The most prestigious honor a St. Louis Catholic student can receive, the St. Louis Award, went to seniors Claire Brescher and Lucas Manuel on graduation day for the Class of 2020 Thursday, May 28, at Cougar Stadium.
Principal Mia Orgeron presented the The St. Louis Awards to Brescher and Manuel, both honor graduates. These awards go to the male and female senior student voted as the outstanding Christian student at the school by their peers and approved by members of the faculty each year.
The St. Louis Awards are presented to students who have shown the following characteristics: Love of God and Neighbor, Strong Moral Character, Desire to Serve Community, Courage to Stand up for Christian Principles, a Daily Christian Lifestyle and Proper Use of God-Given Talents.
“Both of this year’s St. Louis Award recipients live out these qualities with quiet humility,” said Principal Mia Orgeron. “When walking through the Commons, both Claire and Lucas could be found helping a classmate or working on assignments. They are so deserving of this award.”
Brescher will start college at LSU next year, and Manuel will attend Louisiana Tech University. Both students were members of National Honor Society and earned the Louisiana Seal of Biliteracy in Latin.
St. Louis Catholic’s 2020 honor graduates (students who maintained a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.75 and accumulated six or more AP/Honors/Dual Enrollment courses) are as follows: Elizabeth Achée, Blake Alley, Claire Basone, Zachary Benoit, Claire Brescher, Madison Brinkman, Anna Broussard, Juliana Broussard, Margaret Bruchhaus, Benjamin Burguieres, Samoan Combre, Adam Courville, Alexander Darbonne, Lily DeRouen, Olivia Desantos, Julia Dore’, Emma-Bernadette Faul, Abigail Fontenot, Presley Gilbert, Jake Hanks, Ethan Hebert, Anne Helms, Olivia Hubbard, Ryan Ieyoub, Katherine Jester, Cailyn Jones, Gabrielle Kuehn, Emily LaBiche, Abigail Lechtenberg, Lucas Manuel, Stratton McLaughlin, Mollie McSpadden, Russell Mixon IV, Eden Moreno, Layla Morton, Alivia Mudd, Isabella Nauts, Caroline Obluda, Jace Peloquin, Ana-Claire Perkins, Molly Piatt, Aidan Primeaux, Johnathan Savoy, Madeline Stickell, Sophie Stine, Julia Tassin, Sophia Tassin, Grace Anne Theriot, Nicholas Veuleman, Celia Villaume and Cassilda Williams.
More than $5.8 million in scholarship dollars was offered to the Class of 2020, not including TOPS. A full list of all 153 graduates with their scholarships is as follows. (An * indicates Honor Graduate).
KYLIE JACK ABELL
*ELIZABETH GRACE ACHÉE
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, Tiger Excellence Scholar Resident Award
SARAH KATHERINE ADAMS
NHS
SAVANNAH GRACE ADAMS
*BLAKE ELIZABETH ALLEY
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, Tiger Excellence Scholar Resident Award, LA Tiger Legacy Excellence Scholarship
BRETT CHRISTIAN ARDOIN
McNeese Academic Excellence Award
STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER AYERS, JR.
Xavier Academic Scholarship
ISABELLE GRACE BACA
NHS, McNeese Academic Excellence Award, Distinguished Achievement Award in Art
*CLAIRE BERNICE BASONE
NHS, John McNeese Award
SADIE ALISE BELAIRE
NHS
JOSEPH HENRY BELCHER
Loyola University of New Orleans LA Resident Scholarship, Legacy Scholarship & Loyola Scholarship
LUKE WYATT BENOIT
ULL Men’s Track & Field Scholarship
*ZACHARY SEAN BENOIT
NHS, St. Edward’s President’s Achievement Scholarship, Edwardian Scholarship, St. Edward’s Grant
SARAH SUSANNAH BLUE
PAUL MICHAEL BOITNOTT
McNeese Band Service Award
RYAN ELLIOT BOWER
*CLAIRE ELIZABETH BRESCHER
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, LA Tiger Legacy Excellence Scholarship, Academic Scholar Resident Award, Westlake Scholarship, Burger King McLamore Foundation Scholarship
*MADISON MARIE BRINKMAN
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, ULL Live Oak Scholarship
*ANNA CATHERINE BROUSSARD
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, John McNeese Award
AVA GRACE BROUSSARD
GRACIE MARIE BROUSSARD
