The Stony Brook School Honors & Awards
May 2021 MAJOR FACULTY AWARDS
ESPOSITO/THORSTENN MEMORIAL FUND
This cash award, endowed by the Esposito and Thorstenn families, recognizes a faculty member who has challenged students to reach their potential.
Noah Bakker
KARL E. SODERSTROM FACULTY AWARD
This annual award is presented in recognition of commitment to community life and dedication to mentoring and nurturing students beyond the classroom.
Maravilha Ani
DONN MEDD GAEBELEIN ‘45 FACULTY AWARD
This annual award is presented in recognition of outstanding commitment and dedication to curriculum development programs which integrate faith and learning.
Erik Yoder
THE D. BRUCE LOCKERBIE FACULTY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARSHIP AND TEACHING.
The purpose of this endowed award, donated by the family and friends of D. Bruce Lockerbie, is to encourage excellence in scholarship, teaching and Christian school leadership. The recipient is one who demonstrates intellectual and scholarly interests within and outside of one's field, has the esteem of colleagues and students for the use of one's teaching gifts, and has a concern for the historic and current development of Christian education and for the school's contributing role in that development.
Chris Burton
EVELYN & MONROE DIEFENDORF ’42 FUND, KIRK FACULTY DEVELOPMENT FUND CLASS OF ’70 ENDOWED FUND FACULTY INCENTIVE GRANT FUND
In addition, throughout the year, we are pleased to be able to support the professional growth of our faculty through graduate coursework, attendance at professional seminars and grants for specific projects. The above four funds underwrite these opportunities. CUM LAUDE SOCIETY
RECOGNITION OF CUM LAUDE HONOR CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS
SEVENTH GRADE EIGHTH GRADE NINTH GRADE Scarlett Davey Gillian Bernier Evelyn Apazidis Sophia Finamore John Bui Emma Cohen Hugo MacDonald Isabel Guo Alexander Doboli Tiffany Ren Sabrina Ann Hughes Siying Christine Li Graeme Stone Maxim Kaylakov Raphael Popescu Kaitlyn Tse Thomas Lin Mairéad Reitzel Adelaide Tietjen Aidan Riley TENTH GRADE Shengzhen Cooper Wang Sam Specht Kiara Anderson Mindy Yoder Andrew Wang Kyla Anderson Deqian Kevin Wang Georgia Apazidis ELEVENTH GRADE Andrew Wong Sean Beaver Tiffany Akinyoade Alanna Wu Yin Ming Michael Chen Laura Carey Nan Michael Xiang Stephen Cisz Wenzheng Jimmy Hu Zhiyu Andy Ye Carina Cristobal Kaidi Oscar Kang Qingyuan Harry Zhang Madison Defelice Katerina Kuthanova Enoch Guo Angela Kwak Liam Henson Clement Leung Lilly Keegan Ao Victoria Li Daniel Kim Faith Liberatore Ziyu Adam Li Lily Middlekauff Suyoung Sean Lim Anne-Sarah Nichitiu Merry Ma Gemma O’Neill Ava McCormick Hou Ning David Song Marc Nichitiu Kailun Yvonne Wang Qile Ethan Rao Michelle Xuan Nathan Stortz Shenyu John Zhou Arjun Venkatesh Yuxuan Rainy Xing Yuan Zack Xu
RECOGNITION OF CLASS OF 2021 CUM LAUDE INDUCTEES
Harry Apazidis Yichi Andy Liu Kaibo Tang Ao Frank Cheng Zheyuan Ian Liu Andrew Tinaz Emily Gildersleeve Zijun Ella Liu Yilun Ellen Tong Roberto Groza Fangzhong Barry Lyu Katherine Von Savage Lilly Jette Nhu Amy Ninh Sarah Wong Ryahn Khan Fangyi Lexie Shi David Zhang Xiao Louise Lin
Cum Laude Society, The Stony Brook School Chapter
Erik Johnson, President Tonja Detwiler ’88 Sean Riley David Hickey ‘08, Secretary Anna MacDonald ‘97 ACADEMIC AWARDS
BIBLE DEPARTMENT
MEDD AWARD Awarded for excellence in Middle School Bible and 12th grade Bible.
7th Grade Scarlett Davey Hugo MacDonald
8th Grade Katherine Hunt Max Kaylakov
12th Grade Chimelu Ani Rhiannon Jeffrey
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TOWERS MEMORIAL AWARDS Awarded for excellence in English.
7th Grade 1st Kaitlyn Tse 2nd Sophia Finamore
8th Grade 1st Sabrina Ann Hughes 2nd Isabel Guo
9th Grade 1st Alexander Doboli 2nd Harry Zhang
10th Grade 1st Hunter Magnuson 2nd Kiara Anderson
11th Grade 1st Tiffany Akinyoade 2nd Lily Middlekauff
BROWN UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD Awarded to the outstanding junior in English.
