Form Prizes
Sixth Form Prizes
david t laymaN, Jr prize to a sixth form student who, through perseverance, resilience, and growth, has taken full advantage of the opportunities at Choate Rosemary Hall.
WinnErs: friday aCuna rihaM yassin
Honorable Mentions: Molly Elisabeth Crawford
Isabel Gargamelli
Maya Lillian Salisbury
Flora macdoNald boNNey aNd oweN morgaN prize to a sixth form student who has displayed great empathy and unselfish dedication to helping others within the School community.
WinnErs: osCar hyatt KatElyn EMily tortorElla
Honorable Mention: Peter Ganzenmuller III
r aSSweiler award aNd william gardNer & mary atwater choate award to a sixth form scholar who, in achieving academic excellence, has demonstrated a true love of learning.
WinnErs: isabEllE yuzhu Jiao harpEr ElizabEth MarsdEn-urEn
Honorable Mentions:
Lily Fox Honney
Alex Zhao
School Seal prize to a sixth form student for outstanding contribution to the School community over the course of their Choate Rosemary Hall career.
WinnErs: annabEl ClairE Cady thandiWE graCiEla taylor
Honorable Mentions: Paul Kerr Stearns
Dominique Anuli Welcome
claSS oF 1976 leaderShip award to that sixth form student who has demonstrated strong leadership qualities at the School.
WinnErs: zaKi shaMsi doMiniquE anuli WElCoME
Fifth Form Prizes
K atheriNe carlebach aNd JameS eliot oaKeS prize to a fifth form student distinguished by dedication to and positive influence on the life of the School.
WinnErs: idara EKanEM Jinx hartong
ViolEta soulE rodriguEz
Honorable Mentions:
Jalen Carter
Juliana Maureen Iannace
marK pitmaN aNd caroliNe ruutz-r eeS prize to a fifth form student who exemplifies the values of the School, including sound character and academic excellence, and has demonstrated constructive leadership in the community.
WinnErs: isabElla bEatriz CooK
ViCtoria MaE dEVito lady oliVE Winston ashiE
Honorable Mentions:
Madeline Rose Baldwin
Jason Michael Schmidt
Yanin Tangkaravakoon
choate roSemary hall FiF th Form award to a student who has taken unselfish constructive action for the benefit of others in the School community.
WinnErs: lara aMEr
JuliEt lydia EllEr
Honorable Mentions:
Wisdom Humalie
Ryan Paul Murray
Damaris Hernandez Reynoso
Fourth Form Prizes
r ay browN aNd mar Jorie bramptoN harvey prize to a fourth form student distinguished by enthusiastic engagement in the life of the School.
WinnErs: Maya naoMi abElEs
asa Carr gibson
Honorable Mentions:
Charles Blakely Mitchell
Mac Privateer
Esther Marx Schonberger
mary elizabeth l owNdeS prize to a fourth form student who exemplifies the values of the School, including sound character and academic engagement, and has made significant contributions to multiple areas of the School.
WinnErs: noor sarah gonzalEz bruCE MasahiKo Van WingErdEn
Honorable Mentions:
Ghalia Achbbak
Madison Reese Bloom
Adrienne Prater
Ha Jin Sung
evaN J. r eed ’79 award to a student who has displayed generosity of spirit and dedication to others in the School community.
WinnEr: liana isabEl alKhayEr
Honorable Mentions:
Isabel Grace Barnes
Yui Sugimoto
Choate Rosemary Hall
Christian
Third Form Prizes
Julie m. caSe prize to a third form student who has exhibited significant perseverance, resilience, and growth.
WinnErs: MEiri higashi
CaMila MEi-zhi MaK
Honorable Mentions:
Olivia Gray Hutchins Bingham
Ava Shea Cadett
Augustus Thomas Larsen
Tatum Elizabeth Grace Littlejohn
FraNceS burtoN chaFFee aNd alFred a . cooK prize to a third form student who has demonstrated sound character, academic dedication, and enthusiastic engagement in multiple areas of School life.
WinnErs: angEl ElisE soto Mya laila Capri starKs
Honorable Mentions: Nairoby Liriano Dmytrii Pikarskyi
choate roSemary hall third Form award to a student who, through thoughtful engagement with others, has demonstrated compassion, kindness, and inclusivity.
WinnErs: JoCElyn WinsoME KiMball
Molly Kathryn larsEn arin utoKthaM
Honorable Mentions: N’Adom Aboagyewaa Darko-Asare
Seth Maurice Hinton
Mia Rosina Sankey
Department Prizes
Arts Department
K auFmaN prize for special achievement in photographic art.
