As the end of the school year nears, graduating seniors were recognized for their various achievements from academics to athletics to extracurriculars. Some of the awards received came with scholarships or graduation cords.

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Evelyn Kraber

Sonya Zhu '28 plays cello at the beginning of the ceremony as a part of of a quartet with fellow freshmen Nathan Chen, Maddie Nguyen and Xander Moss.

Award and scholarship winners are listed below:

ICCSD and community-based awards and scholarships

American Citizenship Award: Taylor Ajax, Waylon Houchins-Witt, Oliver Miller and Anika Nguyen

David and Rosalie Braverman Family Community Service Award: Thomas Gibson

Joe Henderson Community Scholarship: Thomas Gibson

Don Gatens Memorial Scholarship: Serafim Surguladze

Doug Robertson Scholarship: Serafim Surguladze

Levy Growth Mindset Scholarship: Somtochukwu Anyaoha and Davey Garcia

Levy Thrive Award: Damian Cardoso and Randale Kelly

Pamela R. Heck Jones Friendship Award: Isabel Ceynar

Kanellis Memorial Scholarship: Katherine Dupuich

ICCSD Administrator Association Scholarship: Genevieve Ray

Robert Stack Memorial Scholarship: Addison Long

Altrusa Johanna Beers Higher Education Scholarship (presented by Molly Schwarz): Ashley Niemiec

Hills Bank Youth Salute (presented by Travis Robinson, Coralville Branch Manager): Jinann Abudagga, Layan Ahmed, Butali Butali, Reem Kirja, Tiff Lieberman, Josephine Schwartz and Owen Knight (leadership grant)

Student Senate – Howard Harms Community Service Scholarship (presented by Brendon Aitken): Moustafa Tiea

Student Senate – Tas Anthony Community Service Scholarship (presented by Brendon Aitken): Deeksha Raghavan

Red Cross Award (presented by Jessica Mehegan): Marie Stier

West High Gold Standard Award (presented by Kerri Barnhouse): Zehra Ilerisoy

Silver Cord Community Service Recognition: Jinann Abudagga, Taylor Ajax (400+ hours), Amit Bhatt, Chase Bopp, Elizabeth Bryce, Sabrina Du, Katherine Dupuich, Haneen Eltyeb, Phoebe Ephraim Gill, Piper Falduto, Sadie Frisvold, Waylon Houchins-Witt, Maile Kruse, Jessie Li, Joseph Lin, Hannah Longmire, Saif Manzoor, Oliver Miller, Miela Miller-Jacobs, Manuel Montes De Oca Silis, Anika Nguyen (400+ hours), Nikolas Nixon, Emre Orhon, Allison Reed, Greyson Reed, Juliana Salas, Vanessa Shannon, Isabelle St. Aubin, Junze Sun and Gretchen Van Iddekinge

Academic awards and achievements

Governor’s Scholar Recognition Program: Andrew Chen and Sabrina Du

Coca-Cola Scholarship (presented by Jeff Bruscheen): Reem Kirja

AP Scholar (score of three or higher on three or more Advanced Placement Exams): Jinann Abudagga, Saif Albarsi, Declan Bunn, Haneen Eltyeb, Phoebe Ephraim-Gill, Piper Falduto, Naomi Greiner, Ishan Harwani, Jacob Hollenbeck, Kenton Huynh, Olivia King, Ian Kraske, YiFan Liu
Sin Luena, Lucinda Maxwell, Ava Moore, Sofia Musetescu, Brooklynne Nock, Sophia Olivo, Maxine Pech, Jonathan Pierce, Alexandra Postnikov, Tia Rahmatalla, Rachel Schafbuch, Josephine Schwartz, Xuvia Stevenson, Zach Taeger, Crosby Taylor, Daniel Tirgardoun and Mike Zeng

AP Scholar with Honor (average of 3.25 on all AP Exams and a score of three or higher on four or more exams): Samer Abdel-Malek, Layan Ahmed, Eli Asper, Rawan Babiker, Elle Barnett, Rowan Bihun, Mieka Bowden, Ava Bruxvoort, Anna Dickens, Bashir Eltyeb, Robert Havens, Khaled Higgo, Martin Hoeger-Pinto, Owen Knight, Claire Lawler, Henry Lu, Maddox Lyons, Anders Pressler, Mrundani Ramkumar, Allison Reed, Lucy Schau, Alexander Schmidt, Emily Stong, Vera Tanas, Gretchen Van Iddekinge, Brice Wahe and Mingjun Yang

