Annually, Roncalli High School, in conjunction with the Roncalli Alumni Association, present the Circle of Faith Distinction Awards. These awards were created to honor and recognize faculty, staff, alumni, volunteers and community members who serve with distinction, excel in their careers and devote themselves to their Catholic faith and Catholic education. Please take a moment to nominate a deserving recipient for one of the following awards:
- Alumni of the Year
- Honorary Alumni
- Volunteer of the Year
- St. John XXIII Award
- Royal Award
These awards recognize the important role our community plays in educating, nurturing and forming today’s students — tomorrow’s leaders.
Although nominations are accepted throughout the year, the deadline for 2025 recognition is Saturday, March 1, 2025.
For a complete explanation of the criteria for these awards. See this link.
Contact the Advancement Office at (317) 787-8277 with questions.
Meet the 2024 award winners:
Jason Greene R’90 was awarded this year’s Volunteer of the Year award.
Jason Greene is the Volunteer of the Year. Jason is married to Ellen and they have three children, Max R’21, Drew R’23 and Luke, a current senior at Roncalli. They are current members of St. Barnabas Parish. Jason’s wife Ellen teaches at Little Royals Daycare.
Jason attended St. Roch for grade school and is a 1990 graduate of Roncall. He then received his degree in communications from Indiana University.
He has been employed at Elements Financial for 31 years where he currently serves as the Vice President of Payments. Jason has been a CYO coach at various levels throughout the years for the 3-4 grades through high school. He also volunteers at Damar Services, the YMCA and Gleaners Food Bank.
Remarkably, Jason started as the Voice of the Rebels as a Roncalli senior in 1989. He was asked by then-head basketball coach Chuck Weisenbach to voice the games in the gymnasium, and every year he just kept saying ‘yes’ and coming back. He has spent the last 35 years as the Voice of the Rebels and Royals for boys basketball where CYO Night is one of his favorite nights! He also has subbed when needed for a variety of other athletic events (baseball, football, girls basketball) as public announcer or scoreboard operator.
Thank you to, Jason Greene R’90 our Volunteer of the Year who has made a significant impact on the students, families, faculty and staff of Roncalli.
Shea McMahon R’07 was awarded the ROYAL Award. 
This award stands for the Roncalli Outstanding Young Alumni Legacy. Shea graduated from Roncalli in 2007 and then attended Indiana University. He grew up in St. Jude Parish but he and his family are now members of Notre Dame Parish in Clarendon Hills, Illinois.
Shea is married to Mickel and they have two children Augustine and Ruth. His parents, Jeff and Cathy McMahon have four children, all Roncalli graduates. Shea is the oldest with Brendan R’08 and Julia and Mary in the Roncalli class of 2011.
Shea has worked with FOCUS Missionary at Fellowship of Catholic University Students. FOCUS is a Lay Catholic Missionary where he primarily works with college students winning them over for a relationship with Jesus to build them up as disciples through Fellowship, Prayer, Sacraments and then equipping them to go into the world to evangelize. Five men that he has worked with have gone on to the seminary and two have become FOCUS missionaries themselves. He has served in locations at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, the University of Southampton in England, Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland and Notre Dame Parish in Illinois.
Congratulations to Shea McMahon R’07, Roncalli’s ROYAL Award recipient!
Sister Susan Reuber was awarded this year’s Honorary Alumna Award.
We proudly recognize Sister Susan Reuber as one of our honorary alumns. She is one of four children born to Paul and Linda Reuber, and she is a triplet! Her siblings are Shelley, Eric and Sister Jill. She also has many nieces and nephews!
Before becoming a Sister of St. Benedict, Sister Susan taught for one year at Switzerland County Middle School and then taught in the English Department at Roncalli for 15 years. She is currently the Development Director at Our Lady of Grace Monastery for the past three years.
Sister Susan attended Northeast Dubois High School, Franklin College and Indiana Wesleyan University (Masters in Education).
When Sister was employed at Roncalli, she was not only a teacher but also participated in Senior Retreat and the Appalachia Service Trip. She also served as a Student Council moderator, Spell Bowl coach and a member of the Campus Ministry Team and the Euchre Club. In her spare time, she also worked as a ticket-taker for athletic events, all because she wanted to know her students outside of the classroom.
Roncalli officially welcomes Sister Susan Reuber into the Roncalli family as an Honorary Alum.
Michelle Roberts was awarded this year’s Honorary Alumna Award. 
We are pleased to recognize Michelle Roberts as one of our Honorary Alumnae. She and her husband, Greg R’86, have two daughters, Hannah R’16 and Mia R’19. Michelle is a 1987 graduate of Bishop Chatard High School, and her family has a long history of Catholic education. Michelle’s mom, Irene Thrasher, is a 1964 Scecina alum. Her father, Chris Thrasher, is also a 1964 Scecina alum, and her stepmother, Carolyn, is a 1960 Our Lady of Grace alum! After Bishop Chatard, Michelle attended Indiana University and then obtained her Master of Education from IWU.
