Awards Day 2009

Nearly 100 awards were bestowed upon Upper School students at The 2009 Awards Day ceremony held in Kennedy Auditorium on Friday, June 5. Students were recognized not only for stellar academic performance, but also for their artistic talent, athletic prowess, and commitment to service. While many students received awards, many more did not; however, Head of School Scott Looney acknowledged all students for their contributions, both academic and otherwise, emphasizing that awards are not the sole measure of excellence or accomplishment. Although Hawken`s most esteemed award, the Bolton Award, was announced at Awards Day, it was actually presented one day earlier at the Senior Breakfast because the recipient, Terrence Embry, was competing at the state track meet and thus unable to attend the ceremony. The Bolton Award is bestowed upon a Hawken student who excels in all aspects of education and in so doing has truly lived up to the Hawken motto: "That each generation introduce its successor to a higher plane of life." Terrence will be attending Oberlin College on a full scholarship through Questbridge. Receiving the third annual Grant Roth `85 Community Service award was Emily Brueck. As recipient of this award, Emily was given a $500 stipend to donate to the charity of her choice. Below is a list of all awards and their recipients. MATHEMATICS AWARDS TEAMS (Test of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) Varsity Omar Diab, Alexander Ferris, David Gerson, Aaron Hung, Alec Lai, Jacob Sachs, Quentin Smith, Noah Whitehead Junior Varsity Matthew Blanchard, Nathan Baker, Charles Hermann, Lauren Hughes, Amelia Mainardi Randi Michel, Peter Mintun, Maya Shumyatcher American Mathematics Competitions 12th Grade Brian Huser, Aaron Hung, Alec Lai 11th Grade Omar Diab 9th Grade Anirudh Dasarathy Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics Competition 12th Grade Brian Huser, Alec Lai 11th Grade Omar Diab, David Gerson, Peter Mintun 9th Grade Anirudh Dasarathy CWRU Michelson-Morley Award for the Outstanding Junior in Mathematics and Science David Gerson Rensselaer Medal Randi Michel SCIENCE AWARDS United States Physics Team Semi-Finalists Omar Diab, Michael Eby, David Gerson, Brian Huser, Quentin Smith Outstanding First Year Physics Student Peter Mintun Outstanding Second Year Physics Student Brian Huser Outstanding Junior in Science Nathan Baker Outstanding Senior in Science Alec Lai AAPT Physics Bowl Contest David Aronoff, Evan Berlin, Omar Diab, Charles Hermann, Brian Huser, David Gerson, Peter Mintun, Quentin Smith, John Weiss, Noah Whitehead ENGLISH AWARDS English Award Brian Huser Creative Writing Award Lexi Wangler McCreary Prize - Poetry Aden Wexberg McCreary Prize - Prose Hannah Kerman ARTS AWARDS Theater Senior Awards Brian Huser, Janet Katzin, Catherine Vinci Hawken Players Society Most Valuable Player Ryan Smith Hawken Players Society Senior Stage Crew Christa Himmelein Hawken Players Society Most Valuable Technician Kathryn Goldston Dance Fosse Award for Excellence in Dance Teressa Holcomb Spirit of Dance Award Amanda Mervine Music Choral Award Adrienne Krol Instrumental Award Jana Jaffe Visual Arts Photography Guy Baratz Sculpture Dana Lee The George Roby Art Award William Crownover MODERN AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES AWARDS French Paige von Mehren Spanish David Falk Latin Samuel Milner Chinese Madeline Gabor Combined Language Award Alec Lai HISTORY AWARD Outstanding Seniors Award Dylan Herts, Andrew Macklis PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH AWARDS Physical Education Awards 9th Grade Athlete Allie Schwer