Hello to all Matrix/Collage alumni!  We hope all is going well in your life after indoor.  We would like to hear from you and are interested in what you are doing.   If you would like to give us new information or update what is below,  please email us your information.   Matrix has included a forum for all Collage/Matrix members.  To access the alumni forum, please create a login and then contact info@matrixpercussion.org.  Please provide name, instrument, membership years.  Thank you!
NAME	YEARS	INSTRUMENT	BIOGRAPHY
Acker, Rick	2001, 1999	Bass 3 & 4	I am studying Psychology and Entrepreneurship at Bowling Green State University.  The lessons learned and the relationships that I've made in Matrix are priceless!
Budd, Brian	2001, 2000, 1999	Tenors, Snare	Marched a number of division two and three drum and bugle corps and finished my drumming experience in 2002 playing snare drum with the Canton Bluecoats.  I graduated from good old Kent State University in 2003 and currently I'm a member of the Commandants Own United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps playing the marimba.
Carraway, Eric	2002, 2001, 2000	Keyboards	I graduated Magna from Kent State with a music education degree, aged-out of Cavaliers, and am currently living in Austin, TX - working as a TA at the University of Texas and teaching the pit at Pflugerville HS.
Cox, Jeff	2001, 2000, 1999	Bass 3 & 4	I will be graduating in May with my Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. I got married in October to a beautiful girl I met in nursing school. We plan to work together in the same hospital when we graduate. I miss all you other alumni and some current members that I marched with or helped teach. Good luck this year!!
Franze, Phil	2000, 1999	Bass Drum	I'm now going to the University of Akron for percussion performance and music education. It was a blast being at Matrix .  Look me up.
Fujka, Justin	2005, 2004	Keyboards, Bass 3	I am a senior majoring in Music Education at Bowling Green State University.  The time I spent at Matrix was one of the best things I've ever done and I wish you all of the best in continuing to make people stand up and go crazy.
Kelly, Elizabeth	2000	Keyboards	I am a senior at Marquette University, majoring in biochemistry/molecular biology. I hope to attend graduate school to become a nurse-midwife.  I'm the one behind the bass drum.
Martin, Chris	2000, 1999	Bass 1	I currently live in Los Angeles and attend Musician's Institute. I've done two seasons of drum corps on bass drum, one at Santa Clara and the other at the Glassmen, and it all started at Matrix. If not for them, I wouldn't have had the confidence to do it.
Jones, Ashley	2000	Percussion/Actor	I was in Matrix my freshman year of high school. It was really an awesome experience.  I wish you nothing but the best! All the hard work is worth it at the big dance!
Richards, Gregory	2002, 2001, 2000	Keyboards	I am currently attending graduate school at Kent State. I am teaching college algebra, and working on my Masters in Applied Mathematics. I will never forget the time I spent in Matrix. I have never learned so much, laughed so much, or loaded so much stuff onto a 17 foot truck in my life.
Richards, Noah	2002	Keyboards	I am studying Computer Science at Rochester Institute of Technology. Hope everyone else from 2002 is doing well, and always remember that Bennett's true name is "Dark Chocolate"
Riley, Micah	2001, 2000, 1999	Snare & Synthesizer	I am currently attending Kent State University where I will soon be graduating in May and earning a degree in Business.  Its been quite a memorable experience in Matrix and I'll never forget the girls of course and all the idiots that shaved half of their head. I love you guys!
Scheuer, Andrew	2002, 2001, 2000	Snare	I am currently in my third year at Kent State University. My studies are in the areas Business Management and Computer and Information Systems. But all seriousness aside, Matrix was and is the s#@&.
Shaffer, Suzanne	2001, 1999	Keyboards	I am junior majoring in meteorology at Florida Institute of Technology. I swim for two teams, East Coast Club, and East Coast Masters. I plan on swimming in the 2004 U.S. Masters Nationals in April!  I miss Matrix a lot!  Good Luck this year and keep up the good work!!!