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Celebrating 97 years of tradition
a message from the president Dear Friend of Cathedral, I hope this holiday has been a wonderful time for you, your family, and all those close to you. This has always been a special time of the year for the Helmich family as we slow down, reflect, and remind ourselves of the many blessings we have experienced over the past year.
“…take comfort in knowing that the work we do here at Cathedral is important and part of God’s plan to make the world a better place.”
I also find this is a time to remember so many people who struggle, either psychological or financially. We all know of individuals and families who are dealing with damaged relationships, financial challenges, unemployment, health crises, and much more. We need to pray for these people in the hope that this next year will better. The world today, on so many fronts, is a difficult place. And our job, at Cathedral, is to do something about that. Each of us has been called to be at Cathedral. And we are expected to do extraordinary work to help this special school accomplish her mission. We are expected to use the gifts and skills God has given us and we are to help build the next generation of leaders who will tackle the many challenges that face so many in our society here in America and around the world. We want our young people to have the competence to see and the courage to act. Everything we do should support the growth and development of our young people...every lesson taught, every practice completed, every retreat offered, every counseling session, every interaction in the hallway...everything! Everything we do here should be done with enthusiasm and excellence. Enthusiasm and excellence will produce, over time, remarkable results.
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This is an exciting time for our school. Rob Bridges is our new president and will begin spending time at Cathedral beginning in December and throughout the second semester. He is a terrific man who very much wanted to be president at Cathedral and wants to help this school improve her service to our young people. Planning is now well underway for Cathedral’s 100th birthday celebration and all that will accompany this historic moment. A school plan will inform a finance plan, enrollment management plan, advancement plan, and facilities plan. A comprehensive strategic plan will be created, a case for support will be written, and the quiet phase of a capital campaign will begin. There is much work to do and much good thinking needs to occur as a bold vision for the next iteration of Cathedral is formed. I certainly am thankful I was given the opportunity to work at Cathedral over the past 16 years. I woke up, every morning, humbled to have such important work to do. And to do this work with remarkable board members, donors, faculty, staff, parents, and students has been a remarkable blessing in my life. I am a very lucky man! Have a happy New Year. Do remember to give thanks for the blessing of this past year. Do pray for the most desperate in our society. And take comfort in knowing that the work we do here at Cathedral is important and part of God’s plan to make the world a better place. Respectfully,
Stephen J. Helmich President
Cathedral Trustees Board of Directors Incorporated 1972 Officers Matthew Cohoat ’78, Chairman Dennis Casey, Vice Chairman Joseph Vande Bosche ’80, Treasurer Hon. Tanya Walton Pratt ’77, Secretary Stephen J. Helmich, President Eileen Egan, Asst. Secretary Members Rev. Eric Augenstein, MA, MDiv, ’96 Rev. Patrick Beidelman, STL, ’90 Michael R. Berghoff Christopher Bittinger ’92 Mary Boelke Christian Browning ’93 Joseph M. Dezelan ’62 Denise Farrell, Hon ’08 John S. Flynn ’70 Ryan Hasbrook ’92 Stephen J. Helmich Julie Hum ’03 Jason Konesco ’90 James P. Lill ’66 Dave McDowell ’75 Carmen Hansen Rivera, SAA ’66 Jeff Smith Brother Roy Smith, C.S.C., ’61 Victoria Schneider Temple ’88 Robert V. Welch, Jr., ’84 Matthew W. Will, Ph.D.
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Members Emeritus R. James Alerding, ’63 John L. Davis ’66 Glendys Moosbrugger, Hon. ’13 Richard Pfleger ’73 Joseph E. Quill ’39 Hon. Gerald Zore ’59 Fall/Winter 2015 Volume 46, Issue 2 The Cathedral Highlights is published two times annually by Cathedral High School for alumni, parents, and friends. The publication address is: Cathedral High School 5225 E. 56th St. Indianapolis, IN 46226 Phone number: (317) 542-1481
Jay Ruckelshaus ’11 named Rhodes Scholar Story on page 12
In each issue President’s message............................. 2 Principal’s message..............................5 Focus on the faculty........................... 21 Holy Cross update …………………. 22 Class notes…………………………..32 In Memoriam………………………...34
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I want you to think of a time when you received great news-something you just had to tell your best friend, your brother, sister, mom or dad. How you felt when sharing that excitement and that joy with the person you love so much. Imagine how Christ felt when he shared the good news of God with the disciples. How we felt when he was able to tell them the promise God made to them was to be fulfilled through his own life death and resurrection. Jesus proclaims we have nothing to fear for God bears our whole burden. He walks every path with us. He is there in our abandonment and our sufferings and he will be there to open the gates of everlasting life for us. God chose you to continue to spread this good news. He chose you to be a vessel of his light and his love for the world. So it’s up to us to hand on this faith. Mother Teresa compares this to “power lines running across the street. Unless current is flowing through them, there is no light. The power line is you and me. The current is God. We have the power to allow the current to flow through us and generate the light of the world: Jesus, or to refuse to be used and thus allow the darkness to spread.” For as it is said in Romans, Chapter 10: “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” Prayer Dear Lord-Today we ask You to put our worries at ease. We ask that You give us the strength and the courage to proclaim Your word in order to fill the hearts of our brothers and sisters with the light of Your love. We pray that You continue to walk side by side with us through the ups and the downs. Thank You for revealing Yourself to us and thank You for giving us the opportunity to share in Your joy and everlasting life. Amen. Molly Mitchell ’16
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a message from the principal
A publication for alumni, parents and friends. President Stephen J. Helmich Principal David L. Worland Executive Vice President/ Chief Financial Officer Jim Williams Vice President for Advancement Nicole Beasley ’98 Vice President for Enrollment Management R. Duane Emery Vice President for Community Affairs and Diversity Ken Barlow ’82 Vice President for Operations Jim McLinn ’70 Vice President for Marketing and Communications Jan Stanich Chief Information Officer Rolly Landeros
For change of address: Please contact Lisa Farley at (317) 968-7373 or lfarley@gocathedral.com Have a story idea? Contact Jan Stanich at (317) 968-7352 or jstanich@gocathedral.com On the cover: Members of the 2015 volleyball team earned numerous honors and awards this season in addition to winning the state 4A championship— from having the IHSAA Mental Attitude Award Winner to the Gatorade Player of the Year for Indiana—the student-athletes on this team showed leadership, tenacity, and true team spirit.
I also want to take a moment to update you on Cathedral 360. Our guidance This has certainly been an eventful and counselors are busy as ever meeting transitional year for Cathedral High with students, families, planning for School. As always, campus is buzzing with college, and handling everyday academic its usual busy-as-bees student body and issues. Our faculty and staff are building staff from dawn until well after the sun sets. and maintaining positive academic Many important innovations are taking relationships with our students in order place in the classroom, within teacher to truly individualize their educational collaborations, and on the administrative experience. This is a very fluid program level each day. I would be remiss, however, from which we are continuing to learn if I did not first and foremost address and grow in ways that will best fit our the most dramatic change currently in students’ needs. I see the benefits from this process: the departure of our President, program every day and I hope our parents Steve Helmich. I will readily admit, my are able to see the benefits of a personalized first reaction upon hearing that Steve was education plan at home too. leaving was a sense of personal loss. Steve As we move into the end of the year has been an incredible mentor, friend, and spring semester, I feel a sense of and leader for me and though my initial rejuvenation and renewal on campus. reaction was admittedly a little selfish, it We are truly excited for the transitions will be difficult for all of us to be without Cathedral is undergoing and while we his guidance on a daily basis. My second will miss him, we wish Mr. Helmich the reaction was to reflect on the ripple effect best of luck in his future endeavors. We that his leadership will have on Cathedral were blessed to live and work under his students in the upcoming years. While guidance and his next destination will be Steve will certainly be missed, he has put in motion several fantastic projects that we blessed as well. As always, I am available if you ever need anything. Please do not are excited to see to fruition. hesitate to ask. The first new program I would like to share God Bless, with you is Cathedral’s new Learning Resource Center. This groundbreaking program will allow us to assist students who have been diagnosed with learning Dave Worland differences in a more comprehensive Principal manner. Similar to our nationally recognized Language Support Program, the Learning Resource Center will help families develop individualized, needsbased learning plans, parent coaching, testing accommodations, high-stakes testing, academic coaching, skills building, and many more educational resources. We are incredibly excited about the opportunity to expand our educational resources in this way and believe that this program will be one of many that sets Cathedral apart. Dear Cathedral Family,
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“As we move into the end of the year and spring semester, I feel a sense of rejuvenation and renewal on campus”
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Ken Barlow ’82, VP for community affairs and diversity, honored at Euroleague World Tour teammates from his years paying with European Basketball teams. “I believe that seven or eight former players between these teams are inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (USA),” Barlow says.
