The Green and White | Winter 2023

ON THE COVER OC Finds Success with Wrestling Program

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Patience – the Father Provides!

So over 20 years ago, I began my career with OCS as a classroom teacher, and then an opportunity came along to lead our marketing efforts. Being in my wheelhouse and feeling as though OCS needed some major attention in this area, I prayerfully decided to roll up my sleeves and see what impacts we could make. Thus began my career in OCS leadership, one that I still enjoy and one that I believe continues to make positive impacts in the many lives we touch!

Along the way, the many people I have worked with would probably attest to my lack of patience when it comes to the improvements, I believe we need and want to make. I am a true believer in continual improvement!  I tend to get very excited about new ideas, new techniques, new projects – which then leads me right into one of my biggest character flaws – patience! UGH! If I could only buy it in bulk at the local Sam’s Club! And of course, no one knows better than I do that it is not one of my strengths. Nevertheless, I get antsy, frustrated, and even agitated sometimes by the time it takes for some things to come to fruition.

Of course, we all know where this is headed, right!?

OCS MISSION STATEMENT

Owensboro Catholic Schools share in the mission of the Church in communion with families and parishes to provide excellence in Catholic faith formation and academics which prepares students to become responsible individuals as well as members of their family, Church, and community.

Preparing Leaders, Achievers, and Believers

Christ is the Reason for This School

Our Father provides for us in His own way, on His own time – a lesson I try to get through my thick head time and time again. No one is surprised either that when a new idea or project is completed on His time, things work flawlessly and according to His will for us in carrying out our mission.

If you happen to fall in my camp of the impatient, I have good news for you. The Lord will give you the grace to “wait” until He is ready to reveal the best plan.

We all know we need your prayer support, your vocal support, and your financial support! If you have been looking at ways to become involved with the progress we are making across OCS, I invite you to come on along and watch the will of our Father unfold. If you still are discerning supporting OCS, there are plenty of opportunities to do so.

Impatient or patient, wherever you fall, OCS needs you – and the Father will provide!

Keith Osborne CAO

Cover photo by Brett Downing, Digital Media Coordinator.

OC wrestler, Sam Brauer, wrestles against an opponent from Warren County in a recent match.

Thank You

Owensboro Grain Families, Employees & Friends

Owensboro Catholic appreciates your support through the years!

Education with a Difference

By Gates Settle, OCHS Principal

When I became a principal 28 years ago, I started greeting students coming into school each morning and continued that practice when I came to Catholic High twelve years ago. Because I didn’t know anyone here when I came, I began asking students their names and looking in yearbooks to memorize faces to get to know them. After about a month, I realized that process was too slow and I thought about the short amount of time seniors had left in their high school career. The best option I could think of to put a name with a face before they were gone was to meet with each one individually.

With no plan other than to ask questions that would help me remember something about each of them and their families and Catholic High, a tradition was born. It started out pretty slow because for some, it was very difficult for them to open up and feel comfortable expressing their feelings to someone they didn’t know, but it got easier for most of them to start opening up. For others, it was like we had known each other for years and they were so eager and had so much to tell, suggest, and reminisce about, that I had to figure out creative ways to bring the meetings to an end!

During these meetings, I told them I wanted to hear all the good and anything that hadn’t gone well for them, along with ideas of how to improve the overall student experience. I also told them that what they told me probably wouldn’t affect them, but could benefit the school and students in the future. As students became comfortable with sharing their stories, which I believe led to some very sincere comments and observations by them, information just came pouring out. Obviously, some seniors are more mature and focused than others, but they all have something to say. I learned so much from the students’ perspective and how they sometimes see things much differently than we as adults do. But by listening, and I think sometimes teenagers just want to be heard, they felt as if they were being taken seriously, which they were! Thankfully, over the years, there have not been that many complaints or gripes. However, if there were some consistencies about concerns or complaints, we addressed them just as we

explore ideas and suggestions that we may have not thought of that could create more positives in the daily school lives of students. Student input from their experiences has been of great importance to me since we always try to make sure we continue to provide a faith-filled,academically challenging and exciting school environment that separates OCHS from anywhere else. Again thankfully, the overwhelming number of students leave OCHS having had a very positive and memorable experience. I could give many stories but one that stands out is the student who just didn’t like books or studying and thought school was a nuisance. He just couldn’t wait to start working and didn’t want to be in school but even he grudgingly admitted, “Well, if I HAVE to go to school, then there is no place I would have rather gone - I do like all the stuff that goes on here!” I think this is a very strong testimonial to what happens here on a daily basis for all students.

So now, with only four months left in this position and reflecting on my time here, I wish I had the amount of space to share the many events, activities, and student stories that I could go on and on about. However, I will just mention a couple. The first is seeing kids come in as young freshmen, getting to know them, and watching them grow and develop in so many ways. This has been a pleasure and provided lots of memorable moments and always reminds me of why I chose this vocation. However, I would have to say that one of the biggest highlights I will share that has had a positive impact on me is getting to sit down and meet with all the seniors. Getting to know more about each student, hearing them talk about their positive experiences, the memories they made and the bonding that has taken place along with their future plans, has only REINFORCED what I had always heard and what I thought about OCHS before I came.

It truly is “Education with a Difference” and there is not a better place anywhere for students to attend school. As I have stated many times, I have been privileged, honored, and without a doubt, blessed, to be the Principal at Owensboro Catholic High!

2022 Total $222,910

You Did It … Again! $222K!

Thank you, Aces Nation, for another great year!

2022 Phonathon Top Ten Classes

Friends of OCHS $28,843.90

1976 $13,162.50

1969 $11,997.88

1955 $11,825.00

1958 $11,072.50

1975 $8,572.50

1971 $6,455.00

1965 $6,325.00

1974 $6,207.50

1973 $5,675.00

1978 $5,622.50

2022 Goal $210,000

We have a NEW TOP class. Lets hear it for the class of 1976!

We wish to extend gratitude to our Friends of OCHS. Your continued support of our mission is appreciated.

Planned Gifts

Owensboro Catholic High School alumni have the opportunity to sustain the tradition of excellence through a planned gift. One of the simplest ways to make a meaningful planned gift is through a bequest in your will. If you have already included OCHS in your will or other long-range plan, please let us know! It would be our pleasure to include you as a member of our Legacy Society.

Phonathon 2022 Donors

At this time of year, we like to send the final list of all 2022 Phonathon donors. Some classes have been grouped if only a few gifts were listed. Thank you alumni and friends, for believing and supporting the mission of OCHS. You make a tremendous difference, and we could not do this important work without each of you. These unrestricted gifts given to the Phonathon are used daily where the obligations and opportunities are greatest.

Please keep in mind this list is put together by humans and we try very hard to include everyone who gave in 2022 correctly. If we have made an error, please accept our sincere apologies and kindly call 270-686-8896 to let us know.

1948, 1949 $500.00

Jack and Doris Mills

Mary Lou Mudd

Marilyn T. Osborne

Norbert Smith

1950 $600.00

Jim and Helen Blakeney

In Honor of Mitzi Reid

Joseph P. Rhinerson

Mary Ellen Rhinerson

Francis Thomson

1951 $625.00

In Memory of Martin and Mary Ruth Bumm

Joseph N. "Bucky" Coomes

Joan Marrett Englert

Bill and June Johnson

1952 $675.00

Al and Rose Oberst Clark

Joann Castlen Galloway

Mary Elizabeth Tipmore Handy

In Memory of Mary Michael and J. Jolly Hayden Sr.

