2013 SENIOR AWARDS

 

MAY 28, 2013

 

 

 

 

TOP AWARDS

 

 

Gordon H. True Service Cup

 

Recipients:                    Daniel Dutulescu, Grace Navarrot

 

 

Rotary Scholarship Cup

 

Recipient:  Daniel Zhu

 

 

 

Athletes of the Year

 

Recipients:                   Connor Stapleton, Kylie Drexel

 

 

 

Rotary Teacher Service Award

 

Recipient:  Eric Bastin

 

 

 

SPECIAL DAVIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS AND HONORS

 

 

 

Blue and White Editor’s Awards

 

Recipients: Kian Bagheri, Eleanor Eaton, Lucy Hass

 

     

 

California Scholarship Federation (CSF) Awards

 

CSF Scholarship Recipients (DSHS Local Chapter):  McKenzie Barlow, Manraj Gill, Victoria Mohtes-Chan

 

 

 

California Scholarship Federation (CSF) Seymour Award Finalist: Manraj Gill

 

 

 

CSF Lifetime Members: Sarah Ainsworth, Jenna Arciero, McKenzie Barlow*, Monica Berry*, Andrew Block*, Lindsay Brandt*, Asha Byrd*, Cecilia Cajandig*, Megan Casey*, Rosy Chaudhary*, Michelle Chin, Kenneth Chow, Krista Chun*, Erin Cloughesy*, Holly Cooper*, Laurel Darragh*, Danielle Derby*, Naji Dmeiri*, William Ebeler, Ariana Enzerink*, Farsheed Fani*, Jenna Farboud, Rika Fields, Sean Fraser, Brigitte Glass*, Gina Ghiglieri*, Manraj Gill*, Nathan Ginn*, Anna Gong*, Gabriella Gutierrez, Tara Halsted*, Rebecca Hassid*, Alanna Ho*, Kunwoo Hong*, Anny Huang*, Valerie Hurst, Benjamin Jin*, Nicholas Juchau, Emma Knoesen*, Arthur Leck, Monica LeFlore*, Songhao Li, Michaela Ma*, Samuel Manderfield*, Hana McHale, Daisy McKim*, Gaia Mohr-Tonachini*, Victoria Mohtes-Chan*, Jacob Muller*, Grace Navarrot*, Megan Orr*, Steven Orr*, Debra Ouyang*, Molly Parsons*, Jayna Patel*, Janamaria Perroud, Adam Raabe*, Samantha Ramos*, Kalani Ratnasiri, Sanchita Raychaudhuri*, Kayla Robinson*, Jacob Rutheiser*, Maya Salcido White*, Natalie Serdahl*, Jordan Shickman, Destiny Smith*, Rachel Smith, Christina Son, Amelia Stanley*, Margaret Starbuck, Thamineh Tabatabaeifar*, Melody Tai*, Maya Tarasenko*, Stephanie Tauzer*, Elena Teaford*, Ashleigh Vandenbrink*, Chenoa Vargas*, Sarah Wagoner*, Margaret Yang*, Nolan Yoo*, Brendan Zhu*

 

(*Asterisk denotes Active Lifetime Members)

 

 

 

HUB Editor’s Awards

 

Recipients:                  Emily Gao, Anna Sturla, Daniel Tutt

 

 

 

Recognition for senior HUB staff members: Henry Anker, Benjamin Baek, McKenzie Barlow, Genevieve Bennett, Damicela Grace Calhoun, Sofia Cardenas, Lani Chang, Isabelle Chen, Alicia Demaree, Emily Gao, Ines Guinard, Ethan Hall,  Katherine Harris, Glenn Hull, Nicholas Juanitas, Erin Kim, Daisy McKim, Meem Mohsin, Neal Rock, Shauna Simon, Anna Sturla, Pranav Trewn, Daniel Tutt

 

 

 

National Honor Society Scholarships

 

Recipients:                  McKenzie Barlow, Eliana Jolkovsky

 

 

 

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Writing Award

 

Recipient:                  Benjamin Jin

 

 

 

Regional Occupational Program (ROP) of Yolo County Awards

 

                  Automotive Technology – Erick Castillo

 

Biotechnology – Laurel Skoog

 

