On Monday, May 13, the Frassati Catholic Community came together to acknowledge excellence in academics, athletics, and fine arts at the sixth annual Verso l’alto Summit Awards Ceremony. In addition to awards for these achievements among the whole student body, particular awards are given to members of the graduating class to recognize their achievements over their time at Frassati Catholic. These recognitions include announcing the Class of 2019 Valedictorian and Salutatorian, and conferring the Man and Woman of the Beatitudes, Virtuous Athlete, and Pier Giorgio Service awards.

Four Frassati Catholic students will be continuing their athletics careers in college. During the spring sports recognition night we hosted a ceremonial signing for our athletes who will play at the collegiate level and took some time to celebrate their accomplishments. Jannelle Edlin will play soccer for the University of St. Thomas, Clare Finney will play Lacrosse at Catholic University of America, JD Morgan will play football for Ave Maria University and Gabriel Weitzman will play football for University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

The Frassati Catholic community celebrated senior Brian Carroll immediately following weekly Mass last Friday as he was presented with the U.S. Army ROTC Four-Year Scholarship, an award which provides an $85,950 college scholarship over four years. Captain Keith Langhauser was the U.S. Army representative on hand to present the ceremonial check, and the entire student body erupted in applause as their classmate was honored. Brian Carroll plans to attend Mississippi State University in the fall.

Congratulations to the 73 Frassati Catholic students who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2019 National Spanish Examinations. Students earned a total of 17 silver and 13 bronze medals along with 43 honorable mentions.

The Frassati Catholic Track and Field Team was represented by Izabella Vallejo at the TAPPS 5A State Championship Track Meet May 3-4 in Waco, TX. Vallejo, a Frassati Catholic junior, competed against the best of Texas 5A in two events: the 3200M and 800M. She took fifth place in both events.

Frassati Catholic Golfers competed at the TAPPS 5A State Championships on April 29-30. The golf team was represented by Irma Briz, Anna Claire Fincher, Ellie Fincher, Morgan Martinez and Katie Spartz of the girls team and Ethan Long from the boys team. The girls team finished third place overall, with Anna Claire Fincher finishing second individually and Ellie Fincher finishing fifth. The third place finish marks a tremendous accomplishment for the team, which started the season with a move from 3A to 5A level play.