Mac Boland Award:

Micah See

 

Ed Hawk Award:

Ben Thomas

 

JSN Award:

Noah Scott

 

Archbishop May Service Award:

Kyle Zoellner

 

Martin Luther King Jr. Model of Justice Award:

Peter Curdt

 

Sarah and Arteria King Memorial Award:

Kellen Porter

 

Hinck-Hereford Award:

Ethan Joly

 

Dunn-Martel Award:

Luke Schuermann

 

Jack Krings Award:

Nicholas Dalaviras

 

Principal's Leadership Award Winners:

PJ Butler

Peter Curdt

Matt Friedrichs

Peter Herrmann

Johno Jackson

Mike Kreienkamp

Kyle McEnery

Peter Michalski

Matthew Potter

George Roby

Jordan Smith

Victor Stefanescu

 

Fr. Hagan Awards:

Chandler Flowers

Joseph Olascoaga

Neil kar

Gus Tettamble

 

Faculty Appreciation Award:

Mr. Stephen Deves

 

 

A CAPELLA CLUB

Tim Brennan & Johnathan Pritchard

ACES

Darren Ross

ADMISSION AMBASSADORS

Elijah Foster

CAMPUS MINISTRY

Liturgical Music Organizational Leadership Awards

Freshman: J.T. Emke

Sophomore: Alex Mittendorf

Juniors: Angel Guijosa & Daniel Hogan

Seniors: Noah Scott & Johnathan Prichard

Service Awards Honorees

Senior: Nicholas Schulze

Junior: Robert Rizzo

Sophomore:  Jude Fucetola & Robert Mize

Freshmen:  Jeffrey Baur

Pastoral Leadership Team Honorees

Freshmen: Brock Johnson

Sophomore: Luke Pierson

Junior: David Slama

Senior: Matt Friedrichs

CHESS CLUB

Thomas Reilly

CIRCUS CLUB

Tim Brennan

DAUPHIN PLAYERS

Fitz Cain & Harrison Petty

GAELIC FOOTBALL CLUB

Sutherlan Litke

HISPANOS Y LATINOS UNIDOS

Ismael Karim

INTRAMURALS

Joe Callahan

LATIN CLUB

Josiah Ziegler

MEDICAL CAREERS CLUB

Nicholas Schulze

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY OFFICERS

Matthew Friedrichs, Adam Boll, Miguel Cadiz

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CLUB

Nick Vacca & Grant Corsi

ONE WORLD CLUB

Ismael Karim & Eli Dernlan

POETRY OUT LOUD CONTEST

Andrew Normington

PRESIDENT’S AMBASSADORS

Andrew Baumer & Ethan Joly

PREP NEWS

Johno Jackson, Nicholas Dalaviras, Ben Klevorn, Blake Obert, Jimmy Stanley, & Jackson DuCharme

SCHOLAR BOWL

Daniel Gatewood & Kevin Hickey

SENIOR ADVISORS

PJ Butler, Logan Bryant, Fitz Cain, Joe Callahan,

Peter Curdt, Jackson DuCharme, Mike Gordon,

John Hilker, Johno Jackson, Tre Johnson,

Irfaun Karim, Sean Kelly, Ryan Klostermann,

Braden Kramer, Mike Kreienkamp, Peter Lally, RJ Ledbetter, Aidan Lundergan, Trey Lyons, Gabe Manalang, Max Manalang, Matthew Mays, Peter Michalski, Adam Mittendorf, Amar Mujezinovic, John Mungenast, Charles Neuwirth, Justin Peacock, Tommy Phillips, Kellen Porter, Matthew Potter, Lucas Rackers, Fetra Randrianasolo, Thomas Reilly, George Roby, John Paul Schieber, Luke Schuermann, Nick Schulze, Micah See, Jordan Smith,  Victor Stefanescu, Kevin Stein, Ben Thomas, Eric Tice. Owen Tucker, Nick Vacca, Bryce Van Bree, Dashiell Wuller, Josiah Ziegler, Kyle Zoellner

SHAKESPEARE COMPETITION

Andrew Normington

SISYPHUS

Art Editors: Nicholas Dalaviras,

Brendan McLaughlin, Logan Florida,

Daniel Gatewood, Philip Hiblovic, Nathan Rich,

Owen Rittenhouse

Assistant Art Editor: Jackson DuCharme

Literary Editors: PJ Butler, Peter Michalski,

Harrison Beardsley, Jack DuMont, Jimmy Morefield, Philip Hiblovic, Corey Lyles, Christopher St. John,