Sue Helen Hill

Marie B. James

Jane Coomes Rowland

Bob Slack

Margaret Hayden Velotta

Robert and Jo Ann Vessels

1953 $2,290.00

Robert J. and Mildred Gilles

Victor and Barbara Frey Hagman

Robert and Anna Jean Hardesty

J. F. Marrett

Frank and Faye Helm McCarty

Ann Roby Oberg

Ignatius Payne

Joseph and Linda Roby

Yvonne Hayden Seaton

In Memory of Helen Rose Smith

1954 $1,365.00

Bob and Roberta Berry

In Memory of James A. Brand –

Mary G. Brand

In Memory of Charles Collins

Dan Fischer

In Memory of George Frey

Joseph Cooper Hayden

Patrica O'Malley McCarthy

Cora Ellen McKinley

Bill and Martha Mills

Bill and Hattie Young Potts

Patsy Downs Whitmer

Ralph and Joann Johnson Williams

1955 $11,825.00

Bennie and Claudine Blandford

In Memory of Thomas Boldrick

Mary Bryan Booth

James and Lenna Elder

Vince and Joan Frey

Robert J. and Mildred Gilles

Laura Frey Goins

Shirley Howard

Sue Clark Howell

Bill Payne

George A. and Barbara A. Powers

In Memory of Judy Rector

1956 $5,290.00

James and Jacqueline Hood Cecil

Mary Ann Head Clouse

Joan Riddle Collins

Charles and Carole A. Freville

Douglas and Cheryl Hayden

Paul and Anna Marie Haynes

Nancy D. Hendricks

John and Mary Kiley Medley

Joann Schartung Millay

Jackie Kamuf Murray

Bob and Theresa Payne Pedley

Martha Byrne Pendleton

Kenneth P. Raley

Barbara F. Stallings

Mike and Cloa Johnson Thompson

Mike Weaver, Col. US Army (Ret)

