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CALIFORNIA - Davis - Davis High School Class of 1997 Honors and Awards - June 5, 1997

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June 5, 1997

Davis, California

Davis High School Class of 1997

A complete list of awards to members of the Davis High School Class of 1997 follows.

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GROUP I AWARDS

SCHOOL CLUBS, DEPARTMENTS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Friendship Day Facilitator Awards: Megan Agee, Will Arnold, Michael Gardner, Alix Hui, Matt Laughlin

DHS PTA Graduating Senior Awards: Ian Holloway, Sarah Johnson

Nominees: Will Arnold, Gabrielle Blachman, Elaine Chan, Lisa Gorden, Philip Kurien, Shiloh Sorbello

International Friendship Awards (for participation in a recognized program of foreign study or travel and for students who came to DHS from another country during high school years):

American Field Service: Erika Henle, Jessica Sevrin

Education Foundation for Foreign Study: Clemens Piekarz

German American Exchange Program: Aaron Kimball, Kris Koblik, Benjamin Reed-Lunn, Scott Richerson, Jordan Tournay

Sports for Understanding Program: Scott Shaver

International Students: Tatiana Batchvarova

Academic Decathlon Awards: Jennifer Jenkins, Sukanta Maitra, Oladapo Okupe, Chris Van Hoosear

Future Farmers of America Awards: Christopher Gieber, Soli Redfield

Journalism Awards:

Blue and White: Wendy Bravo, Sarai Davis, Joveria Hafeez, Jennifer Jenkins, Lachelle Ogden, Sami Rahimian, Erik Reitz, Hilary Sleuter, Ana Lilia Soria, Khampheng Vongkhamchanh, Dawn Zhao

Special Recognition for Editor-in-Chief: Dawn Zhao

The Hub: Will Arnold, Sarai Davis, Roozbeh Farnam, Scott Kaufman, Alissa McDermid, Magie Ozarowski, Jenny Pascoe, James Schwab, Michael Wagaman, Raymond Wooliever

Debate Team Awards:

For Exemplary Service as Captain: Philip Kurien

For Outstanding Performance as a Varsity Debater: Ben Feldman

Future Business Leaders of America Club Award: Jeremy Johansen

Math Department Scholarship: Luchin Wong

Math Team Awards: Jessica Chow, Marianna Sousa, Luchin Wong, Dawn Zhao

CAMeL High Cumulative Score: Luchin Wong

AHSME High Honor Roll: Jessica Chow, Colin Dewey, Mark Otten, Miguel Piedrahita

Yolo County Regional Occupational Program Award for Advanced Computer Applications: Dmitry Galandi, Graham Freeman

Yolo County Regional Occupational Program Awards for Computer Science: Alisha Berthelot, Nicolas Damuth, Graham Freeman, Dmitry Glandi, Matthew Hager, Thomas Hunt, Scott Kaufman, Christopher Knight, Nathan Pitcairn, David Rutan, Russell Tangren

Drafting:

Outstanding Student in Architectural Design: Michael Gardner

Outstanding Student in Engineering: Benjamin Reed-Lunn

African American Student Union Awards: Sarai Davis, Nicholas Glass, Oladapo Okupe

Radio Club Awards: Justin Kable, Joe Teplitz

English Department Awards: Megan Agee, Naomi Berg, Alexandra Borack, Caleb Bosler, Ryland Bouchard, Nicole Cala, Jessica Chow, Forrest Christo, Lindsay Crinklaw, Janet Evans, Roisin Fahey, Ben Feldman, Sarah Grossman-Swenson, Ian Holloway, Maren Holte, Alix Hui, Suvi Irvine, Jordan Jacobs, Jeremy Johansen, Grace Kao, Kris Koblik, Philip Kurien, Carol Le, Victor Lee, Zaman Mirzadeh, Mark Otten, Bess Petty, Kaitlin Post, Dannika Schauer, Garth Silberstein, Marianna Sousa, Philip Sternberg, Erin Thompson, Nicholas Vetter, Grant Waring, Kristine Wickson, Seth Williams, Anna Willoughby, Luchin Wong