Alex Preusser

Layout Editors: Adam Simokaitis, Ben Klevorn,

Carter Fortman, Carter Spence

SLUH CREW

Nick VanderPluym

SLUH4GenderEquality

Fitz Cain

SLUH MEN FOR LIFE

Noah Scott & Adam Mittendorf

SLUH SHADOW HOSTS

Keller Anderson, Jack Kuhlman, Michael Lumetta, Louis Miller, & Jaylen Morris

SLUH SPORTS NETWORK

Braden Kramer & Irfaun Karim

SMASH CLUB

Darren Ross & Peter Michalski

SPEECH TEAM

PJ Butler

STARS

Peter Curdt, Kaleb Ephrem, & Kameron Moses

STAYCATION CLUB

Joe Boehler

STEM CLUB:

World Wide Technologies Raceway JR 500 Kart Build:

Tom Nguyen

Gateway Arch Grounds Engineering Competition: Charles Jansen

FIRST Robotics: Luke Giunta and Daniel Blittschau

Billiken Beams Bridge Building Competition:

Nathan Rich                                            

TEAMS Engineering Challenge: Quinn Dunivan

TARC Rocketry Competition: Matthew Leight

STRATEGY BOARD GAME CLUB:

Coleman Stranczek & Tristan Muskopf

STUDENT COUNCIL

Student Council President: PJ Butler

Student Council Vice President: Peter Herrmann

Senior Class President: Ben Thomas

Senior Class Vice President: Andrew Finlay

Junior Class President: Jack Rosenstengel &

Zak Stevenson

Junior Class Vice President: Ryan Pineda

Sophomore Class President: James Saadi

Sophomore Class Vice President: Henry Dowd

Freshman Class President: Patrick Mehan

Freshman Class Vice President: Nick George

Secretary:  Irfaun Karim & Tilahun Murphy

Spirit Leaders: Ethan Joly, Victor Stefanescu, &

James Brunts

PR/Communications:  John Browdy

Technology: Anthony Adem

Intramurals: Joe Callahan

Pastoral: Braden Kramer

YEARBOOK

Komlavi Adissem & Kameron Moses

YOUNG CONSERVATIVES CLUB:

Connor Steinlage & Carter Fortman

YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT

Micah See

ZERO DEMERITS/JUGS for all 4 years:

Komlavi Adissem, Ben Andrews, Kevin Bainter,

Andrew Baumer, Daniel Blunt, Adam Boll,

Jack Bonifant, Logan Bryant, Joe Callahan, Bob Devoll,

Quinn Dunivan, Patrick Dwyer, Colin Floretta,

Alex Fox, Matt Friedrichs, Rob Guetterman,

John Hilker, Victor Himich, Brian Jakubik,

Mike Kreienkamp, Peter LaBarge, Gabe Mills,

Adam Mittendorf, Patrick Moehn, Jonel Olar,

John Pinkowski, Matthew Potter, Fetra Randrianasolo, Connor Steinlage, Nick Thompson, Luca Valencia, Bryce Van Bree, Ray Winter

BAND

St. Louis Youth Symphony Orchestra

Alex Unseth

All State Band & Orchestra

Cello: Alex Unseth

Honorable Mention: Bryce Van Bree

State Qualifiers - Ensemble

Saxophone Quartet:   Maurice Safar, Connor Higano, Noah Vanous, & Bobby Rizzo

String Duet: Alex Unseth & Lauer Stix

Trombone Quartet:  Michael Krausz, Noah Apprill-Sokol, Andrei Chura, & Joe Pottinger

Mixed Woodwind Trio:  Terry Ji, Freddy Laux, & Isaiah Hinkebein

Saxophone Trio: Albert Harrold, Jacob Marison, & Nathan Rich

Percussion Ensemble: Brendan Carr, Christian Mark, Carter Fortman, Sam Zychinski, Matthew Sommers, Jason Cabra. Clark Martin, Ben Seimer, & JT Emke

