29 Knights Recognized as A.P. Scholars

29 Knights have been recognized by the College Board as Advanced Placement Scholars for their high achievement on last springs exams.

13 AP Scholar with Distinction: Andrew Ahn, Zach Cairney, Nick Carson, Alex Earsley, Gaiden Groff, Junho Ho, Reilly Jackson, Dan Jewell, Broden Kaps, Luca Mixan, Benedict Murray, Henry O'Callaghan, Sebastien Winters.

4 AP Scholar with Honors:Christian Burbach, Nick Huetter, Ian Kim, Jack Straka

12 AP Scholar Nathan Carpenter, Ming Hint Chui, Joe Coldiron, Shengwei Dai, Michael Ecker, Alec Gregerson, Patrick Halpin, Dylan Herrmann, Miles Hock, Peyton Hottovy, Nash Kelly, Ian Price.

View Past Mount Michael Recipients 

AP Scholar: score of 3 or higher on 3 or more AP Exams;

AP Scholar with Honor: Average of at least 3.25 on all exams taken and 3 or higher on 4 or more of these exams
AP Scholar with Distinction: Average of 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on 5 or more of these exams

Academic All-State Awards

Congratulations to the following Knights who have been recognized by the Nebraska School Activities Association and the NCPA as Academic All-State Award Winners during the 2015-2016 school year.

Cross-Country Nick Carson Peyton Hottovy	Football Caiden Groff Dan Jewell	Tennis Lorcan Jamal	Basketball John Hudson Jack Straka
Music Andrew Ahn Broden Kaps	Soccer Peyton Hottovy Paul McCaslin	Baseball Nathan Carpenter Caiden Groff	Journalism Michael Ecker Ben Murray
	Track & Field Zach Cairney Nick Carson	Golf John Hudson Lorcan Jamal

Nebraska School Activities Association

To be  nominated a student must be a varsity player or organizational leader who has  played a significant role on the team or in the organizational activity during the  seasons for which nominations are accepted.

A nominated student must have a minimum cumulative Grade Point Average, in all  curricular subjects, of 93% or 3.7 on a 4.0-point scale or the equivalent.

Alum Knight Class of 2017

Class of 2017 Accomplishments

There are 57 graduates, with an average ACT score of 28.5.

Of the 56 graduates, Fifteen boys or 27% of this class was offered 24 full tuition scholarships. Two-thirds of the boys will be using scholarship money for the institution they will be attending which is more than $2 million.

The Class of 2017 has earned over $6.8 million in scholarship offers.

The Class of 2017 was accepted to 91 colleges in 29 states and countries on three different continents. They will be attending 30 colleges in 15 different states on 3 continents; with 47% going out-of-state and 39% to private colleges. Twenty-eight boys will be attending six different colleges in Nebraska.

Senior Plans

Graduation Photos -  Video:Valedictorian Talk by Alex Earsley 

Bro. August's Homily - Dr. Peter's Talk

More Senior Class Photos (Higher Resolution)

26% of Mount Michael Seniors Receive OWH Academic Team Recognition

Ben Murray
All Metro 2nd Team

Each year the Omaha World-Herald asks Omaha school counselors to contact students who have an SAT score of 1390 or higher or an ACT score of 32 or higher. These students must fill out an extensive application that includes all their classes, grades, and service.  These students represent the top 4% of Nebraska’s seniors academically.  This year Mount Michael had 15 students qualify for the distinction, which is 26% of the graduating class.

In addition Ben Murray was named to the Omaha World-Herald Metro Academic 2nd Team!

The seniors below are All Academic Honorable Mention. They are in alphabetic order by last name, left to right.

Andrew Ahn, Christian Burbach, Zach Cairney, Nick Carson, Joe Coldiron, Alex Earsley, Michael Ecker, Caiden Groff, Patrick Halpin, Junho Ho, Peyton Hottovy, Nick Huetter, Broden Kaps, Henry O’Callaghan, Ian Price

24 Seniors Receive President’s Award for Educational Excellence

The President’s Award for Educational Excellence is an honorary award presented to seniors who meet the following criteria:  they must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better and tests at the 85th percentile or above on either the ACT (which is a 28) or the SAT (which is a 1310).  These students must demonstrate high motivation, initiative, integrity, intellectual depth, leadership qualities, judgement, involvement in community service, extra-curricular activities.  The following 24 students from the class of 2017 have been recognized with the President’s Award for Educational Excellence.

