THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST’S FIRST AND FINEST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL WE INSPIRE STUDENTS TO LIVE ETHICAL AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES THROUGH A COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES THE PURSUIT OF ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL EXCELLENCE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2015 Graduates of the Class of 2015 will matriculate to 43 dierent colleges and universities across the United States and abroad. ey were admitted to highly selective Cory James Abdalla Christopher Andrew Diehl Kaitlyn Leanne Jenkins Hannah Jane Nichols Colby Russo-Hatch Shabir Aminzada Sophia Dorothy Diehl Tianxing Jin Candice Nicole Nkoy Hazel Eleanor Staten institutions at double the rate of their peers nationally, in part, because they received unparalleled, personalized, in-school college counseling. Seventy-three percent were oered Alexandra Snider Askew Christian Michael Fedor Yuna Kim Michael Anthony O'Brien Francesca Marie Steiner Elizabeth Badenhausen Max Ray Fisher Elliot Ellington Kovnick Eli Wright Oftedal Jessica Mari Sterrett Owen Xavier Balogh Aaron Mark Friedman, Salutatorian Georgia Grace Larsen Kelsey Kee Oliver Isabel Rika Torres by the 136 institutions to which they were admitted. Twenty-two members of the Class of 2015 attended Rowland Hall for 12 years or merit scholarships Jessica LaDean Barker Matthew Edward Glasgow Samuel Gray Larsen Madison Rose Ostergren Katherine Grace Veghte Caterina Brunelli Becca Maya Glazier Branden Christopher Lawyer Zachary Luc Pollatsek Caitlin Phyllis Walrath more. e class includes one of the 141 recipients of the highly prestigious 2015 U.S. Presidential Scholarship and another exceptional student Zachary James Carlisle Beatrice Gatta Rea Lee Lauren Kimberly Rasich Claire Reanna Wang, Valedictorian Megan Elise Chandramouli Madeleine Elizabeth Hansen Zachary Dylan Levinthal Jenna Susan Reed Emily Ann Ward who earned perfect scores on the SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Tests, and all AP Exams. is class excelled as debaters, earning distinctions from the National Forensic League and Alyssa Brionn Cole Mackay Sidney Hare Andrew Benjamin Lindsay Logue Camila Rosa Reed-Guevara Evan Glenn Webber Joshua David Cole Anna Heslop Luke William Mathers Anna Alexandra Reganis Kiana Lynne Webster qualifying for numerous . ey led two teams to the 2015 Tournament of Champions Sweet 16, an Elissa Nicole Collins Abigail Wittmeyer Hill Hannah Grace Morris Hannah Christine Riter Michael Peter White national tournaments unprecedented Joel Ross Cooper Eileen McKinley Hopf Riley McGurrin Xabo Nevins Natalya Rañeses Ritter Hao Zheng achievement. Two Rowland Hall senior debaters went undefeated to win the rst-ever Utah Tournament of Excellence. One of our students competed nationally to win the Institutions to Which our 2015 Graduates Will Matriculate University of Utah’s Research Association Presentation Award. In sports, the Class of 2015 won seven State titles and 25 Region titles and their athletic eorts Bard College Davidson College Loyola Marymount University University of Connecticut University of Utah (7) Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Los Angeles, California Storrs, Connecticut Salt Lake City, Utah placed Rowland Hall in the top ve of the Deseret News 2A All Sports Awards, four years running. Among this class, we congratulated nine All-Region athletes, eight All-State Davidson, North Carolina Bates College (3) Drury University Liberal Studies Program College of Literature, Science, and Arts College of Engineering Lewiston, Maine Springfield, Missouri New York University University of Michigan University of Utah athletes, a State Female Swimmer of the Year, and a Senior All-Star. Nine student-athletes were recognized as and Academic All-Region. New York, New York Salt Lake City, Utah Academic All-State Boston College The Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship Program University of Oregon Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Duke University Occidental College Eugene, Oregon Department of Modern Dance Durham, North Carolina Los Angeles, California University of Utah A gifted runner broke the 2A State track record for the 800m as a junior, and then again as a senior. e year 2015 was one of the most successful in Dance Program University of Otago Salt Lake City, Utah Boston Conservatory Emerson College Pacific University Dunedin, New Zealand Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts Forest Grove, Oregon Honors College Ski Academy’s 33-year history. Several seniors were invited to race at the 2015 U-18 National Championships, and the team enjoyed record University of Pennsylvania University of Utah Rowmark podium College of Engineering (3) Woodruff Scholar Portland State University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Salt Lake City, Utah California