When international basketball teams Olimpia Milano (Italy) and Maccabi Tel Aviv ( Israel) played in the United Center in Chicago last October, Cathedral’s Ken Barlow was on hand along with
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Meet Rob Bridges, Cathedral’s new president On July 1, 2016, Cathedral’s sixth president, Robert Bridges, will begin his tenure here, succeeding Stephen Helmich who has held that position for the past 16 years. Bridges brings to the school deep experience in Catholic education, both as a teacher and as a leader. He began his career as a Peace Corps volunteer. Upon his return to the United States, he worked with prison schools as well as inner-city schools through a Peace Corps Fellowship at Columbia University. Bridges has taught and coached at Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in
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addition to holding the Principal’s position at both Holy Angels elementary school and St. Francis High School in the Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools. His current position is the Head of Muskegon Catholic Central, a PreK-12 Catholic school system in Michigan. He brings international experience, as well, having worked in Brazil at the American School in Rio de Janeiro. “I am humbled and honored to be selected as the next President of Cathedral,” Bridges says. “My family and I are excited to join a new Catholic community
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At the showcase, former US championship players who are alums of those teams were honored, including Barlow who was the only player who played for both teams and won a collective eight championships while competing for Olimpia Milano and Maccabi
Tel Aviv. “There were a host of other basketball legends in the audience last night,” he says. “Former European Player of the Year and three-time NBA champion Toni Kukoc handled the honorary jumpball duties. My Former college coach Digger Phelps was in attendance along with my former college teammate, three-time NBA champion and current Bulls GM John Paxson.”
with strong traditions of high achievement and service to others. I am committed to ensuring Cathedral’s continued viability and vibrancy for another generation of students in the Holy Cross tradition.” Bridges earned his BA from St. Joseph’s College, his Master of Education from Teacher’s College, Columbia University, and is currently completing his doctorate in Catholic Educational Leadership. Rob and his wife Marcia have four children.
New leprechaun
Cathedral students made a “clean sweep” in the 2015 Circle City Classic Coronation, placing the top five in the final five contestants. Congratulations to: Kourtney Steppe ’16, Ms. Circle City Classic; Alexandria Ford ’16, 1st Runner-up; Jordyn Edwards ’16, 2nd Runner-up, Jasmine Miller ’16, and Brooklin Sims ’16.
Meet our new leprechaun! Ryan Lenahan ’16 is the sixth leprechaun of the revived Cathedral tradition. The leprechaun is chosen by the previous leprechaun and Dr. Tom Greer along with other key individuals in the school. Each leprechaun has his own unique shillagh, outfit, and, of course, personality!
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Cathedral celebrates school’s birthday with massive day of service On September 10, students and teachers from Cathedral High School fanned out across Indianapolis and surrounding counties to help a wide variety of central Indiana not-for-profits. The entire school, 1,263 students plus 60+ faculty and staff, pitched in on everything from cleaning up along Fall Creek to making superhero capes. “The Day of Service is a meaningful way for students and staff to celebrate Cathedral High School’s 97th birthday and give back to the community,” says Charlene Witka, director of campus ministry. This is the third year that Cathedral High School has participated in a school-wide birthday celebration through service to the community. The school, founded in 1918, has a long tradition of philanthropy. “Our annual Day of Service help our students learn about the importance of giving back,” Principal Dave Worland says. “This has been an integral part of Cathedral’s identity and part of our Holy Cross tradition. This is one of the unique ways we achieve our mission of ‘transforming a diverse group of students’ and helping them understand how they can contribute to a better community here in Indianapolis.” The Cathedral student body plus faculty and staff volunteered at 50 different locations around central Indiana, including: Agape Therapeutic Riding Eagle Creek Park Clean-up American Cancer Society Enlace Academy Art with a Heart Fatima Retreat House Anna’s House/Lord’s Pantry Fletcher Place Community Center Big City Farms Forum at the Crossing Bradford Woods Gleaners Food Bank Brookdale Living Habitat ReStore Avon Capes HERO Project for Peyton Habitat ReStore Indy Manning Children’s Hospital Habitat ReStore Greenfield Caring Place Habitat 2015 Gale ReHab Christamore House Habitat Defender Build Cathedral Nature Trail Habitat Senior Build Cathedral Science Center Holliday Park Coburn Place Hollis Adams/Hope Convent CSS Christmas Store Church Cupboard Food Pantry Hope Haven Horse Farm Damar Indiana State Museum 8DownCathedral Highlights 2015 Syndrome Indiana Fall/Winter Marquette Manor
Martin Luther King Multi-Service Center Midwest Food Bank Millersville Beautification Miracle Place Monumental Marathon Neighborhood Link Peace Learning Center Sadhana USA St. Luke Catholic Church St. Joan of Arc French Market St. Vincent de Paul Distribution Center St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry Westminster Village North Wheeler Women’s Ministries Thrive 360 Fall/Winter 2015
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Admissions filling 100th graduating class The Class of 2020 is now forming and it will be a unique class at Cathedral. “The students who will be part of the Class of 2020 also will be a part of history,” says Vice President for Enrollment Management Duane Emery. “This will be the 100th graduating class from Cathedral High School.” Though the school was founded in 1918, the first seniors did not graduate until 1920. “We look forward to welcoming the students who will be taking Cathedral into her next century,” Emery says. This year’s freshman class, the Class of 2019, will also be historic, says Emery. The Class of 2019 will graduate during Cathedral’s 100-year celebration year. Like each class at Cathedral, the current freshman class embodies our Holy Cross value of diversity in five ways: geographic, socioeconomic, academic, religious, and racial. These students come from all around Indianapolis, from different backgrounds and neighborhoods, and with a variety of skills, goals, and dreams. But in the end, they are all Irish!
In June, the admissions office shared this infographic about the incoming freshman class
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Cathedral publications and student journalists earn state honors
At the annual convention of the Indiana High School Press Association, Cathedral High School’s newspaper, the Megaphone, was named a Hoosier Star winner, the Cathedran yearbook earned honorable mention Hoosier Star honors and several newspaper staff members were recognized. At the Oct. 23 convention, which has taken place annually at Franklin College since 1922, the Megaphone was named a Hoosier Star winner in Division II for schools with enrollments of 1,001 to 2,000. Out-of-state judges, most of whom are high school journalism teachers or college professors, evaluate student newspapers and name the state’s best. The Cathedral yearbook was named an honorable mention Hoosier Star recipient.
