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Academic & Service Awards 2024-25

Each academic department is asked to identify those students who have excelled in that particular field of study. Criteria for individual and department awards are determined by the department chairs in consultation with the faculty members of each discipline.

See the list of recipients below.

Fine & Performing Arts
National School Choral Award Jack Brackett & Soren Ursick
Rockhurst Choral Spirit Award Jack Manning & Ben Molen & Knox Nail
Ignatian Pastoral Music Award Landon Hochstein
John Phillip Sousa Band Award William Draper & Ian Kennedy
Rockhurst Theatre Award Aldric Yang
Rockhurst Dramatics Arts Award Cooper Riddle
Theatre Tech Award Xavier Aleman & Jack Bosco
Visual Arts Award Henry Bosco & Franklin Monge & Sam Reintjes
Ceramic Arts Award Andrew Baklanov & Lincoln Bunch


Communication Arts
Broadcasting Liam Daly
Photography William Draper & Hunter Smith & Skyler Tyson
Graphic Arts Zion Collins
Public Speaking Jack Brackett
Movie Making Abe Ismert & Brendan Ortbals
Entrepreneurship Ben Olschki
Newspaper I Jake Bond & Ivan Burns
Newspaper II Charlie Porto & Ted Truebner
The Michael and Ilene Drape Journalism Award Liam Daly


Computer Science, Robotics, and Engineering
Object-Oriented Programming Ben Caisley
AP Computer Science Principles Donnie Evangelidis
AP Computer Science A Liam McGilley
Robotic Engineering II Gabriel Rojas Bautista
John McEniry Innovation Award Connor Deady
Bernie Kreikemeier and Buddy Worth Award Owen Nielsen


English
English I Finn Darby & Thomas Nickson
Advanced English I Thomas Brackett & Tyler Nguyen
English II Cooper McFadden
Advanced English II Cole Cress
English III Gideon Sheets
AP English III Shiv Patel
English IV Michael Boersma & Kai Somasegaran & Elijah Wilson
Honors English IV Andrew Baklanov
AP English IV Truman Lawhead


Mathematics
Algebra I Oscar Alverson & Greg Egan
Advanced Algebra I Paul Malone
Geometry/Algebra II Akuei Akuei
Advanced Geometry/Algebra II Cole Cress
Intermediate Algebra  Mo Abdella & Bahar Ahmed
Intro to College Algebra Anderson Mertz
Algebra II/Trig Langston Humphrey
Precalculus Brayden Worstell
Honors Precalculus  Sudipto Bhowmik
AP Statistics Landon Lobaugh & Tomas Paredes
AP Calculus AB Brady Batz
AP Calculus BC Caleb Bridges
Multivariable Calculus Shiv Patel


Modern and Classical Languages
Mandarin Chinese I John Grabs & Ethan Wohletz
Mandarin Chinese II Kemper Roberts
Honors Mandarin Chinese III Will Hunter
Honors Mandarin Chinese IV Aldric Yang
French I John Henggeler & Jamison Murphy
French II Tyson Dameron & AJ Simon
Honors French III Harvest Ott & Elliott Williamson
AP French IV Daniel Anderst & Merek Hierholzer
Honors French VI Theo Bras & Eli Wilson
Honors Greek I Liam Dean & Robby Evangelidis
Honors Greek II Maddox Hughes
Latin I Thomas Brackett
Latin II Jack Neely
Honors Latin III Will Robertson
AP Latin IV Ben Molen
Spanish I Benjamin Kramer & Mariaun Peterson
Advanced Spanish I Pierce Henry & George Nessinger
Spanish II Cole Cress & Will Moore
Advanced Spanish II James Bundy & Carson Cress
Spanish III Jack Hoover & Rory Lewellen
Honors Spanish III Cooper Clifft & Liam Dean
Honors Spanish IV Brady Batz & Knox Nail
AP Spanish IV Ethan Guenther


Physical Education
Freshman Reece Fisher
Sophomore Kemper Roberts
Junior Max Moylan
Senior Tyler George


Science
Biology Nolan Evett & Pierce Henry
Honors Biology Carson Cress
AP Biology Brady Batz
Chemistry Donnie Evangelidis & Andrew Hoolehan
Honors Chemistry Cole Cress
College Chemistry Declan Griggs
AP Chemistry Shiv Patel
Astronomy Eric Hoff
AP Environmental Science Pete Mandacina
Human Physiology Zion Collins
Meteorology Dallas Black
Physics Sean Swinney
Honors Physics Shiv Patel
AP Physics Bill Hayes
College Physics Ben Grilliot


Social Studies
Human Geography Charlie Tietjen
AP Human Geography Ethan Woheltz
Modern World History Tristan Nichols
AP Modern World History Declan Griggs
The Dr. Jerry Goben U.S. History Award Nolan Fellows
AP U.S. History Shiv Patel
U.S. Government Jack Huber
Honors U.S. Government Pete Mandacina
AP U.S. Government Bill Hayes
AP Comparative Government & Politics Aldric Yang
Personal Finance Brady Batz
Business Law Landon Lobaugh
Economics Brady Batz
Kansas City History Henry Becker
Latin American Studies Caden Flores
Psychology Henry Bosco


Theology
Saint Robert Cardinal Bellarmine, S.J., Award Thomas Brackett
Reverend Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., Award Cole Cress
Servant of God Matteo Ricci, S.J., Award Cooper Clifft
Saint Óscar Romero, Bishop and Martyr, Award     Bill Hayes

