2019-2020 Academic Prizes The Academic Office Congratulates All Students
For Excellence in World Languages
Chinese 2 Honors Jiwon Han
Jheanelle Robinson HM: Colin Brown
Arabic 1* Honorable Mention: Zachary Rubenzahl
Chinese 3 Emily Dunn HM: Louis Fleisher
French 2 Honors Kieu Anh Hong HM: Ava Gawronski
Arabic 2 Honors Leonardo Li HM: Tai Hang Nicholas Li
Chinese 3 Honors Martin Kim HM: Jason Kim
French 3 Logan Clouser HM: Andrew D’Asaro
Arabic 3 Honors Caleb Gerdeman HM: Ayana Morgan & Maimouna Sylla
Chinese 4 Honors Michael Soland HM: Grisham Vazirani
French 3 Honors Greta Haverstick HM: Melody Chen
Chinese AP Anniek Otten HM: Samir Khan
French 4 Honors Quinton Tang HM: Isabella Basile
French 1 Paige Timbrrok HM: Sadie Eilberg
French 4 AP HM: Elena Mendez
French 2
Spanish 1 Zhijian Zhou
Arabic 5 Seminar Adam Benzinane Chinese 1 HM: Khoa Cao Chinese 2 Sarah Kenvin HM: Ava Carosella
For Excellence in History & Social Sciences 20th Century History Bennett Cerullo HM: Anna Carroll & Wai Ting Li
For Excellence in Mathematics Integrated Mathematics 11 Cordelia Davies HM: Payton Jobson Integrated Mathematics 21 Carver Fulmer HM: Cameron Becky Integrated Mathematics 31 Aman Gupta
For Excellence in Technology Introduction to Computer Programming Emily Rakos
For Excellence in Engineering Engineering 1
For Excellence in Religious Studies and Philosophy Philosophy Seminar
World History William Lesko & Arwen Lutwyche HM: Jerry Li & Sitian Wang United States History William Thompson United States History Honors Andrew Chirieleison & Jasroop Dhingra HM: Mikihiro Osada Integrated Mathematics 41 John Ju HM: Hanqi Shang Integrated Mathematics 22 Maya Brigandi HM: Avery Reigner Integrated Mathematics 32 William Ledyard HM: William Schaller
HM: Derek Schmaeling United States History AP Gavin Guerrette HM: Quang Nguyen The Carl Knobloch Prize in Economics Grisham Vazirani Integrated Mathematics 42 Jerry Li HM: Charles Patterson Integrated Mathematics 33 Gia Servalli HM: Ella Heft Integrated Mathematics 43 Anniek Otten HM: Greta Haverstick Calculus AB AP Ruiyao Zhu
HM: Wai Ting Li Spanish 2 Andrew Manato HM: Kai Ho & Noah Toole Spanish 2 Honors Aine Farrell HM: Wesley Connelly Spanish 3 Aman Gupta HM: Cordelia Davies Spanish 3 Honors Parker Miles HM: Yuting Wang Spanish 4 Honors Iha Chikkala HM: Sitian Wang Spanish Literature AP HM: Juan Ber Hinostroza Psychology Tanner Eccleston HM: Isabella Tabarrini Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Juan Ber Hinostroza
HM: Jifan Zhu Calculus BC Multivariable AP Sitian Wang Statistics AP Sitian Wang The J. Michael Pentz ’58 Prize for Greatest Interest & Improvement in Mathematics Derin Guruscu
Computer Science Principles AP Advanced Computer Science The Thomas G Ruth Prize for Johnny Dai Seminar Honors Technology HM: Jerry Li Xiangyu Shi Keyang Lu HM: Quang Nguyen Computer Science A AP Charles Patterson HM: Ruiyao Zhu Avery Reigner HM: Zachary Rubenzahl
HM: Yoseph Kim
Engineering 2 Susanna Soderman
Engineering 3 Honors Kirsten Lange HM: Louis Fleisher
Gavin Guerrette HM: Lilian Rizek
HM: Aine Farrell
Worldviews and World Religions Ella Scott
Religion and Film Ella Heft HM: Isabella Basile
The Sanders Family Prize for Excellence in Engineering Tess Gray
The George C. Happy Memorial Prize in Theology Isabella Basile HM: Hannah Gordon
For Excellence in Science Biology 1 Simo Li HM: Haocheng Li
Integrated Science 1 Honors Jifan Zhu HM: Anna Carroll & Luke Gerdeman
HM: Lilian Rizek Chemistry l Honors Melody Chen HM: Samuel Beckett Physics 1 Honors Kieu Ahn Hong Environmental Science Ella Heft
Biology AP HM: Morgan Kessler Chemistry AP Audrey Lehneis HM: Chuyi Pan
Prize presented by The Pittsburgh Alumni Association of The Rensselaer Polytechnic The Bausch and Lomb Science Institute for Excellence in Award Mathematics and Science. Binbin Li Quang Nguyen
Physics 1 AP HM: Philippe Jin
