Class of 2026 Senior Awards Ceremony

Members of the Class of 2026 received the following awards on Senior Awards Night, Thursday, June 4. Congratulations to all!

COMMUNITY AWARDS

Lion Woodward Educational Fund by the Rotary Club of Trenton - Olivia Blount
Lawrence Township Community Foundation Community Service Scholarships - Caitlin Powers
Rotary Club of Robbinsville Hamilton Scholarship -  Aldric Crawford, Lena Scharibone, and Shaun Appert
Ivy League Educational Foundation Scholarship - Aldric Crawford
Helene Cody Scholars Award - Sawyer Kinney
The Mayor John K. Rafferty Memorial Scholarship - AJ Cimino
Hearts of Blue Foundation Award - Nicholas Angiolino
Friends of the Lawrence Library Scholarship - Amirah Glanton and Maggie Chrnelich
New Jersey Schoolwomen's Club Scholarship - Lena Scharibone
Garden Gate Garden Club Certificate of Appreciation - Abby Lobis
ND Entrepreneur Scholarship by Deborah Houghton -  Alberto Primerano
Michele Harney Robak Scholarship - Caitlin Powers
Mary Ann Liptak English Award - Caitlin Patrick and Noah McClain
Regan/Scharibone Family Scholarship - Ryan Graham
Picozzi Family Foundation Scholarship - Kara Lushbaugh
Be The Li9ht Scholarship - Ryan Lushbaugh
Bordentown FC Friendship Scholarship - Jayce Palumbo
Catholic Athletes for Christ - Coach McKenna Award - Ava Fallon and Joe Conway
New Jersey Catholic Athletes for Christ Leadership Award - Alex Vilarelle, Ava Fallon, and Joseph Conway
Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation Scholar - Leader - Athlete Award - Dominic Cuniglio

ACADEMIC AWARDS

National Merit Commended Students are named on the basis of a nationally applied Selection Index score based on their PSAT results by demonstrating through distinguished performance high potential for future academic accomplishment. Notre Dame is proud to recognize National Merit Finalist: Sawyer Kinney

Academic Pathways Recipients:
Biomedical Sciences
Claire Bacskai, Olivia Blount, Benjamin Bridgewater, Emily Deussing, Miah Fitzpatrick, Hailey Krone, Kara Lushbaugh, Makensie Meszaros, Delanie Meszaros, Laura Parrott, Simone Pettit, Caitlyn Powers, Molly Rovner, Oscar Solares, Megan Starke, Mary Timmerman, Nayaa Vijay, Gavin Wittkop

International Business
Madison Fajardo, Vanessa Heitmann, Jayce Palumbo

Political Science
Ash Bien, Patrick Collins, Zach Malus, Jack McHugh, Maddie Schmid

 

Math Department

AP CALCULUS AB & SEMINAR - Alberto Primerano, Laura Parrott
AP CALCULUS BC - Sawyer Kinney
HONORS CALCULUS - Emma Sabo
CALCULUS - Mary Timmerman, Nayaa Vijay
HONORS PRECALCULUS - Abigail Lobis, Olive Foley
PRECALCULUS - Luke Spearnock, Caleb Rowlands
AP STATISTICS - Jenevieve Gopez, Emily Deussing
AP STATISTICS SEMINAR - Jenevieve Gopez, Delanie Meszaros, Kara Lushbaugh
HONORS PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS - Lena Scharibone
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS - Susannah Brunt, Maddie Wirth, Jayce Palumbo, Anna Hughes
DISCRETE MATHEMATICS - Molly Cornell
ADVANCED ALGEBRA - Dylan Bundick, Josie Vernon
TRIGONOMETRY - Allyson Ventura, Josie Vernon
FINANCIAL ALGEBRA - Jayce Palumbo

The Notre Dame Math League proudly recognizes the following senior for achieving the top score in both the New Jersey Math League and the American Math Competition 12: Shaun Appert
 