Mixed Woodwind Trio: Bryce Van Bree,

Miguel Cadiz, & Alex Mittendorf

State Qualifiers - Solo

Tenor Saxophone: Alex Nance

Alto Saxophone: Maurice Safar

Trombone: Michael Krausz

Baritone Horn: Andrei Chura

Keyboard Mallet: Brendan Carr

Cello: Alex Unseth

Trombone: Joe Pottinger

Flute: Bryce Van Bree

Alto Saxophone: Connor Hagino

Violin: Tom Nguyen

Alto Saxophone: Nathan Rich

Trombone: Joey Hanks

All-District Honors

Concert Band

First Chair Piccolo: Bryce Van Bree

Second Chair Flute: Bryce Van Bree

Ninth Chair Trumpet: Ryan Jackson

Twelfth Chair Trombone: Noah Apprill-Sokol

First Alternate Trombone: Michael Krausz

First Alternate Baritone: Andrei Chura

Third Chair Percussion, Option Two: Brendan Carr

Jazz Band

Third Chair Trumpet: Erald Murati

First Alternate Bass Trombone: Joe Pottinger

Outstanding Student Award

Orchestra

Freshman: Emmet Miles

Sophomore: Tom Nguyen

Junior: Charlie Wills

Senior: Harrison Petty

Band

Freshman: Ryan Jackson

Sophomore: Nathan Rich

Junior: Brendan Carr & Michael Krausz

Senior: Emmanuel Reyes

Jazz

Freshman: JT Emke

Sophomore: Jude Fucetola

Junior: Luke Missey & Erald Murati

Senior: Peter Michalski

Outstanding Musician Award

Freshman: Joey Hanks

Sophomore: Lauer Stix

Junior: Alex Unseth

Senior: Ryan Klostermann

John Philip Sousa Award

Bryce Van Bree

Louie Armstrong Award

Chris Hartung

National Orchestra Award

Peter LaBarge

CHOIR

Most Outstanding Junior Choir Member

Ben Walsh

Most Outstanding Senior Choir Members

Daniel Gatewood & Adrian Grey

 

BAUSCH LOMB SCIENCE AWARD

Given by the University of Rochester to one student in Junior year who has demonstrated outstanding performance in science classes for three years.

Max Melching

LONIGRO SCIENCE AWARD

Presented to the graduating senior who has most distinguished himself in the study of science at SLUH.Daniel Gatewood and Dashiell Wuller

RENSSELAER AWARD

Awarded to an outstanding Junior for superlative academic achievement in the areas of Mathematics and Science.

Kevin Hickey

MODERN LANGUAGE SCHOLAR

Awarded to the senior who best demonstrates thorough mastery of his chosen modern language as well as a genuine appreciation for the culture and peoples who speak it.

Ben Garcia

VISUAL ARTS AWARD

Awarded to one outstanding senior for exceptional achievement in visual and studio art.

Jackson DuCharme

THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN

REVOLUTION OUTSTANDING AMERICAN HISTORY STUDENT AWARD

Given to a student who demonstrates the qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism.

Michael Krausz

THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN

REVOLUTION GOOD CITIZEN AWARD

Johno Jackson

ACTR RUSSIAN SCHOLAR LAUREATE

Ben Walsh

NATIONAL MERIT

COMMENDED STUDENTS   

PJ Butler, Miguel Cadiz, Joe Callahan,

Nicholas Dalaviras, Daniel Gatewood, JT Gomric,

Juan Hernandez, Peter Lally, Leo Moore,

Patrick Mullarkey, Matthew Potter, Nick Schulze, Micah See, Bryce Van Bree, Dashiell Wuller

NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS

Ben Andrews, Fitz Cain, Matt Friedrichs,

Chris Hartung, Brian Jakubik, Peter Kutz, Gabe Mills, Tommy Phillips, Thomas Reilly, Nick Vacca, Noah Vanous

FIENUP MATH AWARD

Given annually by the mathematics department to the outstanding student in mathematics in the graduating class.

Thomas Reilly

RATERMAN AWARD

Given annually to an exemplary senior who reads attentively, speaks from the heart, writes with conviction, and devotes himself to learning.

Peter Curdt, Peter Michalski, & Noah Scott

WILLIAM GEORGE AWARD

Given annually to recognize excellence in student poetry.

First Prize: Philip Hiblovic

Second Prize: Carter Fortman

Honorable Mention: Corey Lyles

Honorable Mention: Sam Tarter

Honorable Mention: Peter Michalski

MCCONAGHY AWARD

Given to a senior studying classical languages who exemplifies the qualities of integrity, dedication, and enthusiasm at SLUH.

Miguel Cadiz

The F. JOSEPH SCHULTE DRAMATICS AWARD Awarded annually to a senior or seniors for outstanding work in the dramatic arts.

