Awards & Honors
- We have listed our valedictorians and salutatorians from each graduating class, starting with the Class of 1967.
- The Loyalty & Service Award is the highest award that Xavier bestows and is given to a senior who, during his career here, has made a most significant personal contribution toward the betterment of his school through his leadership, loyalty and service to others, especially his classmates and fellow students. It is also based on the student's passion and perseverance he displays in all aspects and is voted on by faculty and staff.
- The Falcon Achievement Award recognizes a senior who, during his athletic career, has represented the very best that athletics stand for at Xavier. Chosen upon the recommendation of the faculty and staff, the recipient is a young man who embodies those qualities of loyalty, commitment, sportsmanship and hard work which characterize our fine scholar-athletes.
- From 1967-1983 Xavier students were honored by the National Football Foundation-New Haven Chapter (NFF-NHC) as Scholar-Athletes. From 1984-present the Scholar-Athlete list includes those scholar-athletes honored by the NFF-NHC and by the CIAC, the governing body of Connecticut high school sports.
- The Ryken Award is given annually on the Feat of St. Francis Xavier at each of the 13 Xaverian Brothers Sponsored Schools (XBSS). It is named after Theodore James Ryken, founder of the Xaverian Brothers, and is awarded to a faculty or staff member who is an exemplary model of Christian education. The recipient is chosen by co-workers.
Xavier Valedictorians
1967: Joseph L. Conroy
1968: Karl A. Van Bibber
1969: John P. Laczak
1970: Everett J. Rutan
1971: Paul J. Gionfriddo
1972: Robert A. Bergamini
1973: David J. Pizzuti
1974: Robin P. Wharton
1975: Joseph F. Longofono
1976: Robert M. Belniak
1977: Thomas R. Botti, Jr.
1978: Frederick L. Konopka
1979: Robert A. Frank
1980: Mark A. Libera
1981: Ronald J. Cozean, Jr.
1982: Brian A. Murphy
1983: Stephen C. Murphy
1984: Bernard F. Sheehan
1985: Robert A. Arena
1986: Christopher T. Yeaw
1987: Eric C. Johnson
1988: Michael B. Chapman
1989: Geoffrey W. Rayner
1990: Michael T. Rogers
1991: Andrew P. LeGoullon
1992: Nathanael J. Barlow
1993: Eddy Huang
1994: Thomas H. Franks
1995: Luke T. Dalton
1996: Jonathan K. Winslow II
1997: Pietro A. Canetta, Benjamin D. Armstrong
1998: Thomas J. Gniadek, Christian J. Lassonde
1999: Michael J. Franco
2000: Matthew R. Ciardiello
2001: Jeffrey T. Falcone
2002: Stephen Q. Meng
2003: Stephen C. Chapin
2004: Kyle M. Andrukiewicz
2005: Jeffrey A. Green
2006: Phillip X. Braun
2007: Matthew M. Cartoceti
2008: Peter J. Halibozek, Jr.
2009: Sean V. Cahill
2010: Andrew J. Yandow
2011: Patrick J. Lenehan
2012: Victor C. Wu
2013: Mario J. Chris
2014: Ruban M. Hussain
2015: Nicholas J. Indorf
2016: Frederick V. Augur
2017: Mihir Khunte
2018: Maxwell Carmichael
2019: Julen Lujambio
2020: Alexander Pralea
2021: Ryan Frier
2022: Aidan Higgins
2023: Matthew Whitaker
Xavier Salutatorians
1967: Daniel C. Ahlquist, Jr.
1968: David G. Hetzel
1969: John P. Laczak
1970: Daniel P. Conroy
1971: John D. Moore
1972: Mark J. Salonia
1973: Michael J. Fortin
1974: Frank A. Suprynowicz
1975: Richard F. Singer, Jr.
