The Columbus St. Francis DeSales High School class of 2026 earned $46.2 in scholarships, an approximately $6 million increase from last year.
Of the 209 graduates, 94 percent will attend one of 57 institutions of higher education. Four students will enter the military – one each to the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Air Force, ROTC at the University of Colorado Boulder and ROTC at Ohio State University.
The school’s commencement ceremony was held Saturday, May 30 at Alumni Stadium. A Baccalaureate Mass was celebrated May 28 at Westerville St. Paul the Apostle Church.
Members of the class of 2026 completed 11,000 service hours during the school year.
The following awards were given to members of the senior class: Msgr. James M. Berendt Service Award, Rebecca Gebhart and Benjamin Reither; Alumni Award, Jeffre Peraza Sanabria and Sarah Seidu; Larkin Hatton, Bishop Herrmann Service Award, Larkin Hatton; Senior Spirit Award, Jayden Amalaman, Sam Gabrielli, Jocelyn Green and Daisy McKenzie; Mother Frances Cabrini Award, Xinyi (Cindy) Li; Campus Ministry Award, Albree Aaron and William Hartman.
Academic medals were presented to 119 students, 18 of whom received summa cum laude medals for posting grade point averages of 4.15 or higher. Another 85 students were awarded magna cum laude medals (3.75-4.149 GPA) with 16 receiving cum laude medals (3.6-3.749).
Summa cum laude graduates were Xinyi “Cindy” Li, Rebecca Gebhart, Ava Emmerling, Emma Hahn, Jeffre Peraza, Ben Reither, Leah Stacklin, Abigail Smith, Rowan Bickel, Ava Manfresca, Tessa Richards, Campbell Heald, Tommy Woodruff, Alexander Van Allsburg, Antonio D’Costa, Meredith Scott, Albree Aaron and Kaelyn Nicholas.
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Twenty student athletes will continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level.
Members of the Columbus St. Francis DeSales High School class of 2026 are Albree Ann Aaron, Elizabeth Rose Abel, Andrea Kesse Acheampong, Jefferson Alexander Aguirre Aguilar, David Adam Albrycht, Favian Alvarado, Jayden Daddieh Amalaman, Daevyn Akwasi Amankwaah, Adoma A. AndohAndrew Kofi Anim, Juan Exael Aparicio-Aguilar and Keith Bempong Arthur.
Owura Osei Asamoah, Khadee Christine Ba, James Reid Banker, Taylor Pancake Barrett, Audriana Gail Barry, Roman Patrick Batik, AnnaLee Ruth Beach, Katherine Ann Bechtel, Rowan Elizabeth Bickel, Jack Paul Bigelow, Anna Jane Bogan, Quinn Ryan Bolchalk, Brian Alexander Bonilla, Emma Rose Boyd, Megan Margaret Brady, Abagail Paige Brokamp, Jonathan Vinton Brown, Kelly Ruby Browne, Charles Robert Brunelle, Bailey Nicole Buerger and Lan Trang Duy Bui.
Orlando Buitron Sanchez, Dominic Arthur Cacchillo, Abbie Nicole Canter, Elvis Yandel Castro Alvarado, Ryan Matthew Cavanaugh, Owen Alan Cavinder, Oliver Thomas Surek Clark, Thomas Wade Cline, Chloe Gabrielle Conway, Samantha Joy Couchman, Samuel Mark Couhig, Chase Jeffrey Cromwell, Patrick Luke Cropper, Caroline Mary Cross, Andy Cruz Hernandez, Greco Cruz Hernandez, Brynn Elizabeth Cyre, Antonio Janson D’Costa and Domenic Alfred DeAscentis.
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Dee, Luke Thomas DeFrancisco, Salvatore Anzio Delfino, Sofia Jane DeLuca, Kaitlyn Reese DeShazer, Arjen Diaz, Joselin Diaz Rangel, Jackson Q DiSabato, Cole Ditmer
Blake Thomas Donnelly, Cameron Thomas Thurman Ellis, Ava Michelle Emmerling, Natalie Anne Everitt, Charlotte Astrid Felter, Jeffrey Charles Fields, Jesus Roberto Flores, Micah Randal Frazier, Noah Christian Frazier, Eno Akua Kyerewaa Gyasi Frimpong and Asher Zane Funston.