1957 $1,655.00

Margie Hamilton Ashworth

Michael and Kathleen Boldrick

Bob and Betty Crowe

Barney and Pat Dickens

Earl and Paula Fischer

Gertie Sims Frey

Margaret Frey

Joseph Hamilton

Billy Ray and Joanna Hatcher

Carl and Marty Hayden

Charlie and Linda Kamuf

Walter and Margaret Knott

John and Nancy Lewis

David and Rebecca Millay

Bonnie Mittelstadt

Charles and Lois Payne

Mary E. Schrecker

Bill Thomas

Judith Mattingly Whelan

Mary Foster Whitis

1958 $11,072.00

Lena Hartz Aull

Harry and Peggy Bellew

Bob and Roberta Berry

Donald A. Bittel

Imogene Knott Blakeley

Alice Boarman

In Memory of Becky Abel Booker

Annette Smith Bryant

Martha Fitts Clark

Paul "Mike" and Rose A. Clark

Dr and Mrs Thomas and Janet Clark

Linnie Murphy Clary

Bob and Betty Crowe

Bob and Marian Davis

Donald and Ruth Dickens

In Memory of Michael Ebelhar

Thomas Fogle

Carl and Marty Hayden

Mickey and Mary Beard Hagan

Norma Powers Hagan

Patricia Bean Hamilton

Henry and Bernadette Hayden

Otis and Judy Hicks

Bob and Francil Higdon

Doug and Dorothy Hood

Shirley Barker Hughes

Betty Whelan Jolley

Natalie Vance Jones

Daniel Kamuf

In Memory of Our Deceased Classmates by the Class of 1958

James R. and Beverly Knott

Larry and Polly McCubbins

Ronald and Connie Byrne McKay

Bill and Martha Mills

In Memory of Bill Morton

Bob Nix

In Memory of Rosemary Payne

Glover and Marie Priar

Joe and Cissy Raibert

James R. Schartung

Jim and Patty Settles

Linda Payne Sowders

Gene and Jane Strehl

Richard and Dorothy McKay Thomas

In Memory of Martin Ward

1959 $4,325.00

Joyce Bickett

William Blandford

Michael and Kathleen Boldrick

Bill and Philomena Bollinger

Frankie and Rita Devins Cecil

Joe and Mary Jane Russell Clark

George and Pam Collignon

Jeannie A. Damron

Doug and Nancy Dunn

John and Liz Froehlich

Shirley Roberts Fulkerson

Richard and Judy Greenwell

Bonnie Russell Hawkins

Robert and Norma Hoaglund

Don and Geri Martinez

David and Rebecca Millay

Barbara Hayden Norvell

Charles and Lois Payne

Ed and Allethaire Price

Marie Johnson Saunders

Ron and Mary Helen Strehl

Dorothy Tipmore

Wayne Tipton, Jr

Don and Mary Weaver

Judy Wright

1960 $275.00

Donald M. Boarman

Larry and Susan Cashen

Guy and Linda Simmons Connor

Anita Keller Fogle

John Franklin and Theresa Jones

1961 $3,237.50

John and Mary Nell Bouvier

Don Bowlds

Robert and Rosemary Calhoun

Faye Calhoun

Patricia A. Cecil

Bob and Marian Davis

Mike and Linda Drury

Thomas Dunbar

Mary Paula Fisher

Paula Kerrick Fisher

Larry and Hadley Harrington

Tom and Joyce Hayden

Rich and Kathy Hayden

Gerald and Judy Higdon

Gary and Carol Settles Jackson

David and Martha Jennings

Charlie and Linda Kamuf

In Memory of Joe Kurre

Larry and Gene Lyon

Bob and Linda Marrett

Joe Bill and Barbara Payne McKay

Larry and Willodean McMahan

Margaret Beaven Moorman

James Morgan

Bill and Jennie Gonzales Pyland

Mary Helen and Ron Strehl

Buzz and Patsy Van Meter

Don and Mary Weaver

Doug Wood

1962 $1,335.00

Harry and Peggy Bellew

In Memory of Cabby Berry

Joe and Beverly Carrico

Tony and Jeannie Clark

Larry and Dottie Elder

Sylvester and Barbara Fischer

Harry Glenn

Robert Hawley

Dennis and Sharon Elliott Hayden

Gene Keelin

Don and Mary Jo Kirby

Tom and Vicki Luckett

Libby Hayden Mattingly

Tom and Cheryl Schmitt

Michael and Patsy Snyder

Joann Reisz Strain

1963 $2,384.50

Gene and Carolyn Abel

Wayne and Martha Cashen

David and Iona Clark

Tony and Jeannie Clark

Fred and Sharon Bittel Coomes

Jim Goetz

Ronnie and Mereda Hicks

Becky Welsh Jesop

Joseph and Paula Knott

Larry and Becky Krampe

Mary Ann (Tom) Kurz

Ken and Edie McKay

Pat McNulty

Martha Gilles Payne

Ronnie and Judy Frey Peach

Donald and Carol Ralph

Vicki Duffy Roberts

Joseph and Barbara Russell

Tom and Cheryl Schmitt

Sheila Ann Thomson

Mary Alice Wethington

In Honor of Mary Alice Wethington

1964 $5,402.50

In Memory of Jerry Alexander

Jack and Dolores Krampe Beyke

Pat Black

John and Esther Blandford

In Memory of Michael Edward Coomes

Anita Hayden Garrison

Patricia Crowe Goetz

Tom and Mary Beth Goetz

Mary Elaine Stephen Grant

Josie Hagan

Mike and Michelle Hagan

David and Paula Hayden

Larry and Brenda Hayden

Dennis and Sharon Elliott Hayden

Richard and Arithia Knox

Paula McIntyre

Joe Bill and Barbara Payne McKay

Charles and Mary Ann Medley

Greg and Patti Biscopink Merimee

David M. Mulligan

James and Sharon Bell Murphy

Steve Oelze

Randy and Carolyn Porter

Joe and Beverly Bellew Rudy

William C. Schrecker

Mary R. Lyon Shepler

Steve Sims

Mike and Maria Wright

1965

PHONATHON 2022

Ed and Ellen Higdon

Larry and Becky Marrett Horsman

Gary and Susie Lauzon Imel

Bill and Sheila Kyle

Mitchell and Martha Long

Greg and Patti Biscopink Merimee

Steve Mitchell

Bruce and Phyllis Schrecker

Terry and Mary Faye Schrecker

Todd and Pat Stelmach

Glen and Sheila Isbill Stewart

$6,325.00

David and Nancy Akers

Keith and Lemoine Amos

Bill and Sally Buford

In Memory of John and Raymunda Calhoun

Vincent and Linda Cecil

Tony and Carolyn Clark

Judy Denton

In Honor of Judy Denton

Gary and Phyllis Clark Edwards

Carol Stinnett Goetz

Mike and Michelle Hagan

Jerry and Jenny Goetz Harper

Donald Hayden

Leon and Rachel McNulty Higdon

Maureen Hardesty Jackson

Pete and Patty Johnson

Mark and Joanne Johnson

Kirk and Loretta Fay Barr Kinley

In Memory of Ida Myrl Barr Goff

Barney and Sharon W. Knox-Tucker

In Honor of Sharon Knox-Tucker

Mitchell and Martha Long

Linda L Luebcke

Danny and Anna Ruth McNulty Lyon

Bob and Linda Marrett

Ed and Mary Riney

Jim and Phyllis Roberts

Phillip and Nancy Roberts Tatum

John and Sandra Tewell

William and Rosemary Thompson

Bobby Timbrook

Judith Tramontin

In Memory of Mary Ann Schrecker Uebelhor

Jim and Linda Warren

Joseph and Connie Weikel

Dennis and Peggy Welsh

Joyce Yeiser

1966

Anne Berry Alexander

Julia Moseley Arnold

$4,320.00

Larry and Myra Bender

Jack and Dolores Krampe Beyke

Ben and Stanette Blair

Judy Murphy Brown

Mike Coakley

Pat Daugherty

In Memory of Larry Franey

Fred and Sharon Fulkerson

Jerry and Lucy Goetz

In Memory of J. M. Haynes

Jack and Vicki Stogsdill

Ernie and Shirley Taliaferro

1967 $5,280.00

Larry and Sheila Abel

Leslie and Agnes Bickwermert Allen

Linda Hagan Avery

Don and Vicki Cecil

Fred and Sharon Bittel Coomes

Doug and Nancy Dunn

Tom and Janet Ebelhar

Ronnie and Joanna Freels

John and Marilyn Gardner

Bob and Susie Duffy Garwood

Denny and Sarona Murphy Grant

Sharon Cecil Hart

Thomas E. and Millie Ward Hines

Rose Hodgkins

Pete and Patty Johnson

Shirley Ebelhar Kent

Larry and Becky Krampe

Paul and Benita Martin

Mike and Bennie McNulty

Philip and Brenda Drury Phelps

Jim and Sally Schrecker

Tom Shively

Larry and Jean Sims

Don and Jo Ann Riney Spath

Ernie and Shirley Taliaferro

Steve Thornberry

Joseph and Brenda Goetz Bean

George E. and Judy Blandford

Russell and Connie Brooks

Jeff and Marcia Carpenter

Joe Carr

Dennis and Monica Connelly

Tom and Janice Jenkins Conrey

Dennis and Peggy Corley

Don and Jeri Cundiff

Steve and Linda Dixon

Tom and Janet Ebelhar

Jim and Debbie Edelen

Lynda Hunter Foster

Mark and Rita Heinz

Joe and Roxanne Kaelin

Mike Keller

Don and Sandy Kelley

Jim and Kathy Likens

Theresa Mercker

Braun and Kathy Mischel

Mike and Karen Mischel

David Allen Oberst

Henry E. O'Bryan III

Ann Hufnagel Payne

Mr and Mrs Frank Riney

Rachel Grant Roth

Denise Gill Sanders

Larry and Jean Sims

Bill and Marilyn Strong

Paul A. Warren

James H. Wathen

1969 $11,997.69

Bob and Mary Ann Alvey

Greg and Deborah Clouse Arnold

Steve and Gloria Baker

Greg and Marion Bates

Joseph and Jeanne Bouvier

Thomas E. Buford

Louise Callahan

Richard and Cathy Campbell

Don and Charlotte Cecil

Karen Hardesty Cole

Jim Tony Fulkerson

Carl and Molly Greenwell

Marsha Hardesty

Mary Sheila Howard

Roger and Marian Jones

Martha McNulty Mancinelli

Gerald and Remonda Reed Maynard

Gary and Stephanie Millay

Michael and Elaine Mills

Donna Head Montgomery

Richard and Donna Murphy

Sam and Cindy Hall Murphy

In Memory of Henry and Mary

Williams O'Bryan

Dr and Mrs William and Sherry O'Bryan

Pat and Marilyn Pace

Steve and Donna Rivette

Terry and Mary Lee Posey Roark

JR and Donna Stogsdill Roby

Deborah Hayden Sheperis

Randall and Mollie Stephen

Charlotte Stofer

Gene and Jane Strehl

Anne Lauzon Swinford

In Memory of Angie Goetz Thompson

Kelly and Becky Ward

Gayle Welsh

1970 $3,012.50

