The 137 graduates of Columbus Bishop Hartley High School’s 65th graduating class received diplomas on Saturday, May 24 at Ohio Dominican University. A baccalaureate Mass was celebrated on Friday, May 23 at Columbus Christ the King Church.
Members of the class will be attending one of 48 colleges and universities. They were awarded $18.5 million in academic and merit-based scholarships, with 95 percent of the class going on to higher education. Four are entering trade programs; two will enter military service, including one going to a service academy; one will enter full-time employment and one will take a gap year. The graduates performed 6,026 service hours during the just-completed academic year and 21,756 hours over four years.
Receiving full-tuition scholarships were Elsie Adjei-Tetteh, University of Cincinnati; Nia DuBose, Ohio Wesleyan University; Nia Johnson, Alabama A&M University; John D. Moore III and Zora Womack, Ohio State University; and Sarah Thompson, Walsh University.
Connor Caltrider was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
Jillian Reeb was a National Merit Scholarship Finalist, Audrey Jones was selected for the All-Diocesan Academic Honor Team and Mistre Negatu received the Bishop Herrmann Service Award.
A total of 48 students received academic honors.
Summa cum laude graduates, who had a cumulative grade-point average of 3.9 to 4.0, were Esther Adeyele, Chinedu Anigbogu, Katharine Barlay, Ingrid Bedell, Zochi Chen, William Donnelly, Henry Gillies, Malcolm Gillies, Blake Goedde, Nia Johnson, Audrey Jones, Kendall Kirkbride, Hermela Lilay, Vincent Mampieri, Joseph Murray, Cameron Nail, Maleah Ogden, Jillian Reeb, Quinn Richardson, Natalie Saguisi, Sarah Thompson and Isabel Vatter.
Earning magna cum laude honors (3.8 to 3.899 GPA) were Christopher Bartony, Connor Caltrider, Ryan Cartagena, Joseph Christy, Nia DuBose, Keeley Fishking, Miriam Frank, Taylor Hankins, Mariah Hooks, Bella Jackson, Olivia Malone, John Moore III, Emerson Remeis, Efeoghene Ugbarugba and Petros Yohannes.
Cum laude honors (3.7 to 3.799 GPA) were earned by Morgan Bailey, Yosef Denham, Alani Ferguson, Quinn Keiffer, Kelsie Kirkbride, Mistre Negatu, Zachary Parker, Hamilton Poindexter, Blen Solomon, Kidst Tarekegn and Anna Valin.
Members of the Columbus Bishop Hartley High School Class of 2025 are:
Esther Adeyele, Elsie Adjei-Tetteh, Reyana Allen-Hairston, Chinedu Anigbogu, Daniel Anomakoh, Daymond Ayers, Morgan Bailey, Angel Balderas Garcia, Katharine Barlay, Brooklyn Barnes, Christopher Bartony, Ingrid Bedell, Brady Beinlich, Cana Bernard, Esmeralda Bravo Botello, Mary Brick, ZoKiyah Broomfield, Donovan Buckey, Anaya Bumpus, Landon Burkey, Jaden Calloway, Connor Caltrider, Javyn Carmona-Tongor, Ryan Cartagena and Zochi Chen.
Joseph Christy, Denim Cook, Bryant Covington, Zoe Cuvo, Isaiah Day, Yosef Denham, William Donnelly, Nia DuBose, Cora Durbin, Nazariya Durr, Ava Dyer, Morgan Epler, Alani Ferguson, Keeley Fishking, Kaleb Fleahman, David Flores, Miriam Frank, Aarren Franklin-Martin, Tanija Galloway, Henry Gillies, Malcolm Gillies, Blake Goedde, Emiliano Gonzalez Pina, Robert Grilli and Brandon Hambric.
Taylor Hankins, William Harriman, Emersyn Heil, Dylan Hermen, Madison Hewitt, Madison Hilsheimer, D’Adja Hollingsworth, Mariah Hooks, Ace Hoylman, Sarah Hurtado, Fidelis Ijomah, Bella Jackson, Nia Johnson, Audrey Jones, Quinn Keiffer, Ella Kerns, Aiden King, Kelsie Kirkbride, Kendall Kirkbride, Cornelius Kissi, Amelia Leonard, Hermela Lilay, Yajaira Lima Hernandez, Marco Macatangay and Isabel Macioce.
Olivia Malone, Vincent Mampieri, Emiliano Mariscal-Marquez, Vincent Mertz, Daniel Michael, John Moore III, Jackson Moxley, Jon Murphy, Joseph Murray, Cameron Nail, Gelila Negatu, Mistre Negatu, Safiya Nolan, Amiyah Odom, Maleah Ogden, James Otieno, Aniyah Owens, Zachary Parker, Jennifer Parra Huerta, Lyaila Penn, Siennah Phoung, Kyle Pitcock, Hamilton Poindexter, Jocelyne Rangel-Quintana and Jillian Reeb.
Huery Reed IV, Jillian Reese, Emerson Remeis, Quinn Richardson, Elly Roush, Natalie Saguisi, Julia Salle, Peter Santorsola, Branden Sensabaugh, James Sewell, Austin Sharp,
Ethan Sheely, Blen Solomon, Olivia Stein, Carson Svetek, Kidst Tarekegn, Bamlak Teklebrhan, Katherine Thomas and Sarah Thompson.
Aniyah Thorne, Malik Tufts, Efeoghene Ugbarugba, Jaleyah Valentine, Evelyn Valerio Aleman, Anna Valin, Lane Vance, Isabel Vatter, James Verdadero, Jesse Wagner, Kennedy Wells, Makiyah Wheeler, Xaria Williams, Bryson Winbush, Zora Womack, Charlee Wyatt, Max Wymer and Petros Yohannes.