Columbus St. Charles Preparatory School presented diplomas to 119 members of the Class of 2024 during its commencement ceremony, preceded by a baccalaureate Mass, on Friday, May 24 in the Robert C. Walter Student Commons.
All graduates will be attending institutions of higher education, with 96 percent going to four-year colleges and 1 percent to two-year colleges. The remaining graduates are taking a gap year, entering the military, attending the Columbus Fire Academy or still making their college selection. They will be attending 51 different colleges throughout the nation. The class earned more than $35.8 million in scholarship money and performed 7,500 hours of community service.
Thirteen of the graduates were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corp./College Board. John Bryner, Malcolm D’Souza, Andrew Ferris and William Malerich became National Merit finalists and Jacob Maier and Matthew Weyer were semifinalists. William Bratt, James Graff, Lucas Klingele, Andew Kane, Christopher Lee, Dillon Miller and Brogan Rogers were named National Merit commended scholars.
Malcolm D’Souza earned an Eminence Scholarship to Ohio State University. D’Souza, Abrem Igwebuike, Syrus Klein and Maxi Ortiz were named Morrill Scholars by Ohio State University. Julius Feibel was named a Clemson University Lyceum Scholar, an honor given to only 10 students nationwide.
Malerich and Bryner earned National Merit Scholarships to the University of Alabama. Garrett Hoffman accepted an appointment from the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Rogers is attending Yale University on an ROTC scholarship. Louis Fabro was awarded the Chick Evans Scholarship for Caddies to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Delius is taking a gap year to study languages at Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages in Taiwan before moving on to Middlebury (Vermont) College the following year. Igwebuike, a member of the football team, was selected as the 2024 Encova Insurance Male Central Ohio Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Ten members of the class will be playing college sports in the fall: Eli Bush (soccer), Charles Griffith (baseball), Will Harrier, (wrestling), Garrett Hoffman (football), Aidan Johnson (golf), Will Nash (baseball), Padraig O’Reilly (soccer), Liam Richardson (baseball), Leo Walling (golf) and Landon Weihl (lacrosse).
Members of the Columbus St. Charles Preparatory School Class of 2024 are:
Quincy Andrews, John Anthuvan, Maximilian Badertscher, Bowen Bainbridge, Jack Bare, Brady Bennison, Landon Beverly, Dominic Bleacher, Isaiah Brady, Jayson Brake, William Bratt, John Bryner, Eli Bush, Theodore Cahill, Anthony Campagni, Jacques Chapman, Thomas Clark, Victor Clarke-Gil, Lucas Cloran and Connor Cole, Brady Cooke, Noah Crissinger, Luke Delius, Martin DeVita, Anderson Dewez, Malcolm D’Souza, Spencer Eberts, Lukas Estifanos, Louis Fabro, Lucas Fanning, Michael Farley, Andrew Fast, Julius Feibel, Andrew Ferris, Aidan Fox, Adrian Frost, Jacob Funkhouser, Benjamin Galbreath, Luke Garvine and Drew Gelhaus.
James Graff, Colin Greenhalge, Charles Griffith, Anania Haimanot, Stuart Hankinson, William Harrier, Jackson Hobbs, Garrett Hoffman, Brady Hood, Brayan Hunter, Ryan Huttsell, Abrem Igwebuike, Aidan Johnson, Andrew Kane, Ryan Kelbick, Syrus Klein, Lucas Klingele, Jonah Knueve, Jack Koesters and Nicholas Koeth. John Kuebler, Noah Kueter, Zander Lamaze, William Lawler, Christopher Lee, Reid Luffler, Jacob Maier, William Malerich, Anthony Marino, Thomas Maynard, Patrick McCurdy, Keron Mensah, Nathaniel Michalec, Andrew Miller, Dillon Miller, Wyatt Minnich, Andrew Moore, Sean Moore, Andrew Myers and Will Nash.
Benjamin Obeng, Padraig O’Reilly, Maxi Ortiz, An-Nam Pham, Aidan Potts, Zakariya Rahman, Timothy Rausch, Liam Richardson, Jonathan Robson, Brogan Rogers, Victor Roscoe, Adam Ryzenga, Charles Saas, Nicholas Scharfenberger, Nicholas Scheiwer, Thomas Schmansky, Oliver Seitchik, Luke Sheaffer, William Shulack and Aaron Silva. William Smiley, Michal Sotak, Charlie Stanczewski, Nicholas Stewart, Christian Stratton, Mladen Tague, Nicholas Trzcinski, Pervonne Vera, Carson Vidra, Michael Wagner, Leo Walling, Rex Walters, Landon Weihl, Jason Weiler, Theodore Welsch, Matthew Weyer, Christopher White, Herman Yawe and Aiden Zieg.