Polytechnic State University Emory University Portland, Oregon San Luis Obispo, California Atlanta, Georgia Wharton School of Business University Scholars: Entrepreneurship and Society sweeps in many elite events around the country. One senior won the North American Big Mountain Freestyle Championship three years in a row. Our Princeton University University of Pennsylvania University of Utah Colorado State University Florida Institute of Technology Princeton, New Jersey Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Salt Lake City, Utah Fort Collins, Colorado Melbourne, Florida Tulane University Honors Program Washington University in St. Louis creative and talented students formed musical groups and recorded CDs, and one was a four-year member of the Utah Youth Symphony. Two seniors led our jazz Centre College Columbian College of Arts and Sciences New Orleans, Louisiana University of Portland St. Louis, Missouri Danville, Kentucky George Washington University Portland, Oregon Washington, DC University of California, Berkeley Sam Fox School of Design/Art band to a rst-place nish in the 2015 Peaks Jazz Festival last February. Dancers performed with our own award-winning Dance Company, and with Colby College Berkeley, California University of Puget Sound (2) Washington University in St. Louis Waterville, Maine Indiana University at Bloomington Tacoma, Washington St. Louis, Missouri Bloomington, Indiana University of California, Davis Columbia College Davis, California University of Redlands Westminster College (2) local companies, ranging from Virginia Tanner Dance to Ballet West. eir contributions to the Upper School literary magazine, Tesserae, won a gold medal from the Columbia University Lafayette College Redlands, California Salt Lake City, Utah New York, New York Easton, Pennsylvania Crown College University of California, Santa Cruz University of St. Andrews Williams College Columbia Scholastic Press Association. A student frequently played in the lobby of Primary Children’s Hospital and another taught at the non-prot Bad Dog Arts. One Connecticut College Lewis & Clark College Santa Cruz, California St. Andrews, Scotland Williamstown, Massachusetts cello New London, Connecticut Portland, Oregon student produced and promoted an art installation to raise awareness for reducing the use of plastic. Members of the Class of 2015 volunteered countless hours of service: handing out Our 65 Graduates Were Admitted to the Following Colleges and Universities hundreds of holiday meals with Crossroads Urban Center, donating tons of food to the Utah Food Bank, taking care of shelter animals, and University of Alabama Champlain College University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Oklahoma Swarthmore College University of Alaska Anchorage Chapman University Hawaii Pacific University University of Oregon Syracuse University repairing bicycles. ey worked at a camp for homeless youth in LA and with patients of a rural clinic in El Salvador. ey taught children throughout Utah to read, play piano, and University of Arizona College of Charleston Indiana University at Bloomington University of Otago, New Zealand University of Tampa Austin College Claremont McKenna College University of Kentucky Pacific University Temple University Bard College Clark University Kenyon College Pennsylvania State University, University Park Trinity College freestyle ski. is group of students worked to organize blood drives, classify cancer cells, and save the environment – their eorts truly are boundless. President Obama recognized one Barnard College Clarkson University King’s College London University of Pennsylvania Tufts University Bates College Colby College Lafayette College Portland State University Tulane University Binghamton University Colgate University Lewis & Clark College University of Portland Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Universita Bocconi University of Colorado at Boulder Linfield College Princeton University Utah State University of our students for her outstanding commitment to service with the Prudential Spirit of Community President’s Volunteer Award. Boston College Colorado College Loyola Marymount University University of Puget Sound University of Utah Boston Conservatory Colorado School of Mines Loyola University Chicago University of Redlands Vanderbilt University Boston University Colorado State University Macalester College Rhode Island School of Design University of Vermont ey also took part in service trips and cultural exploration through the school’s week long Interim program, on a global scale. is class completed Bowdoin College Columbia University University of Massachusetts, Amherst Rochester Institute of Technology Villanova University Bowling Green State University University of Connecticut Miami University, Oxford Rocky Mountain College Wake Forest University University of British Columbia Davidson College University of Miami Saint Mary’s College