Andrew Ahn, Christian Burbach, Zach Cairney, Nick Carson, Scott Ching, Joe Coldiron, Alex Earsley, Caiden Groff, Michael Ecker, Patrick Halpin, Dylan Herrmann, Junho Ho, Miles Hock, Peyton Hottovy, Nick Huetter, Daniel Jewell, Broden Kaps, Nash Kelly, Ryuta Kure, Ben Murray, Henry O’Callaghan, Ian Price, Jack Straka, Sebastien Winters.

National French Exams: 2017 Medalists

Platinum award: Highest score in level/division. Gold Medal 95 percentile Silver Medal 85th-90th Percentile Bronze Medal 75th-80th Percentile Honorable Mention 50th- 70th Percentile
Level 1 Regular Honorable Mention Chaemin Lee : State Rank , 9th National Rank 12th Andrew Carleton: State Rank 11th National Rank 14th Maximo Gaytan: State Rank 12th, National Rank 15th Vu Phan: State Rank 13th, National Rank 16th Lucas Wurtz: State Rank 13th, National Rank 16th Kaleb Stavneak: State Rank 14th, National Rank 17th	Level 3 Regular Silver Medalist Armel Mignondje: State Rank 4th, National Rank 12th Bronze Medalist Joseph Recker: State Rank 7th, National Rank 15th Tomas Weekly: State Rank 10th, National Rank 18th Honorable Mention Riley Kruse: State Rank 13th , National Rank 21st Hoa Nguyen: State Rank 13th , National Rank 21st Matthew Winters: State Rank 16th , National Rank 25st
Level 2 Regular Platinum – Top Score in the Nation Sebastian Alegrett: National Rank 1st, State Rank 1st Bronze Medal Patrick Collins: State Rank 5th, National Rank 8th Daniel Davies: State Rank 5th, National Rank 8th Levi Kicken: State Rank 6th National 9th Bokai Zhang: State Rank 6th National 9th Honorable Mention Adel Elbendary: State Rank 7th, National Rank 10th Ziyou Li: State Rank 10th, National Rank 13th Tung Pham: State Rank 10th, National Rank 13th Level 2 Outside Experience Silver Medalists Temi Adeyemo: State Rank 4th, National Rank 4th Diego Amian Parames: State Rank 4th, National Rank 4th Bronze Medalist Andrew Shellberg: State Rank 8th, National Rank 9th Level 2 Advanced Silver Medalist Patrick Fayad: State Rank 2nd, National Rank 2nd,	Level 4 Regular Gold Medalist Ian Price: State Rank 2th, National Rank 8th Honorable Mention Daniel Jewell: State Rank 9th, National Rank 19th Level 4 Advanced Gold Medalist Alexis Ruessmann: State Rank 1st, National Rank 5th

