Upper School Award Winners 2020-2021
Congratulations to our Upper School award winners for the 2020-2021 academic year!
Upper School department, sports, and scholarship awards were announced on Saturday, May 15.
Fine Arts Department Awards:
For Outstanding Achievement in Visual Arts: Sadie Martin
For Outstanding Achievement in Vocal Music: Tsering Lama
For Outstanding Achievement in Dance: Sijia Cheng
For Outstanding Achievement in Dramatic Arts: Emma Jean Scott
For Outstanding Achievement in Technical Theater: Brock Jones
For Outstanding Achievement in Instrumental Music: Emily Childs
Humanities Department Awards:
For Outstanding Achievement in Freshman Humanities: Parker Stribling
For Outstanding Achievement in Sophomore Humanities: Obadiah Obasuyi
For Outstanding Achievement in Junior Humanities: Maren Misiaszek
For Outstanding Achievement in AP English Language & Composition: Anh Pham
For Outstanding Achievement in AP United States History: Matt Linn
For Outstanding Achievement in Senior Humanities Seminar: Sadie Martin
For Outstanding Achievement in AP English Literature & Composition: Isabella Caro
For Outstanding Achievement in AP Economics: Alex Mescher
For Outstanding Achievement in AP Comparative Government: Rachel Wu
For Outstanding Achievement in Biblical & Religious Studies: Krissy Nikolova
For Outstanding Achievement in Humanities 9B: Kotono Izuma
For Outstanding Achievement in Humanities 10B: Derek Bian
Beaver Essay Awards
Honorable Mention: Jasmine Sofela
Third Place recipient: Alex Mescher
Second Place recipient: Brooksie Tate Martin
First Place recipient: Lillie Davis
Math Department Awards:
For Outstanding Achievement in Algebra I: Penelope Hilson
For Outstanding Achievement in Geometry: Elizabeth Brenner
For Outstanding Achievement in Algebra II: Ellie Weatherly
For Outstanding Achievement in Pre-calculus: Jeongho "Aidan" Min
For Outstanding Achievement in Calculus: Eri-ife Olayinka
For Outstanding Achievement in Statistics: Alex Mescher
For All-Around Math Excellence: Bingheng “Jason” Li
Joint Math-Science presentation of the Rensselaer Medal to Will Parrish
Science Department Awards:
For Outstanding Achievement in Freshman Science: Annalise Fon
For Outstanding Achievement in Sophomore Science: Reid Wheeler
For Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Science: Rachel Wu
For Outstanding Achievement in Biology: Maren Misiaszek
For Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry: Elijah Melwani
For Outstanding Achievement in Physics: Sam Watts
For Outstanding Achievement in an Elective: Emma Sandino Leichtl
World Language Department Awards:
For Outstanding Achievement in Introductory French: Adne Brako
For Outstanding Achievement in French: Liam Kuhl
For Outstanding Achievement in Introductory Mandarin: Jameson Madden
For Outstanding Achievement in Mandarin: Cheney Moriarty
For Outstanding Achievement in Introductory Spanish: Elizabeth Brenner
For Outstanding Achievement in Spanish: Olivia Lombard
The Morris Brown Sportsmanship Award:
Claudia López and Kyle Ormsby
Thee Sport Eagle Awards:
Coleman Bryson, Luke Earnhardt, McKenna Green, Remez Lockhart,
Kyle Ormsby, and Noah Wright
Kyle Ormsby, and Noah Wright
STAR Student and Teacher Recognition:
Alex Mescher and Steve Nowack
Georgia Mountain & Lake Realtors Association Scholarship:
Alex Mescher
Lake Rabun Scholarship:
Isabella Caro and Sadie Martin
Lake Burton Scholarship:
Owen Nowack
Rotary Club Award, Fox Fire Scholarship, and United Community Bank Scholarship:
Alleson Queen
North Georgia Arts Guild:
Oluwatomisin Sarumi and Timurs Grigorjans
Classic Center Awards:
Dance - Sarah Katherine Brenner
Vocals - Emma Jean ScottHammack Scholarship:
Will Prim
Margaret H Boyd Award:
Dominic Sojat
Lib and Karl Anderson Award:
Rachel Wu
Wellesley College Book Award:
Bella Zavala
Harvard Club of Georgia Book Award:
Will Parrish
Robert H. Philp Christian Leadership & Service Award Scholarship:
Sarah Katherine Brenner and Elijah Melwani
Mrs. Gladys Waybright Christian Scholarship Awards:
For the Class of 2024: Elizabeth Brenner
For the Class of 2023: Obadiah Obasuyi
For the Class of 2022: Alex Haiss
For the Class of 2023: Obadiah Obasuyi
For the Class of 2022: Alex Haiss
W.L. Monroe Christian Education and Personality Award in Honor of O.C. Skinner:
Adne Brako and Gracie Spoon
The Tim Smoot Memorial Award:
Olivia Lombard and Sam Templeton
The Julia Palmour Award
Genevieve Maddox
The Wylder Nichols Memorial Scholarship Award
Paloma Robles
The John Harvey Merit Award for Servant Leadership
Gerald Barker
The Morris Brown Academic Award Scholarship
Anh Pham and Andy Wu
Alumni Scholarship Award 2020
Gracie Tucker and Jordan Webb
Charles W. & Leila Sullivan Work Award Scholarship:
Riley Weatherly and Reid Wheeler
Cum Laude Society
Bilan Aden
Isabella Caro
Alice Cheng
David Jin
Giana Kohlenberger-Sparks
Tsering Lama
Jason Li
Sadie Martin
Alex Mescher
Kristina Nikolova
Will Prim
Alex Sabo
Emma Jean Scott
Warren Watkins
Rachel Wu
Isabella Caro
Alice Cheng
David Jin
Giana Kohlenberger-Sparks
Tsering Lama
Jason Li
Sadie Martin
Alex Mescher
Kristina Nikolova
Will Prim
Alex Sabo
Emma Jean Scott
Warren Watkins
Rachel Wu
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Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School is a private, coeducational day and boarding school for grades Pre-K through 12. Centrally located between Atlanta, GA, Greenville, SC, and Asheville, NC, we prepare young people for college, career, and a lifetime of leadership and service.