Dr and Mrs Ronald and Patricia Biscopink

Thomas A. and Janie Blair

Richard and Cathy Campbell

Michael D. and Audrey Clouse

Jeff and Margie Walker Ebelhar

Wayne and Laura Edge

Mike and Cindy Fiorella

Rose Castlen Garant

Donnie Grant

Joe Hagan

Mike and Alice Franey Hays

Leon and Rachel McNulty Higdon

Dean and Tina Jones

Jim and Kathy Likens

Mike and Jan Martin

Gene and Mary J. Meyer

Marty and Becky Jones Mitchell

David and Vickie Osborne

Phil and Natalie Roberts

In Memory of Dottie Schrecker Russell

Vickie Snyder

Gary and Nadine Trogden

Steve E. Weafer

1971 $6,455.00

Thomas and Patricia Rittmeyer Anderson

In Memory of Paula Marie Bittel

Rev. Patrick M. Bittel

Donnie and Connie Clark

Dr and Mrs. M. Wayne Ebelhar

Ron and Carol Ebelhar

Paulette Schrecker Eison

Parvin and Kay Ellis

Mike and Cindy Fiorella

Steve and Peggy Gardner

Joseph Haire

Diana Murphy Head

Martha Kurre House

Tony and Christa Hundley

Tom and Ann Knox

Greg and Cynthia Murphy McCarty

Mark and Karen McCarty

Jimmy Mills

Patrick Mulligan

Drs. William E. Murphy and Marie B. Petrites-Murphy

Larry and Rosemary Sims O'Brien

Kenneth and Mary Jo Plas

Mary Bickwermert Salmon

Mike and Janice Scherm

Carol Riney Schuenemeyer

Andy Shoemaker

Mark and Martha Sims

Tim and Rhonda Haynes Troutman

Kathy Hester Ward

Chris and Vickie Hayden Warren

George and Joanie Wathen

Michael and Janet Wathen

Mary Lou Boarman Whitt

1972 $3,240.00

Mark and Mary Beth Barr

Vicki Bowen

Chalres and Barbara Barr Daugherty

Rick and Isa Ebelhar

Jeff and Margie Walker Ebelhar

Mark Ebelhar

Vince and Teresa Edwards

Rosemary Young Foster

Michael Lewis Goetz

Denny and Sarona Murphy Grant

Jerry Hardesty

Roger and Marian Jones

Ronald and Kay Kamuf

Judith Hayden Long

Robert Dell Mattingly

David and Debbie McBride

James A. Mischel

Cathy Morrison

Ginger Fitts Murphy

Paul and Judith Nevergoll

Steve and Beverly Payne

John and Mary Pickrell

Anthony Reynolds

Dennis and Pam Weaver

Barbara Head Weikel

Jay and Andrea Wethington

1973 $5,675.00

Jerry and Linda Hardesty Appleby

Ray and Nelda Best

Greg Blandford

Marty and Janice Bumm

Joan M. Burke

In Memory of Doris Harris

Steve and Judy Carrico

Rick and Isa Ebelhar

Robert and Lana Englert

Tom Gaffey

Gary Gant

Chuck and Susan Green

Trip and Carole Guthrie

Chris and Kathy Murphy Hardesty

Sherri Hayden

Steve Haynes

Bruce and Michele Hill

Dr John and Barbie Howard

David and Margie McNulty Jackson

Bill and Theresa Jones

Stephen and Lucy Kaelin

Don and Mary Lou Rogers Kincaid

Joey and Marianne Knott

John and Kim Lawless

Dave and Cathy Lindow

Wayne and Doris Carrico Mattingly

Frank and Kathy Blandford McGourty

Gary and Diane Miller

Marty and Becky Jones Mitchell

Paul and Pam Porter

Mary Glynn Potts

Harold and Suzanne Roberts

Rebecca Kamuf Swoyer

John G. Vessels

Dennis and Pam Weaver

Wayne and Susan Zoglmann

1974 $6,207.50

Anonymous

Pamela Peters Bell

Scott and Martha Beyke

Tony and Paula Pedley Bittel

Mike Blincoe

Marty and Janice Bumm

David and Theresa Burt

Robert and Paulette Davis

Paul and Carolyn Dornburg

Christopher Dunn

Keith and Cathy Franey

Janice Danhauer Greene

Frank and Karen Hein

Chris Helm

David and Karen Hayden Jarboe

Helen Castlen Johnson

Bill and Linda Kerchusky

Charles and Kay Knott

Brenda Morris Lee

John and Janice McCarthy

Sam and Cindy Hall Murphy

David A. Murphy

Michael Murphy

Al and Dorothy Carrico Reid

Tom and Patty Mills Reynolds

Annette Thomas Roberts

Steve and Lisa Sims

Brenda Zoglmann Thomas

Delores Sims Turnage

Stephen and Nancy Velotta

Kennetha Waninger

Jerry and Alicia Simon Wells

Joe Williams

1975 $8,572.50

Anonymous

David and Ann Hayden Blanford

Dave and Jean Cantu

Alan and Karen Cecil

Joe and Vicky Connor

Sr Mary Jo Curtsinger, CSJ

Byron and Jan Durbin

John and Karen Knott Gildehaus

David and Ginny Hagan

Tony Hamilton

John and Diane Hanekamp

Phil and Cheri Hayden

Charlotte Kaelin Hedges

In Memory of Jeffrey Allen Hedges

Phil and Diane Higdon

Stephen and Diane Howard Hoffman

Robert S. and Jane Boarman Kamuf

Brian and Julie King

Martha Luckett

Jim and Laura Howard Mattingly

Greg and Cynthia Murphy McCarty

Steve and Sherry Orth

Bill and Dottie Riney

Charles and Jill Rivette

George Schrecker

Bart and Mary Gasser Sullivan

Elaine Thomas

Wayne and Pauline Warren

Fr. David Wathen, OFM

George and Joanie Wathen

Dennis and Gayla Whitehouse

1976 $13,162.50

Phillip and Annie Armendarez

Bert Barker

Jake and Diane Barr

Joey Barr

Gregory L. Barton

Steve and Bonnie Bittel

Donnie and Mary Ann Blanford

Denny and Jill Campbell

Thomas and Terri Carrico

Joe and Barbara Cecil

Dennis L. Cecil

Fidelity Marketplace Matching Gift –

Dennis Cecil

Ruth Clark

Steve and Stacey Conkright

John W. and Helen Cornell

Kevin and Lisa Edge

Terry Edge

George Elder

Sylvester and Barbara Fischer

J. Carlin Gregory

Randall Hardesty

Scott and Tina Hardesty Hardy

Richard and Susie Harris

George and Belinda Hayden

Tom and Katherine Hayden

Phil and Diane Higdon

Stephen and Diane Howard Hoffman

Joseph E. Isbill Jr

Chris and Paula Kavolus

John Lattin

Edwin and Lily Scherm McDivitt

Eddy and Lorraine McFarland

David and Renee Clark McNulty

Jim and Laura O'Bryan

Carol Wirth Parker

Perry Payne

Tim and Becky Mayfield Pedley

Tony and Donna Murphy Powers

Chris and Janet Reid

Al and Dorothy Carrico Reid

David and Julie Payne Renshaw

Neil and Vicky Rudy

Mike and Janice Sweeney

Chuck Thompson

John B Walker

Doug and Tammy Wathen

1977 $2,615.00

Charles Berry

Tim and Debbie Blandford

Bill and Sarah Blincoe

Denny and Jill Campbell

Tony and Julie Ebelhar

Steve and Donna Englert

Rick and Kimberly Coomes Hayden

Michael and Rhonda Rhinerson Jones

Rick and Betsy Jones

Fr Tony Jones

Jacinta Merimee

Paul and Colette Osborne

Steve and Beverly Payne

George and Pam Frey Randolph

Julie Riney Richardson

Steve and Lisa Sims

Vickie Hayden Sipes

David Thompson and Vicki Frey

Rick and Lizann Thompson

Dr Tom and Maryann Thompson

Michael Ward

Sharon Thomas Wathen

1978 $5,622.50

Joseph T. and Lynette M. Bender

Bill and Sarah Blincoe

Denny and Diane Lewis Fulkerson

James and Sandy Guinn

Phil and Kim Haire

Phil and Cheri Hayden

Rick and Kimberly Coomes Hayden

John and Susan Jones

Pat and Kim Keller

Kenneth and Mary Wathen Keller

Lisa Pedley Millay

David and Diane Mountain

Jay and Claudia Schmidt Nolan

James and Stephanie Orton

George and Pam Frey Randolph

Dan and Kim Riney

Steve and Lisa Riney – In Memory of Don Riney

Warren and Ellen Roberts

Melisa Connor Saalwaechter

Myles and Ruth Ann Thomas

Mike and Sharon Weafer

Dwayne and Kathleen White

Tony and Andrea Cecil White

1979 $1,644.00

Kenneth and Wendi Bickett

Diane Cecil Bowers

Bryan and Benita Drury

David Thompson and Vicki Frey

Steve and Trisha Frey

Helen Hagan

Monica Hayden

William and Penny Higdon

Richard and Rebecca Jo Johnson Irvin

Randall Knott

Kevin and Mary Szemethy Lasley

Maria Ackerman Mattingly

Bob and Connie McCarthy

Robert and Joyce McCarty

R. Scott and Leanne Ward Murphy

Darrell and Janet Clark Nix

Cheryl Sexton Rieves

Dan and Kim Riney

Andy Roby

Randy and Robin Roby

Karen Bell Russell

Patricia Sullivan Thomas

Patrick and Joan Thompson

Michael and Debby Ward

1980 $2,707.50

Anonymous

Gary and Dolores Aull

Martin L. Bickwermert

Tony and Paula Pedley Bittel

Mary Kay King Calery

Arthur Martin Cecil

Anne Haycraft Coomes

Allen and Ann Corley

Bernie and Lisa Thompson Dotsey

Steve and Trisha Frey

Curtis and Cindy Hamilton

Annette Schepers Hamlin

Stephen Hein

Todd and Mary Connor Johnson

Stephen and Lucy Kaelin

Malcolm and Tammy Neel

Karen Pence

Ron and Kelly Stallings

Al and Molly Thompson

Mai Vu-Ha

John and Laura Wells

Billy and Sara Smith Wilson

John and Kathy Wright

1981 $1,237.50

John Michael and Donna Boarman

Phil and Kim Booth

Kevin and Deborah Carrico

Tim and Cathy Goetz

Curtis and Cindy Hamilton

Todd and Mary Connor Johnson

R. Scott and Leanne Ward Murphy

Keith and Ramona Osborne

Phil and Natalie Roberts

Chris and Karen Thompson

Keith and Sharon Frey Tipmore

1982 $3,867.50

Joe and Tammy Calhoun

Allen and Ann Corley

Ron and Cathy Frey-Ramsey

Jerry and Amy Glahn

Mary Gresham

Mike and Susan Hagan

Garrick and Maria Hart

Richard and Kim Higdon

John and Nancy Hill

Kevin and Elizabeth Howard

Marty and Rita Kamuf Jacobs

Bill and Debbie James

Robert S. and Jane Boarman Kamuf

James and Stephanie Orton

