bob Beatty H’03