Prize Day 2015

On Thursday morning, June 11, Hopkins held our annual Prize Day celebration under the big tent on Pratt Field. The Hopkins community gathered for the last time this school year as students from all grades were awarded prizes for their achievements.

Please see the list of prize winners, some of which were awarded today and others on May 29 at the Yearbook and Awards assembly below. Please see the attached galleries for photos and video from Prize Day

THE ARTS
Paul W. Schueler Prize for the Visual Arts – Cordelia (Lia) Stone, Grade 12
Drama Award – Karma Masselli, Grade 12
Charles Ives Music Prize – Gwendolyn Howard, Grade 12
Choral Music Award – Rose Etzel, Grade 12

THE CLASSICS
Clare McNamee Latin Prize – Jacob Pierce, Grade 12
Junior School Latin Prize – Clare Chemery, Grade 8
Jeremiah Peck Greek Prize – Philip Geanakoplos, Grade 11

ENGLISH
Major James Dudley Dewell Letter Writing Prize – Thomas Noto, Grade 8
Baldwin Prize Essay, Middle School – Alexandra Batter, Grade 10
Baldwin Prize Essay, Senior School – Katherine Sargent, Grade 11
John B. Smith Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 8 – Zachary Blake
Brown University Book Award – Ji Woo (Kristine) Ahn, Grade 11
Elizabeth Tate Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 11 – Katherine Sargent
Elsie Church Award for English and Dramatics – Raffaella (Raffi) Donatich, Grade 12
Elizabeth Lewis Day Prize for Excellence in Imaginative Writing – Tiana (Skye) Wilson, Grade 12
Helen Hope Barton Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 12 – Michael McCarthy
George Gillespie Prize for Excellence in Literary Scholarship – David Proctor, Grade 12

MODERN LANGUAGES
Edward R. DeNoyon French Prize – Benjamin Koleske, Grade 12
Denise M. Katz French Prize – Morgan Quental, Grade 12
The Spanish Literature Prize – Korina Korsh, Grade 12
The Hispanic Letters Prize – Meera Dhodapkar, Grade 12
The Chinese Letters Prize – Bridget Donovan, Grade 12
The Italian Letters Prize – Lucy Berman, Grade 12
Alliance Francaise of New Haven Book Award – Matthijs van Mierlo, Grade 12

HISTORY
Kenneth Hopkins Rood History Prize – Nicholas Schoelkopf, Grade 8
Julia B. Thomas History Prize – Chloe Glass, Grade 10
DeLaney Kiphuth Prize in History – Shihan (Sarah) Wang, Grade 11
Gerald F. Stevens Award – Noah Rennert, Grade 12
Walker Schneider, Grade 12

MATHEMATICS
Edgar M. Babbitt Junior School Mathematics Prize – Ethan Silver, Grade 8
Edgar M. Babbitt Middle School Mathematics Prize – Madeleine Cahn, Grade 10
Edgar M. Babbitt Senior School Mathematics Prize – Benjamin Koleske, Grade 12
John M. Heath Mathematics Prize – Athena Mayor, Grade 12

SCIENCE
Aracy Belcher Biology Prize – Andrew Treat, Grade 9
Harold Shelton Kirby Science Prize – Holden Turner, Grade 10
Rensselaer Medal – Henry Hanlon, Grade 11
Josiah Willard Gibbs Prize – Sophie Liebergall, Grade 12

ATHLETICS
Dorrance Award – Kamsi Nwangwu, Grade 12
The Hopkins Award – Hannah Springhorn, Grade 12
Robert Wyant Memorial Award – Matthijs van Mierlo, Grade 12
Jerri Trulock DPH Sportsmanship Award – Ryenne Carpenter, Grade 12
William DeGennaro Outstanding Male Athlete Award – Walker Schneider, Grade 12
Outstanding Female Athlete Award – Hannah Springhorn, Grade 12
John A. Doughan Award – Leah Salzano, Grade 12
Walter Camp Award (Junior School) – Tyler Cipriano, Grade 8
DPH Sportsmanship Award (Junior School) – Sara Chung, Grade 8
GRADE 12
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Antonia (Anna) Ayers-Brown
Norman L. Stone Award – Kyra Post
Donald Ferguson Award – Nicholas Batista, Helene Collins
F. Allen Sherk Award – Kamsi Nwangwu
John A. Wilkinson Award – Matthew Erodici
Michael J. Theobald Prize – Ryenne Carpenter
The Gerald F. Stevens Memorial Scholarship – Marcie Gallagher
Recognition of student appointment to U.S. Military Academy – Nicholas Batista