One hundred and sixty young men from the class of 2015 graduated on Saturday, May 23 on the campus of St. Francis High School in La Cañada Flintridge.
Fr. Harold Snider, OFM Cap., the Provincial of the Western American Province of the Capuchin Franciscan Order, represented his Excellency Bishop José Gómez, Archbishop of Los Angeles, at the graduation. Fr. Tony Marti, OFM Cap., the school president, Thomas Moran, the school principal, and Mark Heydorff, the chairman of the board of directors, also officiated at the 66th com¬mencement ceremony of the local Catholic college-preparatory institution.
Taylor Wayne Hancock led the national anthem, Andrew Fraser MacKinnon, the senior class president, welcomed the crowd, and valedictorian Arthur Ter-Zakarian gave a formal address to the audience. Ter-Zakarian also received the Capuchin Award and Medal for Scholarship. The program also recognized co-salutatorians, William Payton Lombardo and Joseph Peter Reilly, for their exceptional achievement.
Certificates of Excellence, medals and various awards were presented to the graduates in recognition of various achievements in academics and for character.
Bilal Walid Abdallah
Anthony Joseph Absy
Markar Armik Agakanian
Jesse Raul Alarcon
Gregory Kyle Alle
Michael Anthony Allen
Christian Anthony Almeida
Gregory Oyo Aralar
Daniel Paul Aspeitia
Kaihan Atasoy
Jose Ramon Backer
Eric Baghdasaryan
Jack Edward Ballinger
Tyler Christopher Barkley
Aaron David Bastida
Matthew Joseph Bayle
Nicholas James Bedford
John James Bicos
Nathaniel Wilson Blakely
Robert Kyle Boardman
Nicholas Richard Bouchakian
Brian Christopher Boyce
Paul Robert Brackett
Kaven Richard Breckner
Andrew L. Briggs
Michael Warren Brown
Walter F. Cardenas
Brandyn Jack Cardenaz
Jason Everett Carmody
John Andrew Carroll
Liam Thomas Cascelli
Andrew Joseph Cesta
Christopher Eric Chen
Matthew Dean Chua
Michael A. Ciranna
Joshua Kyle Danas
Joseph Eladio Delgadillo
Mateo Sebastian Desousa
Santé Massimo Dubois
Ryan Miguel Edmundson
Michael Anthony Faenza
Westley John Faure
Hudson Cameron Fega
Logan Gregory Felan
Broden Cole Felkel
Joshua Thomas Fredette
Benjamin Ignacio Gabella
Alec Galustian
Jesse C. Garcia
Mark Mina Gettas
Anastasios A. Giannoulis
Alexander James Mccarthy Gold
Jose J. Gonzalez
Matthew Christopher Gonzalez
Raphael Frost Gonzalez
Ian Joseph Gordon
Brandon Carl Hagen
Garo Panos Haitayan
Alexander Chabane Hall
Austin John Hamilton
Taylor Wayne Hancock
Thomas Benjamin Harris
Nikolai Eduardo Hernandez
Luis Antonio Ho
Samuel Douglas Hood
Michael Nicholas Horner
Michael Angel Ibarra
Mohamed Abdelkerem Ibrahim
Leo Nicolas Jimenez Iii
Clyde Robert Johnson
Kevin Laith Kafaja
Andres Federico Kim
Jonathan Haram Kim
Peter Allen Lakatos, Jr.
Jackson Philip Leisure
Kevin Daniel Lentz
Prescott Alexander Lieberg
William Payton Lombardo
Joseph T. Lopez
Jacob Johnathon Lucas
Thomas Allen Lund
Adam Jude Lyons
Jack Christopher Lyons
Andrew Fraser Mackinnon
Cristian D. Marceca
Michael Peter Marcos
Harout Gary Markarian
Christopher Vito Marrone
Alexander Wesley Marshall
Jeremiah David Martin
Jake Mitchell Masakayan
Edgar Ian Mateus
John Matthew Mccloskey
Daniel Enrique Medina
Sebastian Manuel Medina
James Thadeus Membreño
Jacob Anthony Mijares
Riley Jameson Miller
Max Alexander Millspaugh
Marco Luis M. Miravite
Liam Daniel Molina
Michael Angelo Mozilo
Michael Gabriel Murphy-Dimen
John Francis Murray
Patrick Bernard Naginis
Christopher Ara Najarian
Gabriel Santiago Najera
Julian Rudy Najera
Nickolaus Albert Nelson
Ross William Niederhaus
Andrew Patrick Nixon
Douglas Reese Nogueira
Joshua P. Olona
Juan David Palomares
Andrew George Parseghian
Daniel Anthony Parseghian
Skyler Sandoz Payne
Nicholas Alexander Peters
Davin James Polchow
Matthew Nelson Quintanilla
Paolo Ru Ramirez
Glenn Manuel Ramos Ii
Drew Joseph Raskin
Joseph Peter Reilly
Michael James Reilly
William John Reilly
Austin Linwood Richards
Henry Wilson Rosenberger
Rémi Julian Roth
Philip Kilian Saulny
Kenneth Boyce Senstad
Owen Shain
Shan Shakoor
William Yusung Shin
Ryan Leopold Jaurretche Shrager
Nishan Silva
Eric Christopher Sonner
Kyle Patrick Stanley
Jack Russell Steele
Dylan Robert Sweet
Carlo Gianni Taglioretti
Griffin Wade Taylor
Cole Richard Terrazas
Arthur Ter-Zakarian
Weston Leland Theriot
Conor Curtis Tracey
Jonathan Tristan Tyler
Matthew Dominic Ursitti
John Carl Hurtarte Waldron
Julien Paul Werzowa
Braxton Kobie Williams
Keith Stuart Williams
Mason Veasey Williams
Ryan William Wurmsdobler
Avery Huang Yang
Richard Minsuk Yang
Brian Patrick Young
Albert Yu
Kareem Mohammed Zeenni
Malcolm Vincent Zeger