Service 2018 Part 2

L-R: Michael Scott, Justin Niles ’09, Brad Heusner, Mary Ann Scott ’75, Kate Beaver ’10, Ryan Karlsgodt ’08, Lissa Tsu ’00, Maria DeSantis ’75, and Bill McDonald ’68. Absent from the photo was Lisa Girolamo ’95.

A contingent of San Diego Eagles spent a couple of hours Saturday, May 5, at the San Diego Food Bank in the second local phase of this year’s “Eagles for Others” activities. The previous Saturday, phase one took place at Our Lady’s Church in Barrio Logan (earlier post).

Ten chapter members and friends joined other local volunteers at the Food Bank for a two-hour shift loading boxes of food for local seniors. According to Food Bank staff, the crew loaded 19,000 pounds of canned and packaged food into 625 boxes, providing an estimated 60,000 meals. Here’s a gallery pf photos from the day.

After the session, a half-dozen Eagles and friends relaxed at the nearby Ballast Point Brewery Miramar.

Service events happen every year. They’re work and they’re fun.

Service 2018 Part 1

San Diego Eagles returned last Saturday to Our Lady’s School in Barrio Logan for the first of two service activities in conjunction with BC’s Global Days of Service. (This Saturday, we’ll return to the San Diego Food Bank.)

(L-R) Mary Berube ’80, Ryan Karlsgodt ’08, Brian Tsu ’00, Josie Campese ’02, Megan Fett, Matt Landa JD’13, Bill McDonald ’68

The chapter has been doing projects at Our Lady’s School for several years. The school is sponsored by the parish, Our Lady of Guadalupe, the only Jesuit parish in San Diego County. Also participating this year in the service projects was a contingent of alumni from Santa Clara University.

2016 project completed

Ironically, the BC group’s work this year was, in a sense, to undo a project we had built two years earlier. In May 2016, we cleared weeds, installed lattices, and built a gravel walkway in a small garden area. Regrettably, that garden area, which is separated from the school, had been unused because of security issues and was now overgrown.

This time, we cleared the area to permit future use when the security situation has improved.

Here’s a gallery of photos from the activity April 28.

 

Frosh named nation’s top player

Freshman forward Daryl Watts has been named winner of the 2018 Patty Kazmaier Award as the nation’s top women’s collegiate hockey player. She is the first freshman to win the award and the second Eagle to win it in three years. Alex Carpenter ’16 won it in 2016.

The award was announced earlier today.

“I came to Boston College to have fun playing hockey at the highest level, learn from great coaches, and be part of a special group of teammates,” Watts said. “I never dreamed this year could’ve gone as it did. I am so lucky to be coached by Katie (Crowley), Courtney (Kennedy) and Court (Sheary) and be on the ice with our incredible team. They push all of us to be better every day and this award is as much my teammates’ as it is mine.”

At age 18, Watts is the nation’s leading scorer (82 points) and has the highest point total ever in an Olympic year (when some top college players are on leave from their teams) during the NCAA era (since 2000-01). The Toronto, Ontario, native posted just the 7th 40-goal, 40-assist season in NCAA history, the first in an Olympic year, and just the 3rd in the last 13 seasons.

Watts was the 2018 Hockey East Player of the Year and unanimous selection as the Hockey East Rookie of the Year, in addition to unanimous selections to both the conference’s All-Star First Team and All-Rookie squad.

Her 82 points mark the second-highest point total ever posted by a freshman in NCAA play, while her 42 goals are tied for the most by a freshman in NCAA history, matching Harvard forward Julie Chu’s 42 in 2002-03. Watts’ 82 points are also the second-highest single-season point total in Boston College history.

BC finished the season 30-5-3, 3rd-best record in program history. Eagles won their 5th-straight Hockey East regular-season title with a 19-2-3 record, and claimed their 3rd-straight Beanpot title. The Eagles advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 10th time in program history, drawing a top-4 seed for the 7th time in program history.