Alumni Spotlight

Alumni Updates

January 2026 - Present

Class of 2025

Abigail DiStaulo is majoring in Business Administration and has been named to the College of Charleston's Fall President's List.
Megan Feketics is attending Rowan University John H. Hartman Honors College, has been named to the Dean's List.
Flynn Krause has been named to the Dean's List at Penn State University.
Stella Quinn has been named to the Dean's List at University of Florida.
Julia Wallace is majoring in Biology at The College of New Jersey and has been named to the Dean's List.
Alessandra Martino is attending Delaware Valley University and was named to the Dean's List.
Teddy Woolery made Dean's List for his 1st semester at Flagler College. He also received a spot on Flagler's Surf team which competes year round.

Class of 2024

Christopher Gulea has achieved Dean's list at Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University, majoring in Aerospace Engineering.
Joanna McShaffry has been named to the Dean's List at DeSales University.

Class of 2023

Chase Henfey is majoring in Journalism and has been named to the Dean's List at Emerson College.

Class of 2022

David Aragon graduated from the U.S. Marine Corps boot camp.
Julia Belansen was named to the Dean's List at Villanova University.
Ivy Bolle has been named to the Dean's List at Rowan University.
Kimberly Casiello is majoring in Biomedical Engineering at Widener University and has been named to the Dean's List.
Adrianna Gray-Rivera was named to the Dean's list at LaSalle University.

Class of 2021

Aidan Bradley graduated Cum Laude from Long Island University with a BFA in Musical Theater in May
2025. He can currently be seen on the Broadway Theatre of Pitman stage as a paid actor. Next show is
“A Bronx Tale” to run from April 24-May 17, 2026.
Liam Grimes graduated from the College of Charleston with a Bachelor of Science in Finance in June 2025.
Reagan Peter has been named to the President's List at College of Charleston for Fall 2025. Reagan is majoring in Special Education.
Ava Sorensen is attending Charleston School of Law.

Class of 2020

Ryan Bradley works for Cape May Brewery as a Packaging Lead and recently received the Golden Hop award for Employee of the Quarter.
Grace Stuart graduated from the University of Delaware "Summa Cum Laude" and is teaching English Special Education at Lower Township High School.

Class of 2017

James Bradley was married on July 12, 2025 to his college sweetheart, Lauren Buck. He currently works as a Lead Financial Management Analyst in the Naval Supply Systems Command for the U.S. Navy in Philadelphia. He resides in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
Caitlin McMullan has been working for the NJ Judiciary for almost three years and was recently promoted to the position of Probation Officer in the Atlantic County Criminal Division.

Class of 2014

Jacob David has been named to the Texas State University's Spring 2025 Dean's List. Jake is majoring in Computer Science.

Class of 1990

Sophia Asmis is married to Kostas Agoratsiou and they have three daughters: Efrosinu, Ioanna, and Georgia. Sophia has been living in Greece since 1991. She owns an English language School and teaches English there.

Class of 1978

Christopher Bradley resides in the Florida Keys. He serves as Senior Server/ Lead Sacristan at The Basilica of Saint Mary’s Star of the Sea in Key West Florida. Chris has a daughter, Kristyn L Bradley.

Alumni Updates

January-December 2025

Marianna Papazoglou - WCA Class of 2021

Marianna Papazoglou graduated from Wildwood Catholic Academy in 2021, during a time when the school faced possible closure. She played an instrumental role in helping to save WCA and left an incredible mark on the community.

At WCA, Marianna served as Student Council Class President, was a member of the National Honor Society, led in community service, and represented the Junior Women of Wildwood. A three-sport athlete, she excelled in girls’ basketball as the program’s all-time leading scorer, becoming the first player in school history to reach 1,000 points as a sophomore.

After graduation, Marianna went on to the University of Pennsylvania, becoming the first WCA graduate to play a sport in the Ivy League. There, she earned a double major in psychology and urban education. She is currently completing her fifth year at West Chester University while continuing her basketball career.

Marianna’s long-term goal is to return to Cape May County as a school psychologist, giving back to the community that has given so much to her.

What truly sets Marianna apart—and what our community knows her best for—is her extraordinary work ethic paired with her genuine humility.

We are so proud to call Marianna one of our own and look forward to seeing all she accomplishes as she continues to represent WCA and Cape May County with excellence!

Celebrating Legacy: The Piro Family

Cy, we are blessed with families whose commitment to Catholic education spans generations. Today we proudly celebrate the Piro family, now in their third generation at WCA.

