scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses. This year’s honorees are Tassneen Bashir, Victoria Bennett, Kiersten Blinn, Maryam Bolouri, Adelaide Brooks, Grace Cai, Emily Christopher, Abigail Fleischli, Annabelle Folsom, Cameron Giles, Margaret Hudspeth, Lily Johnson, Neha Kapoor, Kate Keough, Amanda Kim, Heidi Kim, Eshani Kishore, Alyssa Knight, Ashna Kumar, Katherine Lake, Malini Naidu, Joy Nesbitt, Gabriella Sanford, Sonya Xu, and Ruining Ying.
Ivy Awino ’08
Ivy Awino ’08 Named the Dallas Mavericks’ First Female DJ The Dallas Mavericks have hired a new member of the in-arena entertainment team: DJ Poizon Ivy. Born Ivy Awino in Nairobi, Kenya, and raised in Dallas, Texas, Ivy attended The Hockaday School and worked as a Mavs BallKid on gamenights for over six years. While attending Marquette University she found her place at WMUR, the student-run radio station, and became “DJ Poizon Ivy.” Since then, she’s shared the stage with the likes of Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Lupe Fiasco, B.o.B, J. Cole, Juicy J, and more, always striving to learn and work with the best in the industry. Now back in Dallas, Ivy has become the official DJ of the Dallas Wings (WNBA) and Skylar Diggins’ Shoot 4 the Sky Basketball Camp Tour.
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volunteers, with matching gifts from HP Village, stores, and companies. Stella is now gearing up for season 5 of “Quinn and Stella’s Jinglebell Mistletoe.” For more information visit kissandtella.com.
Stella Wrubel, Class of 2024
Stella Wrubel ’24 Named Youth Leader of the Year at North Texas Food Bank Hockaday fifth grader Stella Wrubel was named the 2016 Youth Leader of the Year and awarded the Golden Fork Award by The North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) along with her business partner, Quinn Graves. Stella began selling mistletoe on the sidewalk in front of her house four years ago, at six years old, to raise money for the Red Cross following Hurricane Sandy. In 2013, she brought it home for the North Texas Food Bank and in 2015 made a $39,155.86 contribution to the NTFB with the earnings. Stella and Quinn now sell mistletoe in Highland Park Village with a team of student
Jane Cook, Class of 2018
Jane Cook ’18 Selected for the US Equestrian Federation’s Emerging Athlete Eventing 18 Program Form III student Jane Cook is one of only 17 under-18 eventers in the country to be selected to the USEF program. This talent-spotting program identifies promising young athletes who show the potential to one day represent the United States on an Olympic or other international eventing team. Eventing is the equestrian sport that encompasses the disciplines of dressage, cross-country jumping, and stadium jumping. It was first used as a test of military horsemanship skills, and it was first featured at the Olympics in 1912. In January, Jane accepted the award for topranked Junior Preliminary-level rider in North Texas, and she will take second place (Reserve Champion) in this division for the entire Area V 4-state region.