BRHS Seniors Receive Scholarships, Awards

Many of the high school's seniors were recognized Monday, receiving awards and scholarships for both academic, athletic and charitable activities and organizations at the annual ceremony.

Students at Bridgewater-Raritan High School were invited to attend the ceremony, but were not told what they were set to receive. They found out with the audience during the ceremony.

Congratulations to all the recipients, and here are the names of all the student award-recipients:

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS 

• Nayan Bhat
• Alexandre Grignon
• Mayank Kapoor
• Kaylyn Kavipurapu
• William Lathrop
• Matthew Leventhal
• Jackie Lin
• Harankumar Nallasivan
• Nicolaus Schrum
• Aparna Sundaram
• Amulya Yalamanchili
• Alex Zhu
• Richard Zhu

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP COMMENDED STUDENTS

• Spencer Chang
• Jennifer M. Chen
• Weihua Chen
• Evan S. Cohen
• Justin T. Do
• Sara Fernandes
• Akhil Golla
• Kirby Gong
• Crystal W. Guo
• Michaela Harvis
• Harrison He
• Keerthana Hirudayakanth
• Kathryn Y. Hong
• Jennifer C. Hsu
• Olivia S. Kan
• Sam Kulesa
• Anish Kumar
• Vinay P. Kumar
• Lauren C. Kupper
• Molly E. Lathrop
• Julie Lee
• Seung Eun M. Lee
• Emily Lu
• Rounak Mukhopadhyay
• Smitha Pallaki
• Ami K. Patel
• Cullen B. Pitney
• Eileen Shentu
• Humphrey Wang
• Ivan Wong
• Christopher Wu
• Rose Ying
• Linda Zhuang
• Thomas P. Brown

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP 

• Nayan Bhat
• Amulya Yalamanchili

NATIONAL MERIT SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS

• Jennifer M. Chen—BP Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
• Mayank Kapoor—Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Henry Taub Memorial Scholarship
• Kaylyn S. Kavipurapu—MetLife Foundation Scholarship

JOSEPH SICOLA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Alexa Profetto

CHRIS WARD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Sophia Banafato
• Mellissa Smutko
• Lily Suplee

PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR FOUR YEARS AT BRHS

• Kyle Boehme
• Evan Kielar
• PoCheng (Edward) Lai
• Nicholas Pierno
• Joshua Posner
• Catherine Psaras
• Andrew Statkevich
• Sylvester Tran
• Alexandra Wick

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SCHOALRSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD

• Nayan Bhat

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS DISTINGUISHED ATHLETE AWARD

• Nicole Braun
• Michael Pennella

THE SOMERSET COUNTY 4-H ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP

• Daniel Philipsheck
• Mellissa Smutko

TRAINMASTER'S SCHOLARSHIP

• Megan DeMichele
  

BALLIET SCHOLARSHIP

• Daniel Philipsheck
  

WEGMANS SCHOLARSHIP 

• Andrew Hengemuhle

ROBERT M. FOGARTY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

• Matthew Brandman

BRIDGEWATER WOMEN'S CLUB BELVA LOCKWOOD HUGHSON MEMORIAL

• Rachel Glassman
  

THIRD REFORMED CHURCH

• Daniella Hobbs

COUNSELING & THERAPY SERVICES

• Monica Galasso

COUNSELING & THERAPY SERVICES HONORARIUM

• Emily Ousouljoglou
  

SYAGE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Alexa Joachim

RARITAN REPUBLICAN CLUB—DOLFE BARBERI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Christopher Aiello
• Rachel Lin

THE LAW OFFICE OF CARL A. TAYLOR III—FUTURE LAWYER SCHOLARSHIP

• Evan Kielar
  

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION STUDENT RECOGNITION

• Nayan Bhat
• Keith Gladstone
• Anish Kumar
• Eileen Shentu
• Jessica Wolf
• Amulya Yalamanchili

JAMES C. KELLY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Emily Ousouljoglou