WinnErs: norah annE daVis-JEffErs lily MariE runEz
burNham prize for excellence in a particular field of art.
WinnErs: lily fox honnEy Cora MEng sloWE
martiN birNbaum a rt award for excellence in drawing and painting.
WinnEr: Mira annE parapatt
Honorable Mention: Mingyang Ma
vaN oStraNd perKiNS high hoNorS for excellence in painting, sculpture, and art history.
WinnEr: harpEr ElizabEth MarsdEn-urEn
choate roSemary hall muSic departmeNt prize for excellence in performing ensembles.
WinnErs: MargarEt rosE WinnEMuCCa lightfoot Chuanqing yan
Honorable Mentions:
Eben Asher Bauman
Brianna Kathleen Hekle
Ameya Tanvi Patel
Thandiwe Graciela Taylor
JohN clough memorial prize for instrumental music.
WinnEr: KatE MargarEt rorabaCK
Honorable Mentions: Harry Huang
Kristie Kai-Shin Lu
the duNcaN phyFe prize for excellence in piano.
WinnEr: ElizabEth blythE burgstahlEr
Honorable Mentions: Leilani Cai Gao Nguyen Dinh Thuy Nguyen
hicKS lawreNce prize for overall excellence in music.
WinnErs: boWEn Jin graCE KiM yoon
chriStopher l r iveS ’76 prize for excellence in technical theater.
WinnErs: alExandra tong-yuE Kiang sabriya ChEn MiKsoVsKy
robert carter bryaN prize in dramatics.
WinnErs: MatthEW hahnsun Choi norah annE daVis-JEffErs
Honorable Mentions: Harper Elizabeth Marsden-Uren Blake Foster Steremberg
hoNegger prize for special achievement in dramatics.
WinnErs: friday aCuna sulEiKa JasprEEt sandi
Honorable Mentions: Chiamaka Michelle Eke Leanne La
FraNciS lemoy Ne page prize for outstanding contribution to more than one field in the creative arts.
WinnErs: alExandros VaKopoulos antonopoulos finnEas lynCh WiKstroM
English Department
burger prize for creative writing published in a Choate Rosemary Hall publication.
WinnEr: friday aCuna
Honorable Mention: Kaitlyn Wing Jun Yu
JohN doS paSSoS award for excellence in creative writing.
WinnErs: ChiaMaKa MiChEllE EKE harpEr ElizabEth MarsdEn-urEn
thomaS b. curtiS ’81 memorial prize for enthusiasm in the study of English.
WinnEr: rafia ali pasha
Honorable Mentions: Ellie Marie Silva
Thandiwe Graciela Taylor Siying Wang
Fayetta mcKowN award for excellence in English.
WinnErs: friday aCuna Juan dElgado gonzálEz
Honorable Mention: Nila Sara Rajan
History, Philosophy, Religion, and Social Sciences
michael J. pacKevicz Jr. ’82 prize for excellence in the study of philosophy and religion, given by the Class of ’82.
WinnErs: friday aCuna nEVaEh lEigh rathbun
Honorable Mentions: Isla Niamh Geaney
Paul Kerr Stearns
choate roSemary hall prize for excellence in the study of psychology.
WinnEr: MargarEt JEan sEidEn
Honorable Mention:
Nicolas Taylor Clary
z achary goodyear prize for excellence in the study of political science.
WinnErs: harpEr ElizabEth MarsdEn-urEn lEVi shiloh yorK
Honorable Mentions:
Maya Lillian Salisbury
Paul Kerr Stearns
douglaSS c. North ’38 award for excellence in the study of economics.
WinnEr: phoonsEEraah tiEanWorn
Honorable Mentions:
Luke Alexander Kennedy Britton
Juan Delgado González
Henry Nelson Gillibrand
beNJamiN F. SylveSter, Jr prize for excellence in the study of history.
WinnEr: brEndan Jia rong bEng
Honorable Mentions:
Clayton Ransom Albertson
Eleanor Matilda Hardy
clareNce hale prize is awarded to a sixth former who has demonstrated enthusiasm and excellence in a variety of areas of study offered by the Department of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Social Sciences.
WinnErs: harpEr ElizabEth MarsdEn-urEn andrEW JaMEs stahlMan paul KErr stEarns
Honorable Mention:
Nevaeh Leigh Rathbun
Language Department
choate roSemary hall prize for excellence in Latin.
