Class of 2025

From 1988–1990, the Crusaders won three consecutive conference championships and three consecutive state championships. All three teams finished with an identical outstanding record of 13–1. In 1988, quarterback Dan Eberle passed for over 1,300 yards, with receiver Michael Martin often on the receiving end. Running backs Sean Huggins and Sean Morris combined for about 2,000 rushing yards. Derrick Crouch, Kevin Buie, and Robin Thompson anchored the line both offensively and defensively. The 1988 Crusaders defeated Salem in the sectionals 22–14, Montgomery County in the quarterfinals 54–13, and Berkeley in the semifinal 13–6. In the state championship game, they shut out the Chillicothe Hornets 36–0.

In 1989, defensively, the Crusaders were led by junior Jerry Terry. Offensively, they were led by senior quarterback Chuck Calhoun, who threw for 1,600 yards and rushed for 665 yards, junior William Tolen with 1,350 rushing yards, senior Sean Morris with 850 rushing yards, and senior Mike Martin with 1,000 receiving yards. LHSN defeated Salem in the sectional game 35–8, Fulton in the quarterfinals 49–22, and Charleston 29–0 in the semifinal. In the state championship game against Branson, the Crusaders completed one of the greatest comebacks in Missouri state championship history, winning 28–26 after trailing 26–14 with 1:15 left and 70 yards to go. They scored two touchdowns, including the game-winner by Sean Morris on a 47-yard draw play with 15 seconds remaining and no timeouts.

In 1990, Jerry Terry led the team with over 100 tackles. Offensively, senior running back William Tolen rushed for over 2,000 yards. The defensive line was anchored by senior Frank Knox and juniors Carl Turner and Rodney Wallace, while the linebacking corps included senior Jerry Terry and juniors Darryl Chatman and Jason Greer. The Crusaders defeated St. James 49–0 in sectional play, Helias 14–7 in the quarterfinals, and Ste. Genevieve 38–0 in the semifinal. In the state championship game, the Crusaders defeated Oak Grove 37–13.

Shanee’ (Williams) Bryan is a first-generation college graduate and George C. Brooks full-academic scholar. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Missouri–Columbia, with an emphasis in Business Management, Biological Science, and Black Studies. After college, she worked in sales, training, and development with General Mills and Abbott Laboratories. In 2008, she stepped away from corporate America to focus on her most important role as a mom.

During this time, she served on various boards aligned with her passion for bridging educational and financial inequalities in college accessibility. In 2017, her focus came full circle when she earned a certification in College Counseling from the University of California. She went on to serve as a College Counselor at St. Agnes Academy and St. Thomas High School for five years.

In 2021, she leveraged her expertise and strategic vision to found The Scholar’s Advocate, LLC, a private college consulting practice. Her commitment to this work was fostered at Lutheran North through the support and dedication of her high school counselor, Michael Prange. Shanee’ has worked with more than 500 students who have collectively earned millions in scholarships and grants, achieving 100% college acceptance and matriculation.

While continuing her work with The Scholar’s Advocate, she returned to the biopharmaceutical industry in 2022. She currently serves as a professional Relations Director with Incyte, partnering with healthcare providers to support patient care and access. Shanee’ and her husband of 25 years, Shannon, are empty nesters to Renee’, University of Virginia Class of 2024, and Caleb, Morehouse College Class of 2028.

Darryl Chatman was a member of the 1990 Lutheran North State Football Championship team. He also set a school record in the shot put and placed second in both the shot put and discus at the 1992 state track meet.

He attended the University of Missouri–Columbia on a football scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science in 1997. He continued his education, earning a Master of Science in Animal Science from the University of Missouri–Columbia in 2001, a Master of Public Administration from North Carolina State University in 2003, and both a Master of Science in Agricultural Economics and a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri–Columbia in 2007 and 2008, respectively. He became a member of the Missouri Bar in 2008 and the Illinois State Bar Association in 2009.

Darryl worked at the law firm Armstrong Teasdale LLP from 2008 through 2014. He later served as Deputy Director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture during the Nixon administration and as General Counsel of the Missouri Department of Agriculture during the Greitens administration.

In 2017, Governor Greitens appointed him to the University of Missouri Board of Curators, where he served as chairperson during his final two years. Since 2018, he has served as Executive Vice President of Compliance at the United Soybean Board, which supports soybean promotion, research, and educational programs for America’s soybean farmers.

He has received numerous honors, including the Column Award for Distinguished Alumni from the University of Missouri–Columbia College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; the Distinguished Recent Graduate Award from the University of Missouri–Columbia Law School; the Citation of Merit Award from the University of Missouri–Columbia Agriculture Alumni Association; the Leadership 100 Award from the Young Professional Network; the Rising Star Award from Super Lawyers; the Distinguished Service Award from the Missouri Department of Agriculture; recognition on the Lawyers of Color Hot List; and the Up and Coming Award from Missouri Lawyers’ Weekly. He is also a published author on legal and agricultural topics.