Business and Technology Department

INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS - Mckenna Fisher
ENTREPRENEURSHIP - Alberto Primerano
HONORS ACCOUNTING - Anna Hughes
ACCOUNTING - Lena Scharibone
AP COMPUTER SCIENCE - Megan Starke
HONORS COMPUTER SCIENCE - Colin Tash
COMPUTER SCIENCE - Grant Barush
DATA SCIENCE - Emmett Greeley
ROBOTICS - Ramon Bercy
ENGINEERING - Ryan Lushbaugh
 

Health and Physical Education Department

Tyler Javick, Kara Lynch, Vincent Hindy, Colin Tash, Chloe Kaseta
 

English Department

AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION - Skylar Hewitt, Abigail Lobis, Simone Pettit, Wes Sullivan
HONORS ENGLISH 4: HEROES IN LITERATURE - Dariel Valverde, Nicolas Caga, Isabella Dworak
ENGLISH 4: THE SHORT STORY - James Falcone, Ray Bercy, Troy Williams, Chase Sheridan, Samantha Wagner, Antonia Phillips
ENGLISH 4: BRITISH LITERATURE - Dean Sulkowski
JOURNALISM 1 - Ryan Graham
BROADCAST JOURNALISM: THE PODCAST - Madeline Wirth
CREATIVE WRITING - Ava Toretta
FILM STUDIES - Gennaro Dito, Olive Foley
PUBLIC SPEAKING - Caitlin Patrick, Zach Malus
PUBLIC SPEAKING 2 - Nelson Reddington
ETC. ART AND LITERARY MAGAZINE - Skylar Hewitt
THE VOICE: STUDENT NEWS PUBLICATION - Mary Kerwick

World Languages Department

HONORS FRENCH 4 - Nina Encarnación Sánchez
HONORS ITALIAN 4 - James Iacona
HONORS ITALIAN 3 - Simone Pettit, Nicholas Peluso
HONORS ITALIAN CONVERSATION - Rachael Mann
ITALIAN 3 - Anna Hughes
HONORS LATIN 4 - Grace Hempsell
HONORS SPANISH 3 - Shaun Appert, Emmett Greeley
HONORS SPANISH 4 - Hailey Krone

The Religion Department

RELIGION 4 - Madison Fajardo, Nayaa Vijay, Caroline Foley, Carmen Balerna, Ashton Robbins, Bryce Marsh
HONORS RELIGION 4 - Benjamin Bridgewater, Isabella Carrero, Lily McCabe, Rachel Mann
HONORS SERVICE - Patrick Collins, Jenevieve Gopez

Notre Dame Service Award

This year introduced the first-ever Capstone Project, giving seniors the opportunity to reflect on and grow in their understanding of service. This work includes, but is not limited to, supporting food pantries, homeless shelters, the sick, and organizations serving those most in need. 

Tonight, we proudly acknowledge these seniors as recipients of the Notre Dame Service Award for their commitment to living lives rooted in faith, compassion, and service to others:

Nick Angiolino, Skylar Hewitt, Lou-Victoria Martens, Lily McCabe, Claire Bacskai, Elizabeth Becker, Ash Bien, Olivia Blount, Jenny Borowick, Susannah Brunt, Dylan Bundick, Maggie Chrnelich, Jenna Cocuzza, Patrick Collins, Joseph Conway, Aubrey Davis, Emily Deussing, Kelley DeZutel, Katherine Estrada, James Falcone, McKenna Fisher, Miah Fitzpatrick, Maya Foley, Jenevieve Gopez, Shane Gorman, Vanessa Heitmann, Anna Hughes, Isabel Jackson, Mehakpreet Kaur, Riley Kerins, Kara Lushbaugh, Ryan Lushbaugh, Kara Lynch, Jack McHugh, Delanie Meszaros,  Makensie Meszaros, Sophia Monato, Patricia Nazario-Lugo, Callie Okamura, Reese Parker, Laura Parrott, Simone Pettit, Alberto Primerano, Carolyn Race, Shiloh Samuel, Lena Scharibone, Madeline Schmid, Jamison Tormey, Capri Valentino

