‘Roo Legacies

  • Post last modified:January 16, 2025

Continuing Their Family Traditions

TGrant Gilbert and Jacob Meloni at Opening Convocationhe Class of 2023 includes 50 students following family members into ’RooNation. Many have siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles who attended Austin College recently or years ago. Space doesn’t  allow all of those students to be shown but pictured below are those students whose legacy connections are parents and/or grandparents (and showed up for the photo).

Two of the freshmen—Grant Gilbert of Sherman and Jacob Meloni of Schertz, Texas—each have nine ’Roo relatives before them, each including one parent, two or three grandparents, and an array of aunts and uncles—plus a sibling for Grant. As “most legacied,” they placed the Class of 2023 flag at Opening Convocation in August 2019.

See more legacy photos.

Elena Aventa, daughter of Tony Aventa ’90 Zoe Crane, daughter of Farrell Crane ’84 Sophie Daniel, daughter of Lezlie Parsons Daniel ’83 and Ladd Daniel ’84 Brandon Evans, son of Lucy Foster Evans ’87 Grant Gilbert, in ’Roo shirt, son of Dean Gilbert ’89, and grandson of Dean Gilbert ’71. Also pictured brother Clay Gilbert ’19 Clara Harper, daughter of Cheri Vandivort Harper and Michael Harper, both ’94, and granddaughter of Bettie Bass Vandivort ’72 and Bill Vandivort ’69 Lucas Herrmann, son of Chris Herrmann ’89 and Stephanie Lucio-Herrmann ’92 Maya Leisey, stepdaughter of Todd Deatherage ’83 Joanna Leitch, daughter of Georgia Vincent ’93 Kennon Magers, son of Bill Magers ’85 and Angela Magers MAT ’98. At far right is brother Zachary Magers ’21. Jacob Meloni, son of Paige Rodgers Meloni ’91 Cristian Olvera, son of Mike Olvera ’98 Elijah Sisk, son of Mary Pope Sisk ’88 and Kevin Sisk ’88 Kate Willeford, daughter of Keith Willeford ’91