Ballroom Dance Club Award: Elaine Chan

French Club Award: Justin Gershwin

German Club Awards: Jessica Chow, Jordan Tournay

Spanish Club Awards: Ian Holloway, Rebecca King, Sonia Lara, Kaitlin Post, Shiloh Sorbello

Los Latinos Unidos Student Award: Silvia Cristina Acevedo, Yesenia Aranda, Melissa Martinez

Student Government Awards: Megan Agee, Will Arnold, Janet Evans, Shiloh Sorbello

School Site Council (SIP) Awards: Doug Coker, Marianna Sousa

Improvisational Theater Awards: Janet Evans, Jordan Jacobs, Bess Petty, Geoff Taylor, Philip Van Hest

Thespian Scholarship: Aaron Kimball

Drama Department Awards: Janet Evans, Ian Holloway

The Tony D. Fields Memorial Scholarship: Seth Williams

Art Department Awards:

Two-Dimensional Art: Karen Beckon, Johanna Brown, Landon Christensen, Rachel Eachus, Amber Fuellenbach, Allison Jackson, Jennifer Larson, Lev Libet, Bess Petty, Soli Redfield, David Rutan, Chris Wilson, Kevin Wolcott, Dawn Zhao

Photography: Gabrielle Blachman, Sara Clemons, Jamie Defay, Dan Gonzales, Michelle Gyorke, Justyn LeFebvre, Marita Madeloni, Cathy Purifoy, Kaitlin Post, Erik Reitz, Amy Schafer, Marina Sterner, Laura Sullivan, Eileen Treaster, Robin Wolcott

Electronic Media: John Taylor

Ceramics: Ryland Bouchard, Gabrielle Blachman, Meredith Goldsmith, Michael Howitt, Ricky Li, Durin Linderholm

Art History, Photography and Video: Kristen Koblik

Video: Nicholas Glass, Tristan Guevin, David Rutan, Scott Shaver, Josiah York-Carr

Graphics: Jamie Self, Elizabeth Tieu, Ray Wooliever

Young Democrats Club Award: Michael Wagaman

Athletic Awards

Female Athlete of the Year: Nicole Davis

Male Athlete of the Year: Shiloh Sorbello

California Interscholastic Federation Nominees: Nicole Davis, Nicholas Vetter

Sacramento Bee Scholar Athlete Awards:

Silver Certificates: Lisa Bernacchi, Andy Branam, Mandy Burke, Rebecca King, Christine Painter, Shiloh Sorbello

Gold Certificate: Kristen Koblik

Triple Block D Award: Umar Abdullah, Megan Fantozzi, Jed Gibson, Shiloh Sorbello, Mark Youmans

All American Honorable Mention in Field Hockey: Nicole Davis

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GROUP II AWARDS

MEMORIALS TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE DAVIS COMMUNITY

Heather Glodek Memorial: Stephanie Karns

Katie Sallee Memorial Award: Naomi Berg, Bess Petty

Craig Armstrong Education Scholarship: Arianne Silva

Matt Martin Industrial Arts Award: Andrew Rhyne

Soroptimist International of Davis, Archie Moore Memorial Scholarship: Ana Soria

Eric Sheneman Creative Communication Award: Will Arnold

John Barovetto Memorial Award: Laura Beth Roberts

Aaron King Spirit of Davis High Award: Will Arnold

Laura Wilson Davis Musical Theater Company Scholarship: Janet Evans

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GROUP III AWARDS

COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

Benevolent Protective Order of Elks #1299 Scholarship: Lisa Gorden

California Retired Teachers Association-Yolo County Division 83 Scholarship: Lisa Gorden

Sutter Davis Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship: Lisa Gorden, Heather Kelly

