Columbus Bishop Watterson High School awarded diplomas to 238 graduating seniors on Saturday, May 24 in the school gymnasium. A baccalaureate Mass was celebrated on Thursday, May 22.
Ninety-eight percent of the class members were accepted by a total of 170 institutions of higher education and received $43.7 million in college merit scholarship offers. They will be attending 62 different colleges and universities. Two percent will join the military, attend a trade school or take a gap or service year.
Seventy-eight students received the Presidential Award for Excellence. Twenty-eight class members had perfect scores in individual subjects on the American College Test. Class members totaled 15,625 service hours.
There were 202 academic medals, presented for an “A” average all four years, awarded in individual subjects. Eleven students received charity cords for at least 250 hours of community service.
Receiving scholarships and other honors in academics and achievements in other areas were: Emily Darnieder, Clare Feehan, Clare Garczewski, Megan Goehring, Megan Goshe, Sophie Hamrock, Jessica Kurtz, Nora Ott, David Rubal, Emily Schmidt, Natasha Shimp and Theodore White, Governor’s Merit Scholarship; Lilian Ryan, Zonta Club of Columbus Scholarship; Emily Schmidt, recipient and Natasha Shimp, nominee, Wendy O. Ward Scholarship; Gigi O’Dorisio and Griffin Steinbrunner, Catalysts for Positive Change; Megan Goshe and Caden Davis, University of North Carolina Morehead-Cain Scholarship nominees; Megan Goshe and Emily Schmidt, National Merit Finalists; Chris Ault, Sophia Blum, Emily Darnieder, Sophie Hamrock, Grant Hays, Michael Ponesse, David Rubal, Emily Summanen and Matthias Wenning, National Merit Commended Scholars; Angelina Ferguson, Knights of Columbus Scholarship; Megan Terveer, Msgr. Spiers Service Award, Marissa Fogt, Angie Hanson, Sophia Reing-Hurley and Tad White; Bishop Herrmann Service Award, Lydia Steinbauer; and All-Diocesan Academic Honor Team, Emily Darnieder.
Academic medals were presented to 101 students, 11 of whom received summa cum laude medals for posting grade-point averages of 4.15 or higher. Another 60 students were awarded magna cum laude medals (3.90 to 4.14 GPA) with 30 receiving cum laude medals (3.70 to 3.89).
Members of the Columbus Bishop Watterson High School Class of 2025 are:
Mary Regina Adamczak, Janelle Nkengafeh Ajuseh, Gabrielle Emylett Alies Paulino, Lila J. Allen, Emily Anderson, Michael Antry, Bilen Samuel Aregui, Olivia Elizabeth Ash, Carlye Ann Auletta, Christopher Michael Ault, Marie Elisabeth Bakle, Taylor Marie Bechtel, Braeden Rockne Benjamin, Kaitlyn Marissa Bernotas, Samuel Andrew Berry, Alexander Blackstone, Sophia Antonia Blum, Claire Elizabeth Boeckman, Anna Jolyn Bowers, Reese Isabella Boyle, Rachel Renee Briscoe, Anthony Camargo, Brian Carbajal, Madison Carpenter and Monica Carmen Carreno.
Macie Claire Carroll, Mary Katherine Butler Carson, Sophia Casimir, Nataliya Shea Chestnut, Clare Elizabeth Ciesinski, Emma Grace Cloran, Jaelyn Kay Combs, Greyson John Conyers, Keegan James Coyne, Mallory Joy Cromley, Catherine Dahman, Emily Margaret Darnieder, Caden Garrett Davis, Oliver Timothy Rex Davis, Conor Maxwell Dawson, Edith Anne Deberson, Michael DeLuccia, Anthony DeMassimo, Gwendolyn Elizabeth Dixon, Marcus Dixon, Ryan Patrick Duffy, Addison Elizabeth Eagan, Abby Campbell Emswiler, Clara Rose Marie Faulkner and Clare Feehan.
Angelina May Ferguson, Keagan Patrick Ferguson, Lauren Elizabeth Festi, Julianna Fisher, Catherine Fitzpatrick, William Fitzpatrick, Marissa Elizabeth Fogt, Penelope Marie Foley, Tanner Andrew Foley, Giovanna Francati, Sophia Maureen Frank, Anna Elaine Frost, Benjamin Sylvester Gabrich, Julieta Galvan, Clare Marie Garczewski, Abrielle Gaughan, Eliana Corinne Geraci, Angelo Joseph Ginocchi, Makenna McGrath Glenn, Kathleen Ann Goehring, Megan Virginia Goehring, Lucas James Goodfellow, Megan Katherine Goshe, Megan Margaret Graham and Parker Graney.
