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National Merit Semifinalists National Commended Scholars National Recognized Scholars Perfect ACT® Scores AP Scholars
2021 AC A D E M I C AC C O M P L I S H M E N T S
NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALIST ’22
’22
BENJAMIN E. BABIN
LOUIS M. BERCAW
Son of Lisa & Emile Babin Attended Christian Brothers School
Son of Diana & Jim Bercaw Attended Christian Brothers School & St. Ann Catholic School
’22
’22
’22
LUKE G. BRANDAU
DYLAN D. BRACEY
MATTHEW J. BUSENLENER
Son of Beth-Anne Watson & Scott Bracey Son of Christine & Bryant Brandau
Attended Christian Brothers School & St. Matthew the Apostle School
’22
Attended Christian Brothers School & St. Rita Catholic School
’22
’22
Son of Tanya & James Busenlener Attended Trinity Episcopal School
’22
’22
LUC O. CARRIERE
JACOB T. CIBILICH
CONNOR C. CUCCIA
BRIAN J. FISH
JACKSON N. GASQUET
Son of Leslie & Charles Carriere Attended Christian Brothers School & St. Catherine of Siena School
Son of Alice & Tony Cibilich Attended Christian Brothers School
Son of Dorothy & Jay Cuccia Attended Christian Brothers School & St. Catherine of Siena School
Son of Helen & Brian Fish Attended Christian Brothers School & St. Catherine of Siena School
Son of Jodie & James Gasquet Attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
’22
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’22
’22
’22
H
’22
ROBERTO S. MATTHEWS
ALEXANDER W. NGUYEN
NICHOLAS M. NOBILE
KADEN N. OQUELI-WHITE
CONLAN B. PAUSINA
Son of Milagros & Roberto Matthews Attended Christ the King School
Son of Thuy & John Nguyen Attended St. Margaret Mary School
Son of Nicol & Michael Nobile Attended Christian Brothers School & St. Charles Borromeo School
Son of Christal White Attended Lake Castle Slidell Private School
Son of Cherie & Randall Pausina Attended Our Lady of the Lake School
’22
’22
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’22
’22
’22
COLLIN M. PELITERE
GABRIEL J. SACASA
JACK R. SCOTT
JACKSON L. SEVIN
SHREYASH SINGH
Son of Margaret & Michael Pelitere Attended Stuart Hall School for Boys
Son of Kristin & Mario Sacasa Attended Philippians 4 Homeschool
Son of Peggy & Timothy Scott Attended Trinity Episcopal School
Son of Susan Lavie & Jay Sevin Attended Christian Brothers School & St. Dominic School
Son of Akannsha & Manish Singh Attended Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies & Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies
NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALIST ’22
’22
’22
’22
’22
RICHARD A. TONRY III
TAYLOR G. TREPAGNIER
KHOI M. VU
MATTHEW A. VUONG
ETHAN C. WAUGAMAN
Son of Catherine & Richard Tonry II Attended St. Margaret Mary School
Son of Jennifer & Paul Trepagnier Attended St. Clement of Rome School
Son of Boihoang & Steven Vu Attended St. Andrew the Apostle School
Son of Van Hoang & Vu Vuong Attended Kehoe-France School
Son of Viviana Falco & Craig Waugaman
Attended Christian Brothers School
COMMENDED SCHOLARS ’22
’22
A
JAKE ARCEMENT
WILLIAM BRUCE ’22
’22
H
CONNOR CAMPBELL ’22
MICHAEL PAUL FINE
DOMINIC GENNARO
’22
JASON CAVIGNAC ’22
MAX HOWENSTINE
’22
’22
THOMAS CECOLA ’22
HAYDEN LAPEZE
ZACHARY DAVIS ’22
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’22
JAMES LEATHEM-BRAZZINI
LUKE RYAN
COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION ’22
H
JAMES ALVAREZ KEY:
H
’22
MATTHEW CORREA A
African American Recognition
’22
H
AIDAN SCHWARZ H
Hispanic Recognition
A
’22
MITCHELL STEVENS
’22
A
CALEB TOLBERT
’23
H
REID ELLZEY
’23
H
ASHER TERRELL
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PERFECT ACT® SCORES ’21
’21
’21
’22
’22
’22
ANDREW MCNEIL
MARCELO TORRES
GARRISON TRAHANT
LUC CARRIERE
NICHOLAS NOBILE
RICHARD TONRY
PERFECT 36
PERFECT 36
PERFECT 36
PERFECT 36
PERFECT 36
PERFECT 36
’22
’23
’22
’22
’22
’22
’22
MATTHEW VUONG
PATRICK DOWD
LUKE BARNES
LOUIS BERCAW
DYLAN BRACEY
SHREYASH SINGH
KADEN OQUELI-WHITE
PERFECT 36
PERFECT 36
SUPERSCORE 36
SUPERSCORE 36
SUPERSCORE 36
SUPERSCORE 36
SUPERSCORE 36
AP SCHOLARS ’21
’21
SAMUEL ADAMS
AHMED ALMOASWES
WITH DISTINCTION
WITH DISTINCTION ’21
’21
BENJAMIN BOGART
’21
OMAR ESSA
OWEN ETTINGER
WITH HONOR
WITH DISTINCTION
WITH HONOR
SAMUEL FINICLE
’21
CRISTOFFER GARCIA
’21
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN
JACKSON CHERAMIE
WITH HONOR
WITH DISTINCTION
’21
MICHAEL DALY
’21
’21
’21
ALEXANDER EXNICIOS
’21
’21
CHRISTOPHER CIACCIO
’21
DAVID FARNSWORTH
’21
’21
CHRISTOPHER FERDINAND
’21
CHRISTOPHER GILLEN
BRANDON GRIFFIN
JASON HA
WITH HONOR
WITH HONOR
WITH DISTINCTION
’21
SI HOLMES
AP SCHOLARS ’21
BENJAMIN HUNN
’21
TYLER JOHNSON
WITH DISTINCTION ’21
’21
