This story was originally published in January 2015 In many ways Wendell Champion ‘15 exemplifies the totality of the four-year St. Thomas experience. He achieved success through diverse academic disciplines including the arts, and on the athletic fields he was a significant factor in helping the Eagles reestablish football relevance and capture the 2014 [...]
Growing up in Houston, Cameron Blackwood ‘12 had long been indoctrinated in the treasured lore of Midnight Yell and the legend of the 12th Man. But he needed only a few weeks as a freshman on the Texas A&M campus to begin carving out his own Aggie identity. In the frantic fall of 2012 when [...]
Ross McLauchlan ‘07 preaches a personal credo, casual in nature yet proving profoundly powerful. “The quickest way in the world to make friends is to have a soccer ball and a bottle of wine,” he says. “There’s nothing better to bring people together, to break down cultural or language barriers.” And whether karma or cosmic [...]
This story was originally published in May 2016. Steve Tyrell ‘63 was headed back to Houston ... but first came an evening performance in Baltimore ... then a quick turnaround to New York before he finally touched down for the cozy comfort of his hometown ... for only a matter of hours. The re-route return [...]
A father of 10 children, ages preschool to postgraduate, is rarely in search of fresh challenges when there is precious personal and professional downtime in the dusk-to-dawn demands of the day-to-day world. John Rocha ‘89 is proving himself the exception by any variety of definitions and an elite manager beyond compare. In August he was [...]
This story was originally published March 2014. A recent 91st birthday wasn’t near enough reason for Jackie Burke `40 to break from his deeply rooted morning routine. He would be found in the hollows of what he believes is his grandest golfing accomplishment, the walls of his wood-paneled owner’s office lined with framed photographs, the [...]
This story was originally published in November 2014. For nearly two months his identity was a mystery but never his unquestioned commitment to ensure the all-encompassing future excellence of his alma mater. And now there is a face and a name to the driving force behind the No Substitute For Victory Challenge, thrusting the most [...]
This story was originally published in November 2015 Physics instructor Mike Lynch ‘94 has adopted a credo which guides him through the demands of life’s process, an internal compass directing his day-to-day. Meeting the challenge. Simple in design, decidedly more difficult in application. Meeting the challenge ... the mantra to which Lynch prescribes and [...]
Clark Sample ‘01 appeared to have his life heading forward all according to a conventional plan. A degree in Government from the University of Texas. Four years into a thriving oil and gas career in Fort Worth. A steady girlfriend with discussions of marriage. But by 2009 the Sample plan was gradually then permanently and [...]
Brandon Caraway ‘96 is never in search for a reason to rekindle his deep appreciation for an Eagle experience which impacts his life two decades removed from his St. Thomas graduation. The youngest-ever inductee and among the most recent to the STH Sports Hall of Fame embraced long ago a steep understanding of the opportunities [...]
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