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2023 Senior School Awards Recognition
Sewickley Academy annually recognizes Senior School students with a host of awards for their achievements in academics, arts, athletics, and citizenship. This year’s Senior School Awards ceremony was held in Rea Auditorium on Monday, May 15, 2023. Congratulations to this year’s recipients!
The program began with the presentation of the Hearts, Minds, and Hands awards to members of the junior class:
- Hearts Award - Sasha Ahmad
- Minds Award - Jack Terrell
- Hands Award - Max Peluso
Visual Arts Awards:
- Ceramics Award - Wesley Riddle (11)
- Award for Drawing and Painting – Nikki Golestan (12)
- Milton M. Fenner IV Prize - Katie Serafin (12)
Fine Arts Awards:
- National School Orchestra Award - Swetha Menon (9)
- National Chorus Award - Ella Tominac-Ural (12)
- John Philip Sousa Band Award - Avani Venkat (12)
- Louis Armstrong Jazz Award - Max Peluso (11)
- Excellence in Technical Theater Award - Grace Armutat (12)
- Theater Arts Award - Claire Cable (12) and Ibrahim Khan (12)
Academics Awards:
- Computer Science Award - Derek Peng (12)
- Manson Campbell Memorial Writing Prize - Swetha Menon (9) and Raneem Wahdan (9)
- Sophomore English Award - Josie Whitcraft (10)
- Junior Reading Award - Logan Carlson (11)
- English Award - Clair Cable (12)
- Alden Sector History Award - Milagros de Jong (9) and Emma Di Domenico (9)
- Calvert Magruder Award in History - Catherine Jardini (12)
- Social Sciences Award - Isaac Ulloa Antonio (12) and Ashton Ragoowansi (12)
- Claudia Gallant Global Scholar Award - Catherine Jardini (12) and Nikki Golestan (12)
- Math Team Award - Leon Jiao (12)
- Mathematics Award - Leon Jiao (12)
- Outstanding Biology Student Award - Abby Bojalad (11) and Alex Wang (11)
- Outstanding Physics Student Award - Leon Jiao (12)
- Taylor Science Prize - Jack Terrell (11)
- Science Award - Jayne Miner (12) and Rohan Tayur (12)
- Dr. Karen L. Coleman French Award - Claire Cable (12) and Jayne Miner (12)
- Sira Metzinger Italian Award - Alexandra Cordle (12) and Derek Peng (12)
- Latin Award - Logan Carlson (11) and Peter Shillingsburg (11)
- Spanish Award - Isaac Ulloa Antonio (12) and Maria Silvaggio (12)
- Chinese Award - Daniel Torres (12)
Athletics Awards:
- Kate Dresher Sportsmanship Award - Kaitlyn Hayden (12)
- Stan Partenheimer Sportsmanship Award - Hudson Colletti (12)
- Most Outstanding Contributor - Catherine Jardini (12) and Nick Straka (12)
- Best Female Athlete Award - Mary Grace Gordon (12)
- Best Male Athlete Award - Adin Zorn (12)
McKallip Awards:
- Grade 9 - Swethan Menon
- Grade 10 - Avni Kathju
- Grade 11 - Xavier Nicopulos
- Grade 12 - CArolyn Rampelt
Other Awards:
- Tuck McClintock Community Service Award - Maria Silvagio (12)
- Senior School President’s Award - Alex Wang (11)
- Grade 8 Commencement Speaker - Ashton Ragoowansi (12)
The awards ceremony concluded with the formal induction of this year’s Cum Laude Society members (all from the Class of 2023):
- Christopher Achkar
- Grace Armutat
- Leon Jiao
- Suman Krishna
- Spencer Krysinski
- Jayne Miner
- Derek Peng
- Ashton Ragoowansi
- Maria Silvaggio
- Nicholas Straka
- Rohan Tayur
- Jonathan Varghese
