Melissa Magner ’20 has been recognized with the 2025 IndieReader Discovery Award (IRDA) in the new adult category for her newest book, Of the Sun and Sea. Her novel is a fantasy adventure that doubles as a powerful metaphor for grief and mental health. The IRDAs spotlight standout independent books and help connect them with […]

Sally Menti ’24 has signed a multi-year contract extension with Seattle Reign FC, keeping the midfielder with the professional women’s soccer team through the 2027 season. Menti helped lead the Broncos to the 2020 NCAA Championship and earned multiple All-West Coast Conference honors during her collegiate career. Internationally, Menti was called into training camp with […]

While attending the San Francisco Giants’ World Series victory parade in 2010, Mike Ford ’11 was struck by the unity sports could create. That spark led him into sports marketing, with roles at Senda Athletics, the San Francisco 49ers, Stanford Athletics, and the San Jose Sharks, all while earning a master’s in sports management from […]

Sowmya Ayyar ’00 recently released her debut book, my India, with the Indology publisher Motilal Banarsidass. The collection of 64 poems is a lyrical exploration of India’s people, places, eras, philosophies, cultures, and music. It blends ancestral memory with personal reflection. Through verse, Ayyar paints a vivid portrait of India as both a physical place […]

Frank Yip J.D. ’74 has been in the sports representation industry since his graduation. Frank was the first Chinese American to be certified as an agent by the NFL Players Association. During his career, he has advised players, coaches, and NFL upper management in regards to contracts, investments for retirement, and income tax planning. Since […]

Annie Karich ’26 has signed with Boston Legacy FC as the club’s first-ever player ahead of its inaugural 2026 season with the National Women’s Soccer League. After making 36 appearances over two seasons with FC Freiburg in Germany, Karich now brings her talent and experience to Boston for an exciting new chapter. During her collegiate […]

Dylan Joyce MBA ’25 has been named a First Team Academic All-American, becoming Santa Clara University’s first recipient of the honor in 18 years and the first from the baseball program in 37 years. This prestigious national recognition caps a standout collegiate career marked by both academic and athletic excellence. Joyce previously earned Third Team […]

Jason LeValley M.A. ’93, a lifelong music enthusiast raised in Phoenix, has spent years immersed in California and Tucson’s creative scenes. He founded an award-winning independent radio station and, in 2021, launched Psychedelic Scene, an online publication celebrating psychedelic music, art, and culture. Serving as both editor and regular contributor, Jason channels his deep love […]

Nicholas Buccola ’01 was named the Dr. Jules K. Whitehill Chair of Humanism & Ethics at Claremont McKenna College.

In 2007, in the midst of their teaching year, Denise DeLong ’69 and her husband, Jim, traveled to Cambodia, visiting the killing fields and the temples of Angkor Wot. Their lives were transformed. Jim’s student charity club at Bret Harte Middle School in San Jose, Invisible Issues, worked to raise enough funds to build a […]

Dean Daniels M.A. ’95, a retired parish liturgist and pastoral musician, served for 20 years in parishes and 21 years as the director of the Office for Worship at the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. He earned his master’s degree at the Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries at SCU. Now enjoying retirement and being a grandfather, Dean […]

Peter Coe Verbica ’82, J.D. ’99 has officially launched his 2026 campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in California’s 19th Congressional District, which includes Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Luis Obispo counties. His platform focuses on several key issues: Reforming the current tax treatment of Social Security income; advocating for meaningful immigration […]

Tim Foley ’80 wrote a collection of ghost stories. Tales Nocturnal was published by PS Publishing in 2025.

Cherie Motobu Lambrecht ’09 was named Roseville City School District Certificated Employee of the year, for the 2024-25 school year. She is a school psychologist at Buljan Middle School in Roseville, which is about 20 miles northeast of Sacramento. She is married to Greg Lambrecht ’10.

In the fall of 2017, at the Santa Clara University School of Law Student Bar Association’s Halloween event, Jared Powell J.D. ’19 and Samantha King Powell J.D. ’20 met and instantly connected over a shared passion for law and community service. After graduating, Jared and Samantha moved to Las Vegas, where they married and launched […]

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has appointed Heather M. Vigil J.D. ’07 as office managing shareholder of the firm’s San Francisco office. Vigil will continue her role as OMS in the Irvine and Portland, Ore. offices. Vigil defends managers in employment litigation across federal and state courts, arbitration and […]

In 2024, Karen Krebser ’87 published her first work of non-fiction. Tarot Through the Witch’s Year: 33 Spreads for Spiritual Connection by Microcosm Publishing contains instructions for drawing and laying out Tarot cards on 33 different occasions throughout the year, drawing on the history and energy of each occasion to influence the reading and bring […]

Kendall McIntosh ’17 has joined Oakland Roots ahead of the 2025 USL Championship season. Born and raised in Oakland, McIntosh grew up playing youth soccer with The Town before playing college soccer at Santa Clara University. Now in his tenth year as a pro, the seven-year MLS veteran now returns to his hometown to continue […]

An Emmy-winning executive producer, Scott Freeman ’80 serves on the Board of Governors of the Television Academy as governor of theReality Programming Peer Group. I am also the co-chair of the Television Academy Honors Selection Committee, serve on the Bylaws and Emmy Awards committees, and recently co-produced the Academy-wide panel event “You Can’t Write This […]

Cornelius Buckley, S.J. ’50 has authored a new biography of Joseph Fessio, S.J. ’62. Both Fr. Fessio and Fr. Buckely taught at Santa Clara University from 1966 to 1969. Father Joseph Fessio, S.J.: California Blackrobe is an in-depth, page-turning biography of the founder of Ignatius Press and the University of San Francisco’s Saint Ignatius Institute. […]