Prize Day 2018

Prizes and Awards 2017 – 2018
Presented on May 25 and June 7, 2018

GRADE 12
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Clara Everett
Norman L. Stone Award – Genevieve Speer
Donald Ferguson Award – Nia Simmons and Lillian Tipton
F. Allen Sherk Award – Donasia Gray
John A. Wilkinson Award – Georgia Doolittle
Michael J. Theobald Prize – Erin Knox and Mike Lazarre
Gerald F. Stevens Memorial Scholarship – Lionel Louis and Jake Rizzuti
Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship – Genevieve Speer

GRADE 11
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Adwith Mukherjee
George Blakeman Lovell Award – Douglas Guilford
Andrew Rossetti Prize – JR Stauff
Harvard Book Prize – Clare Chemery
Kenyon College Presidential Book Prize – Melody Parker
Smith Book Award – Naomi Tomlin
Yale Book Award – Alexander Hughes
Wellesley College Book Prize – Sofia Schroth-Douma
Mount Holyoke Book Prize – Catherine Lasersohn
Ellen Patterson Brown ’62 DPH Award – Madeleine Walker
The University of Chicago Book Award – Benjamin Goldstein
St. Lawrence University Book Award – Siraj Patwa
William and Mary Leadership Award – Samuel Jenkins
Princeton Alumni Association of Eastern Connecticut Book Award – Theodore Tellides
George Washington University Book Award – Jack Dove

GRADE 10
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Parker Connelly
Stanley Daggett Award – Lizabeth Bamgboye

GRADE 9
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Suraj Kalaria
Stanley Daggett Award – Ranease Brown

GRADE 8
Lydia von Wettberg Award – Nati Tesfaye
Simeon E. Baldwin Leadership Award – Tyler Eveland
Kristin Ridinger Taurchini Award – Pearl Miller

GRADE 7
Lydia von Wettberg Award – Harini Thiruvengadam
Simeon E. Baldwin Leadership Award – Mikiko Coakley

THE ARTS Paul W. Schueler Prize for the Visual Arts – Isabella Feder, Grade 12
Drama Award – Kayleigh Melillo, Grade 12 The Charles Ives Music Prize – Mark Xu, Grade 12
Choral Music Award – Kieran Anderson, Grade 12

THE CLASSICS
Clare McNamee Latin Prize – Abigail Miller, Grade 12
Junior School Latin Prize – Haniya Farooq, Grade 8
Jeremiah Peck Greek Prize – William Rosenbluth, Grade 12

ENGLISH
Major James Dudley Dewell Letter Writing Prize – Elliot Calderone, Grade 8
Baldwin Prize Essay, Middle School – Abigail Fossati, Grade 9
Baldwin Prize Essay, Senior School – Emily Ruan, Grade 12
John B. Smith Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 8 – Maisie Bilston
Brown University Book Award – Maliya Ellis, Grade 11
Elizabeth Tate Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 11 – Emma DeNaples
Elsie Church Award for English and Dramatics – Georgia Doolittle, Grade 12
Elizabeth Lewis Day Prize for Excellence in Imaginative Writing – Clayton Wackerman, Grade 12
Helen Hope Barton Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 12 – Emilia Cottignoli
George Gillespie Prize for Excellence in Literary Scholarship – Madison Howard, Grade 12
The Susan E. Feinberg Prize for Excellence in Critical Thinking Through the Written Word – Jeffrey Gu, Grade 12
The Karen Lee Pritzker Prize for Creative Writing – Elijah Sabin, Grade 12

HISTORY
Kenneth Hopkins Rood History Prize – Robert Lawler, Grade 8
Julia B. Thomas History Prize – Ella Zuse, Grade 9
DeLaney Kiphuth Prize in History – Noah Schmeisser, Grade 11
Gerald F. Stevens Award – Alexandra Blitzer, Grade 12

MATHEMATICS
Edgar M. Babbitt Junior School Mathematics Prize – Ingrid Slattery, Grade 7
Edgar M. Babbitt Middle School Mathematics Prize – David Metrick, Grade 10
Edgar M. Babbitt Senior School Mathematics Prize – David Darrow, Grade 12
John M. Heath Mathematics Prize – Samantha Phelan, Grade 12

MODERN LANGUAGES
Edward R. DeNoyon French Prize – Jonah Norwitt, Grade 12
Denise M. Katz French Prize – Olivier Kibbey, Grade 12
The Spanish Literature Prize – Alexandra Starovoitov, Grade 12
The Hispanic Letters Prize – Lucio Moscarini, Grade 12
The Chinese Letters Prize – Dylan Sloan, Grade 12
The Italian Letters Prize – Marion Conklin, Grade 12
Alliance Française of New Haven Book Award – Michelle Medina, Grade 12

SCIENCE
Aracy Belcher Biology Prize – Evan Alfandre, Grade 9
Harold Shelton Kirby Science Prize – C. Burton Lyng-Olsen, Grade 10
Rensselaer Medal – Ethan Silver, Grade 11
Josiah Willard Gibbs Prize – Ajay Mitra, Grade 12
Fairfield University and Sikorsky Aircraft Excellence in Science and Math Award – Benjamin Goldstein, Grade 11

ATHLETICS
Dorrance Award – John Blumenthal, Grade 12
The Hopkins Award – Genevieve Speer, Grade 12
Robert Wyant Memorial Award – Mitchell Delfini, Grade 12
Jerri Trulock DPH Sportsmanship Award – Jessica D’Errico, Grade 12
William DeGennaro Outstanding Male Athlete Award – Dylan Sloan, Grade 12
Outstanding Female Athlete Award – Anna Banks, Grade 12
Jordan William Sebastian Award – Erin Knox, Grade 12
Jordan William Sebastian Award – Spencer Lockhart, Grade 12
Walter Camp Award (Junior School) – Liam Spellacy, Grade 8
DPH Sportsmanship Award (Junior School) – Orly Baum, Grade 8


Prize Day Videos:

Welcome


Arts


Classics


English


History


Mathematics