DHS Students Receive End-of-Year Recognitions

American Citizenship Awards
Charles Colberg
Maritza Gaona
Kathleen Herbst
Emily Rochester

Army Reserve Scholar Athletes
Austin Herbst
Jennifer Monroe

Benji Taylor Memorial Scholarship
Grace Glaze

Chrissy Prichard Memorial Scholarship
Lydia Baker

Claudia Lightsey Ware Mathematics Scholarship
Zachary Templeton

Clemson Fellowship Club Library Award
Kirin Khan
Zachary Templeton

Clemson University Geography Award
Abby Martin

Clemson University History Award
Jessica Creager

Daniel Williford Tillinghast Poetry Award
Sarah Walvogel

DAR Good Citizen
Tyler Swaney

Huey/LeMaster Science Award
Austin Herbst
Kirin Khan
Megan Hembree
Zachary Templeton

J. Roy Cooper Scholarship
Jordan Bolger

Jacqulyn Foster Scholarship
Darien Smith

League of Women Voters Linda Jennett Award
Tracy Lester

Lions Club Research Award
Sarah Falta
Alan Gibbon

McDonald's Ray Kroc Award
Sonny Nodine

National Merit Commendations
Arjun Grover
Austin Herbst
Madeline McCallum

National Merit Finalists
Jessica Creager
John Custer
Paul Fang
Megan Hembree
Kirin Khan
Henry Liu
Zachary Templeton

Palmetto Boys State
Adrien Dunn
Daniel Jones
Matthew Krider
Noah Liebman

Palmetto Girls State
Aliyah Dukes
Gray Lee
Hannah Moreland
Elizabeth Qualkinbush

Phi Beta Kappa Award
Zachary Templeton

Phi Kappa Phi Award
Kirin Khan

Pickens Are Society for Human Resource Management Most Improved Senior
Joseph Masceri

Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Clare Hill
Hannah Maiberger
Jay Sherrill

Sertoma Award
Emily Rochester
DeeJay Smith

USMC Distinguished Athlete Award
Finley Wiles

USMC Scholastic Achievement Award
Lydia Baker

USMC Semper Fidelis Award
Lydia Baker

Violet E. Luman Award
Mimi Thomas

Wellesley College Book Award
Emily Freeze

Wendy's High School Heisman
Adam Hosler
Samantha Young

West Point Leadership Award
Elizabeth Qualkinbush

Michael Biggs Visual Arts Award
Jade Ferguson

Most Outstanding Business Student
David Kwietniewski

English Award
Kaitlin Robb

German 1
Sadie Wyant

German 2
Riana Venturanza

German 3
Rebecca Kurfess

AP German
Kenneth Kerstetter

AP French
Noah Liebman

Spanish 1
Emily Ray
Jessica Andrew

Spanish 2
Austin Hall

Spanish 3
Caroline Terry

Spanish 3 Honors
Jay Sherrill

Spanish 4 Honors
Joanna Nieman

AP Spanish
Kirin Khan
Zachary Templeton

Jackie Foster Service Award
David Kwietniewski

Math Department Award (A in 5 classes)
Elias Abderhalden
Anna Barton
Jessica Creager
John Custer
Arjun Grover
Susannah Haisley
Megan Hembree
Katie Hudson
Kirin Khan
Kseniya Korneva
Runjing Liu
Rachel Maiberger
Meera Ogale
Zachary Templeton

Math Department Award (A in 6 classes)
Nathan DeVol
Austin Herbst
Albert Tzeng

Most Outstanding String Orchestra Student
Bryan Liu
Jay Sherrill
Leonard Ligon
Andrew Lee
Korie Taylor
Meera Ogale
Rhi-Rhi Raggi

Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
Will Newberry

Basil Bomar Award
Leonard Ligon

Director’s Award
Maria Mata

John Philip Sousa Award
Rebecca Kurfess

Chorus Achievement Award
Gunner Hedden

Outstanding Choral Musicianship Award
Lydia Baker

Biology Merit Exam - Division II
1st place overall - Sarah Waldvogel
2nd place overall - Forrest Wang
1st Honorable Mention -
Jay Sherrill
Andrew Nielson
Jalen Brooks-Knepfle
Andrew Lee
2nd Honorable Mention -
Daniel Betz
Carl Brandenburg
Logan McCain
Riana Venturanza

Biology Merit Exam - Division III
1st Honorable Mention -
Kirin Khan
Megan Hembree
2nd Honorable Mention -
Morgan Wang

Science Department Award (A in 6 classes)
Paul Fang
Albert Tzeng

Science Department Award (A in 7 classes)
Jessica Creager
Nathan DeVol
Kirin Khan
Bryan Liu
Madeline McCallum

Science Department Award (A in 8 classes)
Megan Hembree
Austin Herbst
Zachary Templeton

Huey/LeMaster Science Award
Megan Hembree
Austin Herbst
Kirin Khan
Zachary Templeton

Social Studies Citizenship Award
Emily Freeze

Social Studies Leadership Award
DeeJay Smith

Social Studies Department Award
Kirin Khan

Career Center Awards
Isaac Moore - first place - tractor driving
Emily Rochester - first place - Prepared Speech
Connor Smith - first place - Extemporaneous Speaking
Dylan Arnold - second place - Criminal Justice
Tamara Shaver & Matt Lewis - third place - Mobile Robotics Competition
Samantha Crowl & Hunter Raby - third place - Crime Scene Investigation
Katherine Freeman & Sasha Satzger - first place - Medical Reserve Corp Partnership Team
Ashlea Ayers - Top 6 in Researched Persuasive Speaking
Katherine Freeman - third place - Barbara James Service Award
John Lollis - Mechanical Contractors Association Scholarship
John Lollis & Hunter Raby - HSTW Assessment Achievement Award
Emily Rochester - PCCTC Law Enforcement Student of the Year

Teacher Forum Scholarship
Laura Dekle

Beta Club Scholar
Jessica Creager

National Beta Scholar
Kirin Khan
Madeline McCallum

SCHSL Scholar Athlete
Savannah Aaron
Reel Adams
Martin Bacon
Lydia Baker
Kristina Becker
Marcus Brown
Corie Crawford
Jessica Creager
Dave Culler
Amanda Dix
Layne Droddy
Paul Fang
Brett Farley
Alan Gibbon
Ryan Gibson
Grace Glaze
Arjun Grover
Addie Hall
Megan Hembree
Austin Herbst
Adam Hosler
Katie Hudson
Kseniya Korneva
Runjing Liu
Rachel Maiberger
Madeline McCallum
Emily McDowell
Jennifer Monroe
Brianna Mosley
Daniel Nations
Sonny Nodine
Mary Courtney Norris
Alex Oliver
Chris Oliver
Beth Shealy
Davis Smith
DeeJay Smith
Tyler Swaney
Zachary Templeton
Mimi Thomas
Joshua Tolan
Jordan Weir
Finley Wiles
Samantha Young

Lions Pride Award
Grace Glaze
Shaq Lawson

Earle Anderson Award
Layne Droddy
Tyler Swaney

D.W. Daniel Merit Award
Layne Droddy
Tyler Swaney

D.W. Daniel Award for School & Community Excellence
Megan Hembree
Austin Herbst

Salutatorian
Kirin Khan

Valedictorian
Zachary Templeton