Jesuit High School of Tampa

Sixteen scholars in the Class of 2026 achieved academic perfection during their eight semesters at Jesuit High School: straight-A report cards, every time.

Congratulations to these 16 on their pursuit and achievement of academic excellence!

Diego Alvarado-Borjas
Henry Bravo
Ben Burke
Jack Fults
Michael Ibrahim
Eric Knowles
Sagar Lopez (Valedictorian)
Gunnar Matscherz
Gavin McMillon
Henry Nalley
Lucca Norton
GianLuca Pasquotto
Noah Reese (co-Salutatorian)
John Sumagang
Graham Wills (co-Salutatorian)
Ramsey Wysong

Fr. Tony Corcoran, S.J., who visited Jesuit High School in the fall of 2021 and again in the fall of 2023 while on a break from serving as apostolic administrator of Kyrgyzstan, has been elevated to the office of Bishop by Pope Leo XIV.

Father Corcoran, who has served in the former Soviet Union since 1996, spoke at Convocation, in Theology classes, and to small groups of students and Jesuit supporters. Click below to view video of his 2021 presentation at Jesuit as well as his story from the Jesuits USA Central and Southern website.

Nov. 2021 Convocation: https://www.jesuittampa.org/cf_media/index.cfm?t=1&g=1599

Story: https://www.jesuitscentralsouthern.org/stories/fr-corcoran-named-bishop/

Pope Leo XIV has elevated Fr. Anthony J. Corcoran, SJ, to the office of bishop. A member of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province, Fr. Corcoran has served as apostolic administrator of Kyrgyzstan since 2017 and will continue there as bishop.

“I pray that this decision of the Church to call me to the episcopacy may truly encourage and strengthen the faithful and serve for the common good of this society,” Bishop-elect Corcoran said. “I can affirm that I am called increasingly to give all, to be ‘all in,’ with regard to my vocation to give myself to this community.”

It is estimated that there are currently only a few hundred Catholics living in Kyrgyzstan. Despite the declining numbers, the Church remains vibrant, Bishop-elect Corcoran said, with a notable number of social and educational activities.

Father Corcoran’s lengthy service to the Church in the former Soviet bloc was inspired by his predecessors in the Society of Jesus: “As a novice, I read the remarkable stories of the great missionaries in the Society’s — and our provinces’ – history. I became interested in the possibility of serving in Russia. At the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Holy Father asked for Jesuits (among other orders) to go to the Soviet Union to find and serve the Catholics who had held onto their faith throughout the terrible persecution of the communists.”

Read more about Fr. Corcoran's Jesuit vocation on our website:
https://www.jesuitscentralsouthern.org/stories/fr-corcoran-named-bishop/

Support his missionary work in Kyrgyzstan: Jesuits.family/fr-corcoran

Graduation 2026 was phenomenal!

Friday at the Straz Center downtown, Jesuit High School graduated 217 students, including 169 who received Florida Bright Futures Scholarships, with all scholarships earned totaling $27.2 million.

The Class of 2026 was accepted into 185 colleges, universities, and service academies. Those include all of the most selective schools in Florida plus renowned institutions such as Boston College, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Texas, UCLA, USC, the U.S. Naval Academy, Virginia, and many more.

Click the links below for video of the four presentations, from Valedictorian Sagar Lopez, co-Salutatorians Noah Reese and Graham Wills, and the President’s Address by school president Fr. Vincent Giacabazi, S.J.

For much more about Graduation 2026, including the event program which lists all of the summa cm laude, magna cm laude, and cm laude graduates, scholarships received, college acceptances, and more, click here: https://www.jesuittampa.org/about/migrated-news/~board/migrated-news/post/graduation-2026

Congratulations to Jesuit's Class of 2026, as they now "Go forth and set the world on fire!"

VIDEOS
Reese - https://youtu.be/d-mwyhW8Z5M
Wills - https://youtu.be/3NpR3G0iaiM
Lopez - https://youtu.be/rvym1Somp7E
Father Giacabazi - https://youtu.be/J4RujPhI79o

Jesuit High School graduated its Class of 2026 tonight as the school celebrated commencement exercises at the Straz Center in downtown Tampa!

The 217 new alumni comprise the second-largest class in Jesuit history. Special congratulations to Valedictorian Sagar Lopez, Salutatorians Noah Reese and Graham Wills, and the four special graduation award recipients:

Gavan Award - GianLuca Pasquotto
Arrupe Award - Drew Garcia
Elliot Award - Henry Bravo
Lashley Award - Robert Bogle

Jesuit president Fr. Vincent Giacabazi, S.J. celebrated Baccalaureate Mass for the 217 members of Class of 2026 and their families last night in the Chapel of the Holy Cross.

It was a special night and a wonderful Mass for the 217 soon-to-be graduates – Graduation is *tonight* at 8:00pm at the Straz Center downtown – and their families, as the seniors came together one final time for Mass inside the grand chapel that has been their spiritual home the past four years.

Click to view a video of Baccalaureate Mass: https://youtu.be/-C9xgKwlHpw

Jesuit celebrated a Special Blessing & Groundbreaking Ceremony on Wednesday for Phase III of its campus master plan: a state-of-the-art new Science Center and an innovative Student Activities Center featuring a Dining Hall!

These phenomenal new facilities are made possible by transformational capital gifts. The Jenkins Science Center is named in honor of Carole & Richard “Steve” Jenkins ’75, and the Schellman Student Activities Center is named in honor of Lauren & Chris Schellman, P ’20, ’24, ’27. Jenkins and Schellman made extraordinary gifts to Jesuit of $5 million each – the largest in the history of the school.

The Leal Family Dining Hall, which will be part of the Schellman Student Activities Center, is named in honor of Stacey & Ron Leal, P ’09, whose longstanding commitment and generosity to Jesuit has included capital gifts of more than $1.2 million and annual leadership support of Jesuit’s Gaudiosa gala.

For much more on Wednesday's special ceremony and Phase III of the campus master plan, click here: https://www.jesuittampa.org/about/migrated-news/~board/migrated-news/post/groundbreaking-ceremony

For a dynamic rendering video of Phase III from PBK Architects, click here: https://youtu.be/uIrJdEoxTDw

School's out!

With the completion of the Foreign Language and Math exams today, the 2025-26 academic year at Jesuit is complete!

Tonight is Baccalaureate Mass in the Chapel of the Holy Cross for the Class of 2026, and Friday is Graduation downtown at the Straz Center.

During the next two months, many students will be serving on mission trips and campus activities such as Jesuit Summer Bridge. Have a great summer, Tigers, we’ll see you all again in August!

Following their phenomenal 9-0 State Championship game win over Orlando Bishop Moore today in Fort Myers, Jesuit baseball celebrated like champions - a dog pile, hundreds of hugs, and thousands of photos.

Led by Wilson Andersen, who was spectacular on the mound with 12 strikeouts, and hitting stars Griffin Boesen and Ben Burke, the Tigers won the baseball program's 8th State title and the 33rd in school history.

It is also the 4th State crown in the past 7 seasons for Jesuit baseball and head coach Miguel Menendez - congratulations, Tigers!