This year’s 212 graduates of Columbus St. Francis DeSales High School earned $32.5 million in scholarships, and 93 percent of them will be attending one of 65 colleges and universities in the fall. They completed 5,421 service hours.
The school held a Baccalaureate Mass on Thursday, May 25 at New Albany Church of the Resurrection, and the commencement ceremony took place on Saturday, May 27 at Alumni Stadium on campus.
The following awards were given to members of the senior class: Father James M. Berendt Award, Eleanor Bogue and Alexander Herrmann; Alumni Award, Seamus Bonte and Richael Saka; Senior Spirit Award, Katrina Gunther-Reveal and Michael Hunsaker; Mother Frances Cabrini Award, Gefei Zhao and Zhiru Zhou; Campus Ministry Award, Dylan Piedrahita and Elizabeth Reash.
Summa cum laude graduates were Kathryn Cavanaugh, Owen Eckstein, Olivia Ettenhofer, Hutson French, Kennedy Hawk, Brendan Lackey, Ethan Lackey, Caroline Leithauser, Jennifer Mitevski, Mary Kate Moriarty, Lauren Orzechowski, Reash, Zackery Rennie, Saka and Cedric Stewart.
Members of the Columbus St. Francis DeSales High School Class of 2023 are:
Evan Nicholas Althouse, Emmanuella Nyarko Amoako, Reginald Afriyie Amonor, Ian Michael Anderson, Jadyn N. Arnold, Mitch Dan Arthur, Kofi Kwakye Asamoah, Alayna Marie Aventino, Abena Serwah Baffour Awuah, Diana Giselle Ayala Orellana, Luke Walter Bailey, Hailey Lynn Balik, Joey Edward Bangert, Abigail Jane Bechtel, Katherine Bedzyk, Samaria Jehlisah Beedles, Permelia Marie Belford, Myra Ann Berger, Tyler Anthony Blackburn, Anna Elise Blubaugh, Eleanor Josephine Bogue, Seamus Tyrone Bonte, Emily Alexandra Boren, Mason Joseph Brown, Pierson Meese Bryan, Ian James Burns and Anthony Joseph Cagnina.
Gabriel Enrico Caruso, Kathryn Ann Cavanaugh, Colin Michael Cavinder, Joel Nii-Atuquaye Clottey, Jillian Marie Conroy, Omarion Rae Conteh, Paige Elizabeth Cook, Jamoni L. Crenshaw, Brenda Elizabeth Cruz Gomez, Esmeralda Cuazitl Tochiman, Casandra Cuevas, Josephine Marie Dages, Celina Olivia Davis, Morgan Elyse Davis, Tyler Edward Davis, Ryan Jason Destefanis, Andrea Diaz, Katherine Mishel Diaz, Ashley Alejandra Diaz-Romero, Emma Louise Doone, Daniel Duran, Anna Katherine Dytko, Owen Thomas Eagan, Owen Eugene Eckstein, Olivia Jane Ettenhofer and Henry Darius Exline.
Toluwaniope Ben Famosa, Adam Michael Feltz, Max A. Figliola, Mirella Flores Rivas, Carter Joseph Folian, Tiffany Owusu Fordjour, Ethan Riley Fox, Nicolas Robert Frazier, Hutson Elizabeth French, Michael William Friess, Marshall Cole Froehlich, Luke Vincent Gabrielli, Ricardo Gaitan, Maribel Garcian Sandoval, Mary Elizabeth Gehrlich, Kenneth Lanell Gilbert Jr., Sean Joseph Gilmore, Neal Alexander Godfrey, Kaily Yareli Gomez-Saku Griffin, Gracyn Maura Gullifer, Katrina Erin Gunther-Reveal, Norah Lee Gustafson and Alexander James Hall.