Several Megaphone student newspaper staff members were honored for their work published during the 2014-2015 school year. The individual recognition, called the Harvey awards, is the equivalent of individual state championships in specific categories and are named for Rowena Harvey, the former president of the state press association and long-time journalism teacher at Arsenal Tech. Senior Emerson Wolff, the newspaper co-editor, earned the Division II Harvey award for infographics for her design of a timetable of the search for a new school president. Other Cathedral newspaper students recognized in the Harvey competition: Senior Emma Flohr, second place for news photography,
second for feature photography, second for sports photography and second for photo portfolio; senior Erin Collins, second, sports writing; Megaphone staff, second, photo/story package; Annie Browning ‘15, third, feature writing; senior Rita Millikan, third, editorial cartooning. Tony Willis serves as the faculty moderator for the Megaphone newspaper and Cathedran yearbook staffs. Willis said, “These honors are reflective of the hard work and dedication of these students and the support they receive from Cathedral teachers, counselors and administrators. These student journalists should take a great deal of pride in this recognition.”
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Cathedral’s centennial is fast approaching—September 13, 2018 able to assist. We are specifically looking for the following items: Sports or school pennants Sports or school programs and banners
featured)—sporting events, mission trips, retreats, team photos, plays/ musicals etc.
If you have any of the items listed above and would be willing to Class buttons, pins, letter jackets/ donate them to the school or sweaters, and rings allow us to borrow them for archival purposes, please contact Invitations, glassware, and Many volunteer opportunities are available. Contact Mary Myers, assistant director of events volunteer dance cards from homecoming, Michelle Taylor,and director of Cathedral will celebrate her 100th coordinator, at mmyers@gocathedral.com or visit gocathedral.com/volunteer to sign up today. sweetheart, and prom lifelong connections, at mtaylor@ birthday on September 13, 2018. In gocathedral.com or 317.968.7311. preparation for the festivities we Photos of students with faculty Thank you to those who have and staff have begun gathering items and already donated items. memorabilia from years past and Snapshots from events (preferably are hoping our alumni might be with the names of everyone Fall/Winter 2015 Cathedral Highlights 11
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Jay Ruckelshaus ’11 named Rhodes Scholar “I’m absolutely stunned to have been named a Rhodes Scholar,” Ruckelshaus said to Duke Today, Duke University’s news publication. “I channel as much credit as possible to all those who’ve helped me get here, which is more than I could possibly name. Thank you to everyone! I embrace, excitedly and wholeheartedly and gratefully, the mission of the Rhodes Trust to fight the world’s fight, to push forward with political theory and advocacy to a more inclusive democratic future.”
Jay Ruckelshaus, Cathedral class of 2011, has been selected as part of the American Rhodes Scholars Class of 2016. Ruckelshaus, currently a student at Duke University, is one of only 32 Rhodes Scholars selected from 869 candidates from across the country. At Cathedral, Ruckelshaus was a Presidential Scholar, valedictorian of his class, and a member of the school’s Brain Game Team. He served as a class officer and was named Outstanding Scholar in 15 classes. Shortly after his graduation in 2011, Ruckelshaus was injured in a diving accident and has been in a wheelchair ever since. Despite his challenges, he has excelled at Duke, been named a Truman Scholar earlier this year, as well as started a foundation, the Ramp Less Traveled, a nonprofit that helps students with spinal cord injuries get to college through financial support and mentorship. 12
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Kathy Keyes, Ruckelshaus’ AP English teacher and co-moderator of the Brain Game Team says, “Even though he sits four feet tall in his wheelchair, Jay Ruckelshaus stands taller than anyone I know. His determination to excel has taken an unanticipated and certainly unwelcome detour. Jay, though, has persevered. He works valiantly to strengthen his body; he continues to pursue academic excellence through his studies at Duke; he uses his voice to advocate for equity for those with disabilities.
Elliot F. Gerson, American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust, made the announcement of the 32 names on November 21, 2015. According to the official news release from the Rhodes Trust in Vienna, Virginia, Rhodes Scholarships provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in England and may allow funding in some instances for four years. Gerson called the Rhodes Scholarships, “the oldest and best known award for international study, and arguably the most famous academic award available to American college graduates.” As quoted in the journal, Duke Today, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead said, “For decades, the Rhodes Scholarship has been the highest honor awarded to undergraduates -- a recognition of extraordinary accomplishment and outstanding promise for the future.” Ruckelshaus is a political science major with a triple minor in philosophy, history and English. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he is a recipient of the Duke Faculty Scholars Award, and was a Lord Rothermere Fellowship recipient for study in political theory at Oxford’s New College during summer 2013.
“While Jay’s life has been forever changed by the accident and its effects on him, he refuses to let it define him or limit his pursuit of excellence. Indeed, in many ways “Jay Ruckelshaus is a highly Jay’s injury has sharpened his focus principled thought and action and given him a stronger sense leader who will excel in his of purpose. Instead of limiting insatiable pursuit of scholarship him, Jay’s accident has inspired and public service leadership,” him to work harder and to think said Anthony Brown, professor more critically. Like the Greeks of of the practice in Duke’s Sanford antiquity, Jay continues to strive for School of Public Policy in Duke arête--excellence in all aspects of Today. “While Jay’s intellect and his life.” accomplishments are stunning,
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his greatest strengths are his moral compass and his passionate commitment to a life of public service leadership.” According to the same publication, at Duke, Ruckelshaus serves as a student member of the Duke University Board of Trustees’ Academic Affairs Committee, and as a senator in Duke Student Government. He is also cofounder and co-editor-in-chief of “Eruditio,” an undergraduate humanities academic journal; co-editor-in-chief of “Duke Political Science Standard,” Duke’s undergraduate political science academic journal; and associate editor of the “Duke Political Review.” In addition to being founder and president/CEO of Ramp Less Traveled, he advises the Shepherd Center advisory board on ways the rehabilitation hospital in Atlanta can improve the experiences of patients and their families. He is also a member of the U.S. International Council on Disability. This summer, Ruckelshaus worked as a Montgomery Research Fellow for the American Bar Foundation in Chicago, where he investigated the legal history of lunch counter sit-in movements during the Civil Rights era. The previous summer, as a research assistant under Herbert Kitschelt, George V. Allen Professor on International Relations at Duke, Ruckelshaus conducted research on ways of conceptualizing political party corruption around the world. He also has worked as an intern with
Jay Ruckelshaus, Cathedral graduate, Duke student, and Rhodes Scholar
the Indiana State Government, collaborating with senior staff in the Office of Governor Mike Pence to research policy focusing on mental health and the criminal justice system. Ruckelshaus’s public advocacy work includes organizing a conference on higher education and accessibility that was attended by more than 80 students, administrators, academics and advocates from across the nation. He also is chair and director of operations for the Accessibility Matters Campaign, encouraging students to use only accessible routes around Duke’s campus for one day each April.
and the Essentiality of Disability: Reconsidering the Medical and Social Models,” to the North Carolina Undergraduate Research Conference in November 2014. Ruckelshaus plans to pursue a master’s of philosophy degree in political theory at Oxford.
