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Congratulations to the 2022 ASMS Awards Day and Senior Convocation Award Recipients

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On Thursday, May 19 ASMS celebrated the school year by honoring outstanding students with various awards at a morning Awards Day program and afternoon Senior Convocation program. Congratulations to all of our 2022 award recipients!

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AWARDS DAY 2022 - Award Recipient List


Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership

Dori Do & Lex Mroczko

Jefferson Book Award

Shayla Abrams 

Boys State and Girls State

Zoi Moon

Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Award

Rebecca McAuliffe

National Merit Scholarship

Jacob Kim, Olivia McAleer & Elbread Roh 

Outstanding Biology Student Awards

Daniel Knight   

Liz Womble   

Destiny Buchanan   

Shirey Coffey   

Mary Ellis Barton   

Gabriel Gurt   

Dinali Jayasena   

JaQuacia McClaney   

Grace Eyermann   

Mekhi Stennis   

Fiat Le   

Pariz Lumpkin   

Chemistry Awards

Senior Chemistry AwardSydney Barnett, Sanju Mupparaju & Bentley Nelson  

Junior Award in Advanced ElectivesMarlan Zha  

Junior Award in AP Chemistry - Braden Forehand & Emma Wahlers  

Sophomore Chemistry AwardZachary Desmond, Ivy Foster, Omar Hernandez, Ayah Shalan, Joseph Sherrod & Allen Wright  

Computer Science Awards

Most Computer Science Courses - Oscar Presnall

Excellence in Computing - Liam Stewart

Excellence in Computing - Liz Womble

Excellence in Computing - Benjamin Miller

Excellence in Computing - James Weaver

Excellence in Computing - Elbread Roh

Excellence in Computing - Sam Graham

Most Improved in Computing - Isabella Wu

Most Promising in Computing - Abby Saalwaechter, Kevin Chen, Ajay Wallack, Sebastian Grieves, Trinity Causey, & Zachary Desmond

English Awards

Senior English Awards

Ruth Delmas

Whitney Neese (Communication)    

Junior English Awards

Ligaya Gapud

Anna Livingston

Grace Morin

Venus Radoslovich

Kennedy White   

Sophomore English Awards  

Ivy Foster   

Brantley Howard  

Brandon Hunt  

Julia Taylor   

Fine Arts Awards

The National School Choral Award (one male & one female)  

Holt Templeton  

Kaylie Hull     

Choral Director’s Award  

Madison McPhillips  

Kannon Seals     

Band Awards

John Philip Sousa - Praveena Kumaresan  

Patrick Gilmore - Whitney Neese  

Director’s Award - Kannon Seals  

Visual Art Awards

Ruth Delmas  

Katherine Echeverri  

Sam Graham  

History Awards

Jackson McKercher   

Bentley Nelson    

Shayla Abrams   

Kennedy White   

Kaylie Hull   

Marlan Zha   

Braden Forehand   

Layla Moberg   

Joseph Sherrod   

Allen Wright   

Parker James   

Ava Frost

Mathematics Awards

Outstanding Sophomore in Mathematics  

Brian Jeong  

Sara John  

Joseph Sherrod  

Julia Taylor     

Outstanding Junior in Mathematics  

Tuyako Khristoforova  

Ajay Wallack   

Marlan Zha     

Outstanding Senior in Mathematics  

Mariah Arnold  

Eli Chapman  

John Huff  

Shrish Shetty 

Isabela Wu  

Physical Education Awards

PE Award for Cross Country - Becca McAuliffe (manager)    

PE Award for Volleyball - Ava Frost    

PE Award for Basketball - Jaylen Sellers    

PE Award for Tennis - Nandu Kondamuru & Andreea Trifas    

PE Award for Archery - Chloe Dykes  

PE Award for Intramurals - Camryn Bedgood & Zak Davis    

PE Award for Cheerleading - Ava Dowden, Baylie Tagudar & Dinali Jayasena    

PE Award for Weight Training - Matthew Simpson  

Physics Awards

Outstanding Student in AP Physics C - Bentley Nelson & Nathan Kim

Outstanding Student in AP Physics 1 - Liz Womble & Eli Chapman

Outstanding Student in Honors Physics - Rebecca McAuliffe & Adam Amissah

Outstanding Student in Introduction to Physics - Kevin Chen & Morgan Farrar

Outstanding Student in Astronomy - Marina Roddy

Outstanding Student in Medical Physics - Shayla Abrams

Outstanding Student in Robotics - Bubba Schofield

Outstanding Student in Robotics - Shrish Shetty

World Languages Awards

Outstanding Student in German - Sviat Markin

Outstanding Student in Spanish

Mason Bayles

Jayden Cooper

Ligaya Gapud  

Research Fellows Program  

Asiel Torres 

Carter Swafford 

Elbread Roh 

Ella Nichols 

Emma McSpadden 

Eugene Min 

Isabella Wu 

Jacob Kim 

James Weaver 

James Yang 

Katherine Echeverri 

Kelsey Cox 

Ligaya Gapud 

Liz Womble 

Lucinda Barber 

Marina Roddy 

Marlan Zha 

Mason Bayles 

Mosin Adeyemo 

Muhammed Shalan 

Nicholas Kim 

Oscar Presnall  

Parker James 

Patrick Decker 

 Rima Patel  

Sanjana Mupparaju 

Sofia Laugelli 

Sophia Neno  

Venus Radoslovich  

Tuyako Khristoforova 

Zoi Moon 

Mobile Regional Science & Engineering Fair

Participants - Liz Womble, Elbread Roh, Jacob Kim, Nicolas Kim & Sanju Mupparaju 

The Best in Show 3rd place winner was Nicholas Kim. 

