Needham Graduates Earn Awards, Scholarships

The Class of 2012 graduated on Monday, June 4 held at Babson College. Many of the graduates have received awards and scholarships in the weeks leading up to graduation. Here’s a list:

NEEDHAM AWARDS

• Certificate of Academic Achievement—Anna Besschetnova, Kristina Carlson, Patrick Dec, Alexandra Fasano, Andrea McSweeney
• DAR Good Citizen Award—Yanni Chen
• Daniel H. Kelleher Speech and Debate Award—Elizabeth Hwang
• Don Brock Award—Alison Pildner
• Dr. Lee E. Allen Award—David Libbey
• Dr. Thomas F. Rooney Award—Yanni Chen
• Dustin A. Pirone Baseball Award—Marco Ciavattone, Nate Brown
• Frances Fleming Book Award—Anna Cocuzzo
• Friends of Music Award—Daniel Mensel, Alexandra Shults
• Friends of Music Tech Award—Brendan Conway, Edward Cooley, Laura Sutherland
• George A. Rodakis Award—Tory Waldstein
• Gerard Condon Memorial Art Award—Jessica Jacobsen
• Global Competency Award—Aliya Bean, Hannah Behar, Madeline Burns, Colin Cosentino, Sarah Gotwals, Jessica Newfield, Tamar Segev, Jacob Sheetz, Caroline Tegeler, Hannah Wolfe, Jessica Wong
• John E. Griffin Award—Thomas Colgrove, Samantha Mason
• John Goodwin Schirmer Award—Daniel Hecker, Rachel Magerer
• John W. Ferrett Memorial English Prize—Ryan Schott
• Mass. Secondary School Administrator’s Association Award—Mark Tracy
• Meredith J. McCulloch Award—Lynne Richman
• Mock Trial Award—Rebecca Chen
• Model Congress Award—Jake Bulian, Xiyue Li
• Most Improved English Student Award—William Sharpe
• National Achievement Scholarship—Caitlin Hall-Swan
• National Merit Scholarship—Emma Castiglia, Srishti Goyal, Elizabeth Hwang
• NHS Art Association Award—Hannah Behar
• NHS Art Department Book Award—Helena Kleinschmidt
• NHS Athletic Excellence Award—Shelby Aubin, Drew Burnett, Jessica Murphy, Daniel Pierce, Alexandra Raisman, Aaron Revzin, Ian Riley, Mark Riley, Aaron Segel, Ali Sullivan, Elizabeth Thornton, Tory Waldstein
• NHS Award For Academic Excellence—Charles Moder
• NHS Award For Service—Elena Corina Andriescu
• NHS Graphic Communications Award—Gabriel LeMay
• Oliver Wendall Holmes Award—Srishti Goyal
• Peter J. Eloranta Chemistry Award—Alexander Treil
• Philip H. Claxton Best Sport Award/Memorial Fund—Daniel Kavanaugh, Paige Tormey
• Reuben A. and Lizzie Grossman Award—Elena Corina Andriescu, Jake Barringer
• Rhode Island School of Design Award—Sophie Shimazu
• Sigma Award—Charles Moder
• Superintendent’s Award—Elizabeth Hwang, Charles Moder

