Brian McTaggart | mlb.com news Third baseman Alex Bregman will hit free agency with a Gold Glove on his résumé. Bregman was named Sunday as the American League winner of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award at third base, which goes to the best defensive player in each league at the position. Bregman, a first-time Gold […]
Assistant AD Sheryl Clemmer Inducted into Del Norte Hall of Fame
Sheryl Clemmer, a 1969 graduate of Del Norte High School and Albuquerque Academy employee since 1985, was inducted into the Del Norte Athletics Hall of Fame on October 13. Sheryl began playing sports with her brothers and neighbors, and she joined the AOC Track Club, where she “competed in almost every event you can think […]
Hub International adds New Mexico president role, Eric Weinstein ’94
By Brody Foster – Reporter, Albuquerque Business First Hub International has added a new leadership position to oversee its day-to-day operations in the Land of Enchantment. Eric Weinstein was named president for Hub International’s New Mexico operations on Sept. 16. He spent the last 24 years at Aon, an insurance brokerage firm in Albuquerque, where […]
State’s best make for memorable running day at Albuquerque Academy
By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer In Class 4A, the host Chargers had the biggest haul of any school. Not only did Anna Hastings (18:23.50) and Nicholas Ponte (15:40.82) win individual Extravaganza titles, but the Charger boys beat rival Los Alamos 37-51 for the boys, and the girls finished second. “We were really pleased […]
Chamiza Pacheco de Alas ’96: Helping New Mexican Children Thrive
To shine a light on the transformative power of tuition assistance, Alumni Council member Ted Alcorn ’01 is telling the stories of alumni who were grateful recipients during their Academy years. By Ted Alcorn ’01 When Chamiza Pacheco de Alas ’96 drops off her sixth-grader at the Academy, she sometimes thinks about arriving there herself […]
What Makes David Eagleman ’89 So Driven?
He Could Probably Design an Experiment to Explain It. Bravery has been brewing inside David Eagleman, Albuquerque Academy Class of 1989, for a long time. On a fall day in the 1980s, when he’d only been a sixth grader at the Academy for a matter of weeks, hot-air balloons touched down on campus, and one […]
Pick Up a Book by an Academy Author
The Academy’s strong English program and focus on writing and clearly expressing ideas have both attracted and produced a number of outstanding authors. If you’re planning to settle in with a good book as the nights get long and temperatures drop, try one of these. (And please contact the alumni office if you have an addition [...]
For Ava Dellaira ’02, Writing is a Means of Processing Hardship, Grappling with Difference
To shine a light on the transformative power of tuition assistance, Alumni Council member Ted Alcorn ’01 is telling the stories of alumni who were grateful recipients during their Academy years. By Ted Alcorn ’01 As she neared the end of eighth grade, Ava Dellaira ’02 received an offer she couldn’t refuse. She’d gone through […]
Poetry Collection by Gustav Parker Hibbett ’14 on T.S. Eliot Prize Shortlist
The T.S. Eliot Prize has announced the ten poets named to the 2024 shortlist — an eclectic list comprising seasoned poets, two debuts, two second collections, and two previously shortlisted poets from both long-established, and small independent presses. High Jump as Icarus Story by 2014 Academy grad Gustav Parker Hibbett is among the honorees. Gustav is a […]
Looking to Meet Your Neighbors? Get on the Tennis Courts.
A different way to understand your community — and yourself. By Nick Pachelli (Academy Class of 2009) In 2021, I moved from Harlem to leafy Fort Greene, Brooklyn. I’m a longtime competitive tennis player, and one of my first outings in the neighborhood was to an annual community tennis tournament in the park that a […]