Daniel Gatewood & Andrew Normington

CONTINENTAL MATH LEAGUE CALCULUS CONTEST

Luke Conran & Jake Kuhlman

NATIONAL GREEK EXAM

Tyler Lane - Certificate of Highest Honors

Michael Kreienkamp - Certificate of Merit

Lucas Rackers - Certificate of Merit

Jason Sun - Certificate of Merit

NATIONAL LATIN EXAM

The Classical Etymology Exam

Latin 1:

Gold medal:  Ben McCaslin, Joel Miller

Silver medal: Isaiah Hinkebein, Brendan Jones, Joe Zarrilli

Bronze medal:  Connor Higano, Caleb Schellenberg, David Murphy, Jude Reed, Sam Willie

Latin 2:

Silver medal: John Zieroff

Bronze medal: Richard Taylor

Latin 3:

Gold medal: Erald Murati, Andrei Chura

Silver medal:  John Browdy, Kevin Hickey, Brendan Stein

Bronze medal:  Maurice Safar, Adam Garton, Jacob Sprock

Charlie Barnide, Jack McClelland, Bobby Rizzo, Sam Ruyle, Billy Wagner

Latin 4:

Bronze medal:  Lucas Frillman, Miguel Cadiz

The National Latin Exam

Latin 1:

Perfect Score:  Joel Miller

Gold:  John Martin, Jude Reed, Joe Zarrilli

Silver:  Emmet Miles, Luke Rosenberg, Theo Sharp, Connor Higano, Jason Cabra, Isaiah Hinkebein

Magna Cum Laude:  David Murphy, Ben Siddens, Ben McCaslin, John Madalon, Patrick Mehan, Sam Willie, Alex Deiters

Cum Laude:  Zach Gibson, Daniel Tice, Gavin Baldes

Latin 2

Gold:  Richard Taylor

Magna Cum Laude:  Sam Quinlivan, Grant Brawley

Cum Laude:  John Zieroff, Will Shorey

Latin 3:

Gold:  Andrei Chura, Kevin Hickey

Silver:  Erald Murati, Jack Westfall,     Brendan Stein

Magna Cum Laude:  John Browdy

Cum Laude:  Jake Sprock

Latin 4:

Gold:  Miguel Cadiz

SLUH MATHEMATICS CONTEST

The top three school scorers on the 2020 SLUH Math Exams:

SLUH 10

Paul Xu, Luke Dannegger, Neal Guo

SLUH 12

Luke Missey, Harrison Beardsley,

Daniel Gatewood

RUSSIAN CONTESTS

Gold Medalists: Keegan Cantwell

Silver Medalists: Ben Andrews, Chris Hartung, Mark Indelicato, Charles Byrne, Philip Hiblovic, Daniel Juergens

Bronze Medalists: Komlavi Adissem, Kevin Bainter, Matt Friedrichs, John Jackson, Nick Koenig, Alex Mendieta-Olive, John Mungenast, Joe Studt, Nick VanderPluym, Connor Clemens, Michael Hiblovic, Harison Lyons, James Morefield, Anthony Roukoz, Ben Walsh

SPORTS

Committed to Continue Participation in Athletics in College

Anthony Bohannon: Millikin University, FootballDeMarcus Bond: Millikin University, Basketbal

Austin Brush: University of Dayton, Baseball

Sidq Cherry: Washington University in St. Louis, FootballCade Hohl: Purdue University, Baseball

Ben Kennebeck: McKendree University, Baseball

Michael Kreienkamp: Santa Clara University, Water PoloJoey Lansing: University of Dayton, Football

Tony Lindwedel: University of Notre Dame, Baseball

Kristian Malinich: DePaul University, SoccerKellen Porter: Missouri State University, Football

Lucas Rackers - Missouri S&T, Cross Country/Track and Field

Luke Schuermann: Johns Hopkins University, FootballOwen Tucker: Clemson University, Rugby

Lazarus Williams: Arizona State University, Track and Field

Ray Winter: Pomona College, Golf

Individual All-Metro Players of the Year

Dalton Ennis: VolleyballMichael Kreienkamp: Water PoloCooper Scharff: Swimming and Diving

State Champions in an Individual EventOliver Allen: Racquetball, #5 singlesJohn Hilker: Racquetball, Varsity doublesDanny Juergens: Racquetball, #6 singlesTommy Phillips: Racquetball, #3 singlesAndrew Porterfield: Racquetball, #2 singlesJohn Prichard: Racquetball, Varsity doubles

Cooper Scharff: Swimming, 100 BackstrokeLazarus Williams: Track and Field, 800 mKyle Zoellner: Racquetball, #4 singles

Final Four Qualifiers in a Team Sport

Inline Hockey: SemifinalistLacrosse: SemifinalistRugby: State ChampionTennis: Runner-UpVolleyball: State ChampionWater Polo: State Champion

Cross Country: Runner-UpSwimming and Diving: State ChampionRacquetball: State Champion at Varsity, JV1, and JV2 levels

