Tri Star celebrated seniors with a graduation ceremony on Friday May10th. Seniors were treated to a meal catered by Dave's Barbeque and Catering of St. Marys. The ceremony began at 11:15 with scholarships being presented. Scholarships awarded were -

The Celina Lions Club Scholarship: Carver Harris
The Grand Lake Rotary Scholarships. Five awards were presented to: Ali Brunswick, Carson Doenges, Ella Kremer, Emma Leudeke, and Dominic Schroyer.
Rod and Barb Carpenter handed out eight Tri Star Eternal Scholarships to: Zoe Cox, Carson Doenges, Layna Duncan, Kenadie Ervin, Jenna Hart, Ella Kremer, Caitlyn Nuding, & Cecelia Sutter
Kendra Stetler presented Esmond Family Scholarhips to: Carson Doenges, Connor Ellis, Megan Fortkamp, and Caitlyn Nuding
Haas Foundation Scholarships were awarded to: Garrett Fiely, Keaton Fishbaugh, Hayden Harrod, Owen Knapke, Kaleb Putman and Dominic Shroyer
And Skills Gap Grant Awards were presented to: Brandyn Amstutz ,Cater Bertke, Lilley Black, Garrett Bruns, Ali Brunswick, Miranda Burke, Alexis Conner, Carson Doenges, Reece Evers, Justin Gruss, Carter Jefferies, Ella Kremer, Emily Kuehl, Tate Lefeld, Emma Luedeke, Parker Lyme, Adrielle Martin, Emily McClurg, Alyssa Mescher, Caitlyn Nuding, Brandon Penno, Sienna Rodriguez, Brianna Schmidt, Josephine Schmidt, Ellie Schneider, Dominic Shroyer, Julia Siefring, Israel Sutherin, and Caden Younker

Following scholarship presentations, seniors were called to the Crown Student Union stage by program and each senior crossed the stage to be awarded their career passport. A video of the ceremony can be viewed here (when it becomes available).

Graduating seniors by program were -

Ag. Industrial Technology: Brycen Crouch CE, Logan Dehan SH - (Student of the year), Bradyn Dicke SM, Ethan Hoying MS, Hunter Hummel FR, Jace Jackson CE, Brett Lauber FR, Corey Moorman CE, Tyler Paul SM, Tristin Storer CE, Austin Uhrick CE, Clint Voress NB - (Student of the year), Keaten Watson CE, and Hayden Zeller NB

Animal Health: Sydney Bruggeman SH, Kami Butcher CE, Destiny Cotterman SM, Connor Ellis CE, Megan Fortkamp CE- (Student of the year), Nevaeh Fridley CO, Brendon Hileman CO, Audrey Holthaus CE, Kayley Huebner CE, Darian Lange CE, Kadence MacLean SM, sabella Mull CE, Ella Kremer FR, Payge Rosenbeck SH, Katherine Seger SH- (Student of the year), and Cecelia Sutter SH

Automotive Technology: Brayden Bonifas CO, Logan Botkin SM, Elbert Capelle CE, Jacob Kline CE, Zavier Leclair-Johnson SM, Mason Link CO - (Student of the year), Cameron Mora SH, Curtis Owens SM, Brayden Quinn CO, Cailyn Roderigues CE, Kaeden Smith SM, Caden Sutter FR, and Cavhan Wagnild CE

Career Based Intervention (Celina): Ethan Bryant CE, Carmichael Capelle CE, Zander Jones CE, McKenzie Kilgore CE, Max McCarty CE, Johnny Perin CE, Dale Secrest CE, Brodie Steinbrunner CE, Willie Tare CE, and Andrea Trimble CE

Career Pathways (Mercer Co. ESC): Eddie Cervantes CO, Ayden Dull SM, Alayna Eilerman ML, Quinn Ginter SM, Savannaha Herron SM, Lydia Kahlig FR, Cheyann Kupper SM- (Student of the year), Christian Marchal FR, Carma Paul NB, and Jenna Wollet CO

Construction: Jac Barga FR, Dylan Broering SH, Jacque Bruns SH - (Student of the year), Ethan Ebbing CO, Jack Ebbing CO, Carver Harris CE, Aidan Heitkamp FR, Cayden Hirsch CE, Andrew Jones CO, Jacob Lefeld SH, Benjamin Ransbottom NB, Luke Schmitmeyer CO - (Student of the year)), Drew Schwieterman SH, Josh Sweeney CE, Cale Tangeman NB, and Ethan Thomas CO