Darryl has been married to Jeni Jones Chatman since 2016. They have two sons, Manny and Darryl, and two daughters, Darla and Aubri.

After graduating from Lutheran North, Rev. Joel Christiansen attended Valparaiso University, where he was elected Student Body Vice-President and Speaker of the Student Senate. He was chosen for Mortar Board, a national honor society recognizing exemplary scholarship, leadership, and service, and graduated with highest honors, earning a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.

Joel attended Concordia Seminary–St. Louis, graduating in 1982, and was called to serve as pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Lahoma, Oklahoma. Lahoma, a small rural community, was deeply affected by the farm crisis of the 1980s, and Joel also supported local farmers through the Rural Task Force of Garfield County.

In 1987, he became pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where he cared for the community as an emergency chaplain for the local hospital and served as a leader with a local counseling agency. He also supported twenty other Lutheran congregations across Oklahoma as Secretary of Missions.

In 1996, Joel began serving as Senior Pastor at the Lutheran Church of Webster Gardens in Webster Groves, Missouri, a role he held until his retirement in 2022. During this time, he was selected to participate in the Coro Leadership program alongside other area religious leaders to better understand and serve the needs of the St. Louis community.

Beyond his congregational leadership, Joel has supported ethnic ministries, served multiple Lutheran nonprofit organizations, spoken at workshops and seminars emphasizing Team Ministry, and taught as an Adjunct Professor at Concordia Seminary.

In 1979, Joel married Lori Vogelsmeier (LHSN Class of 1974). They were blessed with two children, Rachel, a social worker, and Andrew, a urologist, as well as six grandchildren. Lori joined the Lord in heaven in 2015. In 2019, Joel married Mary Cernik.

Of all the relationships and blessings he has enjoyed, the greatest of all is knowing Jesus.

After graduating from Lutheran North, Dr. Mark Hingst earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Missouri–St. Louis. He then attended the University of Missouri–Columbia for graduate study in biochemistry, where he met his wife, Susan Marshall.

He began medical school at Saint Louis University in 1980, earning a scholarship from the United States Air Force. Mark and Susan were married in 1982 during his medical school years. After graduating, he completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Illinois in Peoria.

Following his residency, Mark served as a family physician for the United States Air Force at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, where he led the Triage Team, the SRR team, and the Pharmacy Committee.

After his discharge from the Air Force in 1990, Mark joined Family Medical Group in St. Peters, Missouri, in part due to Dr. Hugo Stierholz, who had been the team doctor when Mark played football at Lutheran North. He continues the rewarding, humbling, and sometimes challenging practice of medicine in the St. Charles, Missouri area with SSM. In 2013, he was voted among the best family doctors in the county. He also teaches third-year medical students from Saint Louis University.

For more than 30 years, Mark has volunteered as the sideline physician for the football teams at Lutheran High School St. Charles. He also served as an assistant coach and later varsity boys basketball coach at the school, spending 25 years on the coaching staff. He was inducted into the Wall of Honor and received the Distinguished Service Award from the Missouri High School Athletic Directors Association in 2014.

Mark and Susan are members of Zion Lutheran Church in Harvester, where he has enjoyed serving on several church boards. They have two sons, Benjamin, a high school science teacher, and Brian, an actuary, and four grandchildren who are the joy of their lives.

Mark expresses deep gratitude to the faculty at Lutheran North—teachers and coaches such as Marylin Moehlenkamp, Paul Trinklein, Carl Holschen, Don Hugo, Paul Crisler, Rev. Dr. W. Wehmeier, Mr. Vogelsmeier, and others—for not only teaching academic subjects, but for modeling what it means to be a lifelong learner and Christian servant.

Colette M. Hosie, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, is the eldest daughter of Mack C. and Jean Neal. She graduated from Lutheran High School North in 1986 and went on to attend the Missouri University of Science & Technology (formerly the University of Missouri–Rolla). While there, she played on the women’s basketball team and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Her athletic achievements led to her induction into the Missouri University of Science & Technology Athletic Hall of Fame. Colette later earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas.

Colette is a distinguished executive with a diverse professional background spanning the automotive, semiconductor, and luxury retail industries. She has held leadership roles at well-known companies including Harley Davidson, Texas Instruments, Tiffany & Co., Amazon, and Nike Inc. With nearly 30 years of experience, she has successfully led start-ups and organizational turnarounds, improved efficiencies, implemented standards, mentored professionals, reorganized teams, and developed training programs.