National Spanish Exam

2017 National Spanish Exam Results:

Mount Michael Student State Ranking
Level 1:	Level 2:
Regular 1st -Jacob Gathje and Brayden Whitaker 2nd -Tharein Putuhera 3rd - Alexander Schrier 4th - Max Nguyen 5th -Drew Thorton 6th - Seth Carpenter 7th - Kolton Koubsky 9th - Alexander Payne 10th - Benjamin Goetz Outside Experience 2nd Joseph Johansen	Regular 4th - JP Jensen 7th - Colin Mallisee Experienced 4th - Jean Marie Djidjoho 5th - Jacob Benes
Level 3	Level 4
Regular 2nd - Ben Arkfeld 3rd - Garrett Gloeb 4th - Mathew Thiele 6th - Lucas Rief 8th - Lucas Williams Bilingual: 2nd - Sebastian Esquivel	Regular 3rd - Broden Kaps 7th - Jackie Kure 9th - Nicholas Huetter 10th – Benedict Murray Experienced 1st - Alexander Earsley
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NATIONAL PERCENTILE RANKINGS
Gold Category- 95th -100th National Percentile: Seth Carpenter Jacob Gathje Benjamin Goetz Kolton Koubsky Quan Nguyen Alexander Payne Tharein Potuhera Benjamin Quinlan Alexander Schrier Evan Schroder Richard Thornton Brayden Whitaker Sid Demayo Matthew Draper John Jensen Colin Mallisee Ben Arkfeld Garrett Gloeb Lucas Rief Matthew Thiele Lukas Williams Broden Kaps Ryuta Kure Bronze Category- 75th -84th National Percentile: Nick Arkfeld Ben Demayo Callan Farrell Gregory Gonzalez Donovan Kaelin Ian Kim Mason Matukewicz Ethan Meduna Connor Murphy Joshua Snyder Keaton Stec Sean Stumpff Nick Akers Anna Bppr Yichen Cao Sebastian Cardenas James Crotty Erik Degener Riley Goddard Joe Hitzemann Cole Mccoy Sebastian Esquivel Nicholas Lorensen Paul Mccaslin Nicholas Carson Peyton Hottovy Nash Kelly Henry O'Callaghan	Silver Category- 85th -94th National Percentile: John Ackerman Joseph Bazata Calvin Benson Ming Hint Chui Joshua Davies Jack Gottschalk Logan Hock William Janecek Zachary Kahler Andree Kakish Seth Kuhn Joe Lytle Robert Masek Joseph Niemerg Jackson Ramold Trenton Sedlacek Henry Storbeck Laken Beller Caleb Burbach Jarrett Cline Alex Crnkovich Trevin Detwiler Sam Eberle Cole Kalkowski Hanool Kim Sam Peters Gerald Righter Santiago Santa-maria Nolan Zeger John Avilla Nolan Huetter Lorcan Jamal Adam Orr Nicholas Orr Keyton Pappas Nicholas Snyder Lucas Van Haute Dash Wedergren Zachary Cairney Alexander Earsley Michael Ecker Caiden Groff Nicholas Huetter Benedict Murray

Mixan Receives Full Ride ROTC Scholarship

At the recent awards night United States Army Master Sergeant Jesse Anderson and Sergeant First Class David Reyes from the Creighton ROTC presented Luka Mixan with a giant $132,000 check representing his full ride & fees scholarship to Creighton University where Luka will be in the Army ROTC program. Creighton University will be covering his room/board.

Luka is the son Joe and Suzana Mixan of Papillion, NE. Before becoming a Knight, Luka attend Saint Columbkille grade school.

Awards Night

This year’s Awards Night is notably the 50th celebration of the many accomplishments of the Knights!

Athletes of the Year
Caiden Groff, Coach Jon Borer, Peyton Hottovy

As every year, there are to many awards and honors to mention them all but here are a few highlights.

Every year the Mount Michael athletic department selects a Mount Michael athlete of the year.  With so many good athletes to choose from it is difficult to narrow it down to one person. This year for the 6th time in history the coaches were unable to do so and selected 2 athletes to share the 2016-2017 honor. They are seniors Caiden Groff and Peyton Hottovy. Caiden attended St. Patrick’s grade school in Elkhorn and is the son of Aaron and Melissa Groff of Bennington. Peyton was homeschooled before he came to the Mount and is the son of Troy and Lisa Hottovy of Waterloo, Nebraska.

In Journalism Ms. Fosco presented Ben Murray with Mount Michael’s Key Staffer award which is sponsored by the Omaha World Herald. Ben attended St. Roberts’s grade school and is the son of Steve ’80 and Barb Murray of Omaha.

Mount Michael Award
Broden Kaps, Abbot Michael Liebl OSB

Mr. Charles Dudek noted honors for two sophomores. The Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Award went to Trevin Detwiler. Trevin attended Holy Cross grade school is the son of John and Caralee Detwiler of Omaha.  The Omaha Exchange Club/Sophomore of the Year award went to Gerald Righter. Gerald attended Mary Our Queen grade school and is the son of Christopher and Margaret Righter of Omaha.

