The 175 members of Columbus Bishop Hartley High School’s 62nd graduating class received diplomas on Saturday, May 28 at the school’s Jack Ryan Field. A baccalaureate Mass was celebrated Friday, May 27 at Columbus Christ the King Church.
Members of the class will be attending one of 55 colleges and universities, with one going into the military and one combining college and the military. They were awarded academic and merit-based scholarships totaling $27.9 million, with 95.4 percent of the class going on to higher education. Members of the class totaled more than 19,875 service hours.
Receiving full-tuition scholarships were Rita Bartony, Cherod Bowens, A’Mya Eaton, Kidist Endale, Alex Gabriel, Lukas Graham, Sarah Godoy, Emma Guess, Milodi Mamo, Mia Martin-Fuller, Natalie Mitchell, Payton Moore and Mycah Newton.
Morgan Ford was a National Merit Commended Scholar, and A’Mya Eaton was a College Board National African American Recognition Scholar.
Addisyn Carlyn McCall, who will attend Alabama A&M University, received the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative Scholarship, a four-year scholarship of $10,000 per year. This is the largest third-party scholarship ever received by a Bishop Hartley student.
A total of 64 students received academic honors.
Summa Cum Laude students, who had a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.9 to 4.0, were Dominique Assis, Rita Bartony, Alexis Cashwell, Ryan Clark, Margaret Collins, Sydney Collins, Amelianna Conigy, Avery DeFoor, Kena Demie, Kidist Endale, Luke Eschmeyer, Ella Ewing, Morgan Ford, Rutha Gola, Lukas Graham, Emma Guess, Elayna Kebe, Stuart Landry, Milodi Mamo, Eleanor Morrow, Alex Ramicone, Sophia Sammler, William Sheridan, Katie Shuman, Destiny Starks, Emily Thompson and Alexander Treon.
Earning Magna Cum Laude honors (3.8 to 3.899 GPA) were Jonathan Abel, Kertina Adamo, Aidan Alexander, Charlotte Chamberlain, Joseph Ferryman, Sarah Godoy, Zachary Grimes, Sophia Kanowsky, Rylan King, Emily Knox, Katherine Mackessy, Riley Mann, Nebyu Mekuanet, Natalie Mitchell, Anthony Nicola, Kathrina Noma, Jarah Orndoff, Camille Payne, Olivia Ralston, Mackenzie Safford, Treyvhon Saunders, Samuelyn Smith and Haymanot Zeleke.
Cum Laude honors (3.7 to 3.799 GPA) went to Karli Barringer, Kaelyn Covington, Richard Everhart, Taryn Jones, Andrew McFeeters, Payton Moore, Andrew Navarro, Allison Page, Isabella Parker, Jacob Ross, Jaiden Stratton, Simon Sybert, Bradley Teynor and Rylee West.
Members of the Columbus Bishop Hartley High School Class of 2022 are:
Jonathan Abel, Kertina Tamerat Adamo, Aidan A. Alexander, Matthias Gustav Almstedt, Edward Eugene Andrews II, Oskar L. Arenas, Dominique Assis, Emelyn Avila-Leon, Tylar Helen Marie Ayers, Elias Umoja Bakari, James E. Bangert, Karli Ann Barringer, Rita Inge Bartony, Susan Abigail Beach, Zachary Allen Blackmon, Alex Christopher Blain, Dimitri K. Boumis, Cherod J. Bowens, Emilee Grace Bowman, Austin James Bungard, Raya Tanise Carrington, Alexis Taylor Cashwell, Brooke Casto, Cameron Casto and Charlotte Elizabeth Chamberlain.
Simone Michelle Chatman, Brighton Matthew Chen, Gabriel Clark, Ryan Patrick Clark, Margaret Rose Collins, Sydney Collins, Alana Lee Colvin, Amelianna Adele Conigy, Kaelyn Aalayah Covington, Amber Marie Darling, Donald Kendall Day, Avery Carol DeFoor, Kena Tesfu Demie, Shalom Tesfu Demie, Mackenzie Elizabeth DeWitt, Gabriel Fredrick Donaghy, A’mya Ronay Eaton, Alexandria Elmelegy, Kidist Demas Endale, Anthony Raymond Epstein, Nicola Grace Eramo, Gregory Erby Jr., Luke James Eschmeyer, David Angelo Estrada and Isaiah James Evans.
