Members of the Class of 2022 were honored for their achievements at the Senior Prize Ceremony on Friday, June 3. Congratulations to all the students listed below who received the academic prizes for 2021–22, as well as our new Cum Laude inductees and those who earned certificates in Applied Science and Global Studies.

Salutatorian: Ariana Colner
Valedictorian: Yiwei (Vicky) Zhu

Academic and Department Awards

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in English — Lucinda Harding and Dahe (Billy) Wang

The Pennington School Award for Excellence in Spanish — Yiwei (Vicky) Zhu

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in French — Jenna Bluni

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in German — Ariana Colner

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Latin — Kurt Edward Kennedy

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Chinese — Isaiah Muse

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Mathematics— Akshay Arun and Lyuxin (David) Zhang

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Science — Liam Goldstein and Christopher Ly

The Scientific Inquiry Award — Ariana Colner

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in History — Jonathan Eaton

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Religion — Mia Cresti

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Computer Science — Lyuxin Zhang and Minghao Zhang

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Journalism — Jonathan Eaton and Ruby Grisin

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Instrumental Performance — Jialun (Gavin) Cui

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Vocal Performance — Jonathan Eaton

The William Alford Award for Distinctive Service in Music — Yiwei (Vicky) Zhu

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Video Production — Scott Caponi

The G. Arthur Campbell Award for Distinctive Service in Drama — Lucinda Harding

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Technical Theatre — Ariana Colner

The Pennington School Award for Continued Excellence in Theatrical Performance — Gia Villegas

The William Mastrosimone '66 Award for Excellence in Writing and Directing an Original Play — Chloe Boocock, Christopher Cromarty, Sydney Francis, and Ruby Grisin            

The Kersey Award for the Student Showing Most Promise in Visual Art — Miami Celentana

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Photography — Hieu Nguyen

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Excelling in Sculpture and Ceramics — Erin Penders

The Pennington School Award for Peer Leadership — Lauren Woodroffe

 

Certificate Programs

Recognition of Applied Science Certificate Students

Tyler Anderson
Akshay Arun
Jenna  Bluni
Olivia Bottomley
David Cahn
Hongyi Cai
Miami Celentana
Chi Chen
Maxwell Close
Ariana Colner
Mia Cresti
Christopher Cromarty
Jonathan Eaton
Ganesh Feroze
Maxwell Gibbard
Lucinda Harding
Daisy Hutnik
Ronan Karp
Julie Kennedy
Merrick Liu
Mateo Lopez-Castro
Zachary Merritt
Hieu Nguyen
Elliot Overhiser 
Collin Penders 
Erin Penders 
Avani Prakash
Michael Salak
Avery Sichel
Makenna Urbanek
Gia Villegas
Sindhu Yaramosu
Lyuxin Zhang
Minghao Zhang
 

The Pennington School Award for Distinguished Achievement in Applied Science — Christopher Ly and Avery Sichel

Global Studies Certificate Recipients 

Jonell Adu-Gyamfi
Mame Baffour-Awuah
Stephanie Balerna
Chloe Boocock
Scott Caponi
Jialun Cui
Jonathan Eaton
Sydney Francis
Jack Giacobbe
Cormac Glanas
Liam Goldstein
Bennett Gray
Ruby Grisin
Kirsten Griswold
Eva Guerino
Aidan Keith
Julie Ann Kennedy
Mary Kathryn Kramli
Caroline Loonie
Aidan Medina
Kira O'Neil
Daniel Sampaio
Keira Stampe 
Brynne Taranto
Lauren Woodroffe
Yiyao Zhu

The Pennington School Award for Distinguished Achievement in Global Studies — Lauren Woodroffe

Cum Laude Society Recognition 

Fall 2021: Akshay Arun, Chi (Charlie) Chen, Ariana Colner, Hexin (Ben) Jiang, Merrick Liu, Christopher Ly, Avani Prakash, Dahe (Billy) Wang, Lyuxin (David) Zhang, Minghao (Anna) Zhang, Yiwei (Vicky) Zhu

Spring 2022: Hongyi (James) Cai, Mia Cresti, Jonathan Eaton, Ruby Grisin, Daisy Hutnik, Kurt (Eddie) Kennedy, Kira O'Neil, Avery Sichel, Gia Villegas, Yiyao (Carrie) Zhu

Named and All-School Awards

The Capria DeVenuto '04 Award to the Most Outstanding and Devoted Swimmer — Elinor Schinsky

The William E. Long Award to the senior boy who has made the greatest contribution to Pennington's athletics — Isaiah Muse 

The Brigid Kilfoyle '91 Memorial Award to the Senior Girl Making the Greatest Contribution to Pennington School Athletics — Makenna Urbanek

The Monique Visser '88 Memorial Award for the senior girl who has most improved the quality of life at Pennington — Mame Baffour-Awuah

The Charles G. Bennett '59 Memorial Award for School Spirit  —  Jabril Belle-Walker and Kira O'Neil            

The Pennington School Award to the Senior who exemplifies the development of individual excellence — Jane Cormier

The Pennington School Award to the Senior Outstanding in Volunteer Service — Gia Villegas

The Pennington School Award for Outstanding Citizenship — Jonathan Eaton

The Pennington School Award for International Citizenship — Hexin (Ben) Jiang and Yiwei (Vicky) Zhu

The Community Life Award — Jonell Adu-Gyamfi, Jabril Belle-Walker, and Minghao (Anna) Zhang

The Head of School Prize for Grit, Determination, and Perseverance — Mia Gorczynski, Evan Lewis, and Yiyao (Carrie) Zhu

The Gateway Prize to the seniors who best exemplify Pennington's core values of honor, virtue, and humility — Tyler Anderson, Sydney Francis, Ronan Karp, Eva Guerino, Hieu Nguyen, Xavier Sang, and Gia Villegas 

The Head of School Prize for the Best All-Around Student — Ariana Colner