The most prestigious of the honors, the St. Louis Award, went to Catherine Delahoussaye and Kevin Hardy on graduation night. The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, was the main speaker at the event and presented the St. Louis Awards to the winners. The St. Louis Award goes to a male and female senior student voted as the outstanding Christian student at the school by their peers and approved by members of the faculty.
The awards, made possible the Lake Charles Serra Club of Lake Charles, 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 gifts.
The various other awards included:
President’s Honor Awards and Louisiana House of Representative Awards:
Valedictorian: Lauren Snider; Co-Salutatorians: Ashlyn Courville and Ellen Landry
Honor Graduates
Daryn Beaugh, Bruno Beltran, Chelsea Bose, Anna Breaux, Manon Burns, Corynne Caballero, Kenneth Caruthers, Callie Clement, Ashlyn Courville, Catherine Delahoussaye, Andrew Derouen, Carlin Donart, Carmen Hawkins, Rebekah Hoffpauir, Mary Klumpp, Cameron Landry, Ellen Landry, Rachel Livingston, Sarah Lorio, Jessen Mayo, Maria-Josee’ Mendez, Michael Minaldi, Anne Monk, Kay Nelson, Laura Prejean, Shelby Quirk, Nadeen Saqer, Casey Savoie, Cory Snead, Lauren Snider, Hannah Veazey, Alessandra Villamil, and Hiren Zaveri.
National Merit Awards
National Merit Commended Students: Danielle Bercier. Manon Burns, Ellen Landry, Rachel Livingston, Maria-Josee’ Mendez, (also recognized as a National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar), and Anne Monk.Semifinalist in the National Achievement Program: Jordan Aubey. National Merit Finalists: Bruno Beltran and Lauren Snider (Beltran also named a National Hispanic Program Recognition Scholar)
Student of the Year: Rachel Livingston, District Winner
Rally Awards
District Literary Rally
Skylar Bailey, 4th, Accounting I; Bruno Beltran, 1st /overall, Calculus, Kade Billeaudeaux, 2nd, Nutrition & Food; Manon Burns, 1st, English IV; Blake Glaub, 4th, Advanced Math, Functions & Statistics; Rachel Livingston, 1st, Computer Applications; Felix Navejar, 1st/overall; Lauren Snider, 1st, Physics; Christopher Tommasi, 1st, Financial Math; Hannah Veazey, 1st, Family & Consumer Science and Luke Woodard, 1st, Environmental Science.
District Literary Rally
District Drama and Speech Rally
Chelsea Bose received an individual award in her performance and Nadeen Saqer received an individual award in her performance,
State Literary Rally
Bruno Beltran, 1st/tied 1st, overall Calculus; Manon Burns, 2nd, English IV; Rachel Livingston, 1st, Advanced Math, Functions & Statistics; Felix Navejar, 1st /overall, Environmental Applications; Lauren Snider, 1st, Physics
Plauche’ DAR Special Award: Collin Todd; Caldarara Student Council Award: Catherine Delahoussaye; and Library Society Award: Kobe Crowell
National and Community Awards
American Legion Award: Ashlyn Courville and Ben Bernard; Scottish Rite Patriotism: Hannah Babineaux and Andrew Derouen; Service Above Self Award: Ellen Landry; The Catholic Youth Leadership Awards: St. Margaret Parish: Sarah Lorio and Andrew Derouen and Our Lady Queen of Heaven Parish: Laura Prejean.
Knights of St. Peter Claver Award: Alyssa Frank; Mayor’s Community Commitment Award: Manon Burns and Ashlyn Courville; PPG National Merit Scholarship: Bruno Beltran; Principal’s Scholar/Athlete Awards: Lauren Snider and Daryn Beaugh; and the Wendy’s High School Heisman Awards: Rachel Livingston and Kristopher Albarado.
Keith Jones Award: Hannah Veazey; George Rodrigue Scholarship: Andrew Derouen; Sasol Scholarship: Chelsea Bosel Zeta Phi Beta Scholarship: Chelsea Davis, Jon Marie Guillory, Katlyn McZeal; Propeller Club Scholarship: Andrew Derouen; Black Heritage Festival Scholarship: Kevin Hardy; Pi Kappa Alpha Scholarship: Kevin Hardy; SW LA Center for Health Services: Bruno Beltran; Tournament of Stars Scholarship: Ben Bernard; NAUW Scholarship: Darien Bartie; Celebrate Team Award: Kay Nelson; ACTS Theatre Award: Dietrich Jessen; John Jackson Showman Award: Andrew Gary; and Beauregard Parish Cattleman’s Association: Claire Jones
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Centenary College: Daryn Beaugh, 1825 Scholars Award and will be participating in the soccer program at Centenary; University of Louisiana at Lafayette: Catherine Delahoussaye, UL Lafayette Centennial Scholarship and Lauren Ryder, UL Lafayette Academic Scholarship; University of Louisiana at Monroe: Bryce Laningham, Academic Excellence Tier I Scholarship; Louisiana Tech University: Sarah Lorio, LA Tech Outstanding Student Scholarship; Taylor McMahon, LA Tech Outstanding Student Scholarship, LA Tech Counselor’s Choice Scholarship; Kay Nelson, LA Tech Outstanding Student Scholarship; Alexander Shows, LA Tech Outstanding Student Scholarship, School of Architecture Freshman Scholarship; and Cory Snead, LA Tech Outstanding Student Scholarship.