The Piros’ story began just around the corner from our school, where the children of Sicilian immigrants—Peter (‘67), Nick (‘73), Jay (‘74), Anthony (‘79), Joseph (‘83), and Anna LoBianco (‘83)—first walked our halls. Recognizing the lifelong value of Catholic education, Anthony and his wife Debra continued the tradition by sending their children Johanna (‘04), Samantha (‘07), Antonino (‘12), and Fr. Thomas (‘17) to Wildwood Catholic. Along the way, Antonino even met his future wife, Dr. Mackenzie Scully (‘14), here on campus.

Today, the legacy is stronger than ever with five of Anthony’s grandchildren—Arianna (‘32), Anthony (‘32), Ryan (‘32), Dominick (‘33), and Vincent (‘34)—enrolled at WCA, and his daughter Samantha giving back to the community as our beloved kindergarten teacher.

The Piro family truly bleeds Blue and White, and we are grateful for their remarkable, generational support of Catholic education in Cape May County.

Class of 2013 Update
Ashley Patten former WCA Forensics Star:

Having moved to the UK from Brooklyn to attain her MFA from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Ashley is now living in London. She also has a BFA in Acting from Marymount Manhattan College and has completed the BADA program at Oxford University. When she's not on stage or in front of the camera, Ashley provides 101 lessons through Superprof to help actors master their audition monologues, and works at a pottery studio.

Ashley recently worked with the Marketing Department of BCU to create their new advertisement for the post-grad acting program.

Ashley Amodeo (stage name) will be performing her solo show at Edinburgh Fringe this summer.

Break a Leg, A-Pat!

Class of 2014

Dr. Mackenzie Scully, Wildwood Catholic alumni, successfully defended her doctoral thesis titled "Engineering Cancer Cell Membrane-Wrapped Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery of Cancer Therapeutics” and earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware. Mackenzie now works as a Field Application Scientist specializing in Nanomedicine for Cytiva - Genomic Medicines.

A Message from George Dunner RE:Son, Charlie Dunner:

Hi Linda,
Thank you for this & all you do!! Wildwood Catholic changed Charlie Dunner’s life! He has never been more welcomed & loved. The community that WCA has built is second to none! From Mr. Cray to Miss Fourney to all the teachers, students and families, everyone is spectacular!!

Charlie is playing basketball and doing very well at Drew University in Madison NJ. He grew so much as a young man, in his two years at WCA! He applied to 9 schools & was accepted to all of them. This has everything to do with the people at WCA!

In college, his ability to focus on his grades & basketball was developed at WCA. He is doing exceptionally well at both. I don’t really need you to brag about Charlie. I wish you would brag about the job that you & your colleagues do every day!!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!

WCA Class of 2024 Updates:

Anthony Edwardi has made the Dean's List at Misericordia University.
Nola Quinn has made the Dean's List at University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.
Joanna McShaffry has made the Dean's List at DeSales University. Joanna will also be performing in DeSales upcoming Spring production of "Singin' in the Rain".
Christopher Gulea has made the Dean's List at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Joseph Jacquelin is attending University of Maryland, with a dual major: Cybersecurity/ Political Science.

WCA Class of 2022 Updates:

- Gavin Botwinick has made the Dean's List at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University while completing multi-engine flight training.
- Julia Byrne Hi! I just wanted to share that my daughter Julia Byrne graduated on December 15, 2022 from Florida Atlantic University with a cumulative GPA of 3.48. She graduated in 3 and 1/2 years. She was on the Deans list and the Presidents List and she has decided to continue her education and go on to Veterinarian School.
  
  Thank you Wildwood Catholic for preparing her to do so well in her education!! I couldn’t be more proud!!
  
  But, a special thank you to Mr. Turco who noticed Julia was in college prep classes, pulled her aside and said she should be in honors classes… the next thing we knew he had her in honors classes! Thank you SO much to him for noticing and believing in her. It allowed her to truly excel. It meant a lot to her and a lot to me that he did that. Thank you again.
  
  - Angel Byrne

WCA Class of 2022 Updates:

Roan Jacquelin is currently attending University of Maryland, with a major in Marketing.

WCA Class of 2020 Updates:

CJ Wareham will graduate from the Atlantic County Police Training Center on June 4, 2025. Upon graduation he will be employed by the Cape May County Sheriffs Office Correctional Division.

While at WCA, CJ was a member of the basketball team all 4 years of high school including the Sectional Championship team of 2020.
Conor Farrell will be graduating from the United States Naval Academy and commissioning as a Marine Corp officer, with a major in Arabic.
Benjamin Church has made the Dean’s list at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He was also inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. Ben is a senior with data science and exercise and sports science majors.
Damon Stefankiewicz will be attending the University of Virginia School of Law this fall. UVA Law is currently ranked as the fourth-best law school in the country. Damon would be happy to share his experience with current students who may be interested in pursuing law.