National Recognition: Individual

Oliver Allen: Racquetball, National Champion (Division 5 Gold)Mario DiMaggio: Invited to National Team Development Program TryoutRyan Janson: Rifle, 2020 National Junior Olympics QualifierAndrew Porterfield: Racquetball, National Champion (Division 2 Gold), All-AmericanAdam Stemmler: Rifle, 13th Place at 2019 3-Position Air Rifle National Championship (4th-highest score in SLUH Rifle history)Lauer Stix: Rifle, 2020 National Junior Olympics Qualifier

Kyle Zoellner: Racquetball, National Champion (Division 4 Gold)

National Recognition: Team

Racquetball: 2020 National ChampionsRifle: 7th Place, 2019 3-Position Air Rifle National Championship

Baseball (Spring 2019)Austin Brush: Academic All-StateAlex Fox: Academic All-StateJoe Gilmore: 1st Team All-MCCCam Glynn: 1st Team All-MCC, Academic All-StateTimmy Heinlein: Academic All-StateBen Kennebeck: 2nd Team All-MCC, Academic All-State

Danny LaChance: 1st Team All-MCC, Academic All-State

Tony Lindwedel: Academic All-StateJake Noonan: Academic All-StatePaul Reddy: Academic All-StateDash Wuller: 1st Team All-MCC, Academic All-State

Basketball (Winter 2019-2020)DeMarcus Bond: Honorable Mention All-MCCFreddie Cooper: All-District, Honorable Mention All-MCCNick Kramer: All-District, 1st Team All-MCCEric Tice: Academic All-MCC

Cross Country (Fall 2019) Grant Brawley: 1st Team All-MCC, Academic All-State

Joe Callahan: 1st Team All-MCC, Academic All-StatePeter Dillon: 1st Team All-MCC, Academic All-State

Ryan Kramer: Academic All-State

Adam Mittendorf: 3rd Team All-Metro (PD), Honorable Mention All-Metro (Big River/STLTC), MCC Champion, Academic All-State

Lucas Rackers: 1st Team All-Metro (PD and Big River/STLTC), All-State (6th Place), 1st Team All-MCC, Academic All-StateNoah Scott: 1st Team All-Metro (PD and Big River/STLTC), All-State (5th Place), 1st Team All-MCC, Academic All-StateHayden Zenor: 2nd Team All-MCC

Football (Fall 2019) Anthony Bohannon: 1st Team All-District, 1st Team All-MCCPhillip Bone: Honorable Mention All-MCC

Sidq Cherry: Academic All-State

Kyle Dulick: 2nd Team All-MCC, Academic All-StateBrendan Hannah: 1st Team All-MCC

Luke Johnston: Academic All-State

Joey Lansing: 2nd Team All-District, 1st Team All-MCCAidan Lundergan: Honorable Mention All-MCC, Academic All-State

Jack McClelland: Academic All-State

Britt Nelson: 2nd Team All-MCCDanny O’Keefe: Honorable Mention All-MCC

Justin Peacock: Honorable Mention All-MCC, Academic All-State

Kellen Porter: 2nd Team All-District, 2nd Team All-MCC, Academic All-State

Luke Ratterman: Honorable Mention All-MCC, Academic All-State

Tyler Ridgway: 2nd Team All-MCC

Luke Schuermann: 2nd Team All-Metro, 1st Team All-District, 1st Team All-MCC, St. Louis-Tom Lombardo Chapter National Football Foundation Top 11 and Jeremy Maclin MVP Award, Academic All-State

Zak Stevenson: Honorable Mention All-MCC

Dontavion Sullivan: Honorable Mention All-MCC

Isaac Thompson: 1st Team All-MCC

Trenton Weaver: Honorable Mention All-MCC, Academic All-State

Dashiell Wuller: Honorable Mention All-MCC, Academic All-State

Golf (Spring 2019)Parker Leavitt: Sectional Medalist (t-18th place), District Medalist (10th place)

Joey Perotti: District Medalist (17th place)Grant Sussman: District Medalist (t-3rd place)

Jonathan Turner: 2nd Team All-Metro, All-State (t-18th), Sectional Medalist (5th place), District Medalist (t-3rd place)Ray Winter: Sectional Medalist (t-10th place), District Medalist (13th place)

Ice Hockey (Winter 2019-2020)

Mario DiMaggio: Invited to National TeamDevelopment Program Tryout, Drafted by Sudbury Wolves (OHL), Drafted by Youngstown Phantom (USHL)

Jack Hazelton: 1st Team All-Metro, Mid-States Senior All-Star, 3rd Team STLToday High School Sports All-Decade Ice Hockey

Patrick Simoncic: Mid-States Senior All-Star

Inline Hockey (Spring 2019)

