Columbus Bishop Ready High School principal Matthew Brickner presented diplomas to 95 graduates at the school’s 58th commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 4 in the school gymnasium. A baccalaureate Mass was celebrated on Friday, June 3 at Hilliard St. Brendan the Navigator Church.
The Class of 2022 earned $15.5 million in scholarships. The valedictorian is Angel Rivera-Martinez of Grove City, and the salutatorian is Allison Bair of Columbus, both of whom plan to attend the University of Dayton on scholarship.
Honors graduates are Elizabeth Agostino, Allison Bair, Cassandra Benkis, Kara Benkis, Ann Broschart, Caroline Buendia, Joely Ciborek, Rebecca Daugherty, Amelia Freeman, J’Sun Gardner, Mackenzie Gossett, Abigail Grundei, Kaitlan Harlan, Troy Hixson, Caleb Huerta-Henry, Abigail Iannitto, Zachary Jahn, Lillian Kapala, Kaitlyn Lancia, Dylan Murray, Abigail Parisi, Isaac Paul, Angel Rivera-Martinez, Mia Rossi, Sierra Schlosser, Byron Scott, Emma Sweetman, Ludy Talla, John Wade, Erin Weiner, Reagan Wheatley, Addison Whitmer, Nissi Yorke and Dane Zibrik.
Five seniors were inducted into the Bishop Ready Hall of Fame. They are Allison Bair, Kaitlan Harlan, Kaitlyn Lancia, Dylan Murray and Angel Rivera-Martinez.
Ninety percent of the class will be attending one of 37 institutions of higher education. Two class members will join the U.S. Marine Corps. The class contributed approximately 3,200 service hours.
Receiving school awards were: Principal’s Award, Angel Rivera-Martinez; Ready Award, Caroline Buendia; Spirit Award, Sierra Schlosser; Gifts of the Heart Service Award, Abigail Grundei; Gertrude C. Kuehefuhs Music Award, Charles Easley; Alexa McAllister Memorial Scholarship, Elizabeth Agostino; Walsh University Founder’s Scholarship, Amelia Freeman.
Eleven seniors signed to play college sports. They are: Caroline Buendia, soccer, Rhodes College; Megan Chesser, volleyball, Goldey-Beacom; Simone Daniel, volleyball, Capital; J’Sun Gardner, football and track, Kenyon; Kenny Haynes, baseball, Hocking; Troy Hixson, basketball, Bethany; Lillian Kapala, softball, Mount St. Joseph; Claire Larger, track, Capital; Paul Martello, wrestling, Thomas More; Sierra Schlosser, basketball, Mount Union; and Emma Sweetman, softball, Capital.
Members of the Columbus Bishop Ready High School Class of 2022 are:
Beau Michael Adair, Elizabeth Ann Agostino, Lema Begum Ahmed, Fiona Irene Armstrong, Ilijah Jordan Austin, Westen Kane Avery, Allison Lynn Bair, Cassandra Jo Benkis, Kara Elise Benkis, Adam Michael Bennett, Sophia Elizabeth Bowman, Madison Sue Brewster, Ann Catherine Broschart, Ma’Lik Sheron Brown, Caroline Elizabeth Buendia, Austin Mikel Burgoon, Cameron Anthony Burns, Logan Riley Carmean, Yibin Chen, Megan Nicole Chesser, Kabrion William Choulat, Joely Emma Ciborek, Brandon Jay Steven Damron-Bowen and Simone Lenteen Daniel.
Rebecca LiTao Daugherty, Janiya Starlè Davis, Charles Travon LyShawn Easley, Todd Matthew Ernst II, Michael Duran Forney Jr., Victoria Rose Foust, Amelia Blair Freeman, J’Sun D’Shae Gardner, Josiah Chase Germany, Mackenzie Anne Gossett, Abigail Grace Grundei, Nora Nicole Hackman, Noah Eugene William Hamilton-Foughty, Kaitlan Machelle Harlan, Edward Kenneth Haynes, Brady Michael Hicks, Abigail Josefina Hirn, Troy Christopher Hixson, Thomas Vincent Hodge, Tyler Chance Hohla, Jiajun Hou, Caleb Elijah Louis Huerta-Henry, Abigail Brittany Iannitto and Zachary Scott Jahn.
Jarrett Michael Jermann, Breanna Hope Joseph, Colin Michael Kamerer, Lillian Wrenn Kapala, Logan Daniel Kitko, Kaitlyn Renae Lancia, Claire Kathleen Larger, Katherine Anne Lee-Englebrecht, Binghang Liang, Preston Dean Macioce, Devon James Malone, Paul Thomas Martello, Zachary Glenn-Patrick McAndrew, Lane Stark Miller, Karen Montoya, Conor James Moore, Hannah Elizabeth Ethel Morgan, Dylan Thomas Murray, Preston Michael Newcomb, Evan Michael O’Connell, Konner Dean Orders, Abigail Ann Parisi, Isaac James Paul and Elizabeth Ramos.
Lillian Marie Remali, Angel Ricardo Rivera-Martinez, Mia Nicole Rossi, Lilibeth Michelle Ruiz Vazquez, Sierra Gene Schlosser, Richard Allen Schnarr IV, Byron James Scott, Gabriella Monet Stough, Marvin Deverl Sutton IV, Emma Denee Sweetman, Ludy Haile Talla, Gregory Chad Thompson Jr., Sage Christian Tilley, Daniel Vazquez Suarez, John Jahn Wade, Erin Elizabeth Weiner, Reagan Noelle Wheatley, Addison Rose Whitmer, Matalyn Paige Wiethe, Avion Tobias Williams, Lized Mariela Yadaicela, Nissi Efua Yorke and Dane Doherty Zibrik.