Columbus Bishop Ready High School principal Matthew Brickner presented diplomas to 91 graduates during the school’s 60th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 25 in the school gymnasium. A baccalaureate Mass was celebrated on Friday, May 24 at Columbus St. Cecilia Church.
The Class of 2024 earned $13 million in scholarships. The valedictorian is Angeliz Rivera-Martinez of Grove City. She plans to attend Ohio State University on scholarship. The salutatorian is Sophia Chester of Columbus. She plans to attend the University of Findlay on scholarship.
Honors graduates are Chris Andy Aponte, Leonela Lissette Ayovi Zuñiga, Lissette Benitez Mendez, Jacob Ryan Blubaugh, Elijah Thomas Brickner, Alejandro Ismael Cabrera Merino, Sophia Marie Chester, Connor Ray Crago, Caroline McKenna-Rose Fraser, Quinten Michael Gale, Tommy Joseph Garcia Santiago, Katrina Lynn Gossett, Maeghann Jewell Green, Isabella Theresa Diane Hain, Elizabeth Angela Jelinek, Alexandra Maria Montaño-Vallejo, Alexa Morales-Lopez, Joshua Ryan Paul, Melissa Abigail Perez Yadaicela, Evelyn Ramos, Benjamin Daniel Reinhart, Angeliz Marie Rivera-Martinez, Onyinyechi La’Rachel Sanders, Mia Lynn Savage, Valerie Lynn Sexton, Stephen Phillip Sheets, Jacqueline Lee Smith, Carson Russell Wheatley, Bailey Elizabeth Wright and Stephanie Beatrice Yadaicela.
Seniors Sophia Chester, Connor Crago, Caroline Fraser, Angeliz Rivera-Martinez and Stephen Sheets were inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. Ninety percent of the class will be attending one of 29 institutions of higher education. Two percent of class members will enlist in the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy or Marine Corps. The class contributed approximately 9,200 service hours.
Receiving school awards were: Bishop Herrmann Service Award, Stephanie Yadaicela; All-Diocesan Academic Honor Team, Sophia Chester; Principal’s Award, Stephen Sheets; Ready Award, Alexa Morales-Lopez; Spirit Award, Ella Larger; Gifts of the Heart Service Award, Melissa Perez.
Eleven seniors signed to play college sports. They are: Jacob Blubaugh, track and cross country, Otterbein; Kayla Clevinger, volleyball, Tiffin; Micah Germany, basketball, Otterbein; PJ Julious, football, Marietta; Jude Kusan, football, Ohio Dominican; Amor Maker, basketball, Rock Valley; Dalton Miller, football, Marietta; Tylar Mix, football, Ohio Dominican; Josh Richter, baseball, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Onyinyechi Sander, basketball, Indiana University East and Mia Savage, soccer, Heidelberg.
Members of the Columbus Bishop Ready High School Class of 2024 are:
Chris Andy Aponte, Edith Elena Arreola-Contreras, Amel Dinknesh Asefa, Leonela Lissette Ayovi Zuñiga, Brasen Louise Bailey, Lissette Benitez Mendez, Nathan Robert Bennett, Cinthya Bernal-Ordoñez, Jenna Ann Blount, Jacob Ryan Blubaugh, Elijah Thomas Brickner, Owen Joseph Browning, Alejandro Ismael Cabrera Merino, Samuel Anthony Carlino, Jaylyn Dallas Catena, Jesus Cazales Quintero, Sophia Marie Chester, Kayla Ann Clevinger, Andrew Mark Craddock, Connor Ray Crago, Dimond Nicole Deeds, Ryan Joseph Deime, Jamae Leigh Dixon and Dominic Beatty Eiden.
Tyler Ryan Fields, Tyler Landon Anthony Foster, Caroline McKenna-Rose Fraser, Petrona Rose Gale, Quinten Michael Gale, Tommy Joseph Garcia Santiago, Micah Christopher Germany, Katrina Lynn Gossett, Maeghann Jewell Green, Pablo Guizar Franco, Isabella Theresa Diane Hain, Elizabeth Angela Jelinek, Branden Micheal Joseph, Perry Lee Julious Jr., Kenneth Allan Kight, Isaiah Charles Lawrence King, Jude Michael Kusan, Ella Rose Larger, Donovin Valerio Macioce, Amor Justin Maker, Yeili Kristal Martinez-Sanchez, Layne Avery McChesney, Dalton Steven Miller and Dylan Michael Minerd.
Tylar Anthony Mix, Alexandra Maria Montaño-Vallejo, Betzy Michelle Montoya-Mora, Alexa Morales-Lopez, Jordan Raymond Mullens, Katelynn Elizabeth Nickell, Lucero Pacheco Suazo, Joaquin LaMont Patterson, Elvis Jiovany Paucar Salto, Joshua Ryan Paul, Melissa Abigail Perez Yadaicela, Dominic Enanod Polt, Jiovanni Quiroz-Tlaseca, Evelyn Ramos, Benjamin Daniel Reinhart, Frank Reyes Ruvalcaba, Joshua Matthew Richter, Colin Richard Riter, Angeliz Marie Rivera-Martinez, Wilmer Esteven Saldaña Saico, Onyinyechi La’Rachel Sanders, Jacqueline Sandoval Marcial, Mia Lynn Savage and Ryan Allen Schnarr.
Valerie Lynn Sexton, Stephen Phillip Sheets, Giovanni Niccolo Smith, Jacqueline Lee Smith, Alyssa Nicole Starner, Abo Haile Talla, Dakota Quinn Simone Thomas, Isabella Lynne Tigner, John Joseph Tracy, Benjamin Michael Turek, Amy Libeth Vanegas, Carson Russell Wheatley, Anthony Fillip Wood, Bailey Elizabeth Wright, Elvis Estalin Yadaicela, Stephanie Beatrice Yadaicela Yadaicela, Tony Alexander Yadaicela Zuna, Alexis Zanabria Gonzalez and Eder Zepeda Ibarra.