Early Childhood Education/Teaching Professions: Ali Brunswick SH, Natalie Dross CE, Kenadie Ervin FR- (Student of the year), Jenna Hart FR, Abigail Imwalle CO, Madison Lauber SH, Trinity McCain CO, Megan Opperman NB, Josephine (Josie) Schmidt CO, Julia Siefring CO - (Student of the year), and Anika Weidner NB

Engineering Technology: Benedict Baldwin MS, Bradyn Fetters SM, Garrett Fiely CO, Keaton Fishbaugh CE- (Student of the year), Michael Grothause SM- (Student of the year), A J Harlamert CO, Braylen Harlamert CO, Hayden Harrod SH, Ben Hemmelgarn CO, Owen Knapke FR, Kaleb Putman NK, Jonathan Rodriguez NB, and Dominic Shroyer NB

Graphic Communications Rachel Flenar SH, Autumn Jutte FR, Olivia Jutte CO, Conner Kaikala FR- (Student of the year), Christine Merrill SH- (Student of the year), Marina Muhlenkamp CO, Melissa Perez CO, Avery Schmitz SH, Ariel Wilson CO, and Brooklyn Wyerick FR

Interactive Media: Clara Barlage ML, Arwyn Beitler FR, Isaac Brockman FR, Miranda Burke MS- (Student of the year), Draven Felver CE, Riley Houser CE, Jacen Jones NK, Landyn Jurosic CO, Adrielle Martin CE- (Student of the year)), Ally Mescher ML, Noah Moots SM, Hunter Smith NK, Clayden Stein CE, and Caden Younker CE

I.T./Cybersecurity: Jacob Barnett CO, Jared Brotherwood SM, Carson Doenges CO- (Student of the year), Isaac Griesdorn ML, Aiden Grieshop ML, Ethan Heitkamp CO, Sam Hemmelgarn SH, Claire Kiefer SM, Karley Nearon CO- (Student of the year), Bradly Prenger MS, Carter Prenger MS, Jack Riethman CO, Xander Roby NK, Logan Rush SM, Nicholas Sandler NB, Oliver Sprigg NK, and Jacob Taylor SM

Med Prep: Mackenzie Bornhorst NB, Alley Capelle CE, Kensey Clark FR, Zach Diller CO- (Student of the year)), Jenna Fortman SM, Gracie Hinton CE, Leah Kaiser CO, Emily Kuehl SM, Norah Lange NB, Emily McClurg ML, Caitlyn Nuding CE- (Student of the year), Greyson Pleiman NB, Kennedey Regedanz SM, Kahlan Rose CO, Brianna Schmidt ML, Reagan Schmiesing NB, Ellie Schneider CO, Madison Schroer NK, Rachel Schroyer CO, Claire Steinke CO, and Gavin Zibrida CO

Precision Machining: Ethan Ahlers SM, Kenny Bailey CO, Carter Bertke CO, Seth Broering SH, Kolton Brunswick FR, Wyatt Greenwood ML, Carter Hicks CO, Carson Keiser CE, Brandon Penno CO- (Student of the year), Liam Rice SM (HS), Gavin Rinderle CE - (Student of the year), Chad Schulze MS, Israel Sutherin CO, Riggs Tobe FR, and Matthew Weitzel SH

REC Tech (Robotic, Electronic, and Computer Technologies): Riley Archer CO, Clayton Evers SH, Reece Evers FR, Isaiah Figel CE, Devin Francis ML, Justin Gruss CO, Brandt Homan ML - (Student of the year), Ethan Kemper SH, Preston Kemper ML, Jack Knapke ML, Tate Lefeld SH, Dayne Pohlman ML, Douglas Ruppert SM, Jacob Smith ML, and Isaac Yaney CE

Welding: Brandyn Amstutz SM, Cayden Ballweg SM, Wes Bechtol FR, Seth Brandt SM, Garrett Bruns CO, Jacob Brunswick SH, Nate Buschur, SH, Kayden Giere CO, Owen Heitkamp FR, Dylan Hertenstein SM, Tony Koch CO, Joseph Kunk ML, Adam Lefeld SH, Emma Luedeke NK, Bradley Pennington CE, Seth Rammel FR, Matthew Rosenbeck SH, Makenna Samaniego CE, Abe Siefring FR, Austin Steinbrunner FR, Chase Sturwold CE, Eddie Tobin CO, Zach Wenning SH, and Haden Woods SH- (Student of the year)

The day concluded with class pictures and well wishes from parents. Congratulations Seniors and best wishes for a bright future!

Videography by Jonathan Williams