VUHS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

These juniors have been recognized for their academic excellence, leadership, and service to our community with the following awards from colleges around our region.

Clarkson University Leadership Award - Paul Thurber

Clarkson University Achievement Award - Clarinda McAllister

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Rensselaer Medal Award - Ella Hameline

The Sage Colleges - Student Sage Scholarship - Anna Carr, Alexandria Rice

Saint Anselm College Book Award - Ryley Olsen

Saint Michael’s College Book Award for Scholarship and Service - Mykenzie Duffy, Kaitlyn Little

University of Rochester – Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award - Ila Collette

University of Rochester - George Eastman Young Leaders Award and Scholarship - Ryley Dubois

University of Rochester - Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award in Humanities & Social Sciences - Olivia Brooks

University of Rochester – Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology - Alisdair

Chauvin

Williams College Book Award - Cal Seyler

Wells College 21st Century Leadership Award - Byron Beck

The Elmira College Key Award - Felicia Poirier

Boys’ State

Congratulations to the following students on being selected as this year's Boys State delegates. These students were nominated by faculty and staff based on leadership, scholarship, and citizenship.

Alisdair Chauvin

Richard Cosgrove

Ethan Gebo

Jonah Mahe

Girls’ State

Congratulations to the following students on being selected as this year's Girls State delegates.

Madeline DeGraaf

Mykenzie Duffy

2022 DAR Good Citizen Award

Each year a Vergennes Union High School senior is chosen for the DAR Good Citizen’s Award by faculty members nominating three seniors and then the senior class elects one of those three as their Good Citizen. DAR is sponsored by the local Daughters of the American Revolution, Seth Warner-Rhoda Farrand Chapter and is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. The DAR Good Citizen’s Award recognizes a student that possesses the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism to an outstanding degree. We are proud to announce that the 2021 DAR Good Citizen is Kaitlyn Little

Congratulations Kaitlyn!

ATHLETICS:

Winter 2021

• Boys & Girls Basketball each earn home playoff games

• Girls Basketball earns trip to Barre Auditorium, losing to Lake Region in the state championship game

• Indoor Track, wrestling & cheerleading lose season due to COVID

Spring 2021

• Both baseball & softball earn home playoff games.

• Baseball & Girls Lacrosse both lose in semifinals to eventual champions

• Track & Field earns 5 state championships: Gabe Praamsma- 800M

Ben Huston- 1500M & 3000M

4x400M Relay- Gabe Praamsma, Ryder Messinger, Aidan Gebo, Ben Huston

4x800M Relay- Gabe Praamsma, Jarret Muzzy, Aidan Gebo, Ben Huston

Fall 2022

• First full season since winter 2020 due to COVID

• Athletic department grows to include Bass

Fishing & Golf

• Boys’ soccer team earns #4 seed, falling to eventual champion Green Mountain in semifinals

• Out-of-state travel restrictions prevented the Vergennes Rowing Team from dominating New England Youth Championships again this year