Oz and Connie Osborne

Greg and Laurie Payne

David F. Powers

Alan and Monica Riney

Mary Zinobile Roushdi

John and Pam Steele

Joe Szemethy

Thomas and Catherine Vessels

Mike and Sharon Weafer

Richard and Lori Whitehouse

1983 $2,650.00

John and Yvonne Barker

Southern Star Matching Gift-John and Yvonne Barker

Kevin and Deborah Carrico

Marie Collins-Hespen

Vincent and Reenee Fogle

Michael and Maria Smith Hatz – In

Memory of Helen Rose Smith

Steve and Kristie Hayden

Texas Gas Matching Gift – Steve and Kristie Hayden

Marie Collins-Hespen

Richard and Kim Higdon

James and Jeanne Lancaster

Scott and Cindy McCain

Michael and Tollie Medley

John and Cathy Mitchell

Kimberly Clark Matching Gift – John and Cathy Mitchell

Greg and Kim Mullican

Ron and Kelly Stallings

Tracy and Suzanne Thompson – In

Memory of Roy A. Thompson

Thomas and Catherine Vessels

1984 2,717.50

Don and Jenny Bittel

Ruth Drury Charles

Barry and Stephanie Frey

Leo and Sonya Howard

Jamie and Angie Klump

David Lewis

Bob and Connie McCarthy

John and Emily McNulty

Richard and Jenny Medley

In memory of Angie Norcia

Greg and Laurie Payne

Sharon Pfeifer

Buddy and Jill Steen

Mike and Lisa Sullivan

Chip and Melanie Walsh

Terry and Lisa Ward

1985 $2,695.00

Jeff and ChristiAnne Bohr

Joe and Sheila Thompson Castellini

Mr and Dr Brian and Carol Collins

Carriveau

Stephanie Sims Doom

David and Janette Ford

Gary and Jennifer Frey

Denny and Diane Lewis Fulkerson

Michael and Amy Gartner

Joe and Carol Gorley

Susan Coomes Howard

Lilly Matching Gift – Shawn and Beth Hunter

Shawn and Beth Hunter

Theresa Mahoney

Pat and Lisa Goff Mattingly

Dale and Kristie Meseve

William and Kimberly Goetz Mills

Kevin and Shannon Robbins

Lori Aull Steele

Tony and Kim Thomas

Terry and Lisa Ward

1986 $1,462.50

Leonard and Joni Howard Barnett

Vincent and Reenee Fogle

Jeff and Julie Garvin

Tim and Cathy Goetz

Jody and Karen Head

Donald and Martha Kirby

Bob and Kimberly Szemethy

Tony and Kim Thomas

In Memory of Billy Murphy

1987 $1,525.00

Chris and Amy Boarman

Shannon Coomes

Brad and Cathy Devine

John and Paula George

Chris Kamuf

Keith and Sherry Krampe

Kevin and Debbie Kurz

Barry S. Mayfield

Mr and Mrs Phillip Morton

Kathy Boarman Murphy

Kathleen Overton

Phil and Jennifer Hayden Riney

Jennifer Rumage

1988 $4,363.29

Joseph and Kimberly Bickett

Bart and Cheryl Bruner

Eric and Jessica Bumm

In Memory of Martin and Mary Ruth

Bumm

Bill and Vania Campbell

Barry and Stephanie Frey

Jane M. Fulkerson

Richard and Natalie Hayden

Jody and Karen Head

David and Sara Cecil Hemingway

Tim Hill

Julie Kurz Hoffman

Charlie and Allison Johnson

Aaron and Deanna Weidner McFadden

Mike and Heather Mullican

Mark and Holly Pfeifer

Dr and Mrs Sean and Bree Simone

Barry and Laurna Strehl

Constance Norcia Wesnofske

1989 $2,400.00

Eric and Erica Brown

Keith and Rachel Evans

Ben and Tabitha Grant

Paul and Dana Froelich Hardesty

Charles and Kristie Laughley

Phil and Jennifer Hayden Riney

Chris Scales

Christian Simone

1990 $537.50

Dan and Kim Bennett

Ben and Tabitha Grant

Gary and Holly Payne Houchens

Mark and Holly Pfeifer

Kenneth and Jennifer Self

Barry and Laurna Strehl

1991 $1,100.00

Colby and Heather Blair

Richard and Jennifer Hayden

Brandy Galloway Mathews

Rob Rector

Madison and Amy Strehl Silvert

1992 $900.00

Christy Buford Browning

Matthew D. and Brandi Hayden

Matt and Jenny Likens Richeson

Darren and Annie Riney

Cynthia Schadler

Ronald and Tennille Schell

Derrick and Stacy Clark Thompson

1993, 1994 $1,010.00

Jarrod and Sara Beyke

Matthew D. and Brandi Hayden

Chris and Allison Lane

Chris and Mara Mischel

Darren and Annie Riney

Matthew Taliaferro

Andy Wade

Clint Burcham

Drs Matheis and Amy Carrico

Keith and Rachel Evans

Matt and Christy Hayden

Troy and Kara Taliaferro Schwartz

1995 $4,779.29

Kevin and Nancy Bach

Heath and Leanna Byrne

Melissa Collignan Daugherty

Dr and Mrs John and Julie Hammen

Johnny and Sarah Henderson

Nick and Shauna Horsman

Kenneth and Stacy Lawson

Texas Gas Matching Gift – Stacy Lawson

Leslie Oldemeyer

Todd and Casey Ray

Karissa Riter

Echo Sherwood

Marty and Amber Sims

Sean and Rachel Taylor

Michael and Shanon Thomson

Texas Gas Matching Gift – Michael and Shanon Thomson

Scott and Melanie Whitaker Wallace

1996 $375.00

Robynn J. Clark

Nick and Shauna Horsman

Jarrod and Amy Kemper

Michael and Amanda Murphy

1997 $2,075.00

Paul and Kristen Hayden

Sarah Howard

Jarrod and Amy Kemper

Camron and Nikki Knott

Michael and Amanda Murphy

Ty and Lindsey Petway

Ryan and Katie Taliaferro

1998 $1,750.82

Shaun and Shelly Blandford

Steve and Tammy Gardner

Brandon and Jenny Glenn

Andy and Laura Woodward Hennessey

Adam Johnston

Nathan and Erica Millay

Jason and Jennie Parker

Kent and Katie Staples Short

1999 $640.00

Shaun and Shelly Blandford

Eric Castlen

Allison Taliaferro Cecil

Scott Grant

Paul and Kristen Hayden

Jacob and Bridget Reid

Matthew and Holly Tierney

Kristi Whistle

2000 $955.00

Anonymous

Travis and Rachael Clark

Ross and Kim Hardy

Bo and Jodi Johnson Ivey

Baird Foundation Inc Matching Gift

– Bo and Jodi Ivey

Jarred and Andrea Jones

Jarrod and Sarah Lilly Malone

Nathan and Beth McNulty

Jonathan and Amy Millay

Elizabeth Triplett and Justin Abarca

Randy and Cassie Ebelhar White

2001 $380.00

Brian and Lauren Greenwell

Jonathan and Mary Kenny

Stephen Pace

Dr Amy Renshaw

2002 $895.00

John Bickwermert

Brent and Natalie Wright Davis

Eric and Tiffany Hayden

David and Lisa Jarboe Higdon

Iain and Kara Drury Howard

Nathan and Leah Johnson

Jarred and Andrea Jones

Jonathon and Lauren Reid Patton

Dustin Warren

2003 $1,315.00

Derek and Kathleen Ayer

Kyle and Emily Best

Ben and Melissa Payne Buchanan

Travis and Laurie Castlen – In

Memory of Vickie Buford

David and Ginny Coomes

Jamison and Jessica Hughes

Bo and Jodi Johnson Ivey

Adam and Theresa Blanford Jones

Brian and Jessica LaHugh Judd

Jamie and Aubry LaHugh

Mike and Tressie Mallory

Dr and Mrs Aaron and Leslie McNulty

Jerrod Moore

2004 $620.00

Kyle and Emily Best

Derek and Rachel Blair

Adam and Krystal Smith Flowers

Jamie and Aubry LaHugh

Lee and Jessica Martin

Matthew and Holly Tierney

2005 $647.97

In Memory of Robbie Boarman

Dirk Dooper

Bradley and Jena Hayden

Matthew and Cara Beyke Hayden

Ross Hayden Logan Norris

Elizabeth Wathen

Heath Wright

2006, 2007 $7,384.97

Wes and Tara Clark

Jay and Anna Ivey

Hess Corp Matching Gift – Jay and Anna Ivey

Bryan and Laura Klump

Jordan Taliaferro

Meagan Aull Whitt and Josh Whitt

Ryan and Kristen Bumm

Wesley and Anna Taul

2008, 2009, 2010 $5,209.28

Josh Goetz

Duke Energy Matching Gift – Josh Goetz

Bradley and Jena Hayden

Iain and Kara Drury Howard

In Memory of Katlyn Taliaferro

Kristen Wathen

Eric Goetz

John Michael Wright

2011-2022 $547.95

Anonymous

John Michael Frey

Javier Garcia

Aubrey Hancock

Katie Hayden

Owen Hayden

Darcy James

Nick Krampe

Shane Lindsey

Meagan Millay

Abby Patton

Max Pride

Mallory Richardson

Stefan and Chelsea Swift

Lucy Wright

FRIENDS OF OCHS $28,843.90

Mike and Cindy Aull

DCN Bill and Joy Bach

Baird Foundation, Inc

Ralph and Marcia Baker

William Martin O'Bryan Bale

Pamela Storms Barrett

Harry and Charlene Baumgarten

June Bell

Ralph and Rose Ann Bemboom

Dr Garry and Marcia Binegar

Doris Blandford

Sr Vivian Bowles

Fr J. Edward Bradley

Bob and Penny Brauer

Howard and Louise Brown

L. A. Buford in Memory of Vickie Buford

Jim Butler

J. L. and Joan Byrne

Tom and Barbara Calhoun

Ronald and Phyllis Calvert

Patrick and Carolyn Cason

Ed and Gloria Cecil

Rose Cecil

Tom Cecil

Phil and Betty Cissell

Braylin and Emma Kate Clancy

Walter and Gail Clancy

D. J. Clark

Charles and Nancy Clements

Steve and Jan Danner

Chris and Ashley Denton-Denton Floor Coverings

Leo and Toni Dickens

Brett and Kathleen Downing

Frances Drury

Mary C. Ebelhar

Larry and Colleen Edmiston

Envision Contractors

Allan and Patricia Eyre

Linda Fentress

Jay and Susie Fillman

Paul and Debra Garner

Clara Gilles

Chris and Jenny Glaser

Gulfstream Commercial Services

Frank and Connie Hagan

Terry and Mary Hall

William and Marge Harper

Hartz Contracting of Owensboro

Henry and Magan Hayden

William P. Hayden

Eddie and Mary Haynes

In Memory of Jeffrey Allen Hedges

Sterling and Mary Hester

Dr and Mrs Jeff and Lynn Hofer

The Michael E. Horn Foundation

Brice and Marilyn Howard

Caroll E. Howard, M.D.

