Frassati Catholic High School Summit Awards Recognize Excellence in Students

On May 11, 2018 Frassati Catholic High School acknowledged excellence in academics, athletics, and fine arts at the fifth 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 Valedictorian and Salutatorian, and conferring the Man and Woman of the Beatitudes, Virtuous Athlete, and Pier Giorgio Service awards.
  
        
The Valedictorian and the Salutatorian for the 2018 graduating class are, respectively: Marc O’Hara and Matthew Witkowski. O’Hara has been active as an altar server for all school liturgies, a member of the track and field team, a founding member of the science club, as well as actively involved in his parish and local community. Witkowski assisted at all school liturgies as an altar server, was a founding member of the science club and served as a member of the Student Leadership Team for the past two years, and also active in his parish community.
 
The Man and Woman of the Beatitudes awards are the highest honors Frassati Catholic confers on a student. These awards are given to the girl and boy who most exemplify the five characteristics of the school’s patron, Pier Giorgio Frassati: Zealous Student, Virtuous Athlete, True Friend, Servant of the Poor, and Witness to Holiness. This year Mark Hill and Isabella Storemski have received this high honor.
  


The Pier Giorgio Service award is given to a male and female senior who go beyond the school’s service requirements and live an attitude of service as a way of life. The recipients of this award for the class of 2018 are Carl Heinzler and Leighann Rathe.
 


The Virtuous Athlete awards are given to a male and female senior who have excelled in athletics, shown outstanding work ethic and sportsmanship, and displayed leadership. The Virtuous Athletes for 2018 are Alex de la Maza and Kyler Rippert.
 
At the awards ceremony Principal Sister John Paul Myers O.P., reminded the community that, “as this school year, our fifth, draws to a close, we have much to celebrate. It has truly been a blessed year. I am proud of our students who have taken seriously their role to found this high school. They have taken on extra responsibilities; supported new programs; initiated a variety of activities and followed them through to completion.”

Other awards and recognition include: 

Principal’s List
 
Megan Abib                                    Mia Agana
Juanita Boada                               Christine Bui
Sydnye Chaisson                         Mary Coleman
Emma Dinh                                     Anna Claire Fincher
Clare Finney                                  Angelique Frando
Amanda Heinzler                       Tamara Irizarry-Acevedo
Chiara Melchiorre                      Mark Morrison
Vanessa Munguia                       Annie Nguyen
Marc O’Hara                                 Arian Parsaie
Nicolas Pena                                 Blake Perry
Mia Romero                                  Conlan Taylor
Jared Thome                                 Mia Vassilakis
Matthew Witkowski                Gaby Yabut
Amber Zimmer
 
Honor Roll
 
Grade 9
Joseph Abrams                           Nathan Bartsch
Robert Beaujean                        Andrea Bodunrin
Catherine Briers                        Natalia Del Olmo
Eva Farfan                                      Victoria Gonzalez
Margaret Haggerty                  Patricia Hernandez
Emma Hill                                       Avery Justado
Elizabeth Meyer                         Mia Natoli
Haniel Neves                                Siena Nicholson
Janelle Padilla                              Natalia Padilla
Sophia Pappas                             Christopher Perry
Andrew Pye                                  Lucas Rivera
Ava Roberts                                  Marius Sanford
Olivia Shadick                             Andrew Thomas
 
Grade 10
Kailer Amador                               Gabriella Borrello
Priscilla Brandon                         Rileigh Bulger
Andres Cruz-Maldonado        Grace Cusick
Rachel Demarais                          Kailey Doiron
Juan Pablo Esparza                     Luis Esparza
Grace Ann Fruge                          Grant Guidry
Claire Guion                                   Cristina Guzman
Mallory Hoskins                           Nicholas Janocik
Maddie Knower                            Morgan Martinez
Katie Phillips                                   Marinella Redulla
Teresa Reyna                                   Alex Rodriguez
Jonathan Rudolph                       Katie Spartz
Adam Sucy                                       Forrest Winton
 
Grade 11
Gianna Airola                             John Paul Bartsch
Leah Beene                                  Irma Briz Moncayo
Marijose Celis                            Edenmarie Coon
Jennelle Edlin                             Matthew Guion
Zulma Irizarry-Acevedo       Ethan Long
Liam Mackenzie                        Benjamin McKeig
Sara Mora Benitez                  Andrea Peimbert-Morando
Russ Skinner                               Angela Webb
Christopher Witkowski
 
Grade 12
Joseph Almond                          Sophia Biondi
Pablo Boada                                Joshua Elegado
Juliana Esparza                         Elizabeth Geiger
Carl Heinzler                              Sofia Hernandez
Madeline Hill                              Mark Hill
Sean Holmes                              Reymundo Pena
Mary Kate Picard                    Leighann Rathe
Kyler Rippert                             Isabella Storemski
Lauren Stowe                            Hunter Thomas
John Wittmer
 
Department Book Awards 
Each academic department gives a Book Award to a senior who has consistently shown exceptional interest and appreciation for the subject matter of the department.

Religion: Mark Hill
Ethics & Culture: Joseph Almond
English: Reymundo Pena
History: Amanda Heinzler
Mathematics: Conlan Taylor
Science: Sean Holmes
World Language: Pablo Boada
Fine Arts: Lana Broussard
General Fine Arts: Leighann Rathe 
 

Leadership Award 
This award is given to students who are committed to Frassati Catholic's mission, positive in all ways, show initiative, coordinate activities, and support the initiatives of others in the school. 

Joseph Almond                          Lana Broussard
Elizabeth Geiger                       Matthew Guion
Madeline Hill                              Mark Hill
Sean Holmes                              Blake Perry
Leighann Rathe                        Conlan Taylor
Marvin Townsend

Student Athlete Award 
These students participated in at least two athletic seasons during the school year and have maintained a 3.75 GPA or higher. 

Gianna Airola                             Kailer Amador
Nathan Bartsch                        John Paul Bartsch
Sophia Biondi                             Pablo Boada
Juanita Boada                            Irma Briz Moncayo
Christine Bui                               Mariajose Celis
Natalia Del Olmo                     Emma Dinh
Luis Esparza                                Abigail Geiger
Carl Heinzler                              Madeline Hill
Mark Hill                                       Mallory Hoskins
Morgan Martinez                     Mark Morrison
Vanessa Munguia                     Siena Nicholson
Nicolas Pena                                Katie Phillips
Andrew Pye                                 Lucas Rivera
Mia Romero                                 Marius Sanford
Russ Skinner          
 

Four Year Athlete Award 
These seniors have participated in the same sport for four years. 
 
Volleyball
Madeline Hill
Isabella Storemski

Cross Country
Alex de la Maza

Boys Soccer
Pablo Boada
Jonathen de Aragao
Joshua Edlin
Carl Heinzler

Golf
Hunter Thomas

Swimming
Elizabeth Geiger
Vanessa Weitzman 
Nicholas Young

Tennis
Kyler Rippert

Track and Field
Alex de la Maza
Cameron Gill
Marc O’Hara
Larry Palma

Founder Athlete Award 
These senior athletes took a risk to start new sports that began after their freshman year. These seniors founded and continued to participate on these teams. 

Football
Mark Hill

Girls Soccer
Sofia Hernandez