The Best in Show 1st place winner was Sanju Mupparaju.

Sophomore Awards

Outstanding Sophomore in Arts & Humanities - Sara John and Lex Mroczko  

Outstanding Sophomore in STEM - Zac Desmond and Julia Taylor  

Junior Awards

Outstanding Junior in Arts & Humanities - Alex Griffin & Kennedy White  

Outstanding Junior in STEM - Marlan Zha  

Dr. James Njeng’ere Award

Adam Amissah & Aiyana Travis

Hall Competition Winner

NEWTON

SENIOR HONORS CONVOCATION 2022 - Award Recipient List

4.0 Academic Award

Olivia McAleer

Rebecca McAuliffe

Madisson McMichael

Sanjana Mupparaju

Mary Bentley Nelson

BIOLOGY: 

Concentration in Biology 

Mosin Adeyemo  

Chinonye Alilonu  

Mariah Arnold  

Myra Bajwa – with Distinction  

Lucinda Barber  

Sydney Barnett – with Distinction  

Zakary Davis  

Ruth Delmas  

Sara Enfinger – with Distinction  

Nathan Kim – with Distinction  

Daniel Knight – with Distinction  

Jiheun Lee  

Layla Moberg  

Whitney Neese  

Bentley Nelsen  

Ella Nichols  

Peyton Plumlee – with Distinction  

Marina Roddy  

Muhammed Shalan – with Distinction  

Lexi Shoemake  

Aiyana Travis  

Katherine Winn  

Liz Womble – with Distinction   

Senior Excellence Medals in Biology  

Sanju Mupparaju 

Nathan Kim 

Muhammed Shalan 

Sydney Barnett  

CHEMISTRY: 

Concentration in Chemistry 

Mosin Adeyemo  

Sydney Barnett  

Mason Bayles  

Bentley Nelsen  

Muhammed Shalan   

Senior Excellence Medal in Chemistry  

Mason Bayles    

COMPUTER SCIENCE:  

Concentration in Computer Science  

Quinn Dolbeare  

Samuel Graham  

Benjamin Miller – with Distinction  

Oscar Presnall – with Distinction  

Liam Stewart  

James Weaver   

Senior Excellence Medals in Computer Science  

Oscar Presnall  

Liam Stewart  

Elbread Roh  

Liz Womble     

ENGLISH:  

Concentration in English 

Chinonye Alilonu  

Layla Byrd – with Distinction  

Ruth Delmas  

A’Blessin King  

Sofia Laugelli  

Rebecca McAuliffe - with Distinction  

Layla Moberg –with Distinction  

Whitney Neese  

Marina Roddy –with Distinction  

Audrey Shore  

Katherine Winn   

Senior Excellence Medals in English 

Rebecca McAuliffe   

Marina Roddy   

Thomas Templeton   

Sanjana Mupparaju (Communication)    

FINE ARTS: 

Concentration in Instrumental Performance  

Praveena Kumaresan   

Concentration in Visual Arts  

Katherine Echeverri – with Distinction  

Samuel Graham – with Distinction  

Sofia Laugelli – with Distinction    

Concentration in Vocal Music  

Holt Templeton   

Senior Excellence Medals in Fine Art 

Holt Templeton (Choir) 

Elbread Roh (Band) 

Eugene Min (Art) 

Sofia Laugelli (Art)    

HISTORY:  

Concentration in History 

Zakary Davis  

A’Blessin King  

Daniel Knight   

Senior Excellence Medals in History  

A’Blessin King                     

Ella Nichols   

Bentley Nelsen                   

Sophia Lauguelli     

MATHEMATICS: 

Concentration in Math  

Mariah Arnold  

Eli Chapman  

Katherine Echeverri  

Jacob Kim – with Distinction  

Nathan Kim – with Distinction  

Jiheun Lee – with Distinction  

Emily MacDonald  

Madisson McMichael  

Sanjana Mupparaju – with Distinction  

Rima Patel  

Oscar Presnall  

Elbread Roh  

Shrish Shetty  

Liz Womble – with Distinction  

Isabella Wu – with Distinction   

Senior Excellence Medals in Mathematics  

Jacob Kim  

Nathan Kim  

Sanju Mupparaju  

Kenneth Womble    

PHYSICAL EDUCATION:  

Senior Excellence Medals in Physical Education  

Sydney Barnett   

Aiyana Travis   

Shrish Shetty   

James Yang     

PHYSICS:  

Concentration in Physics 

Emily MacDonald  

Shrish Shetty   

Senior Excellence Medals in Physics 

Mariah Arnold   

Emily MacDonald   

Sanjana Mupparaju   

Shrish Shetty   

WORLD LANGUAGES: 

Concentration in German  

Hannah Nguyen – with Distinction  

Elbread Roh   

Concentration in Spanish  

Mason Bayles  

Madisson McMichael   

Senior Excellence Medals in World Languages  

Elbread Roh – German   

Olivia McAleer – French   

Olivia McAleer – Spanish   

Service Academy Appointment – United States Coast Guard

Eli Chapman

President’s Award

Sinmi Adeyemo

A’Blessin King

Ella Nichols

Liz Womble

Shrish Shetty

Ava Frost

Bedsole-Bell Award

Nathan Kim

Elbread Roh 

ASMS Hall of Fame

Jacob Kim  

Rebecca McAuliffe  

Madisson McMichael  

Elbread Roh  

Aiyana Travis  

Olivia McAleer  

Sanjana Mupparaju  

ASMS Spirit Awards

Adam Amissah

Emily MacDonald 

  • May 19, 2022