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New Sullivan Science Wing and Mauger Chemistry Lab provide upgraded facilities Dedicated August 9, 2015
Cathedral names first-ever chief academic officer Matt McCutcheon has been named the first Chief Academic Officer in the school’s history. “We are excited about the direction Cathedral is taking in bringing on an educator of Matt McCutcheon’s experience and background,” Worland says. “This is a turning point for our already excellent academics and outstanding faculty, giving both advantages that will keep Cathedral on the leading edge of nextgeneration learning.” McCutcheon comes to Cathedral from a 17-year career with the Latin School of Chicago where he most recently was coordinator of Math and Science Initiatives Beyond the Classroom and director of math, science, and technology. Among his many awards and recognitions, in 2015 he was named a Master Teacher by the NASA 14
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DATA Advisory Board and Solar System Ambassador with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is one of the founding and current editors for the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Independent Teacher online journal, the founding and current president of the Chicago Metropolitan High School Hockey League, Girls Division, and an invited Visiting Team Member for review of seven Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) and Mid-Atlantic States school studies. In his role as Chief Academic Officer, McCutcheon will be responsible for the development and achievement of the academic objectives of Cathedral, including curriculum, faculty recruitment, professional development, and will oversee the academic affairs
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staff, department chairs, director of guidance, International Baccalaureate Programme coordinators, and the Advanced Placement program coordinators. “I am thrilled and honored to be working in such a vibrant community, with splendid traditions as well as an ambitious vision for the future,” McCutcheon says. Dennis Thomas, formerly social studies department chair, has been named Vice Principal for Academics. Thomas will work closely with McCutcheon to further enhance the school’s outstanding academic performance.
Hugh Sullivan, Cathedral class of ’44, made a difference in the lives of millions as a developer of important medicines for Eli Lilly & Co. such as Darvon and Darvocette as well as many commonly used antibiotics. The Sullivan Family Science Wing celebrates the legacy and lifelong connection of Hugh and Betty Sullivan with generations of Cathedral High School students. The Glenn Mauger Chemistry Lab, also dedicated on August 9, is named in honor of the long-time Cathedral chemistry teacher who retired last school year after 42 years of service.
New Learning Resource Center to open Fall 2016
DOES CATHEDRAL SHOW UP IN YOUR INSURANCE PLANS?
Cathedral High School will open a new comprehensive Learning Resource Center for the upcoming 2016-2017 school year. “The Learning Resource Center takes the success of our nationally recognized Language Support Program and expands those proven processes to serve more students.
It’s easy for younger alumni to include Cathedral High School in their life insurance plans. We’d all like to be able to give at greater levels, but if you graduated in the past ten years or so, think about making Cathedral a beneficiary of an insurance policy. It’s easy, low cost, and will mean so much to generations of future Cathedral students.
Designed to meet the needs of students with diagnosed learning differences, the Learning Resource Center will work with students and parents in multiple ways to ensure greater success and realize academic growth in Cathedral’s college preparatory curriculum.
Want to find out more? Contact Mike Feeney, director of major and planned gifts, at mfeeney@gocathedral.com or visit the “Giving” section of our website, gocathedral.com.
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Helmich leaves lasting legacy at Cathedral
Stephen J. Helmich
proclamation from the city naming November 9, 2015, Steve Helmich Day.
President, Cathedral High School 1999 to 2015
You have forever changed Cathedral in so many ways. Your legacy will live on as long as there’s a Cathedral. In appreciation and honor of all you have accomplished at Cathedral High School
A CULTU RE O F E X C E L L E N C E : 56 state championships, academic and athletic 12 IHSAA Mental Attitude Award Winners since 1999 New clubs and sports: Lacrosse, rowing, men’s volleyball, bowling
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Leadership of 4 successful capital campaigns: Choice of Futures Cherish the Tradition: Loretto Hall Setting the Stage of Tomorrow Faith in the Future
HONOR S A ND A C HIE VE M E N T S : 4-Star School
Blue Ribbon School of Excellence One of three schools nationally named “School of Innovation” Top 25 Academic Catholic High Schools in the country
V IS ION A ND INNOVAT I O N :
iPad 1:1 program
FI NANC I A L S TAB I L I T Y:
First in Indiana
During the Helmich era: Endowment funds increased by 543% Annual tuition assistance increased by 415% Strategic Reserve Fund grew by 200%
Shiel Student Life Center 2011
Loretto Hall Renovation 2007
Butler Theater Annex 2007
Renovation of Cunningham Fine Arts Center 2015
When Stephen J. Helmich steps down as president of Cathedral on December 31, 2015, he will leave a school vastly different than the one he took the helm of in 1997. “You can’t underestimate the positive influence his tenure has had for Cathedral,” says Jim Williams, executive vice president, and chief financial officer. “We are in a secure position financially and well-positioned to take the next step forward into a new century because of his leadership.”
On November 9, the board of directors, executive team, administrators, and friends and family came together to honor the man who has meant so much to Cathedral over the past 16 years. At a dinner in his honor held at Prairie View Golf Course, those who worked closely with Helmich over the years came forward to offer their viewpoints and praise. Also on hand was Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, a 1972 Cathedral graduate, who presented a
“During his leadership at the school, he was instrumental in raising more than $75 million through four capital campaigns, annual fund appeals, and additional gifts, some of which resulted in the building of the Shiel Student Life Center, the Butler Theatre Annex, and the renovation of Loretto Hall and the Cunningham Fine Arts Center,” said Board Chair Matt Cohoat ‘78. In addition, Helmich was influential in the development of Cathedral’s Advanced Placement program, which today offers 27 courses, the International Baccalaureate Programme, the iPad 1:1 Program, plus the Cathedral 360 Personalized Education Experience. He headed up the 2011 initiative to re-affiliate with the Brothers of Holy Cross, the original teaching order from the school’s founding in 1918 through the 1970s.
President’s Endowment established in honor of out-going president Steve Helmich The Cathedral board of directors has established an endowment in Helmich’s honor. The President’s Endowment was funded with an initial $210,000 donated by the Board of Directors, friends, associates, and supporters of President Helmich and the work he has accomplished at Cathedral High School during his 16-year
tenure at the independent, Catholic, Those wishing to participate college-preparatory high school. in growing the President’s Endowment and making a gift in “The President’s Endowment honor of Steve Helmich should allows Steve to direct the proceeds contact Nicole Beasley ’98, vice of this endowment in any way that president for advancement, at supports the mission of the school,” nbeasley@gocathedral.com or at Cohoat says. “It is his lasting legacy 317.968.7383. for the people and the institution that he touched in so many ways.”
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Cathedral Fund Dinner raises more than $742,000 On October 3, Cathedral High School announced that the school’s third annual dinner event for alumni and donors has helped the school raise close to three-quarters of a million dollars for the annual fund. “Cathedral has one of the strongest and largest alumni, parent and friend donor bases of any high school in the state,” states Nicole Beasley, VP for advancement, “and one that is invested, emotionally and financially, in the mission of the school. And they certainly proved that last night with $742,822 raised to help Cathedral ‘transform a diverse group of students.’”
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Meet new board of directors members At the Cathedral Fund Dinner, October 3, the following board members re-elected by our trustees to serve in the coming years: Jim Lill ’66 Victoria Schneider Temple ’88 Joe Vande Bosche ’80 Bob Welch ’84 Newly elected board members to start new terms include: Christian Browning ’93 Jack Carr
Forever Irish Ladies Luncheon exceeds goal
Carl and Angela Harris were the winners of this year’s Luck of the Leprechaun student raffle. The ticket was sold by their son, Caige Harris ’18. Second prize of $2,500 was won by Tom Berry; ticket sold by Regan Poole ’18. Third prize of $1,000 was won by Cathedral parent Glenn Martin; ticket sold by daughter, Alexis Martin ’16. The Luck of the Leprechaun Student Raffle raised more than $253,000 with approximately $100,000 going directly to Cathedral clubs, teams and student organizations.
Danny O’Malia, class of 1965, received the Bishop Chartrand Award, Cathedral’s highest honor, in recognition of his exceptional service to the school at this year’s Cathedral Fund Dinner. O’Malia is the 21st individual to receive this honor in the 97-year history of the school.
