St. Louis Senior Class Honors
LAKE CHARLES – A number of awards were made to members of the 2009 Senior Class of St. Louis Catholic High School at the recent Honors Day program.
The Principal’s Honor Awards and LA House of Representative Awards went to Valedictorian, Jacob France and Salutatorian, Kelsey Miller.
Honor Graduates included Megan Ange, Ryan Baca, Karlee Broussard, Karlotta Bushnell, William Christian, Jordan Churchman, Elizabeth Clausen, Jacob France, Jessica Fry, Bethany Hebert, Kristen Hinton, Sarah House, Natalie Ieyoub, Magdalena King, Madeline Landry, Christopher Lanier, Tiffany McGlathery, Andrew Meschwitz, Kelsey Miller, Ariel Odenheimer, Molly Odowd, Jessica Piatt, Sarah Tinsler, Brian Vaughan, and Ashley Wood.
Michael Bennett and Jacob France were named National Merit Commended students.
Named Regents Scholars were Megan Ange, Ryan Baca, Michael Bennett, Karlee Broussard, Kristen Broussard, Karlotta Bushnell, William Christian, Jordan Churchman, Elizabeth Clausen, Nicholas Duffel, Clarisse Duplechian, Jacob France, Emily Fruge, Jessica Fry, Douglas Greenman, and Bethany Hebert.
Also, Kristen Hinton, Sarah House, Natalie Ieyoub, Magdalena King, Kayla Klein, Kourtney Kober, Lindsay Kravchuk, Madeline Landry, Christopher Lanier, Nolan Maes, Alexis Malone, Tiffany Mcglathery, Monique McCain, Andrew Meschwitz, Kelsey Miller, Madison Monlezun, Ariel Odenheimer, Molly Odowd,Jessica Piatt, Kathryn Reynolds, Christine Rings, Andrea Robinson, Laura Schindler, Jazzmin Smith, Brandon Stevens, Sarah Tinsler, Brian Vaughan, Kelley Verrette, and Ashley Wood.
Magdalena King was honored as the Non-Public High Student of the Year for the Southwest Louisiana District.
Students who placed in various subjects at he District Literary Rally at McNeese were Elizabeth Clausen, 1st, English IV; Jacob France, 1st /overall, Physics (France is eligible for a scholarship to McNeese for his success at District Rally. He also placed 2nd at State Rally at LSU); Kelsey Miller, 4th, Calculus; Madison Monlezun, 2nd, Biology II, Ariel Odenheimer, 2nd, Food & Nutrition; Christine Rings, 2nd, Financial Mathematics, and Jessica Taylor, 1st, Environmental Science.
Earning certificates from the McNeese Play Rally, recognizing excellence in ensemble acting for their production of the 10-Minute High School Experience were Michael Bennett, Brian Vaughan, and Monique McCain. McCain also received a certificate for Excellence in Acting for her role as “Girl 1” in the production.
The Plauche’ DAR Special Award went to Jordan Churchman and the Celebrate Team award to Katie Reynolds.
In the category of Senior Student Council Awards, Monique McCain won the Peter Calderara Memorial Trophy.
St. Louis Student Council Awards went to Jonathan Bradberry, Curry Burton, Billy Christian, Jordan Churchman, Clarisse Duplechian, Emily Fruge, Jessica Fry, Allison George, Gustavo Gutierrez, Bethany Hebert, Kristen Hinton, Monique McCain, Tiffany McGlathery, Andrew Meschwitz, Jessica Piatt, Laura Schindler, Sarah Tinsler, Kelley Verrette, and Ashley Wood.
The Monsignor Irving A. DeBlanc Service Award went to Ariel Odenheimer.
National and Community Awards and their recipients were American Legion Awards: Andrea Robinson and Douglas Greenman; Scottish Rite Patriotism: Megan Ange and Andrew Meschwitz; Knights of Columbus Patriotism Award: Jacob France; Service Above Self Award: Ann Tinsler; Catholic Youth Leadership Awards: St. Margaret Parish Award: Katie Reynolds; Our Lady Queen of Heaven: Kelsey Miller; Mayor’s Community Commitment Award: Jordan Churchman and Elizabeth Clausen; and the Children’s Miracle Network Awards: Ashley Woods.
