Senior Awards Ceremony 2025

Members of the Class of 2025 received the following awards on Senior Awards Night, Thursday, May 29. Congratulations to all!

 

COMMUNITY AWARDS

Phil & Christine Caraccio Memorial Scholarship - Max Whittle

The Michele Harney ‘75 Robak Memorial Senior Award - Adriana Tattoli, Ava Stazzone

The Garden Gate Garden Club Scholarship - Jayden Hunt

The Hearts of Blue Foundation Scholarship - Jordan Dillard

“Be The Light” Scholarship - Carter Hillsdon

Mercer County Italian Festival Association Award - Alessandra Santoro

Robbinsville/Hamilton Rotary Club Scholarship - Olivia Pomin

Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation Scholar-Leader-Athlete Scholarship - Wyatt Moore

Mayor John K. Rafferty Hamilton Partnership Memorial Scholarship - Eva Drennan

The Delta Upsilon Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Scholarship - Jordan Dillard

Catholic Athletics for Christ Awards - William Renda, Keira Tinney

NDHS Entrepreneurship Spirit Scholarship - Eva Drennan

The Polish Arts Club Scholarship - Olivia Pomin, Andrew Usmiami

Friends of the Lawrence Library Scholarship - Mariana Samuel

The Billy Briggs Memorial Scholarship - Riley Carr

Regan/Scharibone Family Scholarship - Gannon Hermann

Trenton Softball Hall of Fame Scholarship - Madalena Creo, Bianca Pesce

General Mercer Chapter DAR Scholarship - Riley Carr

The Mercer County Professional Counselors Association Scholarship - Alessandra Santoro, Ava Stazzone, Adriana Tattoli

Tommy DeVito Trenton Softball Hall of Fame Scholarship -  Bianca Pesce

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Scholarship - Gavin Coleman, Jordan Dillard

The Mary Ann Liptak English Award - Rebecca Method, Andrew Gasiewski

ND Cares Service Awards -  Ava Stazzone, Eva Drennan, Caitlyn Olenchalk

ND Cares Scholarship - Ava Stazzone
 

 

ACADEMIC AWARDS

National Merit Commended Students are recognized for the exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the PSAT. They are named on the basis of a nationally applied Selection Index score based on their test results. Congratulations to the following commended scholars: Elizabeth Achtau, Michael Busa, Jack Kydonieus

College Board National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars: Eliana Carrero, Eduardo Encarnacion Sanchez, Grace Koziol, Diego Nunez-Castaneda, Tommaso Peluso, Isabelle Saint-Laurent, Mariana Samuel
 

College Board National African American Recognition Program Scholar: Eliana Carrero

College Board National Indigenous Recognition Program Scholar: Eva Drennan

College Board First-Generation Recognition Program Scholar: Ava Stazzone

 

Notre Dame Concentration Program

Notre Dame's Concentration program allows students to customize, focus, and enhance their academic experience. Similar to a college minor, students earning a Concentration have designed their schedule with courses that reflect their interest in a specific field of study. In doing so, they have exceeded Notre Dame's graduation requirements. Acceptance into the program is based upon both GPA and an admission essay. Students are then required to maintain a B average in all of their concentration coursework. These students will wear a special stole at Graduation to recognize this academic accomplishment.

Applied Science - Michael Busa, Adrianna Caliendo, Winnie Coen, Kiera Donegan, Eduardo Encarnacion Sanchez, Faith Figueroa, Annasimone Ibrahim, Shana Ignacio, Sonia Jaime-Cavanagh, Bene Elena Kanis, Erin McCabe, Joseph McLeod, Olivia Pomin, Georgio Saliba, Nolan Schmitz, Chris Young

Communications - Rebecca Method

International Business - Elizabeth Gaffney, Sean Kramer, Berjis Saliba
 

Math Department
 

AP CALCULUS AB & Seminar - Educardo Encarnacion, Erin McCabe

AP CALCULUS BC - Michael Busa

HONORS CALCULUS - Isabella Diaz, Jennifer Rakowski

CALCULUS - Joseph McLeod, Sara Farnan

PRE-CALCULUS - Margaret Harding, Sebastian Jastrzebski

AP STATISTICS -   Caitlin Sheedy

AP STATISTICS SEMINAR - Christopher Valentino

HONORS PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS - Erin McCabe, Alessandra Santoro

PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS - Jennifer Rakowski

DISCRETE MATHEMATICS - Raya Perate

ADVANCED ALGEBRA - Jesse Lemaire

TRIGONOMETRY - Reagan O'Mara

FINANCIAL ALGEBRA - Jake Reinstein

The Notre Dame Math League would like to commend the following senior for earning the highest Score of American Math Competition 12: Diego Nunez-Castaneda

 

INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS - Anthony Kelly, Payton White

ENTREPRENEURSHIP - Raya Perate

HONORS ACCOUNTING - Elizabeth Gaffney

ACCOUNTING - Kayla Delehanty

AP COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES - Joshua  Dore

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Sean Kramer

DATA SCIENCE - Gannon Hermann

ROBOTICS - Amanda Fabian

 