Cisco Networking – Benjamin Smithers

 

Culinary Arts – Brianne Slack

 

Environmental Science – Lindsay Brandt

 

Journalism – Anna Sturla

 

Stagecraft – Deanna Gee

 

 

 

Tony D. Fields Memorial Scholarship

 

Recipient:              Megan Orr                           

 

 

 

Associated Student Body Special Award

 

Recipient:                  Adam King

 

 

 

Student Government Excellence in Leadership Award

 

Recipient:                  Kelly Chuck

 

 

 

Triple “D” Award

 

Recipient:                  Kylie Drexel                                   

 

                 

 

 

 

LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS

 

 

 

Association of California School Administrators Future Educator Award

 

Recipient:                  Destiny Smith

 

 

 

Cabrillo Civic Club of California Scholarships

 

Recipients:                  Lucy Brazil                                   

 

Samantha Ramos

 

 

 

Cache Creek Conservancy Scholarship

 

Recipient:                  Lindsay Brandt

 

 

 

California Retired Teachers Association Scholarship

 

Recipient:                   Hibatallah Eltahir

 

                                   

 

California School Employees Association (CSEA) Scholarships

 

Recipients:                  Abigail Furlow

 

                  Aidan Prien                 

 

Casey Schnathorst

 

 

 

Davis Chamber of Commerce Scholarship

 

Recipient: Sara Medel

 

 

 

Davis Chinese Association Scholarships

 

Davis Chinese Association Scholarship:

 

Recipient:  Benjamin Jin

 

Annie Tsao Van Memorial Scholarship:

 

Recipient:  Daniel Zhu

 

Lee-Jing Chen Memorial Scholarship:

 

Recipient:  Michael Chen

 

Leslie Chin Memorial Scholarship:

 

Recipient:  Ted Xiao

 

Shang Fa Yang Memorial Scholarship:

 

Recipient:  Isabelle Chen

 

Wen-Tze Hwang Memorial Scholarship:                 

 

Recipient:  Issac Zhang  

 

Ying Yung Tsao Memorial Scholarship:

 

Recipient:  Kenneth Chow

 

 

Davis Host Lions Club Scholarship

 

Recipient:                  Brendi Patino                 

 

 

 

Davis Odd Fellows Scholarships

 

Recipients:                  Harrison Allen-Sutter

 

                                    Hannah Cole-Leathers

 

 

 

Davis Senior High School PTA Graduating Senior Awards

 

Recipients: Nancy Jaime

 

Sydney Rosenblum

 

Raquel Valdes

 

 

 

Davis Teachers Association Scholarship

 

Recipient:                   Hibatallah Eltahir

 

                 

 

Davis Waste Removal Scholarships

 

Recipients: Dalaigh Murphy

 

Jannett Rosales-Flores

 

 

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship

 

Recipient: Destiny Smith

 

 

 

Elk Grove Education Association Scholarship

 

Recipient: Holly Cooper

 

 

 

India Association of Davis Scholarships

 

Recipients: Manraj Gill

 

Aditya Jagadish

 

Sanchita Raychaudhuri

 

Pranav Trewn

 

 

 

Kiwanis Club of Davis Scholarship

 

Recipient: Thamineh Tabatabaeifar

 

 

Mansfield-Hulbert Dedicated Service Scholarship

 

Recipient:                    Elena Teaford

 

 

 

Marilyn and R.L. “Dick” Mansfield Scholarship

 

Recipient:                  Brigitte Glass                 

 

 

 

Monsanto/Calgene Biotechnology Scholarships

 

Recipients:                  Aristos Athens

 

                                    Amelia Crary

 

                                    Ines Guinard                                   

 

Benjamin Jin

 

 

 

National Merit Scholarships

 

Recipients: Sanchita Raychaudhuri

 

Ted Xiao

 

 

 

National Achievement Scholarship

 

Recipient: Fatuma-Ayaan Rinderknecht

 

 

 

Noor Cultural Center Scholarship

 

Recipient: Farsheed Fani

 

 

 

Novozymes, Inc. Scientific Achievement Scholarship

 

Recipient: Debra Ouyang

 

 

 

SAME Engineering & Construction Camp Scholarship

 