Jimmy Hu
C.S. LEWIS WRITING AWARD Awarded for excellence in writing.
Kaibo Tang THE JOHN-DAVID HINDLE HARDT ’87 AP ENGLISH AWARD Awarded to students in AP English who exemplify attentiveness to the written word, love of reading in community and passion for a clear and winsome style in writing.
1st Emily Gildersleeve 2nd Frank Cheng
WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
CHINESE AWARD Awarded for excellence in Chinese.
Chinese 1 Alen Ganopolsky Chinese 2 Aubree Yoder Chinese 3 Liam Henson Chinese 4 Lilly Jette College Level Anaya Bussey
RUSSELL AWARDS Awarded for excellence in Latin.
Latin I Rainy Xing Latin II Yvonne Wang Latin III Nathan Stortz College Level Kate Von Savage
ELLIS AWARD Awarded for excellence in Spanish.
Spanish I Louis Wu Spanish II Alexander Doboli Spanish III Ava McCormick Spanish IV Cici Cheng AP Spanish Zack Yu HISTORY DEPARTMENT
THE STARR AWARD Awarded to the highest achieving students in grades 7-10 World History and Humanities.
World History 7 1st Hugo MacDonald 2nd Graeme Stone
World History 8 1st John Bui 2nd Tim Luo
Humanities 9 1st Andy Wang 2nd Christine Li
Humanities 10 1st Lilly Keegan 2nd Christy Eugene
COLLEGE-LEVEL ETHICS AND POLITICS AWARD Awarded for excellence in College-Level Ethics and Politics.
Bobby Reuter
ADVANCED PLACEMENT MACROECONOMICS AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Macroeconomics.
Stephen Cisz
ADVANCED PLACEMENT MICROECONOMICS AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Microeconomics.
Frank Cheng
THE JOHN E. METCALF PRIZE Awarded to the top students in AP European History in recognition of consistently excellent academic preparation and achievement.
Jimmy Hu Gemma O’Neill
ECKER AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP United States History.
Ryahn Khan Ellen Tong SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE AWARDS Awarded for excellence in Science 7 and Science 8.
7th Tiffany Ren 8th Gillian Bernier Hugo MacDonald Cooper Wang
MACLENNAN BIOLOGY AWARD Awarded for excellence in Biology.
Marc Nichitiu Tiffany Akinyoade
CHEMISTRY AWARD Awarded for excellence in Chemistry.
Arjun Venkatesh
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY AWARD Awarded for excellence in Anatomy and Physiology .
Justine Zakayo
ADVANCED PLACEMENT PSYCHOLOGY AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Psychology.
Hailey Lee
ADVANCED PLACEMENT BIOLOGY AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Biology.
Jimmy Hu
ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Environmental Science.
Katerina Kuthanova
ADVANCED PLACEMENT CHEMISTRY AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Chemistry.
Kaibo Tang
ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS C AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Physics C. Oscar Kang DALY ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS AWARD Awarded by Jennifer ‘95 and Ryan Daly ‘00 in memory of their sister Elizabeth, awarded for excellence in Advanced Placement Physics.
Pavel Portnoy
RENSSELAER AWARD An award presented by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, NY, to a member of the Junior Class who has displayed high achievement in the area of mathematics and science.
Oscar Kang
BAUSCH & LOMB AWARD A medal presented by the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company of Rochester, NY, to the member of the junior class who has excelled in three years of science.
Anne-Sarah Nichitiu
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
DE CHIARA MATHEMATICS AWARDS Awarded for excellence in Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II.
Pre-Algebra 1st Jayee Fu 2nd Ruth Stortz
Algebra I 1st Naomi Zhao 2nd Hugo MacDonald
Geometry 1st John Bui 2nd Mairéad Reitzel
Algebra II 1st Alen Ganopolsky 2nd Royce Yang
MEHRLING ADVANCED MATHEMATICS AWARD Awarded for excellence in Pre-Calculus, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus Honors, AP Calculus and AP Statistics
Pre-Calculus 1st Raphael Popescu 2nd Yvonne Wang
AP Calculus 1st Jimmy Hu 2nd Anne-Sarah Nichitiu
AP Statistics Merry Ma
Linear Algebra Barry Lyu
Multivariable Calculus Frank Cheng STEM DEPARTMENT
CHOW ENGINEERING, INNOVATION, AND DESIGN HONORS The Chow Technology award is provided each year by Ching Chuang-Chow ’89 and Jonathan Chow ’89 to a girl and/or boy in the Senior class in recognition of outstanding performance in STEM and a desire to continue their education and pursue a degree in the areas of Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Information Technology. The monetary award is given to offset college expenses.
