Senior Awards Night virtually celebrates senior achievements

Story by Kahlen Miao and Adam Kwoh
Staff Writer and Copy Editor

Photo by Sarah Lee
Associate Photo Editor

SPHS streamed its annual Senior Awards Night on the ASB YouTube channel, on Tuesday, May 25. Seniors received various awards and scholarships by local organizations and SPHS faculty throughout the night, honoring extraordinary academic and community achievements. Recipients of SPHS Department, Athletic, and senior awards were nominated and chosen by the SPHS Scholarship Committee, while scholarships were presented by South Pasadena organizations.

Checks for scholarships will be sent to honorees’ homes and certificates will be distributed to recipients soon. SPHS seniors will make their official exit from high school at an in-person graduation on Wednesday, June 2. 

SPHS Alumni Association Scholarships
Albert Adams Scholarship: Audrey Lin, Elisa Jeon
Mary Ida Phair Scholarship: Kimberly Hsueh
James Fosselman Scholarship: Anneliesse Alcalde, Emiliano Martinez
Dr. Beatriz Solis Scholarship: Lauren Jones; Runner up – Tonalli Garcia Rodriguez
Michael Colliau Athletic Scholarship: Zazriel King, Riley Lawes
Keith Gustafson Scholarship: Caleb Lee
Karen Kincel Creative Writing Award: Liam Serwin; Runner up – Rachel Serwin, Anneliesse Alcalde, Matthew Tsai
Bobby Griffin Art Scholarship: Sophia Hao
Eugene Clark Science Scholarship: Lindsay Michels
Margaret “Frau” Epstein & Richard Goto Scholarship: Lauren Jones, Haelee Kim, Linus Wood
Harold Hartsough Scholarship: Linus Wood
Maggie Veir Art Scholarship: Sophia Hao, Kiera Atkinson
Blake and Joseph Wu UCLA Scholarship: Sang Yul (Shane) Yu
General Scholarships: Amanda Kanaly, Emily Wei, Kiera Atkinson, Lauren Jones, Mahal Montes, Matthew Tsai, Sarah Chen, Talulla Chow, Tonalli Garcia Rodriguez

The Place 2.0 Scholarship: Anneliesse Alcalde, Nicole Lu

Kiwanis Club of South Pasadena
The Maus Family Scholarship: Christine Mao
The John Deniston Scholarship: Lindsey Hirano
The Kenneth Yamanaka Scholarship: Frances Chiu

Oneota Club of South Pasadena: Frances Chiu, Gillian Terhune, Emily Wei

South Pasadena Chinese-American Club:
Karl Hwang Scholarship: Lindsey Hirano, Sienna Chen, Jolene Lee

Women’s Club of South Pasadena Scholarships: Lindsey Hirano, Olivia Yanover, Emily Wei, Annaliesse Alcalde, Ella Jayasekera, Ella Plum Rolin, Kiera Atkinson

Chapter AX of the PEO Scholarship: Roxanne Lynch, Frances Chiu, Emily Wei

South Pasadena Rotary Club
Wagner Family Scholarship: Madeleine Yoo
Susan Foster Scholarship: Sang Yul (Shane) Yu

Vecinos de South Pasadena Scholarships: Brian Zepeda, Katelyn Hernandez, Tonalli Garcia Rodriguez

South Pasadena Police Officers’ Association
General Scholarship: Brian Zou
Officer Kevin Sandoval Memorial Scholarship: Lauren Jones
Officer Ray Rogers Memorial Scholarship: Kiera Atkinson
Police Assistant Bayron Salguero Scholarship: Gillian Terhune 

South Pasadena PTA and SPHS PTSA Awards
PTSA Distinguished Service Scholarships: Lindsey Hirano, Ismael Khan, Maureen (Molly) Parker, Louisa Petrillo, Madeleine Yoo
1st District PTA Membership Incentive Award: Lauren Jones
PTA Council Scholarships: Makena Saito, Josh Silva
Alice Butler Memorial Scholarship: Joey Duarte

Teachers Association of South Pasadena Award: Gillian Terhune

South Pasadena Optometric Scholarship: Valentino Nguyen

Barbera Ercek Scholarships:
Resilience Scholarships: Charlotte LoCicero, Brian Zepeda
Academic Excellence Scholarships: Cat Flores, Adam Kwoh, Matteo Lee, Thea McCallie, Lexi Schroeder
Tiger Spirit Scholarships: Jayden Eden, Macie Lukavsky
Renaissance Scholarship: Lindsay Michels

