2025 Tri Star Graduation

CONGRATULATIONS 2025 GRADUATES!

On Thursday, May 15th, Tri Star held its annual graduation ceremony for seniors. The event began with the presentation of scholarship and grants awarded specifically to Tri Star students. Then, each program was called to the Crown Student Union to walk the stage and receive their career passport during the afternoon event.

The passport is a portfolio of the student's credentials including a resume, a competency list, certificates and/or industry credentials, grade transcript, etc. The passport is used during college and job interviews and serves as a reminder of the accomplishments the student has achieved while at Tri Star.

Also recognized were the outstanding seniors in each program and as a treat for the momentous day, students were provided a lunch catered by Dave's Barbeque and Catering of St. Marys.

Congratulations Seniors!
(Class photos can be found in the gallery below the class list at the bottom of this page or by clicking on the class name.)

Graduating were -

(Note: Students' name is followed by their home high school - CE = Celina, CO = Coldwater, FR = Fort Recovery, ML = Marion Local, MS = Minster, NB - New Bremen, NK = New Knoxville, SH = St. Henry, and SM = St. Marys)

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY - Instructor: KEN PLATFOOT
Cole Bower NK
Justin Duke FR
Alex Felice MS
Owen Fennig CO
Adam Kuether MS
Jonathan Lange CO
Cole Moeller SH
Jacob Ott SM
Brooke Poeppelman ML
Caleb Schwenzer SH
Austin Siegrist FR
Brennan Sudhoff CO
Marshal Williams CE

ANIMAL HEALTH - Instructor: MIKE SEIBERT
Jaylyn Cost SM
David Dippold CO
Lilly Garman CE
Heidi Grieshop ML
Kaylee Jones CE
Makayla Kremer SH
Kara Rehmert FR
Brooke Schmitmeyer CO
Khyra Sexton NB
Carly Smith CE
Emma Smith ML
Allison Wills CO

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY - Instructor: BRIAN HESS
Chase Ahlers SH
Luke Hemmelgarn SH
James Hoelscher CO
Cameron Orick CE
Nick Prenger MS
Colten Unrast ML
Andrew Wall SH

CAREER BASED INTERVENTION/P3 - Instructor: Brian Stetler (photo unavailable)
Dalton Anthony ML
Grant Homan ML
Kris Hughes CO
Hayden Minton CO
Maddie Hobbler NK
Andrew Pohlman ML
Garret Voskuhl ML
Caleb Wendel CO

CAREER BASED INTERENTION (CELINA) - Instructor: Dave Maurer
Tristan Bean
Adonys Chambers
Alexis Hall
Tim Hiles
Isaiah Laber
Jaylen Loftus
Makenzie Murray
Trinity Shoupe
Lanie Young

CAREER PATHWAYS - Instructor: WENDEE BERTKE
Samantha Brackman FR
Tristan Caldwell NK
Layla Flenar SH
Lia Frank CO
Raelynn Hoffman-Gross CE
Ava Huber NB
Bobby Kupper SM
Annalyn Liette (post grad) SH
Joey Lyle SM
Drew Muhlenkamp CO
Kaelin Rutschilling CO
Damon Siefring CO
Hunter Singletary SM
Tyler Trejo (post grad) NB

CONSTRUCTION - Instructor: BRETT MCGILLVARY
Luke Borns SM
Kyle Broering SH
David Clune SH
Cooper Grillot NB
Caden Homan NB
Derek Otte ML
Reese Pottkotter CE
Mason Smith CO
Caleb Turner SM

ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY - Instructor: TAYLOR CRUM
Gavin Ahlers SM
Mason Diller FR
Gavin Fisher CE
Haiden Keith SM
Deacon Kemper ML
Isaac Krogman SM
Adam Nietfeld ML
Jack Oldiges MS
Ryan Ruwoldt SM
Tristan Scott CE
Zayn Thobe CE
Julian Turos SM
Toby Yahl SM

GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS - Instructor: HEATHER ARLING
Christina Buschur SH
Rya Buschur SH
Luke Hertenstein SM
Ashlyn Moeller ML
Ilea Puthoff CE
Ava Ranly ML
Kaylee Reichert (online) SH
Mia Siebenaler (Home Schooled) NB
Piper Smith NB
Serenity Spradlin SM

INTERACTIVE MEDIA - Instructor: LISA SHEPPARD
Kyle Adkins CE
Matthew Berning MS
Korina Bruns SH
Rylee Crist CE
Josiah King CE
Grace Sell SM
Jewel Sturgil SM

INFO TECH/CYBERSECURITY - Instructor: MIKE EILERMAN (Who is retiring this year.)
Noah Epley SH
Michael Frilling SM
Bryan Good NB
Travis Hilgeford ML
Hunter Howard CO
Logan Krieg NB
Jon Lutz CE
Caden Marchal FR
Easton Murlin SH
Bryce Nagy CE
Alex Schulze ML
Jake Seitz CO
Jacob Sharp NK
Karsyn Smalley CE
Brady Stammen CO
Tyler Stumpf CE
Andrew Wermert CO
Charles Winner MS

