Matriculation ceremony welcomes new students

The ceremony recognized students’ accomplishments, reinforced their commitment to LSMSA and encouraged them to apply the necessary diligence to persevere until reaching commencement.

“In this ceremony, we celebrate accomplishment that has brought you to this place and this privilege that you now have as a student of LSMSA,” said Dr. Steve Horton, executive director.

According to Horton, 18 students joined the class of 2017, 53 the class of 2018 and 89 the class of 2019.

“Over the past year, 491 students entered the application process, 298 had the ability to complete it and you 160 demonstrated that you had the ability to succeed at LSMSA,” said Horton. “Over 80 percent came to us with a grade point average of 3.5 to 4.0. Your composite ACT is 25. You come from 35 of Louisiana’s parishes and several of you are a child of an LSMSA graduate.”

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Gabbi Blanchard, a junior from Houma. Milan Arpino, a senior from Monroe, sang the National Anthem. Varun Amin, a senior from Lake Charles, spoke about the student pledge. Claire Leming, a senior from St. Francisville, and Sydney McCollough, a junior from Mansfield, offered closing remarks. Kathy Barrios, a junior from Houma, sang the LSMSA Alma Mater.

“I would like to welcome and congratulate matriculating students on their decision to attend LSMSA,” said Amin, president of the Student Government Organization.

“When you sign that paper, you not only agree to take on the academic rigor, you also agree to become a part of the LSMSA family and strive to maintain its positive living and learning environment.

“The integrity of this community depends on its students and their principles.”

Students recognized include:

Acadia Parish – Cydnie Andrepont, Corinne Dorsett and Chelsea Franklin

Allen Parish – Luis Ortiz, Gabriella Papillion, Martel Papillion and Marla Williams

Ascension Parish – Lauren Aguillard, Zachary Baham, Nathaniel Campbell, Grace
Fields, Nihal Gopalam, Jordan Smith and Jaci Templet

Beauregard Parish – Reagan Craig

Bossier Parish – Michael Bass, Julie Bonner, Hannah Buras, Ashleigh Gaude, Eunchae Seo, Shivam Shah, Casey Tonnies, Christopher Tonnies and Kira Yeates

Caddo Parish – Caroline Adkins, Michael Bass, Kendall Diiulio, Gavin Jones, Oluwatobi Ojemakinde and Annie Tyler

Calcasieu Parish  - Christian Hairr, Camren Hohn, Rachel Judson, Harkiran Kaur, Allyssa Neubauer, Samantha Neubauer, Mary Pace, Bennett Reynolds and Victoria Sosa

Claiborne Parish – Shemya Mozeke

Concordia Parish – Kaitlyn Randall

East Baton Rouge Parish – Albert Chen, Anna Cole, Colt Crain, Elyse Duplantier, Myles Fabre, William Heitman, Ariel Johnson, Luc Kharey, Fallon Kidd, Caroline Koonce, LiZhang Matuschka, Thomas Matuschka, Grace Messina, Hannah Miller, Morgan Phelps, James Rawls, Austin Schulenberg, Nicholas Smith, Ross Stephens and Dakota Trim

Franklin Parish – Jeralyn Foy

Grant Parish - Alena Noakes

Iberia Parish – Ian Crochet and Caitlynn Sengchiam

Jefferson Parish  - Andrew Bagert, Keanu Bartolome, Hanyu Gong, song Le Jeune and Madison Weakley

Lafayette Parish – Anne-Marie Higginbotham, Emily Cormier, Julian Hunter, Manjistha Lakhotia, Riley Louviere, Kevin Pan and Sydney Schroedter

Lafourche Parish – Jada Boyd, Lily Orgeron, Ryleigh Scott Collin Seringe and Ashton Verdin

Lincoln Parish – Alexis Nestrud and Abigail Pace

Livingston Parish – Noah Bazer, Samantha Bishop, Jordan Byrd, Garett Byrne, Juan Cecchini, McKenzie Cutrer, Alaina Davis, Brielle Dunn, Abigail Fischer, Alexandra-Dawn Fuselier, Hadley Hines, Haley Kastner, Halle Mahfouz, Emily Patrick, Katelyn Prescott, Courtney Sanders, Rosemarie Skillman and Jonas Truax

Natchitoches Parish – Lauren Bartels, Ashton Behrendsen, Jayaditya Deep, Eli Durr, Vrat Joshi, Devon Mathews, John Miller, Jake Stultz, Russell Stultz, Adriana Walker, Noelle Warren, Diamond Wilson and Amaya Young

Ouachita Parish – Isabella Eberts, Clara Kolterman, Emmanuel Perez and Mason Turner

Pointe Colupee Parish – Abigail LeBlanc and Chancellor Lester

Sabine Parish – Siarah Hall and Ishika Patel

St. John the Baptist Parish – Brennan Guidry and Hoa Nguyen

St. Landry Parish – Kaleb Ray

St. Martin Parish – Nautica Jones and Madison Latiolais

St. Mary Parish – Halie Thielepape

St. Tammany Parish – George Allen, Madeline Bolin, Luke Boston, marlies Carter, Christopher Comeaux, Angela Fang, Juliet Flanagan, Coleman Guidry, Lucien Maloney, Daniel Metzger, Jessica Rabalais, Hannah Rice, Sofia Rivera and Benjamin Walker

Tangipahoa Parish – Christopher Grace, Isabella Hood and Rachel Schnadelbach

Terrebone Parish – Destiny Beal, Alyssa Bosworth, Sebastian Guerrero and Kaitlin LeBlanc

Vermilion Parish – Noah Broussard

Vernon Parish – Jerry Chen, Sameer Karmali, Shakil Karmali, Kiara Padilla, Cynthia Russell, Arthur Stein and Brandon Tibbetts

Washington Parish – Tyler Branch and Kennedy Hughes

Webster Parish – Victoria Miller

West Baton Rouge Parish – Avaion Ruth