Vance Graney, Margaret Lynn Green, Grace Evans Greene, Leah Marie Griffiths, James Gusty, Thomas Vincent Haley, Sophie Hamrock, Paige Rylie Hanley, Angela Justine Hanson, Colin Matthew Hare, Emerson David Michael Hartshorn, Anthony John Harvey, Elizabeth Meta Haulund, Maximilian Ethan Haunn, Molly Aileen Hayes, Grant William Hays, Robert Andrew Hite, Kathryn Hoyt, Mary Huber, Jude Hummer, Rubie Grace Jackson, Ella Rose Jacobsen, Elizabeth O. James, Fagan Olivia Jenkins, Landon Johnson.
Margaret Mary Kane, Grace Isabelle Keller, Ava Elisabeth Kennedy, Bailey Ann Kerins, Rosemary Angela Kessinger, Luke Kish, Mya Kleinhenz, Jonathan Meyer Koeninger, John Patrick Kovalchin, Jacklyn Grace Kuehl, Jessica Grace Kurtz, Chase Michael Lanier, Elise Cynthia Latshaw, Noah Lawler, Mary Margaret Leathley, Jacob Christopher Lee, Jack Emerson Leonard, William George Lewis, Ava Elizabeth Liedtke, Joy Haruka Linton, Theodore Wallace Long, Lucia Kay Lordo, Henry Timothy Bernard Lyons, Stella Darlene Magee and Nicholas Maliwesky.
Patrick Cal Mangini, Andrew William Matthews, Meredith Rose McAdow, Jacqueline Evans McAuliffe, Colin Michael McCandlish, Morgan Grace McCarthy, Bryn Maria McClain, Mari McCurdy, Nicholas M. McKay, Chase B. McKnight, Elizabeth Jane McLaughlin, Brady McNally, Brigid McNamara, Luka James Michtich, Devin Miller, Jocelyn Elizabeth Miller, Grace Monaghan, Chloe Ann Moreland, Macie Elizabeth Moreland, Isabella Muetzel, Mack Allen Murnane, Jessie Young Kahalewai Musselman, Alex Mai Nguyen, Hannah Vy Nguyen and Molly Nollenberger.
Carter Michael Nordstrom, Ellen Anne North, Thomas Gregory O’Brien, Giovanna Leigh O’Dorisio, Mithzy Sujey Olvera, Benjamin Henry Ortega, Nora Marjorie Kelly Ott, Biaggio Pagan, Emma Cashin Pawlik, John Steven Pedro, Carlin Willow Perry, Austin Riley Phillips, Blase Michael Pignotti, John Henry Pollner, Michael Stephen Ponesse, Sofia Margot Pongonis, Rosalie Gayle Pramik, Maryef Valerie Quezada Perez, Mason Charles Ratliff, Alexa Grace Ray, William Augustus Read, Amber Maria Regan, Jake Thomas Richards, Jacob Rider and David Matthew Ritzenthaler.
Lucia Marie Rivera, Ava Lauren Ross, Ellie Rowlands, David Alan Rubal, Jack Ruebensaal, Jake Ryan, Lillian Margaret Ryan, Mackenzie Reese Ryan, Addison Claire Ryno, Connor Thomas Samenuk, Nathan Reed Sauer, Carter David Schilling, Emily Elizabeth Schmidt, Sydney Kathryn Schultheis, Javier William Serantes, Natasha Anna Shimp, Isabelle Faith Shonk, Claire Elizabeth Smith, George Patrick Smith, Christopher Andrew Sokol, Cameron Milette Sparks, William Christopher Spiers, Daisy Staravecka, Benjamin James Stauffer and Lydia Louise Steinbauer.
Griffin Jerome Steinbrunner, Layla Rose Stewart, Chance Henry Strausbaugh, Hannah Elizabeth Stuebe, Emily Marie Summanen, Isabella Lynn Marie Summerfield, Connor Swackhammer, Kaylynn Tatera, Zeeke Ernest Taylor, Megan Marie Terveer, Dominic Griffith Theado, Sadie Marie Thieken, Isabelle Thomas, Madeline Leah Rose Tinkler, Vincent Nicholas Tippett, Michael Phillip Tobias, Jacob Alan Uhlenhake, Halli Rose Valus and Matthew Vasquez.
Erzen Veliu, Chloe Ariana Voelkel, Quinn Waldron, Jack Casey Warren, Michael Shawn Watkins, John William Zachary Weber, Matthias John Wenning, Joseph James Wheeler, Adalheid Jane Cibulskas White, Theodore White, Charles Edward Wilson III, Collin Wilson, Jonathan James Wolock, Trevor Donald Woodland, Eve Julia Worley, Christopher Youell, Mitchell Younger, Sophie Elizabeth Ziel and Mia Zingery.