WinnErs: luCia gabriEllE doMingo darrEn ruiyuan lin
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in French.
WinnEr: dana Chung
Honorable Mentions:
Elizabeth Blythe Burgstahler
Nathan Patrick Kempton
Paul Kerr Stearns
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in Spanish.
WinnEr: alExandros VaKopoulos antonopoulos
Honorable Mentions:
Isabelle Yuzhu Jiao
Nevaeh Leigh Rathbun
Grace Kim Yoon
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in Chinese.
WinnErs: lEah Kalyani hardEr Eshana hora
Honorable Mention: Ian Cho
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in the study of Arabic.
WinnErs: Kayla dianE bashaWaty abigail KiM
Honorable Mentions: Hiyab Mebrahtu
Zaki Shamsi
JoS hoppeNbrouwerS l aNguage prize to that student who, through assiduous study of more than one foreign language, has demonstrated a deep interest in and respect for other cultures.
WinnEr: ElizabEth blythE burgstahlEr
Honorable Mentions:
Blake Foster Steremberg
Isabella Catherine Welch
Mathematics and Computer Science
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in Calculus.
WinnEr: yanin tangKaraVaKoon
Honorable Mention: Sophie Yimei Liu
KiraN r eddy peNdri ’06 award for excellence in the advanced study of mathematics.
WinnErs: hridaan MEhta hsiao Chian tsEng
Honorable Mentions: Sabriya Chen Miksovsky Adithi Murali Variar
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in statistics.
WinnErs: rEbECCa huang andrEW JaMEs stahlMan
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in programming.
WinnErs: lily fox honnEy taEyoung Cho KiM
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in robotics.
WinnEr: EbEn ashEr bauMan
Honorable Mentions: Lily Fox Honney
Paul Scot Madill III
James Robert Sherriff
Science Department
choate roSemary hall award for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in physics.
WinnErs: JaCob KlEinstEin lEo laihao WEi
Honorable Mentions: Deyi Max Meng
Hsiao Chian Tseng
choate roSemary hall award given for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in chemistry.
WinnErs: lily fox honnEy hridaan MEhta
Department Prizes
choate roSemary hall award for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in biology.
WinnEr: Eliana MEngyao li
Honorable Mentions:
Brendan Jia Rong Beng
Chuanqing Yan
choate roSemary hall award for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in environmental science.
WinnEr: ardEn boas pErEs
Honorable Mentions:
Madeline Ann Childs
Nathaniel Kaleleiki-ilikea-ikapoli-oKealoha Skelly
Chloe Alexandra Smith
paul JuliFF prize given to that member of the senior class who has made outstanding contributions to both the arts and sciences. The talents, warmth, and sincerity of Mr. Juliff are clearly reflected in the contributions of the recipient.
WinnEr: Jason sEoJin Chang
choate roSemary hall award to a sixth former for overall excellence in science.
WinnEr: ardEn boas pErEs
Honorable Mentions:
Seyeon Lee
Deyi Max Meng
Alex Zhao
Athletics Department
the edith walliS aNd beN SylveSter award for the greatest contribution to athletics in the third form.
WinnEr: Mary KathErinE WablE
Honorable Mentions:
Olivia McPhee Giampa
Taryn Dina Lattanzi
Alexa Marlin Pesarik
Ronan Alexander Sylvan
heSter c macquire aNd william a . SwiacKi, Jr award for the greatest contribution to athletics in the fourth form.
WinnEr: ChasE CaMEron poWErs
Honorable Mentions:
Alexandra Mae Berger
Sebastian Kai Huang
Rhema Edysha Woolcock
the eugeNia baKer JeSSup aNd william a pudvah, Jr. award for the greatest contribution to athletics in the fifth form.
WinnEr: sophia bobaE lind
Honorable Mentions:
Jack Robert Brooder
Tatianna Nasjae Irizarry Yichen Sun
the caroliNe ruutz-r eeS aNd Seymour St. JohN award for the greatest contribution to athletics in the sixth form.
WinnEr: annE Kathryn forKEr
Honorable Mentions:
Logan Alexandra Dubuc
Tanner Scott Raymond
Margaret Brooke Swanson
Katelyn Emily Tortorella
the charleS wicKliFFe KeNNerly memorial award to the student whose generous nature and good will represent the highest ideals of fair play and who, through uncommon sportsmanship, has positively influenced others and brought great credit to family and School.