Mel and Bev Howard

Drs. Thomas and Carol Hulsey

James Hundley

Dr and Mrs Phil and Mary Beth Hurley

Independence Foundation

Gary and Karen Jarboe

Jones Insurance

Mike and Debbie Jones

Raymond O. Jones

Joy Keller

Alan and Donna Kessler

Karl and Carol Koster

Barbara Sue Kurre

Kurtz Auction and Realty Co

Bill and Sharon Kurtz

John and Chrissy Kurtz

George and WaNell Lanham

Nu Neh and Mo Leing

Leisure Hut

Tom and LaNell Lilly

Thomas and Kimberly Logan

Chris and Jane Lovekamp

Paul J Martin Enterprise, LLC

David L. McJoynt

Lavonne Mehlbauer

Tom and Ann Meyer

Michael E. Horn Family Foundation Inc

Rob and April Mitchell

Carol Moore

Jerry and Cinda Moxley

Millie Mullican

Kenneth and Dianne Murphy

Joe and Maggie O'Bryan

Judy Osborne

Owensboro Grain

Jane Pfeifer

Devon Pinkston

Robert and Lynne Pope

Dorothy Powers

Murray and Sara Pride

Bevonna Ralph

Rich and Sandy Ranallo

Rick and Martha Ratterman

Fr J. Patrick Reynolds

Byron and Lucy Rhoades

Tim and Pam Riley

Gary and Bonnie Roberts

Ron and Lanita Robertson

James and Margaret Roby

Gary and Pat Satterwhite

Frank Scalcucci

Les and Helen Schaick

Dr and Mrs J. Charles Schertzinger

Gerald and Leann Scott

Gates and Angela Settle

Judy Shirk

Fr Anthony Shonis

Billie Jean Staples

Harold and Rhonda Staples

Mark and Kathy Sterling

Lahoma Stinnett

Don and Shirley Story

Mildred Stribling

Ron Sullivan

Fr John M Thomas

Mike and Karen Thompson

Frances Tichenor

Garnett and Mary Anna Traylor

US Bank

Fr. John Vaughan

Gary and Linda Wahl

Linda Walker

Bob and Janette Warren

Dorothy G. Wathen

Ethel Watrous

Otis Webb

Carl and Mary Jo Westerfield

Tyrrell Whitaker

Robbie and Liz Williams

Mike and Suzanne Wurth

Special Projects 2022 Total $490,805.79

OCHS would like to give a huge THANK YOU to all of our donors who so generously gave to all the special projects this year. With the generosity of all the donors, we were able to raise $490,805.79. We are so overwhelmed with the abundance of gifts we received this year and listed them below to let you know what all we’ve been working towards this year! If you have any questions regarding these projects or would like to contribute to any of them, please contact Natalie Hayden at natalie.hayden@owensborocatholic.org.

l Alumni Room

l Athletics

l Athletic Endowment

l Acettes and Cheer

l Band

l Baseball Field

l Baseball Hitting Facility

l Boys Basketball

l Capital Improvements

l Chapel

l Chautauqua Park

DONORS

Atmos Energy Corp

Bert Barker

Colby and Heather Blair

L. A. Buford - In Memory of Vickie Buford

In Memory of John and Raymunda Calhoun

Drs Matheis and Amy Carrico

Travis and Laurie Castlen-In Memory of Vickie Buford

Commonwealth Rolled Products

Daviess Co Farm Bureau, Inc

Chris and Ashley Denton-Denton Floor

Covering

Domtar Paper Company

Dakota Edge

Envision Contractors LLC

Keith and Rachel Evans

Earl and Paula Fischer

Barry and Stephanie Frey

Steve and Trisha Frey

Vince and Joan Frey

Jeff and Julie Garvin

Glenn Funeral Home

l Community Partners

l FFA

l FFA Greenhouse

l Health and Wellness

l Media Center

l Principal Contingency

l Project Graduation

l Soccer Field Phase 1

l Soccer Field Phase 2

l Steele Stadium Turf Project

l Tuition Assistance

Gulfstream Commercial Services

Harold's Economy Dry Cleaners

Hartz Contracting of Owensboro

The Blake Hayden Group

Paul and Kristen Hayden

Steve and Kristie Hayden

In Memory of Jeffrey Allen Hedges

Mel and Bev Howard

Immaculate Men's Club

Independence Foundation Inc

James H Davis Funeral Home

Pete and Patty Johnson

Dean and Tina Jones

John and Susan Jones

Karl and Carol Koster

Kurtz Auction and Realty Co

Leisure Hut

Thomas and Kimberly Logan

Malt Beverage Educational Corp

Maurice Pools and Spas, LLC

Michael E. Horn Family Foundation

Richard and Donna Murphy

Mike and Tonya Murphy

Owensboro Grain

Owensboro Family Eye Care PSC

Pat and Marilyn Pace

Perfect 10 Foods

The Saturday Musicale

Fr Anthony Shonis

St Pius Tenth

St Stephen Cathedral

Ursuline Sisters of Mount St Joseph

Buzz and Patsy Van Meter

John and Kathy Wright

John M and Kathy R Wright Family

Charitable Foundation

Yeager Charitable Trust

OCHS Finds SUCCESS with Wrestling Program

By Brett Downing, OCS Digital Media Coordinator

Discussions of starting a wrestling program at Owensboro Catholic High School had been happening for several years. The winter sport develops quickness and athleticism as well as aids in conditioning and toughness. “We presented the plan to start a wrestling program at the school to Principal Gates Settle, OCS President Tom Lilly, and Athletic Director Jason Morris, and they were all on board,” said Coach Chip Pride. “We could not have gotten this started without their support.” Pride said OC began their first practices in 2020. Shortly after, they were shut down due to COVID. “Despite the COVID delays, we persisted and opened competition with a match at Warren County in January of 2021. Our first year we placed two wrestlers in the top 6 in the region. Last year we placed one in the top 5.”

With support of the school, administration, and community, the wrestling team has grown from 10 wrestlers the first season, to 14, and now 17. “It is great to see the program grow and bring in more people in support. With the great response we have had from the youth and middle school club, we expect to see these numbers continue to climb over the next several years,” says Pride. The OC Youth Program, started by Coach Matt Allen in 2020, currently has 70 participants. Pride says the kids practice a couple times a week and learn basic wrestling skills. “There are options for local competitions so the young wrestlers can receive valuable experience,” says Pride. From the Youth Program, Coach Matt Allen has developed the Middle School team for students in 5th-8th grade.

In unity with all Owensboro Catholic School Athletic programs, the wrestling team incorporates the Virtue=Strength program into their daily routines. “Strength, persistence, perseverance, integrity–we preach all these daily to our student athletes,” said Pride. “We talk to our kids a lot about character and how the things you do on

With the assistance of several volunteers, OC Wrestling was able to outfit the former Aces football locker room with wall mats and wrestling mats. The area provides a great location for the team to practice skills and condition. The team hopes to procure a new competition mat in the future.

Benefits of Wrestling

Improves self-discipline and confidence

Builds body mass

Boosts mental performance

Cardiovascular health

Increase speed, quickness and athleticism

Coach Chip Pride

the mat are going to translate to the world outside of wrestling.” Virtue=Strength is a Catholic program that compliments the Catholic faith and strengthens students in the practice of virtue. “We have seen results in our team and athletes that no doubt would not have happened had they not wrestled,” explained Pride. “The skills can translate only to other sports, but also to the classroom and life outside of sports and school.” Junior wrestling team member, Andrew Brauer agrees, “Wrestling has made me better in all aspects of my life. I am in the best shape I have ever been in, stronger than ever, and have learned control, how to pace myself, and how to be comfortable out of my element. If I talked to someone interested in joining the wrestling team, I would tell them to 100% do it. The benefits are so worth it. Anyone who plays another sport should do wrestling. It can only help you.”

OCHS has quite the wrestling staff to guide and teach the team: Coach Adam Flowers and Coach Matt Devault wrestled in high school at Evansville Memorial. Chip’s father, Murray Pride, coached wrestling at Tell City, IN. Additionally, Matt Allen (now Associate Head Coach) and Eric Dewig (Assistant Coach) coached many years of youth wrestling at the YMCA, and Eric Dewig started the programs at Daviess County and Apollo.