Longs Educational Grants: Mandy Burke, Jessica Sevrin

Soroptimist Youth Citizenship Award: Ian Holloway

Yolo Oddfellows Lodge #169 and the Davis Rebekah Lodge #253 Scholarship: Lisa Gorden

Davis Art Center Scholarship: Bess Petty

Davis Chamber of Commerce Scholarship: Jessica Sevrin

Davis Host Lions Club Scholarship: Steven Alcauskas

Venture Club Student Aid Award: Lisa Gorden

First Northern Bank Scholarship: Ana Soria

UC Davis Medical Group-Davis Scholarship: Wendy Bravo

Yolo County Board of Realtors Teacher Awareness Award: Diana Daniels

Rotary Club of Davis Scholarship: Joanne Ene, Shiloh Sorbello

Davis Teachers Association Scholarships: Nicolas Carvajal, Arianne Silva

Novo Nordisk Biotech Scholarship Award: Teresa Lazzaroni

Davis Chinese-American Foundation Scholarship: Victor Lee

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Yolo County: Stacey Bowen

Regnar and Beverly Paulsen Foundation Scholarships: Erin O'Farrell, Allison Jackson

Acme Theater Company Scholarships: Meredith Riesner, Stacy Stocker

Acme Awards: Naomi Berg, Jonas Cartano, Elaine Chan, Ryan Easterday, Janet Evans, Meredith Goldsmith, Laurel Groff, Sarah Grossman-Swenson, Jordan Jacobs, Josh Kelly, Victor Lee, Bess Petty, Meredith Riesner, Eric Schneeman, Garth Silberstein, Stacy Stocker, Cameron Suey, Geoff Taylor, Philip Van Hest, ErinRose Widner, Anna Willoughby, Ray Wooliever

India Association of Davis Award: Philip Kurien

Woodland Memorial Health Foundation scholarships: Nicole Davis, Teresa Lazzaroni, Arianne Silva

Faye Memorial Endowment Scholarship: Zaman Mirzadeh

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #6949 and the Ladies Auxiliary Annual Scholarship: Jennifer Jenkins

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GROUP IV AWARDS

AWARDS FROM OUTSIDE THE DAVIS COMMUNITY AND FROM COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Cal Aggie Alumni Scholarship: Jennifer Jenkins, Philip Kurien

UC Berkeley Alumni Leadership Scholarship: Philip Sternberg

U.S. Naval Academy Appointments: Ryan Easterday, Sean Foster

U.S. Navy ROTC Scholarship: Oladapo Okupe

Caltrans Engineering Service Scholarship: Lynn Khau

Society of Women Engineers-Sierra Foothills Section Award: Jennifer Jenkins

Kae Sumner Einfeldt Scholarship-Sacramento Tall Club: Will Arnold

Toyota Community Scholars Program: Philip Kurien

California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO Scholarship: Lisa Gorden

College and University and Other Awards:

Ramon Acuna: Macy Minorities in Medicine honoree

Ariel Adams: Four-year swim scholarship at University of the Pacific

Naomi Berg: St. Olaf College Presidential Scholar, performance study scholarship in vocal music

Ryland Bouchard: Scholarship at UC San Diego; California State Summer School for the Arts award in creative writing

Mandy Burke: DHS nominee for the 1997 Norelco Tripleheader Scholarship

Jessica Chow: Nominated for Tandy Outstanding Student rewarding excellence in mathematics, science and computer science --Champion of the Classroom; received the 1997 Edmonson Fellowship, an eight-week summer program in the UC Davis Medical Center department of pathology, which includes a $2,000 stipend

James Curley: University of Puget Sound Trustee Scholarship, $7,000 for four years; scholarship will be deferred for one year since James will be in Belgium next year

Nicole Davis: $20,810 scholarship from Yale University

Colin Dewey: Nominated for Tandy Outstanding Student rewarding excellence in mathematics, science and computer science --Champion of the Classroom

