A publicAtion of holy nAme high school Fall 2013 The Vol. 31 / no. 1 William & Christine Mahnic ’75 Holy Name High School gave them a sense of family and camaraderie R Serving others in His Name Be part of Holy Name’s 100th Anniversary from the President/PrinciPal holy nAme high school Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends: 6000 Queens highway parma heights, oh 44130 Our 100 year celebration is rapidly approaching, and we have been planning and (440) 886-0300 working to make this next year very special. I want to take this opportunity to mention a holynamehs.com number of ways that you can celebrate with us and encourage everyone to take part. We will kick off 2014 with Mass at Holy Name Church at Harvard and Broadway benjamin b. farmer on Sunday, January 5th at 11:00 a.m. Our celebrant will be Monsignor Richard Antall, President / Principal Pastor of Holy Name Parish. After Mass, the school will be open for tours and a light breakfast will be provided. Ray murphy On the evening of March 1st, we will host our Gala/Auction at the Embassy Suites Director of Advancement Hotel in Independence. We will honor an individual who has had a lifetime impact on colleen corrigan Day ’88 our community. There will be delicious food, an open bar, fantastic items for you to bid Director of Constituent Relations on in both silent and live auctions, and the wonderful company of many, many members of our Green Wave family. We will also draw our $10,000 raffle winner. Please contact William hartman ’67 us and make your reservations. Don’t miss out. If you wish to nominate someone to be Director of Communications and Annual Fund honored that evening, please email Colleen Day at [email protected]. We have also reserved a place for everyone to join us in marching in the annual St. edward mcintire ’96 Patrick’s Day parade. We have a position in the first section of the parade and there Director of Admissions are an unlimited number of spots, so the more the merrier. We hope that you will also join us after the parade for a special reception. For thirty dollars you will receive a Rebecca Williams ‘08 Associate Admissions commemorative centennial sweatshirt, a bus ride from the high school to the parade (if Administrator needed), and a wristband for our reception at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown Cleveland from two ‘til five. A scrumptious buffet and cash bar will be provided. Join us for this AdvisoRy boARD membeRs afternoon of fun and be a part of showing all of Cleveland our Green Wave pride! Be brian Adams ‘86, m.D., chair sure to check our website for more details. Kevin yaugher, Vice-chair Rev John t. carlin, mDiv, mA, mbA, mA June 13th and 14th has been designated a Holy Name Alumni Reunion Weekend. A Kevin W. Day ‘78 reception and dance will be held on Friday evening and an All Namer Reunion Festival tom Day Jr. ‘70 on Saturday. Both events will be held at Holy Name High School. Dean Depiero ‘86, JD To document our illustrious history we have a beautiful Memory book available for Kelly hancock ‘88, msn, Rn, ne-BC forty dollars plus shipping (or your order can be picked up @ HN). This book is filled Rachel Defante hoy ‘95, cpA with pictures, stories of our history, and of course, our memories. Contact Colleen terrence J. Kenneally ‘67, JD Kevin Kuntz ‘78, msA Corrigan-Day at [email protected] to order your copy today. Joe laviano ‘87 I’m inviting everyone to get involved. These centennial events are going to be tim leonard ‘84 awesome. Please consider attending everything! prof. William mahnic ‘75 Finally, please take the opportunity to review our Donor Recognition report of all sean mccarthy ‘98 who provided financial gifts to our school in the last fiscal year. scott n. opincar ‘87, JD gregory e. preisel ‘92, cpA Together you raised $323,875 to support Holy Name! We frank Rini ‘75 appreciate the generosity of all of our donors and hope that many Richard A. sacha more will consider supporting our Annual Fund this year. On floyd A. trouten iii, cpA behalf of all of us at Holy Name — thank you!” Kathy Downey-Welsh ‘79, mbA honorary AdvisoRy boARD Sincerely, Rev. William Krizner, m.Div. Anthony magalski ‘81, m.D. Benjamin Farmer President/Principal connect With us 2 holy name high school R tAble of contents Departments 07 hall of fame 17 faculty profile 18 class notes & Reunions 21 Alumni updates 22 Alumni basketball tournament 23 student corner Features 24 Krakowiak golf classic 8 William & christine mahnic 25 save the Dates 12 100th Anniversary Alumni Profiles 26 sports Journal 16 holy name centennial gala 4 John and mary banaszak 27 