Also, Army Scholar/Athlete Awards: Nicholas Duffel and Jazzmin Smith; Marine Corps Awards: Scholastic Excellence Award: Jacob France
Distinguished Athlete Award: Natalie Ieyoub and Ryan Baca; Wendy’s High School Heisman Awards: Jazzmin Smith and Gustavo Gutierrez; AmeriCorps: Adrienne Granger and Falon Lemelle; PPG National Merit Scholarship: Jacob France; Louisiana Bankers Scholarship: Kelley Verrette; Delta Sigma Theta Scholarship; Karlotta Bushnell - Delta Scholarship; Jonathan Cox - Self Help Award; Adrienne Granger - Delta Gems Scholarship; Jord’n Lewis - Self Help Award; Brandon Stevens - Self Help Award. Zeta Phi Beta Scholarship: Margan Carrier, Brandon Fontenot, and Andrea Robinson.
Also, Lela Scholarship: Ariel Odenheimer; Health Systems 2000: Karlotta Bushnell; John J. Johnson Scholarship: Karlotta Bushnell; Jerry Crews Music Scholarship: Curry Burton; USBC Scholarship: Bradley Laningham and Joseph Craig Comeaux; Catholic Daughters Scholarship: Kelsey Miller; Alpha Kappa Alpha Scholarship: Angelica Landry- Self-Help Scholarship; Karlotta Bushnell-Self-Help Scholarship; Elizabeth Clausen- Book Stipend.
Among the group of seniors awarded college scholarships were:
University of Louisiana-Lafayette: William Christian, Distinguished Freshman Scholarship; Kathryn Reynolds, Distinguished Freshman Housing Scholarship and Sarah Tinsler, Academic Excellence Scholarship. Louisiana Tech University: Gustavo Gutierrez, Freshman Enrichment Program Scholarship and Louisiana Tech’s Counselor’s Choice Scholarship.
Southeastern Louisiana University: Michelle Joubert, Southeastern Honor Scholarship; Texas A&M: Andrew Meschwitz, Corps of Cadets Scholarship;
Prairie View A&M (Texas): Karlotta Bushnell, Prairie View A&M University Presidential Scholarship; Tulane: Darrell Guidry-Tulane Legislative Scholarship; Loyola University: Michael Bennett, Academic Award and College of Music Scholarship; University of New Orleans: Christine Rings, Chancellor’s Scholarship
McNeese State University: Megan Ange, H. C. Drew Scholarship; Chelsea Breaux, McNeese Foundation Freshman Award, Distinguished Achievement in Art Award; Karlee Broussard, Distinguished Achievement Award, Residence Hall Scholarship; Curry Burton, Choral Scholarship; Clarisse Duplechian, H.C. Drew Scholarship; Jacob France, Honors College Scholarship, Com-Stem Scholarship; Jessica Fry, Board of Supervisors Scholarship, Residence Hall Scholarship; Taylor Griffen, Distinguished Achievement Award in Art; Sarah House, Distinguished Achievement Award; Kayla Klein, H. C. Drew Scholarship; Kourtney Kober, Distinguished Achievement Award; Madeline Landry, Distinguished Achievement Award; Christina Matz, McNeese Foundation Freshman Award; Kelsey Miller, Board of Supervisors Scholarship; Ariel Odenheimer, H.C. Drew Scholarship; Jessica Taylor, Choral Scholarship; Brian Vaughan, Board of Supervisors Scholarship; and Anne Veillon, Choral Scholarship.
Louisiana State University: Ryan Baca, Louisiana Freshman Merit Award; China Barrett, Louisiana Freshman Merit Award; George Bonvillain, Jr., LSU National Scholars’ Award; Jordan Churchman, LSU Centennial Award; Elizabeth Clausen, LSU Centennial Award; Bethany Hebert- Louisiana Freshman Merit Award; Natalie Ieyoub, Louisiana Freshman Merit Award; Madison Monlezun, Louisiana Freshman Merit Award; Laura Schindler, Louisiana Freshman Merit Award; and Amanda Willis, Louisiana Freshman Merit Award.
Seniors who were signed to athletic scholarships were Jazzmin Smith, Women’s Basketball, Dillard University; Billy Christian, Men’s Track, and Alexis Malone, Women’s Track, University of Louisiana-Lafayette; Alexis Hutto, Women’s Softball, Louisiana State University-Eunice; Kourtney Kober, Women’s Softball, McNeese State University; and Natalie Ieyoub, Women’s Soccer, Louisiana State University.
