Albany High School recognized 93 students – mostly seniors – with scholarships, prizes and awards on Wednesday at Awards Night.
The ceremony was held at Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School. Students and the awards they received follow in alpabetical order by student last name. All are seniors unless indicated otherwise.
Congratulations to all!
- Amy Aboki (junior) – Keuka College George Ball Award
- Sadaf Ahmadi (junior) – Wells College 21st Century Leadership Award
- Mercy Akande – Shoyne L. Hall Scholarship
- Goodness Akande – Hanlon MacDonald Memorial Scholarship
- Natassia Anderson – Theresa Sandridge Memorial Scholarship, Yvette Brown Scholarship
- Rachel Andrews (junior) – Bryn Mawr Presidential Book Award, Orlin Award French 4
- Kaleighanne Athens (junior) – Smith College Book Award
- Trent Bariteau – Yvette Brown Scholarship
- Gisela Barrett – City Club of Albany Award
- Nyla Barrow – Nona Richardson Scholarship
- Mandy Berghela – NYS Comptroller Achievement Award and Warren W. Stout Prize
- Me'challe Cancer (junior) – Keuka College George Ball Award
- Johanna Caplis – Albany Civic Theatre Award
- Scarlet X. Carrera – Instrumental Award (Orchestra)
- Kyle Cassala (junior) – St. Bonaventure Junior Scholarship
- Amari Chambers – Instrumental Award (Band)
- Neel Chittur (junior) – Princeton Book Award
- Hidayet Chowdhury – Seal of Biliteracy Award and IB Diploma Candidate Medal
- Za'nazia Clark (junior) – Alfred University Scholar Award
- Daina Cleveland – Theresa Sandridge Memorial Scholarship
- Ingrid Colafati – Seal of Biliteracy Award and IB Diploma Candidate Medal
- Cassandra Colton-Heins (junior) – Elmira Key Award
- Vicente Del Puerto (junior) – Keuka College George Ball Award
- Zella Delrow – Albany Civic Theatre Award
- Miriam Eligberg – Bessie Reiss Memorial Award
- Eleanor Farrell (junior) – Society of Women Engineers
- Aretha Fraser – Elaine Englander Prize, Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Award, Shoyne L. Hall Scholarship
- Sofia Garcia Galagarza – Tom Healey Scholarship
- Luke Gibson (sophomore) – Orlin Award French 3
- Aengus Gillespie – IB Diploma Candidate Medal
- Tova Gordon (junior) – St. Michael's College Book Award
- Cindy Gusho – Seal of Biliteracy Award
- Ella Hallgren – Christopher Ryan Scholarship
- Thor Hammer – IB Diploma Candidate Medal, Joseph Lewi Memorial Math Prize, Theresa Sandridge Memorial Scholarship
- Alana Harris – Attorney General's Triple "C" Award
- Sarah Heller (junior) – George Eastman Young Leaders Award
- Devin Hendricks – Dr. Alexander Paley Scholarship
- Kayla Huba – Albany Booster Club Award and Attorney General's Triple "C" Award
- Xavier Hughes – Albany Booster Club Award and Dr. Alexander Paley Scholarship
- Pinky Bernadette Isanan – Knights of Pythias Award
- Emma Itskov – Shop n' Save Jeremy McKeown Memorial Scholarship
- Leah John (junior) – St. Bonaventure Junior Scholarship
- Kevin Kam (junior) – Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award
- Naya Kennedy – Roselyn Steck Prize
- Luciana Lembo (sophomore) – Seal of Biliteracy Award
- Jacob Levine (freshman) – Orlin Award French 2
- Selina Lora – HVCC Book Award
- Alpha Mathai (junior) – Society of Women Engineers Award
- Min Maung – Yvette Brown Scholarship Award
- Rodney Maybin – Brendan Fahy Bequette Memorial Scholarship
- Kevin McLeod (junior) – RPI Medal
- Troy Millin – Class of 1956 Award
- Mary Minala – Shoyne L. Hall Scholarship
- Olivia Minarich – Albany Booster Club Award, APSTA Award, Harriet Wands Sacca Award
- Tonema Mitra – IB Diploma Candidate Medal
- Arianah Moore (junior) – Student Sage Scholar
- Jeimy Morales Boche – Gerald Jennings Scholarship
- Liv Nevo – Dr. Alexander Paley Scholarship
- Zeroun Ni – IB Diploma Candidate Medal and National Merit Scholarship Program
- Mays Othman – Theresa Sandridge Memorial Scholarship
- Frances Paguirigan – Female Lundy Society Award
- John Christian Pedralvez (junior) – Elmira Key Award
- Olivia Penna (junior) – Keuka College George Ball Award
- Isabella Plastiras (junior) – Frederick Douglass & Susan B. Anthony Award
- Josephine Pobee-Mensah – Tom Nattell Peace Poetry Prize
- Sasha Post-Lais – Ethel B. Lamar Prize, IB Diploma Candidate Medal, JH Manning Award, Seal of Biliteracy Award
- Alison Powell – Aisslee Threat Award, Theresa Sandridge Memorial Scholarship
- Elizabeth Powell – Brendan Fahy Bequette Memorial Scholarship, Choral Award, Theresa Sandridge Memorial Scholarship
- Raymond Reynoso Ramirez (junior) – RIT Computing Medal
- Aliyah Rivera – Theresa Sandridge Memorial Scholarship, Tom Nattell Peace Poetry Prize
- Jasmin Rodriguez Martinez – Theresa Sandridge Memorial Scholarship
- Elyse Roepe (junior) – RIT Computing Medal
- Mazharul Rohan (junior) – RIT Creativity and Innovation Award
- Alexandra Roter – Donald Coe Journalism Award
- Jena Maria Rubi – Tom Nattell Peace Poetry Prize
- Zane Sears (junior) – Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology
- Jorge Matthew Serrano (junior) – Student Sage Scholar
- Feroz Bin Sharif (junior) – University of Vermont Award
- Olivia Silipo – Gerald Jennings Scholarship
- Lin Oo Song (junior) – Wells College 21st Century Leadership Award
- Sydney Speanburg – APSUE Scholarship
- Dorothy Sperry (junior) – RIT Creativity and Innovation Award
- Vincent Suarez III – Stephen Hershberg Award
- Mishayia Temple – APSUE Scholarship
- Jay Thomas (junior) – St. Michael's College Book Award
- Hayley Townsend – Nona Richardson Scholarship
- Marcus Treece – NYS Comptroller Achievement Award
- Matthew Trippany – Hanlon MacDonald Memorial Scholarship
- Grace Ustin (junior) – Keuka College George Ball Award
- Chika Uzoeshi (junior) – Clarkson Leadership Award
- Tamyra Victor – Julia O. Wells Memorial Scholarship, Shoyne L. Hall Scholarship, Theresa Sandridge Memorial Scholarship
- Hser Wah – Theresa Sandridge Memorial Scholarship
- Ciara Wierschem (junior) – Clarkson Achievement Award
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