WinnEr: KatElyn EMily tortorElla
Honorable Mentions:
Annabel Claire Cady
Logan Alexandra Dubuc
Journalism
JohN merrill doNNelly prize for significant and creative contribution to journalism and student publications.
WinnErs: rEinah EllE lEE
Ethan yu zhang
Special Award
the Sally greeN hart aNd l arry hart citatioNS to those students who have given the School an unusual flavor, performed services in unique undertakings, and have won the affection as well as the respect of their peers.
WinnErs: saVannah JosEphinE saKura EMEry luKE daVid hEgarty lois sEna Kahu lEVi shiloh yorK
Adelphi University
Agnes Scott College
Amherst College
Assumption University
Barnard College
Bentley University
Binghamton University
Boston College
Boston University
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bryant University
Bucknell University
California Institute of Technology
Central Connecticut State University
Colby College
Colgate University
College of the Holy Cross
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Dickinson College
Duke University
College Matriculation
Elon University
Emory University
Fordham University
Franklin & Marshall College
Furman University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Haverford College
Howard University
ICN Business School
IE University
Lehigh University
Macalester College
Marist University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McGill University
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
New York University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Princeton University
Regis University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rollins College
Rutgers University
Skidmore College
Smith College
St. Lawrence University
Stony Brook University
Swarthmore College
The George Washington University
The Ohio State University
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Trinity College
Tufts University
Tulane University
United States Coast Guard Academy
United States Military Academy
United States Naval Academy
University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis
University of California, Santa Barbara University of Chicago
* Matriculations reflect information as of May 22, 2026.
Class of 2026 Cum Laude
Clayton Ransom Albertson
Alexandros Vakopoulos
Antonopoulos
Eben Asher Bauman
Brendan Jia Rong Beng
Elizabeth Blythe Burgstahler
Lucas Yung Carlson
Madeline Ann Childs
Dana Chung
Nicolas Taylor Clary
YunLong Dong
Henry Nelson Gillibrand
Johnny Guo
Leah Kalyani Harder
Eleanor Matilda Hardy
Lily Fox Honney
Isabelle Yuzhu Jiao
Dylan Kang Hoon Kim
Leanne La Seyeon Lee
School NewS
Kaz Kousaka ’27
Reid Bock ’27
local NewS
Sabrina Liu ’28
Teya Tejavibulya ’28
OpiNioNS
Steven Kee ’27
Eshana Hora ’27
Jai Midha ’27
University of Connecticut
University of Maine
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Notre Dame
University of Ottawa
University of Pennsylvania
University of Richmond
University of Southern California
University of St Andrews
University of Toronto
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
Washington University in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Wofford College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University
Eliana Mengyao Li
Margaret Rose Winnemucca
Lightfoot
Kristie Kai-Shin Lu
Harper Elizabeth Marsden-Uren
Isabelle Lange Marvin
Deyi Max Meng
Coyan Siraj Mobarak
Ameya Tanvi Patel
Arden Boas Peres
Maya Lillian Salisbury
Emily Marin Scandrett
Andrew James Stahlman
Joseph Dean Swan
Margaret Brooke Swanson
Phoonseeraah Tieanworn
Nicha Tongdee
Siying Wang
Yumeng Wang
Zoie Ziyun Wang
Akkharat Andrew Watcharananan
The ChoaT e News
120th Masthead
Maia A. Shah ’27
Editor-in-ChiEf
FeatureS
Harry Kim ’28
artS & leiSure Ha Jin Sung ’28
SportS
Kaitlyn Yu ’27
photography
Scarlett Park ’27
Ashley Wu ’28
Rachel R. Fan ’27
Managing Editor
graphicS Leah Han ’27
layout
Eason Ni ’27 copy editorS
Mary Higashi ’29
Anna Park ’29
Prudence Chen ’28
Elliot Sun ’28
Nick Aston ’28
Oola Breen-Ryan ’29
Leela Curry ’29
outreach team
Ignacio Granda ’27*
Izzy McGehee ’27*
Norah Wang ’27
Katelyn Nguyen ’27
Julie Ha ’28
Kankan Adekoya ’28
Liana Alkhayer ’28
Arjun Ramnath ’28
Josie Kimball ’29
Malaika Fonkem ’29
Kaya Surangana Weerasuriya
Finneas Lynch Wikstrom
Ian Siheng Wu
Chuanqing Yan
Grace Kim Yoon
Levi Shiloh York
Alex Yuan
Amber Yung
Ethan Yu Zhang
Alex Zhao
webSite
Sena Wakamatsu ’27
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Mary Higashi ’29
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