Annie Wilkins
Emily Zerishnek
Desmond Cole
Eric Gorsline
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Awarded by the Tunstall Student Council, the Bernice Bradshaw Lovitt Citizenship Award recognizes the senior girl who has exhibited most consistently and to the highest degree the qualities of good citizenship within the school community. Brittany Spruiell received the award. Annie Wilkins was the recipient of this year’s Edith Pratt Masterson Honor Award, selected by vote of the Honor Council and given to the senior who best exemplifies the Jeffersonian ideals of honor. The Alexander G. Kiehl Award, bestowed upon the student who most nearly exemplifies the outstanding characteristics of Alex Kiehl’s life, a superior degree of devotion and commitment to the unselfish pursuit of excellence in academics and in athletics, went to Lex Booth. The Country Day School for Girls Award honors the senior girl who exemplifies a superior degree of devotion and commitment to the unselfish pursuit of excellence in academics and athletics. Emily Zerishnek received the award this year. Elle Page McNider received the Sally Taliaferro Driver Award, given annually by members of the Class of 1961 in memory of Sally Taliaferro Driver to a senior girl who, throughout her career at Norfolk Academy, has consistently and without public recognition, exhibited school spirit, loyalty, friendliness, kindness, liveliness, and enthusiasm. The Charles Forsyth Wirth Award, given in memory of Charles Wirth to a senior boy who, throughout his career at Norfolk Academy, has consistently exhibited honor, loyalty, friendliness, kindness, liveliness, enthusiasm, and has conducted himself as a gentleman, was presented to Desmond Cole. Tev’n Powers received the Thomas Cornick Rixey Award, given annually by the members of the Class of 1980 in memory of Tom Rixey to a senior boy who, throughout his career at Norfolk Academy, has consistently exhibited a high degree of good sportsmanship, loyalty, friendliness, kindness, and determination. Evan Strasnick received the David Ari Leavitt Award, given to the junior or senior who has pursued some artistic, literary, intellectual, or public-spirited endeavor with an exceptional degree of originality and humanitarian concern. Dustin Fink won the Thomas McEntee Martin Award, in recognition of initiative, originality, and creative ability. The Class of 1952 Award, presented to the senior named by a panel of outside judges to be the outstanding speaker of the senior class, went to Evan Strasnick. The Royce E. Jones Award was awarded in memory of Royce Jones, Director of Athletics, teacher, and football coach from 19611979, to Eric Gorsline, the senior athlete whose spirit of determination, commitment to high standards, sense of humor, and positive self-image exemplify excellence within the school community. The DeShannon Artemis Taylor Award, given to a member of the senior class who, like D.A. Taylor, has exhibited with enthusiasm and dedication a true love for both learning and athletic competition, went to Nick Sas. The John Connor Community Service Award, given to an Upper School student who has contributed unselfishly to the Norfolk Academy community and the greater Hampton Roads area, went to Avery Bernert. The Kathleen Murray Gibson Award, given to a Tunstall senior who has made outstanding contributions to student publications at Norfolk Academy, was presented to Rebecca Nelson.
Lex Booth
Elle Page McNider
Tev'n Powers
Nick Sas