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2018 Senior Awards
On April 25, we recognized the accomplishments of our seniors at the annual Senior Awards ceremony.
Pictured are the winners of the highest honor - the Gilmour Trophies - Arianna Mack '18 and Zachary Holtz '18. The Gilmour Trophies are presented each year to the graduating male and female who "best exemplify all those qualities that Gilmour hopes to nurture in all students." View photos from the ceremony.
Speech Awards
Level of Honor: John Kunzo, Arianna Mack and Matt Mangel
Level of Excellence: Bradley Bares, Maddy Hillard and Lauriel Powell
Degree of Distinction: Rajeel Zafar
Degree of Special Distinction: Jacob Bartell and Ryan Kastelic
Degree of Outstanding Distinction: Sabrina Bauman and Zach Holtz
Degree of Premier Distinction (top level recognized by NSDA): Sebastian Williams
Distinguished Musician Award
Andrew Sieminski
Outstanding Artist Award
Katie Forsythe
Foreign Language Awards
For achievements in Spanish, Latin and Mandarin: Jein Lee
Lance Award (most significant contributions to student newspaper)
Da-Eun (Kathy) Jung
Yearbook Award (for major contribution to yearbook program)
Jack Aleva
John Gale Distinguished Scholar(top language arts students)
Paige Cone and Sebastian Williams
Holy Cross Literature Awards (act as agents of change and raise bar for those around them)
Andrew Casa and Da-Eun (Kathy) Jung
The William G. Moore II English Award (most outstanding literature student)
Ava Thomas
Mathematics
Mingyuan (Frank) Zhang
Oliver Seikel Award for Excellence in Science
(academic excellence, unquenchable thirst for knowledge demonstrated through research, sets and achieves lofty goals)
Qiyao (Catherine) Liang
Paul Primeau Science Award
(best exemplifies competence, scholarship and commitment to study of science)
Bradley Bares
AP Physics Award
Mingyuan (Frank) Zhang
AP Biology Award
Ava Thomas
Biology Award
Marisa Salvino
Thomas Jefferson Award (Government)
Sarah Bohn, Paige Cone, Arianna Mack and Owen O’Toole
Sarah Bohn, Paige Cone, Arianna Mack and Owen O’Toole
Thomas Jefferson Award (AP Government)
Ryan Kastelic, Qiyao (Catherine) Liang, Leona Ng and Sebastian Williams
National Merit Finalists
Matt Mangel and Leona Ng
Phi Beta Kappa
Qiyao (Catherine) Liang
Thomas P. Mulligan Award
(healthy intellectual curiosity, and an honest appreciation for the individual talents and capabilities of his/her peers and associates)
Sabrina Bauman
The Dennis Hoynes Award ( Outstanding Male and Female Scholar-Athlete)
Owen O’Toole and Ava Thomas
Charles A. Mooney (Outstanding Male and Female Athletes)
Dylan Henry and Nazahrah Hillmon
Robert B. Tomaro Honor Award
(Gilmour senior with keen mind, sense of justice, passion for doing what is right, and who most closely mirrors Mr. Tomaro’s commitment to the growth and success of the Academy)
Isabella Caruso
Murlan J. Murphy Leadership Award
(senior who has demonstrated leadership qualities within Gilmour community that exemplify Holy Cross values)
Benjamin Grandstaff
Brother David Baltrinic Award (scholarship, compassion and service)
Grazia DiPierro
Brother Robert A. Kelly, C.S.C. Outstanding Student Service Award
Lily Switka
Saint Brother Andre Award (transformational impact of service)
Andrew Casa and Maria Savani
Charles Murray Student Humanitarian Award (students who personify the Gilmour mission)
Pyper McDowell
Chaplain’s Awards
Sabrina Bauman, Carli Calabrese, Devin Fedele,
Danielle Porter, Dominick Scimone and Gianna Zucker
Brother James O’Donnell Campus Residency Award
(senior or post-grad residence hall student who has demonstrated strong performance in the classroom, in extracurriculars and in involvement in residence hall community)
Meijuan (Meimei) Cao and Joseph Saracena
Director of the Upper School Award
Drexel Feeling, Maddy Hillard, John Kunzo, Tyler Leroux, Olivia Nestor, Lauriel Powell, Peyton Rudman, Marisa Salvino, Trevor Stokes and Clayton Tomasek
Brother Theophane Schmitt Trophies (most outstanding school spirit)
Isabel Greene and Matthew Roddy
Gilmour Trophies (seniors who best exemplify all those qualities that Gilmour hopes to nurture in all students)
Zachary Holtz and Arianna Mack