JOHN-PATRICK JAMES BROUSSARD
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship, McNeese Academic Excellence Award
*JULIANA ISABELLA BROUSSARD
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, UT Knoxville Volunteer Scholarship
*MARAGARET ANNIE BRUCHHAUS
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, LSU Flagship Scholar Resident Award
*BENJAMIN KEITH BURGUIERES
NHS, LA-Tech Outstanding Freshman Scholarship, Outstanding Student Scholarship
MATTHEW DAVID BURNHAM
NHS
HANNAH CLAIRE CALDARERA
ETHAN JUDE CARNAHAN
McNeese Academic Excellence Award
CHRISTIAN SCOTT CARPENTER
South Alabama USA Freshman Admission Scholarship
AARON DOMINIC CASTETE
NHS
ANDREW PHILIP CASTLEBERRY
*SAMOAN NICOLE COMBRE
Xavier Merit Based Scholarship & Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Scholarship
LANDON DANE COOLEY
LA Bi-literacy, LA-Tech Outstanding Student Scholarship
*ADAM BRICE COURVILLE
NHS, John McNeese Award
RYAN JAMES COURVILLE
ZOË JANE CRAWFORD
ANDREW ADAM DAIGLE
*ALEXANDER JAMES DARBONNE
John McNeese Award
COLLIN BERNARD DARBY
Spring Hill Ignatian Leader Award & Men’s Golf Scholarship
JOLI CLARICE DEROUEN
*LILY JO DEROUEN
NHS, LA-Biliteracy, Global Bi-literacy, SLU Vice President
Tuition Scholarship, SLC Catholic High School Award, Grant Assistance, Federal Pell Grant
*OLIVIA ALEJANDRA DESANTOS
NHS, Loyola University of New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship,
LA Resident Scholarship
*JULIA MARIE DORÉ
NHS, LA-Biliteracy, John McNeese Award
JOHN MARTIN DOWNER
CHARLES MITCHELL DROST
CALEB JOSEPH DUHON
JAMES KAELON DUPLECHAIN
JOHN MERRICK ELLENDER
NHS, LSU Academic Scholar Resident Award
WILLIAM MORGAN EVANS
LA Bi-literacy, LA-Tech Outstanding Student Scholarship, Counselor’s Choice Award
ETHAN ELLIS EZELL
*EMMA-BERNADETTE ALCANTARA FAUL
NHS, LA-Tech Outstanding Student Scholarship
*ABIGAIL GRACE FONTENOT
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, John McNeese Award
GARIN JAKE FONTENOT
GAVIN JULES FONTENOT
MATTHEW EVANS FONTENOT
ROMAN JOSEPH FONTENOT
ANNABELLA MONIQUE FRANKLIN
DILLON PAUL FRUGE
CLAY MATTHEW GASKIN
McNeese Academic Excellence Award
*PRESLEY CHRISTINE GILBERT
Tiger Excellence Scholar Resident Award
ANNA GRACE GROVE
KENZIE LEIGH GUILLORY
MADISON MAE GUILLORY
RICO PAUL GUILLORY
HANNAH ELIZABETH HANCOCK
McNeese Academic Excellence Award
*JAKE THOMAS HANKS
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, LSU Flagship Scholar Resident Award
RILEY CLAIRE HARGRODER
*ETHAN AUTRY HEBERT
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, LA-Tech Counselor’s Choice Award, Presidential Scholarship, National Merit LA Tech Award
*ANNE PATRICIA HELMS
NHS, Tiger Excellence Scholar Resident Award
HAYES ANGLIN HOLLAND
*OLIVIA GRACE HUBBARD
NHS, LA-Tech Presidential Scholarship, Citgo Scholarship Award
KRISTINA RENEE HUDSON
*RYAN MICHAEL IEYOUB
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, LSU Academic Scholar Resident Award
EMILY JACE JARRELL
*KATHERINE ANNE JESTER
NHS, Texas A&M Lechner Scholarship, Maroon Merit Award, Citgo Scholarship, National Honor Society Scholarship
GABRIEL KARRINGTON JOHNSON
McNeese NAUW Book Stipend
JADON CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
Wayne State College Football Scholarship
*CAILYN BLAIR JONES
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, ULL Magnolia Scholarship and Sasol Scholarship
KEYSHAWN JERMAINE JONES
University of the Ozarks Commitment to Excellence Ozarks Annual Fund Scholarship
TRISTEN SCOTT JUDICE
GABRIELLE ISABELLA KARAM
OLIVIA ROSE KILPATRICK
NHS
*GABRIELLE ELIZABETH KUEHN
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, LSU Academic Scholar Resident Award
*EMILY CLAIRE LABICHE
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, LSU Academic Scholar Resident Award
*ABIGAIL MICHELLE LECHTENBERG
NHS, LA-Tech Dean’s Scholarship & P.E.O Star Scholarship
LUKE HENRY LEDET
MCKENZIE CRYSLYN LEDUFF
LA Bi-literacy, ASU Athletic Golf Scholarship, Dick & Linda Batti Scholarship, Doritos Valedictorian Contest Winner
EMMA MARIE LEONARD
