Story by Kahlen Miao
News Writer and Copy Editor
Photo by Samantha Shiroishi
Staff Photographer
SPHS held its annual senior awards night in the Anderson Auditorium on Wednesday, May 24. Seniors received awards and scholarships for various activities and achievements. Recipients for school related awards were chosen by the SPHS Scholarship Committee, made up of students and SPHS staff. Scholarships were awarded by other South Pasadena organizations.
Seniors will walk at their graduation ceremony on Thursday, June 1.
South Pasadena Alumni Association Scholarships
Albert Adam Music Scholarship: Jacqueline Mancera
Mary Ida Phair Scholarship: Katherine Canuteson
James Fosselman Scholarship: Parmis Baroumand
Beatriz Solis Scholarship: Kiana Dettman
Michael Colliau ‘74 Scholarships: Richard Conti, Rachel Noonan
Keith Gustafson Athletic Scholarship: Annalea Pearson
Karen Kincel ‘75 Writing Award: Jacqueline Mancera
Bobby Griffin Art Award: Laureen Wong
Eugene Clark Scholarship: Ava Fineza, Oscar Cassidy, Zackary Quezada
Genevieve Marguia English/Latin Scholarship: Isabella Shotwell
Epstein/Goto Scholarship: Reagan Rogers, Parmis Baroumand, Katherine Canuteson
Holly Whitworth Scholarship: Cera Ramos, Reagan Rogers
Maggie Veir Art Scholarship: Basil How
Andre Patzkowski “Run Forward” Scholarship: Yousef Khan, Annika Ebbert
Blake and Joseph Wu Scholarship: Anthony Kim
Susan Kane Shaver Scholarship: Asha Quibilan
Yong-Kyu and Robert Kim Scholarship: Katherine Canuteson, Erika Wang
General Scholarships: Kacey Azizi-Namini, Katherine Canuteson, Jacqueline Mancera, Annalea Pearson, Julia Pei, Reagan Rogers, Zackary Quezada, Isabella Shotwell, Dana Soibel, Erika Wang
The Place 2.0 Scholarship: Basil How, Danerys Pangelinan
Kiwanis Club of South Pasadena
Kenneth Yamanaka Memorial Scholarship: Isabelle Whetsel
John Deniston Memorial Scholarship: Reagan Rogers
Kiwanis Club Scholarship: Nathan Rodak
Oneonta Club of South Pasadena: Charlie Betts, Dana Soibel, Zackary Quezada
South Pasadena Chinese American Club Karl Hwang Scholarships: Eliana Chow, Jacqueline Mancera, Talia Yoo
Woman’s Club of South Pasadena Scholarships: Solano Cordon, Alexa Morales, Danerys Pangelinan, Xochitl Quinones, Kimberly Ramirez, Reagan Rogers, Dana Soibel
Chapter AX of the PEO Sisterhood Scholarship: Sharanya Dash, Jasmine Gomez, Isabelle Whetsel
Stone Ishimaru Visual Arts Scholarship
Visual Art: Basil How
Visual Photography: Luna Encinas
South Pasadena Rotary Foundation
Susan Foster Awards for Community Involvement: Dana Soibel
Wagner Family Rotary Scholarship for the Fine Arts: Danerys Pangelinan
AYSO: Myka Enomoto McClain, Aidan Kinney, Laureen Wong, Oscar Cassidy, Tilo Andac, Victor Chen
South Pasadena Police Officers’ Association Memorial Scholarship: Isabelle Whetsel, Nolan Park, Liana Zangwill, Jayden Tran
South Pasadena PTA/PTSA Awards and Scholarships
CAPTA Volunteer Service Awards: Jeremy Bruce, Sarah Chung, Sophia Kim, Reagan Rogers, Isabelle Whetsel
PTSA Resilience Scholarship: Anya Bondarenko
PTA Believe in Me Scholarship: Mia Caudillo, Aidan Howard-Rede
Teachers Association of South Pasadena: Andrew Sakahara
