20/10/2022
I’m thrilled to have been nominated for the Endeavour Sports High School hall of fame! I’m proud to be an Endeavour boy and will always hold my school dearly in my heart.
VOTE NOW FOR OUR 2022 INDUCTEE TO OUR DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVER HALL OF FAME: Who will be your choice from these amazing former Endeavour students for this prestigious award?
Use the link at the bottom of the bios to cast your vote.
MELISSA FRASER (NEE TROTTER)
Melissa Fraser (nee Trotter) is a partner at the international law firm Ashurst. After graduating from Endeavour Melissa completed a double degree in Science and Law. She also has a Diploma of EU Competition Law from King's College in London and is currently completing a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. Melissa spent several years practising in London advising on UK and EU antitrust law. In addition to now being a partner at Ashurst, Melissa is a guest lecturer at University of New South Wales in the Competition Law Masters class.
STEPHEN LONG
Stephen Long is a Walkley Award winning and multi award winning journalist. Stephen is an investigative reporter whose work has appeared on Four Corners, Foreign Correspondent, 7.30, ABC News, ABC Radio Current Affairs, ABC News Online, and in the news and opinion pages of the Australian Financial Review and the Sydney Morning Herald. At Endeavour he was house captain and school vice captain, was a member of the opens rugby league team and was also school athletics champion.
DR EMMANUEL KARANTANIS
Dr Emmanuel Karantanis is an Obstetrician and Urogynaecologist in the St George Area, and a Conjoint Associate Professor at UNSW. Emmanuel was School Captain and Dux of Endeavour in 1987. He attended Medical School at the University of New South Wales and graduated with honours. He trained for two years in London to advance his skills and undertook further training in the urogynaecology subspecialty training program at St George and St Vincents Hospitals to become a certified urogynaecologist. Dr Karantanis is involved with teaching medical students, midwives and doctors and he runs courses for medical and midwifery staff on prevention techniques for severe birth injuries and how to repair them. He conducts research and continues to publish in the scientific literature.
MURRAY COOK
Murray Cook attended his senior high school years at Endeavour. A musician and actor, Murray was one of the founding members of the children's band the Wiggles from 1991 to 2012 after meeting fellow Wiggles studying early childhood education at Macquarie University. He provided guitar, vocals, and songwriting in the group, and remained involved with its creative and production aspects after his retirement. In 2013, Cook served as the Wiggles' tour manager. He also remained active in many music projects, including, after 2015, writing and performing with the Sydney soul-rock band The Soul Movers.
DR LAUREN GARDNER
Dr Lauren Gardner (Stuart) graduated from Endeavour in 2008 and is now a Research Fellow at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use at the University of Sydney. She holds a Bachelor of Psychology with first class Honours and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Wollongong. Her current research focus is on developing, evaluating and taking to scale preventive eHealth interventions for secondary school students. Lauren is also leading the Climate Schools/OurFutures project, which aims to take the effective Climate Schools/OurFutures health and wellbeing programs to scale and support secondary schools to prevent mental ill-health, alcohol and other drug use and related harms.
RYAN TATE
Ryan Tate has had a highly successful career as a Stage, Company and Event Manager. Previously living in London for many years, he is now based in Sydney. Ryan obtained a university degree with distinction in creative arts, communication, theatre production and media studies. He has a diverse background in touring productions, large-scale musicals and theatre productions, as well as extensive experience in international events like, Sydney Festival 2020 and London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies. His theatre credits include “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”, Bell Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew”, “42nd Street”, “Singin’ in the Rain” and “The King and I”.
NICOLAS HOGIOS
After graduating from Endeavour Nicolas Hogios completed a Bachelor of Industrial Design with Honours at the University of NSW. He was six when he sketched his first car, which heralded a life-long passion for automotive design. After graduating from university, he earned the “New Designer of the Year” award from Ford and “Wheels” magazine. He started working at Ford as a junior designer in Melbourne. Two years later, he had the position of the senior designer where he helped design the Falcon BA XR6 and XR8. Nicholas then worked for Toyota in Australia and is still in the same company as Chief Designer – Product Design.
BASIL HOGIOS
Basil Hogios is a composer, musical director, sound / vision designer, and producer, working internationally in film, television, performing arts, album production and art installation. For the screen, Basil has scored over thirty films, from features to shorts, many of them screening in international film festivals and winning awards.
DANIEL PATRICK
Los Angeles based Daniel Patrick (Jarvis) now designs clothes that are worn by Justin Bieber, Steve Aoki, Bad Bunny and NBA star James Harden, the latter of whom Patrick has worked with on limited-edition sneakers for sportswear behemoth Adidas.
Daniel was a member of the Rugby League TSP and has taken his work ethic and dedication into the world of fashion where his success has been written about in the LA Times.
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