The evening concluded with the presentation of the coveted Mount Michael award which is presented to the student who most epitomizes the values and character of a Mount Michael Knight.  This year the faculty selected senior Broden Kaps for this honor.  Broden attended St. Vincent de Paul grade school and is the son of Ronald and Darci Kaps of Omaha.

Congratulations to these and all the young men honored at this year’s Awards Night.

National Honor Society Induction 2017

Mount Michael's Edward Malone chapter of the National Honor Society has added 35 new members.

Nick Carson, Jean-Marie Djidjoho, Jack Straka, Dustin Hartwell, Jacob Idra, Thomas Janecek, Hanool Kim, Armel Mignondje, Ross Nicholas, Nolan Reynolds, Nicholas Snyder, Matthew Thiele, Temi Adeyemo, Jacob Benes, Caleb Burbach, Andrew Carleton, Jarrett Cline, Daniel Davies, Sebastian deMayo, Trevin Detwiler, Sam Eberle, Sebastian Esquivel, Patrick Fayad, J.P. Jensen, Cole Kalkowski, Levi Kicken, Carson Leahy, Colin Mallisee, Quinton Mohr, Quan Nguyen, Sam Peters, Gerald Righter, Andrew Shellberg, Nolan Zeger, Bokai Zhang  

More Photos

Junior Wins National Travel Award

Garrett Gloeb '18

Garrett Gloeb, a junior at Mount Michael Benedictine School, has won the 2017 Junior Travel Award for his achievement on the National Spanish Examination and for his excellent skills in the Spanish language. 

This national award, valued at over $3,500, is given each year to twenty-four students from across the United States who become eligible by earning a high scores on the National Spanish Examination and then submitting samples of their written and oral work in Spanish to a selection committee. 

In July, Garrett will be traveling to Peru with the other 23 winners. Peru is the cradle of the Inca civilization. Among the places they will visit on the trip will be Machu Picchu, often referred to as the lost city of the Incas, and the floating islands of the Uros on Lake Titicaca.

Garrett is the son of Matt '82 and Kristin Gloeb of Bennington, Nebraska.  

Mount Michael Benedictine School, which has a long history of excellence in academics, has participated in the National Spanish Examination for the last 25 years.  Congratulations to Garrett Gloeb and his Spanish teachers, Chad Schuttler and Carolina Westling who are very proud of his accomplishments.

Two Mount Michael Knights are National Merit Semi-finalists; 3 Commended Students

Over 1.6 millions juniors from more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2017 competition. Semifinalists represent less than 1%  of high school seniors that took the test. This year Mount Michael's semifinalists are Andrew Ahn and Zach Cairney.

To become a Finalist, the Semifinalist and his or her high school must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT® scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test. 

Update: Andrew Ahn & Zach Cairney were both named Finalists in the spring of 2017

From the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the Finalist level, and in February they will be notified of this designation. All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from this group of Finalists. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference.

Mount Michael is also pleased to announce that 3 knights were named commended students.  Commended students represent approximately the top 5% of students that took the exam.

Congratulations Knights!

National Merit list of Knights from previous years

35 Knights Named AP Scholars

Last May the College Board Advanced Placement exams were taken.  The results are in and 25 graduated seniors and 10 juniors were named AP Scholars.

7 AP Scholars with Distinction:  Average of 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on 5 or more of these exams 
     Matt Coghill, Tyler Degener, Paul Forget, Christian Keller, Min Chang Kim, Luke Krajewski, Jackson Thompson.

12 AP Scholars with Honors:  Average of at least 3.25 on all exams taken and 3 or higher on 4 or more of these exams
     Andrew Ahn, Logan Baumberger, Sam Bohart, Zach Cairney, Jack Hitzemann, Junbin Huang, Ben Hynes, Jack Morrissey, Brendan Nicholas, Alex Stoupa, Sam Van Haute, Sebastian Winters.