Roberto Groza
FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT
VISUAL ARTS AWARDS
KING AWARD Awarded to emerging artists in Middle School Art, Studio Art, Photography, 3-D Studies, Videography and Graphic Design.
MS Art 7 Scarlett Davey 3-D Studies Owen Himsworth MS Art 8 Adelaide Tietjen Videography Angela Kwak Studio Art Emma Cohen Graphic Design Amy Ninh Photography Gabriella Sun
WAGNER AWARD Awarded to students who, with desire, dedication and a high level of technical facility in Advanced Art, and Advanced Digital Art, exalt the qualities of truth, beauty, goodness and purity.
Advanced Art Anne-Sarah Nichitiu Advanced Digital Art Kyla Anderson
JONES ART AWARD Awarded for excellence in art achievement throughout the year.
1st Amy Ninh 2nd Barry Lyu 3rd Ryan Wang
GEOFFREY T. WILMOTH ’78 ADVANCED PLACEMENT ART AWARD Awarded to each student who has completed the requirements of the Advanced Placement Art portfolio.
Julia Evans Amy Ninh Lars Johnson Lexie Shi Julia Lindo Mary Wang Barry Lyu Ryan Wang PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS
HONOR ENSEMBLE AWARDS Awarded to those students whose excellence in music performance was recognized by their selection for, All-State, and All-County Honor Ensembles (band, chorus and orchestra) and the LIFSA (Long Island String Festival) countywide string orchestras:
NYSCAME/SCMEA H.S. All-County (11th & 12th) Orchestra Nicolas Knaupp Orchestra Jeryl Ho Chorus Nora Shortell SCMEA Division III-All-County (9th &10th) Chorus Georgia Apazidis Chorus Julianna Sparacio Chorus Alanna Wu Chorus Sarah Calone Orchestra Hunter Magnuson
SBS ENSEMBLE AWARDS Awarded in recognition of exceptional achievement or contribution in Middle School Chorus, Instrumental Chamber Ensembles, Chamber Orchestra, Concert Choir, and Chamber Singers.
Middle School Chorus: Achievement-Ruth Stortz Contribution-Jade Sinclair 7-9 Instrumental Ensemble Achievement-Jayee Fu Contribution-Sam Specht Chamber Orchestra: Achievement-Sean Beaver Contribution-Hunter Magnuson Concert Choir: Achievement-Caroline Helmer Contribution-Sarah Stortz Chamber Singers: Achievement- Nicolette Carlo Contribution-Lemuel Kutame
RUSSELL-WILLIAMS SENIOR MUSIC AWARD Awarded to two seniors in recognition of outstanding musicianship and contribution in the area of music:
Musicianship–Sarah Wong Contribution –Mo Romeus
SCMEA (Suffolk County Music Educators Association) SENIOR MUSIC AWARD A $100 scholarship awarded to a graduating senior for outstanding musicianship, service, scholarship, performance, and contribution. Anaya Bussey
NYSCAME (New York State Council of Administrators in Music Education) SENIOR MUSIC AWARD A $100 scholarship awarded to a graduating senior for outstanding musicianship, service, scholarship, performance, and contribution. Devin Saraniero DRAMA AWARDS Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution to the Theatrical Arts Society
Julia Evans Natalia Oben Rhiannon Jeffrey Dani Rodriguez Lars Johnson ATHLETIC AWARDS
FALL
MARVIN W. GOLDBERG BOYS CROSS COUNTRY AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Colin Scanlon Contribution Tiger Wang
LAURA J. STROM ‘74 GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Sarah Wong Contribution Evelyn Apazidis
GOLF AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Michael Chen Contribution Harry Apazidis
FALL SAILING AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Steven Hardee Contribution Lilly Jette
BRANDON STUCKEY BOYS SOCCER AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Mo Romeus Contribution Malik Ulysse
GIRLS SOCCER AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Madison Logan Contribution Kayla Ochei
FALL SWIMMING AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Oliver Griffin Contribution Kate Von Savage
BUYERS GIRLS TENNIS AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Carina Cristobal Contribution Alanna Wu VOLLEYBALL AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Lilly Keegan Contribution Shannuel Lamptey
WINTER
TAFT BOYS BASKETBALL AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Colin Scanlon Contribution Lee-Anthony Santiago
GIRLS BASKETBALL AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Niamh Scanlon Contribution Sarah Wong
WINTER SWIMMING AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Amelia Griffin Contribution Sam Specht
NORMAN J. WIEDERSUM WRESTLING AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Joe Isola Contribution Zane Obiofuma
SPRING
BOYS BADMINTON AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Luqman Bare Contribution Aiden Riley
GIRLS BADMINTON AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Natalie Desire Contribution Annie Cao
SWANSON BASEBALL AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Justin Porrino Contribution Jojo Franco KENNY BOYS LACROSSE AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Bobby Reuter Contribution Joseph Spreckels
GIRLS LACROSSE AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Emily Berger Contribution Morgan Ruggieri
SPRING DINGHY SAILING AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Steven Hardee Contribution Lilly Jette
PIERSON CURTIS BOYS TENNIS AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Jake Macaspac Contribution Jaden Lee
DOWNEY BOYS TRACK AWARD Awarded for excellence in performance and contribution. Performance Colin Scanlon Contribution Mo Romeus
LAURA J. SHYBUNKO MEMORIAL GIRLS TRACK AWARD Performance Sarah Wong Contribution Kayla Ochei
MAJOR ATHLETIC AWARDS
JOHN LONG MANAGER’S AWARD A plaque awarded to the athletic team manager who shows the responsibility and dedication demonstrated by John Long ‘75.
