Legacy Graduates

Xavier legacy graduates represent children and grandchildren of Xavier alumni. This year, 27 of our graduating seniors had a parent or a grandparent who attended Xavier. Six legacy graduates had both parents attend Xavier, and one is a third generation legacy graduate.

Athena Brandon ’21 with her mother, Sara (Schommer) Brandon ‘98 Rachel Vosters with her mother, Suzie (Wittlin) Vosters '84 Logan Verboomen ’21 with his mom, Amy (Oettinger) Verboomen '78 Ray Zuleger ’21 with his father, Jim ‘95

Marina Helein ’21 with her father, Greg ’82, brother Jordan ’18, mother Kelly (Valitchka) Helein ’83, sister Maddie (Helein) Johnson ’15, and brother-in-law Tom Johnson ‘15 Sarah Nienhaus ’21 with her father Jim ’91, mother Melissa (Bricco) Nienhaus ’90, sister Emily ’19, grandmother Jeanne Erhardt ’64, and aunt Cyndi Nienhaus ‘86

Gavin Andree ’21, with his father, Nate, mother Jen (Fenendael) Andree ’90, and brother Beau '23

Aidan Wallace ’21 with his sisters Abby ’13, Charissa (Wallace) Rathsack ’18, Tessa Wallace ’27, and Maggie (Wallace) Reader ’13, brother-in-law Matthew Rathsack ’17, brother Kieran Wallace ’15, grandmother Judy Colling, father Brian Wallace ’86, mother Catherine (Colling) Wallace ’88 and brother-in-law Michael Reader ‘13 18 X, The Xavier Magazine • Winter 2022

Gemma Hodgkiss ’21 with her father Brian ‘88 Alyssa Hoerning ’21 with her brother Tyler ’18, mother Heidi (Geerts) Hoerning ’88, and father Peter Peyton Johnsrud ’21 with her mother, Becky (Mauss) Johnsrud ’92, and aunt, Shannon (Mauss) Weirnik ‘98

Courtney VandeHey ’21 with her parents Maxine (DeGroot) VandeHey '92 and Andy '92, and siblings, Rebekah '18 and Nicholas '16 Amber ’21 and Paige ’21 Sullivan with their mother Carol (Quella) Sullivan '83, and siblings, Michal '14, Jaclyn '18, and Ashley '18

Drew Wieseckel ’21 his mother, Vivian (Walsh) Wieseckel '81, and brother, Derek ‘06 Elias Kroll ’21 with his aunt, Rebecca Fischer ’85, sister, Bethany ’23, and mother, Lisa (Fischer) Kroll ’82 Kate Dupont ’21 with her brother-in-law, Colin Griffith ’12, sister Anne (Dupont) Griffith ’12, father Tony ’83, and brother Chris ’16.

Legacy graduates and their relatives without a photo:

Jacob ’21 and Rachel ’21 Cops, father Richard ‘84 Gabriel Gonzalez ‘21, parents Dan ’88 and Jolene (Fabel) Gonzalez ‘88 Lauren Haen ’21, father Brian ‘88 Hailey Hoerning ’21, mother Lisa (Reigel) Hoerning ‘85 Caleb Mares ’21, father Cary ‘84 Caden Rasmussen ’21, mother Theresa (Goetz) Rasmussen ‘89 Tessa Schreiter ’21, grandparents Chuck '62 and Pat (Dietz) Schreiter '65 Izzy Simon ’21, parents Chris '91 and Sara (Koleske) Simon '91 Jack Tesch ’21, father Darwin '88 xaviercatholicschools.org 19