Alumnae Updates
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2000
Emily Baker Hurley ’00 proudly announces the birth of her
beautiful baby girl Grace. She was born on April 4, 2016. Emily
says “Grace lights up the whole world with her smile! She looks
forward to being a Troubie, Class of 2034.” 8
2001
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2007
Kate Mills ’07 finished eighth in the 400 IM (4:46.58) at
the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska on
June 16. Mills swam at Harvard and is a 2011 graduate with
a degree in Art History and Spanish. She is the school record
holder in the 200 Butterfly and ranks in the top five in the 200
IM and 400 IM.
On May 1, 2016, Sotiria Zografos Magby ’01 was surrounded
by friends and family as she married the love of her life Ryan
Magby. Sotiria said,“The setting couldn’t be any more beautiful. Former Troubie Volleyball player Dana Knudsen ’08 stopped
The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco was such an amazing by campus and visited with the St. Francis volleyball coaches.
She is currently working for Optimize Social Media after playplace, I felt like it was a fairy tale!” 9
ing professionally overseas. Dana with Volleyball coaches Bill
Hanrahan, Taryn Wright ’06, and Alynn Wright. 12
In May, Hayley Higgins Figeroid ’05 received a promotion to
the Examination Development Unit at the Contractors State
License Board, where she oversees the development, statistical Hannah Naves Cooper ’09 was recently married to Andrew
performance, and occupational analysis for a quarter of the 46 James Ramos Cooper on May 22, 2016. Hannah said her fondcontractor trade licensing exams for the State of California. In est memory from St. Francis was when she participated in choir,
July, she and her husband (Stu, Jesuit ’04) bought their “forever AP US History and Kairos. These classes and activities helped
home” near their parish, Our Lady of the Assumption, and shape who she is today. 13
moved in just after their fifth wedding anniversary.
2008
2005
2009
Anneliese Guess Humpert ’05 moved from Washington DC,
to North Lake Tahoe. This summer she and her husband,
Malte are converting a van into a camper van, which they will
use to see the US.
Mollie Van Parys ’05 volunteered last fall for two months on
board the Africa Mercy in Madagascar. Mercy Ships provides free,
life changing surgical procedures in areas where medical services
are not accessible. Mollie will be returning to the ship March 2017.
Some classmates from the Class of 2005, also known as The
Pink Panthers, united at the wedding of Jen Seatris in June
2016. Sarah Simmons, Hilary Riehl Sherman, Taryn Kilmer,
Kristen Jorgenson, Katie Sarro. 10
2010
Upon graduation from the United States Naval Academy in
2014, Alexandra Chan ’10 was commissioned as an Ensign and
assigned to the guided missile destroyer, USS O’Kane (DDG
77) out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. After initial Division Officer
training she was privileged to experience part of the O’Kane’s
2014 deployment to the Persian Gulf. She currently serves as
the Strike Warfare officer, supervising the sailors who maintain
and launch the Tomahawk missiles on the ship. Alexandra is
also a member of the ship’s Visit, Board, Search and Seizure
team, the group of individuals who board suspect vessels out at
sea. She will be staying in Hawaii for the next couple of years
and her next tour will be on the USS Hopper (DDG 70), as
the Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer. 14
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2006
Kelley Cohen Brown ’06 returned home to Sacramento after
three years in Washington, D.C. as her husband completed law
school. She recently graduated with an M.A. in education from
St. Mary’s College of California and will continue her career
in teaching. 2016 marks her 10 year anniversary of graduating
from St. Francis Catholic High School as well as the 10 year
anniversary of being cancer free. She thanks the SFHS community for their prayers and support during that time, and is
happy to report a clean bill of health. 11
The Class of 2006 gathered for
their 10th reunion on July 30th
at Yolo Brewing Company in
West Sacramento.
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