Justin Jacoby: 2019 MOIHA All-Star

Lacrosse (Spring 2019) Charlie Carse: 2nd Team All-Metro, 1st Team All-State, 1st Team All-MCC

Brendan Hannah: 2nd Team All-State, 1st Team All-MCC

Racquetball (Winter 2019-2020)Oliver Allen: National Champion (#5 singles), State Champion (#5 singles), Honorable Mention All-State

John Hilker: State Champion (Varsity doubles), 1st Team All-State (doubles)

Danny Juergens: State Champion (#6 singles), Honorable Mention All-State

Kyle McEnery: Honorable Mention All-StateTommy Phillips: State Champion (#3 singles), 2nd Team All-State

John Prichard: State Champion (Varsity doubles), 1st Team All-State (doubles)

Andrew Porterfield: National Champion (#2 singles), State Champion (#2 singles), All-American, 1st Team All-State (singles), St. Louis League Sportsmanship Award WinnerNick Schulze: 1st Team All-State

Kyle Zoellner: National Champion (#4 singles), State Champion (#4 singles), 2nd Team All-State

Rifle (Winter 2019-2020)

Miguel Cadiz: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Jack Doyle: Member of 7th place team at 2019 3-Position Air Rifle National Championship

Grant Grabowski: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Will Halley: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Ryan Janson: Member of 7th place team at 2019 3-Position Air Rifle National Championship, 2020 National Junior Olympics Qualifier, 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Jayce Kirberg: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Michael Lumetta: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Ryan Pineda: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Sam Quinlivan: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Eric Richars: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Bobby Rizzo: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Jack Rybak: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Maurice Safar: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Hayden Steingruby: Member of 7th place team at 2019 3-Position Air Rifle National Championship

Adam Stemmler: 13th Place at 2019 3-Position Air Rifle National Championship (4th-highest score in SLUH Rifle history), Member of 7th place team at 2019 3-Position Air Rifle National Championship

Lauer Stix: 2020 National Junior Olympics Qualifier, 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Nick Storer: Member of 7th place team at 2019 3-Position Air Rifle National Championship, 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Cole Stranczek: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Mason Wodicker: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Tommy Zlotopolski: 2020 3-Position Air Rifle Regional Championship Qualifier

Soccer (Fall 2019)

Peter Herrmann: 1st Team All-MCC

Ethan Joly: Honorable Mention All-State, All-Region, 1st Team All-MCC

John Marshall: 1st Team All-MCCTilahun Murphy: 2nd Team All-MCC

Charles Neuwirth: 2nd Team All-State, All-Region, 1st Team All-MCC, Academic All-State

Swimming and Diving (Fall 2019)

Sam Andrews: Honorable Mention All-MCCGavin Baldes: All-MCC

Josh Brown: All-State (2nd place - 200 freestyle relay), Honorable Mention All-State (10th place - 100 butterfly), All-MCCConnor Buehring: Honorable Mention All-MCC

Eli Butters: 1st Team All-Metro, All-State (3rd place - 50 freestyle, 2nd place - 100 freestyle, 2nd place - 200 Freestyle Relay, 2nd place - 400 Freestyle Relay), All-MCC

Jason Cabra: All-State (2nd place - 400 Freestyle Relay), Honorable Mention All-State (t-14th place - 50 freestyle, 13th place - 100 freestyle), All-MCC

Nicholas Dalaviras: Honorable Mention All-MCC

Jonas Hostetler: All-State (3rd Place - 200 Medley Relay, 8th place - 100 Butterfly, 2nd place - 400 Freestyle Relay), All-MCCSebastian Lawrence: 3rd Team All-Metro, All-State (2nd place - Diving), All-MCC

Evan Lu: All-State (3rd Place - 200 Medley Relay), Honorable Mention All-State (10th place - 100 Breaststroke), All-MCCGabe Manalang: All-State (5th place - Diving), All-MCC

Max Manalang: All-State (7th place - Diving), All-MCCCarson Massie: Honorable Mention All-State (11th place - 100 butterfly), All-MCC

Ned Mehmeti: All-State (8th place - 500 freestyle), Honorable Mention All-State (9th place - 200 IM), All-MCCPatrick Moehn: All-MCC

Brody Nester: All-MCC

Tom Nguyen: Honorable Mention All-MCC

Sean Santoni: All-State (8th place - 200 freestyle, 2nd place - 400 Freestyle Relay), Honorable Mention All-State (500 freestyle), All-MCC