The Science Department

AP PHYSICS - Megan Starke
PHYSICS - Jeremy Varghese
AP CHEMISTRY - Jeremy Varghese
AP BIOLOGY - Kara Lushbaugh
AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE - Isabella Carrero
ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY - Molly Rovner, Makensie Meszaros, Emma Sabo, Mickala O'Connell
CYBER PATRIOTS - Shaun Appert, Ryan Lushbaugh, Joshua Sandoval, Dana Santos, Megan Starke, Christopher Park, Andrew Malham, Benjamin Bridgewater, Dariel Valverde
SCIENCE BOWL - Sawyer Kinney

The Social Studies Department

AP MICROECONOMICS - Marco Valerio
AP PSYCHOLOGY - Abigail Lobis, Makensie Meszaros, Isabella Carrero
AP PSYCHOLOGY SEMINAR - Laura Parrott, Nayaa Vijay
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY - Amirah Glanton, Caitlin Patrick, Capri  Valentino, Jenny Borowick
AP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS - Patrick Collins
AP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS SEMINAR - Sawyer Kinney
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY - Skylar Hewitt
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY SEMINAR - Isabella Dworak
CULTURAL LANDSCAPES - Callie Okamura
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY 2 - Emily Deussing
UNITED STATES HISTORY 2 - Lily McCabe
GENOCIDE IN MODERN HISTORY - Ashton Robbins
AMERICAN LEGAL ISSUES - Susannah Brunt, Molly Cornell
ECONOMICS - Dominic Cuniglio

The Visual Arts Department

AP ART & DESIGN - Abigail Lobis
AP DRAWING - Isabella Carrero
ART 1 - Chase Sheridan
FUNDAMENTALS OF 3-D ART - Jack McHugh
INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC ARTS - Madison Fajardo
ILLUSTRATION CONCEPT ART - McKenna Fisher
MULTICULTURAL ART STUDIES - Caitlyn Breece
FILM PRODUCTION - Ian Danemark, Ava Fallon, Samantha Shearer, Wes Sullivan, Josie Vernon, Derek Wittenburg
ADVANCED FILM PRODUCTION - Taylor Mayer

ATHLETIC AWARDS
CVC Sportsmanship Award - Caroline Foley and Emmanuel Jastrzebski
Athletic Director's Awards - Isabella Daley and Dominic Cuniglio III
Scholar Athlete Awards - Emily Deussing and Sawyer Kinney
Athletes of the Year - Reese Parker and Aldric Crawford, Jr

CO-CURRICULAR AWARDS

ND Cares Service Award Winners: Ash Bien, Skylar Hewitt, Isabel Jackson, Sophia Monato, Laura Parrott

ND Cares Scholarship Winner: Miah Fitzpatrick

National Honor Society Officers
President – Simone Petit
Vice President – Marco Valerio
Treasurer – Emily Deussing
Communications Liaison – Kara Lushbaugh

2025-2026 Head Hooligans: Carolyn Race, Kara Lynch, Patrick Collins, Alex Vilarelle, Joe Conway, AJ Crawford

Peer Leadership Awards: Callie Okamura, Olivia Blount, Caroline Foley, Vanessa Heitmann

Model United Nations Team: Ash Bien, Benjamin Bridgewater, Patrick Collins, Miah Fitzpatrick, Laura Parrott, Alberto Primerano, Dana Santos, Jeremy Varghese

The Mock Trial Team: Isabela Castro and Patrick Collins

Student Government Officers:
President - Josie Vernon
Vice President - Dillon White
Treasurer - Tessa Grande
Secretary - Patrick Collins
Sergeant at Arms - Jimmy Iacona
Senior Representatives: AJ Cimino, Jimmy Falcone, Jenevieve Gopez, Kara Lynch