MANUFACTURING & MACHINING TECHNOLOGIES - Instructor: BRIAN GILLILAND
Reed Albers FR
Hunter Anderson CE
Dexter Blosser NK
Josh Braun CE
Noah Bruce SM
Carton Capelle CE
Nathan Capetillo (ACE) SM
Bryson Curtis CE
Gage Emmins CO
Dalton Fink SM
Luke Fortkamp FR
Raymond Grube FR
Reece Holdheide SH
Caden Homan FR
Kenseth Hoying SH
Matthew Meadows CE
Brady Phlipot SM
Isaiah Rodreguez CE
Daniel Rosenbeck SH
Daniel Siefring (Home Schooled) FR
Kobe Simindinger CE
Gavin Wagner CE

ST. MARYS MARKETING EDUCATION - Instructor: HEIDI LISI

Olivia Albright SM
Lacy Ballweg SM
BJeffrey Barhorst SM
Ross Bowman SM
Everett Carroll SM
Clara Dzalamanow SM
Keaton Fischbach SM
Kelly Holsinger SM
Seth Jacobs SM
Alexis (LJ) Johnson SM
Alek Lambdin SM
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Mabry SM
Dustin Moore SM
Dominik Osborne SM
Ethan Payton SM
Ava Price SM
Cole Uhlenhake SM

MED PREP - Instructor: ANNETTE ALBERS
Kathryn Braun CE
Calleigh Crabtree FR
Elise Heitkamp ML
Alexandra Kremer NB
Alanna Mescher SH
Madyson Parker CE
Reghan Puthoff SM
Brady Steinbrunner CE
Erica Sutter SH
Whitney Tangeman NB
Audrey Wycuff SM

MED PREP - Instructor: BRENDA SPECK
Mason Ayers CO
Morgan Blasingame CO
Jordyn Blausey SM
Mackenzie Bohman ML
Amber Dirksen FR
Riley Eales CO
Hailey Garrity CE
Alana Hernandez CE
Ivan Jatios CE
Avery Knapke CO
Carmen Price ML
Bailey Rohrbach SM
Maddie Steinlage SH
Natalie Vogel CO
Lilly Wilker NB
Emiko Ysawa CO

REC TECH - Instructor: JERRY KOHNEN
Jonathan Bell CE
Aidan Clements SM
Gavin Evers FR
Noah Helsel SM
Hayden Mays (Online) CE
Nick Moeller CO
Silas Stiles NK
Vincent Winner ML

TEACHING PROFESSIONS - Instructor: MANDY DILLER
Brooke Evers ML
Mackenzie Gray SM
Sara Hemmelgarn SH
Madalyn Hobler NK
Kennedy Kunkler FR
Norah Meyer FR
Jana Pohlman ML
Bristal Roth FR
Eva Schmitz SH
Sarah Seitz CO
Nick Steinbrunner CE
Kierrah Weitz CE
Olivia Will CO
Brooklyn Wycuff FR

WELDING - Instructor: AARON SCHMITT
Kiyerrah Banks SM
Ian Bruggeman SH
Gaige Dotson SM
Sawyer Elshoff SM
Hunter Goodwin SM
Jordan Houser CO
Kaleb Krogman CE
Patton MacWhinney SM
Isaac Muhlenkamp ML
Nathan Mullins CE
Zaylan Oleyar SM
Jayden Ramirez FR
Daniel Sendelbach CE
Rylan Stucke ML
Abby Walker MS

Scholarships awarded were -

Tri Star Eternal Scholarships:
Jenna Hart - graduate, Gavin Evers - REC Tech FR, Ashlyn Moeller - Graphic Comm. ML, Cecelia Sutter, Whitney Tangeman - Med Prep NB, Olivia Will - Teaching Professions CO, Brooke Fiely - graduate, and Alanna Mescher - Med Prep SH.

Esmond Family Scholarhips:
Alanna Mescher - Med Prep SH, Nick Steinbrunner, Teaching Professions CE, and Brady Steinbrunner - Med Prep CE

Haas Foundation Scholarship:
Mason Diller - Engineering Technology FR

And Skills Gap Grants were awarded to: (picture unavailable)
CELINA - Jonathan Bell, Tristan Scott, Karsyn Smalley, and Nick Steinbrunner
COLDWATER - Braylon Dawson, Nick Moeller, Noah Welsch, Andrew Wermert, Olivia Will
FORT RECOVERY - Kaleb Coleman, Mason Diller, Gavin Evers, Kennedy Kunkler, and Brooklyn Wycuff
MARION LOCAL - Griffin Bruns, Brooke Evers, Mackenzie Bohman, Ashlyn Moeller, and Vince Winner
MINSTER - Charles Winner
NEW BREMEN - Logan Krieg and Whitney Tangeman
ST. HENRY - Braylen Bruns, Korina Bruns, Luke Hemmelgarn, Sara Hemmelgarn, Alanna Mescher, Alexander Post, Eva Schmitz,
Dan Stammen, and Madison Steinlage
ST. MARYS - Aiden Clements, Jacob Kaiser, Justin Kohne, Isaac Krogman, Jewell Sturgill, and Audrey Wycuff