Richard Q. Everhart, Ella Elizabeth Ewing, Joseph Cooper Ferryman, Tyler Perkins Fields, Gabriel Bo Finta, Maya Ray Fleming, Ann Corinna Flores, Morgan Olivia Ford, Blake Michael Franz, Tayler Leigh Funderburk, Alexander Robert Dee Gabriel, Litzy Magali Galarza Ontiveros, Amari Gaston, Isaiah A. Gessese, Emmett Samuelson Gillies, Sarah Godoy, Rutha Asfaw Gola, Angel Gonzalez, Lukas Michael Graham, Zachary Isaiah Grimes, Emma Grace Guess, Daniel Abebe Haile, Ryan Daley Hannah, Aniyah Khalise Hawkins and Alexis Hernandez Torrijos.
Raymond William Heskett, Riley Hicks, Melanie Rae Hoffman, Angel Liseanalove Jackson, Bryce Alan January, Bennetta Jefferson, Lauren Taylor Johnson, Nyal H. Johnson, Taryn Deline Jones, William Ayden Jordan, Nazareth Tafese Kahassai, Sophia L. Kanowsky, Elayna Claire Kebe, Connor Eugene Kennedy, Richard Kenny, Rylan Lynne King, Emily Jo Kline, Emily Clair Knox, Stuart Breaux Landry, Taylor Rose Lange, Jacob Arthur Leatherman, Norah Rose LeFlore, Katherine Marie Mackessy, Jordan A. Madry and Milodi Alemayehu Mamo.
Riley Payton Mann, Mia Angelique Martin-Fuller. Daniel Landon Alexander Mattox, Addisyn Carlyn McCall, Shannon Tremblay McCarthy, Nicklaus Michael McCloud, Makailah Alexandrea McElrath, Walker Andrew George McFeeters, Kieran Robert McJoynt-Griffith, Michael McKittrick, Nebyu Tigabu Mekuanet, Rodas Afeworki Michael, Natalie Lauren Mitchell, Payton Samarra Moore, Caroline Elizabeth Moran, Eleanor Megan Morrow, Avion Murphy, Andrew Martin Navarro, Hannah Rachel Naylor, Feven Negash, Mycah Jayden Newton, Anthony Hanley Nicola, Kathrina Jamayla Noma, Jarah Dawn Orndoff and Allison B. Page.
Isabella Noelle Parker, Landen Stephen Paulus, Camille Joellen Payne, Heavenlee Marie Payne, Malachi Gary Michael Penn, Connor Patrick Phillips, Olivia Michael Ralston, Alex M. Ramicone, Kiara Kinnedi Reed, Zaria M. Robinson, Davianna Olivet Rodriguez, Ethan Michael Ross, Jacob Vincent Ross, Mackenzie Chase Safford, Sophia Elaine Sammler, Treyvhon Allen Saunders, Carson Schaeffer, Jacob Robert Scurlock, William Robert Sheridan, Noah Mittchel Shultz, Katie Elder Shuman, Samuelyn Smith, Theophilus Smith, Zaven Lee Solomon, Mitchell Wayne Spradlin and Destiny Lene Starks.
Jaiden Olivia Stratton, Simon Reed Sybert, Mychaela A. Talieh, Rebecca Tepper, Ruth B. Tesfaye, Karsyn L. Teter, Bradley John Teynor, Emily Nicole Thompson, Daniel Robert Tooson, Alexander Joseph Treon, DuShaun Franklin Tucker, Kennedy Noelle Tucker, Aidan James Turner, Easter Lily Therese Valentine, Syntia Montserrat Villarreal, London Janae Watkins, Tamani P. Watkins, Rylee Michele West, Jared Kevin Williams, Katherine Elizabeth Wilson, Tyler Woods, Marlin Isaiah Yarborough, Josephine Karen Zang and Haymanot H. Zeleke.