Recipient:                  Cecilia Cajandig

 

 

U.S. Air Force Academy Appointment

 

Recipient:                  John Testerman

 

 

 

U.S. Military Academy at West Point Appointment

 

Recipient:                   John (Jack) Scranton

 

 

 

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #6949 Scholarship

 

Recipient: Rose Stephens

 

 

 

Why Education Matters Essay Contest

 

Recipients:                  Isabelle Chen

 

Emma Knoesen

 

 

 

Yolo Masonic Lodge Scholarships

 

Recipients:                  Emma Knoesen

 

                                    Stephanie Tauzer

 

 

 

 

 

MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS

 

 

 

Aaron Aronson Memorial Scholarship

 

Recipient:                  Raquel Valdes        

 

                                                                                                                                                 

 

Aaron King Spirit of Davis High Scholarship

 

Recipient:                  Adam King

 

                                     

 

Armstrong Family Education Scholarship

 

Recipient:                  Hana McHale

 

 

 

Beeghly-Merritt Memorial Scholarships

 

Recipients:                  Anny Huang

 

                                    Sean Maroney                 

 

 

Charles “Doc” Wood Memorial Scholarship

 

Recipient: Daniel Bonetti

 

 

 

David Murphy Scholarship

 

Recipient: Mary Sanchez

 

 

 

Duke University Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship

 

Recipient:                  Thasos Athens

 

 

 

Hanna Bauer Memorial Scholarship

 

Recipient: Destiny Smith

 

 

 

John Barovetto Memorial Award

 

Recipient:                  Rudolf (Rudy) Buhlman                                   

 

 

 

Katie Sallee Memorial Award

 

Recipient: Rose Driscoll

 

 

 

Lily Nisen Memorial Scholarships

 

Recipients:                    Naji Dmeiri                                   

 

Kalani Ratnasiri

 

                                    Nicolas Seban                                   

 

Margaret Starbuck

 

                 

 

Soroptimist International of Davis Archie Moore Memorial Scholarship

 

Recipient:                  Emily Talbot

 

                                   

 

Soroptimist International of Davis Madeline Gillis Memorial Scholarship

 

Recipient:  Jannett Rosales-Flores

 

 

 

Teo Villanueva Memorial Scholarship

 

Recipient: Jose Arzaluz

 

 

 

Warren Hardaker Memorial Scholarship

 

Recipient:                  Jessica Bodine

 

 

 

Yolo County Mexican American Concilio Scholarships

 

Mexican American Concilio Scholarships:

 

Recipients:                  Alicia Demaree                                                     

 

                                                  Manny Guerrero

 

                                                  Brendi Patino

 

                   Jose Velazquez                 

 

Mary Lou Hernandez Memorial Scholarship:

 

Recipient:                  Raquel Valdes                 

 

Mel Trujillo Memorial Scholarship:

 

Recipient:                  Viviana Palomares

 

 

 

RECOGNITION BY FACULTY

 

OUTSTANDING PARTICIPATION IN DEPARTMENTS, CLUBS, ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

Art Department:

 

AP Art History: Eleanor Eaton

 

Ceramics: Samuel Andrews, Samantha Fung, Francisco Gonzales, Tara Halsted, Kathryn Krupa, Grace Navarrot, Dimitri Schreiber

 

Drawing and Painting: Michelle Higuera, Alanna Ho, Erin Kim, Neal Rock, Siyu (Mandy) Zheng

 

Photography: Natalie Chalfant

 

 

 

Avid (Advancement Via Individual Determination): Brendi Patino (Academic Achievement), Alondra Aldaz Uresti (Dedication), Sahira Waheed (Citizenship)

 

 

Band: Andrew Block, Mackenzie Busch, William Ebeler, Francesca Hovagimian, Ross Kelly, Elizabeth Lee, Conor Lee- Smith, Kristen Ronning, William Avi Steele, Scott Yamamoto

 

 

Drama Department:

 

Board Members: Sibel Alpdemir (1 yr.), Kora Feder (2 yrs.), Jasreet Gill (2 yrs.), Catherine Grindall (2 yrs.,) Will Kingscott  (1 yr.), Kashmir Kravitz (1 yr.), Laura Lavernia (2 yrs.), Megan Orr (1 yr.), Madi Starr (1 yr.), Sydney Rosenblum (2 yrs.)