J-ALLEN SEAN MANUEL
John McNeese Award
*LUCAS JAMES MANUEL
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, LA-Tech Presidential Scholarship
WILLIAM QUINN MARCEAUX
ISABELLE GRACE MARTEL
EMMA SHAY MATT
LA Bi-literacy
*STRATTON FOY MCLAUGHLIN
LA Tiger Legacy Excellence Scholarship, Academic Scholar Resident Award
DOHNAVAN RICHARD MCMICHAEL
McNeese Federal Pell Grant
*MOLLIE SOPHIA MCSPADDEN
ULL Magnolia Scholarship
ADAM TRENT MERE
GABRIEL LANDRY MEYER
NHS
KANE ROBERT MILLER
NHS, LSU Dean’s Scholarship, Transformation Merit Resident Award
LEXIE DAWN MILLER
AUGUSTUS PATRICK MILLIGAN
NHS
*RUSSELL CARSON MIXON IV
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, McNeese Presidential Award
GRIFFIN PAUL MOREIN
*EDEN GRACE MORENO
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, McNeese University Scholars Award
GRACE JEANNE MORGAN
*LAYLA MICHELLE MORTON
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, Tiger Excellence Scholar Resident Award
*ALIVIA MARIE MUDD
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, TCU Faculty Scholarship
AVA MARIE MUDD
NHS
I’JSHANELL MALAYSIA MULMORE
CALEB TODD MURRY
BRENON MANUEL NASH
NHS
*ISABELLA GIANNA NAUTS
NHS, John McNeese Award
MIKAYLA JOHNAYE NED
*CAROLINE MARIE OBLUDA
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, Global Bi-literacy, Colorado School of Mines President’s Scholarship, Vanguard Community of Scholars Program
JOHN AARON ORGERON
ZACKARY PHILLIPS PAUL
*JACE TANNER PELOQUIN
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, LA-Tech Presidential Scholarship
JOSEPH WILLIAM PERCLE
*ANA-CLAIRE MARIE PERKINS
LA Bi-literacy
COLBY ALAN PIATT
NHS, LA-Tech Outstanding Student Scholarship, Forestry Presidential Scholarship & Frank O. Pruitt Scholarship
*MOLLY GENE PIATT
John McNeese Award
*AIDAN CHRISTOPHER PRIMEAUX
NHS, LSU Flagship Scholar Resident Award, Manship Scholarship
JONAH PAUL EUGENY REGGIE
SARAH CATHERINE RICHARD
NHS, McNeese Academic Excellence Award
BENJAMIN KANE RILEY
OWEN MICHAEL ROACH
MARLANA MARIE RODRIGUEZ
LA-Biliteracy, ULL Westlake Scholarship
LUCILE LEBBY JENKINS RUMSEY
OLIVIA DANIELLE RUPERT
McNeese University Scholars Award
JAMES JOSEPH RYDER
BRYCE JAMES SANDERS
*JOHNATHAN DANIEL SAVOY
LA Bi-literacy
JILLIAN ISABELLE SEDANO
JACKSON DAVIS SLADE
COLSON JAMES SNIDER
John McNeese Award
SAMANTHA RACHEL STEVENS
*MADELINE GRACE STICKELL
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, Tiger Excellence Scholar Resident Award, LA Tiger Legacy Excellence Scholarship, Westlake Scholarship
*SOPHIE MARIE STINE
NHS, LSU Flagship Scholar Resident Award
CHRISTIAN HEATH TABOR
John McNeese Award
*JULIA CAMILLE TASSIN
NHS, John McNeese Award
*SOPHIA GRACE TASSIN
NHS, A.J. “Bud” Weisbrod Scholarship & Choral Service Award, McNeese University Scholars Award
KALI GRACE TATE
*GRACE ANNE THERIOT
NHS, LSU Transformation Merit Resident Award
TIMOTHY NEAL THOMASON
LOGAN JAMES TODD
ANAIYA FAITH TURNER
LSU Eunice Basketball Scholarship
ANDREW FREDRICK VANCHIERE
*NICHOLAS DREW VEULEMAN
LSU Flagship Scholar Resident Award, Pelican Promise Award
*CELIA ANNE VILLAUME
NHS, LA Bi-literacy, ULL Cypress Scholarship
WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH WARD
*CASSILDA OLIVIA-CLAIRE WILLIAMS
NHS, LSU Innovation Scholarship, Transformation Merit Resident Award
ALEXANDER JOSEPH YOKUBAITIS
OSU Academic Achievement Scholarship, Athletic Wrestling Scholarship
CAMERON REED YOUNG
Other Awards & Honors:
STUDENT OF THE YEAR: Aidan Primeaux
DAR/PLAUCHE GOOD CITIZEN AWARD: Juliana Broussard
AMERICAN LEGION AMERICANISM AWARD: Abigail Fontenot and Ethan Hebert
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AWARD: Madison Brinkman and Lucas Manuel
CALDARERA STUDENT COUNCIL LEADERSHIP AWARD: Margaret Bruchhaus
SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD: Caroline Obluda and Ethan Hebert
KEITH JONES AWARD: Jadon Johnson
64 PARISH STRONG AWARD & KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CATHOLIC YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARD: Kane Miller