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Ryan Hasbrook ’92 Julie Malone Hum ’03 Greg Stephens Thanks to the following board members for their years of insight and service: Colleen Cline ’83 Danny O’Malia ’65
Junior Lia Jacobson ’17 sold the most tickets: 120. This marks the third year in a row she has earned the top spot.
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This year’s Forever Irish Ladies Luncheon held November 4 at the Ritz Charles in Carmel raised $20,000 in proceeds for the ShamrAuction and the Family of Funds it supports. More than 350 alumnae parents, friends, and supporters of Cathedral High School came together to enjoy lunch, a fashion show, shopping, and each other’s company.
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Donor Scott Taylor ’90 awards freshman Christina Sally the Lisa Ford Scholarship, a tuition assistance grant awarded every four years and renewed annually on behalf of The Class of 1992 to an incoming freshman student. The grant honors the passion, dedication, and commitment of math teacher Lisa Ford, who, throughout her years at Cathedral, has given many students the courage and perseverance to be the best that they can be. To receive the grant, the student must demonstrate a sincere desire to attend Cathedral, exemplify the expectations set forth in the school’s mission statement, place at or above the 80th percentile in math on the High School Placement Test, maintain a 3.0 GPA or better, and volunteer at least 30 hours per year, among other requirements. Fall/Winter 2015
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Cathedral teacher honored with two national awards Jill Baisinger, social studies teacher and coach of We the People, was one of only three teachers in the nation to receive the 2015 American Civic Education Teacher Award (ACETA), recognizing exemplary work preparing young people to become informed and engaged citizens.
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The awards are given annually to teachers of civics, government and related subjects who have demonstrated exceptional expertise, dynamism and creativity in motivating students to learn about the Constitution, Congress and public policy. Each year the ACETA program selects and showcases three teachers whose students represent the diversity of the American public and private school systems. Baisinger says that she is guided by the principle that “citizens are the center of our representative democracy, and therefore need to be educated in the philosophies and constitutional principles on which our system of government is founded.” A co-coach of five Model United Nations teams, she said, “We are not just citizens of the United States but of the world. Students
Rebecca Heger, student services counselor, spent a day on Capitol Hill in October with congressional teams advocating for legislation to improve mental health and addiction services for adolescents. She attended four days of workshops and training with colleges from around the world. Heger is shown here with Don Osborn PhD, Indiana Wesleyan University, and former president of the NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals.
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should be knowledgeable about how the U.S. interacts with other nations.” She has introduced students to the judicial process through mock courts and created connections between her students and judges, lawyers, state representatives and other government officials. Baisinger’s We the People teams at Cathedral and Hamilton Southeastern have won numerous district and state competitions and several times have placed highly in national competitions. Baisinger was named one of two High School Law Related Education Teachers of the Year by the American Lawyers Alliance. “This is a well-deserved award for Jill,” says Dave Worland, principal at Cathedral High School. “We are all very proud of her and her dedication in working with our We the People Team.” Cathedral’s We the People team is a college-level, advanced placement U.S. Government & Politics course. Students study the U.S. government foundations and political theories with relationship to present day laws and annually compete in a state-wide competition. The Cathedral We the People team has won the state title for the past two consecutive years and gone on to compete nationally in Washington, D.C. The team ranked fifth in the nation in 2014 and won the central states title in 2015.
Witka named Servant Leader of the Year The Office of Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, presented Campus Minister, Charlene Witka, with the Servant Leader of the Year Award at the annual OCE Administrators Conference in July. Witka is the first high school campus minister to receive the award which is given to a person in youth ministry who “reflects a deep faith in God, solid Catholic principals, and a deep commitment to young people.”
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Class of ’65 golf tournament held in Florida “We discovered at our 50th Reunion that there were two different groups of classmates who went to southwest Florida for a golf outing each year,” reports John J. Quinn, “and this year we were going to be there during part of the same week.” A “tournament” was arranged and sixteen class of ’65 members played, approximately 10% of the remaining living members of the class of ’65, says Quinn—“pretty amazing!” The class of ’65 is continuing to get together. The first monthly luncheon was held at the Milano Inn on December 7, 2015. Attending were Bill Mahan, John Quinn, Danny O’Malia, Chris Kaufmann, Bob Loomis, Bill Russell, Jack Watson, Bill Arnold, Steve Gutzwiller and Mike Curry. There will be a luncheon each third Monday at 11:30, though the group hasn’t settled on a permanent location.
Standing : Mike Cotter, Rick Mates, Bill Skees, Bill Lafata, Jack Ross, Dave Albright, Bill Russell, Mike Bell, Lante Earnest (non-Cathedral), and Jim Maguire. Seated: Jack Watson, Danny O’Malia, Frank Dolence, Nick Mates, John Quinn, Tim Wade, and Dan Sheehan
For more information about future luncheons, contact Danny O’Malia at 317-413- 9062.
NOW GET YOUR IRISH ON Cathedral students lived the Holy Cross value of “option for the poor” by participating in this year’s Shack City. Sponsored by Cathedral’s Habitat for Humanity Club, the purpose of Shack City is to let students experience homelessness, bring awareness to the need for low-cost housing, and donate 100% of the proceeds of the fundraiser to Habitat for Humanity.
Cathedral students and teacher see Pope Francis Seniors Molly Mitchell, Rachel Kent, and Mike Rushka along with theology teacher Matt Cannady were privileged to be on hand when Pope Francis made his first-ever trip to the United States. The Cathedral contingent were in Philadelphia and attended the Festival of Families. Cathedral grad and board member Fr. Eric Augenstein ’96 was also at the Festival and participated in the papal mass. “I was one of a few people to get four tickets that were available for 35 seconds,” Cannaday said. “Ten-thousand tickets available for 35 seconds – and I got four. He then helped pick the three students who would represent the Cathedral student body during the trip. 22
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William Ruckelshaus ’50 receives Presidential Medal of Freedom President Barack Obama gave the nation’s highest civilian honor to a Cathedral graduate who “rose above politics and party in devoting his life to public service.” William D. Ruckelshaus, class of 1950, set a “powerful precedent that protecting our environment is something we must come together and do as a country,” Obama said. Fellow Hoosier and former Rep. Lee Hamilton and also received the award. Hamilton and Ruckelshaus were among this year’s 17 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is given to those who have made significant contributions to national security, world peace or cultural developments.
The Cathedral Spirit Shop has a new online storefront. Purchase uniforms, spirit gear, and much more. New merchandise will be added regularly, so check back often. VISIT CATHEDRALSPIRITSHOP.COM! Fall/Winter 2015
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Equaled, but never bettered: the perfect season of Irish volleyball
Lady Irish its Team of the Year, and senior libero Kendall White (Penn State) was named to the first team of the 2015 American Family Insurance All-USA Girls Volleyball team as well as Gatorade Player of the Year for Indiana.
Kesterson was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association Under Armour Co-National Coach of the Year.
They played for a championship, and they played for history.
approached perfection – and at times attained it.
The Cathedral High School volleyball team achieved both in 2015, a season that was capped in early December when the Lady Irish were named Max Preps’ National Team of the Year.
“It was a day we made history; it was a year we made history,” Jean Kesterson, in her 26th season as the Irish’s coach, said shortly after the program won its first state title since 2008. “We showed the state and the country Cathedral is back.
The Lady Irish, who lost the state final in 2014, set a state finals record with a .352 hitting percentage in 2015. Junior outside hitter Nia ParkerRobinson had 15 kills in the title match and senior right-side hitter Megan Sloan had 11.