 

Drama Department Award for Artistic Excellence and Esprit de Corps:  Margaret Starbuck

 

Excellence in Leadership Award: Laura Lavernia

 

Scotland Participation: Sibel Alpdemir, Kora Feder, Catherine Grindall, William Kingscott, Laura Lavernia, Megan Orr, Madi Starr, Shannon Turner

 

Thespians: Sibel Alpdemir, Jose Arzaluz, Antonio de Loera-Brust, Eseosa Edebiri, Kora Feder, Deanna Gee, Jasreet Gill, Nilesh Haile, William Kingscott, Kashmir Kravitz, Laura Lavernia, Megan Orr, Molly Parsons, Brian Reed, Neal Rock, Madi Starr, Margaret Starbuck, Shannon Turner, Elizabeth Winder

 

Engineering and Architecture Club: Aimee Davis, Nathan Ginn

 

 

 

English Department: Omar Abdel-Ghaffar, Henry Anker, Jenna Arciero, Benjamin Baek, Kian Bagheri, McKenzie Barlow, Mikaela Benson, Monica Berry, Andrew Block, Anne Bone, Lindsay Brandt, Lucy Brazil, Claudia Bucheli, Asha Byrd, Damicela Grace Calhoun, Megan Casey, Lani Chang, Isabelle Chen, Jeremy Chen, Hannah Cole-Leathers, Victoria Contreras, Amelia Crary, Laura Daggett, Laurel Darragh, Aimee Davis, Antonio de Loera-Brust, Derek DeNardo, Liliana DiCarlo, Madeleine Duyar, Eleanor Eaton, William Ebeler, Richard Farman, Rika Fields, Erin Fong, Sean Fraser, Abigail Furlow, Emily Gao, Linda Ge, Jasreet Gill, Anna Gong, Manuel Guerrero, Emmanuel Gygi, Tara Halsted, Katherine Harris, Francesca Hovagimian,

 

Yin-Chen Hsieh, Anny Huang, Glenn Hull, Aditya Jagadish, Nancy Jaime, Benjamin Jin, Chloe Jones, Ross Kelly, William Kingscott, Aliana Knoepfler, Emma Knoesen, Laura Lavernia, Arthur Leck, Sean Lee, Conor Lee-Smith, Tessa Lewis, Samuel Manderfield, Ann Marie Pilon, Casey Marr, Hana McHale, Daisy McKim, Audrey McNamara, Jack Meyer, Victoria Mohtes-Chan, Jacob Muller, Grace Navarrot, Marea Newell, Holly Nuovo, Clarissa Paw U, Shane Pesis, Sharikiana Ratliff, Sanchita Raychaudhuri, Fatuma-Ayann Rinderknecht, Neal Rock, Grant Rose, Jacob Rutheiser, Ioana Seritan, Shauna Simon, Stephanie Siu, Brianne Slack, Rachel Smith, Margaret Starbuck, Anna Sturla, Maya Tarasenko, Katrina Tavenier, Elena Teaford, John Testerman, Daniel Tutt, Adele Woods, Don Wook Shin, Esther Wu, Travis Zane, Siyu (Mandy) Zheng

 

 

 

Environmental Club: Brigitte Glass, Audrey McNamara

 

 

Freedom from Hunger Club: McKenzie Barlow, Lindsay Brandt, Damicela Grace Calhoun, Laurel Darragh, Daisy McKim, Elena Teaford, Mo Xu

 

 

Freestyle Club: Jeremy Chen, Kunwoo Hong

 

 

 

Friendship Day Circle of Honor: Grace Navarrot (2 years, President), Daniel Dutulescu (2 years, Vice President), Lucy Brazil (2 years), Adele Woods (2 years), Mikaela Benson, Adriana Defty, Madeline Purves, Hayden Russell, Michael Schlosser, Allyn Setran, Pranav Trewn

 

 

 

French Club: Adrianna Borys, Lindsay Brandt, Isabelle Chen, Clarissa Paw U

 

 

 

