Scholarships help Archdiocesan students set a course for the future at area Catholic high schools

Graduating 2024 eighth-grade students at St. Augustine School in Houston greet their youngest classmates following a ceremony. Two students, Erik Capuchino and Carolina Rodriguez, received scholarships to attend Catholic high schools.  (Photo by Erica Paras/St. Augustine School)

HOUSTON — Eighth-grade students in the Archdiocese are taking the next step in Catholic education as they move onto high school, several of whom have received scholarships to area Catholic high schools.

Here are the scholarship winners reported to the Texas Catholic Herald:

At Epiphany of the Lord in Katy, Maria Paulina Arriola Alvarado and Logan Khoury received the Lion Pride Scholarship to St. John XXIII College Preparatory. Alli Garrity and Amelie Moloney received the SJ23 Achievement Scholarship to St. John XXIII.

At Our Lady of Fatima in Galena Park, Osvaldo DeLeon received the Basilian Scholarship to St. Thomas High School.

At Our Lady Queen of Peace School in Richwood, Khamila Jimenez received the Cum Laude Scholarship to Incarnate Word Academy.

At Sacred Heart in Conroe, William Barnes and Sophie Gonzalez received the Spirit of Frassati Award to Frassati Catholic High School.

At St. Anne in Houston, Rocco Dalati received a scholarship to Strake Jesuit and Eve Booth received the Cum Laude Scholarship to Incarnate Word.

At St. Anne in Tomball, Luke Espinosa and Kinley Leonard received a scholarship to Frassati. Cana Harrison and John LeCompte received the Spirit of Frassati Award to Frassati.

At St. Anthony of Padua in The Woodlands, James Curtin and Aryanna Lorenzetti will attend Frassati with the Bishop George Sheltz Scholarship. Ellie Tressel and Sammy White received the Spirit of Frassati Award to Frassati.

At St. Augustine, Erik Capuchino received the Basilian Scholarship to St. Thomas. Carolina Rodriguez received the Ashley Barras ‘99 Memorial Scholarship to St. Agnes Academy.

At St. Cecilia in Houston, Mary Burke received the Cum Laude Scholarship to Incarnate Word.

At St. Christopher, Stephanie Smith received the Cum Laude Scholarship to Incarnate Word.

At St. Edward in Spring, Abigail Behan received the Ann Henthorn Scholarship to St. Pius X High School. Gavriella Dichoso and Michael Saunders received the Spirit of Frassati Award to Frassati. Paige McCullum received the Jackie Lee Jordan Memorial Scholarship to St. Pius X. Louis Peguero and John Philip Runge received the Frassati Scholarship to Frassati.

At St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Angel Delgado received the Newman Scholarship to Cathedral High School. Gabriella Herrera received the Veritas Scholarship Award to St. Pius X. Joseph Phu received the Lion Pride Scholarship to St. John XXIII.

At St. Helen in Pearland, Tate Erb received the St. Thomas High School Award for Excellence to St. Thomas. Chelsea Nguyen and Sophie Michael received the  Cum Laude Scholarship to Incarnate Word.

At St. John Paul II, Matthew Del Rio received the St. Joseph the Worker Scholarship to St. Pius X. Shabnam Ebrahimi received the Piliar Scholarship to St. John XXIII. Ines Fournier received the Summa Cum Laude Scholarship to Incarnate Word. Reese Nguyen received the Alumnae Association Scholarship to St. Agnes. Nathalie Romero-Raas received a scholarship to St. John XXIII.

At St. Laurence in Sugar Land, Alejandro Cividanes received the Knights of Columbus Scholarship to Strake Jesuit. Addison Shimer received the St. Agnes Academy Merit Scholarship to St. Agnes.

At St. Theresa in Houston, Christopher Bolanos received the Award of Excellence to St. Thomas. James Lenton received the Ignatian Scholar Award to Strake Jesuit. Austin Reiff received the Merit Scholarship Award to St. Pius X. Megan Holden Schmidt received the Janet Erskine Stuart Award to Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart.

At St. Theresa in Sugar Land, Nikita Adrian Dementyev received the 2024 Ignatian Scholar Award to Strake Jesuit. Angela Martin received the Pillar Scholarship, Matilde Santizo received the Achievement Scholarship and Kylie Tran received the Roncalli Scholarship, all to St. John XXIII.

At St. Vincent de Paul, Gillian Adjovu received a scholarship to St. Agnes. Nicholas Broussard received a scholarship to Strake Jesuit. Khanh Le received a scholarship to St. Agnes. Nico Pacini received a scholarship to St. Thomas.