Cooper Scharff: All-Metro Swimmer of the Year, All-State (3rd place - 200 Medley Relay, 2nd place - 200 IM, 2nd place - 200 freestyle relay, 1st place - 100 Backstroke), All-MCC, 2nd Team STLToday High School Sports All-Decade Boys Swimming and Diving

Brendan Schroeder: Honorable Mention All-MCCSolomon Shelton: Honorable Mention All-MCC

Adam Simokaitis: All-MCC

Jordan Smith: Honorable Mention All-MCC

Andrew Zimmerman: All-State (3rd place - 200 Medley Relay, 5th place - 50 freestyle, 6th place - 100 freestyle, 2nd place - 200 freestyle relay), All-MCC

Tennis (Spring 2019)

Leo Da Silva: All-State (6th place, doubles), 1st Team All-MCC (#3 singles), USTA St. Louis District Boys 18 Sportsmanship Award Winner, USTA Missouri Valley Section Boys 18 Sportsmanship Award Winner

Henry Dowd: 3rd Team All-MCC (#1 doubles)

Nick Fischer: 3rd Team All-Metro, All-State (6th place, singles), District Champion (singles), 1st Team All-MCC (#2 Singles)Preston Johnson: 2nd Team All-MCC (#2 doubles)

Danny Lombardi: 3rd Team All-MCC (#1 doubles)

Drew Shelton: 1st Team All-MCC (#3 doubles)

Dean Starrs: 2nd Team All-MCC (#2 doubles)

Victor Stefanescu: All-State (6th place, doubles), 1st Team All-MCC (#4 Singles)

Gus Tettamble: 2nd Team All-Metro, 2nd Team All-MCC (#1 singles), USTA St. Louis District Boys 16 Sportsmanship Award Winner, USTA Missouri Valley Section Boys 16 Sportsmanship Award Winner

Alan Wang: 1st Team All-MCC (#3 doubles)

Track and Field (Spring 2019)

Joe Callahan: Academic All-State

Michael Gordon: Academic All-StatePatrick Hetlage: All-State (2nd Place - 4x800 Relay), MCC Champion (800 and 1600), Academic All-State

Michael Kennedy: Academic All-State

Kyle McEnery: Academic All-StateJoseph Meehan: Academic All-StateTilahun Murphy: MCC Champion (300 hurdles)

Charlie Perry: All-State (2nd Place - 4x800 Relay), Academic All-State

Eric Piening: Academic All-State

Carlo Pitti: MCC Champion: MCC Champion (Pole Vault)Lucas Rackers: All-State (2nd Place - 4x800 Relay, 5th place - 1600, 4th place - 3200), MCC Champion (3200), Academic All-State

Daniell Salcedo: Academic All-StateSirius Song: Academic All-StateChristian Wallace-Hughes: MCC Champion (Long Jump and Triple Jump)Trenton Weaver: Academic All-State

Lazarus Williams: 3rd Team All-Metro, All-State (2nd Place - 4x800 Relay, 1st Place - 800), MCC Champion (400)

Volleyball (Spring 2020)

Andrew Cross: Honorable Mention All-MCCPeter Curdt: Academic All-State

Dalton Ennis: All-Metro Player of the Year, State Tournament MVP, District All-Tournament Team, 1st Team All-MCC, Academic All-State

George Henken: 3rd Team All-Metro, State All-Tournament Team, District All-Tournament Team, Academic All-StateJoe Manion: Honorable Mention All-MCCGabe Mills: Academic All-StatePeter Quinn: 2nd Team All-MCC

Emmanuel Reyes: Academic All-State

Brian Venhaus: 1st Team All-Metro, State All-Tournament Team, District All-Tournament Team, MCC Season MVP, 1st Team All-MCC, Academic All-State

Water Polo (Spring 2019)

Garrett Baldes: 3rd Team All-District, 2nd Team All-Conference

Luke Brawer: Honorable Mention All-DistrictMichael Kreienkamp: All-Metro Player of the Year, Dick Newman Offensive Player of the Year, Conference Player of the Year, 1st Team All-District, 1st Team All-Conference (unanimous selection)

John McCabe: 1st Team All-Metro, 1st Team All-District, 1st Team All-Conference

Andrew Zimmerman: 2nd Team All-Metro, 2nd Team All-District, 2nd Team All-Conference

Wrestling (Winter 2019-2020)Bobby Conroy: All-State (4th Place)

Kevin Flack: State Qualifier

Augustus Lodholz: State Qualifier

The scene at St. Louis U. High was somewhat like a circus on Tuesday, May 5 when faculty and staff welcomed seniors and their families back onto campus for a farewell “Driving of the Bills” parade. Crowds flocked to the Backer Memorial in cars decorated with paint and posters, Social Studies Department chair Kevin Foy and math teacher Craig Hinders juggled for the passing cars, snacks and merchandise were provided to attendees, and announcers livened up the event. The spectacle was surely a memorable one for the 238 attending seniors making one of their last trips to campus before starting college in the fall, and it was one of a few special end of year events that took place over the seniors’ final days.

