2011 Academic Awards Presented at Commencement and Honors Convocation

COMMENCEMENT AWARDS – Class of 2011

The Weimer K. Hicks Achievement Award - Michael Paugh

Alumni Association Memorial Service Awards - Leslie Walton and Enrique Galvan

Board of Trustees Awards - Brooke Schumann and Matthew Bruning

Glen and Ella Dye Award - Anne Rauschert

The James P. Freeman President’s Award - Brooke Schumann

President’s Award - Giovanni Diaz, John Pryme and Lisa Rayford

Kit Mayer Sports Cup - Anne Rauschert

Wiseheart Cup - Josiah Hintz

Laura A. MacDonald Award - Megan Petersen

Edwin Putnam Brown Award - David Rosas

Valedictorian - David Mosley

Salutatorian - Moonhyok Kim

AWARDS PRESENTED DURING HONORS CONVOCATION – MAY 15, 2011

Academic Book Awards – Class of 2011

English - Megan Petersen and Amanda Tramm
Greg Boulanger Memorial Award in Drama - Sophie Ptaschinski
Music - Mary Catherine Polesnak
Visual Arts - Marshall Hiestand
Classics - Rebekah Faust
German - David Rosas
Spanish - Lisa Rayford
Mathematics - Joy Lu
Science - Russell Little
Social Studies/History - Brooke Schumann

Special Academic and Co-Curricular Awards/Recognitions

Cum Laude Society Class of 2011: Rebekah Faust, Moonhyok Kim, David Mosley, Megan Petersen, Amanda Tramm, Amelia Brandell, Alexander Haberman, Michael Paugh, Ashley Rauwolf and Yushufan Zhou

Ann Nelson `89 Memorial Ski Team Award - Jacob Johnson
S. Walter “Abe” Lincoln Memorial Award - Cole Ware
Senior Art Purchase Award - Anne Rauschert
Wirtz Family Athletic Award - Anne Rauschert
WIAA Scholar/Athlete Award - Amanda Tramm and David Mosley
U.S. Army Reserve Athletic Awards - Leslie Walton and Moonhyok Kim
Rensselaer Science Mathematics Award - Kyu Jin Jang

2011 Senior Honors Award

First-year: Yong Jun Kim, Lara Greenacre, Charlotte Lange and Marine Laval

Two-year: Amelia Brandell, Enrique Galvan and Mackenzie Miller, Megan Petersen, David Rosas, Caleb Sturges, Thierry Villarete, Siyi Wang, Dong Yun Yang and Yushufan Zhou

Three-year: Michael Estrella, Michael Paugh and Mary Catherine Polesnak, Ashley Rauwolf, Karl Schleevogt, Leslie Walton and Hee Seung Yang

Four-year: Rebekah Faust, Alexander Haberman and Josiah Hintz, Alexia Hoffman, Moonhyok Kim, Russell Little, David Mosley, Sophie Ptaschinski, Anne Rauschert, Lisa Rayford, Brooke Schumann and Amanda Tramm

Four-year Attendance Awards: William Allen, Matthew Bruning, Sicheng Chen, Giovanni Diaz, Rebekah Faust, Enrique Galvan, Mariana Garcia, Alexander Haberman, Josiah Hintz, Alexia Hoffmann, Moonhyok Kim, Yong Jun Kim, Russell Little, Mackenzie Miller, David Mosley, Mary Polesnak, John Pryme, Oliver Ptaschinski, Sophie Ptaschinski, Anne Rauschert, Lisa Rayford, David Rosas, Brooke Schumann, Amanda Tramm, Leslie Walton and Dong Yun Yang

ACADEMIC BOOK AWARDS PRESENTED TO UNDERGRADUATES AT HONORS CONVOCATION

The annual Wayland Academy Honors Convocation was held Sunday, May 15, 2011, in Kimberly Chapel. The following students received book awards in recognition for having been the highest-ranking undergraduates in a specific academic discipline.

English - Meghan Turner
Drama - Esme Barniskis
Music - Dagan Hathaway
Visual Arts - Laura Petersen
Classics - Laura Petersen
German - Edgar Garcia
Spanish - Sam Coley
Mathematics - Kyu Jin Jang
Biology - Renn Jervis
Chemistry - Ken Ye
Physics - Kyu Jin Jang
U.S. History  - Cole Ware
World History - Trenton McMasters and Laura Petersen
European History - Meghan Turner