South Pasadena Optometric Group Inspirational Scholarship: Samuel Grotenstein
Ercek Scholarships
Barbara and Charles Ercek Resilience Scholarships: George Hong Sheng, Valle Xie, Jacob Omolade, Zion Omolade
Barbara Ercek Renaissance Awards: Aria Argus, Lauren DuBria, Tia Suyuan Guang
Barbara Ercek Tiger Ambassador Awards: Michael Mayemura, Paige Reynolds, Liam Wright
Dr. Elin Lieberman: Reagan Rogers
Sina Massoumi Memorial Scholarships: Ava Fineza, Jason Injoon Baek
The Molina Family Scholarship: Elijah Masjedi
Aydin Salek Leadership Scholarship: Jayden Tran
Andy Wang “Friends to All” Award: Katherine Campbell-Kelly
National Charity League -San Marino: Kacey Azizi-Namini
Linda J. Omens Humanitarian Award: Tyra Williams
DAR Good Citizen Award: Isabella Angulo
SPARC Scholarships
Excellence in Dance: Stephanie Law
Excellence in Theater Performance: Audrey Omidi
Excellence in Graphic Arts: Basil How
Excellence in Fine Art: Laureen Wong
Excellence in Musical Performance/Composition: Juan Carlos Bravo
Lori MacDonald Spirit of Service Award: Kaile Fernandes, Audrey Xie
Coach Mac Award: Joshua Ou
Eddie Lee ASB MVP: Lauren DuBria
South Pasadena Beautiful: Danerys Pangelian
Outstanding Achievement in Social Science: Aidan Sullivan, Claire Wang, Kyra Nielsen, Andrew Sakahara
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Art: Basil How, Lu DeLeon, Ella Mizota-Wang, Laureen Wong
Best Documentary Photography: Celeste Shuton
Excellence in Photography: Sirius Mackie
Best Effort in Photography: Jonathan Chiu
Lori MacDonald English Book Awards: Brynn Buckley, Jayden Tran, Isabelle Whetsel, Jacob Woods, Valle Xie
International Thespian Society Honor Thespians: Eugenie Borredon, Kyle Dominguez, Abigail Greene, Sebastian Liebe, Asha Quibilan
National Honor Thespians: Taylor Calva, Alexa Morales, Audrey Omidi
Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics: Nicholas Parra, Erika Xiyu Wang
Outstanding Achievement in Computer Science: Justin Albert, Jeff Chen, Lewis Polansky
Outstanding Achievement in Spanish: Sabrina Bluml, Tia Guang, Talia Yoo
Helen Burr Spanish Scholarship: Alicia Wilgoren
Chinese Book Awards for Outstanding Achievement: Jason Baek, Ziven Bello, Jacqueline Mancera, Aria Argus, Hanning Zhu, Perrine Changkuon, Chloe Auyeung, Kyra Campbell, Aaron Quan, Victor Chen, Devin Wong, Landen Aizawa
David N. Dickson Athletic Heritage Scholarship: Chloe Auyeung
David N. Dickson Showcase Athlete of the Year: Jackson Freking
Dickson Family Art Scholarship: Lia Borja
Ralph Punaro Spirit of Athletics: Joshua Ou, Matthew Ou
C. Merrill Greene Scholar Athlete: Kyra Campbell, Aaron Qua
C. Merrill Greene Athlete of the Year: Grace Markus, Quinn Stirling
Booster Club Flossie Clarich Scholarship: Luna Encinas
Booster Club Lew Clement Scholarship: Nick Chabot
Booster Club Rick Booth Memorial Scholarship: Ivan Beccera
Booster Club Tiger Seal Awards: Avik Gautam, Samantha Lopez
Tim Howland Memorial Scholarship Award: Kainoa Jones
Kathryn Larkin Crary Sportsmanship Award: Sabrina Bluml, Aidan Hilger
