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
