Each spring, the Walnut Hills High School Cum Laude Society inducts up to 20% of the SENIOR class based on academic achievements and character....

Tuula Hicks had been in The Children’s Theater for five years.
Photo used with permission from Mikki Schaffner

Tuula Hicks captures lead role in “The Piano Lesson”

Tuula Hicks, ‘30, played the lead role of Maretha in the play “The Piano Lesson” put on by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park from April...

Summer classes

For summer 2026, the Alumni Association is offering Financial Literacy for juniors and seniors and “Ready, Set, Go!” for incoming seventh...

2026 Cum Laude Initiates

Each spring, the Walnut Hills High School Cum Laude Society inducts up to 20% of the SENIOR class based on academic achievements and character....

Tuula Hicks captures lead role in “The Piano Lesson”

Tuula Hicks, ‘30, played the lead role of Maretha in the play “The Piano Lesson” put on by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park from April...

Summer classes

For summer 2026, the Alumni Association is offering Financial Literacy for juniors and seniors and “Ready, Set, Go!” for incoming seventh...

Cincinnati native Luke Kuechly elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame

Cal Moore, Managing Editor of Public Relations and Social Media | Broadcast Team Member

February 11, 2026

Cincinnati native and former St. Xavier Bomber Luke Kuechly has been announced as part of the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class, which was revealed Feb. 5 during the NFL Honors ceremony.

Kuechly, a middle linebacker, played his whole 8-year career as a member of the Carolina Panthers, who selected him ninth overall in the 2012 NFL Draft out of Boston College, where he made five First-team All-Pro appearances and two Second-team All-Pro appearances, as well as winning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2012 and NFL Defensive Player of the Year in his sophomore year in 2013.

Kuechly retired at only 28 after the 2019 season, citing the effects of various concussions suffered during his career. He will now be enshrined in the Hall Of Fame in Canton, Ohio alongside fellow Cincinnatians Roger Staubach, of Purcell Marian, and Cris Carter, of Middletown.

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