2024 Academic Honors and Awards

The presentation of awards at the annual Honors Convocation ceremony and during the Commencement ceremony are longstanding Wayland traditions that honor and celebrate many students' exceptional work and accomplishments in all areas and grades.

Awards Presented During Commencement 2024

Weimer K. Hicks Achievement Award
Isabel Wertz `24

Alumni Memorial Service Award
Katherine Fogarty `24Pablo Moreira `24

Board of Trustees Awards
Lotus Buss `24Deniz Ergun `24

Glen and Ella Dye Award
Lisa Keza `24

James P. Freeman President’s Award
Lisa Keza `24

Head of School’s Award
Elana Agnew `24
John Harmon `24
Ava Ray Loppnow
Lila Nash `24
Ethyn Tallman `24

Kit Mayer Sports Cup
Lucía Mc Guinness `24

Wiseheart Cup
Deniz Ergun `24

Laura A. MacDonald Award
Lucía Mc Guinness `24

Edwin Putnam Brown Award
Javan Hirwa `24

High Academic Honors

Class of 2024

Valedictorian
Javan Hirwa

Salutatorian
Victorious Ezeh

Junior Marshals—Class of 2025
Madeline Clark
Ssanyu Nambeguya
AnnaSophia Schultz
Mathias Seufzer

Four-Year Seniors

Elana Agnew*
Lotus Buss*
Daniela Espinoza*
Katherine Fogarty
Olivia Hankes*
John Harmon
Wesley Ingraham
Ava Loppnow
Kaylee Marin*
Osayande Sule*
Ethyn Tallman*
Nathan Weirough*

*Four-Year Honor Roll Students

Trailways Conference Academic All-Conference

(Presented during Assembly)

CLASS OF 2024	CLASS OF 2025
Elana Agnew	Rumi Abbasi
Suphiye Avci	Jasleen Bhandal
Yaroslav Bortnyk	Madeline “Maddie” Clark
Ajani Christmas	Jungwoo “Toby” Hong
Arianna Ellis	Liliana “Lela” Jarnicka
Victorious Ezeh	Hongjoong “Peter” Kim
Javan Hirwa	Gyle Mariñas
Marissa Kowing	Ssanyu Nambeguya
Julia Krouglyanskaya	Minh Huy “Peter” Nguyen
Luca Lacatusu	AnnaSophia Schultz
Lucía Mc Guinness	Mathias Seufzer
James Menning	Ethan Westenmeyer
Pablo Moreira	Niklas “Niki” Zils
Charlotte Moss
Lila Nash
Dung “Sid” Nguyen
Osayande Sule
Ethyn Tallman
Nathan Weirough
Abbie Zheng

Awards Presented at Honors Convocation

Special Awards in Academics

S. Walter "Abe" Lincoln Memorial Award in History
Lilith Reusch `26

Wayland Academy Writing Award
Charlotte Moss `24

Fine and Performing Arts Awards

Senior Art Purchase Award
Arim Lim `24

John Philip Sousa Band Award
Ethyn Tallman`24

Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
Osaya Sule `24

National School Choral Award
Katherine Fogarty `24

Four-Year Fine Arts Students
Elana Agnew
Katherine Fogarty
Kaylee Marin
Osayande Sule
Ethyn Tallman

Athletic Awards

WIAA Scholar Athletes
Osaya Sule `24 and Lucía Mc Guinness `24

Wirtz Family Athletic Award
Diego Perez `24

Ann Nelson `89 Champion of Character Award
Grazy Karangwa `24

ASSIST International Students

Liliana Jarnicka `25, Poland
Felix Meier `25, Germany
Niklas Zils `25, Germany

Community Service Awards

Dean of Students Certificate
Kennedy Norris `26
Mary Whittier `27
Ella Kikkart `26

Head of School's Certificate
Pablo Moreira `24
Toby Hong `25

Academic Book Awards

The Wayland Academy Book Awards are a way to recognize outstanding work in academic subject areas. There are separate awards for seniors and undergraduates.

HUMANITIES
Daniel Brunstad `27

ENGLISH
Fabian Calvo Guevara `26
Liliana Jarnicka `25
Elana Agnew `24

DRAMA
Jonah Ratajczak `25
Kirk Kelly `24

MUSIC
Kennedy Norris `26
Arim Lim `24

VISUAL ART
Jacqueline Fogarty `26
Arim Lim `24

GERMAN
Fabian Calvo Guevara `26
Kirk Kelly `24

SPANISH
Mathias Seufzer `25
Lotus Buss `24
Nathan Weirough `24

U.S. HISTORY
Lilith Reusch `26

EUROPEAN HISTORY
AnnaSophia Schultz `25

HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES
Grace Hankes `24

MATHEMATICS
Toby Hong `25
Long Pham `25
Sid Nguyen `24

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY
Yurim Sung `27
Daniel Brunstad `27

CHEMISTRY
Toby Hong `25

PHYSICS
Niklas Zils `25

BIOLOGY
Hanna Paszczuk `25

SCIENCE
Pablo Moreira `24

STEAM
Lauren West `27
Arianna Ellis `24

MEDIA STUDIES
Lisa Keza `24
Diego Perez `24