The Alumni is Colorado’s authority for high school academics, activities and athletics news 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Alumni was started in the fall of 2006 by two former Colorado high school student athletes who wanted more news, more sports and more opportunity. There have been many great students and student-athletes who have emerged from Colorado high schools, but there has historically been little notoriety for these standouts in Colorado compared to student-athletes in California, Texas and Florida. The Alumni is dedicated to providing superior service to the Colorado high school community. We are in the beginning stages of our commitment to you, so grow with us as we strive to make your future brighter.
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Matthew Castilleja Publisher Matthew is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado with a B.A. in telecommunications and a minor in Spanish. He also attended Northeastern Junior College where he was an outfielder for the Plainsmen. He was the sports editor of his college newspaper The Plainsmen Pathways 1998-00. Matthew served as an intern at Clear Channel Communications under Susie Wargin, Dave Logan, and Scott Hastings in 2000-01, and interned for Sports Radio 850 KOA for the Colorado Rockies under Wayne Hagan and Jeff Kingery in 2001-02. Matthew is an alum of Standley Lake High School in Westminster, Colo. |
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Isaiah Castilleja Vice President of Operations Isaiah is a currently attending the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is the founder of the entrepreneurs club at CU and is a graduate of Longmont High School. |
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Joe Ybarra Jr. Design/ Developer Joe is the founder/owner of Focal55 Art Design & Development. He attended San Jose State University and has worked in the high tec industry for the last five years. As of the last two years, Joe has focus his energies on creating a web design and development business as well as participating in the growth of The Alumni News. |
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Don Cameron Editor-In-Chief Don has been a newspaper, magazine and Web site editor and reporter for more than 20 years. Former sports editor of the Vail Daily and Summit Daily News in the Colorado high country, he also has experience at major metro newspapers and a variety of sports magazines. He was a news service manager for the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Committee and is a graduate of Cornell University. He also served as a volunteer coach for a state champion Vail youth hockey team. |
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Scott Kaniewski Staff Writer Scott Kaniewski a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder. He's worked for newspapers for seven years in Colorado and California, covering everything from high school athletics to the BCS National Championship game to the Stanley Cup Finals. |
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Jessica Vidal Photographer Jessica became interested in photography at a young age and has followed her passion for it into career in photography. She has done some freelance work for a few other newspapers and recently graduated with and AAS in photography from the Art Institute of Colorado. Ultimately her photojournalistic sport photography peaked her interest as she continues explore the wide world of photography. |
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Kyle Garratt Staff Writer Kyle grew up and went to high school up in the mountains of Estes Park. He graduated from Colorado State University in 2007 with a B.A. in journalism and a minor in coaching. During his time there he spent a semester as an intern at the Fort Collins Coloradoan writing the stories nobody else really wanted to write as well as writing features for their magazine, 25 North. He was also a reporter for College Avenue, the campus magazine at CSU, for a year. He now lives and writes for The Alumni in Denver. |
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Ryan Russo Staff Writer Ryan is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder. He earned a B.S. in computer information systems and a minor in journalism. Ryan is an alum of Fairview High School in Boulder. |
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