    With the seniors’ last day of classes on May 4, Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson and head of security Dan Schulte wanted to plan something special for the outgoing seniors to gain some version of closure in the current once-in-a-century circumstances. The main office amigos tasked themselves with creating a uniquely SLUH event, and once Kesterson came up with the name, they knew they had an event worthy of celebrating the class of 2020.

              “We were trying to think of a way to honor (the seniors) in a SLUH way,” said Schulte. “A lot of people are doing the drive through, parade things, and they’re great, but we had to find a way to make it SLUH. With Driving of the Bills, it was the same gate (the seniors) ran into as freshmen, and that’s the gate they would drive out of. It was perfect.”

    After teachers were on board, it took the community’s help to get everything in order, but the SLUH faculty and staff threw themselves at the whole idea. iLab director Jeff Schaefer made the professional-looking signs lining the circle, Food Service Consultant Kathy Hylla cooked up the bosco sticks, and Director of Admissions Ann Murphy brought along her alumnus son Andrew, ’16, to emcee the livestream.

When the night finally came, Schulte and Kesterson were in awe of the turnout.

             “Dr. K and I went to the Science Center lot, and just saw cars and cars, and we didn’t know what to do,” said Schulte. “We were just like ‘gosh, how are we going to control this mob.’ It couldn't have made Dr. K and I prouder to be a part of it.”

    Once the festivities were underway, the excitement of the event was so high that when Chinese teacher Yude Huang saw the turnout of the event on the livestream at home, he immediately drove to SLUH to join the SLUH family in its celebration.

               “Once he saw all the faculty members and all the students he drove there to be with everybody,” said Schulte. “It was awesome.”

              Seniors also reacted well to the bittersweet celebration with the general consensus being that the event was the best possible gesture given the unfortunate circumstances.

            “It was so great to have been with all my classmates and teachers and to feel like a community again,” said senior Fitz Cain. “Obviously this isn’t the send-off anyone wanted or expected, but it felt good to be surrounded by that energy. Driving through that stadium and being cheered on by the SLUH faculty was honestly overwhelming, but I’m still happy we got the chance to feel that community even just for a bit.”

    In addition to the Driving of the Bills, teachers and other members of the community posted remarks to sluh.org/classof2020 to wish the graduating students well in the future and to specifically shout out groups of seniors that made a lasting impact on their time being in and around SLUH.

             English teacher Jamie Cordia turned her words of gratitude into action on May 4, delivering personalized messages and gift bags to her Senior English Capstone course students at their homes.

               “The whole reason I got into teaching was working with students, so the transition to Distance Learning was challenging for me because it took away all the fun parts of teaching,” said Cordia. “So I guess in a way this was a selfish motivation. I wanted to do something engaging with the kids again.”

              After working with campus minister Julie Anderson to bake cookies and prepare gift bags and letters, Cordia trekked in her car across the city from morning until dark.

              “I just hopped in my car with a full cup of coffee, and I was just smiling all day,” said Cordia. “It was just really good for my soul in a lot of ways to be able to do something to show some care and compassion for my students again.”

              Peers and students of Cordia’s expressed gratitude for her hard work to keep the sense of community alive by fully embracing SLUH’s values in her first year at the U-High.

          “Ms. Cordia is the best,” said Cain. “I feel like she’s just gone above and beyond in every way this year. …  It was such a nice surprise to get to see her in person on the last day of school. I could tell how much thought she put into our little goodie bags, and the fact that she drove all around St. Louis to deliver them in person shows how dedicated she is to her students.”

             “Jamie Cordia couldn't be more of a rockstar teacher. I mean, what a rookie of the year far and away in my eyes,” said Schulte.”

              While the Class of 2020 couldn’t finish out their year in a traditional way, it was nice for both faculty and students alike to get some sense of closure to finish off the year. Prom, the Baccalaureate Dinner and Mass, and Graduation have been rescheduled for July 23, 24, and 25 respectively, but for the time being, last week’s festivities will serve as a sense of closure for the outgoing class.

              “It made us so happy to see all of (the seniors),” said Schulte. “As much as I said I can’t stand you kids, I love you guys. When I got to see (the seniors) again, it was so hard not to hug every single one of (them). It was great; I loved it.”