Friday at the Academy
Senior Recognition, Honors Day and Yearbooks highlight the final day of classes
May 21, 2017
HONORS DAY AWARDS
Best Citizens — Aaron Arnold and Carly Wanna
DAR’S Best Citizen — Carly Wanna
Thomas Whitley Harper Memorial Scholarship — Tripp Vaughn
William M. Brake Memorial Scholarship — Nischal Bandi
Josephine Barker Lamb Memorial Scholarship — Mark Barrow
Joel Plant Hatcher Memorial Scholarship — Sammy Martin. Ellie Peterson
Arthur and Jane Brook Scholarship — Sahan Vangala
Ann Brown Tift Scholarship — Manasa Vemuri
Tommy Robinson Memorial Band Scholarship — Anna Kate Alford
Summer Smisson Neel Scholarship — Emily Sheridan
Murray Ashley Nixon Memorial Scholarship — Katherine Hall
John Paul Gaddy Scholarship — Carson Greene
Henry Harding Tift, IV Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship — Ellie Minette
Andy Anderson Memorial Scholarship — Christian Palmer
Joe B. Hill History Award — David Matlock
DAR American History Award — Katherine Hall
William M. Brake Mathematics Award — Om Sakhalkar
Faye R. Holliday English Award — Zainab Siddiqui
Excellence in Spanish — Tarab Ajjan, Carly Wanna
Excellence in French — Monica Montalvo
Excellence in Latin — Morgan Mathis
Eleanor Marie McDavid Science Award — Tarab Ajjan
Mary Eva Harper Chemistry Award — Tripp Vaughn
Excellence in Technology — Andrew Smolensky
Excellence in Art — Megan Wimberly
Excellence in Vocal Music — Sarah Kate Sellers
Excellence in Instrumental Music — Meredith Fuchs
Excellence in Theatre — Cameron Walsh
Rising Star — Walker Gibbons
Student Leadership Award — Maggie Greer
John William Herin, Jr. Commitment Awards — Ninth Grade: Sara Kate Durkee; Tenth Grade : Vivian Duong; Eleventh Grade: Anna Kate Medlin; Twelfth Grade: Riley Grossnickle
Community Service Awards: Seniors with more than 100 hours — Grace Adams, Tarab Ajjan, Aaron Arnold, Gracen Boatright, Anna Katherine Boswell, Jensen Bowden, Jacob Burke, Gracie Childers, Mimi Davis, Grace Deedrick, Allie Edwards, Jake Edwards, Meredith Fuchs, Jessica Gratigny, Valentine Grinstead, Riley Grossnickle, Janie Hatcher, Lily Howe, Russell Mole, David Matlock, Deep Patel, Safi Rahman, Om Sakhalkar, Sarah Kate Sellers, Zainab Siddiqui, Rosalee Spivey, Maggie Thornsberry, Bailey Toole, Cameron Walsh, Carly Wanna
Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Award– Marta Stevenson
United States Senate Youth Program — Wade Snow
2016 US Presidential Scholars’ Program — Arts – Meredith Fuchs; Academics – Om Sakhalkar
Rotary Youth Leadership Award — Nathan Dillard
Governors Honors Program Nominees for 2016 — Meredith Fuchs (Social Studies), Zainab Siddiqui (World Language), Carly Wanna (Communication Arts)
Governors Honors Alternates 2016 — Tarab Ajjan (Science)
Governor’s Honors Participants 2016 — Om Sakhalkar
STAR Student 2017 — Tarab Ajjan
STAR Teacher 2017 — Luke Harrington
National Merit Commended Students 2017 — Tarab Ajjan, Lizzi Clayton, Om Sakhalkar, Cameron Walsh, Carly Wanna
Macon Telegraph’s Golden Eagle Nominees Art – Megan Wimberly; Athletics – Monica Montalvo Perez; Citizenship – Meredith Fuchs; Drama – Cameron Walsh; English – Zainab Siddiqui ; World Languages – Tarab Ajjan; Journalism – Carly Wanna; Mathematics – Om Sakhalkar; Music – Sarah Kate Sellers; Science – Anna Katherine Boswell; Technology – Andrew Smolensky
Golden Eagle Winners — Zainab Siddiqui – English
Golden Eagle Honorable Mention — Sarah Kate Sellers (Music); Carly Wanna (Journalism)
Georgia Certificate of Merit — Tejas Athni, Nischal Bandi, Morgan Mathis, Shawn Shivdat, Tripp Vaughn
Morehead-Cain Nominee — Tarab Ajjan
Jefferson Scholar Nominee — Carly Wanna
Furman Scholars — Tejas Athni, Nischal Bandi, Mark Barrow, Amelia Bunker, Nicholas Dorogy, Steve Durkee, Stephen Durso, Preston Kennedy, Cochran Lee, Ellie Minette, Shawn Shivdat, Tripp Vaughn, Manasa Vermuri, Ellie Wangerin
