Canisius High School Today
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Craig Bucki ’00
received the Jefferson
B. FordhamAdvocacy Award from the
American Bar Association’s Section of
State and Local Government on August 9,
2013, at the American Bar Association’s
Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
MathewMcHugh ’00
was recently
promoted to Talent Executive at Saturday
Night Live where he is in his ninth season
with the show.
Andrew Sfeir ’00
graduated from
Stanford Law School in 2011. He
completed a clerkship for the 9th Federal
District in Los Angeles and is now
practicing law in Portland, Oregon.
John E. Turner ’00,
is Vice Principal of
the Tapestry Charter Lower School.
Parker MacKay ’02
recently opened
his own law practice in Buffalo. Parker
has been admitted to the New York and
California State Bar.
John Paul Sfeir ’02
earned a Master’s
Degree in Sports Administration from
Canisius College and works for the
Buffalo Bills.
Michael Galante ’04
graduated from
Loyola University Chicago Stitch School
of Medicine on June 3, 2012 and was
commissioned as a Captain in the U.S.
Air Force Reserves and has begun his
residency in Emergency Medicine at
Washington University in St. Louis’s
program at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Ryan Mooney ’04
received his B.A. from
U.B. in 2008 and his Juris Doctor from
U.B. Law School in 2013 following a year
teaching English as a Second Language in
Yamaguchi, Japan.
Steven Sfeir ’04
is a Captain in the
US Army. He recently returned to the U.S.
after serving in Baumholder, Germany
including a deployment in Afghanistan
as a combat engineer. He and Natalya
Mochalova were married in Denmark
in July 2012.
Joseph Patrick Turner ’04
is an
Assistant District Attorney for Erie
County.
James Bauer ’05
is a Deputy with the
Erie County Sheriff’s Jail Management
Division.
Austin Dodge ’05
graduated Magna
Cum Laude fromBrockport with a degree
in physical education. He was awarded
the Kinesiology, Health and Physical
EducationMajor of the year. Nominated
for NYS AAHPERD J.B Nash Award.
Paul Karas ’05
is attending R.I.T. and is
majoring in Biomechanical Engineering
with a minor in Russian.
Kevin Scott ’07
graduated fromCanisius
College in 2011 then earned a Master’s
Degree in 2012 in English Literature
from SUNY at Buffalo. He is now a Ph.D.
student in Philosophy at the University
of Notre Dame.
Peter Krystof ’08
during his senior
baseball season at St. John Fisher College
earned ABCA/Rowlings first team all
region for third base. Also, broke SJFC’s
single season records for at-bats, stolen
bases and plate appearances. Finished
the season with a .410 batting average
for the NCAAMideast regional third
place Cardinals.
Michael Browne ’09
is currently
enrolled at Mountbatten Institute,
St. Mary University College Twinkenham
in SouthWest London after graduating
from the University of Albany.
MatthewMrozinski ’09
is planning to
graduate fromDePaul University with a
BA in Public Relations and Advertising
inMarch 2013 and is a member of the
Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society.
John Reinman ’09
just graduated from
Ithaca College inMay 2013 and interned
in Los Angeles, California at MTV and
Viacomnetworks.
Connor Dodge ’10
finished his
sophomore year as an MAAC
All-Academic Scholar Athlete. He
runs track at Marist and is majoring
in Criminal Justice.
Brett Notarius ’10
is an Environmental
Studies and International Leadership
major with an Energy System Studies
minor at Marietta College. He recently
returned from a five-month study abroad
program in Central America.
Dylan Blujus,
a former student at
Canisius High School who would have
been a member of the class of 2012, was
recently selected with the 40th overall
pick by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the
National Hockey League’s annual draft.
AndrewKarad ’12
is attending the Naval
Academy at Annapolis – Midshipman
4th Class – Mechanical Engineering.
WEDDINGS
Michael D. Cellino ’98
married Nicole
Howell on August 18, 2012.
Christopher Clark ’01
and Rebecca
Ogilvie were married on July 21,
2012 in the chapel at St. Mary’s in
Swormville, NY.
Matt Dewitt ’01
married Katherine
Bernecki onMay 25th at Christ the King
Chapel at Canisius College.
Chris Kelly ’01
and Mary Murphy were
married on July 27, 2013.
David Long ’01
and Diana Fritz were
married on July 13, 2013 at St. John the
Baptist Church in Kenmore, NY.
Chris Robinson ’01
and Meiling Cabral
were married onMarch 23, 2013 on
Catalina Island, CA.
ChrisWzontek ’03
married Jodi Zalacca
on July 5, 2013.
Michael Hofer ’04
married Anna
Bonkowski on July 23, 2013 at Christ the
King Chapel at Canisius College.
Robert Kocher ’04
married Sarah Rupp
at St. John’s R.C. Church, Alden, NY on
September 1, 2012. Michael Kocher ’01
was Best Man and Steven Krukowski ’04
was a groomsman.
James Bauer ’05
married Caitlin T. Shea
on August 11, 2012.
BIRTHS
Thomas Elmer, Jr. ’88
and his wife
Kristina welcomed Thomas R. Elmer
III on September 15, 2011 and Kendzia
Elizabeth Elmer in November of 2012.
Joseph Artanis ’94
and his wife Sherri
welcomed his third child, Giada Alaina in
May of 2012.
Bob Kordylewski ’96
and his
wife Dawn are pleased and proud to
announce the birth of their son, Alex
Michael Kordylewski on December 11,
2012. He joins his big sister, Ella Sophia
Kordylewski.
Timothy Bevilacqua ’98
and his
wife Betsy welcomed their first child,
Andrew, in February 2013. His brothers,
William ’01 and Thomas ’03 are both
getting married this year.
