Winter 2022
Alumni Stories
![agroco grown spinach]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1673965382/provday/iizxspq9ulnlkopws5ri/agroco-grown-spinach_2000px.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1673965382/provday/iizxspq9ulnlkopws5ri/agroco-grown-spinach_2000px.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1673965382/provday/iizxspq9ulnlkopws5ri/agroco-grown-spinach_2000px.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1673965382/provday/iizxspq9ulnlkopws5ri/agroco-grown-spinach_2000px.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1673965382/provday/iizxspq9ulnlkopws5ri/agroco-grown-spinach_2000px.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1673965382/provday/iizxspq9ulnlkopws5ri/agroco-grown-spinach_2000px.jpg","width":2000}])
Lorenzo Hernandez ’12 wants to change the way we feed ourselves.
![Jill Ingram seated in left desk and Michelle Garrity seated in right desk]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1673964971/provday/tfq4irx18vx51dfu3mnm/Jill-Ingram_Michelle-Ingram_2000px.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1673964971/provday/tfq4irx18vx51dfu3mnm/Jill-Ingram_Michelle-Ingram_2000px.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1673964971/provday/tfq4irx18vx51dfu3mnm/Jill-Ingram_Michelle-Ingram_2000px.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1673964971/provday/tfq4irx18vx51dfu3mnm/Jill-Ingram_Michelle-Ingram_2000px.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1673964971/provday/tfq4irx18vx51dfu3mnm/Jill-Ingram_Michelle-Ingram_2000px.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1673964971/provday/tfq4irx18vx51dfu3mnm/Jill-Ingram_Michelle-Ingram_2000px.jpg","width":2000}])
Michelle Garrity '04 and Jill Ingram '04 met in 7th grade at PD and have been friends nearly 25 years. They are currently faculty in the Middle School Math Department.
![A Charger on the Prowl: Ickey Ekwonu '19 Becomes a Carolina Panther]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1673383156/provday/pmlsdxr4mup0er3nawhk/220918WK2NYGiants-256.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1673383156/provday/pmlsdxr4mup0er3nawhk/220918WK2NYGiants-256.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1673383156/provday/pmlsdxr4mup0er3nawhk/220918WK2NYGiants-256.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1673383156/provday/pmlsdxr4mup0er3nawhk/220918WK2NYGiants-256.png","width":1200},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1673383156/provday/pmlsdxr4mup0er3nawhk/220918WK2NYGiants-256.png","width":1600},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1673383156/provday/pmlsdxr4mup0er3nawhk/220918WK2NYGiants-256.png","width":2200}])
Last spring, all of Providence Day’s eyes were on the NFL draft. For the first time a PD alumnus was set to be a top-10 pick.
![Thomas Laub '15 wearing headphones]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1673452481/provday/zpjnu4bqamkwvnmffk02/Thomas_Laub.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1673452481/provday/zpjnu4bqamkwvnmffk02/Thomas_Laub.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1673452481/provday/zpjnu4bqamkwvnmffk02/Thomas_Laub.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1673452481/provday/zpjnu4bqamkwvnmffk02/Thomas_Laub.png","width":1200},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1673452481/provday/zpjnu4bqamkwvnmffk02/Thomas_Laub.png","width":1600},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1673452481/provday/zpjnu4bqamkwvnmffk02/Thomas_Laub.png","width":2200}])
![From Charger to Olympian]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653581411/provday/u4w7fsdhd4zif5h3gpfk/Alumni_Cockrell_2_2500px.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1653581411/provday/u4w7fsdhd4zif5h3gpfk/Alumni_Cockrell_2_2500px.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1653581411/provday/u4w7fsdhd4zif5h3gpfk/Alumni_Cockrell_2_2500px.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1653581411/provday/u4w7fsdhd4zif5h3gpfk/Alumni_Cockrell_2_2500px.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1653581411/provday/u4w7fsdhd4zif5h3gpfk/Alumni_Cockrell_2_2500px.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1653581411/provday/u4w7fsdhd4zif5h3gpfk/Alumni_Cockrell_2_2500px.jpg","width":2200}])
Anna Cockrell ’16 had a big year in 2021: She won two national championships in 100 meter and 400 meter hurdles competing on the University of Southern California track team. Then, it was on to the summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she represented Team USA and won two heats to
make it to the 400 meter hurdle finals.
![PD's Pet Entrepreneurs: A Class of '09 Connection Leads to a New Pet-care Business]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653398163/provday/yj6y9xbxlcmhkwsoitn2/Shinyu.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1653398163/provday/yj6y9xbxlcmhkwsoitn2/Shinyu.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1653398163/provday/yj6y9xbxlcmhkwsoitn2/Shinyu.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653398163/provday/yj6y9xbxlcmhkwsoitn2/Shinyu.jpg","width":1000}])
Coleman Russell ’09 and Maggie Ruff ’09 find themselves together a lot these days, but that’s nothing new. An alphabetical connection that kept them side-by-side during their PD years led them to a new idea that has made them business partners in a pet-care sector that’s growing by leaps and bounds.