2025 Academic Honors and Awards

We honor and celebrate the exceptional work and accomplishments of our students across all areas and grades, as well as our faculty and staff for their service to the Academy.

Academic honors and awards were recognized at the annual Honors Convocation ceremony on Friday, May 23, and during the Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 24.

Awards Presented During Commencement 2025

Weimer K. Hicks Achievement Award
Mikah Agno `25

Alumni Memorial Service Award
AnnaSophia Schultz `25
Jonah Ratajczak `25

Board of Trustees Awards
Jaya James `25
Anton Flatt `25

Glen and Ella Dye Award
Rumi Abbasi `25

James P. Freeman President’s Award
Anton Flatt `25

Head of School’s Award
Haley Bislew `25
Tyrique Jean Jacques `25
Mathias Seufzer `25
Jigme Wangmo `25

Kit Mayer Sports Cup
Jasleen Bhandal `25

Wiseheart Cup
Jeongwoo Na `25

Laura A. MacDonald Award
Maddie Clark `25

Edwin Putnam Brown Award
Jonah Ratajczak `25

High Academic Honors

Class of 2025

Valedictorian
Jasleen Bhandal
Toby Jungwoo Hong

Salutatorian
Sanyu Nambeguya

Junior Marshals—Class of 2026
Jose "Fabian" Calvo Guevara
Easton Keil
Lilith Reusch
Lilly Westergaard

Four-Year Seniors

Jasleen Bhandal*
Haley Bislew
Tyrique Jean Jacques*
Jonah Ratajczak*
Mathias Seufzer*
Kingston Small*
Jordan Weller

*Four-Year Honor Roll Students

Trailways Conference Academic All-Conference

(Presented during Assembly)

CLASS OF 2025	CLASS OF 2026
Rumi Abbasi	Yeldar Ali
Jasleen Bhandal	Jose Fabian Calvo Guevara
Maddie Clark	Daumantas Dauksevicius
Anton Flatt	Easton Keil
Toby Jungwoo Hong	Jinnie Kim
Tyrique Jean Jacques	Nathan Le
Rania Kaikieva	Jimin Lee
Oluchukwu Kanu	Andy Nguyen
Peter Kim	Kevin Nguyen
Gyle Rafael Mariñas	Kennedy Norris
Ssanyu Nambeguya	Zehra Polat
Peter Nguyen	Lilith Reusch
Jonah Ratajczak	Mandi Ritman
Daniela Santamaria Baez	Emi Tada Dos Santos
AnnaSophia Schultz	Dalena Westenmeyer
Mathias Seufzer	Lilly Westergaard
Jigme Wangmo	Shaobo Xue
	Harry Yeo

 

Awards Presented at Honors Convocation

Special Awards in Academics

S. Walter "Abe" Lincoln Memorial Award in American History
Mary Whittier `27

Fine and Performing Arts Awards

Senior Art Purchase Award
Olivia Janigova `25—Piece titled "Peonies"

John Philip Sousa Band Award
Tyrique Jean Jacques `25 and Anton Flatt `25

National School Choral Award
Haley Bislew `25

Four-Year Fine Arts Students
Haley Bislew `25
Tyrique Jean Jacques `25
Jonah Ratajczak `25

Athletic Awards

WIAA Scholar Athletes
Jonah Ratajczak `25
Jasleen Bhandal `25

Wirtz Family Athletic Award
Long Pham `25

Ann Nelson `89 Champion of Character Award
Ssanyu Nambeguya `25

ASSIST International Students

Constantin Kalteis `27 – Salzburg, Austria 
Dorothee Spory `27 – Bad Homburg, Germany 
Simona Klimentova `27 – Munich, Germany 
Kea van Venrooy `27 – Hamburg, Germany
Zehra Polat `26 – Rize, Turkey

Community Service Awards

Dean of Students Certificate—50 to 100 hours of Community Service
Shalom Irasubiza `27
Jungwoo Hong `25
Khushi Jhamb `27

Head of School's Certificate—Over 100 hours of Community Service
Joaquim Vettore `25
Ella Kikkert `26
Elizabeth Strut `26
Jose Fabian Calvo Guevara `26
Lillian Westergaard `26
Lilith Reusch `26
Daniel Brunstad `27

Academic Book Awards

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

HUMANITIES
Madyson DeWitt `28
Grace Ta `28

ENGLISH
Maddie Clark `25 and AnnaSophia Schultz `25, senior book awards
Mandi Ritman `26, junior book award

Brown University Book Award in English
Lilith Reusch `26

Catherine Hatcher Memorial Book Award in English/American Literature
Isabella Zheng `27

DRAMA
Kennedy Norris `26

Greg Boulanger Memorial Award—Senior Book Award
Haley Bislew, `25

MUSIC
Lilly Westergaard `26
Gyle Mariñas `25

VISUAL ART
Olivia Janigova `25
Siyun Park `27

GERMAN
Jaya James `25
Jose Fabian Calvo Guevara `26

SPANISH
AnnaSophia Schultz `25
TJ Allemand `26
Regan Richardson `26

U.S. HISTORY
Mary Whittier `27

EUROPEAN HISTORY
Griyan Hughland `26

HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES
AnnaSophia Schultz `25

MATHEMATICS
Jasleen Bhandal `25
Jaya James `25
Emi Tada Dos Santos `26
Lilith Reusch `26
Douglas Choi `27
Daniel Brunstad `27

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY
Madyson DeWitt `28
Tylar Bryant `28

CHEMISTRY
Shaobo Xue `26
Yurim Sung `27

PHYSICS
Toby Hong `25
Daumantas Dauksevicius `26

BIOLOGY
Kea van Venrooy `27

SCIENCE
Toby Hong `25

STEAM
Sohan Delgado `25
Krystian Dakowicz `25
Mary Whittier `27

MEDIA STUDIES
Sadaf Rezaei `26
Albert Kim `27

Faculty and staff celebrating milestone years of service to the Academy were also recognized at the Honors Convocation ceremony.

15 Years of Service
James Cleary H`20

Five Years of Service
Heather Hughes
Mandi Zopp

Congratulations to all! 

Download the list of honorees and award winners