The unbeaten, state-championship season was an accomplishment that Kesterson said not only drew On the way to that honor, the Lady national attention, it brought Irish did more than win a seventh “We never went too far (away), but response from decades of Cathedral state title. They did more than go we’re back in the national limelight.” players who had built the program unbeaten for the first time in the into elite status. They not only made it back to the program’s rich history. limelight, they were squarely in its “I got texts from people who They restored Cathedral volleyball glow. The talented, experienced, graduated in 1994 and 1995 saying, to elite status in Indiana and motivated Irish spent the entire ‘Congratulations … so proud of my nationally. season ranked No. 1 in the Indiana girls,’’’ Kesterson said. “I forwarded Coaches of Girls Sports Association them to our players and they were And along the way they left a legacy. rankings and also spent the season excited that it was important to ranked No. 1 nationally according The Lady Irish finished the them (alumni).” to prepvolleyball.com. season 36-0, winning the Class The Lady Irish in 2015 were a 4A state title with a 25-21, 25-13, They entered the postseason ranked talented team, with at least nine 25-21 victory over No. 6-ranked No. 1 according to MaxPreps.com players expected to play Division Fort Wayne Carroll at Ball State prepvolleyball.com, and finished I volleyball. They also were a University’s Worthen Arena in first in the nation according to both team that improved as the season Muncie on November 8. websites. continued, reducing errors and It was a dominant victory, a increasing efficiency throughout Post-season accolades abounded. fitting way to end the season that the regular season and post-season. Volleyball Magazine named the 24
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They lost just nine sets the entire season, and lost just one postseason match set. That was in a 21-25, 2515, 19-25, 25-15, 15-10 victory over Center Grove in the state semifinal. While the Lady Irish’s talent made such a season possible, not all talented teams reach their potential. Kesterson said that this one did, which made the season “surreal.” “You dream of something like this,” Kesterson said. “It happens, then you say, ‘Wow, this is better than I ever dreamed of … I don’t think I want to wake up.’ It was a magical season where everything went in place.” Part of that magic was a talented senior class: defensive setter Jasmine Smith (Butler), outside hitter Anna Jensen (Ball State), outside hitter Meaghan Koors (Indiana), middle hitter Audrey Adams (Xavier), Kendall White (Penn State) and Megan Sloan (Louisville).
But Kesterson said throughout the season this team was about more than talent. And she said that held true until the end. “It’s a unique team where they really truly cared about each other,” Kesterson said. “They trust each other. They love each other like close sisters. At our pre-state meeting, kids were sobbing because it was their last chance to play on the same floor together. “It goes back to parenting and a good coaching staff. But it’s the kids: they’re just quality individuals. You ask any teacher this year: they’ll say the volleyball kids are incredible sometimes, the stars aligned. The volleyball stars had a chance to shine at state.” It also was a group capable of handling adversity. Adams, a key player, was lost for the season with a midseason knee injury. The Lady Irish lost just two sets, and Adams was named the Mental Attitude Award Winner at the state finals.
IHSAA Mental Attitude Award Winner: Audrey Adams
Congratulations to Audrey Adams for being named this year’s IHSAA Class 4A Mental Attitude Award winner. Adams is just the fifth Cathedral volleyball player to be presented with this honor. Each year, since 1972, at the conclusion of the state volleyball finals, the IHSAA Executive Committee presents the Mental Attitude Award to an outstanding senior participant in the volleyball state tournament. The recipient must be nominated by her principal and coach, must excel in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership, and athletic ability. Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance will present a $1,000 scholarship to Cathedral in the name of the Audrey Adams.
Another part was a core of underclassmen that will make Also, Associate Head Coach the Lady Irish strong again next Rhonda Low was selected Indiana season: junior setter Maria Schorr Coaches of Girls Sports Association (Dayton), junior defensive setter Class 4A Coach of the Year – in Payton White (Auburn), Nia part because of the courage she has Parker-Robinson (Wake Forest) and displayed coaching while battling sophomore outside hitter Mattison ovarian cancer that is now in Norris. remission. Kesterson was named “They said, ‘We want to be the Class 4A South Coach of the Year. best. What do we do?’ That was an White was named second-team important part of it. They embraced All-American by the American Kesterson was asked how she will and got into the history of the Volleyball Coaches Association/ remember this season and this program. It became an important Under Armour and Sloan was team. part of the season to represent all named honorable mention AVCA/ the women who have played in the “With complete joy and realizing Under Armor All-America. Sloan, program.” White, Parker-Robinson and Schorr I received a huge gift coaching these kids,” Kesterson said. “We were named first-team All-State. Which is exactly what they did. competed to get better every Sloan, Jensen, Koors and White practice and we eliminated our were named Senior Indiana South mistakes. They wanted their legacy All-Stars, and Schorr, Parkerto be the best. Robinson and White were named Indiana North All-Stars. Fall/Winter 2015
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Record number of fall signings
Head Volleyball Coach Jean Kesterson was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) co-national coach of the year. As a result of winning AVCA National Coach of the Year honors, Kesterson lead one of the Under Armour All-America Teams in the Under Armour All-American Volleyball Match & Skills Challenge held in December. Irish Associate Head Coach Rhonda Low served as her assistant.
The fall signing reception, held on December 3, saw the most studentathletes committed to play at the collegiate level.
Coaches Low and Kesterson also were voted Class 4A State Coach of the Year and Class 4A South Coach of the Year respectively at this year’s Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association annual banquet.
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Two firsts for Irish football: On September 12, 2015, Cathedral defeated Bishop Chatard 42-14 to become the first Indiana high school to win 700 football games. The Fighting Irish are now 700-273-19 all-time dating back to their first win in November 1919. Then, in October, the Irish played in the first football game in Victory Field in downtown Indianapolis.
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Katherine Free ’16 won this year’s Monumental Marathon in the women’s division in 17:17.
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Rypel and Bailey named “Most Outstanding Wrestlers” at UFC Cathedral wrestling teammates, Blake Rypel ’16 and Breyden Bailey ’17 wrestled with the Indiana High Rollers (a team comprised of Indiana’s top wrestlers) at the 2015 UFC Ultimate Duals in Las Vegas over the summer. The Indiana High Rollers won the tournament for the second year in a row and both boys were selected as the tournament’s “Most Outstanding Wrestlers.” Their belts were presented to them on national television during the Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale at the MGM Grand. In addition, Rypel was recently named to the ALL-USA Preseason Wrestling Team in USA Today High School Sports.
