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2025-2026 Staff

Max Bockelman
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Max Bockelman

Max Bockelman is a senior who focuses more on the arts compared to sports. While he may not be interested in stats of a sports team he can talk a lot about music. His favorite band is Cage the Elephants and loves many different...

Caden Barker
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Caden Barker

Caden Barker is the best Madden player in the school (undebatable). He also started on the football team this past season but has now taken his talents to the track team. When he’s not playing sports or video games he’s hanging...

Kaiden Sullivan
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Kaiden Sullivan

This is Kaiden Sullivan. He is a lacrosse State Champion and looking to get another ring this spring. Also known as Caleb Williams’ biggest fan. Lastly he is an aspiring pro darts player.

Reed Newman
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Reed Newman

Reed Newman is a former third-grade starting quarterback turned soccer player. Off the pitch, he’s often seen giving his boys buckets on the basketball court, known as an eighth-grade CSAA Champion while running what some call...

John Thomas
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John Thomas

John Thomas is a retired football player, who loves a good chicken sandwich. John is a devoted Bills and Cards fan. The Louisville season ticket holder, makes sure to give his favorite teams a few pointers through the TV. In his...

Ethan Bell
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Ethan Bell

Ethan is a current senior and avid Louisville sports fan. When he isn’t on the basketball court you may find him on the golf course or at the pool. The Saint Gabriel graduate isn’t your average Joe when it comes to stature,...

Harper Stephenson
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Harper Stephenson

Harper Stephenson is one of the best divers in the school. He is a diehard Kentucky fan that bleeds blue and white. He was born in Akron, Ohio in the same hospital room as LeBron James. If he’s not in the pool, you can find...

Jaxon Coomer
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Jaxon Coomer

Jaxon Coomer is a senior who is mostly seen in between the lines on the baseball field. He’s been on the varsity squad for three years now. He will argue that he is a pro MLB The Show gamer. Also, he likes to look back on his...

David Joynt
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David Joynt

David Joynt is a senior, four-year varsity member, and captain of the swim team. Inside his room he has a massive Lego collection covering tables, shelves, and any open space inside his room. When he isn’t swimming he enjoys...

Daniel Miller
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Daniel Miller

Daniel Miller, a two time team captain on the track and field team enjoys going on hikes and traveling. He’s crazy with a camera, as seen through his love for photography. He spends his Monday nights doing trivia and downing...

Ben Pinkston
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Ben Pinkston

Ben Pinkston is a student with a serious love for good vibes and even better music especially if Jack Johnson is playing. You’ll catch Ben proudly repping the Philadelphia Eagles (win, lose, or heartbreakingly close). When he’s...

Nicholas Braun
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Nicholas Braun

Nicholas WAS a senior on the State Champion soccer team. He is also an avid OSU football game having not missed a game in at least five years. The Holy Trinity graduate was on the best intermediate basketball team (Golden Eagles)...

Henry Pape
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Henry Pape

Henry Pape is a senior lacrosse player and SAC Secretary whose heart and souls belongs to his St. Agnes Cows Intermediate (may it rest in peace). Henry possesses incomparable musical ball-knowledge thanks to his fellow Tiger father....

Jackson Riggle
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Jackson Riggle

Jackson Riggle is a senior soccer captain whose career ended with a state championship. An avid fan of the Indiana Hoosiers, Jackson enjoys watching Curt Cignetti’s squad mop up the Big Ten. Jackson’s friends have called him...

Sam Jurgensen
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Sam Jurgensen

You can call him Juice. Senior Class President by day, goofy friend by night. He’s a member of the lacrosse team and is a Christian Awakening Retreat Leader. He likes to spend time swimming, fishing, and hiking with his boys.        

Thomas Evans
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Thomas Evans

Thomas Evans is a senior golf state champion and a SAC member. Thomas loves to spend his spare time fishing and running. He and his buddies love to play pickup basketball with the boys at Seneca Park. Thomas was on the winning...

Lucas Shelton
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Lucas Shelton

Lucas is a senior who enjoys playing video games and flinging the pigskin around with his pets. Rumor has it he has never lost a Madden game. He attended Holy Spirit School and is an advid chess player. You can also find him screaming...

Max Fike
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Max Fike

Max is a junior who attended Our Lady of Lourdes middle school. Max can likely name you any 1st or 2nd string Saints player from 2018-2025. He has a well-earned reputation for being horrible at fantasy football. When in the lunchroom...

Matthew Burt
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Matthew Burt

Matthew Burt is a senior football player and basketball manager. He is often seen cheering on the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturdays and the Green Bay Packers on Sundays. He is an avid Madden Player with over five super bowl wins...

