Students Recognized at 2023 Upper School Awards Ceremony

On Friday, June 2, Kent Place School held its annual awards ceremony in the Upper School. Listed below are all Upper School awards and recipients, selected by Upper School faculty and staff.

ATHLETIC AWARDS

• White Blazer Award: Lindsay Hausman ’23, Sophia Miller ’23, Sofia Keri ’23
• Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete: Lindsay Hausman ’23
• New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Scholar Athlete: Sophia Miller ’23
• New Jersey Independent Schools Athletic Association Scholar Athlete: Heidi Rosely ’23
• NJSIAA National Girls & Women In Sports Honoree: Caitlin Williams ’23
• Pat Conley Varsity Athletic Awards: Margo D’Angelo ’23, Isabelle Embden ’23, Lily Kaplan ’23, Katherine Lyon ’23, Ava Nalavala ’23, Noe Nalavala ’23, Heidi Rosely ’23, Clara Schreibman ’23, Emily Shewchuk ’23, Caitlin Williams ’23, Sophie Williams ’23
• Susan C. Bosland Award 2023: Alyma Karbownik ’24, Emma Claire Quinn ’24

ENGLISH AWARDS

• Jane Coil Cole Prize: Roshni Kopparupu ’23
• Kathryn H. Faber Prize: MacKenzie Thompson ’23
• The Bebe Lord Gow Prize: Veronica Melendi ’23
• The Beverly Jeanne Welsh Prize in English: Katherine Lyon ’23

COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING AWARD

• Outstanding Student of Computer Science & Engineering: Sophia Chimenti ’23, Victoria Ng ’23

HISTORY AWARDS

• Outstanding Scholar of History: Catherine Paris ’23, Makenzie Thompson ’23
• Historical Research Scholar: Seema Parmar ’23, Luna Markels ’23

MATHEMATICS AWARDS

• Outstanding Student of Mathematics: Seema Parmar ’23, Nupur Ballal ’23

SCIENCE AWARDS

• The Rensselaer Medal: Maya Yie ’24
• The Bausch and Lomb Award: Gabrielle Liberman ’24
• Jane Patterson Science Award: Katherine Lyon ’23

WORLD LANGUAGES

• NJ Classical League: Outstanding Student of Classics: Astrid Burns ’23, Katherine Lyon ’23
• The Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey Outstanding Spanish Award: Veronica Melendi ’23, Scarlett Gibby ’23
• The Beverly Jeanne Welsh Prize in French: Roshni Kopparapu ’23, Lilly Fanelle ’23, Serena Zheng ’23

ART AWARDS

• The Carol P. Dorian Prize for Visual Arts: Serena Zheng ’23, Sophie Williams ’23
• The Robert Pridham Prize for Theater: Sekai Marques ’23
• The Music Prize: Lilly Fanelle ’23, Sana Jaffrey ’23

COMMUNITY AWARDS

• Social Justice and Equity Medal: Lilly Fanelle ’23
• The Montgomery Award: Ishani Wadhwa ’23, Anne Woodall ’23
• The Oliver E. Miles Award: Katherine Lyon ’23

NATIONAL MERIT AWARDS

• National Merit Scholarship Winners: Nupur Ballal ’23, Katherine Lyon ’23
• National Merit Scholarship Commended Scholars: Charlotte Betz ’23, Lindsay Hausman ’23, Elina Kapur ’23, Victoria Ng ’23, Jessica Park ’23, Seema Parmar ’23, Lola Possick ’23, Ella Schestag ’23, Sneha Shirhattikar ’23, Ishani Wadhwa ’23, Caitlin Williams ’23, Sophie Williams ’23, Kristine Yang ’23, Serena Zheng ’23

QUILL & SCROLL

• Ballast: Makenzie Thompson ’23, Serena Zheng ’23
• Windward: Annalisa Abbate ’24, Miranda Wang ’24, Megan Altier ’24
• Starboard: Sneha Shirhattikar ’23, Sajni Shah ’24
• Cargoes: Christina Galdi ’23, Ava Nalavala ’23, Lola Possick ’23, Sophie Williams ’23