Actress Maria Thayer (ACCEPTED, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHAL) was honored at a Nationals Award banquet recognizing her success both during and beyond her NFL career. Maria is pictured below alongside Cherian Koshy and her former coach, Pam Wycoff (then Pam Cady).
At the beginning of July, 2008, Pam Cady Wycoff, Director of Forensics at AVHS launched an Alumni Network in hopes of reconnecting the Alumni of AVHS Speech and Debate with each other and with the current team. As of 10/08/08, she has received complete contact information from the following individuals:
Reuben Advani (’90), Martha (Leary) Leo (’90), Dawn (Syren) Jenkins (’90), Matt Herzog (’90), Peter Nikolai (’90), Dave Peterson (’91), Suzanne (Fedoruk) Herrick (’92), Aimee Teslaw (’92), Jeremiah Stich (’92), Seth Halvorson (’92), Liz (Reilly) Brama (’93), Lannia Syren (’93), Andrea (Dubberke) Nypen (’94), Andrea Singh (’94) Amy (Felknor) Ferreira (’94), Suzi (Kim) Scott (’94), Anna Chandonnet (’95), Angela (Zurick) Miller (’95), Sally (Koering) Zimney (’95), Robb Lindgren (’96), Joey Reilly (’96), David Singh (’96), Ann Karp (’97), Leah Halvorson (’97), Anne (Gerbensky) Kerber (’97), Annie Kastanek (’97), Charis (Van Dusen) Thatcher (’98), Warlesha Ryan (’98), John Halbach (’98), Anne (Wiegand) Morris (’99), Katie (Gerbensky) Serrano (’99), Ryan Lindberg (’00), Erin (Kaufenberg) Reichelt (’00), Erin Trenda (’00), Emily Rosichan (’00), Rob Dirks (’00), Nicholas Harazin (’00), Anna (Marino) Robinson (’00), Chris Lecher (’00), Kristine Reese (’01), Megan Bartle (’01), Mary Nhotsavang (’01), Tony Garcia (’01), Thomas Brown (’01), Kelsey (Olson) Scholz (’02), Krystyn Spratt (’02), Mandy Anderson (’02), Sarah Beck (’02), Jenna Green (’02), Lindsay Childs (’02), Adrine Chung (’02), Emily Simones (’02), Rachel Poker (’03), Sarah Bane (’03), Cara Illiof (’03), Jessie Salley (’04), Erica Robinson (’04), Sarah Gauche (’04), Kim Osterberg (’04), Alex Lichty (’04), David Brown (’04), Rose McDonough (’04), Peter Simones (’05), Gena Haugen (’05), Mercedes Jenkins (’05), Ronni Toledo (’06), Joe Polzin (’06), Erin Granlund (’06), Sarah Koch (’06), Emily Tappainer (’07), Carrie Van Dusen (’07)
It was great to hear from you!
We know there are many more of you about to send in this information. Help us to make our list complete! There over 120 members who have responded, but we do not have everyone’s COMPLETE contact information. Any efforts to help classmates and team members send in their information would be appreciated!
A special opportunity has now become available! A group of alumnae are coming together to create the Apple Valley High School Forensics Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to support the program and build a network of former students for life after speech and debate. This month, current students in the program will be contacting former debaters and speakers from the past 16 years to add to the Foundation’s important work.
This is a great way to catch up with folks from years past, stay in touch with the program, and find new friends!
Seth Halvorson, (OO & LD, Class of ‘92) has agreed to spearhead this project and has been working with the current coaching staff and former alums to build, what in his words is, “an organization that will help both current and former students in all of their pursuits.” Halvorson anticipates most of the coming year to be dedicated to building the necessary infrastructure but asks students to pledge their commitment to the telethon and upcoming projects so that years from now, when you look back on your experience at AVHS Speech and Debate and:
Halvorson has noted that the foundation will work to build lasting partnerships between the generations of AVHS speech and debate. The foundation will support the needs of the current students in the form of material support, but beyond this, he hopes that, “college scholarships, mentorship opportunities, and employment networking” will be available.
While the website is being developed and the infrastructure is being built, we’d love to hear from you by email at or through our Friendster group. Check out some of the photos of alumnae by clicking on photos.
We look forward to hearing from you!