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Reunions

Alicic Wedding

Elvir Alicic, was married to Samira on September 2, 2007. Several of their Beaver friends celebrated with the happy couple. Left to right: Chris Allen SL'02, Faye (Delaney) Allen SL'03, Audrey (Pearson) Bell SL'02, Greg Bell SL' 01, Samira Alicic, Elvir Alicic SL '01, Scott Coppock SL'01, Matt Smith SL' 03, Nick Fox SL'04, and Phillip Keys

1957 Baseball Team Reunion

Front Row, Left to Right: Ron Mau, Jim Nielsen, Lanny Grifsby, Dale Tryon, Wes Hunziker, Russ Eddie, Don Baker and Ken Evans; Second Row, Manager Larry Olson, Craig Townsend, Darrell DeGroote, Elmer Prescott, Coach Jay Beekmann, Wayne Paige, Jerry Ibach, Marlin Gustin and Ken Finnegan. This is a photo of the 1957 team that finished in the top 4 (Nation wide).

Women's Soccer Scrimmage

BVU alumni women's soccer players returned to campus on Sat. Aug. 25 for a scrimmage with the current women's team. Shown here, the current team in yellow and alumni in grey.

Men's Soccer Scrimmage

BVU alumni men's soccer players also scrimmaged the current men's team on Aug. 25. The current men's team is in yellow, the alumni in grey. Go Beavers!

Stevens and Marsh Marriage

BV friends celebrated together at the wedding reception for Heidi Stevens SL’07 and Craig Marsh, married on June 23, 2007 in Menominee, Nebr.

From left are: Emily Carlson SL’07, Stephanie Johnson SL’06, Sara Bieker, Katie Sime, Tracy Hartwig SL’07, Chelsea Anderson, Heidi (Stevens) Marsh SL’07, Jess Litel, Lindsey Meyer SL’07, Kim Groat SL’07, Abby Elliott SL’07, Jean Shelton SL’07

Victoria House Reunion

These alumni who lived in “Victoria House” while attending BVU gathered for a reunion in Des Moines on April 29. Joan (Geier) Goeser SL’84 reports “We meet every couple years and always have about 12 or so attend. We pick up right where we left off with each other in the mid 80’s. Nothing beats ‘college friends.’’

From left are: Jo (Denney) Voga SL’83, Jill (Petsel) Schoer SL’85, Jacque Daggs SL’84, Patty (Willenborg) Axman SL’83, Darla (Getner) Pyle SL’82, Jean Mauss (attended,did not graduate from BV), Joan (Geier) Goeser SL’84, Kerry (Weddle) Hastings SL’87, Julie (Lauck) Coppock SL’85, Cilla (Tollefson) Robinson SL’85, Ronda (Romens) Miller SL’87, Libby Kestel SL’85 and Denice (Copple) Graves SL’84. Also attending, but not in the photo were Susan Mingus SL’85 and Rose (Kern) Wilson SL’87.

Class of 1996 Reunion

Members of the Class of 1996 gathered at the Boathouse in Storm Lake to celebrate ten years since graduation.

Back Row, L to R: Sarah (Seaton) Nowak, Chad Cardani, Cara Germain, Ronda (Kuehnast) Bacon, Mike Nagel and Jessica Nagel. Middle Row, L to R: Nate Niceswanger, Amy (Schultes) Jones, Sarah (Brown) Koth, Melissa (Olson) Smith and Michelle Noe Front: Kara (Brooks) Harder.

Theatre Reunion

Theatre alumni gathered during Homecoming 2006 to celebrate Dr. Michael Whitlatch's 30 years at BVU and to pay tribute to "Doc."


Bird House Reunion

Alumni who lived in Bird House in the 1980s gathered at Homecoming 2006.

L to R: Jon Erickson SL'88, Bruce Groen SL'87, Mark Janssen SL'88, Keith Miller SL'87, George Wakeman SL'87, Dan Hemphill SL'88, Denise Ulven SL'87 and Brett Ulven SL'88.

