The Class of 2020 Awards & Closing Ceremony

Hopkins celebrated the Class of 2020 at the Senior Awards & Closing Ceremony on Friday, May 29, 2020. The virtual event began with opening remarks by Head of School Kai Bynum, and Grade 12 Head Adviser Scott Wich. The awards portion featured the announcement of senior award recipients in academics, arts and athletics, followed by the 12th Grade prizes. Following the awards portion, the Senior Class Video was premiered. Watch the entire ceremony in the attached video, and read the full list of award winners below. Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

Class of 2020 Awards Ceremony

Grade 12 Prizes
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Evan Gerritz
Norman L. Stone Award – Katherine Takoudes
Donald Ferguson Award – Anne Marie Dooher
Donald Ferguson Award – Rayane Taroua
Michael J. Theobald Prize – Peter Graham
John A. Wilkinson Award – Griffin Congdon
F. Allen Sherk Award – Graley Turner
Gerald F. Stevens Memorial Scholarship – Robert Tullonge

The Arts
Paul W. Schueler Prize for the Visual Arts – Juliette Glass
Drama Award – Leah Miller
The Charles Ives Music Prize – Kyle Shin
Choral Music Award – Meggie Czepiel

Classics
Clare McNamee Latin Prize – Alex Schuster

English
Elsie Church Award for English and Dramatics – Elizabeth "ElRoy" Roy
Elizabeth Lewis Day Prize for Excellence in Imaginative Writing – Yue Yin
The Susan E. Feinberg Prize for Excellence in Critical Thinking Through the Written Word – Casey Goldberg
George Gillespie Prize for Excellence in Literary Scholarship – Olivia Wen
Helen Hope Barton Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 12 – Jason Guo

History
Gerald F. Stevens Award – Emma Regan

Mathematics
Clayton Hall Mathematics Prize – Henry Fisher
John M. Heath Mathematics Prize – Lauren Gillespie

Modern Language
Denise M. Katz French Prize – Juliette Glass
The Spanish Literature Prize – Yasmin Bergemann
The Hispanic Letters Prize – Casey Dies
The Chinese Letters Prize – Liz Bamgboye
The Italian Letters Prize – Chloe Sokol

Science
Josiah Willard Gibbs Prize Saira Munshani

Athletics
Dorrance Award Athletic Banquet – Phil DeLise
The Hopkins Award – Casey Dies
Robert Wyant Memorial Award – Collin Gernhardt
Robert Wyant Memorial Award – Ian Dailis
Jerri Trulock DPH Sportsmanship Award – Lauren Gillespie
William DeGennaro Outstanding Male Athlete Award – Nicolas Burtson
Outstanding Female Athlete Award – Courtney Banks
Jordan William Sebastian Award – Brandon Smith
Jordan William Sebastian Award – Katherine Takoudes
Jordan William Sebastian Award – Casey Goldberg

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