Matches occur in the months of November-February, with the State Championship taking place mid-February. ♠

“The sky's the limit for this program. I can’t wait to see where it goes.”

Braylen Boarman, OCS Student

OC Varsity Wrestling Team – Front row, left to right: Bart Pheh, Todd Riter, Cameron Devine, Chaz Mowen, Erick “Chapo” McCarthy; Middle row, left to right: Sam Brauer, Jax Wethington, Lucas Gorman, Seth Frey, Cooper Danzer, Andrew Brauer, Coach Eric Dewig; Back row: Coach Matt Allen, Houston Danzer, Coach Matt DeVault, Maricio Santos, Hunter Young, Gabriel “G” Davis, J.W. Muster, Ben Couch, Coach Chip Pride

Disciplining students is controversial for every school system. At OCS, we strive to be the balance of letting students know that we ARE disciplined and we WILL discipline because we care about how a student’s future turns out. Strong, faith-based discipline makes better friendships, spouses, parents and employees. We don’t always get it right. But we ALWAYS give every situation our best effort to get it right.  Forgive us when we don’t. But in order to truly impact a student’s life, they HAVE to know we care about them personally. Instinctively, we all know when people “enjoy” the process of letting others know they are wrong. Kids know it too, and nobody responds very well to these forms of discipline OR punishment. Discipline is NEVER enjoyable. But it also takes some discipline to work hard to get it right. Discipline is derived from the word “disciple,” and you can’t lead a strong Christian life without evaluating, daily, how we should discipline our actions, reactions, thoughts, and our prayer life. It takes a lot of work, for students and for adults  to look at other people the way that Christ looks at other people and to try and react to situations that reflect our Catholic Christian virtues.

Over the summer, Owensboro Catholic Schools invested in the VIRTUE=STRENGTH program. This program gives coaches and teachers more tools to teach Christian virtues. There are ways to incorporate the work of saints and Catholic rituals into our practices and banquets. We can do more than simply recite a prayer. Our students, especially in this day and time, need stronger images and routines of faith to help combat all they are facing.

Coaches are leaders. Leaders have a higher level of responsibility to guide the lives of the young people entrusted to their care. Disciplining with love is complicated work, but we sincerely appreciate all of the coaches who work with our children. We need to prayerfully support the work of our coaches as they instill powerful principles of discipline into their sporting activities. Coaches can be a great gift to our system and to our children. We need to constantly remind each other that the children we serve KNOW whether our faith is authentic and genuine. Nobody comes under more scrutiny than our coaching staffs. It’s very complicated work. But they work hard to do the best they can to get it right. We’re all guilty of thinking we can do it better, especially after a loss! But our coaches and athletic programs are an important part of how we teach students to accept loss, accept our limitations, work in community to support each other, and to celebrate PROPERLY for those times when our hard work gives us the desired outcome! We all love to win, but we reveal more about our character and nature when things DON’T go our way.

Again, thanks to our coaches. We appreciate your hard work and your effort to help shape our young people and their role in the community.

Tom Lilly

President, Owensboro Catholic Schools Chancellor, Diocese of Owensboro

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We want to share in the joys and successes of our alumni. Please take a moment and submit your news. New marriage, baby, job, move? Let us hear from you. All correspondence, along with photos, may be emailed to Jenny Glenn at jenny.glenn@owensborocatholic.org.

Raychel N. Bahnick ’16 Fulbright Scholar

Raychel went to the University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering to study civil engineering. While at Speed school, she was involved with the Society of Women Engineers to mentor and encourage young girls to pursue STEM. She also completed three co-op rotations with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) where she worked in hydraulic engineering and conducted eco-hydraulic research in the USACE engineering research and development lab in Vicksburg, MS. During this time, she developed a great interest in understanding how infrastructure interacts and impacts the natural world, particularly in the field of water resources.

Upon receiving her bachelor’s in Civil & Environmental Engineering in May 2020 with honors, she then continued her education at Rice University in Houston, Texas. She studied environmental engineering and completed her master’s thesis on the topic of “Assessing Land Use Change and Land Subsidence Impact on Inland Flooding.” This issue is especially relevant in Houston which is subject to subsidence, or the gradual sinking of the ground overtime, due to groundwater extraction for industry and drinking water. The city is also vulnerable to flooding due to tropical storms from the Gulf of Mexico that deliver intense rainfall. It is important for policy makers and developers to understand how chang-

ing groundwater pumping regulations could impact overland flooding in local communities.

After graduating with her MS from Rice in May 2022, she continued her flood risk research internationally through the U.S. Fulbright Research Grant in flood management. Currently, Raychel is living and working in Delft, Netherlands where she is conducting research in the hydraulic structures and flood risk section at Delft University of Technology. She is quantifying how flood resilience changes due to land subsidence in polder areas. A polder is a low-lying area that would naturally be underwater but is surrounded by levees and pumped dry so that people can live and use the land. Building and maintaining polders has become a way of life in the Netherlands because a third of the country is below sea level and over half of the country is at high risk of flooding. The Dutch have become experts in water management after centuries of living with a constant threat of flooding. They are world leaders in developing innovative solutions to how humans live with water. Raychel is excited about learning from colleagues at TU Delft and bringing back a more global perspective on water management to the United States when she returns.

Raychel plans to continue working in the water resource engineering space and contribute to building a more sustainable, safe world in the future.

Katlyn Winnecke ’16

Upon graduating high school, Katlyn was a direct admit into the Bachelor of Science Nursing Program at the University of Southern Indiana. The spring semester of her freshman year, she decided she wanted to do more than just serve the patients she took care of as a nurse. After looking into the Army ROTC program she contracted by the fall of her sophomore year where she later met her husband who is a Field Artillery Officer in the Army. Throughout ROTC, she spent time as platoon sergeant, platoon leader, company commander, and battalion commander.

Katlyn graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing with a minor in military history a day before commissioning as a second lieutenant in the US Active Duty Army. She spent 8 months through COVID working as a civilian Registered Nurse at St. Vincent Evansville before attending Basic Officer Leader Course at Fort Sam Houston, TX where she graduated on the commandant's list. Shortly after, she and her husband packed up their whole lives, cat and dog included, and moved to Landstuhl, Germany where she currently works as an active-duty registered nurse on a medical-surgical/ pediatric floor. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is a Level II trauma center serving beneficiaries all throughout Europe and Africa.

In August of 2021, Katlyn was actively involved in providing care for the victims of the Kabul Airport bombing and the 21,000 Afghan Refugees who required medical care. Currently her husband is on a year deployment to Iraq and she is working towards the goal of earning the Expert Field Medical Badge, graduating the Army's Critical Care Nurse course, and eventually becoming a Brigade Combat Team Nurse.

Katlyn has been fortunate enough to travel to 12 different countries throughout Europe -  her favorite being Switzerland where she and her husband hiked the mountains with their dog and cat!

“My time at Owensboro Catholic High School set me up for success in more ways than one. I was able to direct commission into the nursing program from my high school GPA and ACT score. My exceptional GPA sent me to the top of the list for a competitive nursing scholarship paying for 3 years of my schooling, books, and living expenses. Most importantly, Owensboro Catholic High School helped deepen my faith through the community and education.  There were many times that my faith alone is what carried me through some of the trainings.”

Sam Mitchell ’22

Sam is a Specialist currently serving in the Kentucky Army National Guard out of the 206th Engineering Batallion in Owensboro, Ky. He was recently awarded a Certificate of Achievement for serving as a representative for the Army’s Sexual Harassment and Assault Response Prevention program. Attending Bellarmine University as a Business Administration major, he’s a member of the Bellarmine Christian Fellowship and hopes to earn a slot to attend Air Assault School and Attend the Basic Leaders Course.

ACTIVE DUTY

Xavier Evans ’18

Xavier is currently at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia completing the 7 month-long Basic Officer course at The Basic School (TBS). After graduating from TBS in April, he will receive his occupational specialty and first official duty station and assignment. Pictured are Xavier with his parents, Keith and Rachel Evans both graduates of Owensboro Catholic.

Lauren Willett ’17

After playing collegiate softball for 3 years, Lauren made the decision to change her major to Dietetics and transfer to WKU to complete her undergrad. Lauren’s sorority “big sister” was in the ROTC program, and from listening to her experience - and lots of prayer- Lauren knew that was where she should be, and joined the Army ROTC Hilltopper Battalion in January 2021 and officially contracted in October 2022.