University of New Orleans: Danielle Keys, Jackson Scholarship and Brittany Thierry, Privateer Merit Award; Nicholls State University, Jessen Mayo, President’s Scholarship and Academic Enrichment Scholarship; Tulane University: Manon Burns, Presidential Scholar and selected for the Honors Program; Callie Clement; Tulane Legislative Scholarship and Tulane Honors Program; Nadeen Saqer, Distinguished Scholar and Honors Program.
Loyola University-New Orleans: Jordan Aubey, Loyola University Dean’s Scholar and Rebecca Walker, Loyola Scholarship; Oklahoma Christian University, Chelsea Bose, Presidential Academic Success Scholarship, the Dennis and Bonnie Young Scholarship; Trinity University-San Antonio, Texas: Kenneth Caruthers, President’s Scholarship; Wheaton College, Illinois: Rachel Livingston, President’s Award; University of South Carolina: Anne Monk, Cooper Scholars Award
University of Dallas: Laura Prejean-University of Dallas President’s Scholarship;
Millsaps College: Louis Todd, Millsaps Award; Texas Christian University: Ashlynn Courville, Chancellor’s Scholarship; Springhill College: Kara Baggett, Ignatian Leader Scholarship; Daniel Piper, Gautrelet Award; and Sarah Winterton, Gautrelet Award.
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge: Bruno Beltran, Flagship Scholars Resident Award; Corynne Caballero, Academic Scholars Resident Award; Andrew Derouen, Tiger Excellence Resident Award; Carmen Hawkins, Tiger Excellence Award; Ellen Landry, Flagship Scholars Resident Award; Michael Minaldi, Academic Scholars Resident Award and Charles McClendon Scholarship; Casey Savoie, Academic Scholars Award.
McNeese State University: Hannah Babineaux, H.C. Drew Scholarship; Danielle Bercier, Honors College Scholarship and Choral Service Award; Benjamin Bernard, Lake Charles American Press Scholarship; Anna Breaux, Distinguished Achievement Award; Desiree Burgess, Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Arts; Tyler Churchman, Distinguished Achievement Award; Kristen Fontenot, H.C. Drew Scholarship; Jack Fry, H.C. Drew Scholarship; Blake Glaub, Band Scholarship; Cameron Landry, H.C. Drew Scholarship; Maria-Josee’ Mendez, Honors College Scholarship; Felix Navejar, Distinguished Achievement Award; Samuel Roques, Distinguished Achievement Award; Lauren Snider, Honors College Scholarship; Garrett Soileau, MSU Foundation Achievement Award; Hannah Veazey, Board of Supervisors Scholarship and Residence Hall Scholarship; Alessandra Villamil, H.C. Drew Scholarship.
Athletic Scholarships: Women’s Basketball, Jon Marie Guillory, Nicholls State University; Men’s Basketball, Kevin Hardy, McNeese State University. Football: Kristopher Albarado, Football scholarship to the University of Southern California; Dillon Berlin, McNeese State University. Softball: Kacie Franklin, Bossier Parish Community College and Louisiana Softball Coaches Association Scholarship; Baseball: Ryan Kade Billeaudeaux, LSU-Shreveport and Blue and Gold at LSU-S; Scholarship to that university; Robert Reid Chavez, Marion Military Institute in Alabama; Isaac Lacombe, LSU- Shreveport; Mason Thigpen, Louisiana College; Collin Todd, McNeese State University; Jacob Williams, McNeese State University.
Track: Stephen Eccles, McNeese State University and an H.C. Drew Scholarship; Tennis: Jordyn Goody, Xavier University and an academic scholarship to Xavier; Meyer Schwartzberg, Springhill College and the Gautrelet Award; Bowling: Bryce Laningham and Felix Navejar
Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc Service Award: Callie Clement.
Ceremony of Lights Participants:
Seniors - Readers: Hannah Reed and Nevin Andrepont; Loyalty: Corynn Caballero and Dietrich Jessen; Scholarship: Ashlyn Courville and Andrew Derouen; Leadership: Ellen Landry and Collin Todd; Christian Community: Catherine Delahoussaye and Daryn Beaugh
Juniors - Loyalty: MaryKate Core and Sam Boyer; Scholarship: Victoria Knollmeyer and Jonathan Vogel; Leadership: Madison Blackwell and Matthew Gallier; Christian Community: Caryn Meschwitz and Sal Ange.