WCA Class of 2019 Updates:

Erin Connelly is in her last semester of graduate school at Salisbury University. She will earn her Master's Degree in Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution in May. Erin completed her college athletic career as a member of the Cross Country and Track teams at the culmination of last school year, and is serving as a Graduate Assistant Coach for XC and Track this year.
Kathryn Donaldson is currently attending Grad School in Winston Salem, North Carolina at Wake Forrest University, where she is studying to be a Genetic Counselor.

WCA Class of 2016 Updates:

Eric Sorensen will be graduating from University of Arizona with a masters degree in Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Eric is working as a rescue swimmer for United States Coast Guard.

Updates: November 2023-2024

Allison Fiore, WCA Class of 2020 graduate, recently graduated from Ursinus College Cum Laude. She double majored with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Art, and a minor in Museum Studies. She was presented with the Berman award in recognition of her contributions to the Berman Museum of Art.

Wildwood Catholic past, present, and future... Former coach Matt Tomlin joined current coach Steve DiPatri on the bench at the Cape Atlantic League All-Star Game. Wildwood Catholic Academy seniors Ava Vogdes, Kaci Mikulski, Destiny Wallace, and Eliott McCabe showcased their skills in the game.

Class of 2019

Justin Klemick, Class of 2019, graduated from Immaculata University Honors Program with a major in Chemistry and a minor in Mathematics. He started for the 2023 Atlantic East Conference Championship Mighty Macs Baseball Team & was awarded the Atlantic East Conference Medal of Inspiration. Justin is teaching Chemistry at Garnet Valley High School in Glen Mills, PA. Read More

Class of 2020

Matthew Vogdes, Class of 2020, made the President's Honor List at Florida Atlantic University - 4.0 GPA and full course load required.
Allison Fiore, Class of 2020, made the Dean's List at Ursinus College.
Tanner Lamoreux, Class of 2020, made the Dean's List at St. Joseph's University.
Grace Stuart, Class of 2020, has maintained a 4.0 GPA at University of Delaware. She is majoring in Secondary English education and Minoring in History. Currently Grace is studying abroad in Florence, Italy for the winter term.
Rosie Peter's, Class of 2020, Dean's List at Loyola University Maryland.

Class of 2021

Aidan Bradley, Class of 2021, Dean's List at Long Island University.
Marianna Papazoglou, Class of 2021, made the Dean's List at University of Pennsylvania.

Class of 2022

Amanda Bogle, Class of 2022, made the Fall Scholar Athlete List at Nova Southeastern University.
Kimmie Casiello, Class of 2022, Dean's List at Widener University.
Mia Caso, Class of 2022, made the Dean's List at Stockton University.
Daniela Cruz-Perez, Class of 2022, Dean's List at St. Joseph's University.

Class of 2023

April Higman, Class of 2023, made the Dean's List at Stoney Brook University.
Chase Henfey, Class of 2023, Dean's List at Emerson College.
Aubrey Diller, Class of 2023, made the Dean's List at Nova Southeastern University.
Taylor Bezaire, Class of 2023, made the Dean's List at Johnson & Wales University.
Carly Murphy, Class of 2023, Named Athlete of the Week at Swarthmore

Swarthmore freshman, Carly Murphy was integral to Swarthmore women’s basketball’s 55-53 win against Muhlenberg College on Tuesday, November 21. As a rookie she tallied a career-high of 21 points in the conference opener, pacing the Garnet offense on 8-of-17 shooting. After the game Carly noted that the team's goal for this season is to make it to the playoffs and get 1% better every day.
Justin Harper, Wildwood Catholic Academy Class of 2023, Named CACC Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week Congratulations to recent graduate Justin Harper for being named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week! Justin set season-bests scoring 16 points with 8 rebounds and an assist for Georgian Court University. Justin is averaging 6.2 points per game and has played in all 11 Lion contests making three starts. Keep up the hard work!
Jakob Hansen, Class of 2023, made the Dean's List at Holy Cross College at Notre Dame.
Gavin Botwinick, Class of 2023, obtained his Instrument Flight Rating at Embry Riddle University.

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Former Wildwood Catholic teammates Gabby Turco of LaSalle and Marianna Papazoglou of Penn with the reunited as opponents for the first time when Penn hosted LaSalle at the Palestra on Nov. 30. Turco and Papazoglou were teammates for two seasons at Wildwood Catholic Academy.
Wildwood Catholic Academy alumni Francesca Fourney graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a masters degree in Marine Science. Francesca did her fourth annual zoom presentation from Florida for Mr. Kubiak's biology class. She taught the students about how to pursue a career in marine boiology and what careers are available in the field.