Ellin Lieberman Scholarship: Tonalli Garcia Rodriguez

Sina Massoumi Memorial Scholarship: Meagan Chang, Aaron Cho

Molina Family Scholarship: Makena Saito

Aydin Salek Leadership Scholarship: Patrick Latting

Linda J Omens Humanitarian Award: Andrew Cheung

Andy Wang Award: Jack Bartlett

South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) Scholarship:
General Scholarship: Madeleine Yoo
Excellence in Music: Audrey Lin
Fremont Center Theatre Award: Kiera Atkinson
Excellence in Fine Arts: Sophia Hao

Lori Macdonald Academic Recognition Award: Ella Leeson, Ricky Luo, Jackson McLane, Maven Palacios

Eddie Lee ASB MVP Award: Michelle Jee

SPHS Department Awards
Social Science Book Awards: Max Meszaros, Kiera Atkinson, Frances Chiu, Haelee Kim, Zoe Albornoz, Kayla Nielsen

CTE Pathways
Carpentry, Millwork, & Woodworking: Henry Balding
Design, Visual, and Media Arts: Matteo Granados, Joyce Lee, Maya Villaseñor, Eric Wilds, Christina Vasquez, Arlo Stark Hanson
Education, Child Development, and Childhood Services: Gia Franco, Lena Lutz, Makena Saito, Valerie Gahman, Audrey Lin, Amelia Jarolim, Heather Olson, Kate Argue,
Patient Care: Amar Ebrahim, Mina Fairall, Riley Lawes, Ferrel Mansano, Terrel Mansano, Khalil Murdock, Noah Perez, Owen Quimero, Terrence Sweetman
Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment: Sydney Abundo, Matthew Baer, Meagan Chang, Charis Cheung, Jonathan Choi, Alex Ha, Lindsey Hirano, Katie Hohman, Quentin Holmes, Ella Jayasekera, Michelle Jee, Ismael Khan, Jason Kim, Nicole Kim, Matteo Lee, Nicole Lu, Macie Lukavsky, Zachary Lukavsky, Micah Mekhitarian, Mahal Montes, Gordon Mui, Maureen Parker, Colin Sheng, Maya Villaseñor, Olivia Yanover

Outstanding Achievements in Visual Arts: Julianne Wong, Nicholas Forman, Madeleine Yoo, Sophia Hao

Lorie McDonald English Book Award: Katherine Anthony, Haelee Kim, Matthew Tsai

SPHS English Department Special Service Award: Thompson Juntao Yang

SPHS Drama Honors: Kiera Atkinson, Julianna Chabot, Tonalli Garcia-Rodriguez, Matisse Rocca

2021 National Honor Thespians: Kayla Nielsen, Karenna Senske, Linus Wood

Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics: Nathan Lin, Lexi Schroeder, Madeleine Yoo, Jolene Lee

Outstanding Achievement in Computer Science: Alex Mariano, Clara Ceerla

Helen Burr Scholarship: Andrea Zarazua

Outstanding Achievement in Spanish: Madeleine Yoo, Meagan Chang, Elyse Wong, Katherine Li, Frances Chiu

Outstanding Achievement in Chinese Language Award: Kimberly Hsueh, Camellia Cartland, Jolene Lee, Talulla Chow, Miles Bernath, Andrew Cheung, Dusty Fox

Athletic Awards
Dickson Family Heritage Scholarship: Andrea Zarazua

Dickson Family Showcase Athlete: Lola Foord

Dickson Family Art Award: Linus Wood

Ralph Punaro Spirit of Athletics: Andrew Villapadua

C Merill Greene Athletes of the Year: Anthony Felix, Lindsey Hirano

C Meril Green Scholar Athletes Award: Liam Markus, Carissa Park

Flossie Clarich Award: Amanda Kanaly

Lew Clement Award: Valentino Nguyen

Rick Booth Award: Jenna Okohira

Booster Club Tiger Seal Awards: Joey Duarte, Mollie Parker 

The Tim Howland Track Award: Ferrel Mansano, Terrel Mansano

Kathryn Larkin Crary Sportsmanship Award: Caleb Lee, Juliana Maniquis Hernandez

Athletic Life Passes: Katherine Anthony, Lola Foord, Lindsey Hirano, Caleb Lee, Valentino Nguyen, Carissa Park, Colin Sheng, Justin Toshima

