Students Recognized at 2025 Upper School Awards Ceremony

On Friday, May 30, 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

• Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete: Sophie Capone ’25
• New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Scholar Athlete: Aurielle Wolf ’25
• New Jersey Independent Schools Athletic Association Scholar Athlete: Deysi Rodriguez-Valdiviezo ’25
• NJSIAA National Girls & Women In Sports Honoree: Ava Shannon ’25
• Susan C. Bosland Award 2025: Molly Brozowski ’26, Maya Hardy ’26
• Pat Conley Varsity Athletic Awards: Sophia DiSarno ’25, Caroline Hand ’25, Makena Singer ’25
• White Blazer Award: Olivia Hand ’25

ENGLISH AWARDS

• Jane Coil Cole Prize: Colette Gentile ’25, Anna Gambuzza ’25
• Kathryn H. Faber Prize: Charlotte Grushkin ’25
• Bebe Lord Gow Prize: Grace Williams ’25
• The Beverly Jeanne Welsh Prize in English: Naina Bhardwaj ’25

COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING AWARD

• Outstanding Student of Computer Science & Engineering: Nia Gitau ’25, Aila Kennedy ’25

HISTORY AWARDS

• Outstanding Scholar of History: Angela Hong ’25, Colette Gentile ’25, Megan Llewellyn-Jones ’25
• Historical Research Scholar: Julissa Beltrán ’25

MATHEMATICS AWARDS

• Outstanding Student of Mathematics: Naina Bhardwaj ’25

SCIENCE AWARDS

• Rensselaer Medal: Claire Cherill ’26
• Bausch and Lomb Award: Alex Jones ’26
• Jane Patterson Science Award: Sophia Gandhi ’25

WORLD LANGUAGES

• Outstanding Student of Chinese Award: Nia Gitau ’25, Chelsea Cui ’25
• NJ Classical League: Outstanding Student of Classics: Priyanka Somaiya ’25, Tanseem Arampulikan ’25
• The Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey Outstanding Spanish Award: Scarlette Liftin ’25
• Beverly Jeanne Welsh Prize in French: Anna Gambuzza ’25, Colette Gentile ’25, Auburn Wilson ’25

ART AWARDS

• The Carol P. Dorian Prize for Visual Arts: Sophia DiSarno ’25, Alexa Garrido ’25, Charlotte Gruskin ’25, Elijah Hall ’25, Mia Naggar ’25, Sofia Wanosky ’25
• The Robert Pridham Prize for Theater: Maya Lalani ’25
• The Music Prize: Charlotte Grushkin ’25, Angela Hong ’25

COMMUNITY AWARDS

• Social Justice and Equity Medal: Sophia Gandhi ’25
• The Oliver E. Miles Award: Dvita Bhattacharya ’25
• The Montgomery Award: Abigail Weldon ’25

NATIONAL MERIT AWARDS

• National Merit Scholarship Winners: Dvita Bhattacharya ’25 (National Merit $2500 Scholarship)
• National Merit Scholarship Finalist: Dvita Bhattacharya ’25, Chelsea Cui ’25, Colette Gentile ’25, Nia Gitau ’25
• National Merit Scholarship Commended Scholars: Lila Gorke ’25, Evelyn Grissinger ’25, Angela Hong ’25, Charlotte Kim ’25, Auburn Wilson ’25
• Cum Laude: Tanseem Arampulikan ’25, Naina Bhardwaj ’25, Dvita Bhattacharya ’25, Nia Gitau ’25, Caroline Hand ’25, Olivia Hand ’25, Angela Hong ’25, Cypress Zeiner-Morrish ’25, Anna Gambuzza ’25, Fiona Gambuzza ’25, Lila Gorke ’25, Scarlette Liftin ’25, Kaitlyn Wang ’25, Auburn Wilson ’25

QUILL & SCROLL

• Ballast: Tanseem Arampulikan ’25, Miranda Santiago ’25, Kayla Peng ’26
• Windward: Kaitlyn Wang ’25, Sarina Sheth ’27, Chelsea Cui ’25, Grace Williams ’25, Anna Gambuzza ’25
• Dichos: Liv Minton ’25, Louisa Gordon ’25
• Starboard: Nia Gitau ’25, Medha Sahay ’26, Geo Thatch ’25
• Cargoes: Lila Gorke ’25, Louisa Gordon ’25, Alexia Garrido ’25, Sonia Gulati ’25
• Ethics Magazine (Lodestar): Helen Wu ’25, Olivia Peters ’26, Karanina Asuncion Hoang ’27, Naina Bhardwaj ’25