Class of 2022-2012

Roan Jacquelin, Class of 2022, Roan’s Educational Autobiography essay was chosen as one of the Cornerstone Honors Program winners at The Catholic University of America.In her essay she expressed her love to her fabulous teachers at Wildwood Catholic Academy. especially Ms. Mary Kane.
Gavin Rosenello, Class of 2022, completed his first semester at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and has joined the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department in Hyattsville, MD as a Fire Fighter/EMT.
Faith Waldron completed her 1st Senior Semester at Ole Miss with another 4.0, making the Chancellors Honor Roll. Faith has also been accepted into the Doctorate Program at Widener University for AOT/Occupational Therapy and will be attending starting this Summer 2022. Faith will be completing her Undergraduate Program at Ole Miss this Spring with Graduation in May 2022.
Wildwood Catholic would like to send our congratulations and best wishes to Eric Sorensen! Eric left for Coast Guard Basic Training on Monday. Eric has been approved for the Rescue Swimmer program. His last dinner at home before leaving, the family supported the Two Mile Landing Wildwood Catholic Academy Fundraiser!
Wildwood Catholic Academy is very proud of alumni, Amanda Bogle. She is attending Nova Southeastern University and has earned her Florida Naturalist Certification in 3 areas. Congratulations Amanda!
Daniel Stefankiewicz graduated from Drexel today cum laude. He will be working this year in a hospital to get patient hours and will be applying to graduate school PA program.
Ciara Becker, Class of 2021 - Dean's List at the University of Mississippi for 3 semesters.
Reagan Peter, ’21, enjoying her Sophomore year at The College of Charleston and is a Kappa Alpha Theta sister.
Aidan C. Bradley (2021) made the Deans List, with a 3.98 GPA, at Long Island University where he is studying for his BFA in Musical Theater. He was also cast and performed in his first college musical, The Addams Family, this past November.
Leona Macrina (2021) Leona started as soccer goalie as a freshman for the Women's Neumann Knights Soccer Team, Leona completed her first semester at Neumann University with a 3.75 GPA. Leona has also accepted a position as a training coach for children with the Philadelphia Union. She will also be starting a position as a PT Aid in support of her Health Sciences major for the Spring Semester. We are extremely proud!!! I will send a picture in a separate email.
Benjamin Church (2020) is attending Ithaca College and has been named to the Dean's List with a 3.85 GPA.
Conor Farrell, ’20, is in his second year at the United States Naval Academy and has been on the Superintendents List every semester, and is a Coxswain on the Heavy Weight Crew Team.
Sean Dougherty, ’20, is in his Junior Year at FaU, and has made Deans List, is Chair of Philanthropy for Sigma Chi and just broke the record for the most money raised for his charity, The Huntsman Cancer Foundation.
Damon Stefankiewicz, Class of 2020, has been accepted to Drexel University Kline School of Law for this upcoming Fall Semester.
Damon Stefankiewicz, WCA class of 2020, is a senior at Drexel University who has achieved Dean's List, along with being a teaching assistant and president of the Real Estate Club. Damon has been accepted to Drexel Law school.
Cory Krause (2019) Cory has made the Dean's List list for the past 3 semesters and has a current GPA of 3.7. After he finishes this semester, he will go on a missionary trip to Africa for two months. He will be joining Mrs. Schumann and Mrs. McCann this Friday for the junior retreat.
Giacomo Antonicello, 2019 graduate, began his college career at Arcadia University then (due to COVID) transferred to Atlantic Cape Community College where he earned his Associate’s Degree in May, 2022 with honors. He has played baseball for both Arcadia and at Atlantic Cape. Giacomo is currently a junior at Rutgers-Camden playing baseball for the Scarlet Raptors and working toward his bachelor’s in Business. Giacomo has fond memories of Wildwood Catholic and is a Dean’s list student-athlete at Rutgers Camden. Read More
Erin Connelly, WCA Class of 2019, is a sophomore at Salisbury University studying Exercise Science. She is a member of the Cross Country and Track/Field teams. Although their XC season was cancelled, they still train daily and are hoping to have a spring season. Last semester, Erin made the Dean’s List and the CACC All-Academic team.
Julia Byrne, ’19, will be graduating one semester early from Florida Atlantic University, with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management with a concentration in entrepreneurship. Julia plans to begin science courses as she works towards applying for Veterinarian school.
Aiden Saul, Class of 2018, is in his first year of the PhD program in Chemistry at Brown University.
Aiden Saul (2018) will be graduating from St. Joe’s with a BS in Chemistry. Aiden has been accepted to Brown University’s PhD program for chemistry and will begin there in August.
Jared Wallace, WCHS graduating class of 2018, is attending Drexel University, and is a 3rd year student, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Jared has just started his second Co-op program for Exelon Energy Company.
Faith Waldron, WCA class of 2018, was recently named to the University of Mississippi’s Fall 2020 Honor Roll lists. Waldron was named to the Chancellor’s Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of 3.75-4.00. Congratulations Faith, keep up the good work!
Jared Wallace, a 2018 graduate, is currently finishing his last year at Drexel University studying Chemical Engineering. He recently got engaged to Sarah Stuart, also a 2018 WCA graduate.
Sarah Stuart, ’18, graduated from the University of Delaware, made the Deans List and also passed her Nursing Boards in August. She is currently working in the Medical ICU (MICU) at Penn Presbyterian Hospital.
James P Bradley, II (2017) graduated from Cabrini University in May of 2021 with a Dual Degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology. He was also inducted into the Alpa Kappa Delta and Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Societies in May. He is currently employed with Sunoco Companies as a Logistics Analyst/Specialist and resides in Plymouth Meeting PA.
Congratulations to Kyle Krause, Class of 2016, and mom, Kelsey, who welcomed their first child, Finnegan Michael Krause, on December 1, 2022. (photo above)
Morgan Burkhardt (2016) started her Masters program through The Culinary Institute of America in September of 2021 while working her full-time job as a Pastry Chef at The Sanctuary Hotel at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah, South Carolina. It’s a two-year program done mostly online but last September she went to Napa Valley to start the program then in June of 2022 she goes back to CIA in New York for Menus of Change then August of 2023 she graduates from CIA IN New York.
Corrine Shoemaker, Class of 2016, graduated on the Dean's List with her associates degree from ACCC in June. She just finished her first semester at Rutgers University on the Dean's List Corrine is also mom to daughter, Victoria, and son, Valentino, due in April!
Eileen McNulty, WCA class of 2016, graduated from The University of Scranton in 2020. Eileen earned the award for Excellence in Electrical Engineering; an award given to only one student from the major. Eileen now works as an Electrical Design Engineer for an architectural design firm, Kitchen and Associates, located in Collingswood, NJ. She is studying to take the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam to become a Professionally Licensed Engineer.
Tara McBride, Wildwood Catholic Class of 2015, is a 2019 Summa Cum Laude graduate of St. Joseph University . Tara is employed by KPMG, Philadelphia, and recently attained the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation. Tara resides in Manayunk. Wildwood Catholic Academy congratulates Tara on her success!
Garrett Moretti, Wildwood Catholic Class of 2014 - Graduated ACCC in Criminal Justice. Garrett has been a full-time police officer in Franklin Township, NJ for the past 3 years and lives in Sea Isle City.
Jeffrey Wallace, WCHS graduating class of 2013, is currently serving in the United States Navy, and has recently married Ahna Robbio from Cape May Court House on Sept 20, 2020. Wildwood Catholic Academy thanks Jeff for his service.