French Department: William Bellamy, Lindsay Brandt, Isabelle Chen, Manraj Gill, Emmanuel Gygi, Ines Guinard, Arthur Koehl, Yin-Chen Hsieh

 

French Department Academic Excellence: Adrianna Borys, Lindsay Brandt, Isabelle Chen, Daisy McKim, Anna Pilon

 

 

German American Partnership Program (GAPP): Brigitte Glass, Thomas Haley, Kevin Klenzendorf, Aliana Knoepfler, Alexandra Little, Ripley McChesney, Olivia Peterson, Victoria Mohtes-Chan, Grace Navarrot, Angelea Ranzenbach, Nicolas Woo   

 

 

 

German Club: Rudolf (Rudy) Buhlman, Thomas Haley,

 

 

German Department: Kayla Robinson, Philipp Vogel

 

 

Healthcare Careers Club: Nathan Ginn

 

 

 

Japanese Club: Hana McHale, Siyu (Mandy) Zheng

 

 

 

Japanese Department: Michael Dohn, Erin Fong, Grant Rose, Maya Salcido White

 

 

 

Latinos Unidos: Jose Arzaluz, Antonio de Loera-Brust, Mary Sanchez, Chenoa Vargas

 

 

 

Math Department 

 

Math Team: Benjamin Jin, Sanchita Raychaudhuri, Ryan Wilson, Ted Xiao

 

Mu Alpha Theta: Benjamin Jin, Sanchita Raychaudhuri, Ryan Wilson, Ted Xiao, Daniel Zhu

 

Achievement in Math Courses: Wesley Brookman, Andrew Dumit, Emma Knoesen, Elizabeth Lee

 

Overall Excellence in Mathematics: Kunwoo Hong, Jacob Rutheiser, Ted Xiao

 

 

 

Model UN Club: Molly Parsons

 

 

 

National Honor Society (Three-Year Active Members): Henry Anker, Andrew Block, Asha Byrd,  Isabelle Chen, Hannah Cole-Leathers, Naji Dmeiri, Manraj Gill, Gabriela Gutierrez, Eliana Jolkovsky, Molly Parsons, Clarissa Paw U, Kayla Robinson, Jacob Rutheiser, Thamineh Tabatabaeifer, Raquel Valdes

 

 

 

Physics Olympiad: Ted Xiao (Semifinalist), Daniel Zhu (Honorable Mention in Finals)

 

 

 

Science Department:

 

Anatomy: Laurel Darragh, Adriana Defty, Madeleine Duyar, Sydney Rosenblum, Siyu (Mandy) Zheng

 

Chemistry: Jacob Rutheiser

 

Environmental Science: Luke Swickard

 

Zoology/Botany: Sara Albertson, Amelia Crary

 

 

 

Science Bowl DSHS Team: Benjamin Jin 

 

 

 

Science League National Chemistry Teams: Elizabeth Chen, Naji Dmeiri, Emily Gao, Ryan Hsu, Benjamin Jin, Emma Knoesen, Elizabeth Lee, Daniel Tutt, Daniel Zhu

 

 

 

Social Studies Department: Sarah Ainsworth, Monica Berry, Andrew Block, Lindsay Brandt, Asha Byrd, Adriana Defty, Naji Dmeiri, Derek DeNardo, Michael Dohn, Marta Drown, John (Jake) Ferrera, Rika Fields, Jasper Gilardi, Ines Guinard, Gabriela Gutierrez, Yin-Chen Hsieh, Gretchen Huston, Emma Knoesen, Christine Kubota, Arthur Leck, Elizabeth Lee, Michael McTygue, Megan Orr, Steven Orr, Sanchita Raychaudhuri, Sydney Rosenblum, Kevin Sorensen, Connor Stapleton, Margaret Starbuck, Daniel Tutt, Raquel Valdes, Katelin Van Deynze, Siyu (Mandy) Zheng

 

Spanish Department: 

 

Spanish 6 AP Literature: Kian Bagheri, Omar Abdel-Ghaffar, Samuel Manderfield

 

Spanish 5 AP: Hannah Cole-Leathers, Aimee Davis, Abigail Furlow, Aliana Knoepfler, Anny Huang, Samantha Ramos, Ioana Seritan, Don Wook Shin, Ana Sorensen, Jim Zheng