1976: Stephen A. Rutan
1977: Ted M. Taccardi
1978: Andrew P. Ferretti
1979: Mark E. Schaeffer
1980: Joseph E. Tomassone
1981: Mark X. Ryan
1982: Thomas F. Conroy
1983: Edward J. Novak
1984: Michael P. Massa
1985: Stephen M. Ritz
1986: Christopher P. Coppola
1987: Michael C. Jillson
1988: Jeffrey A. Matthews
1989: Joseph D. Aresco
1990: Daniel P. Cahill III
1991: Scott P. DeMartino
1992: Jeremy W. Stamelman
1993: David A. Markham
1994: John W. Delano
1995: Jeremy P. Jones
1996: Edward E. Rothgery
1997: No salutatorians; there were co-valedictorians
1998: No salutatorians; there were co-valedictorians
1999: John R. DiGenova
2000: Christopher J. Cahill
2001: Andrew N. Cartoceti, Benjamin D. Smith
2002: Carlo B. Canetta
2003: Brian G. Egan
2004: Christopher J. Mathieu
2005: Nicholas M. Grasso
2006: Benjamin J. Chase
2007: Matthew T. Shugrue
2008: Andrew A. Verderame
2009: Christopher R. Shugrue
2010: Brian T. Ford, Gregory J. Witz
2011: John Oliver Neal
2012: Sherif A. Eldirany
2013: Mark K. Breault
2014: Alexander M. Prete
2015: Scott K. Mason
2016: Jameson C. Kief
2017: Ryan G. Weis
2018: Mark Lavrentyev
2019: Pier H. Bos
2020: Akshay Khunte
2021: David Jerman
2022: Matthew O'Connor
2023: Tyler Keithan
Falcon Achievement Award
1990: William Dziatko
1991: Cornelius Hickey
1992: Corey Bike
1993: Scott Beeman
1994: Keith Bike
1995: Matt Civitello
1996: Timothy Lucas
1997: Tim Magner
1998: Dan Jaskot
1999: Mario Lupone
2000: Michael Crean
2001: Anthony Giannelli
2002: Matthew Johnson
2003: Kevin DiGenova
2004: Steven Berry
2005: Bryan M. Farrington
2006: Chevar A. Rankins
2007: Darren G. Taillie
2008: Kevin J. O’Hara
2009: John Daniel McGrath
2010: Tucker C. Landry
2011: Patrick J. Lenehan
2012: Michael F. Mastroianni
2013: Andrew J. Coburn
2014: Zachary D. Williams
2015: Kaleb A. Lutton
2016: Tyler Williams
2017: Patrick Moynihan
2018: Kyle MacGillis
2019: Nick DeBrizzi
2020: Ryan Miner
2021: Luke Lappe
2022: Drew Kron
2023: Aidan Driscoll
Xavier Loyalty & Service Award
1968: William Huff
1969: William Duda
1970: Thomas Marino
1971: Robert Shukis
1972: Phillip Zachary
1973: Charles Chalko
1974: George Raymond Jr.
1975: Guy Tommasi Jr.
1976: Stephen Franklin
1977: Brendan Patterson
1978: Terence O’Brien
1979: Dean Donahue
1980: Thomas Byrne
1981: Jeffrey O’Sullivan
1982: Christopher Mordarski
1983: Daniel Coughlin
1984: James Parmalee
1985: Leo Breton
1986: Michael DiMauro
1987: Harry Franks III
1988: Daniel F. Dwyer
1989: Eric Daigle
1990: Matthew Gioco
1991: Ronnie Hendrix
1992: Corey Bike
1993: Neil Mitchell
1994: Thomas Franks
1995: Christopher Wethje
1996: William J. Longo
1997: Scott A. Montemerlo
1998: Thomas V. Northrop
1999: Zachary A. Perry
2000: Robert D. Corvo
2001: Nicholas P. Cerreta
2002: T. Taylor Gibson, Joseph E. Turner
2003: Joseph P. Bergan
2004: Justin T. Bouassa
2005: Nicholas M. Grasso
2006: Joseph D. Kania
2007: Jonathan P. Meoli
2008: Nicholas F. Cosenza
2009: John Daniel McGrath
2010: John E. Petritz
2011: James F. McNamara Jr.
2012: James E. Coleman Jr.
