Class Notes

Ben Crawford is now a licensed REALTOR® with Coldwell Banker Wallace and Wallace in Alcoa. He says, “As many of you know, I have had a lifelong interest in Real Estate. I even wrote my business thesis at Maryville College on “The Real Estate Appraisal Process and Current Real Estate Trends in Tennessee.””

earned his PhD in East-West Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies in 2014.

enrolled at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond to further her education and gain her masters degree in Christian Education

Maryville College Alums working on MDivs together. Zach Plant (class of 2021) and Crystal Fallesen (class of 2007) are both students at Candler School of Theology at Emory University. They discovered they were both Scots while taking “The Work of the Minister” together in Spring 2022. Crystal is on schedule to graduate from Candler in 2023 and Zach in 2024.

Joe Gunter
Bellewood and Brooklawn
Director of Fundraising

Bellewood and Brooklawn proudly announces the appointment of Dr. Joe Gunter as their new Director of Fundraising. With an extensive background that traverses academia, development, ministerial work, and athletics, Dr. Gunter brings a unique blend of leadership, communication, and strategic planning skills to the role. Holding a Doctor of Ministry from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Joe has dedicated much of his career to fostering community engagement, enhancing educational initiatives, and driving fundraising efforts. Joe looks forward to leveraging his broad experience to advance Bellewood and Brooklawn’s Brooklawn’s 175-year mission of healing the hearts and minds of Kentucky’s most vulnerable youth.

Chante and her husband, Matt, have adopted 5 children through foster care. They have two children through guardianship. Chante works as the Assistant Branch Directory at Bethany Christian Services in Knoxville.

was the featured artist at Artsclamation! 2012. Howe will have paintings at Artsclamation! in sizes ranging from 8"x10" to 36"x48". Howe believes that he both inherited an eye for beauty, and that, in addition to any inherited tendency, creativity is a sheer gift from God. "One of my grandfathers was a photographer and the other one was a wood carver – a wood artist," Howe explained. Howe worked in woodcarving for about eight years, doing custom work on mantles and door frames for high-end homes. He now makes many of the frames for his paintings himself, such as the one he made for Artsclamation's featured piece this year, "Goldenrods." Howe is a spiritual person and his Christian faith plays a primary role in his life and his work. Jonathan is married to Sarah Atchley-Howe, who is also his business partner. The couple live "urban-artistically" in the heart of Knoxville with their daughter, Aidyn, who is nearly 3 months old, and their pet Maltipoo, Amber. Committed to merging art and their faith in Jesus Christ, the Howe family is active in their local church where they lead a youth group and oversee mission trips with young people.

Cora and her husband Mark recently relocated to Kingsport, TN. Cori is currently a Senior Account Executive over Membership with the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce. Mark and Cora recently purchased their first home and are expecting their first child in October 2015.

My husband, Mark & I welcomed our second son, Drew Russell Johnson in April 30th, 2019. We also have a four year old, Luke Edward Johnson.

Graduated from George Mason University in 2014 with MA in Interdisciplinary Studies, with an emphasis in ethics & interpreting. She is currently working as a certified sign language interpreter in the DC area.

Tennis team (Spring 2004, 2005, 2007) Student Chaplain (2005-2007)

Entrepreneurship for All, a nonprofit which supports entrepreneurship through mentorship and other activities, recently announced that it has expanded to Cape Cod and named Christin Marshall as executive director of EforAll Cape Cod. Marshall is a 2017 graduate of EforAll’s South Coast Accelerator Program where she founded Camp Timeout, a summer camp experience for grownups. Earlier, she worked as a program coordinator for Barnstable County AmeriCorps. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in international business from Maryville College and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. “EforAll, on a basic level, helps people with a business idea to launch those businesses. It does that in two primary ways,” Marshall told NPR for the Cape and Islands. “We have pitched contests that are kind of like Shark Tank. So, if you apply, and you get accepted, you have two and a half minutes to pitch to a panel of judges and win some seed money for your business.” EforAll was founded in 2010 as the Merrimack Valley Sandbox, and rebranded in 2014 as an independent nonprofit organization. In addition to Lowell and Cape Cod, EforAll has sites in Fall River, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lynn, and New Bedford.