NEEDHAM SCHOLARSHIPS

• A. Peter Leary Memorial Scholarship—Alison Pildner
• Adam S. Cole Memorial Scholarship—Brendan Conway
• Anita M. Reinke Memorial Scholarship—Maxwell Quinn
• Arthur M. Bailey and Cecilia R. Bailey Scholarship for Music (NHS Class of 1942)—Paul Bloom
• Charles and Bernice Siegel Scholarship—Kate Gillis
• Chestnut Dental Associates Scholarship—Amanda Traub
• Dana F. Burke Memorial Scholarship—David Kaplan
• David Turner Memorial Scholarship—Elisabeth Powers
• DeFazio Family Memorial Scholarship—Ali Sullivan
• Diane Panich Music Scholarship—Edward Pantridge
• Donna Katherine Dick Memorial Scholarship—Victoria McCormick
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Scholarship—Shari Headley, Samuel Mejia, Tajanay Sheffey
• Dr. Robert M. Ayoub Memorial Scholarship—Paul Bloom
• Earl Handy Scholarship—Marisa Leone
• Eddie Keady Memorial Scholarship—Kaitlyn Silk
• Frederick A. Harris Jr. Music Scholarship—James Campbell, Elizabeth Healy
• Frederick Barstow Scholarship—Yanni Chen, Helena Kleinschmidt, Mark Riley, Charles Ewing, Olivia Hebard, Elizabeth Hwang, Xiyue Li, Hannah Mogavero, Jessica Newfield
• Garrett J. Cullen III Memorial Scholarship—David Libbey
• George F. Skinner Memorial Scholarship—Samantha Mason
• George H. Morse Memorial World Language Scholarship—Meaghan O’Connell
• Greg Sees Basketball Scholarship—Jake Bronstein
• Helen R. Caine Educational Scholarship—Jaclyn Gordon
• Igor Guralnik and Keith MacLean Memorial Scholarship—Myron Shneider
• Jacob Gregory Borson Memorial Scholarship—James Arnao, Nathaniel Brown, Joseph Parsons, Paul Vergara
• James A. Willox Memorial Scholarship—Sarah Hooper
• Joan W. Swartz Memorial Scholarship—Maxwell Swartz
• John F. Akers Scholarship—Melody Chaplin
• Joseph “Joey” Paulini Memorial Scholarship—Francis Arbogast
• Kalmia Garden Club Scholarship in Memory of Anna Burnham—Dora Chi
• “Kids Are Great” Scholarship in Memory of Leo F. Richards—Ian Riley
• Kyle W. Shapiro Memorial Scholarship—Drew Burnett, Ari Forrester, Alexander Osbourne
• Laurie Ann Gerber Memorial Scholarship—Jessica MacLean
• League of Women Voters Scholarship—Jordan Star
• Linda J. Barnes Memorial Scholarship—Emma Castiglia
• Mark Robert Beane Memorial Scholarship—Caroline Tegeler
• Middlesex Savings Bank Scholarship—Deidre Clifford
• Miriam Kronish Fine and Performing Arts Scholarship—Andrew Boisvert
• Mitchell School Natalene J. Tavalone Scholarships—Lora Doerfer, Beth Ann White
• Needham Booster Club Scholarships—Lily Corcoran, Caroline Cranna, Lucas Davis, Shyheim Davis, Madeline McGill, Aaron Revzin, Cassie Sham, Alexander Treil, Tory Waldstein
• Needham Centennial Football—Phil Comma
• Needham Community Theater Scholarship—Edward Cooley, David Libbey
• Needham Domestic Violence Action Committee—Alyssa Connors
• Needham Education Association Scholarship—Justine McLaughlin
• Needham Exchange Club Scholarship—Danielle Penny
• Needham Exchange Club Scholarship in Memory of Hoit Bussell—Nicholas Kalamvokis
• Needham Garden Club Scholarship—Sean Reckert
• Needham Golf Club Scholarship-Dolly Hinden—Kaitlyn Silk
• Needham Golf Club Charities Scholarship—Ben Lueders, Elizabeth Thornton
• Needham Golf Club Charities Scholarship-NHS Varsity Golf Team—James McGill
• Needham High School Class of 1980 Scholarship—Laura Tierney
• Needham High School Parent Teacher Council Scholarships—Andrew Alpert, Kristi Bimbli, Alison Cohan, Paul DeMeo, Olivia Garber, Jessica Josefiak, Carly Levinson, Kenneth Lin, Chloe Malast, Emily Mogavero, Stanley Normile, Zachary Nussbaum, Meghan Piltch, Michael Rabie, Kevin Sheng, Jason Shiuan, Eva Weintraub
• Needham Lions Club Scholarship—Kelly Hill
• Needham Police Union Scholarship—Rachel Neckes, Stephen Keeler
• Needham Police Union Anti-Bullying Scholarship—Jacob Sheetz
• Needham Psychotherapy Associates Scholarship—Madison Raphael
• Needham Rotary Club Scholarships—Matthew Lerner, Mulin Xiong
• Needham Scouters’ Club Scholarship—Nathaniel Smith
• Needham Women’s Club Scholarship—Laura Sutherland
• Needham Women’s Club Scholarship in Memory of Peggy Keith—Emily Gentile
• Nehoiden Lodge AF&AM Scholarships—Jayme Agranat, Aliya Bean, Jessica Wong
• New Century Club Scholarship—Lisa Hawkridge
• Nina Alexa Pansuk Memorial Scholarship—Jessica Jacobsen
• Patricia Cruickshank Softball Scholarship—Maggie Cohen
• Patrick C. Forde Memorial Scholarship—Grace Schofield, Aaron Segel
• Rebecca H. Perry Memorial Scholarship—Elena Corina Andriescu, Jake Bulian, Anna Cocuzzo, Kevin Farley, Rachel Glanz, Sarah Gotwals, Srishti Goyal, Hannah Wolfe
• Richard Patton Melick Foundation Scholarship—Elizabeth Hamel
• Richard T. Foley Sr. Memorial Scholarship—Paul Vergara
• Robert Ellsworth Gardner and Elizabeth Lois Leland Gardner Memorial Scholarship—Alison Smith
• Robert L. Rimmele Memorial Scholarships—Anastasia Czarnecki, Helena Kleinschmidt, Kali Moore, Kim Parsons, Elena Shlosman, Ava Wong
• Ronald R. DesRoches Memorial Scholarship—Jason Freedman
• Roy T. Johan Touchdown Club Scholarship—Peter Madsen, Meaghan Shea, Zachary Van Dyke, Mike Vespa
• Ruthanne B. Simmons, MD Memorial Scholarship—Latika Sridhar
• Sean Joseph Caffrey Memorial Scholarship—Quentin Pagnier
• Stacy Lyn Nielsen Memorial Scholarship—Andrew Fuchs
• Steph Kenney Creative Arts Scholarship—Hannah Corderman
• Susanna V. Adams Memorial Scholarship—Madelyne Weil
• Sweet Memorial Scholarship—Megan Lund, Brandon MacEachern
• Timothy Patrick Flanagan Memorial Scholarship—Timothy Parlato
• Todd Greenleaf Memorial Scholarship—Matthew Leskanic
• William Moseley Scholarship—Mikah Atkind
• William T. Burke Memorial Scholarship—Olivia Nolan