16 AP Scholars: A score of 3 or higher on 3 or more AP Exams;
     Jacob Bova, Nick Carson, Jeremiah Connealy, Max DeMayo, Alex Earsley, Randall Esquivel, Caiden Groff, Junho Ho, Nick Huetter, Reilly Jackson, Broden Kaps, Case McNally, Jae Jun Park, David Recic, Ryan Reid, Muxuan Tang.

Congratulations Knights!

View Previous Years Scholars

56 New Alum Knights: Graduation 2016

Graduation for the Class of 2016 was celebrated in "The Palace". Fr. Daniel Lenz OSB celebrated the Eucharist and Rev. Bro. August Schaefer OSB gave the homily. After Mass the school validictorian Luke Krajewski spoke. Head of School Dr. David Peters addressed the gather next. Dr. Peters and Abbot Michael Liebl OSB then presented the diplomas to the graduates. A reception was held in the Armory afterwards.

Senior Class Plans - Graduation Photos - Graduation Video

Bro. August's Homily (PDF) - Dr. Peters' Talk (PDF) - Luke Krajewski Address (Video)

Class of 2016 Accomplishments

• There are 56 graduates, with an average ACT score of 28.5.
• Of the 56 graduates, 18 (32%) received offers of full-tuition scholarships.
• The Class of 2016 has earned $6.6 million in scholarship offers.
• The Class of 2016 was accepted to 69 colleges in 28 states.

Academic All-State

Congratulations to the following Knights who have been recognized by the Nebraska School Activities Association  as Academic All-State Award Winners during the 2015-2016 school year.

Cross-Country Peyton Hottovy Zach Hytrek	Football Jeremiah Connealy Patrick Halpin	Tennis Luke Krajewski Alex Stoupa	Basketball John Hudson Jack Straka
Speech Broden Kaps	Swimming Jackson Thompson	Wrestling Zach Hytrek	Journalism Leo McGrath Ben Murray
	Track & Field Jeremiah Connealy Tyler Degener	Golf Luke Krajewski

Nebraska School Activities Association

Awards Night

The annual Awards Night celebration honored the many accomplishments of The Mount's students throughout the past year. 

Coach Jon Borer, Sam Van Haute

First up was the presentation of the "Athlete of the Year Award".  This year's award went to Sam Van Haute.   Sam participated in Cross Country, Basketball and Soccer all four of years.  As a senior he was a leader on the state championship cross country team, started on the varsity basketball team is currently the leading scorer on the soccer team.  Sam Van Haute is the son of Bob and Kathy Van Haute of LaVista and attended St. Columbkille grade school.

Six seniors were also recognized as 12 season athletes for participating in a sport every season for all 4 years They are Jacob Bova, Zach Hytrek, Luke Krajewski, Alex Milas and Sam Van Haute. 

The Key Staffer Award for Journalism was presented to Thomas D'Aquila. Thomas is the son of  Anthony and Jennifer D'Aquila of Omaha.  Thomas was home schooled before attending Mount Michael. 

Two sophomores received special recognition:

Nick Orr was selected for the  Hugh O'Brien (HOBY) Leadership Award and will attend the Leadership Seminar this Summer. Nick is the son of Jim and Sheila Orr of Fremont. Nick attended St. Patrick's School in Elkhorn before attending Mount Michael.

Dash Wedergren was selected as Mount Michael's Exchange Club Sophomore of the Year. Each year the Exchange Club recognizes a sophomore from each area High School for their academic, extracurricular, and volunteer achievements. Dash is the son of Scott and Shelley Wedergren of Elkhorn. Dash attended Elkhorn Ridge Middle School before coming to Mount Michael. 

Junior, Joe Coldiron was selected for Boys' State. He will participate in the Cornhusker Boys' State Leadeship Camp in June. Joe is the son of Eric and Emily Coldiron of Omaha. Joe attended St. Vincent de Paul school in Omaha. 

