Darlington School concluded the 2002-03 academic year recognizing high honors and notable accomplishments of students and faculty at the Upper and Middle schools.
The following awards were bestowed during graduation, Saturday, May 17: Faculty Bracelet for General Excellence, presented to that senior girl most valuable in many phases of school life who has clearly made manifest her many qualities, acceptable scholarship, and effective support for the best interest of Darlington School: Elyse Moody; Faculty Medal for General Excellence, presented to that senior boy most valuable in many phases of school life who has clearly made manifest his many qualities, acceptable scholarship, and effective support for the best interest of Darlington School: William Krueger; J. Daniel Hanks Sr. Medal, given o that student (senior or underclassman) who has the highest grade point average for the year: Padrick Dennis; Valedictorian, awarded to the individual with the highest grade point average in the senior class: Melissa Jarrell; Salutatorian, awarded to the individual with the second highest grade point average in the senior class: Padrick Dennis; Headmaster’s Medal, presented to a senior girl and boy for outstanding contributions to Darlington and for making a difference in the life of the School:Mimi Sumner, Padrick Dennis; and the Oscar Betts ’19 Master Teacher Award, recognizing the outstanding achievements and performance of a Lower, Middle or Upper School teacher with a cash award: Skip Saunders.
The following awards were presented at the Upper School’s annual honors day ceremony, held Friday, May 16:
Leadership and School Service Awards
Worth Moser Award: Melissa Jarrell; Charles Joseph Orr Jr. Outdoor Leadership Award: Roger Luo; Good Citizenship Medal: Elyse Moody; Ray A. Kroc Youth Achievement Award: Kirby Cross; Community Service Award: Dave Huguenel; Randa F. Mixon Award: Lindsay Doss; Sydenham Howell Award: Catie McCoy; Charles Scott Award: Catie McCoy; Angelyn Hollingsworth Johnson Memorial Awards: Blair Stegall, Griffin Duncan; Alice Cooper Griffin Memorial School Service Award: Catie McCoy, Paul Kountz; Barbara Ware Book Award: Esteri Akandwanaho; John Glenn Awards: Jennie Mosser, Roger Luo; Bo Satterfield Spirit of Life Award: Alex Wysocki; Wesley N. Coleman Jr. Memorial Award: Garrett Manis; Plant Hammond Employees' Children Scholarship: Lauren Jane Tharp; Walker-Smith Awards for Unselfish Service: Kathryn Byars, Russell Evans; Godfrey Smith Family Award: Troy Watson; Edward Nixon McKay Memorial Scholarships: Mary Kathryn Harrison, Mimi Sumner, Nnedike Ugoji; Williamson Prize Fund: Paul Kountz; Leon Red Wade Memorial Scholarship: Ben Ayer; Coxwell-Kerr Award: Kent Barber; Morgan Sisley Love of Life Award: Sunny Lee
Academic Achievement Awards
Dartmouth College Book Award: Max Hinton; Harvard Club Award: Benji White; Sewanee Club Award: Laura Bennett; Wellesley College Book Award: Lydie White; Yale Book Award: Drew Parker; Class Scholarship Awards: Wil Tucker, ninth grade; Nasir Fakhri, tenth grade; Laura Bennett, eleventh grade; University of Rochester Humanities/Social Sciences Award: Benji White; Coca-Cola Award: Leo Cordero; E. V. Regester Award: Elyse Moody; Rena Patton Award: Teddi Watts; Geoffrey M. Horsfield Scroll: William Krueger; DAR Medal: Lydie White; Paul J. King / R.M. Yankee Award: Padrick Dennis; American Mathematics Competitions Award: Raymond Jang; John Rood Cunningham Jr. Award: Padrick Dennis; Everett E. Porter Award: Oak Sansern; A.J. Huffman Memorial Award: Roger Luo; Bausch and Lomb Science Medal: Jennie Blair; Robert Henry Cobb Award: Jessica Wallin; Scholar Bowl Award: Varsity Scholar Bowl Award, Padrick Dennis; Junior Varsity Scholar Bowl Award, Payton Bradford; Northwest RESA Certificates: Adam Al-Sayed, Payton Bradford, Charles Dean, Padrick Dennis, Brandon Deriso, Nasir Fakhri, Beau Griffeth, Jackson Harris, Ritchie Haygood, Mohammed Khateeb, William Krueger, Jonathan Lane, Nicholas LeCroy, Garrett Manis, Paul Maxwell, Zach Norman, Drew Parker, Adam Peller, Robert Withers
