Fordham Prep - Ramview Winter 2024 Vol 44, Issue 1 | Page 38

2007 , 2008 & 2011

College Counselor Kenneth Tejeda ’ 07 , Young Alumni Board Adjunct Calvin McCoy ’ 08 , and Ernest Esparza ’ 11 chaperoned a George Jackson Initiative field trip to Rutgers University and Seton Hall University .

2007 & 2017

David Ryan ’ 07 and Nick Lamari ’ 17 recently playermanaged in the shadow of the National Baseball Hall of Fame against each other for the second straight season at Cooperstown ’ s historic Doubleday Field for a regular season matchup in the Hudson Valley NABA Westchester Division . Though Lamari ’ s Westchester Yankees won the home-field advantage in their Men for Others coin flip , Ryan ’ s Sound Shore Pirates prevailed in a 12 – 5 win . Ryan currently works in Human Resources at Columbia University , while Lamari is entering his 3L year at Elisabeth Haub Law School at Pace University . They ’ ll face off again later this summer at Clover Stadium , the home of the Rockland Boulders .

2008

Daniel Altenau ’ 08 and his wife Elizabeth welcomed their daughter , Penny Jeanne Altenau , into the world on August 16 , 2023 .
Kevin Javier ’ 08 welcomed his third child , Kaden , on November 10 , 2023 .

2008 & 2010

Gregory Accarino ’ 08 and John Accarino ’ 10 ran the New York City Marathon together on November 5 , 2023 .

2009

Ryan Fedak ’ 09 and his wife , Briana , welcomed the birth of their son , Luke Robert Fedak , on September 7th , 2023 !

2012

Ciarán McGoldrick ’ 12 , won Food Network ’ s CHOPPED on their 12 / 26 episode , “ Uni-Versed .”

2014

Peter Carty ’ 14 ran the New York City Marathon on November 5 , 2023 .

2015

Cameron Young ’ 15 shares his love of golf and Fordham Prep with his son , Henry !
Danny Neeson ’ 15 ran the New York City Marathon in November 5 , 2023 .

2018

Christian Gjelaj ’ 18 comes from a family of Albanian immigrants and was appointed to the Yonkers zoning board by Mayor Mike Spano . He ’ s now part of the volunteer board and will add his ideas and expertise to help continue the mission of making the city of Yonkers thrive .
Mayor Mike Spano swearing in Christian Gjelaj ’ 18 .

2020

Aidan Curry ’ 20 was named 2023 Pitcher of the year in the Carolina League .
Colin Coogan ’ 20 plays on the Catholic University of America ’ s Golf team . Recently the team finished second at the Cardinal Fall Classic , led by Colin who finished just a shot back of the individual championship score of 140 .
Claudio Galea ’ 20 was named to the Dean ’ s List at Tufts University . He is currently studying biology and community health at Tufts . Throughout college , he volunteered in clinics and interned as a research assistant . He is set to graduate in 2024 .

2023

Augustine Daudu ’ 23 ( Ithaca ’ 27 ) worked with students from Columbia University during the summer of 2023 on Maggie with a scene filmed in the office of Librarian and Media Specialist Eleanor Friedman P ’ 26 in the Prep ’ s McNamara Library !
36
FORDHAM PREP RAMVIEW