Front Row: Tayler Belton of Richton Park (John Hopkins University), Camila Flores of Schereville, IN (Loyola University Chicago), Aleah Markovic of Hammond, IN (Cornell University), Andrea Nowakowski of St. John, IN (Indiana University at Bloomington), Gabriela Angelloti of Crete (University of Chicago)
Back Row: Rose Ybarra of Chicago (University of Michigan), Emmanuella Houngbo of Crete (University of Michigan), Emmanuel Ogunlana of Calumet City (Northwestern University), Elisabeth Melone of Monee (Saint Louis University), Kaela Harber of Whiting, IN (Loyola University Chicago)
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic High School announces its 2017 graduates. There were 207 students who were granted diplomas on May 22 at the Tinley Park Center. The school, which opened in September of 1958, has a long history of educating “Scholars with a Soul.” Over 275 freshmen are scheduled to enter Marian Catholic in August as the Class of 2021.
Graduates from Park Forest include Anna Pechtel, who is bound for DePaul University; Ashley Roche, still considering her options; Haowen (Gerald) Geng, set for Miami University, Oxford, OH; Joshua Randle El, bound for Texas Christian University; Julia Miller, with sights on Illinois State University; Keyara Hampton, heading to Ball State University; and Raven Brzeszkiewicz, arriving for the fall semester at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
The names of the graduates and their plans for college are below.
Marian Catholic High School Class of 2017
| Jasmine Bovia | Matteson | Emory University |
| Jason Easterling | Dixmoor | TBA |
| Jaylen Bush | Lynwood | Lewis University |
| Jaylen Scott | Calumet City | Monmouth College |
| Jenna Ryczek | Lansing | Purdue University Northwest – Hammond Campus |
| Jennifer DuRocher | Lansing | Lewis University |
| Jesiah Jones | So. Holland | Drake University |
| Jocelyn Billheimer | C. C. Hills | New York University |
| Jocelyn Nelson | Olympia Fields | Howard University |
| Joclyn Hutchison | Steger | Illinois Wesleyan University |
| John Pickett | So. Holland | University of Indianapolis |
| John Stickler V | Crete | Belmont University |
| Jordan,Piekarski | Lansing | The University of Arizona |
| Jorian Brown | Matteson | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| Joseph Narcissi | Chicago Hts. | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Joseph Piunti | Chicago Hts. | Prairie State College |
| Joseph Stith | Chicago Hts. | Illinois Wesleyan University |
| Joseph Williams | Hazel Crest | Indiana State University |
| Joshua Blair | Matteson | Saint Francis University |
| Joshua Jones | So. Holland | McKendree University |
| Joshua Randle El | Park Forest | Texas Christian University |
| Joshua Robinson | Steger | Bradley University |
| Julia Mae Sarte | Dyer | DePaul University |
| Julia Miller | Park Forest | Illinois State University |
| Julian Harrell | C. C. Hills | Illinois State University |
| Kacey Nicholson | Matteson | Savannah College of Art and Design |
| Kaela Harber | Whiting | Loyola University Chicago |
| Kaleigh Lester | Monee | Cumberland University |
| Kalla Williams | Olympia Fields | Michigan State University |
| Kamayah Carter | Chicago Hts., | Hampton University |
| Kameron Robinson | Hazel Crest | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Karina Urbina | Lansing | Loyola University Chicago |
| Karly Huller | Richton Park | Western Illinois University |
| Kelly Mindak | St. John | Butler University |
| Kelvin Anderson II | Richton Park | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Kendall Summers | University Park | Ball State University |
| Kennedy Green | Lynwood | University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Kenneth DuPree | Matteson | Prairie State College |
| Kevin Noble | Richton Park | University of Dubuque |
| Kevin Rogala | Lansing | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Keyara Hampton | Park Forest | Ball State University |
| Khayla,Moore | Chicago Hts. | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Kimberlee Dawson | Crete | Lewis University |
| Kristina Bennett | Chicago Hts. | Roosevelt University |
| Kyle Johnson | Homewood | Marquette University |
| Kylie Kreis | Steger | Loyola University Chicago |
| Kyndal Fletcher | Lansing | Howard University |
| Kyra Laster | Olympia Fields | Western Michigan University |
| LaDelya Jones | Ford Heights | Illinois State University |
