Alumni Stories

Andrea Allen and her husband, Jon, founded Northwest Arkansas; Onyx Coffee Lab in 2012, and it has grown to become one of the most awarded and loved independent coffee roasters in the country,  They now have four cafes, a roastery, a barista training center, and two U.S. Coffee Championships.  Andrea is a former U.S. Barista Champion.  She and Jon have two children. 

Jake Scott, singer/songwriter, recently signed a global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music and has penned hits for dozens of artists like Carrie Underwood and Jason Mraz.  He has racked up over 500 million global streams and averaged over three million monthly listeners on Spotify with his songs.  He currently lives in Los Angeles, CA with is wife, Rachel, and their two children.  

Wesley began his military career in Army ROTC at the University of Arkansas. During college, he attended the Army’s Mountain Warfare School and Air Assault School between semesters. After graduation, he was commissioned as an Infantry Officer and Second Lieutenant in the US Army. Wesley married his high school sweetheart, Meg Rogers, and moved to Fort Moore, GA, where he completed the Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course and then the US Army Ranger School. Soon, he’ll move to Fort Carson, CO, to be a Platoon Leader in the 4th Infantry Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

Marcus Brown, Class of 2020, was chosen by the Washington Nationals in the fifth round of the major league draft in June, 2023. Brown, who had just finished his junior season at Oklahoma State, was the 138th pick overall and the fourth of five Cowboys to be selected in the first 10 rounds of the draft. A left-handed hitting shortstop, he started in 60 of 61 games this season and finished with a .273 batting average, 1o doubles, 2 triples, 9 home runs and 36 RBI. He was a two-year starter for Oklahoma State, where he was an honorable mention all-Big 12 Conference infielder in 2022. While at Shiloh Christian, Brown had a .444 batting average and helped the Saints finish as the Class 4A state runner-up all three seasons

In 2021, Rhett Lashlee was named the new Head Coach for the Southern Methodist University Mustangs. He played on the Saints Football State Championship teams in 1999 and 2001. He holds a national record with 171 career touchdowns from 1999-2001. He is the former offensive coordinator of the Miami Hurricanes, SMU, UConn, and Auburn. He and his wife, Lauren, have four children.

Myles Tucker is a 2014 graduate of Shiloh Christian. After his graduation, Myles furthered his education at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. While in Fayetteville, God solidified His call on Myles’ life. For years, Myles has wanted to obtain his real estate license and start his career in real estate sales. In the winter of 2016, Myles made the decision to do just that. While enrolled in the Walton College of Business studying Finance concentrated in Real Estate, Myles attended the Clark Long School of Real Estate in Bentonville. After completion of coursework, Myles obtained his real estate license. Myles is now a part of a local real estate firm, Exclusive Real Estate Group. After getting his real estate license in March 2017, getting married in May 2017, and planning to graduate from the University in December, 2017 was a busy year for the Tucker Family. Myles now calls Fayetteville home with his wife, Echo and their Beagle, Sega. They are expecting their first son in June of this year.

While writing a paper in Mrs. Garrison'?s 10th grade English class, Justin explored his heart and determined that his future would one day involve feeding hungry children. During his Junior year, he participated in a global mission experience trip to Honduras where God further planted the seed and gave him a love and passion for the people of Honduras.

Upon graduating from Shiloh in 2010, Justin attended Ouachita Baptist Univeristy in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. While there,  he majored in Business Management and Finance and became actively involved in the OBU chapter of Enactus, a national organization dedicated to changing the world through business.  He again traveled to Honduras where he discovered a desperate need for income at Rancho Ebenezer, a World Gospel Outreach children?s center. Through a partnership with a Rwandan coffee producer, Dr. Jack?'s custom Rwandan coffee blend was born and distributed at the Ouachita university coffeehouse, online and at several churches and organizations across Arkansas. Proceeds from the coffee sales continue to care for the children at Rancho Ebenezer.

Justin?s story doesn?t stop there. After graduating from OBU, Justin took a position at a local business corporation, but didn't feel a peace about a long term career there. God would not quit pursuing him. His desire to feed the hungry burned deeper than ever.  Justin began seeking out businesses with similar goals in mind and within a short amount of time, he began working with Tacos 4 Life managing their Conway store.  Just this month, Justin and his wife Kristin opened Tacos 4 Life in Fayetteville.  For every meal that?s bought, a meal is provided to hungry children in Honduras.  The seed that God planted during Justin?s time at Shiloh is now blooming and impacting the world one meal at a time. 

Ryan Blackwell is a 2002 graduate of Shiloh Christian. After graduating from Oklahoma Baptist University, he continued his education at Golden Gate Seminary where he graduated at the top of his class. At the age of 26, God called him to serve as the Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church of San Francisco in one of the largest populated cities in America. As senior pastor, Ryan has been used by God to meet the spiritual and physical needs of a spiritually deprived culture.

After graduating from Shiloh in 2007, Matt attended Harvard Univeristy.  At Harvard, Matt was president of Harvard Sports Marketing Club and a varsity football letter winner.  He graduated from Harvard in May of 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in Government. He is currently working for the San Francisco Giants as a sales repesentative for special events, groups, and corporate suite rentals.