E.L. Wright Awards
Mathematics: Anna Krueger, Algebra I; Wil Tucker, Geometry; Nasir Fakhri, Algebra II; Benji White, Pre-Calculus; Sarun Sutuntivorakoon, AP Math, AB Level; Oak Sansern, AP Math, BC Level; Padrick Dennis, AP Statistics; English: Wil Tucker, English I; Nasir Fakhri, English II; Laura Bennett, English III; Elyse Moody, English IV; Katie Binns, Creative Writing; Language: Oak Sansern, ESL III; Lauren Dean, French I; Omar Khatib, French II; Grant Muller, French III; Meggin Roberts, French IV; Elyse Moody, French V; Drew Parker, German I; Andrea Ondruskova, German II; Max Hinton, German III; William Krueger, German IV; Ryan Clark, Latin I; Sarah Fox, Latin II; Laura Roberts, Latin III; Shireen Fakhri, Spanish I; Payton Bradford, Spanish II; Kristin Kountz, Spanish III; Stephanie Hom, Spanish IV; Laura Bennett, AP Spanish Language; Melissa Jarrell, AP Spanish Literature; History: Laura Bennett, AP American History; Payton Bradford, AP European History; Abby Polk, Ancient World History; Padrick Dennis, AP Government; Science: Laura McGuire, AP Biology; Roger Luo, AP Chemistry; Roger Luo, AP Physics; Melissa Jarrell, Envrionmental Science; Cassie McCoy, Georgia Natural History; Melissa Brass, Anatomy and Physiology; Fine Arts: Alice Griffin, Humanities; Elyse Moody, AP Humanities; Spencer Duffey, Cinema; Stephanie Hom, Drama/Musical Theater; Oak Sansern, Art I; Lauren Wetherington, Art II; Rachel Kim, Art III; Lindsay Doss, Ladies Chorale; Rachel Fronzak, Concert Choir; Uri Seymour, Steel Drum; Christina Elliott, Wind Ensemble; Information Technology and Communication: Rodney Murray, AP Computer; Zach Norman, Computer Applications; Amanda Brant, Graphic Design; Larry Liebler, Video I; Amanda Brant, Video II; Gray Allen, Publications Practicum
Fine Arts Awards
The American Choral Directors Association National Student Award: Russell Evans, Elyse Moody; Darlington Chorus Award: Rachel Fronzak; John Philip Sousa Award: Christina Elliott; Chorus-Darlington Players Achievement Award: Russell Evans, Elyse Moody; Darlington Players Award for Acting: Brandon Goodman, Brittany Pittman; Darlington Players Award for Production: Katie Taylor; George W. Awsumb Award: Rachel Kim Student Publication Awards
The Inkslinger Creative Prize: Paul Maxwell; The Inkslinger Adviser’s Award: Jenny Chalikian; Jabberwokk Tray: Brittany Pittman; The Darlingtonian Tray: Bert Noble
Athletic Awards
C.J. Wyatt Sr. Award: Chantz McClinic; Joe Mull ’41 Memorial Trophy: Patrick King; D.M. McNaull Awards: Melissa Jarrell, Andrew Lawrence; Outstanding Girl Athlete Award: Kirby Cross; Most Versatile Girl Athlete Award: Rachel Wiggins
Parents Association Awards
Ninth Grade: Fatema Bandukwala, Drew Beaver, Luke Hyder, Maritza Mendoza; Tenth Grade: J.C. Chen, Anne Montgomery, William Richardson, Ecko Steadman; Eleventh Grade: Ben Burch, Andrew Gay, Leigh Lathem, Whitney Smith; Twelfth Grade: Lianne Forrester, Mark Mooring, Ryan Sanford, Anna Lee Williams
Faculty Awards
R.M. Yankee Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching: Jim Van Es; Excellence in Teaching Award: Donald Sweeney; Significant Contributions to the Darlington Community Award: Pat Waddell
The following awards were presented at the Middle School honors day assembly, held Monday, May 19: James Ross McCain Award: Christie Doss, A. J. Evans; M. Hugh Merson Memorial Award: Anna Krueger, Michael Schecter; Robert Walther Jr. Memorial Award: Cee Cee Cambron, Ford Riddle; Mary Alice Babcock Memorial Award: Margot Wallis; Raymond Nora Memorial Award: Robert Gafney; Parents Association Student Awards: Nastassia Bryant, Patrick Pierson, sixth grade; Kendall Brooks, Ben Cantrell, seventh grade; Ben Pate, Anna White, eighth grade; John W. Maddox Athletic Achievement Award: Herman Ospina, Margot Wallis; Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award: Kathryn Lynch; George Dorsey Memorial Award: Adam Diggs