Wofford Scholars — Preston Kennedy and Ellie Minette
Presbyterian Junior Fellows — Tejas Athni, Nischal Bandi, Mark Barrow, Amelia Bunker, Miller Ann Davis, Lora Kate DiPonzio, Nicholas Dorogy, Katie Belle Duke, Steve Durkee, Caroline Durkee, Stephen Durso, Amelia Foulkes, Eliza Freedman, Kevin Gibson, Carson Greene, Katherine Hall, Grayson Harrell, Michael Hicks, Kaylee Jellum, Preston Kennedy, Cochran Lee, Lucy Lee, Sammy Martin, Morgan Mathis, Murray McCormack, Anna Kate Medlin, Ellie Minette, Denny Nguyen, Ellie Peterson, Akshay Ranabhotu, Sydnie Rouleau, Emily Sheridan, Shawn Shivdat, Greg Sutton, Sahan Vangala, Tripp Vaughn, Manasa Vemuri, Ellie Wangerin, Cal Whitworth
Harvard Book Award — Morgan Mathis
Jefferson Book Award — Tejas Athni
Sewanee Book Award — Nischal Bandi; Shawn Shivdat
Wellesley Book Award — Ellie Wangerin
Academic Achievement Awards: 9th Grade — Sean Malhotra. 10th Grade — Samantha Atkinson, Holland Schell, Li-An Tsai. 11th Grade — Nischal Bandi, Tejas Athni
Bee Binner Spirit Award — Sarah Kate Sellers
Scholar/Athlete Awards: Band — Carly Wanna; Softball — Alyssa Orona; Shooting — Jake Edwards; Cross Country Boys — Aaron Arnold; Cross Country Girls — Julianna Hightower; Volleyball — Monica Montalvo Perez; Cheerleading — Allie Edwards; Boys’ Basketball — Trey Tharpe; Girls’ Basketball — Aysha Roberts; Boys’ Swimming — Walker Gibbons; Girls’ Swimming — Tarab Ajjan; Wrestling — J.R.Gumarin; Boys’ Track — Thomas Thwaite; Girls’ Track — Sarah Kate Sellers; Boys’ Golf — Michael Hicks; Girls’ Golf — Ashlin Jackson; Baseball — Sammy Martin; Boys’ Tennis — Om Sakhalkar; Girls’ Tennis — Anna Katherine Boswell; Girls’ Soccer — Lizzi Clayton; Boys’ Soccer — Jake Edwards; Football — David Matlock; Boys’ Lacrosse — Justin Griffin; Girls’ Lacrosse — Rosalee Spivey
Three-Sport Athletes : Jonathan Barron (Football, Basketball, Track); Noah Hill (Football, Basketball, Track); Kevin McGean (Cross Country, Track, Soccer); Thomas Thwaite (Cross Country, Track, Soccer); Lizzi Clayton (Cross Country, Swimming, Soccer), Riley Grossnickle (Volleyball, Track, Swimming)
Four-Sport Athletes: Justin Griffin (Football, Lacrosse, Track, Swimming); David Matlock (Football, Lacrosse, Swimming, Track); Aysha Roberts (Vollebally, Basketball, Soccer, Track); Anna Katherine Boswell (Cheerleading, Cross Country, Tennis Swimming).
Best Female Athlete — Aysha Roberts
Best Male Athlete — Noah Hill
Twelve Years Together — Grace Adams, Finn Anderson, Jon Barron, Gracie Childers, Josh Davis, Meredith Fuchs, Walker Gibbons, Maggie Greer, Justin Griffin, Riley Grossnickle, Janie Hatcher, Blake Hendley, Julianna Hightower, Noah Hill, Lily Howe, Ames Jamison, Davis Jones, David Matlock, Sanford Caroline Neel, Safi Rahman, Claire Rinehart, Aysha Roberts, Sarah Kate Sellers, Loy Sheridan, Zainab Siddiqui, Luke Slappey, Rosalee Spivey, Robert Stone, Maggie Thornsberry, Thomas Thwaite, Bailey Toole, Cameron Walsh, Carly Wanna
Honor Graduates — Tarab Ajjan, Aaron Bailey Arnold, Gracen Emory Boatright, Anna Katherine Boswell, Elizabeth Ann Clayton, Allie Reed Edwards, Crawford Brown Edwards III, James Joseph Edwards III, Meredith Davis Fuchs, Thomas Walker Gibbons, Shijing Gong, Margaret Lesley Greer, Justin Leighton Griffin, Jane Kauffman Hatcher, Julianna Marie Hightower, Lillian Katherine Howe, David Aaron Matlock, Kevin Baird McGean, Qi Pan, Monica Montalvo Perez, Fahim Safi Rahman, Om Vishwas Sakhalkar, Sarah Katherine Sellers, Zainab Saleha Siddiqui, Charles Lucas Slappey, Wade McKibben Snow, Rosalee Lambert Spivey, Robert Alexander Stone, Thomas Charles Thwaite, Annabelle Neel Tomlin, Bailey Nicole Toole, Cameron Noelle Walsh, Carly Dunia Wanna, Megan Nicole Wimberly
Salutatorian — Tarab Ajjan
Valedictorian — Carly Wanna