[Al Skierkiewicz]

One of my fondest memories is sitting in the stands as John Abele read through the Chairman's description and my wife's nails were gouging into my palms. When he ended with "for the team that's never done" a reference to our video response to Beatty's 2006 video, I knew we had made it at last. Our students were crying and jumping up and down and everyone was hugging us and the emotion was overwhelming. I watch the video every now and then to see the emotion on the mentor's faces, and the surprise on the faces of the new parents who were present.