Health and Physical Education Leaders: Michael Busa, Joshua Dore

 

English Department
 

AP ENGLISH LITERATURE & COMPOSITION - Angela Lansang, Rebecca Method, Lauren Mersel

AP LITERATURE - 

HONORS ENGLISH 4: HEROES IN LITERATURE - Alessandra Santoro, Eduardo Encarnacion, Michael Busa, James Duffy, Erin McCabe

ENGLISH 4: THE SHORT STORY: Sebastian Molina, Erin Ahearn, Amanda Fabian, Maxwell Mottershead

JOURNALISM 1 - Alessandra Santoro, Madison Payne

JOURNALISM 2 - Carter Hillsdon

BROADCAST JOURNALISM: THE PODCAST - Marissa Bercy, Kayla Cizmar

CREATIVE WRITING - Jack Kydonieus, Isabella Odina

FILM STUDIES - Katelynn Kelley

PUBLIC SPEAKING - Kaylee Cordwell, Jake Reinstein, Nicholas Berde, Sean Kramer

THE VOICE - STUDENT NEWS PUBLICATION - Carter Hillsdon

 

World Languages Department
 

HONORS FRENCH 4 - Eduardo Encarnación

HONORS FRENCH 3 - Mitshelah Florestal

HONORS ITALIAN 4 - Eva Drennan

HONORS ITALIAN 3 - Caden Hines

HONORS CONVERSATIONAL ITALIAN- Tommaso Peluso

ITALIAN 3 - Gabrielle Almanzor

ITALIAN 2 - Alessandra Santoro, Laura Dunn

HONORS LATIN 4 - Andrew Usmiani

HONORS LATIN 2 - Tarun Kovoor

HONORS LATIN 3 - Tarun Kovoor

SPANISH 3 - Ryan Rego-Kvarta, Raya Perate

HONORS SPANISH 4 - Margaret Harding, Olivia Pomin, Elana Ruppersberger
 

 

Religion Department

RELIGION 4 - Alyssa Fleurant, Andrew Usmiani, Luigi Barricelli, Joseph McLeod, Angela Lansang, Edward Encarcion

HONORS RELIGION 4 - Elizabeth  Gaffney, Nicholas Berde

HONORS RELIGION 4 SERVICE - Alexa George, Eva Drennan
 

The Religion Department would like to recognize those members of the Shades Club who created, organized, and facilitated events promoting respect, service, and faith, in and beyond the Notre Dame community. This year, Shades leadership awards are presented to Alyssa Fleurant & Gavin Coleman.
 

Notre Dame Service Program

Presidential Volunteer Bronze Award for performing more than 100 hours of service in one year: Grace Koziol, Michael Busa, Erin McCabe, Keren Del Rosario, Ameir Barlow, Grace Buffa, Riley Carr, Sean Kirby, Noelle Go, Kayla Cizmar, Annasimone Ibrahim, Gianna Dibari, Ellie Marrone, Maia Cinca, Eva Drennan, Isabella Odina, Carter Hillsdon, Nathan Stankus

Presidential Volunteer Silver Award for performing more than 175 hours of service in one year: Rose Jackson, Ava Stazzone, Abigail Larkin, Diego Nunez Castenada

Presidential Volunteer Gold Award for performing more than 250 hours of service in one year: Olivia Pomin, Shana Erika Ignacio, Alexa George, Sarah Cain, Kaylee Cordwell, Jennifer Rakowski, Jake Reinstein, Jeffrey Merendino

The 2025 Christian Service Award winner exemplifies this description of servant leader in his work at St. Paul’s Church in Princeton, The Knights of Columbus, Notre Dame Football and Baseball, along with several other events and activities. In addition, he has been a member of the Honors Service and Religion class for two years. His dedication to the Mercy Core Value of Service is noted in his work in and out of the classroom.  This year’s Christian Service award recipient has given 400 hours of service this year and a total of 1,003 hours of service in his four years at Notre Dame: Jeffrey Merendino

 

Science Department

AP PHYSICS - Michael Busa

AP PHYSICS SEMINAR - Michael Busa

PHYSICS - Winifred Coen, Elizabeth Gaffney

AP CHEMISTRY - Kiera Donegan

AP CHEMISTRY SEMINAR- Kiera Donegan

AP BIOLOGY - Sean Kirby, Angela Lansang

HONORS BIOLOGY - Michael Busa

BIOLOGY - John Micharski

AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE - Marianna Samuel

ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL LAB TECHNIQUES - Winifred Coen, Ella Richardson

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY - Olivia Borrero, Adrianna Caliendo, Ellie Marrone, Alessandra Santoro

CYBER PATRIOTS - Sarah Cain, Jack Kydonieus

SCIENCE BOWL - Sarah Cain, Eduardo Encarnacion, Faith Figueroa, Lara Flores, Shana Erika Ignacio, Rose Jackson, Katelynn Kelley, Angela Lansang, Isabella Odina, Michael Pinto, Christopher Valentino
 