ANDREW J. AND DOLORES C. HUDEC MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP, 20TH ANNIVERSARY

• Carley Chan
• PoCheng (Edward) Lai

SGT. LARRY WORTH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP BRIDGEWATER POLICEMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOC. LOCAL #174

• Robert Esposito
• Valentino Rosato

BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP POLICE HONOR GUARD SCHOLARSHIP

• Keerthana Hirudayakanth

SOMERSET AERIE #2137 ORDER OF THE EAGLES

• Catherine Psaras
  

DANIELLE FEDORTION MEMORIAL

• Gabrielle Alaimo
• George Fischer
• Jessica Knolmajer
• Emma Sommers

ST. CLAIR FAMILY SPEECH AND DEBATE AWARD

• Jonathan Chylinski
  

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN BOARD OF EDUCATION

• Olivia Di Iorio
• William Lathrop
• Ryan Pearce
• Suvin Song

HARRIS COHEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• William Lathrop
• Marisa Ruskan

MICHAEL E. DOLEGIEWITZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Megan DeMichele
• Jesse Novak

RARITAN POST WAR CLUB SCHOLARSHIP

• Michelle Raymondi
• Isabella Lopreiato

BRIDGEWATER DEMOCRATIC SCHOLARSHIP IN MEMORY OF JANICE HOFFNER

• Justin Do

KEY CLUB SERVICE AWARD

• Stephanie Owens
  

BRADLEY GARDENS SCHOOL PTO BERNICE FRANCHINO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

• Nicole Colarusso
  

MARY ZSUFFA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Erin Sullivan

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OUR LADY OF THE HILLS COUNCIL #5959, THE JOSEPH P. MARINACCIO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Jacqueline Huettenmoser

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OUR LADY OF THE HILLS COUNCIL #5959 THE JOHN PARELLO MEMORIAL AWARD

• Taylor Patullo

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OUR LADY OF THE HILLS COUNCIL #5959

• Martin Demcak
• Marissa DeStefano

MICHAEL E. KANE MEMORIAL AWARD

• Jacqueline Huettenmoser
  

ANDREW J. HABERLE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Mellissa Smutko

CORNELIUS AND GLADYS HOBBS SCHOLARSHIP

• Aron Klug

BEACON AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT (SPONSORED BY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLIANCE OF BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN)

• Mellissa Smutko

BEACON AWARD FOR SERVICE (SPONSORED BY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLIANCE OF BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN)

• Emily Ousouljoglou

DIANE S. ABITABLIO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Antonella Gini
  

MILLINGTON SAVINGS BANK

• Peter Padula
• Emma Triantis

ALEXANDRA & RONALD VITALE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP

• Brianna Petro

DR. JOSEPH P. McGARRY SCHOLARSHIP

• Rebecca Murray

HARRY ROBINSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Daniel Philipsheck

"SMILE OF YOUR LIFE" SANFORD ORTHODONTICS SCHOLARSHIP

• Lauren Cascio

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN HIGH SCHOOL'S 1970'S ALUMNI

• Matthew Roselle

ACADEMICALLY INDEPENDENT CLASS SCHOLARSHIP

• Keith Gladstone
• Amulya Yalamanchili

THE EPIC AWARD

• Antonella Gini
• Caroline Merrill
• Robin Merritt

SENIOR CLASS COUNCIL SERVICE AWARD

• Haley Melbourn

DRAMA AWARDS

• Jaime Bartolett
• Sara Calder
• Angel Cardozo
• Joseph Hanna
• Erica Katchen
• Sarah Loeffler
• Sarah Moebius
• Rebecca Murray
• Samantha Sekora

DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT SERVICES AWARD

• Kimberly Hall

STUDENT SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP

• Daniel Gausz
• Daniel Philipsheck

BONNIE MECH MEMORIAL BUSINESS AWARD

• Toni Santillo
• Bridget Tighe

THE JOAO JOSE "JOHN" SANTOS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION AWARD

• Lily Suplee

RYAN WILLIAM FLEDERBACH SCHOLARSHIP (ACE'S PREMIUM SPRING WATER CO.)