| Lanijah Flagg | Matteson | Hampton University |
| Larry Billups III | Richton Park | Lewis University |
| Lauren Holley | So. Holland | Howard University |
| Leo Lin | Schererville | Purdue University Northwest – Hammond Campus |
| Lila Smith | Crete | Saint Xavier University |
| Madeleine Gnezda | Dyer | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| Mae Van Beest | Flossmoor | Carthage College |
| Malachi Jones | Lynwood | Ball State University |
| Mallory Olszak | Crete | Carroll University (Wisconsin) |
| Marcelino Valdez | Hammond | Indiana University at Bloomington |
| Margaret Jaworowski | Thornton | University of Kentucky |
| Maria Salcedo | Matteson | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Mark DiLuia | Flossmoor | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Mary Dull | Flossmoor | St. Norbert College |
| Mary Piattoni | So. Chicago Hts. | Dominican University |
| Matthew Heyne | Homewood | TBA |
| Matthew Osuch | Lansing | DePaul University |
| MayraTlatelpa | Lansing | Lake Forest College |
| Mee’Shaunda Roddy | Country Club Hills | Loyola Marymount University |
| Megan Fuhrman | Homewood | Sacramento City College |
| Melissa Molitsky | Dyer | Valparaiso University |
| Michael Bruno | Dyer | Prairie State College |
| Mikaela Macuga | Lowell | University of Southern Indiana |
| Mikayla Berg | Chicago Hts. | Ball State University |
| Mira Nicpon | Cedar Lake | Marian University |
| Mohammed Taylor | Blue Island | University of Wisconsin, Whitewater |
| Morgan Paige Clift | Olympia Fields | Howard University |
| Mya Pugh | Richton Park | Howard University |
| Natalie White | Flossmoor | Fisk University |
| Nicholas Bledsoe | Crete | Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Nicholas Payne | Lynwood | Eastern Illinois University |
| Nicholas Williams | Chicago | University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Nicolas Peterson | St. John | Purdue University Northwest – Hammond Campus |
| Olivia Kocol | Glenwood | Ball State University |
| Olivia Palmer | Chicago Hts. | The University of Iowa |
| Petra Ibarra-Shah | Calumet City | Indiana University at Bloomington |
| Peyton Altenbaumer | Olympia Fields | University of Kentucky |
| Portia Nash | C. C. Hills | Saint Xavier University |
| Rachel Churilla | Calumet City | University of California, Davis |
| Raven Brzeszkiewicz | Park Forest | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| Renata Meyer | Glenwood | Southern Illinois University, Carbondale |
| Riley Olson | Lansing | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Rose Ybarra | Chicago | University of Michigan |
| Ryan Napue | Richton Park | DePaul University |
| Ryan Peick | Crete | TBA |
| Sara Haney | Schererville | Ball State University |
| Sarai Del Real | Lansing | Eastern Illinois University |
| Sean Taylor | Homewood | Saint John’s University (MN) |
| Skilar Tobin | Chicago Hts. | TBA |
| Sofia Rodriguez | Crete | Prairie State College |
| Summer Reyes | Olympia Fields | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Sydney Reyes | Olympia Fields | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Tayler Belton | Richton Park | Johns Hopkins University |
| Taylor Shea | Monee | Joliet Junior College |
| Taylor Winget | Beecher | Saint Xavier University |
| TeeAaron Powell | So. Holland | Michigan Technological University |
| Thomas Beard | Chicago Hts. | Jackson State University |
| Tory Hatten | Lynwood | DePaul University |
| Tyler Sharkey | Richton Park | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Vanessa Vital | Chicago | The George Washington University |
| Vernell Johnson IV | Olympia Fields | University of Missouri Columbia |
| Warren Allen | Olympia Fields | St. Ambrose University |
| Wenjie (Wranger) Liu | Beecher | TBA |
| Wyell Woods | Matteson | Eastern Illinois University |
| Xiomara Demarchi | Chicago Hts. | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Zachary Orzel | Peotone | Marquette University |
| Zaria Kangethe | Matteson | Grinnell College |
| Zavier Anderson | Matteson | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
Marian Catholic High School is a Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory high school within the Dominican tradition of study, prayer, community, and preaching. Marian Catholic students seek truth, exhibit personal responsibility, cultivate their individual talents, and demonstrate ethical leadership and Christian service.
