And soon to join the list, Jennifer Harris!

So my wife's alma mater, Lafayette High School out in Wildwood, MO (home of the Lancers), is gaining quite a bit of notoriety for it's alumni moving on to bigger and better things:  it's most famous alum is probably Ryan Howard, who has gone on to be a star first baseman and power hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies.  He's even on the cover of the Playstation game MLB 08: The Show, which would mean a lot more to me if I was a gamer, which I'm not.


In addition to Mr. Howard, Lafayette also boasts Robert Archibald, who was a 2002 second-round draft pick of the Memphis Grizzlies NBA team, Kelly Stables, who was an actress in The Ring Two (don't worry, I didn't see it either),  and Christina Machamer, who endured all the insults and foul language of Chef Gordon Ramsay to win Season 4 of Hell's Kitchen.

One other Lancer alum getting quite a few kudos lately is David Freese, the new 3rd baseman for your St. Louis Cardinals.  Mr. Freese went in and out of the minors the last couple of years, this year winning the 3rd base position full time, beating out Troy Glaus, who was expected to be in that position.  He was relatively quiet this year until today: he almost hit for the cycle ("the cycle" being hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run), including a 3-run homer in the 1st inning.  He only missed hitting a triple (which is probably the hardest to hit).  By the end of the game he had hit in 6 players altogether!

Anyway, I thought I would honor these former Lafayette students today with a little black and gold (or as close to gold as I've got: yellow) for their school colors.    Go Lancers!