Thomas '93 and Trisha Brown '03 (Winona) are the proud parents of a little boy, Zachary William, born on March 30, 2006. Zachary's brother, TJ, is excited to have a playmate. Thomas is an assistant basketball coach at Winona State.

Kristin (Peterson) Miller '93 (Orlando, Fla.) is the benefits operations manager at Hewitt Associates.

Cinnamon (Gedell) Glassbrenner '94 (Minnetonka, Minn.) married Steven Glassbrenner in September, 2005. Cinnamon works for Fox Television.

Melissa (Hoesley) Neitzel '95 (Fountain City, Wis.) is employed as a purchasing clerk at Winona State.

Rebecca (Lewis) Reece '95 (Flower Mound, Texas) married Randall Reece on May 14, 2005. They welcomed daughter Riley Caroline on May 20, 2006. In December 2005, Rebecca graduated with an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Dallas. Rebecca works for Jacuzzi Brands as an accounting supervisor. Randall works for Aaron Brothers.

Jennifer (Guinea) Weaverling '95 (Minneapolis) has been promoted to production editor in the Book Development Department at the North American Membership Group, located in Minnetonka. Jennifer and husband Andy live in Minneapolis with their two-year old daughter, Ava.

Brent '96 and Amy (Heiser) Anderson '97 (Plainfield, Ill.) were married in 1997. They have two children, 5-year-old Jack and 3-year-old Abigail. Brent is the social studies division head at Ridgewood Community High School District 234 in Norridge. Amy is a NICU Nurse 2 at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

Travis '96 and Ranae Case Evenson '97 (Springfield, Minn.) moved with their three children, MacKenna, Parker, and Dominic, to Springfield. Ranae is elementary principal at Springfield Public Schools. Travis is an engineering technician for Bolton & Menk Consulting Engineers.

Sarah (Floriano) d'Hulst '96 (Spokane, Wash.) and husband Dan announce the birth of their third child, Anna Claire, born June 6, 2006. Anna joins 3-1/2-year-old brother, Dallin, and 14- month-old sister Addie. Sarah and Dan continue to work as physicians in Spokane.

Christopher '96 and Suzanne Rivers '96 (Winona) welcomed son Nolan Lee on May 11, 2006.

Matthew Shea '96 (St. Paul) has joined the firm of Maslon, Edelman, Borman & Brand, L.L.P. in the Estate Planning Group.

Tanya (Goede) '96 and Matthew Yender '97 (Minnesota City, Minn.) welcomed a new baby daughter on May 26, 2006.

Jennifer Ellis '97 (Burnsville, Minn.) is teaching math at Spring Lake Area Learning Center in Lydia and loves it. Jennifer taught in mainstream for three years but has found her home working for Carver-Scott Educational Cooperative just 5 miles south of Prior Lake. The Cooperative serves 60 students in grades 9-12 from five neighboring districts. It's quite a different atmosphere. Jennifer has two children, daughter Arianna who will be starting kindergarten, and son Gabriel who just turned one.

Kelly (Allred) Fabian '97 (Winona) and husband Heath Fabian welcomed a new baby daughter on April 29, 2006.

Heather (Weinkauf) Grinsteinner '97 (Durham, N.C.) and husband Brad Grinsteinner welcomed daughter Bailey Morgan on May 30, 2006.

Travis Gora '98 (Winona) married Melissa Liedl on June 24, 2006. Travis is a product engineer at Benchmark Electronics; Melissa is a special education teacher in the Rochester Public Schools.

Christopher '98 and Tammi (Shellfeffer) Sanchez '98 (Winona) welcomed son, Mitchell Christopher, on April 27, 2006.

Tracy Coenen-Schaefer '98 (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and husband Scott are the proud new parents of twin boys, Quintin Scott and Wilson Thomas, born July 9, 2006. Tracy is a consultant with CBG Communications. She serves on the Winona State Alumni Society Board of Directors.

Kayra Swanson '98 (Edwards, Calif.) is currently teaching multi-age one and two for Muroc Joint United School District in California. She and Major Greg Wood, U.S. Air Force, will marry in September in Las Vegas.

Suzanne (Dahl) Benedict '99 (Prior Lake, Minn.) and John Benedict were married on June 23, 2006. Suzanne works at Morrey's School of Dance in Bloomington. John works for HomStarUSA in Eagan, and is co-owner of The Waterfront Group.

Lucas '99 and Melissa Buxengard '99 (Durham, N.C.) welcomed son Ethan James on April 10, 2006.

Judge Gisslen '99 (Minneapolis) has been promoted to trading / service representative with Wells Fargo Institutional Trust Services in Roseville.

Marc McGowan '99 (Tucson, Ariz.) is employed at Erroll L. Montgomery & Associates.

Chad '99 and Rachel (Utterback) Osmanski '00 (Milwaukee, Wis.) are the proud parents of Vayda Rae, born April 27, 2006. Chad is employed at Robert W. Baird as an investment sales associate; Rachel is an exercise physiologist for Alexian Village of Milwaukee.

Boyd '99 and Sara (Damrow) Rasmussen '00 (St. Charles, Minn.) were married on June 12, 2005. Boyd works at the Mayo Clinic; Sara works for Edison Schools.

Henry '99 and Christine (Rannenberg) Schantzen '01 (Winona) were married on April 22, 2006. Christine works at Composite Products, Inc. Henry is self-employed.

Last Modified: Monday, November 26, 2007 14:35 by Heather Alt