Graduation

Celebrating the Class of 2024

Read Through These Doors: A Celebration of the Class of 2024

44%

Seniors Took One
or More AP Courses

100%

College Acceptance Rate
of Seniors Who Applied

187

Unique College and
University Acceptances

$29.5M

Scholarships Offered
to the Class of 2024

Class of 2024 Matriculation Map

Austin Peay State University
Belmont University
Chattanooga State Community College
Christian Brothers University
Fisk University
Lipscomb University
Maryville College
Middle Tennessee State University
Nashville State Community College
Pellissippi State Community College
Sewanee: The University of the South
Tennessee College of Applied Technology (Nashville)
Tennessee College of Applied Technology (Murfreesboro)
Tennessee Technological University
The University of Tennessee (Chattanooga)
The University of Tennessee (Knoxville)
The University of Tennessee (Martin)
Vanderbilt University
Volunteer State Community College

Texas

Virginia

Meet the 2024 Valedictorian:

Victoria Baltz

Father Ryan is pleased to announce that Victoria Marie Baltz is the Valedictorian for the Class of 2024. While enrolled at Father Ryan, Victoria has taken nine AP courses and holds a current 100.9333 weighted GPA.

Victoria has been inducted into the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Cum Laude Society, Cardinal Newman Association, and the French Honor Society.

Victoria received the Colona Club Literary Award and Father James Black Award for Excellence her freshman year and is a National Merit Commended Scholar. She has received class awards for academic achievement in at least 13 of her classes, has been on the Academic Dean’s List every semester, has been recognized on the Principal’s List, and has placed several times at the Science Olympiad.

Victoria’s leadership roles include Cross Country Captain, Student Ambassador, Head of Mission Delivery and Advocacy for Relay for Life, and Elliston House Historian and Freshman Delegate.

At Father Ryan, Victoria is involved in Cross Country, Track and Field, Relay for Life, Science Olympiad, Student Ambassador, Book Club, Multi-Cultural Student Union, Social Justice Club and has been a Eucharistic Minister.

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Meet the 2024 Salutatorian:

Evan Jaeger

Father Ryan is pleased to announce that Evan Thomas Jaeger is the Salutatorian for the Class of 2024. While enrolled at Father Ryan, Evan has taken seven AP classes and holds a current 99.8448 weighted GPA.

Evan has been inducted into the Latin Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society, National Honor Society, Cum Laude Society, and the Father Black Honor Society.

Evan has been honored as a National Merit Finalist and a Gold Medalist in the National Latin Exam and AP Statistics. He has been on the Academic Dean’s List every quarter, has achieved the highest grade in several of his classes, and has been a regional and state qualifier for the Varsity Swim Team.

Evan’s leadership roles include Student Ambassador, Father Ryan Tour Guide, Head of Peer Mentor Program, Mu Alpha Theta President, Mentor Group Chaplain in Oak House, and Student Ministry Master of Ceremonies and Head Writer.

At Father Ryan, Evan is involved in the Varsity Swim and Dive Team, Latin Club, Student Ministry, Student Ambassador, Chess Club, Father Ryan Tour Guide, Cross Country, Mentor Group Leadership, Mu Alpha Theta, and Peer Mentor.

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Baccalaureate Awards

Charlie Green Service Scholarship

The Charlie Green Service Scholarship was established by the Newsham family and is intended to encourage and reward students for serving the needs of others.

The family of Charlie Green created this scholarship after Charlie passed in October of 1998 during his senior year. Candidates are asked to write an essay describing their time at Father Ryan and how they have served the community.

Award Winner: Leelah Halsell-Duncan

Bishop David R. Choby '65 Christian Service Awards

Elmore Lampe Bright Future Scholarship

Bishop Alphonse Smith Outstanding Teacher Award

The Bishop Smith Outstanding Teacher Award is an award that was established in 2011. Its purpose is to recognize the teacher, nominated by the faculty and staff, who best embodies the school’s mission “to be an experience of the living Gospel while challenging students to reach their spiritual, academic, and personal potential.” This person lives out the ideals of faith, knowledge, and service in his/her daily life.

The award is named for Bishop Alphonse J. Smith, the courageous Bishop of Nashville who founded the original Nashville Catholic High School for Boys, now Father Ryan. He recognized the need for a Catholic secondary school in the diocese, and he both founded the school and raised the money to relocate it to Elliston Place three years later.

The award is an icon of “Christ the Teacher.” This icon was designed to reveal Christ in every aspect of his humanity and divinity, to express the compassion and tenderness of the Lord, who is accessible always to the needs of mankind. Icons are doors through which those who see them, see Christ.

A generous, anonymous family has endowed the Bishop Alphonse J. Smith Outstanding Teacher Award as an expression to the faculty of their family’s gratitude for the dedicated, loving, and compassionate service to their own students and all Father Ryan students by the faculty.

Award Winner: Abby Irvine