Class of 2011-2001

Arianna Alosi, graduated WCHS in 2012, and went to Lynn University in Boca Raton Florida. Arianna was in an accelerated 3-year program and graduated Summa Cum Laude. She began working immediately at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex, where she is now Senior Operations Manager. Arianna purchased her own home in 2016 and resides in Sicklerville with her puppy.
Taylor Burkhardt (2012) had a career as a hair stylist but with the pandemic pivoted to nanny! She has been taking care of one little boy for over two years and is waiting to start watching his baby sister. She also got married to her soul mate, Dave, not once but twice in 2021! One official marriage in April 2021 then a full fledge wedding October of 2021!

Congratulations to David McCallion (Class of 2010), wife, Anna, and big sister, Sophia, who welcomed baby, Brooks David McCallion, on November 21!

Class of 1990-2000

Kevin Quinn, Wildwood Catholic class of 1994, Washington College 1998-B.S.,Villanova University 2018 - M.S. Kevin’s current position is Parish Administrator, Notre Dame de la Mer, and Licensed Realtor, DeSatnick Real Estate along with his wife and real estate partner, Carli. Kevin previously was an administrator at Wildwood Catholic High School, as well as a faculty member. Kevin and Carli live locally and have two children: Stella, 8th grade WCA, and Nola, 9th Grade WCA.