The year 2013 was a fun and busy year for the ’00 field hockey members! Lauren Scopaz filled me in on all the details: “We organized a great reunion in beautiful Vancouver in April 2013: Kristen Leadbeater, Rebecca Sangster, Kristen Scopaz, Lindsay (Bowen) Coe and myself. Kristen’s husband, Dave Kurht, joined and we enjoyed spending time with Marcus Coe and Bowen Coe, our wonderful hosts—touring the city, hiking and enjoying great food and better company. Kristen Scopaz, Lindsay and I also enjoyed reconnecting again at the Dartmouth Pioneers of Field Hockey reunion event in Hanover in September. It was a special event meeting and playing with field hockey alums from the 1970s to today—and especially fun to reconnect with teammates Kristin Barlup Toombs ’02, Carolyn Steel ’03, Weezie Shorts ’99, Sarah Sedgewick ’98, Amy (Yost) Murray ’98 and Amber Morse ’97. I also had a great visit with Kelly (Fender) McConnell and Steve McConnell ’03 and their three kids, who were gracious hosts to my whole family. Speaking of my family, it’s grown! My husband, Derek Daunais, I and big brother Brayden are (belatedly) excited to announce the arrival of Devon William Daunais, born on June 29. Subsequently, the ’00 field hockey next generation grew by three more in 2013: Becky Sangster and her husband Allen Jahroumi had their first child, Jade Monica Jahroumi, on August 13; you’ve already reported on Ellis Marjorie Coe born October 21; and most recently my niece Aisley Kathryn Scopaz was born on December 20 to Kristen Scopaz and husband Dave! What a year!”


In more baby news, Kathryn (Cahill) Thompson and her husband, Malcolm, welcomed their second daughter, Scotland (“Scottie”), in November. “Older sister Avery is 2 1/2 years old and is loving being a big sister. We are still living in San Francisco where I am working for my family’s construction business, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011.”


Finally, congratulations are in order for Laura Moore and her husband Jared (Duke ’03), who welcomed a baby boy named Zachary on January 24, and for Rob Ristagno, who in September married Kate Bowsza and “couldn’t be happier. We live in Boston, where I recently became COO of America’s Test Kitchen and Kate works in the Brookline public schools.” Congratulations, all!


—Kelly Heaps, 3666 Willowlea Court, Unit B, Cincinnati, OH 45208; heaps.k@pg.com