Detroit Country Day School Honors 35 Senior Students at Prestigious Scholar-Athlete Award Dinner

Detroit Country Day School (DCDS) recognized 35 students from the Class of 2017 for their outstanding achievements in both academics and athletics during the annual Scholar-Athlete Award Dinner held at The Reserve in Birmingham, Mich. DCDS Headmaster Glen Shilling made the announcement.

This year’s event featured special guest speaker Rich Strenger, former All-Big Ten American football offensive tackle, who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines (1980–1982) and Detroit Lions (1983–1987). Strenger is now an attorney living in Lake Orion.

“The Scholar-Athlete award recognizes notable student accomplishments in two of the three educational pillars at DCDS, which include academics, athletics, and the arts,” said Shilling. “Each student has worked hard to balance a challenging academic course load while engaging on one or more of the school’s competitive athletic teams. Our mission is to help students grow into well-rounded individuals and the entire DCDS community is very proud to recognize this year’s class of scholar-athletes.”

The Scholar-Athlete Award Dinner is sponsored by the Blue & Gold Club, a parent volunteer organization that supports the athletic programs and physical education activities of DCDS students, and is dedicated to improving and enhancing student opportunities and facilities for these programs.

Each senior student who earned the Scholar-Athlete Award was nominated by a coach and was required to submit a resume highlighting academic and athletic honors, and a personal essay. The students also had to have earned at least two varsity letters in one or more sports and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0. This year’s scholar-athletes were selected through a panel review of each candidate’s credentials. The Scholar-Athlete Award recipients from the Class of 2017 include:

• Rachel Barra (Northville)
• Cole Bearden (Beverly Hills)
• Mallika Brar (Bloomfield Hills)
• Carolyn Chen (Franklin)
• Bridget Corwin (Beverly Hills)
• Brendan Dolan (Bloomfield Hills)
• Devon Dulan (Detroit)
• Erinn English (Farmington Hills)
• Annie Fu (Northville)
• Aneesha Gummadi (Northville)
• Sasha Hartje (Bloomfield Hills)
• William Humenny (Bloomfield Hills)
• Eric Jackson (Birmingham)
• Alec Jbara (Waterford)
• Michael Khaghany (Orchard Lake)
• Rahul Khambete (West Bloomfield)
• Noreen Khan (Northville)
• Jonathon Liu (Northville)
• Jacob Mackey (Commerce Twp.)
• Connor McGinnis (Troy)
• Paul Mocur (Orchard Lake)
• Anagha Nayak (Ann Arbor)
• Anya Nayak (Ann Arbor)
• Joseph Nwabueze (Southfield)
• Elizabeth Obermaier (Northville)
• Sydney Parker (West Bloomfield)
• Destiny Pitts (Grosse Pointe Woods)
• Jacob Shenkenberg (Bloomfield Hills)
• Sofia Spencer (Bloomfield Hills)
• Isabel Stanton (Birmingham)
• Michael Stebbins (Bloomfield Hills)
• Tara Tang (Canton)
• Brendan Van Cleave (Troy)
• Benjamin Yared (Bloomfield Hills)
• Jiwon Yun (Oakland Twp.)

Detroit Country Day School offers students from preschool through high school an exemplary education rooted in academic rigor and a commitment to the full development of each student’s potential. The school is an independent, coeducational, non-denominational, college preparatory school nationally recognized for excellence in academics, athletics and the fine and performing arts. Founded in 1914 by F. Alden Shaw, Detroit Country Day School today enrolls more than 1,500 students on four campuses located in Beverly Hills and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. For additional information, please visit www.dcds.edu.