Dr. David Peters, Luke Krajewski

This year Mount Michael’s Omaha World-Herald Outstanding Student is Luke Krajewski.  In addition to recognition in the Omaha World-Herald, Luke will also receive a $500 scholarship to recognize his achievement.

The final and most highly coveted  award of the night was the Mount Michael Award which is given to the outstanding senior by vote of the faculty and staff.  This award was presented to Luke Krajewski. Luke is the son of Matthew and Machelle Krajewski of Omaha. Luke attended St. Wenceslaus School in Omaha. 

National Honor Society 2016 Induction Ceremony

On Tuesday April 12, 2016 the school day routine paused to celebrate the induction of new members into the the Fr. Edward Malone Chapter of the National Honor Society.  At the swearing of the oath the new members promised to uphold the societies four virtues of Character, Scholarship, Leadership and Service. More Photos

The new members are as follows:                                                                                  

Ryan Reid, Christian Burbach, Vincent Dai, Drew Goddard, Alec Gregerson, Dylan Herrmann, Miles Hock, Jackie Kure, Michael Allen, Benjamin Arkfeld, Benjamin Bies, Garrett Gloeb, Johnathan Hudson, Nolan Huetter, Lorcan Jamal, Riley Kruse, Colin Lakeman, Paul McCaslin, Jordan Nguyen, Connor Nicholas, Andrew Nigro, Adam Orr, Nicholas Orr, Keyton Pappas, Joseph Recker, Lucas Rief, Lucas Van Haute, Dash Wedergren.

$164,000 Scholarship Awarded to John "Jack" Morrissey

Colonel Sutton from Creighton University's ROTC program presents a check to John Morrissey

Congratulations to Jack Morrissey on being awarded a $164,000 ROTC Scholarship.  He has been accepted to and will attend either TCU or Baylor.   Jack is the son of alumnus Brian "84 and Kris Morrissey.  Jack attended St. Patrick's grade school in Elkhorn before coming to Mount Michael as a freshman.

Brian '84,  Jack and Kris Morrissey

Two Knights Recognized as National Merit Semi-Finalist; One Commended

Congratulations to Mount Michael’s two National Merit Semi-finalists. Sam Bohart and Christian Keller.
Semifinalists represent less than one percent of U.S. High school seniors.

Sam is the son of Drs. Andrew and Patricia Bohart of Lincoln Nebraska. He attended Lux Middle School and is a member or St. Joseph's Parish.

Christian is the son of Steve and Cathy Keller of Omaha. He attended St. Stephen the Martyr School and parish in Omaha.

Semifinalists now continue on to compete for National Merit Scholarships. Finalist status and scholarship winners are announced in the spring.

National Merit Commended Students will be announced at a later date.

Previous Year's Honorees

Mount Michael is also proud to announce that Jackson Thompson was named a National Merit Commended Student.

Commended students represent the top 5% of the 1.5 million students entered in the 2016 competition.

Jackson is the son of Dr. Michael and Michele Thompson of Elkhorn.  He attended Elkhorn Valley View Middle School.

24 Knights Named AP Scholars; 1 National Scholar

Last May the College Board Advanced Placement exams were taken. The results are in and 20 graduating seniors and 4 juniors were named AP Scholars. 

Jon Collins had the added distinction of being named a National AP Scholar the qualification of which is an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.


AP Scholar with Distinction:  Average of 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on 5 or more of these exams 
Cameron Bretsen, David Choi, Jon Collins, Marcus Cronin, Zach frevert, Harrison Hohman, Alex Hotovy, Andrew Pace, Young-Joon Park, Zach Starman, Lucas Tucker.

AP Scholar with Honors:  Average of at least 3.25 on all exams taken and 3 or higher on 4 or more of these exams
Ryan Anderson, Augustin DeMayo, John Gutsmiedl, Christian Keller, Dun Fletcher Lin.

AP Scholar: A score of 3 or higher on 3 or more AP Exams;

Ian Alfieri, Tyler Degener, Kalle Haines, Min Chang Kim, Taesung Kim, Stefano Tarantolo, Adam Terasinski, Andrew Whitaker.

Congratulations Knights!