Athletic Life Pass Awards: Matthew Ou, Daniella Malia Lat, Luke Martinez, Ivan Daniel Becerra, Nicolas Eshom, Jackson Freking, Richard Conti IV, Allison Lee, Melina Becerra, Kyra Campbell, Joshua Ou, Kaile Fernandes, Quinn Stirling, Ian Jin
Seal Of Biliteracy Awards:
Chinese: Priscilla Ng, Victor Chen, Perrine Changkuon, Annette Woo, Kyra Campbell, Chloe Auyeung, Audrey Ley, Hanning Zhu, Devin Wong, Landen Aizawa, Ziven Bello, Mina Wu, Samuel Xu, Donyeon Kim, Aaron Quan, Caichun Lin, Jason Baek, Rachel Liao
French: Lewis Polansky, Dana Soibel, Melissa Hutchins, Liana Zangwill, Carl (Christopher) Liebe, Carl (Sebastian) Liebe, Isabelle Whetsel, Veronica Koutsky. Isabella Shotwell, Sharanya Dash, Caroline Haines, Eliana Chow, David Inak, Paul DeMaine, Ellie Mendel, Alexander Nielsen
Spanish: Ian McLendon, Serin Hwang, Annika Easterby, Taylor Calva, Tomas Lee, Nicolas Lee, Erika Wang, Talia Yoo, Jonathan Chiu, Alicia Wilgoren, Elijah Masjedi, Anthony Arterberry, Yeou Chyng Pei, Doyeon Hwang, Vincent Honda, Nicholas Chabot, Madison Chase, Sabrina Bluml, Kaile Fernandes, Ginger Vieth, Annalise Bonilla Bevills, Nicholas Parra, Caitlyn Chailitilerd, Samantha Lopez, Chloe Gutierrez, Maya Flores, Nate Matsuda, Tia Guang
Korean: Ian Jin, Victoria Lee
CTE Pathways
Patient Care: Nolan Park, Aidan Ogawa, Winston Chan, Rumaan Mehdi, Jacob Perez, Myka Enamoto, Makimo Kam, Jack Holley, Matthew Lee, Gavin Faulmino, Ivan Becerra, Ian Marciel, Katherine Campbell-Kelly, Jordan Mullin, Sydney Lagarce, Andrew Carney
Design and Media Arts: Kiana Dettman, Daniel Freysson, Terry Russell
Production and Managerial Arts: Jeremy Bruce, Z Weschler
Performing Arts: Taylor Calva, Caitlyn Colmenares, Cole Dickey, Kyle Dominguez, Finn Gilchrist, Sebastian Liebe, Oliver Nelson, Audrey Omidi, Asha Quibilan
Education: Jada Dith, Lia Gish, Elijah Masjedi, Andrew Sakahara, Iana Soriano, Alyssa Taguchi
Entrepreneurship: Madison Pillot Dahan, Xochitl Quinones, Ruth Schmidt, Ashley Toshima, Jayden Tran, Claire Wang, Annette Woo, Rachel Noonan, Justin Albert, Charles Betts, Sabrina Bluml, Oscar Cassidy, Caitlyn Chailitilerd, Yohan Chun, Sarah Chung, Ava Fineza, Avik Gautam, Yousef Khan, Sophia Kim, Annalea Pearson, Mason Whang, Ethan Xie, Oliver Di Liscia Baird, Ethan Estanislao, Leo Barrera, Grace Dennis, Kiyan Gerami, Lev Tumaykin
National Merit Scholarship: Zackary Quezada, Talia Yoo
National Merit Finalists: Ryan Arlett, Aria Argus, Serin Hwang, Anthony Kim, Jacqueline Mancera, Erika Wang, Isabelle Whetsel, Liana Zangwill
Letter of Commendation: Chloe Auyeung, Injoon Baek, Ziven Bello, Charles Betts, Sabrina Bluml, Perrine Changkuan, Jeff Chen, Eliana Chow, Yohan Chun, Avik Guatam, Joshua Grieg, William Guy, Vincent Honda, Cyrus Chulme, Melissa Hutchins, Jack Tishibashi, Andrew Jin, Matthew Lam, Rachel Liao, Han Lim, Ellie Mendel, Nolan Park, Aaron Quan, Paige Reynolds, Karl Gabriel Tizon, Alison Wang, Claire Wang, Tyra Williams, Valle Xie, Eleanor Yamada, Hanning Zhu
Karen Offenhauser Outstanding Senior Award: Kyra Nielsen
The Weldon Fair Play Awards: Aria Argus, Lauren DuBria, Stephanie Law, Samantha Lopez, Lewis Polanksy, Tyra Williams
Jeanne Ward Foundation: Basil How, Ella Mizota-Wang