Advanced Placement Scholars 

Henry Acorn CJ Anderson Fin Arthur
Andrew Baklanov Brady Batz Luke Blomquist
Daniel Boone Henry Bosco Caleb Bridges
Zion Collins Raul Diaz William Draper
JJ Frank Wyatt Hemphill Timothy Hendricks
Callaway Hughes Ian Kennedy Matthew LaSala
Truman Lawhead Landon Lobaugh Ben Molen
Knox Nail Henry Olson Shiv Patel
Tucker Poe Charlie Porto Samuel Reyna
William Simon John Skoch Mario Trozzolo
Soren Ursick Justin Waldron Christopher Womack
Grady Wright


Advanced Placement Scholars with Honor 

Jack Brackett Owen Lundstrom Kevin McConville
Prosper Ott Tomas Paredes


Advanced Placement Scholars with Distinction

Connor Deady Brady Goffinet Jackson Haake
Bill Hayes Manny Mascote Liam McGilley
Owen Nielsen Sam Reintjes Aldric Yang


National Merit Commended Students

Truman Lawhead Kevin McConville Liam McGilley
Henry Olson


National Merit Semifinalists & Finalists

Jack Brackett Caleb Bridges Bill Hayes
Noah Heinen Knox Nail Samuel Reintjes
John Skoch Aldric Yang

College Board National Hispanic Recognition Award

Manny Mascote


Book Awards

Ben Caisley Cooper Clifft Daniel Colombo
Andrew Hayes Trip Kratofil Brendan Ortbals
Shiv Patel Jeremy Smith


R Awards

Nominated by faculty, staff, and administration, and conferred by the Awards Selection Committee, this award is given to students of all grades who exemplify generosity of spirit and the willingness to put in extra time and effort—far beyond expectations—to help create and support the RHS community.

Seniors
Brady Batz Henry Becker Henry Bosco Jack Brackett
Joe Browne Lincoln Bunch Jabari Cambridge Zion Collins
Jack Creger Henry Cusick Raul Diaz Kingston Del Cid
William Draper Tyler George John Giocondo Ben Grilliot
Bill Hayes Jack Huber Callaway Hughes Jeb Koetting
Sam Komenda Luke Kuechler Owen Lundstrom Pete Mandacina
Kevin McConville Ben Molen Knox Nail Owen Nielsen
Tucker Poe Sam Reintjes Cooper Riddle Anthony Totta
Soren Ursick Ben Wachtel Owen Walsh Elijah Wilson
Brayden Worstell Aldric Yang

Juniors
Xavier Aleman Joshua Brown Hays Ben Caisley
Landon Christopher Henry Coppinger Robby Evangelidis
Andrew Hayes Ezequiel Hernandez-Sandoval Alex Manis
Micah Moncrieffe Zachary Novotny Brendan Ortbals
Mannix Palan Shiv Patel Isaac Pesek
Joseph Pitzl David Prier Flavio Rubio
Jeremy Smith Scott Suter

Sophomores
Joshua Barney Tristan Batobalani
Sudipto Bhowmik Jack Bosco
Leo Claxton Henry Hahn
John Kierspel Matthew Moore
Tyson Nguyen Peter Nickson
Ben Olschki Kemper Roberts

Freshmen
Dipanto Bhowmik Luke Brewster
John Grabs Charlie Homsey
Jack McGovern Jamison Murphy
Thomas Nickson Beckett Stevens
Benjamin Walsh John Winkeler
Ethan Wohletz

Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ, Service Award

Sophomore Henry Hahn
Juniors Nathan Hoehn & Lukas Lamming
Seniors Landon Lobaugh & Knox Nail

The Jesuit Schools Network Award

The Jesuit Schools Network (or JSN) annually recognizes a member of the graduating class in each of the 60 Jesuit Secondary member schools in the United States and Central America. Nominations for this award are solicited from the faculty, and the Graduation Awards Committee confers the faculty recommendation. The JSN Award is presented to a deserving senior who best represents the ideals of the graduate of a Jesuit High School at the time of graduation. The recipient of the award shall be a young man who is generous with his talents, dedicated to the Gospel message, and devoted to the Christian ideals as enunciated by the founder of the Society of Jesus, St. Ignatius Loyola.

The Class of 2025 recipient: Brady A. Batz

The Carl G. Kloster, S.J., “Special R” Award

The Carl G. Kloster, S.J. Award was originally known as the “Special R Award”. It was renamed in 1975 to honor Rev. Carl G. Kloster, S.J. who served as principal of Rockhurst High School from 1954 to 1972. Father Kloster also served as president from 1968 until 1975.  The Kloster Award recipient is nominated by the faculty and confirmed by the Graduation Awards Committee and is given to a member of the senior class who is also an “R Award” winner.  The Kloster Award is conferred upon a graduating senior who embodies the spirit and tradition of Rockhurst High school and is a young man who consistently puts the welfare of his fellow students above his own interests. This award honors a student who is distinguished by his work ethic, excellence in conduct, and outstanding devotion to the school through service to classmates. 

The Class of 2025 recipient: Peter S. Mandacina

The Rockhurst Senior Class Award of Excellence and Achievement

Each year, the senior class chooses one of its own as the recipient of the Senior Class Award of Excellence and Achievement. The citation for this award reads: 
“recognizing the possession of qualities we hope that others find in us, and having experienced and benefited from his extraordinary devotion to our class and to our school, we, the members of the Class of 2024 proudly award the Rockhurst High School Senior Class Award of Excellence and Achievement.”

The 2025 recipient: Jeb Koetting
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