Girls Lacrosse Kelly Donnelly, Notre Dame Boys Lacrosse Tucker Senefeld, Belmont Abbey Luke Dennen, U.S. Naval Academy Grayson Gardner , University of Detroit Mercy Girls Volleyball Audrey Adams, Xavier Anna Jensen, Ball State Meaghan Koors, Indiana Megan Sloan, Louisville Jasmine Smith, Butler Kendall White, Penn State Boys Volleyball Spencer Smith, Ball State Girls Basketball Maya Meredith, Valparaiso Softball Mallory Kimmel, Dayton Janae Hogg, Ball State Gymnastics Anna Jennings, Yale
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Boys soccer The Irish, after starting the season 7-1-3, finished with a 8-5-3 record. They were ranked in the Top 10 in the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association poll early in the season, reaching as high as No. 8 in the rankings in late August. They finished No. 14 after losing 1-0 to North Central in a semifinal of the Class 2A, Section 20 tournament at North Central. They lost in the City Semifinal to eventual City Champion Heritage Christian
Football postseason games to extend their state-record for consecutive postseason victories to 32 games. The Irish’s four losses in 2015 were to two Cincinnati schools – St. Xavier and Moeller, and Class 6A No. 1-ranked Center Grove (7-0) and Avon. That was a solid performance for the Irish in their first Class 6A season after moving up following back-to-back 5A state titles. This season, the Irish, who moved up to Class 6A this year after five straight state championships in Class 4A and 5A, went 8-4 and were ranked No. 3 in the state in the Indiana Football Coaches Association Coaches Poll entering the postseason. They won two
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“You’d like to think we were one of four or five teams that could have won the state,” Coach Rick Streiff said. “We had enough to get it done. I don’t think our kids look at us as a 3A, 4A, 5A school anymore. We’re a 6A program.” And while Evan Christopher, Max Bortenschlager and Kendall Coleman will graduate along with
The Irish then finished fifth place at the state tournament at a cumulative 124-over par, behind Evansville North (75-over), Westfield (101-over), Chesterton (116-over) and Evansville Memorial (123-over). The Irish tied the 1998 Cathedral team for the best state tournament finish in program history. That team finished tied for fifth. Indianapolis Ladywood-St. Agnes won the state title in 1973. Werner at the state tournament finished tied for 11th overall at 16-over, with junior Gabi Sharp tied for
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other key seniors from this year’s team, Streiff said the outlook for the future is strong. Sophomore running back Markese Stepp will return, as will junior running back Tony Johnson. “We lose some guys, but we have a good nucleus returning,” Streiff said. That nucleus includes not only a solid core at linebacker and free safety, but the Irish’s two wide receivers – junior Luke Sanders and sophomore Daijon Collins – as well as sophomore offensive lineman Emil Ekiyor.
The Irish this season went 11-7, with the seven losses all coming to teams ranked fifteenth or better in the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association poll: Carmel (No. 1), North Central (No. 2), Park Tudor (No. 3), Guerin Catholic (No. 5), Delta (No. 6), Homestead (No. 7) and Avon (No. 15),
That’s the future, and the future is bright again. And while the season didn’t end as long as anyone around the Irish hoped or wanted, Streiff said that doesn’t make the season a disappointment. Not even close.
The Irish also won their 11th consecutive City Tournament title, finished sixth in the Buckley division of the prestigious John Shirley Invitational and finished fourth at the Carroll Invitational. The Irish lost, 4-1, to North Central in the sectional tournament.
48th overall at 33-over, sophomore Mattie Dittoe tied for 59th at 38over, senior Ally Mattingly 62nd overall at 39-over and sophomore Sophia Alexander tied for 73rd overall at 44-over.
The entire lineup won city titles, with senior David Kronenberger winning at No. 1 singles, freshman Abe Wojtalik winning at No. 2 singles, sophomore Brenden Vail winning at No. 3 singles, junior Charlie Gomez and junior Jack Lacy winning at No. 1 doubles and senior Dan Eckhart and sophomore Eli Eckhart winning at No. 2 doubles.
Werner won the sectional tournament held at South Grove with a score of 70 followed by Sharp in second at 73 and Dittoe at 76. The Irish won the team title in the sectional with a score of 302, 37 shots ahead of runner-up North Central. Werner then won the regional tournament at Edgewood Golf Course with a score of 70. The Irish won that with a score of 311, eight shots ahead of Columbus North and 12 shots ahead of Fishers.
Critical to the Irish’s success, too, was the play of the doubles teams, with Gomez/Lacy and the Eckharts scoring key points in key matches throughout the season. The Irish moved Gomez/Lacy from singles to the No. 1 doubles position early in the season, and the duo’s only losses were to Carmel and North Central.
Boys cross country Four of the five semi-state qualifiers from the Noblesville Regional advanced through to the state meet with Brebeuf finishing sixth at semi-state.
The Irish, projected to be somewhere around the bottom of the Top 50 teams in the state by Indiana Runner before the season began, instead were competitive in big-time meets throughout the season, winning All-Catholic, City and Sectional titles before narrowly missing the chance to advance to the Carmel Semi-State meet. The Irish finished sixth at the Noblesville Regional with 161 points, behind Fishers (52), Carmel (67), Westfield (70), Hamilton Southeastern (81) and Brebeuf Jesuit (136). The top five finishers at regional meets advance to the semi-state round.
For the Irish, freshman Cole Hocker advanced to semistate individually by finishing 18th at the regional in 15:59.6. Sophomore Christopher Bessler also advanced to semi-state individually by running a 16:15.4 for a 32nd-place finish at the regional. Hocker finished 39th at semi-state with a time of 16:34.5 and Bessler finished 40th with a time of 16:35.1. Neither qualified for the state meet. The postseason capped a season in which the Irish made strides by the week and maximized their potential. The Irish finished the season ranked 24th in the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Association poll, running their best meet of the season as a team in the regional.
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Girls soccer Irish also reclaimed the city title after not making the championship game in 2014 for the first time the previous season.
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Cathedral played one of its best games of the season in the city final, beating Heritage Christian 5-0. Heritage Christian beat the Irish in a city semifinal the previous season. The Irish beat Lawrence North, 2-0, in overtime in a sectional semifinal, then beat North Central on penalty kicks in the sectional championship game.
The Irish advanced through the state tournament by winning the Brebeuf Sectional meet, finishing second at the Noblesville Regional meet and second at the Carmel Semi-State meet. As was the case throughout the season, and has been the case for several seasons, the Irish were led by a pair of runners who ran their final high school cross country meet in Terre Haute.
The Irish, after entering the postseason No. 6 in the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches rankings, finished fourth at the Indiana High School Athletic Association state meet at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute on Saturday, October 31.The fourth-place finish was the second-best in program history. The Irish finished third at the 2004 state meet.
Katherine Free, a senior who will attend Indiana University, finished as the state individual runner-up, capping a strong senior postseason by running 17:52 at the state finals. She finished 22 seconds behind statechampion Sarah Leinheiser of Carmel. Free won the sectional in 18:22.25, finishing second to Leinheiser at the regional meet and second to Leinheiser at the semistate meet. Fellow senior Ellen Flood finished 17th at the state meet with a time of 18:48. She had finished fourth at the sectional, fifth at the regional and sixth at semi-state.
This wasn’t a season when the Irish went deep into the postseason, but Marc Behringer – in his 20th season as the Irish girls soccer coach – said the program achieved multiple preseason goals: A winning record despite a brutal schedule and a City Championship a year after losing in the semifinal round of the city tournament. The Irish also won the Class 2A, Section 20 Tournament in dramatic fashion, which Behringer said was a major accomplishment for a team that lost nine seniors from the year before. The Irish not only played 10 matches in the first 20 days of the season – a physically and mentally taxing challenge – 16 of the team’s 18 opponents were ranked in the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association poll at some point during the season. The Irish finished 11-4-3 – a record Behringer called “just fantastic” considering the schedule – and also finished ranked 10th in the ISCA Class 2A poll. The
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After advancing through the sectional, the Irish took an early 1-0 lead in the regional matchup against Brebeuf Jesuit. Brebeuf tied it at the 54-minute mark, then went ahead in the 87th minute before scoring in the final minute for a 3-1 victory. As was the case throughout the season, the Irish were led in the postseason by senior goaltender Sophia Lipka, a four-year starter that Behringer called the best girls high school goalkeeper he ever has seen. Lipka led a senior class that provided not only big plays throughout the season, but uncommon leadership. Defender Nicole Shoaf, like Lipka a four-year starter and an All-State selection, was key, as were attacker Claire Beidelman and her twin sister, midfielder Casey Beidelman. Claire Beidelman was critical early in the season, scoring key goals in a series of tight games. Defenders Libby Hendricks and Jackie Mooney, as well as midfielder Hannah Brennan, also were key members of a senior class that Behringer said will “leave a legacy in a number of ways.”