Outside of her professional career, Colette is deeply committed to community service. She is an active member of the Omicron Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and serves on the boards of the 62nd and 65th Regiments Legacy Foundation and the United Way of Greater St. Louis. At Nike, she serves as an executive sponsor for both the Black Employee Network and the Women of Nike Network. For more than 15 years, she balanced her work as a business leader with her roles as a mother and NCAA-certified basketball coach. In late 2022, she founded 3QTR, LLC, where she works as a Certified Professional Behavior and Motivators Analyst and EQ Coach, providing deeper coaching and mentoring.

She has two adult children: Cameron, a graduate of Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, and Brooke, a graduate of Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her sister, Yolanda Neal-Shaw, is also a proud alumna of Lutheran North, Class of 1989.

After graduating as the salutatorian from Lutheran North and a three-sport, all-conference varsity athlete, Paul W. Kummer continued his education and athletic career at Texas Lutheran University (TLU). He chose accounting as his business major and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in accounting. Paul began his career at two Big Eight accounting firms and earned his Certified Public Accountant designation within his first year. After advancing to the role of tax manager, he decided to transition into private industry.

Over the course of a 50-year career, Paul served as Chief Financial Officer at three different real estate development companies. Across commercial, residential, and homebuilding sectors, he consistently applied his educational background to excel in his profession.

Paul married his wife, Paula, and following their graduation from TLU, they settled in San Antonio, Texas. Their three children all attended Texas Christian University and have gone on to successful careers and family lives in Katy, Texas. Paul and Paula have since retired near Katy and deeply enjoy spending time with their three sons, three daughters-in-law, and seven grandchildren.

Paul credits his Lutheran education with much of the success he has experienced in life. He especially remembers the influence of Jim Manion, Wayne Vogelsmeier, Don Oetting, and the many other coaches and teachers who helped shape his future after Lutheran North. Paul and Paula continue to support both Lutheran North and TLU financially and through their ongoing commitment to Christian love and service.

Dr. Shelly (Callanan) Meyer holds a doctorate in International Business and Marketing from Saint Louis University and brings 30 years of combined industry and academic experience to her work. A 2017 Fulbright Scholar to Bhutan, she taught at the Royal University of Bhutan’s Gaeddu College of Business Studies and later received a Regional Fulbright grant to the Tashkent Financial Institute in Uzbekistan. In fall 2025, she will serve as a Fulbright Scholar to Suriname.

Her diverse professional background includes roles with McDonnell Douglas/Boeing, Scholastic Publishing, and the OSCE, along with extensive consulting work that has taken her to remote regions across Asia and Eastern Europe. Dr. Meyer has lectured and taught around the world, with much of her work focused on empowering women through education.

Currently serving as a senior professor, she has significant experience teaching in multilingual classrooms where English is a second language. She has shared her passion for global engagement with students through educational study trips spanning four continents. Having traveled to more than 140 of the 193 United Nations member countries, Dr. Meyer maintains a broad global network of friends and colleagues. Her teaching, work, and travel are driven by a deep commitment to connecting people with resources that improve living conditions and promote economic sustainability.

Dr. Meyer returned to St. Louis to raise her three children. Her daughter, Rebecca, is a surgeon serving Appalachia; her son, Ian, holds dual degrees in International Business and Securities Studies and currently teaches seventh grade at a Christian school in Thailand; and her son, Louis, works as an aerospace engineer at Boeing.

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” — Philippians 4:8

Following graduation, Dr. Mark Trampe completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Missouri–Rolla, graduating with honors and earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. He continued his education at the University of Illinois, where he earned both Master of Science and Doctoral degrees in Chemical Engineering. His research focused on fluid phase equilibria, and his work was published in several chemical engineering journals.

Mark began his professional career at Union Carbide, where he led research focused on chemical process optimization and the scale-up of processes from gram-scale experiments to multi-ton manufacturing. To meet the demands of his projects, he became a subject matter expert in a wide range of process technology areas. He co-authored a patent for the waste recovery of a sodium salt and received a company Technology Award for the impact of the process improvements he led.

He later joined FMC, where he researched new formulation technologies for agricultural products. Mark concluded his career at Veranova Pharmaceuticals, serving as Technical Director for the scale-up and manufacturing of a broad range of novel pharmaceuticals. Veranova supports drug development by manufacturing initial quantities of new drugs for clinical trials and, when successful, producing them for commercial use. During his tenure, Mark led the successful manufacturing of numerous new drugs, including the first-ever treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Mark is married to Diane and has three adult children. His volunteer work has centered on family and faith and has included coaching youth sports teams, serving as a Boy Scout leader, acting as congregation treasurer, and serving as a member of the Board of Elders.