Since then, Lauren joined the Recruiting Team and Ruck Team. Last spring, she rucked 26.2 miles with a 40 lb ruck, completing the Mountain Man Memorial March in 9 hours and 7 minutes. She has been the MC for several Veteran’s Day ceremonies, commissioning, and award ceremonies. This past summer while attending the Advanced Camp at Fort Knox for 5 weeks, she completed a 6, 8, and 12 mile ruck, qualified with the M-4 carbine rifle, went through the CBRN (gas) chamber, completed land navigation, learned how to give First Aid, and completed 3 Field Training Exercises.

Most recently she learned that she will be serving on Active Duty orders as a Military Police Officer, and will be commissioning as a 2nd Lieutenant in May 2023- a week before she gets married! She’ll be attending further training at Fort Leonard Wood, MO after graduation.

Outside of ROTC Lauren is the Chief of Staff for the Student Government Association, the President of the Student Dietetic Association, and a member of the Students for Life, Rock Climbing Club, Turning Point USA, and College Republicans. She attends St. Thomas Aquinas on campus and often sees many OC friends!

Lauren feels extremely blessed to have been able to attend OCHS. One of the most important lessons learned here was service to others, especially those unable to defend themselves. Her favorite quote is by St. Francis of Assisi, “For it is in giving that we receive.” Lauren truly believes OCHS led her to her career path and will forever be grateful for that.

Josh Linn ’10

Captain Josh Linn, US Army Reserves, serves as the Company Commander of Headquarters Company 2-340th Training Support Battalion out of Louisville. Josh and his wife Carolynne have three children, Grace, Charlotte, and James.

Daniel Jacobs ’16

Daniel Jacobs is a Petty Officer 2nd class, currently deployed in the Mediterranean. He is a fire controlman, which means he works with the weapons system. Daniel has received numerous medals and ribbons.

Clayton Lewis ’21

Clayton Lewis is a 3rd Class Cadet, a sophomore (referred to as a yearling) at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is majoring in Business Management along with a minor in German and an engineering track in Environmental Engineering. He is a member of company B3.

Clayton has been on the Dean’s List three times and has completed a 3 week internship with the German Bundeswehr. He’s also been awarded the Norwegian Foot March Badge, the German Schutzenschnur Marksman Badge, the National Defense Service Medal, and passed Air Assault School.

Clayton participates in the Finance Club and is on the Real Estate Sector Team.

ACTIVE DUTY

Jace Kessler ’19

One of the most challenging opportunities for Jace Kessler during his time at Ole Miss has been being chosen to be the Midshipman Company Executive Officer for his unit during the fall of 2022 semester. That position has allowed him to learn a lot about himself. Prior to that appointment, Jace was able to train aboard LHA 7 during the summer of 2021 and DDG 99 during the summer of 2022.

He will be graduating from Ole Miss in May 2023 with a B.S. in General Engineering and a commissioning as a Surface Warfare Officer that same day.

Hayden Clark ’21

Hayden was sent to Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes Illinois in October 2021 and graduated boot camp in January 2022. From there, he went to A School in Fort Lee Virginia and received his Culinary Specialist Certificate. In March, orders sent him to go to Norfolk Va to the USS WA SP LHD-1 Naval ship. He attended SRF Bravo and received training for security watch on the USS WA SP L SD-1. He secured ship moving from BAE shipyard in Virginia Beach VA to the Norfolk Naval Station. Since August 2022, he has been in ISF Security watches aboard USS WASP LSD -1. While in bootcamp, Hayden was selected for 900 Division. Other accomplishments include receiving the National Defense Ribbon and becoming a sharpshooter with both the M-9 Service Pistol and M-4 Service Rifle. He also revitalized the food service spaces on USS WASP L HD-1 to make them operable again.

“My 12 years in the Owensboro Catholic School System and 6 years playing football transferred very well with the discipline and hard work the military expects.”

Kyle Joiner ’21

Kyle Joiner is currently an E-4 in the Navy, also known as a Third Class Petty Officer. He is an FC (Fire Controlman) which operates advanced weapons systems on ships such as missiles, CIWS, and other large weapon platforms. Kyle specializes in the Tomahawk missile platform. He has been in the service for just over a year and a half. Kyle is currently stationed in Virginia Beach, VA for C school (advanced schooling for his position), coming from Chicago, IL where he attended A school (general job training). Kyle will be moving to Japan in March, where he will be stationed doing classified work for 4 years.

The two medals seen in the photo are the National Defense Service Medal and the Expert Pistol Medal. Kyle has experienced a variety of cultures of fellow sailors ranging from Hawaii to Ireland to Japan. He’s developed leadership qualities that he has used to carry out various leadership roles. At one point, Kyle had over 80 sailors he was in charge of. He has gained valuable life experiences in his time serving, and will continue to grow in his knowledge. Kyle was recently blessed to be able to marry the love of his life and fellow Catholic High class of '21 graduate Mackenzie Young (now Mackenzie Joiner).

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Luke Payne ’21

Luke Payne joined the Kentucky National Guard January 4, 2021 as an OCHS senior. He completed Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training to be a Combat Engineer stationed with the 206th Engineer Battalion. Luke was then accepted into the United States Military Academy and is currently a freshman (referred to as a Plebe) and part of Company G2.

Luke has received the National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, and Army Service Ribbon. He is part of the USMA Chapter of the Knight of Columbus and the Future Applied Systems Team.

ACTIVE DUTY

Pat Schepers ’18

While enrolled at the University of Kentucky, Pat enrolled in the ROTC program. He graduated with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration Degree and placed in the top 20 percent of the nation in the ROTC program becoming a Distinguished Military Graduate. During his time at UK, he also earned the Active Duty Component and the Military Intelligence Branch Detailed Infantry. This means that he will spend a few years working as an Infantry Officer and then transition to Intelligence.

Pat is currently at Fort Benning attending IBOLC (Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course). Once completed, he will attend a few other Army schools before leaving for his assigned duty station.

He is thankful for the lessons learned and high standards of Owensboro Catholic for setting up his fellow graduates and himself for success. More importantly, he is thankful for his family and all their support throughout what he calls a “wild journey.”

Robby Leesman ’19

Robby’s passion for aircrafts and flying sparked his interest in joining the United States Navy. Robby’s enlisted rating is Avionics Electrician Technician (ATO). He is currently stationed in Pensacola, Florida.

If you or someone you know is actively serving in the military, we will continue these military profiles in the next edition of The Green of White in July. Thank you to all those serving and who have served the United States of America.

Mike Weaver ’56

Mike Weaver was inducted into the Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame on August 27, 2022 and the OfficerCandidate Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Georgia twenty five years earlier. His active military career started in 1956 at the lowest enlisted grade and ended as an Armor/Cavalry Colonel in April 1992. Along the way, he commanded a 44 man Air Cavalry Platoon and a 215 man Airborne Cavalry Troop, both in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. He also commanded an Armor Battalion in Korea along the 38th Parallel. Between army assignments, he received two military scholarships, the first for undergraduate studies; the second for graduate work. In addition to Korea and Vietnam, his career took him to Cuba, France, England, Europe, and multiple Posts, Camps and Stations across our native land. After the Army, Mike was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives where he served for ten years. His most recent elected position was as Mayor of Radcliff where he served for four years. His late wife of 61 years, Lois Marie, was a model of what an Army wife, with a successful teaching career of her own, could be. Mike is an active member of two Catholic parishes: Saint Christopher in Radcliff and Saint Anthony in Utica.

Milestone Class Reunion Plans?

The following classes are in the planning stages of their summer reunions: 1958, 1963, 1973, 1983, and 2003.

Calling Starts March 2023

Help put your class on top!

Whose class will it be in 2023?

Will you be donating during the OC Connect 2023 to help your class? The Top Ten giving classes in 2023 will have their class year posted on our new Giving Classes Wall of Fame.

Save us a call by using the envelope in this magazine and making your donation today. The Phonathon proof list will publish in November this year.

New Name … Same Campaign!

As you read in your Phonathon 2023 letter – the OC Phonathon has a new name, OC Connect! We are excited for another year of connecting with our friends and alumni of OC to see what we can accomplish in 2023. Visit the new OC Connect page on our website to view a video explaining the name change. When you give your gift electronically on that same page you will be able to leave a message about why you give to OC, maybe leave a favorite memory or make a tribute to a favorite teacher. Leaderboards of the classes will also be displayed. This is just another way we hope to connect with you this year!

Why not grab a couple of classmates and make an evening of it? Calling nights begin March 1 and and will run every MondayThursday through March 24.