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irish classathletics notes Alumni class luncheon schedule Class of ’40 2nd Friday/month, 11:30 am K of C #437 Class of ’41 Last Friday/month, 11:30 am K of C #437 Class of ’43 2nd Wednesday/Every other month, 12 pm K of C #437 Class of ’45 4th Thursday/Every other month, 10 am K of C #3433 Class of ’46 3rd Tuesday/month, 11:30 am McQ’s Pub Class of ’47 3rd Wednesday/Every third month Pat Flynn’s Class of ’48 1st Wednesday/Quarterly K of C #3433 Class of ’51 2nd Wednesday/month, 11 am Golden Ace Class of ’53 1st Tuesday/month, 11:30 am Milano Inn Class of ’54 2nd Thursday/month, 10 am Perkins on 82nd Street Class of ’55 3rd Friday/month, 1 pm Pat Flynn’s Class of ’56 1st Monday/month, 11:30 am Marriott, 21st & Shadeland Class of ’60 Last Thursday/month, 12 pm Golden Ace Class of ’63 1st Wednesday/month Golden Ace Class of ’64 1st Friday/month, 12 pm George’s Neighborhood Grill
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1950s
Bernard S. Wisdom ’56, retired from the U.S. Navy in 1979, is in his 34th year with Lockheed Martin, currently working on the AEGIS Combat System
1960s
Tom Proctor ’65 retired after 40 years as a teacher/administrator at St. Pete High School, Florida. He reports that he was been umpiring baseball more than 25 years year-round at all levels up to D-2 college and semi-pro.
1970s
Jeanette Warholak ’84 Sawi and husband, Taki Sawi, owners of Santorini Greek Kitchen in Fountain Square have recently opened Biltwell Event Center in a 1920s-era renovated warehouse on the west side of downtown Indianapolis.
1990s
Samantha Brewer ’95 Schwartz launched the Plaid Agency, a fullservice, end-to-end, integrated marketing agency located in Carmel, Indiana, in May 2015.
Kay Feeney-Caito ’83 has been named Director of Marketing for the Entercom Indianapolis cluster -- Top 40 WZPL, AC WNTR (107.9 The Mix) and WXNT-AM (CBS Sports 1430). The move marks a joyful radio homecoming for Kay, who previously served as Promotions Director of WZPL from 1990-1993.
Jen Takach ’99, now Sr. Maria Anne Michela, professed her perpetual vows as a Sister of Life.
Ben Jacobs ’02 became a Journeyman Wireman in the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) and received an associate’s degree from Ivy Tech Community College after completing a five-year apprenticeship.
2000s
Jason Montrie ’97 was named one of the “40 under 40” by Crain’s Chicago Business; he is president of Land of Lincoln Health.
John P. Mick II, PE, ’71, was appointed Chicago regional manager with Baxter & Woodman, an Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firm which provides planning, design, construction and technology services for water, wastewater, stormwater and transportation facilities for municipalities, counties and state agencies.
1980s
Patrick Bowrun ’99 has published the first in a series of three fantasy ebooks, “The Story of Faded Stars: Book One: The Chronicles of the Ball of Light.”
Jennifer Yates ’07 recently completed a four-month, 19-country around-the-world tour that included stops in Stockholm, Paris, Cambodia, Thailand, Budapest, Vienna, Kraków, Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, Bruges, and London. Scott Loiselle ’03 and his wife, Lisa, welcomed their daughter, Julianne Margaret, on July 15, 2015, and celebrated her Baptism on October 11th at Saint Maximilian Kolbe Parish.
Jennifer Bierck ’02 Haan and her husband Blake are pleased to announce the birth of Gretchen Mary Haan born on November 5, 2015.
Abby Weiskittel ’04 Watson and husband Sam Watson welcomed their first son, Barrett Harold Watson, in February.
2010s
Justin Byers ’11, a four-year member of the Emmanual College (Boston) Saints Men’s Lacrosse Team, addressed his fellow student-athletes as the “senior speaker” at Emmanuel’s Athletic Awards Night on April 25, 2015 Jay Ruckelshaus ’11 was named a Rhodes Scholar, Class of 2016. Nicholas Bernauer ’13 was accepted into the Butler University pharmacy school.
Ryan Hainje ’98, former Horizon League Player of the Year, was inducted into the Butler University Hall of Fame in October of 2015. Mary Konken ’98, was named one of the “Forty Under 40” by the Central Illinois Business Magazine, which recognize the achievements, leadership, innovation, experience and community involvement of young professionals.
Lauren Burgess ’02 Weghorst and Mark Weghorst announce the arrival of Kate Elizabeth Weghorst.
Grant Lindley ’07 married his wife Bridget at the Church of the Gesu in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 22, 2015. The couple now resides in Carmel. Grant works for Cushman & Wakefield.
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In memoriam
Cathedral Alumni
GRAND REUNION WEEKEND 2015
Louise Michael Sifferlen ’56 Joseph Timothy DeCroes ’59
’60s
Cathedral alumni and all-girls school alumnae:
Save the date
Friday, June 19 & Saturday, June 20
January 3 Alumni Basketball League starts
Save the date
Classes: 1941, 1946, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011
Mary “Cacky” Hartz SMA ’63 Steele
March 12 Trivia Night
Bro. Christopher Lambert ’63 Carl Litel ’64 George L. Repass ’64
March 26 Easter Egg Hunt
Thomas Vincent Doyle ’65 (graduated Latin School)
Register online at gocathedral.com/reunionweekend.
’70s
James Francis Schroeder Jr. ’70
’30s
Frank V. Marsella ’49 (graduated Shortridge High School)
Dennis T. McCarthy ’37
Marilyn A. Brennan SAA ’49 Redmond
Robert E. Eavns ’32
Charles A. Withem ’49
’40s
Jennifer Lauren Cline ’06
Regina M. Hanley SJA ’42
Judge Patrick D. Sullivan ’50
Leonard F. Thiel ’42
James David Wade, Jr. ’50
Ann Marie Franz ‘43 SAA
Robert “Bob” V. Deal, ’51
William “Bill” Drummond ’45
Mary Catherine Kadel SAA ’51 Henn
No grad year available
Robert W. McAllister ’46
Frank Forest Munshower ’51
Barbara Dillon Adolay LS
Paul E. “Gene” Clements ’46
Sandra Moore Echard LW ’52
Patricia Linder LS Bryant
Vincent S. Gatto ’47
George L. “Tom” Pugh ’52
Edward C. Grande, Jr. ’48
Paul Robert Miller ’52
Mary Ellen Hanrahan SMA Finkbinder
Robert J. Grande, Sr. ’48
Richard “Dick” E. Roseman ’53
Joan Hennessey LS ’49 Keith
Kenneth Martin Stroud ’53 James M. Click ’55 Beth Ann Woerdeman SMA ’55 Russell
Jessica ’07 and Karen Ybarra just returned from a wonderful 15-day tour of Ireland. This photo was taken in Bushmills, UK, one of the most Northern areas of the island and guess who they saw there?
’10s
’50s
Suzanne Steffen SAA ’40 Geringer
Theresa Lucille Long SJA Rita Mae (Hegarty) SAA O’Connor Trudy M. Shiel SAA Virginia A. SAA Thornton
June 24 Father Kelly Tradition Golf Outing Grand Reunion (Classes ending in 1s and 6s)
Glen Mauger in Ireland
’00s
Jennifer McKenzie Maginot ’18
Frances M. Rosner SAA ’40 Fitzgerald
February 27 ShamrAuction
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