Kylie Quigley
CLYDE L. MELLINGER AWARD Two trophies awarded in memory of the School’s first athletic director to the rising freshman male and female who have demonstrated good sportsmanship, courage, and best use of ability.
Caroline Cho Logan Charboneau THE BEAR BLANKET The ultimate award for consistency and dedication to athletics at the Stony Brook School. Athletes who accumulate twelve points are awarded a blanket: 0.5 points for a junior varsity letter, 1 point for a varsity letter, 1 point for a postseason honor.
Forest Kaplan-Walbrecht Ava McCormick Lilly Keegan Mo Romeus Madison Logan Malik Ulysse
MARVIN W. GOLDBERG COACH’S AWARD A plate awarded to the coach who has demonstrated professionalism, expertise and compassion towards his/her athletic team(s).
Johnny Everitt
SWANSON TROPHY ALL-AROUND Two trophies awarded in memory of the late Robert S. and Louise Swanson by Mary Jane and the late John P. Swanson ‘47, to the male and female whose all-around ability, sportsmanship, and courage in varsity competition enabled them to make the greatest contribution to Stony Brook teams.
Mo Romeus Morgan Ruggieri
SWANSON TROPHY SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE Two trophies awarded in memory of the late Robert S. and Louise Swanson by Mary Jane and the late John P. Swanson ‘47, for superior male and female athletic performance.
Colin Scanlon Sarah Wong
BRUCE FINLAY VANDERVEER AWARD An endowed trophy awarded in memory of Bruce Vanderveer ‘31. It is the school’s oldest athletic award and honors the athlete who has shown the highest qualities of sportsmanship.
Jaden Lee
STUDENT LIFE AWARDS
LAURA J. STROM ‘74 BROOKER AWARD Awarded to one or more students who have best transitioned to life at Stony Brook.
Tiffany Akinyoade Caroline Helmer
JANE TAYLOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD Awarded to a senior who exemplifies a commitment to community service.
Julia Lindo MAJOR ACADEMIC AWARDS
VALEDICTORIAN ANNOUNCEMENT Zijun Ella Liu
SALUTATORIAN ANNOUNCEMENT Yilun Ellen Tong
MAJOR SCHOOL AWARDS
THE A. M. KINNEY, Jr. ‘39 ENDOWED AWARD Awarded to three students who best exemplify the school's motto, "Character Before Career".
Laura Carey Steven Hardee Tiger Winston
ROBYN LORCH MEMORIAL AWARD Awarded to a senior or junior in appreciation for unselfish concern shown to classmates and for being a constructive influence within our School community.
Emily Gildersleeve
O. FLOYD JOHNSON ‘32 SCHOLAR/ATHLETE AWARD Awarded for excellence in scholarship and athletics.
Colin Scanlon
AUGUSTITUS AWARD Awarded in memory of Lt.. John W. Augustitus ‘63, Cum Laude, whose record at Stony Brook bespoke reliability, strength, and loyalty-all in his quiet Christian faith. This award goes to a young man or woman in the Cum Laude Society who most closely measures up to Lt. Augustitus’ standards. The emphasis on this award is on deeds, exemplified by the fact that this award is endowed through Lt. Augustitus’ own provision in setting aside a tithe from his Army insurance for SBS.
Kaibo Tang
SENIOR CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP AWARD Awarded to the senior who has made the most significant contribution to the Christian life of the School.
David Yoo
HARRISON AWARD Awarded to the boy and girl in the senior class who, because of positive leadership, academic achievement, athletic and extracurricular contributions, have been the BEST ALL-AROUND STUDENTS in the class.
Akinade Peter-Koyi Sarah Wong
GAEBELEIN AWARD Awarded to the boy or girl who has exerted the BEST INFLUENCE in the School.
Shannuel Lamptey