Brodie Benefield
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Brodie Benefield

Brodie Benefield is senior baseball phenom committed to Air Force. He is also a four-year-star on the intramural basketball court. Brodie plans to strand together a five-day streak of eating healthy in the cafeteria. After senior...

Justin Stegman
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Justin Stegman

Justin Stegman is a senior with an elite ping pong game. He also tends to be talented on the pickup game side of things. He even was listed on the All-Retreat Team for basketball at Mount Saint Francis. He enjoys watching movies...

Rece McCall
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Rece McCall

Rece McCall is a senior who enjoys spending his free time with his best buds and watching the Louisville Cardinals. He has never lost a match of rock, paper, scissors and is waiting on someone to challenge him. He can also name...

Ben Roach
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Ben Roach

Ben Roach likes to spend his time attending sporting events, cracking jokes with the boys, or listening to some tunes. On the weekends you can find Ben hooping it up at the YMCA. He looks forward to watching Indiana win their...

Noah Milliner
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Noah Milliner

Noah Milliner is a senior at St. X who does indeed know ball. He is an alumni from the St. Gabriel grade school and did NOT graduate from there without a 6th grade Toy Bowl ring. The Chipotle connoisseur is a massive Kentucky...

Brody Dow
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Brody Dow

Brody Dow is a current senior and a four year varsity hockey player. Brody is a golf enthusiast and enjoys playing with his dad and grandpa. He spends most of his time driving to Indianapolis to play hockey and listens to Sam...

Will Lintner
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Will Lintner

This is Will Lintner the Fourth! A high school senior with one more spring to get a Kentucky Lacrosse State ring. The Christian Academy graduate (2022) has never lost in a Saint Xavier High School or Southeast Christian Church...

Jack Newkirk
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Jack Newkirk

Jack enjoys a nice day at the links in 78° weather with some friends. He survived the Kenny Payne era of Louisville basketball and is excited for the 2025-2026 championship to come home. He enjoys watching every sport and prides...

Mason Trimble
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Mason Trimble

Mason Trimble is a senior at St. X, who can be seen in the lunch room, destroying beef rice bowls. Mason is an avid fan of Johnny Football, even though he’s just a guy now. Mason plans on actually winning his grade school fantasy...

Conrad Reibel
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Conrad Reibel

Conrad, a current senior, is a diehard Kentucky sports fan. When he’s not at school he can be found watching replays of old games or in Lexington supporting the Wildcats. Conrad also loves to play basketball with his buddies....

Karsten Busch
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Karsten Busch

Karsten Busch is a senior at St. X with an amazing mini football helmet collection. He also really loves hanging with “Dave Parks”. Karsten is an All-American pool basketball player. He arguably has the best club twirl in...

Wyatt Graven
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Wyatt Graven

Wyatt, A dual sport athlete, that not only loves to play sports, but watches them too. He is a avid Kentucky and Bengals fan. When he’s not on the varsity field he loves dominating intramural basketball. In his leisure time...

Marshall Wilson
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Marshall Wilson

Marshall, considered by his peers to be a “ball knower”, is also a senior and proud alumnus of St. Margaret Mary. As an avid Lebron James and Louisville Cardinals fan, you can find Marshall actively arguing with his classmates...

Lincoln Bayer
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Lincoln Bayer

Lincoln Bayer, a senior lacrosse player and SAC member, is a cereal connoisseur. Since a young age he has loved many kinds of cereal, including Lucky Charms, Special K, Cap’n Crunch, and more. Being an avid logbait player, Lincoln...

Grant Cox
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Grant Cox

Grant is a senior who is almost 5'8" (with shoes). He knows that Louisville will make the playoff in football and the win the championship in basketball. Grant dabbles with golf at Harmony Landing golf course (home of Justin Thomas),...

Abraham Brumleve
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Abraham Brumleve

Abe Brumleve is a senior at Saint Xavier High School. He enjoys talking, eating, and being loud. In his early years, he attended Holy Spirit Grade School where he thrived in athletics. Although his lacrosse and football career...

Craig Byrd
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Craig Byrd

Craig Byrd is a guy that you can see just laughing all the time and has a great time. He looks forward to watching sports like football and golf and the Wildcats beating the Cardinals every year. He aspires to be like John Daly...

Logan Shulhafer
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Logan Shulhafer

Logan Shulhafer is a senior soccer player at St. X. He is often seen between L&N stadium and Churchill Downs cheering on the Cards or the ponies. This buffalo chicken dip phenomenon also likes to hang out with his friends...

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