GAVIN LANGSTON
BENJAMIN MATHIEU
WITH DISTINCTION
WITH DISTINCTION
WITH HONOR
WITH HONOR
’21
MICHAEL MELANCON
KOHLMANN MOORE
WITH DISTINCTION
WITH DISTINCTION
WITH HONOR ’21
JACKSON PAGE
WITH HONOR
WITH DISTINCTION ’21
’21
NOAH LANDRY
ANDREW MCNEIL
JACOB NGUYEN
’21
ROBERT KUHNER
’21
’21
’21
’21
CARTER MORRIS
JONATHAN MORSE
’21
CONNOR MYERS WITH HONOR
’21
SKYLER PITISCI
’21
’21
’21
WILLIAM QUINLAN
’21
’21
’21
IAN REILY
DOMINIC SENENTZ
WITH HONOR
WITH DISTINCTION
’21
’21
’21
MICHAEL SHORE
KENNETH SMITH III
BRETT STEELE
JOEL TERRY
MARCELO TORRES
GARRISON TRAHANT
WITH HONOR
WITH DISTINCTION
WITH DISTINCTION
WITH HONOR
WITH DISTINCTION
WITH DISTINCTION
’21
JACKSON WALLACE
’21
THOMAS WATSON
DAVID WEBSTER
WITH DISTINCTION
’21
BENJAMIN WOMBACHER
’22
JAKE ARCEMENT
’22
MATTHEW BUSENLENER
WITH DISTINCTION ’22
MICHAEL FINE
’21
’22
MAX HOWENSTINE
’22
JACKSON JUNIUS
’22
GABRIEL SACASA
’22
AIDAN SCHWARZ
’22
MATTHEW VUONG
*** NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION
*** ACT PERFECT SCORES
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) underwrites the annual prestigious scholarship competition which recognizes some 16,453 Semifinalists, who represent less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors. The NMSC designates Semifinalists on a state representational basis to ensure that outstanding students from across the country are included in the talent pool. The number of Semifinalists named in each state is in proportion to its percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.
In 2021, six students earned the highest possible composite score of 36 on the ACT®. Fewer than half of one percent of students who take the ACT® earn a top score. In the U.S. high school graduating class of 2021, only 4,055 out of nearly 1.3 million students who took the ACT® earned a top composite score of 36.
Jesuit’s 25 National Merit Semifinalists represent 11% of Louisiana’s 234 honorees. The qualifying test score for this year was 213. Scores for Blue Jay Semifinalists ranged from 213 to 227. The scores of “Commended” Blue Jays ranged from 207 to 212. In the past 16 years, 478 Blue Jays have been honored as National Merit Semifinalists. Complete information about the competition is on the NMSC’s website: www.nationalmerit.org.
*** COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION In Jesuit’s Class of 2022, two seniors were honored as National African American Scholars, and six seniors and two juniors were honored as National Hispanic Scholars. The College Board National Recognition Programs create pathways to college for students from underrepresented communities by awarding them academic honors and connecting them with universities across the country. Complete information about the NHRP is on the College Board’s website: www.collegeboard.org.
Additionally, five students earned a “superscore” of 36 on the ACT®. A superscore is different from the traditional composite score in that it is the average of the student’s best scores from each subject from multiple test attempts. A composite score is the average of the four subject scores from a single ACT® test attempt. Complete information about the ACT® is on the ACT® website: www.act.org.
*** COLLEGE BOARD AP SCHOLARS In 2021, 62 students earned the designation of AP Scholar from the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams. AP tests are scored on a scale of 1-5. The AP Scholar designation recognizes students who earned scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. The AP Scholar with honor designation recognizes students who earned an average of 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more AP exams. The AP Scholar with distinction designation recognizes students who earned an average score of 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scored 3 or higher on five or more AP exams. Complete information about AP Scholars is on the College Board’s website: www.collegeboard.org.
JESUIT’S 25 NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS ARE PICTURED ON THE FRONT COVER Top row (from left): Benjamin E. Babin, Louis M. Bercaw, Dylan D. Bracey, Luke G. Brandau, Matthew J. Busenlener Second row: Luc O. Carriere, Jacob T. Cibilich, Connor C. Cuccia, Brian J. Fish, Jackson N. Gasquet Third row: Roberto S. Matthews, Alexander W. Nguyen, Nicholas M. Nobile, Kaden N. Oqueli-White, Conlan B. Pausina Fourth row: Collin M. Pelitere, Gabriel J. Sacasa, Jack R. Scott, Jackson L. Sevin, Shreyash Singh Fifth row: Richard A. Tonry III, Taylor G. Trepagnier, Khoi M. Vu, Matthew A. Vuong, Ethan C. Waugaman
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