Ben Feldman: Won the Rotary Speech Contest sponsored by the Rotary Club of Davis, $100 cash prize

Michael Gardner: California Association of Work Experience Educators Scholarship of $200

Jed Gibson: UC San Diego Regents Scholarship, Honors Program at UCSD

Meredith Goldsmith: Accepted into Honors Program at Cal State Chico

Lisa Gorden: National Federation of the Blind scholarship of $750

Laurel Groff: Won the Rotary Speech Contest sponsored by the Sunrise Rotary Club of Davis, $100 cash prize

Sarah Grossman-Swenson: Presidential Scholar at Stanford University (only 200 students chosen out of 2,600), which includes a research stipend of $1,500.

Dan Haard: Performance award scholarship of $1,000 for playing the tuba with the Symphonic Winds at Biola University, received the First Baptist Church Scholarship of $750.

Ian Holloway: Boehringer Ingelheim Scholarship of $1,500; received scholarship to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine in San Francisco this summer

Maren Holte: $1,000 Aid Association for Lutherans, $500 Renewable Lutheran Jeremy Johansen: UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering Scholarship; Siemens Communications Scholarship; Adreon Johnston Memorial Scholarship

Heather Kelly: Whitman Merit Scholarship ($14,200 per year, renewable); $50 scholarship from Davis Asians for Racial Equality; honors at entrance to Whitman College

Philip Kurien: $1,000 Asian Pacific State Employees Association Award; KXTV For Kids Sake $2,000 Scholarship; UC Regents Scholarship

Victor Lee: UC San Diego Regents Scholarship

Zama Mirzadeh: California-Hawaii Elks Association ``Most Valuable Student'' contest winner, $800; DHS nominee for the 1997 Norelco Tripleheader Scholarship

Peter O'Brien: $7,500 Principia (Ill.) College Presidential Scholarship

Oladapo Okupe: Macy Minorities in Medicine honoree

Jenn Pascoe: $10,000 renewable scholarship at New York University's Gallatin School

Lisa Paz: California State Summer School for the Arts award in theater

Bess Petty: UC Berkeley Regents Scholarship

Miguel Piedrahita: UC Regents Fellowship, Chancellor's Special Incentive Award

Brotherhood Scholarship

Scott Shaver: California State Summer School for the Arts, film and video scholarship

Garth Silberstein: Bennington College Brockway Faculty Scholarship of $7,000 (renewable)

Marianna Sousa: AP Scholar with Distinction

Shiloh Sorbello: $1,000 scholarship from the Capital City Military Gala

John Taylor: California State Summer School for the Arts award in visual arts

Stacey Tuel: Southern Methodist University Scholar (renewable)

ErinRose Widner: Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen's Award; St. Mary's Merit Scholarship of $9,900

Seth Williams: Full scholarship to attend UC Irvine

Luchin Wong: Received the 1997 Edmonson Fellowship, an eight-week summer program in the UC Davis Medical Center's department of pathology, which includes a $2,000 stipend

Allison Young: University of Puget Sound Trustee Scholarship, $7,000 for four years

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GROUP V AWARDS

FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND ACTIVITIES

Bank of America Awards:

Certificate Winners: Chris Gieber, agriculture; Karen Beckon, art; ErinRose Widner, drama; Philip Kurien and Marianna Sousa, English; Elizabeth Hernandez, English as a Second Language; Zaman Mirzadeh, foreign language; Sarah Grossman-Swenson and Nicholas Vetter, history; Alexandra Borack, home economics; Russell Tangren, trades and industrial arts; Justin Gershwin, math; Philip Sternberg, music; Colin Dewey, science.

Plaque Winners: Benjamin Reed-Lunn, applied arts; Seth Williams, fine arts; Bess Petty, liberal arts; Jessica Chow, science and math.

