Addison Dewitt
Parish: Columbus St. Catharine of Siena
School: Columbus Bishop Hartley
Girls Volleyball; Ambassador Program; Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Center volunteer
Valerie Mayer
School: Columbus Bishop Ready
Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland; Concert band; Pep Band; Show and Liturgical Choir; Figure skating; Chinese Club; Ski Club; In The Know; Temple Beth Shalom teaching assistant; Girl Scout Camp Ken-Jockety program aide
Isayah Sealy
School: Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans
Cecilia Keller
Parish: Columbus Immaculate Conception
School: Bishop Watterson
Altar server; Wellness Day blanket making; Open house volunteer; Freshman orientation; Parish live streaming and fish fry; Sophomore Service; Seventh grade parent meeting volunteer; Bottoms Up Launch Event; Open house ambassador; Ganzhorn Memory Care volunteer and resident assistant; Whetstone Library elementary school tutor; Columbus International Festa-Val; Leadership Academy; National Honor Society; Non-feeder school cookout volunteer; Ohio Senior Olympics track volunteer; Polar Express Breakfast; St. Vincent Bake Sale and Holiday Bags and Bake Sale Club; Walk to End Alzheimer’s
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Francisco Loayza
Parish: Columbus St. James the Less
School: Cristo Rey Columbus
Student Council president; National Honor Society; Boys Soccer team; Psychology Club; Proyecto Mariposas volunteer; Rising Youth volunteer; Sunday Spanish Mass lector; School Mass lector; Magis Award recipient
Robert Reece Hagy
Parish: Perry County Consortium (New Lexington St. Rose of Lima Church)
School: Lancaster Fisher Catholic
St. Vincent de Paul Society; Pregnancy Decision Health Centers gala volunteer; Blood donor; Ronald McDonald House; Rosary making for missionaries; Parish activity center volunteer; Student of the Month; Shane Roush Award for leadership; Student service seal; Honor roll; Track; Ohio March for Life; National March for Life; School vice president; School Pro-Life Club; National Honor Society
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MacKenzie Gebhart
Parish: Newark St. Francis de Sales
School: Newark Catholic
National Honor Society; Newark Catholic Art Show; Freshman Welcome Week; Softball camp assistant coach; Volleyball camp volunteer; Graduation ceremony assistant; Special People in Catholic Education volunteer; Altar server; Newark Catholic auction; Parish fish fry; St. Francis de Sales School musical volunteer; St. Joseph the Work Day volunteer; Fun Day volunteer; Kairos retreat leader; Key Club; Houses of Service house captain; Theater; Cabaret; Volleyball; Club volleyball; Softball; Battle of the Books; Student Council
Lyndsey Schaefer
School: Portsmouth Notre Dame
Salutatorian; Key Club; National Honor Society; Pep Club; Varsity softball; Rock Church Children’s Ministry volunteer; Friends of Portsmouth volunteer
Jonathan Malouf
Parish: Columbus-Powell St. Peter-St. Joan of Arc
School: Columbus St. Charles Preparatory
Swim team captain and leadership award; Altar server; National Honor Society; St. Vincent de Paul Society volunteer; Retreat leader; Mentor-Mentee captain; City of Bexley Certificate of Merit; Worthington St. Michael the Archangel Church Order of Christian Initiation of Adults volunteer
Larkin Hatton
Parish: Gahanna St. Matthew the Apostle
School: Columbus St. Francis DeSales
St. Vincent de Paul Club; Mother’s Club assistant; Parish Charitable Works food pantry, tie blanket ministry; Parish festival volunteer; Vacation Bible School counselor; Columbus Metropolitan Library volunteer; Salesian Gospel Roads volunteer; Open house; Co-curricular nights; Back to School night; Transfer student orientation; Freshman orientation; Student ambassador training; Campus Ministry; Core Team member; Retreat leader; Kairos student director; National Honor Society; Swim team
Steven Simpson
Parish: New Philadelphia Sacred Heart
School: New Philadelphia Tuscarawas Central Catholic
Piano; Scouting America; Eagle Scout project; Music ministry; Youth-to-Youth; Track; Just Write; Mock Trial; Scholar Challenge’ Cross country; Track and field; Altar server; Lector; Eucharistic minister; Special Olympics track and bowling volunteer; Class projects volunteer; Parish festival volunteer; Trumpet in the Land volunteer; Co-valedictorian; Kiwanis; Buckeye Boys State Outstanding Citizen; Class president; National Honor Society; HOBY Ohio North delegate