Wedding Reunion in Cherokee

BVU alumni were reunited at the wedding of Rachel (Corzilius) Ruskamp SL’03 and Chris Ruskamp on August 5 at Immaculate Conception Church in Cherokee, Iowa.

Included in the photo are: Ryan Rohwer SL’03, in foreground, and, standing from left, Amber (Menke) Thorson SL’03, Tiane (Bonnes) Hennings SL’03, Sara Salton SL’03, Rachel (Corzilius) Ruskamp SL’03, and Heidi (Erpelding) Erpelding-Welch SL’03.

Alumni Reunite for Wedding in Manning

Some recent alumni and future alumni attended the wedding of Amy (Stoberl) Halder SL’06 and Chad Halder SL’05 on Aug. 12 at Manning, Iowa.

From left in front are Michelle Brock SL’06, Phil Grant and Michael Jacobsen SL’06; from left in the second row are Kacie Kabela, Amanda Christie, Kelly Keenan, and Brooke Ausdemore; from left in the back row are Chris Lewis SL’05, Rick Nourse SL’06, and Nick Buelt.

Soccer Srimmage

Alumni who played for the BVU Men's Soccer team returned to play members of the current team on August 26, 2006.

 
Front Row (Lt. to Rt.): Jayke Vallette, Geoff Wrenn, Cody Cook, TJ Bryan, Elvir Alicic SL’01, Brett Johnson, Justin Griffith, Mike McCool SL’04, Graham Guenther, Josh Laffen.
Middle Row: Brian Pregler, Tim Schieber, Former Assistant Coach Leon Thengthongsy, Ben Dilocker SL’06, Nick Fox SL’04, Greg Bell SL’01, Gary Backous SL’02, Dustin Bonnett, Christopher Pruismann, Cody Johnson, Jason Fernandez.
Back Row: Assistant Coach Hunter Balmer, Frank Echtenkamp SL’06, Nesha Francic, Dominik Harris, Jesse Smith, Taylor Jones, Eric Saxton, Mark Maguire, Daniel Padilla SL’06, Chris Bayer SL’05, Alex Clark, Cody Nicely-Green, Braden Studelska, Jon-Michael Sestito, Anadin Tokmic, Head Soccer Coach Matt Klosterman.
 
Jesse Smith v. TJ Bryan
 
Elvir Alicic SL’01 v. Geoff Wrenn

Soccer Pals

A team that included several BVU alumni won the Iowa Games soccer tournament held the weekend of July 21-23, 2006..

Front row (left to right): Dustin Bonnett (BVU senior), Elvir Alicic SL’01, Greg Bell SL’01, Seth Okampa Jr. SL’05. Back row (left to right): Chris Bayer SL’05, Nick Fox SL’04, Leon Thengthongsy (former assistant coach), Chris Allen SL’02, Daniel Padilla SL’06, Gary Backous SL’02, David Laflin SL’00, Elvir Ganic (a friend).

Minneapolis Weekend

Former BVU roommates spent the weekend of February 11 & 12 in Minneapolis celebrating the upcoming marriages of Jason Parker SL’99 and Aaron Wenthold SL’99.

Back row, left to right – Bill Anderson-Horecka SL’99, Jason Parker SL’99, Josh Newhouse SL’00. Front row, left to right – Lee Patten SL’00, Jason Braegelmann SL’99, Bart Soliday SL’99, and Aaron Wenthold SL’99.

Roommates Reunite

These former BVU roommates got together in January 2006 for a baby shower for Debbie (Eilers) Brasier SL’99.

Front row left to right: Amber Kieffer SL‘99, Jaime (Ford) Naig SL’00, Kamy Dearborn SL’99 and Debbie (Eilers) Brasier SL’99. Back row left to right: Christina Pena SL’99 and Jenny Eck SL’99.


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