April Proffitt McCroskey was awarded the 2018 Pro Bono Service award by the Tennessee Supreme Court in October of 2018.

Carson-Newman announced the hiring of Kevin McKeethan ’07 to be the program’s new quarterbacks coach. McKeethan’s most recent stop was at the University of Tennessee as the program’s Special Teams Quality Control assistant. Read more: http://www.cneagles.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/releases/20180418ogl1i8

Christin Marshall has founded Camp Wild Child, a company that specializes in getaway weekends that allow adults to go back to summer camp. In 2018, Camp Wild Child has will host weekends in Massachusetts, Virginia, and Colorado. In 2019, the plan is to expand to Tennessee and Ohio. The business is still in startup stage, but the aim is to become “the Spartan Race of summer camps.” If you love CrossFit and the outdoors or you are just interested to see more details, check it out here: www.campwildchild.com.

Former Powell head coach Derek Rang has joined Ken Sparks’ staff at Carson-Newman as the graduate assistant in charge of receivers.

Former Powell head coach Derek Rang has joined Ken Sparks’ staff at Carson-Newman as the graduate assistant in charge of receivers.

Derek Rang ’07 named as football coach at Gatlinburg-Pittman Rang compiled a 32-8 record in three seasons at Dresden, including a perfect 15-0 season a year ago that was capped by a Class 1A state championship. Rang replaces Benny Hammonds, who retired on Feb. 23 after 45 seasons at Gatlinburg-Pittman. In his time with the Highlanders, Hammonds posted a 347-165 record. His 348 career wins – he went 1-8-1 during a one-year stint with Cocke County in 1969 – ranks fourth all-time in the state of Tennessee behind Alcoa’s Gary Rankin (397), St. George’s Ken Netherland (368) and Brentwood Academy’s Carlton Flatt (355). “I would like to thank Dr. Jack Parton, of Sevier County Schools, and Tony Ogle and AJ Bennett of Gatlinburg-Pittman High School for giving me the opportunity to be the next head football coach at Gatlinburg-Pittman,” Rang said in a Gatlinburg-Pittman release. “I have the utmost respect for the program coach Benny Hammonds has built over the last 45 years, and, while following a legend will not be easy, I feel we will continue the tradition of excellence on the field, in the classroom, and in the community of Gatlinburg that Coach Hammonds has established. “I cannot wait to join the school and community and start working with the wonderful people of Gatlinburg-Pittman.” Rang has plenty of ties to East Tennessee, beginning with his playing days at Maryville High School and Maryville College. He began his coaching career as an assistant football coach at Anderson County and also has stints as an assistant coach at Carson-Newman and as a defensive coordinator at South-Doyle and West.

Betsabé Román González was awarded a 2017 UC MEXUS-CONACYT Postdoctoral Fellowship for her project “Transnational Children Returning to American Schools and Communities from Mexico” at UC San Diego. She explores an understudied trajectory of migration by returnees or retornados, young migrants who were born in the United States, lived in Mexico for a period of time and then returned to U.S. communities and schools. Román González has presented results from her research at a number of academic conferences and forums including the International Conference on Geographies of Children, Youth and Family; the UC-Mexico Initiative’s “The Students We Share”; and the International Studies Associations (both Mexican and International, AMEI and ISA). For more information: http://ucmexus.ucr.edu/spotlight/betsabe-roman-gonzalez.html

is excited to announce that he is now part of the D1Baseball.com staff, covering 12 states on the West Coast.

Alex Violette ’07 has partnered with life-long friend and executive Chef Ryan Davenport to open Elkmont Exchange Brewery and Eating House at 745 North Broadway. See more: http://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/elkmont-exchange-brewery-and-eating-house-to-open-in-north-knoxville/51-487589889

Leah joined Big River Advertising as a receptionist. She has worked in the hospitality industry and as a preschool teacher.