2013: Michael J. Massaro
2014: Ryan J. Gadea
2015: Gregory C. Pollard
2016: Connor J. Flynn
2017: Robert Larese
2018: Benjamin Clemmey
2019: Brendan Buckley
2020: Mark Grasso
2021: Dominick Delaney
2022: Mitchell Wollen
2023: Brendan Peary
Xavier Scholar-Athletes
1967: John A. Klevecz
1968: David Hetzel
1969: Patrick Flood
1970: Edward Weselcouch
1971: James Weselcouch
1972: Stanley Opalacz
1973: Thomas Coleman
1974: Jack Gastler
1975: James M. Hoffher III
1976: Mark L. Warenda
1977: Brendan Patterson
1978: Robert J. Perrotti
1979: William A. Holley III
1980: Joseph L. Pont
1981: Gary R. Richo
1982: Thomas M. Patton
1983: Liam Patterson
1984: Sean M. McHugh, NFF-NHC; Gregory Bonaiuto, CIAC
1985: Todd R. Darling, NFF-NHC; Jared des Rosiers, CIAC
1986: Marc S. D’Amato, NFF-NHC; Russell O’Neal, CIAC
1987: Anthony Loffredo, NFF-NHC; Keane Chapman, CIAC
1988: Michael McHugh, NFF-NHC; Geoffrey Moore, CIAC
1989: Peter Golanski, NFF-NHC; Geoffrey Raynor, CIAC
1990: James Grover, CIAC
1991: Kevin McCarthy, NFF-NHC; Ronnie Hendrix, CIAC
1992: Gary Amara, FF-NHC; Timothy Goundrey, CIAC
1993: Seth Spector, NFF-NHC; Kevin Slattery, CIAC
1994: Kelly McLaughlin, NFF-NHC; William Nadeau, CIAC
1995: Matthew Civitello, NFF-NHC; Neal Devlin, CIAC
1996: Russell J. Casselli; Jonathan K. Winslow, CIAC
1997: Michael J. Carucci, NFF-NHC; Michael T. LaBella, CIAC
1998: Gregg Stankewicz, NFF-NHC; Thomas V. Northrop, CIAC
1999: John R. DeGenova, NFF-NHC; Ryan J. Hines, CIAC
2000: Benjamin M. Bauer, NFF-NHC; Matthew R. Ciardiello, CIAC
2001: William J. Gallitto, NFF-NHC; Jeffrey T. Falcone, CIAC
2002: Matthew J. Jaskot, NFF-NHC; Daniel N. Pugliese, CIAC
2003: Douglas A. Fletcher, NFF-NHC; Stephen C. Chapin, CIAC
2004: Anthony G. DelMastro, NFF-NHC; Gavin M. Aiello, CIAC
2005: Joseph J. Drexler, NFF-NHC; John P. LaMonaca, CIAC
2006: David Shea Swyer, NFF-NHC; Robert L. Young, CIAC
2007: Ryan T. Katon, NFF-NHC; Kevin M. Lenehan Jr., CIAC
2009: John Daniel McGrath, NFF-NHC; James M. Remigino, CIAC
2010: Alphonse Simeone, NFF-NHC; Tucker C. Landy, CIAC
2011: Thomas E. Linden, NFF-NHCl Michael R. Thompson, CIAC
2012: Sean R. Marinan Jr, NFF-NHC; David J. Pugliese, CIAC
2013: Kevin Dean, NFF-NHC; Matthew Pias, CIAC
2014: Andrew Meoli, NFF-NHC; Ryan DeVille, CIAC
2015: Paul Marinan, NFF-NHC; Matthew Daigle, CIAC
2016: Jonathan Wintenburg, NFF-NHC; Tyler Williams, CIAC
2017: Glenn Cunningham, NFF-NHC; Richard Ciamarra, CIAC
2018: Will Lewis, NFF-NHC; Owen Lally, CIAC
2019: Sam Norris, NFF-NHC; Bryce Hammen, CIAC
2020: Kareem Grisham Jr., NFF-NHC; Luke Tischio, CIAC
2021: Hayden Tomlin, NFF-NHC; Parker Hunter, Jake Lion, CIAC
2022: D.J. Wright, NFF-NHC; Colin Loria, Sam Rector, CIAC
Ryken Award
2023: Mike Kohs
2021: Andy Wyzykowski
2020: Beth Pattavina
2019: Michael Cunningham
2018: Nicholas Grasso
2017: Donna Jaskot
2016: William Braychak, Bro. John Sullivan
2015: David Sizemore
2014: David Applegate
2013: Nicholas Cerreta
2012: Brendan Donohue
2011: Kathyrn Lee
2010: Andrew Gargano
2009: Joan Tomasiello
2008: Bro. James Boyle, CFX
2007: Jayne Vitale
2006: Richard Magner
2005: Andrea Hoisl
2004: Bro. Thomas Fahey, CFX
2003: Thomas Aiello
2002: Robert Michalski
2001: Stephen Thibeau
2000: Thomas Pierce
1999: Bro. Robert Houlihan
1998: Anthony Jaskot
1997: Bro. Thomas Ryan, CFX