National Merit Scholarship Program:

Commended Students: Andrea Bangert, Colin Dewey, Janet Evans, Ben Feldman, John Finkelstein, Erin Fisher, Justin Gershwin, Jedediah Gibson, Joseph Hopper, Skyler Jackman, Jordan Jacobs, Grace Kao, Heather Kelly, Joshua Kelly, Christopher Knight, Victor Lee, Jeffrey Price, Jacob Siegel, Garth Silberstein, Shiloh Sorbello, Nicholas Vetter, Anna Willoughby, Luchin Wong

Semifinalist: Cameron Suey

Finalists: Naomi Berg, Jessica Chow, Sarah Grossman-Swenson, Kristen Koblik, Jenny Pascoe, Bess Petty, Miguel Piedrahita, Scott Richerson, Marianna Sousa, Philip Sternberg, Michael Wagaman

$2,000 National Merit Scholarship: Jessica Chow, Sarah Grossman-Swenson, Bess Petty

National Merit Finalist for the National Hispanic Merit Scholar Program: Miguel Piedrahita

National Merit Times Mirror Company Scholarship: Jordan Jacobs

National Merit St. Olaf College Merit Scholarship: Naomi Berg

National Merit UC Berkeley Merit Scholarship: Philip Sternberg

Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship: Jessica Chow, Sarah Grossman-Swenson

California Scholarship Federation Life Members: Megan Agee, Steven Alcauskas, Naomi Berg, Stacey Bowen, Wendy Bravo, Katherine Cheung, Jessica Chow, Lindsay Crinklaw, Colin Dewey, Julia Fahy, Roozbeh Farnam, John Finkelstein, Justin Gershwin, Sarah Grossman-Swenson, Ian Holloway, Maren Holte, Alexandra Hui, Skyler Jackman, Jennifer Jenkins, Jeremy Johansen, Grace Kao, Heather Kelly, Lynn Khau, Rebecca King, Philip Kurien, Carol Le, Victor Lee, Lev Libet, Sukanta Maitra, Zaman Mirzadeh, Laura Neagley, Erin O'Farrell-Borgwardt, Christine Painter, Bess Petty, Jeffrey Price, Matthew Price, Monica Rani, Meredith Riesner, Arianne Silva, Ligaya Smith, Shiloh Sorbello, Marianna Sousa, Stacy Stocker, Laura Sullivan, Nicholas Vetter, Khampheng Vongkhamchanh, Michael Wagaman, Grant Waring, Anna Willoughby, Luchin Wong, Allison Young, Dawn Zhao

Top Ten Percent of Senior Class: Megan Agee, Steven Alcauskas, Karen Beckon, Naomi Berg, Alexandra Borack, Wendy Bravo, Nicole Cala, Jessica Chow, Lindsay Crinklaw, Jamie Defay, Colin Dewey, Roozbeh Farnam, John Finkelstein, Angela Fraser-Shapiro, Justin Gershwin, Jedediah Gibson, Sarah Grossman-Swenson, Maren Holte, Michael Howitt, Suvi Irvine, Skyler Jackman, Jordan Jacobs, Jeremy Johansen, Grace Kao, Heather Kelly, Philip Kurien, Teresa Lazzaroni, Carol Le, Victor Lee, Sukanta Maitra, Zaman Mirzadeh, Sara Modjtahedi, Mark Otten, Erin O'Farrell, Bess Petty, Miguel Piedrahita, Benjamin Reed-Lunn, Daniel Rejmanek, Ligaya Smith, Laura Sullivan, James Unno, Nicholas Vetter, Khampheng Vongkhamchanh, Michael Wagaman, Grant Waring, Luchin Wong

Principal's Leadership Award: Steven Alcauskas

Presidential Award: Will Arnold

Special Recognitions

Rotary Teacher Service Awards: Marilyn Hauber, Joanne Moldenhauer

Rotary Scholarship Cup for highest academic achievement: Jessica Chow

Gordon H. True Service Cup for citizenship, loyalty and service: Will Arnold, Megan Agee

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