 

Social Studies Department

AP MICROECONOMICS - Sara Cain, Bennett Albers, Wyatt Moore, Elizabeth Gaffney

ECONOMICS - Nolan Schmitz

AP PSYCHOLOGY- Angela Lansang, Alessandra Santoro

AP PSYCHOLOGY SEMINAR - Isabella Diaz, Grace Koziol, Angela Lansang

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY - Nick Torres, Julia Jenkins, Kayla Delehanty, Isabelle Saint-Laurent, Gavin Bossio

AP US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS - Elizabeth Achtau

AP US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS SEMINAR - Mariana Samuel

AP EUROPEAN HISTORY SEMINAR - Elizabeth Achtau

CULTURAL LANDSCAPES - Caitlin Sheedy, Nolan Schmitz

US HISTORY 2 - Joscelyn Tipton

 

Visual Arts Department
 

AP ART & DESIGN - Juliana Peregrin

AP DRAWING - Abigail Larkin

ART 1 - Kyla Spruill

ART 2 - Marissa Bercy

INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC ARTS - Michael Mulray

ILLUSTRATION - Caitlyn Sheedy

MULTICULTURAL ART STUDIES - Rose Jackson

3-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN - Emily Carpenter

FILM PRODUCTION - Michael Delate, Laura Dunn, Karleigh Iraca, Maxwell Mottershead, Jake Reinstein, Nick Torres, Chris Valentino

 

CO-CURRICULAR AWARDS
 

National Honor Society Officers:

President – Diego Nunez-Casteneda

Vice President – Noelle Go

Treasurer – Angela Lansang

Communications Liaison – Mya Clarke
 

All NHS Seniors were awarded their gold tassel and collar representing their membership in the Notre Dame National Honor Society.

Campus Ministry

Recognized the following seniors for their spiritual contributions this year at school liturgies, Kairos retreats, and school prayers: Gavin Bossio, Grace Buffa, Maia Cinca, Kylie Cole, Michael Cummings, Michael Delate, Eva Drennan, Torrian Ellis, Sara Farnan, Alyssa Fleurant, Noelle Go, Maggie Harding, Carter Hillsdon, Caden Hines, Anna Simone Ibraham, Karleigh Iraca, Ellie Marrone, Wyatt Moore, Margot Moskovitz, Max Mottershead, Clea Payer, Tommaso Peluso, Olivia Pomin, Kai Ra, Alyana Ramierz, Will Renda, Charlie Schurr, Isabel Tina, Darin Urstadt, Max Whittle

Catholic Athletes for Christ

CAC recognized Keira Tinney for her efforts in the Polar Plunge and Andy Onzik for his efforts in the Walk for Hope.

 

Performing Arts

ND TECH SERVICE AWARD  - Abigail Larkin

ND CHORAL SERVICE AWARD - Winnie Cohen, Mariana Samuel

THE FRED WARING DIRECTOR’S AWARD FOR CHORUS – Rebecca Guglielmo

ND DANCE SERVICE & LEADERSHIP AWARD - Nick Torres

ND OUTSTANDING ACTOR/ACTRESS AWARD -  Jake Reinstein

ND SHADIE SADIE AWARD - Kaylee Cordwell

ND OVERALL PERFORMING ARTS SERVICE - Catey Goodwin


National Merit Awards For Outstanding Achievement

THE DIRECTOR’S AWARD FOR ORCHESTRA - Sarah Cain

THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG JAZZ AWARD - Max Whittle

NATIONAL SCHOOL ORCHESTRA AWARD - Elizabeth Achtau

THE JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA BAND AWARD – Max Whittle

THE NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOIR & VOCAL AWARD – Nick Torres

 

ATHLETIC AWARDS

Colonial Valley Conference Sportsmanship Awards - Maia Cinca and Cameron Bailey

Athletic Director's Awards - Kayla Delehanty, Cameron Bailey

The Female Scholar Athlete Award - Maia Cinca

The Male Scholar Athlete Award - Christopher Young

The Female Athlete of the Year Award - Ellie Marrone

The Male Athlete of the Year Award - Wyatt Moore
 

2024-2025 Head Hooligans: Madalena Creo, Meghan Connolly, Bella Lynch, Tommy Muller, Ryan Peterson, Darin Urstadt
 

Peer Leadership Awards: Eva Drennan, Gabby Almanzor, Sara Farnan, Darin Urstadt, Sophia Cramer

Model UN Awards: Noelle Go, Jack Kydonieus

Mock Trial: Jack Kydonieus

Yearbook: Kaylee Cordwell, Jake Reinstein, Abigail Larkin, Laura Dunn
 

 

STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICERS

President - Riley Carr

Vice President - Ellie Marrone

Secretary - Grace Bogacz

Treasurer - Tarun Kovoor

Sergeant at Arms - Michael Delate

Senior Representatives - Brianna Bauer, Kylie Cole, Michael Delate, Faith Figueroa, Thomas Sharlach