Odom, Frana are KCHS Sedes Sapientiae ’25 awardees
KNOXVILLE — Knoxville Catholic High School recently announced the selection of seniors Grant Odom and Maggie Frana as honorees of the Class of 2025’s Sedes Sapientiae award.
“The Sedes Sapientiae Award is the highest honor Knoxville Catholic High School confers on its graduating seniors,” KCHS marketing and communications director Pam Rhoades stated in a press release. “This award, voted on by the faculty and the administration, is presented to two seniors who best epitomize loyalty, service, scholarship and authentic Christian leadership.
“Jesus Christ is the Wisdom of God the Father,” she added. “He took flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary and, seated upon her knee, He grew in wisdom, age and grace. Mary made a fitting throne for the Lord, and thus she is the Sedes Sapientiae, the Seat of Wisdom.
“In naming our highest award for Mary, Seat of Wisdom, Knoxville Catholic seeks both to honor the Mother of God and to encourage our students to take her as a model of Christian life. The recipients of this award are students who, in the eyes of the faculty, best demonstrate the supernatural faith, hope and charity that marked Our Lady’s life on Earth and that denote true wisdom.”
Odom has been a KCHS golf team captain in his junior and senior years and is an active member of the Interact and Mathletes clubs.
He also is co-lead of the Irish Ambassadors, an officer in Mu Alpha Theta and a member of the Spanish and National Honor Societies.
“Grant was selected as a delegate for the 2024 American Legion Boys State and has participated in the East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association All-State Senior Clinic for four years,” Rhoades stated.
Frana is a state champion in track and field and was a member of the Lady Irish varsity basketball team. She is actively involved in the KCHS community as a member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and Spanish Honor Society.
“In 2024, she was honored by her peers as (football) Homecoming Queen,” Rhoades stated.
“Maggie is also the founder of one of the largest student-led faith-based clubs on campus, Bible Babes, and has represented our school with pride as an Irish Ambassador.”
Plaques and scholarship money for this prestigious honor will be awarded during graduation exercises, which begin at 8 p.m., Friday, May 16, in Blaine Stadium on the KCHS campus.
The Sedes Sapientiae recipients will be “honored speakers” at the commencement ceremony.