hn spiritual outreach 5 matt and laura gray 28 2013-2014 Donor Recognitions 6 greg and patty preisel 39 2013-2014 scholarship Recipients Holy Name Alumni Update form you hn class of (fiR st) (mAiDen) (lAst) spouse hn class of (fiR st) (mAiDen) (lA st) Address: phone: city, state, Zip: email Address: occupation: employed by spouse’s occupation: employed by children: ❑ yes ❑ no please list their names, grade, & current school 1 2 3 4 5 6 Additional news to share: Please return to Holy Name Alumni Association, 6000 Queens Highway, Parma Heights, Ohio 44130. Or update your information at www.holynamehs.com/alumni-updates holynamehs.com fall 2013 3 Alumni profile John AnD mARy BanAsZAK ’68 ohn and Mary Banaszak, both of the Class of 1968, understand choices Jmade at Holy Name High School can “those affect graduates’ lives and careers for years WeRe some to come. John, who played football and of the best basketball and ran track at Holy Name, yeARs of went on to enjoy phenomenal success with the Pittsburgh Steelers. After receiving his my life.” bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University he was signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent in 1975 and played for the team until 1981, winning three Super Bowl Championships. He later played for the Michigan Panthers in the United States Football League, winning the league championship in 1983. He currently serves as assistant football coach at Robert Morris University. “At Holy Name, I was a pretty good football player on a really good football the CEO of Greenbriar Treatment Center, several people we’ve kept in touch with. team that finished 8-1. I was a tall, a drug and alcohol treatment system Two summers ago, we rented a place near skinny kid coming out of Holy Name at that she’s helped grow from one site to a Cedar Point, and I had two good friends 17 years old, and the school definitely network of 11 facilities. from Holy Name come spend the day with affected my career. We were always the “I knew from my sophomore year at me. It was so much fun. They brought underdogs — the Little Davids against Holy Name that I wanted to be a nurse,” pictures and we talked about our time at Goliath. I remember a lot of games against Mary says. “I felt well-prepared for the the school. I can’t put a price on it; those teams that were much bigger, faster and field. I took classes geared toward science were some of the best years of my life.” stronger than we were, but we found a way and Latin, which was a requirement for John, too, created lifelong relationships. to win, and that’s how my entire career nursing school. My exposure at Holy Name He joined the Marine Corps after was.” In 1976 John was inducted into the definitely grew my interest in nursing.” graduation with a friend from Holy Name, Holy Name Hall of Fame with a Special The Banaszaks’ choice to attend a Sadie and many Namers came to watch him Recognition Award, given to individuals Hawkins dance together also changed their play in the NFL. Through his recruiting “who have impacted Holy Name in some lives. Mary asked John to the dance, and activities as a coach, he’s also gotten to visit positive way or have achieved outstanding although it was cancelled, the couple went a lot of past Holy Name connections at success in their fields.” on a date anyway. They have now been area high schools. Mary Banaszak, formerly Redig, also married for 42 years. “I go to St. Ignatius and run into the discovered her career, nursing, through John and Mary come from a family of coach there, Chuck Kyle, who played Holy Name. A member of the National Namers; Mary’s father and two brothers against us at Holy Name,” he says,. “And Honor Society she joined Future Nurses of attended the school, as well as John’s sister. the trainer, Henry Gaughan, used to tape America to participate in an extracurricular They also made many friends at Holy Name my ankles. I talk to a lot of coaches in the but soon found she had a passion for the and still keep in touch with several of them. Cleveland area who remember me and field. She attended the now-closed St. “I do believe lifelong relationships are my days at Holy Name. It’s great to run Alexis Hospital School of Nursing and still more indicative of a Catholic school than into them and be welcomed to meet their maintains an active license. Today she is a public school,” Mary says. “We met student athletes.” 4 holy name high school Alumni profile mAtt AnD lAura Gray ’86 hen Matt and Laura Gray, both ’86, began their first day Wat Holy Name High School, they hadn’t met yet but knew they had a kindred spirit in each other.