It was 2001 - the year we graduated - and we met, of all places, at a bar that I don't believes exists any longer, called Al's Place. It was the tail end of Christmas break and I had come back to hang out at the beach with my roommates and friends a little early before classes commenced for our final semester at Fairfield. We met each other and almost instantaneously hit it off. Days following that were made up of evening run-ins at the Sea Grape, days spent on the beaches in the area between classes, and as the days to graduation neared it was hard to imagine life after Fairfield without each other. So much of what we learned as a Stag was about commitment (he was on the men's soccer team and I had an intense schedule fitting 4 years of courses into three) and working hard to achieve our goals and dreams not only for ourselves as individuals, but also as a unit as we graduated on that May day. The values instilled in us, both regarding family and life goals as citizens, we owe so much to Fairfield and are so thankful that it brought us together in this universe. Today we have two beautiful kids, who I can only hope have the experience we both did at Fairfield.

Class Years: 2001
First Met: Al's Place