Amelia Marie Hammond, Reece Joseph Hanley, Wyatt Thomas Hanley, Liam Joseph Harmon, Joseph Andrew Harrington, Owen William Hartsough, Kennedy Elizabeth Hawk, Asher Malone Croix Hayles, Christopher Simon Henderson, Luis Fernando Hernandez Sandoval, Alexander Terrence Herrmann, Nathan Michael Hickey, Madelyn Grace Hill, Stella Claire Hocker, Cameron Paul Hoying, Kylie Elizabeth Hoying, Michael Tyler Hunsaker, Khristinn Ramplait Innocent, Calmera Irakoze, Alaina Lynn Jacobs, Nicholas Anthony Jewett, Antonio Jimenez-Fajardo, Molly Ann Jones, True Love Jones, Michaela Gabriela Juárez Lopez Bryan and Kirsten Ann Kelley.
Jyon Lamar Kendrick, Peter Francis Kennedy, Bryn Elizabeth Klingbeil, Mia Abigail Konicki, Ava Angelina Kreuzer, Nikolas Robert Kreuzer, Haley Marie Kyle, Brendan Joseph Lackey, Ethan James Lackey, Aaliyah Monique Lancaster, Ivana Laurol, Clarissa Bobbie Le, Dominic Van Le, Patton Kieu Le, Caroline Marie Leithauser, Caden Basil Lester, Lydia Ann Letzelter, Yesica Matilde Licea Villa, Bianca Maria Long, Camryn Elizabeth Lowis, Jonathan Douglas Maas, Tyrik Malcolm Madison, Siena Rebecca Marchio, Natalie Teresa Martin, Caly Francisco Martinez Dominguez and Michael Joseph Massman.
Maxwell Materu, Yacziry Itzel Maya Gonzalez, Connor Jeffrey Mayes, David William McClelland, Elizabeth Marcella Meeker, Kennedy Rae Melvin, Claudia Mendez, Avery Anne Michaels, Jackson Lee Miracle, Jennifer Anna Mitevski, Jasmyn Lynne Mohamed, Liam Sean Moran, Mary Katherine Moriarty, Rhett David Morris, Mateo Nerida Muller, Margot Carmella Nalli, Michayla Nicole Northup, Denise Nicole Nunez Reyes, Kofi Amankwa Oduro, Josephine Isioma Okonkwor, Rebekah Oladokun, Pedro Antonio Olalde, Florencio Lauren Marie Orzechowski, Liana Ama Brago Osei-Tutu, Paulissen Owusu Ansah and Enoch Fiyin Oye.
Joseph Jed Pallone, Zane Isaac Patterson, Stephen Isaac Pekarcik, Yair Perez-Gonzalez, Xavier Oswaldo Pici-Garcia, Anthony Joseph Pickford, Dylan Piedrahíta, Jake Thomas Pierce, Sydney Louise Porshinsky, Kathleen Protz, Giovanni Christopher Puckett, Noah Preston Pugh, Brady Nicklaus Quinlan, Atenas Airis Ramirez Salvar, Brenda Ramos Perez, Emily Elizabeth Rayas, Elizabeth Marie Reash, Caroline Blair Reither, Zackery Jackson Rennie, Ethan Joseph Renze, Alexis Dean Reynolds, Caden T. Robinson, Austin Matthew Rush, Jackson Terrence Ryan, Richael Saka, Abishek Sanyashi and Laila Djitaleane Sarr.
Brandon Saucedo, Kaitlyn Ann Schaefer, Anna Theresa Schneider, Gemma Rose Sciarroni, Gabriella Maria See, Lukas Philip Seyboldt, Aidan Andrew Shannon, Kareem Jabbar Smith Jr., Gino Mariano Solazzo, Cedric Rolland Stewart, Johnny Talbert Jr., Molly Ruth Teets, Tyle Alexander Thompson, Isabella Francesca Trostel, Elena Nicolle Vanasdale, Sonia Vargas, Owen Gordon Weikert, Adam Ortiz Weithman, Camren Oneal White, Harmony Janae Williams, Joseph Ryan Alexander Wiseman, Mariana Kathryn Witney, Cierci Amelia Yeager, Aidan Scott Zacherl, Gefei Zhao and Zhiru Zhou.