Seal of Biliteracy: Miles Bernath, Isaac Blekhman, Camellia Cartland, Meagan Chang, Sarah Chen, Siyun Chen, Andrew Cheung, Frances Chiu, Talulla Chow, Skylar Cornforth, Frida Cruz, Kevin Ebata, Valerie Gahman, Kimberly Hsueh, Lauren Jones, Amanda Kanaly, Haelee Kim, Nicole Kim, Markus Kramsch, Elizabeth Lee, Jolene Lee, Matteo Lee, Michael Lee, Arthur Li, Katherine Li, Zhengquan Luo, Christine Mao, Jackson McLane, Micah Mekhitarian, Mahal Montes, Jonathan Ng, Kayla Nielsen, Mollie Parker, Cameryn Pearson, Hye Won Ree, Ella Plum Rolin, Rachel Serwin, Bradley Tashiro, Justin Toshima, Alyssa Wong, Elyse Wong, Madeleine Yoo, Shane Yu, Andrea Zarazua, Alicia Zhang, Luyang Zhang

CSF: Sydney Abundo, Matthew Albert, Anneliese Alcade, Kiera Atkinson, Jack Barlett, Lauren Bea, Camellia Cartland, Meagan Chang, Siyan Chen, Andrew Cheung, Aaron Cho, Talulla Chow, Glenn Cunanan, Amar Ebrahim, Mina Fairall, Yi-Shiang Feng, Piper Fleming, Dusty Fox, Tonalli Garcia-Rodriguez, Isela Gonzalez, Ian Graham, Matthew Haines, Sophia Hao, Elise Hernandez, Lindsay Hirano, Dustin Huang, Kayden Hung, Amelia Jarolim, Ella Jayasekera, Sooah Jee, Timothy Johnson, Haelee Him, Jason Kim, Nicole Kim, Nicole Sul Kim, Marcus Kramsch, Emma Kucera, Adam Kwoh, Kimberly Kubo, Elizabeth Lee, Jolene Lee, Matteo Lee, Michael Anthony Lee, Michael Jayden Lee, Ella Lesson, Derek Leung, Arthur Li, Jun Hye Lim, Audrey Lin, Nathan Lin, Nicole Lu, Macie Lukavaky, Zhengquan Luo, Juliana Maniquis Herandez, Christine Mao, Matthew Alexander Marino, Chrystelle Martin, Jackson McLane, Micah Mekhitarian, Etelvina Montes, Chin Yun Mui, Kayla Nielsen, Jovelyn Nunez-Valenzuela, Jenna Okohira, Carissa Park, Maureen (Mollie) Parker, Cameryn Pearson, Sebastian Pollard, Oliva Reed, Hye Won Rhee, Matisse Rocca, Venessa Safawi, Lance Santana, Lexi Schroeder, Brandon Selden, Dylan Sevillia, Colin Sheng, Elsa Sheppard, Jounghyuk (David) Sohn, Matthew Tan, Maya Tanaka, Bradley Tashiro, Gillian Terhune, Justin Toshima, Nick Tu, Christina Vasquez, Emily Wei, Pieter Wielenga, Riley Williams, Alyssa Wong, Julianne Wong, Jinyoung Yang, Jonathan Yee, Madeleine Yoo, James Zimmerman, Brian Zou

National Merit Commended Scholars: Zoe Albornoz, Miles Bernath, Ava Carbonara, Meagan Chang, Sarah Chen, Siyan (Sienna) Chen, Andrew Cheung, Aaron Cho, Maxfield English, Yi-Shiang (Sean) Feng, Dusty Fox, Alex Ha, Isaiah Hall, Elisa Jeon, Dohyun Kim, Nicole Kim, Kimberly Kubo, Adam Kwoh, Elizabeth Lee, Jolene Lee, Matteo Lee, Arthur Li, Katherine L, Nathan Lin, Liam Markus, Jackson McLane, Mahal Montes, Kayla Nielsen, Jenna Okohira, Carissa Park, Andrew Parkinson, Olivia Reed, Lexi Schroeder, Rachel Serwin, Jounghyuk (David) Sohn, Matthew Tan, Russell Thomas, Matthew Tsai, Nick Tu, David Valenzuela-Peterson, Riley Williams, Kelly Wu, Madeleine Yoo, Andrea Zarazua, Alicia Zhang, Brian Zou

National Merit Finalists: Frances Chiu, Matthew Haines, Jessica Li, Luyang Zhang

Salutatorians: Andrew Cheung, Jessica Li, Jolene Lee, Julianne Wong

Valedictorians: Matthew Albert, Meagan Chang, Siyun Chen, Talulla Chow, Dusty Fox, Sophia Hao, Katherine Li, Nathan Lin, Kayla Nielsen, Lexi Schroeder, Russell Thomas, Matthew Tsai, Madeleine Yoo

Karen Offenhauser Outstanding Senior Award: Katie Hohman

Weldon Fair Play Awards: Michelle Jee, Valentino Nguyen, Katie Hohman, Khalil Murdock, Kayla Nielsen, Andrew Parkinson

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