Michelle has been serving people with disabilities since 1990 when she worked in a group home during college. She has taught in Washington Township Schools and at St. Roch. She was a stay-at-home mom from 2001-2009 and then began her career in our Roncalli STARS department in 2009.
Michelle has also done a lot of volunteer work at her home parish of St. Barnabas. As a Roncalli parent, she was the Show Choir Parent Coordinator, Performing Arts Booster Club volunteer and board member for six years. During her professional tenure at Roncalli, she has been the Life Academy Coordinator, Director of Special Services, Unified Bocce and Bowling coach, Royal Buddies coordinator, Cooking Club moderator, Appalachia leader (five trips), Senior Retreat leader, Italy Pilgrimage leader and volunteer for St. Vincent de Paul.
Roncalli officially welcomes Michelle Roberts into the Roncalli family as an Honorary Alum.
Dr. Chris Browning R’94 was awarded this year’s Alumnus of the Year award. 
Our Alumnus of the Year Award recognizes an individual who has taken the lessons from the classrooms of Sacred Heart, Kennedy Memorial, Bishop Chartrand and Roncalli and lives them out in the world.
Chris married Amy Crews, his 1994 high school sweetheart (since their freshman year), and they have three children, Grace R’22, Luke R’24 and Mark, a current Roncalli sophomore. Chris’ younger brother Michael is in the class of 1995, along with his brother-in-law Jimmy Crews.
After he graduated from Roncalli in 1994, Chris received his BS in biology with a minor in history from Indiana University in Bloomington. He then attended the IU School of Optometry and graduated in 2002. Chris has worked as a Doctor of Optometry for VisionQuest Eyecare since graduating in 2002. He has been the owner of that practice since 2004.
Chris and his family are members of Saints Francis & Clare parish, and his volunteer work includes the St Vincent DePaul Food Pantry and the SSFC Food Pantry. His practice performs multiple school vision screenings throughout Central Indiana. When his children were younger, he served as a Cub Scout leader and coached them in baseball, basketball and football. Chris currently serves on the Roncalli Board of Directors and is the Chairperson of the Advancement Committee.
Throughout his career, Chris has served as President, Chair and Board Member of a multitude of associations and boards. In addition, he was awarded the Young Optometrist of the Year in 2011 and the Service Award by the Indiana Optometric Association in 2023. For all his honors and positions, Chris is most proud of the title of husband and dad.
We are proud of Dr. Chris Browning R’94 and honored to recognize him as our Alumnus of the Year!
Diane and Joe Hollowell were awarded this year’s St. John XXIII award. 
The St. John XXIII Award is considered to be the most prestigious award that is given to a person who best exemplifies the nine traits identified in the halls of our school as encompassing the life, legacy and spirit of Saint John XXIII. Those traits are Welcoming, Simple, Kind, Peaceful, Humble, Humorous, Servant, Holy, and Inspired Change.
As we honor Diane and Joe Hollowell with the St. John XXIII Award, it is impossible to speak about one of them without the other. Everything they have done as a couple or individually can be attributed to their love and support of each other, our faith and Catholic education. They are the parents of 11 children, all Roncalli alumni: Father John, Matt, Father Tony, Dan, Aaron, Melissa, Emily, Sara, Laura, Nate and Maria. They have four daughters-in-law Kari, Jacqueline, Jenny and Jessica and four sons-in-law Jim, Adam, Mack and Matthew. The Hollowells currently have 29 grandchildren, and there are usually a couple more on the way at any given time!
Diane and Joe are both graduates of Scecina High School and Butler University. Joe obtained his PhD from Creighton University in Interdisciplinary Leadership in 2016. They have been parishioners at Nativity parish for 35 years where Joe currently teaches middle school science as his ‘retirement job’. Diane is occasionally a long-term math substitute teacher. At the beginning of their careers, Diane taught math in Wayne Township and then homeschooled all their children for grades 1-5 for 23 years. She also taught math at Scecina and Warren Central. She has covered eight long-term maternity leaves at Roncalli, St. Jude and Nativity.
Joe had a long and illustrious career at Roncalli. In his early years, he was a chemistry teacher, coached football and baseball and was the dean of students. He founded the ever-popular Summer Field Studies program. In 1990, Joe was hired as the Principal and became the first-ever President in 1995. After 41 years at Roncalli, Joe retired in 2020. In addition to his retirement job teaching at Nativity, Joe consults for Catholic School Management and the Institute for Parish and School Development, and he serves on two boards of directors for schools.
Most importantly, Joe and Diane love spending time with their families and especially their grandchildren.
To these two persons who have a servant’s heart, congratulations to Diane and Joe Hollowell, our Saint John XXIII Award recipients.