The George C. Brooke Memorial Prize in Biology Lab Brianna Hartman
Chemistry l William Ledyard
Physics C AP Mechanics Audrey Lehneis HM: Weiye Zhang
The H.S. Schutt Prize in Chemistry Binbin Li
For Excellence in the Arts
Advanced Studio Art 3 Honors Class Piano Yuting Wang William Dollhopf HM: Sarah Jiang HM: Andres Arevalo
Integrated Science 2 Honors Ruiyao Zhu HM: Sitian Wang
Introduction to Web Develop- AP 3D Design ment Shannon Quintana Angelina Chi Woodworking Studio Art 1 Anna Lignelli Eleanor Molyneaux HM: Ava Carosella Photography Wyatt Steffy Studio Art 2 HM: Nolan Richards Jiwon Han HM: Aidan Ma
Video Production Adam Benzinane
For Excellence in Humanities
English 2 Ruiyao Zhu HM: Jerry Li
Humanities 3 AP Audrey Lehneis
English 3 Ella Heft HM: Greta Haverstick
Journalism Elizabeth Hudak HM: Hannah Gordon & Julia Weiss
For Excellence in English English 1 Hanqi Shang HM: Payton Jobson
For Excellence in Classical Languages Latin 1 Jifan Zhu HM: Luke Gerdeman Latin 1 Honors David Spencer
Special Prizes
The Colgate Debating Prize for Most Effective Debater Chuyi Pan Award presented by the Alumni for the Best General Record. 3F Hanqu Shang 4F Ella Scott 5F Philippe Jin Head of Form 3F Jifan Zhu 4F Leonardo Li 5F Audrey Lehneis Head of School Audrey Lehneis
English 3 AP Grisham Vazirani HM: Gavin Guerrette
Samuel B. Schaadt Memorial Prize in Chemistry Laboratory Zhuotong Yao
Digital Music HM: Zhijian Zhou Speech William Lesko
The George H. and H. Richter Elser Prize presented to a member of the Fifth Form for the best written essay as determined by the English Department James Olson
Bucknell University’s Award for Outstanding Promise in Physics and Astronomy Michael Soland
The Karl Pacanovsky Fine Woodworking Award Nathaniel Whittemore Prize for Excellence in Vocal Music in Memory of Robert Andrews Lewis ‘78 and the Hilltones Isabelle Feldman Ada L. Hopkins Honorary Merit Scholarship in Music – Donated by Thomas G. Ruth in honor of his late great-aunt Henry Chen The Frank Woodworth Pine Memorial Prize for Excellence in Underform English Prose Composition, presented in Memory of Dr. Howard Bement William Thompson The Captain Curtiss Cummings Prize for the Best Student Editorial in The Hill News Elizabeth Hudak
HM: Kelly Dempsey Latin 2 Lauren Yingling Latin 2 /Greek 1 Honors Ruiyao Zhu HM: Gavin Guerrette
Latin 3 William Gussler HM: Owen McLaughlin Latin AP Qianya Wang HM: Audrey Lehneis Advanced Latin Seminar
Raina Shah HM: Trent Charlton Greek 2 Honors Oluwanimofe Akinyanmi HM: Ruthanne Sandner Greek 3 Honors Qianya Wang
The Medals awarded by The Hill School for the late Oscar Cox in memory of his father Jacob Cox, for the greatest improvement in scholarship at The Hill School. 3F Lulu Nakagawa 4F Derin Guruscu 5F Derek Schmaeling
The Bryn Mawr College President’s Book Award to a young woman in the Fifth Form who exhibits a true love of learning and intellectual curiosity about the world around her. Oluwanimofe Akinyanmi & Teresa McCardle
The Princeton Book Award presented by the Princeton Club of Philadelphia in Recognition of Outstanding Academic Achievement and Exemplary Community Service. Isabella Basile
The Prize presented by The Harvard Club of Philadelphia to a member of the Fifth Form who has shown personal integrity, excellence of scholarship and noteworthy achievement in other The Cum Laude Society Inductees areas of school life. Philippe Jin Audrey Lehneis Audrey Lehneis Binbin Li Qianya Wang
*Certain prizes were awarded to members of the Class of 2020
The Thomas S. Roberts ’53Prize for Resiliency Cynthia Williams The Isaac Thomas Prize presented each year to that student whose qualities of optimism, loyalty, and service best represent The Hill’s loving memory of Mr. Isaac Thomas, a member of The Hill School Faculty for many years (1884-1952). Gavin Guerrette & Sasjha Mayfield