Sam Camillo Gabrielli, Domingo Guadalupe Galindo-Beasley, Samantha Garcia-Huerta, Michael Manuel Garduno, Nathaniel Richard Monterrubio Gaynor, Rebecca Myung Hee Gebhart, Eva Corinne Godbout, Hugo Giovanny Gonzalez, Carly Jaye Graham, Delfina Enoynam Gray, Jocelyn Caroline Green, Devin Matthew Grubb, Yoselin Guevara Rangel, Pauline Foriwaa Gyamfi, Emma Hope Hahn, Dawson James Harber, David Joseph Harpster and William Stephen Hartman.
Katherine Elizabeth Hast, Larkin Isabella Hatton, Campbell Jane Heald, Lillian Elizabeth Hemmert, Derek Ashton Hernandez Moralez, Joel Hernandez-Tlahuel, Weston Cy Hewit, John Wayne Hockaday, Nicholas Saverio Hunsaker, Antonio Pietro Iacobucci, Blake Patrick Jackson, William Kenneth James, Clauvencia Nathanaelle Jean-Raymond, Jovanna Marie Jemison, Lindsey Grace Jewett, Luis Fernando Jimenez Noyola, Colin Michael Johnson and Lauren Marie Jones.
Kathryn Ann Jordan, Carson James Kamerick, Keaghan Russell Keller, Jeremiah Niikoi Kotey, Ian Fisher Kyle, Frank Bassouman Dimil Lamboni, Ryan James Lee, Xinyi Cindy Li, Luis Enrique Linares Escobar, Ryann Elise Lucas, Olivia Grayce Lutz, Eliza Lucy Lyons, Jimena Alexia Macias Ayala, Gavin James Mager, Roselin Isabella Maldonado, Ava Marie Manfresca, Allison Margaret Mann, Omar Marquez Trejo, Jonah Daniel Maxwell, Francis David McAllister and Nina Christine McElroy.
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Daisy Ohemaa McKenzie, Victor Axel Mendoza, Erick Mensah Jr., Aubrey McKenna Messmer, Michael Roger Miceli, Andrew Joshua Miller, Emma Christine Minser, Kovi Bael Mitchell, Jimmy Timothy Momoh, Ellery Donata Monnin, Chase Robert Montgomery, Jazmin Morales, Tania Morales, Melany Munoz Zarazua, Kate Barbara Myaard, Ethan Khang Nguyen, Kaelyn Claire Nicholas, Kwaku Danso Opoku-Kesse, Damaris Icela Ortiz Mendez and Aedan Isabella Pallone.
James Lee Partlow, Ian Hersch Patel, Nelson Elijah Payne, Brady Michael Pearson, Juliet Paige Pekarcik, Jeffre Ivan Peraza Sanabria, Mayely Jasmin Peraza, Amelia Elizabeth Pusateri, Lisbet Rangel Guillen, Kathryn Gianna Ratliff, Mark Jackson Reed, Benjamin Stephen Reither, Aubrey Lee Reynolds, Emma Catherine Rice, Tessa Rose Richards, Declan Boyle Richardson, Gustavo Rodriguez Soriano, Jack Joseph Root, Madison Margaret Catherine Ryan and Malynn Mamle Saka.
Gabriela Michelle Sanabria Palacios, Maritza Sanchez Rocha, Angie Marisol Santos Pineda, Aliya Eun-Mee Sarr, Lizette Saucedo Huitron, Elias Saucedo Ortiz, Hayden Joseph Sauvie, Mila Annette Saveski, Izabel Margaret Schillig, Matthew James Schroeder, Meredith Kathleen Scott, Samson Leo Segovia, Sarah Apolchum Asummalise Seidu, Justin David Shady, Madeline Jean Showalter, Abigail Margaret Smith, Olivia Nicole Sorgini, Mitchell Warren Sousa and Tereza Elena Sprungle.
Leah Rose Stacklin, Gwen Cecelia Stein, Lyla Catherine Stewart, Darren Joshua Thomas, Dominic Louis Trolli, Joseph Bash Turay, Colleen Renee Ungurait, Austin James Usher, Alexander Joseph Van Allsburg, Anthony Giovanni Varckette, Lauren Angela-Rae Velazquez, Brigid Emma Wakefield, Sophia Grace Warner, Lexie Elizabeth Whorton, Jacob Anthony Williams, Makayla Reneé Williamson, Isabella Grace Winkler, Maddox Curtis Wolery, Thomas Joseph Woodruff, Michael Travis Yawe and Sophia Ann Zarcone.