Dr. Sonal Bhakta graduated from Shiloh in 1996 and studied biology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Subsequently, she chose to pursue a dual Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health degree at the University of Arkansas at Medical Sciences. She chose to pursue training in the field of internal medicine. Now, she works at Mercy Medical Center in Rogers, Arkansas as a hospitalist and works part-time at a clinic in Holiday Island, Arkansas.

Jake Reindl is a 2015 graduate of Shiloh Christian School. As a Shiloh student, Jake was named a National Merit Scholar and graduated with honors.  Upon graduation, he went on to attend the University of Arkansas where he received an athletic/academic scholarship. During his time at the U of A, Jake has consistently made the SEC Academic Honor Roll as well as the Athletic Director’s List and the Dean’s List. Jake’s success hasn’t been limited to the classroom; he’s been just as successful on the baseball field! As a sophomore, Jake made 24 appearances on the pitching mound to compile a 2.31 ERA and a 4-1 record. He struck out 49 batters, tying for the most strike outs among all Arkansas relievers. He has thrown in 29 innings in SEC games and has only given up 3 runs giving him the best ERA in the SEC. Most recently, Jake won the U of A Male Scholar Athlete of the Year making him the top Hog on the field and the top male Hog in the classroom. Jake will graduate Magna Cum Laude from the Sam Walton Business College with a BSBA in Management in May of this year after only three years at the University due to completing a large number of college credit hours while attending Shiloh. We are proud to have Jake Reindl as a part of the Shiloh Alumni family!

Tim graduated from Shiloh in 1992 and obtained his undergraduate degree from Harding University and his law degree from the University of Arkansas.  Tim now handles commercial and employment litigation as a Partner at the lawfirm of Reese, Moore & Pendergraft, LLP in Fayetteville.  Tim has served in the Arkansas House of Representatives and been named as Northwest Arkansas Business Journal's "Top 40 Under 40?".  Tim serves as an Adjunct Professor at John Brown University where he teaches Employment/Labor law and is the proud father of 2 Shiloh students.

Currently Mike is the VP of Operations for Shopper Events, a retail marketing & management company. Earned a B.S. degree in Applied Economics & Management from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.  While at Cornell was a Varsity Football Letterman, Cornell National Scholar, Food Marketing Fellow, and FCA leader.

After Cornell, Mike worked in Miami and then Boston with Procter & Gamble.  In 2003, he moved back to Fayetteville, AR and spent six years in various leadership roles at BioBased Technologies, a clean-tech startup, serving as its President/COO prior to joining Shopper Events.

Mike is married to Courtney (class of 96), and they have four children, Anna, Quinn, Schaefer, and Caroline.

Natalie Carnahan-Baggs graduated from Shiloh in 2000. She went on to attend and graduate from the University of Central Arkansas with a Masters in Speech Pathology. Upon graduation, she moved to Savannah, Georgia where she continued to practice and participated in multiple mission trips, meeting the needs of hundreds of people around the world. She also served as a Speech-Language Pathologist at an intercity hospital in San Francisco.  She and her husband, Evans, Shiloh Biblical Studies Teacher, moved back to Northwest Arkansas in 2022, and have two sons who attend Shiloh.  Currently, she serves as a Speech Pathologist at Westwood Elementary.

Harley graduated from Shiloh in 1995. Harley is currently a Battalion Chief/Fire Marshal for the city of Fayetteville, where he works in the public school system educating children on fire safety. He is also involved in the planning, inspection, and approval of new developments throughout the Northwest Arkansas area. He is happily married to his wife Mandy and they have three girls; Hayleigh, Halsey, and Haddon.

Dustin graduated from Shiloh in 2001 then received his bachelors degree in Psychology from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, OK. He recently received his P.h.D in Clinical Psychology from the University of Central Florida. At this point, Dustin has authored or co-authored 13 publications in scientific journals on subjects such as causal models of childhood ADHD, working memory, emotion recognition in social phobia, and autism. Today he is a Research Associate at the University of Virginia. 

Aaron Jolliff graduated from Shiloh in 1997. At twenty years old, he bought and operated a retail fishing store called Hook, Line and Sinker in downtown Rogers, Arkansas. Over the last 13 years, his business has flourished, adding a retail store and marina in Bella Vista. His passion for the outdoors is reaching hundreds of fishermen throughout Northwest Arkansas.

Keith Harmon graduated from Shiloh in 1994 and studied Human Environmental Services at the University of Arkansas. He then received a Master of Arts in Christian Studies at Luther Rice University and Seminary. Now, he serves as the Student Pastor at Cross Church Springdale.

Becky Lowe attended Shiloh from kindergarten through twelfth grade, graduating in 1991. She went on to earn a degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood from John Brown University. She married Doug Lowe in 1995 and has 3 children. After being a stay at home mom for 13 years, she returned to teaching in 2009. Throughout her teaching career, she has taught 5th grade, 4th grade, and is currently teaching 3rd grade at Shiloh. She is so thankful that she can teach and send her three children to Shiloh, a school that holds such a special place in her heart.