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Marissa Kastanek
M. is a career sports writer who has covered at last count 28 sports, with primary emphases on team sports at the pro, college and high school levels. M. has won five awards as either a conference ...view moreM. is a career sports writer who has covered at last count 28 sports, with primary emphases on team sports at the pro, college and high school levels. M. has won five awards as either a conference sports writer of the year or state baseball writer of the year and has been a part of award-winning daily sports sections in two states. M. has attended and written about World Series and Stanley Cup Finals games as well as NCAA Championship finals in basketball, baseball, soccer, track & field, wrestling and field hockey, and has been a poll voter for the Atlantic Coast Conference, both NCAA Division II and Black College football, and the state Associated Press. M. counts about 100 members of various sports halls of fame as friends, and has been a primary beat writer for five teams from high school to major pro sports that won season-ending “cheese stands alone” games. A former college cheerleader and high school cross country runner who has belonged to numerous choirs and choruses, M.’s best sports have been badminton, miniature golf, and shooting – although he was named most improved player at a basketball camp for rising 8th graders. M. is a leading officer in both the local Mensa chapter and the county Democratic party, and - in a major upset - actually did graduate from William & Mary.
G. is an outstanding editor who oversees the newsletter of the local Mensa chapter and is quickly climbing the career ladder as software test engineer. An unwavering 4.0 student from kindergarten through a bachelor’s degree from a Historically Black University, G. took exactly five innings to master scoring a baseball game from scratch at age 30. G. attended elementary school with one of the fastest receivers in NFL and Big Ten history, and dons the jersey of a retired fourth-line stalwart who also wore the “A” when attending an NHL game. A one-time decorated high school swimmer who also played saxophone in the band, G. frequently volunteers working with children through Mensa and at the local elementary school.
M. and G. are very proud parents of a pre-teen Mensa Girl who specializes in defense.view less