• Robert Pritchard

HAMILTON DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD

• Keerthana Hirudayakanth

WOMEN IN GEOSCIENCES (PRUDENTIAL MATCHING GIFT SCHOLARSHIP)

• LeeAnn Bak
• Samantha Howell
• Jacqueline Huettenmoser
• Olivia Kan
• Ishwarya Mamidi
• Ariel Schwalb

LYNNE BRAY SERVICE AWARD

• Olivia Di Iorio
  

STUDENT COUNCIL AWARDS 

The Council Achievement Award

• Sophia Banafato
• Michael Pennella

The Distinguished Excellence Award 

• Catherine Caro

The John Basilone Leadership Award

• Olivia Di Iorio

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN DISTRICT PTO SCHOLARSHIPS 

• Gabrielle Alaimo
• Taylor Au
• Vamshikrishnan Balakrishnan
• Sophia Banafato
• Jaime Bartolett
• Laura Bianciella
• Dawid Blaszkiewicz
• Kyle Boehme
• Meredith Bunner
• Victoria Burczy
• Alexis Cabeza-Pimentel
• Angel Cardozo
• Joesph Caroll
• Gregory Dryl
• Christopher Eskender
• Andrew Fedak
• Holly Fitzpatrick
• Joseph Flores
• Monica Galasso
• Raveena Ganpat
• Tyler George
• Lila Greenstone
• Alexandre Grignon
• Megan Haase
• Amanda Hannan
• Russell Hawkins
• Eliza Held
• Daniella Hobbs
• Anthony Hsu
• Shawn Hung
• Hayley Katz
• Nicole Laskowski
• Michelle LeClair
• Randy Leon
• Jay Marion
• Pamela Matcho
• Julie Merritt
• Kristen Merritt
• Robin Merritt
• Stephanie Owens
• Cole Paszkowski
• Taylor Patullo
• Scott Prisco
• John Connor Reilly
• Kenneth Rijo
• Katherine Robbins
• Toni Santillo
• Anthony Santulli
• Samantha Sekora
• Kyle Sheehan
• Brian Smith
• Patrick Smith
• Su Vin Song
• Lily Suplee
• Jennifer Weinberg
• Jason Yoo

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN HIGH SCHOOL PTO HONORARIUMS

• Daniel Costello
• Rachel Hadley
• Kathryn Hong
• Shreya Jain
• Nikita Jhawar
• Lauren Kupper
• Justin Liu
• Bradley Meixsell
• Megan Muessen
• Harankumar Nallasivan
• Ryan Pearce
• Daniel Rosenberg
• Eric Shugan
• Denzel Zhu
• Richard Zhu

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN HIGH SCHOOL PTO SELECT HONORARIUMS 

• Arshane Brown Warfield
• Egnatia Collaku
• Michael Feusse
• Edward Frazer
• Kevin Horan
• Anna Huynh
• Jared Kaden
• Carl Kaye
• Jessica Knolmajor
• Chelsea Lehman
• Frances Maggio
• Christen Piersanti
• Zachary Prezant
• Pajia Sweeting
• Anthony Wallace

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN HIGH SCHOOL PTO SCHOLARSHIP

• Nachiket Bhujbal
• Michael Dirla
• Kevin Hrubik
• Jennifer Wolin

COUNCIL OF SCHOOLS HONORARIUMS 

• Sanjana Apte
• Thomas Cocca
• Lily Dinoff
• Jacob Herman
• Glen Huang
• Avanty Kavipurapu
• Kaylyn Kavipurapu
• Vinay Kumar
• Molly Lathrop
• Julie Lee
• Rachel Lin
• Jason Lu
• Kimberly Manalo
• Devki Patel
• Joshua Posner
• Stephanie Preite
• Carol Rynar
• Kristina Sparling
• Wanshu (Wayne) Sun
• Aparna Sundaram