AP Scholar with Distinction (Average of 3.5 on all AP exams and a score of three or higher on five or more exams): Taylor Ajax, Evelyn Asay, Lincoln Beihl, Ajay Bharanidhar, Amit Bhatt, Elizabeth Bryce, Casandro Chan, Erwann Charles, Andrew Chen, Emery Crawford, Aaron Das, Sabrina Du, Sadie Frisvold, Thomas Gibson, Mary Danielle Gross, Abby Guo, Claire Hahn, Quinn Hedt, Tina Hong, Waylon Houchins-Witt, Neil Houston, Derek Hua, Dania Hussein, Christian Kim, Reem Kirja, Jessie Li, Tiff Lieberman, Joseph Lin, Ephram Liu, Gianna Liu, Anjali Lodh, Gabriel Mangan, Eli Maze, Kai Merrill, Vincent Nguyen, Nikolas Nixon, Mackenzie Oberbroeckling, Brady Olson, Sophia Oulman, Tessa Pitcher, Deeksha Raghavan, Holden Rebich, Rana Saba, Juliana Salas, Samuel Showers, Anna Song, Marie Stier, Junze Sun, Diana Tivanskaya, Sidney Tranel, Sidney Westgard, Cormac Wilson, Richard Yang, Stephan Zeng and Flora Zhu

AP Capstone Diploma: Layan Ahmed, Mieka Bowden, Elizabeth Bryce, Mary Danielle Gross, Reem Kirja and Junze Sun

National Merit Scholarship Competition Commended: Claire Hahn, Jessie Li, Henry Lu, Kai Merrill, Brady Olson and Vera Tanas

National Merit Scholarship Competition Semifinalists: Eli Asper, Amit Bhatt, Erwann Charles
Andrew Chen, Sasha Cruce, Sabrina Du, Abby Guo, Dania Hussein, Claire Lawler, Joseph Lin, Mrudani Ramkumar, Marie Stier, Junze Sun, Cormac Wilson, Richard Yang and Flora Zhu

Seal of Biliteracy Program

Spanish: Sam Abdel-Malek, Layan Ahmed, Clare Allou, Erwann Charles, Nicholas Davis, Eva Esch, Piper Falduto, Selene Filerio, Michael Follmer, Ivy Hendrickson, Martin Hoeger-Pinto, Neil Houston, Derek Hua, Olivia King, Ephram Liu, Mariana Martinez, Paz Martinez, Piper Martinez, Anthony Medina, Alex Montes de Oca and Emre Orhon

French: Jinann Abudagga, Lincoln Beihl, Christiana Beya, Casandro Chan, Sadie Frisvold, Harel Gameti, Jordan Gamia, Mary Danielle Gross, Dania Hussein, Owen Knight, Rhea Knight, Kai Merrill, Muradi Mude, Sofia Musetescu, Ekaterine Nodia, Bibiane Ntumba, Rana Saba, Lucy Schau, Josephine Schwartz, Isabelle St. Aubin and Richard Yang

Arabic: Ahmed Abdelgadir, Mohamed Abdelgadir, Bashir Eltyeb, Khaled Higgo and Reem Kirja

Turkish: Zehra Ilerisoy

Athletic awards

Female Athlete of the Year: Sophia Olivo

Male Athlete of the Year: Mason Woods

Bernie Saggau Award: Jack Wallace

Skyler Moss Foundation Scholarship: Chase Bopp

Female Scholar Athlete of the Year: Ava Bruxvoort

Male Scholar Athlete of the Year: Sam Showers

Lucas Brenneman Memorial Scholarship: Sam Showers

“Fly the W” Scholarship: Lucas Elizalde

Reiland-Beminio Scholarship (presented by Marv Reiland): Justin Avila

Co-curricular and departmental awards

Tina Wang Memorial Journalism Scholarship: Gianna Liu

State of Iowa Math Championship: Andrew Chen, Kai Merill and Edward Li

USA Math Olympiad Qualifier: Edward Li

GPML National Math Championship Members: Andrew Chen and Edward Li

American Invitational Mathematics Examination Qualifiers: Edward Li and Richard Yang

Iowa All State Orchestra: Andrew Chen, Sabrina Du, Derek Hua, Ephram Liu, Jessie Li, Anjali Lodh, Anna Song, Christian Kim (alternate), Holden Rebich, Ming Yang, Richard Yang, Serafim Surguladze and Mac Wilson

Iowa All State Band: Claire Hahn, Claire Lawler, Emre Orhon, Thomas Gibson and Ian Kraske (alternate)

Iowa All State Chorus: Eli Asper, Allison Reed and Chase Taylor

All State Music four-year memders: Andrew Chen, Sabrina Du, Jessie Li, Anjali Lodh, Anna Song, Claire Hahn and Claire Lawler.

Brian Cretzmeyer Music Scholarship (presented by Ryan Middleton): Addison Cribbs

Brian Cretzmeyer Music Scholarship (presented by Ryan Middleton): Eli Asper and Addison Cribbs

Larry Kelly Award (presented by Ryan Middleton): Neema Ash and Miela Miller-Jacobs

Theatre West Best Thespians (presented by Ann Rocarek): Mary Danielle Gross and Michael Shonrock

Speech and Debate – Tina Wang Memorial Scholarship (presented by Langston Bailey-Murray): Evelyn Asay