{"id":869,"date":"2025-07-15T12:03:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/?p=869"},"modified":"2025-07-15T12:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:03:31","slug":"welcome-new-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/2025\/07\/15\/welcome-new-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome, New Members!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce the following as our newest members of the Eli Banana Society:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"three-columns\" style=\"column-rule: none\">\n<li>Pavel Akmaev<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Anderson<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Boriss*<\/li>\n<li>Henry Campbell<\/li>\n<li>Chase Cha<\/li>\n<li>Isaac Coles<\/li>\n<li>JD Comeau<\/li>\n<li>Spencer Cox<\/li>\n<li>Garland Freeauf<\/li>\n<li>Will Gottsegen<\/li>\n<li>Chase Greer<\/li>\n<li>Edward Grinder<\/li>\n<li>Cam Holdych<\/li>\n<li>Davis Jones<\/li>\n<li>Oliver Jones<\/li>\n<li>Patrick Keller<\/li>\n<li>Will Lankford<\/li>\n<li>Jackson Lopez<\/li>\n<li>Flynn Mann<\/li>\n<li>Nick McKenney<\/li>\n<li>Alex Meyer<\/li>\n<li>Tucker Mullen<\/li>\n<li>J. 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