Jim Stangle '66
Jim, a member of Alter’s first graduating class, was a two-way player at tackle on offense and defense, and co-captain of the team as both a junior and senior. Jim’s senior year, the team was ranked #1 in area polls, and was state ranked. He was named 1st Team All State, and 1st Team All Area by both Dayton Daily News and the Journal Herald. Jim was also part of the Ohio North South High School game in Canton in 1966. He attended the University of Dayton on a full athletic scholarship and became a three-year starter as an offensive tackle for U.D. after playing on the Freshman Team in 1966. At U.D. he was named the John L. MacBeth Scholar Athlete his junior year, the White Allen Most Valuable Player his senior year, the Dayton Agonis Club Outstanding Senior Athlete for all sports, and in 1969, he played in the East-West Shrine game in San Francisco. Jim obtained his MBA from U.D., became a commissioned Second Lieutenant in the United States Army in 1970, and as of 2004, as General Manager for Cintas of the Baltimore metro market.

Julie Schaefer Myers '80
Julie played four years of basketball at Alter and earned three varsity letters scoring 1267 points with a record of 67 wins and 9 losses. She was a 3-time All Conference and All Area player and her senior year she was All-Area MVP, District Player of the Year, First Team All State, Top Ten Converse Academic All American, Converse All American, and Honorable Mention All-American of the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. She was also a 3-time All Conference performer in volleyball, a recipient of the American High School Athlete Award, and earned 3 varsity letters. In softball, she received another 3 varsity letters, batted over .400, was All Greater Dayton League First Team, and received the Gerald Bart Award. She went on a full basketball scholarship to University of Dayton and earned 4 varsity letters, the Spirit Award, the Charles R. Kendall Award for academic and athletic excellence, and was named to the 1983 Athletes in Action Basketball Team that toured Japan, Hong Kong, and China. She graduated in 1984 with a B.S. in Premedicine and obtained her D.O. in 1988 from Ohio University where she was awarded “Most Outstanding Medical Student” in 1986 and 1988. Since 1993, Dr. Myers has been in practice in Kettering.

Kathleen Duchak 78-87
Kathleen was a visionary and believed in opportunities for young women, so in 1978 she started the first girls’ soccer team at Alter and served as its coach until 1987. For ten years she channeled her boundless energy into her team, never experiencing a losing season and winning over 100 games. Perhaps it was due to her pre-game ritual of prayer: “Holy Spirit of God, enlighten my mind, strengthen my will, and give me the grace to pass this hour fruitfully. Amen.” She firmly taught that sport was not an end in itself but a means to live a better life through hard work, good sportsmanship, teamwork, and learning from mistakes. Kathleen met her husband of 39 years, John, in religion class at the University of Dayton and they had six children together, two of whom are now soccer coaches themselves. Coach Duchak blazed a new path for women’s athletics at Alter, teaching the girls to not settle and accept the status quo, but to push themselves toward their dreams…always.

Nancy Janco-Budde '74
Nancy was the consummate athlete at Alter earning varsity letters in tennis, track, basketball, and volleyball. After graduation, she walked on in women’s tennis at Arizona State University and in 1975, received an athletic scholarship at ASU, graduating in 1979. Nancy was named First Team All-American in 1978 after reaching the Quarterfinals of the National Collegiate Championships. Between 1975 and 1978 she was champion and/or finalist in the Southwestern Open, Fiesta Bowl, Arizona Open, Sun Devil Open, and first team All-Conference for three years. She played as an amateur for the World Tennis Team, “Phoenix Racquets,”won the Montgomery County Women’s Open Singles six times, and is presently ranked #10 nationally in Women’s Open Platform Tennis. From 1980-1982 she was the Head Women’s Tennis Coach at Purdue University and she coached the Alter Girls’ Tennis team to a State Team Championship in 2001.

Robert Schaefer '75
Bob had a very successful career, earning 2 letters in
basketball and 3 for baseball at Alter. As a basketball player,
Bob was All-District and All-Area his junior and senior years and was a North/South All Star his senior year. The team won 3 district titles and 1 regional championship as Alter made its first State Final Four appearance. In baseball, he was All-Area as a junior and senior. He accepted a basketball scholarship to Wright State University where he was a four-year basketball starter at WSU and ended his career as leading scorer in WSU history, still holding several records there today. He graduated in 1979, and in 1988, he was elected to Wright State’s Hall of Fame. As of 2004, Bob has been a director at Reynolds and Reynolds for 25 years.