After a 27 year career with Merck & Co. pharmaceuticals, Jeff Linehan, Class of ’73’, retired in August 2014. In October 2014, he joined the BCHS Lady Trojans coaching staff as an assistant coach for the Freshmen Girls Basketball team. Jeff also enjoys writing and is the author of the Freshmen Girls Basketball recaps that are posted on the BCHS website.

Congratulations to Emily Schafer, Class of 2010, who in April 2014 received the Saint Paul’s Outreach Student Missionary of the Year Award. Saint Paul’s Outreach is a national organization that promotes helping to bring authentic Catholic Faith alive on college campuses through the New Evangelization and in a particular way through relational evangelization. Emily served as a student Missionary for 3 years of college. She has just graduated with a Bachelor of Science of Education degree in Elementary Childhood Education and a Minor in Theology from Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, Ohio on 12/13/14.

Our very own BCHS 2014 graduate Michael Annee is off to Daytona Beach as a member of the Marian University football team for the NAIA FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. The game will be played on Dec. 19, at 3pm EST.

On her first drive of the day at the Dayton Fall Invitational, the University of Evansville’s Cathy Doyle (BCHS Class of 2011) got a Hole-in-One. This was her 3rd hole-in-one but the first during tournament play. Cathy finished the tournament 13th out of 93 players as the ACES placed 6th out of 16 teams.

As BCHS athletes look forward to spring boys lacrosse season, they have alumni nearby to guide and teach them! Under a new head coach Tim O-Shea, alumni Bob Graham, ’09, and Hank McDonough, ’09, are assistant coaches for the team next spring. Recently, the team participated in their first annual fall service event, a boys lacrosse tourney for grade school students, conducted at BCHS. The admission for the event was a toy, donated to the Toys for Tots program!

Congratulations to Rachel Ward, BCHS Class of 2011, who was recently chosen for the Irish National Lacrosse Team. She will be playing in the European Championships in August, 2015 in Prague.

Abby Specht, Class of 2009, presents the goodie bag to Robert Downey Jr, thanking him for his appearance at the Heartland Film Festival, Oct. 2014. Downey attended a QandA about his new film, ‘The Judge’. Abby works for the festival. Our own BCHS Film Club has a film shown in the festival, high school category. ‘It Sticks’ will be shown on Oct 17, 19, 21, and 24.

Who’s behind the ‘Woodwork by Nicholas’ tag on items displayed in the Niche Boutique in Broad Ripple? None other that BCHS graduate, Nick Schellinger. Look at the items he has made, on his facebook page! Amazing, Nick!

Exciting news for this Class of 2013 BCHS graduate! Thomas is a current Purdue student, studying broadcast, and has had an opportunity to participate in some exciting internships in the television broadcasting world, such as an internship with the Purdue Athletic Communications Department and a Colts PR internship! Pictured here, he is listed as a broadcaster at the Big Ten Network!