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN HIGH SCHOOL PANTHER ATHLETIC CLUB AWARDS 

• Lee Ann Bak
• Brianna Binowksi
• Nicole Braun
• Catherine Caro
• Evan Cohen
• Megan DeMichele
• Robert Esposito
• John Fieseler
• Daniel Gausz
• Russell Hawkins
• Matthew Jones
• Mayank Kapoor
• Rachel Lisk
• Patrick Masur
• Michael Pennella
• Brianna Petro
• Elizabeth Rynar
• Marissa Sashihara
• Patrick Saulino
• Erin Scott
• Eric Sherman
• Donald Stires
• Edward Sweeney
• Drew Ungerleider

HRINKO/GALIDA SCHOLARSHIP AWARD 

• Paige Hering

CARMELO SCIORTINO "PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE" SCHOLARSHIP

• Maria Grace Mazzaferro
• Bradley Pietrucha

POP WARNER SCHOLARSHIP

• Joesph Carroll
• Jared Kaden
• Stephanie Schulte
• Eric Shugan

BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

Overall Business Education Program 

• Nicole Braun

Academic Intern Program 

• Cole Pazkowski

Accounting Program

• Gregory Wolk

Computer Program

• John Mailhot

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES DEPARTMENT 

Awarded for excellence in all Areas

• Jill Berlant
  

Awarded for excellence in Fashion Design 

• Jill Berlant
  

Awarded for excellence in Family and Child 

• Courtney Rosseland
  

Awarded for excellence in Foods 

• Haley Melbourn

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT  

AutoCAD  

• Christopher Wallace

Wood Technology

• Eric Stone

OUTSTANDING OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT IN FINE ART

• Andrew Lleva—Painting & Drawing
• Trenton White—Painting
• Martin Demcak—Drawing
• Karla Zamudio—Ceramics

MUSIC DEPARTMENT AWARD

• Nicolaus Schrum

NATIONAL SCHOOL CHORAL AWARD

• Sarah Loeffler

CHORAL DIRECTOR'S AWARD

• Jaime Bartolett

CHORAL MUSIC AWARD

• Anthony Hsu
• Olivia Kan
• Natasha Mohanty
• Taylor Patullo
• Amy Radwanski
• Brandon Weidenfeld

BRHS OUTSTANDING SOLOIST AWARD

• Matthew Oh

NATIONAL SCHOOL ORCHESTRA AWARD

• Seung Eun (Mimi) Lee

ORCHESTRA AWARD

• Jennifer Chen
• Sara Fernandes
• Leighann Laurencelle
• Matthew Leventhal
• Smitha Pallaki
• Ivan Wong
• Christopher Wu
• Linda Zhuang

THE CONNIE TARANTINO MUSIC MEMORIAL AWARD

• Zachary Prezant

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT AWARD

• Nayan Bhat
• Mayank Kapoor

WILLIAM APSLEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Katherine Robbins

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

• Nayan Bhat—Excellence in Chemistry
• William Lathrop—Excellence in Biology
• Ryan Kishore—Excellence in Physics
• Grace Dimock—Excellence in Environmental Science

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT AWARD

• Erica Kaplan
• Alex Natale
• Jennifer Weinberg

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OLD WHITEHOUSE—GENERAL FRELINGHUYSEN COLONEL LOWREY CHAPTER GOOD CITIZEN AWARD

• Laura Bianciella

PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

• Daniel Gausz
• Nicole Thomas

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AWARD, OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

• William Lathrop

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MOST IMPROVED ACHIEVEMENT

• Alexa Profetto

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

Excellence in Chinese

• Benjamin Yan

Excellence in French

• Cullen Pitney

Excellence in German

• Spencer Chang

Excellence in Italian

• Keith Gladstone

Excellence in Latin

• William Lathrop

Excellence in Spanish

• Anish Kumar

STEUBEN SOCIETY AWARD

• Catherine Psaras

ANTHONY RICCIARDI MEMORIAL AWARD

• Kayla Schwab

JOHN HENNINGER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR GERMAN

• Varun Bindiganavile

JOHN HENNINGER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR WORLD LANGUAGES

• Cullen Pitney

CONFUCIUS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHINESE

• PoCheng (Edward) Lai