Awards and Prizes
Northfield Mount Hermon Awards and Cum Laude Society Induction
Class of 2023 Recognition Assembly
Memorial Chapel, May 19, 2023
Francesca Babala-Money
The Marie Hood Award
David Barrett
The Richard H. Valentine Award
Sierra Bentley
The Newman Family Award
Linh Bui
The Edward and William Rhodes Prize in Economics
Aaron Burstein
The Appley Award
The Ralph E. Jillson Award
Yiqing Cao
The Baxter Prize in Classics
Iris Chai
The Marshall E. Climan Award
Diego Chavarria
The McBurney Work Hour Prize
Alex Clayton
The Douglas A. Jones Award
Alexa Counter
The Elizabeth Leyden ’22 Music Award
Sofia David
The Head of School Award
The Lynde Award for Excellence in Advanced Physics
Djibril Diaw
The Head of School Award
James Doliscar
The Nettie M. Johnson Memorial Award
Elizabeth Dripps
The NMH Dance Prize
Jasper Graham
The Piscuskas Day Student Prize
Hazel Handy
The Vivian Dandridge White Prize
John Hanscom
The Howard and Margaret Jones Farm Award
Grace Harvey
The Mary Ellen Peller Memorial Award
The Thora E. Johnson Award
Kevin Hu
The John O. Mehrkens Award
Emma Hughes
The Robert P. Weis Mathematics Prize
Lydia Hong
The NMH Resident Leader Award
Macy Jonsson
The Rhode Island School of Design Annual Art Award
Junghoon Kim
The Elizabeth Leyden ’22 Music Award
Kei Kiribuchi
The Kinmay Tang Award
Bon A Koo
The Prize In 3-Dimensional Art
Sashana Kracauer
The Bannwart Choir Prize
The C. Russell Bragg Memorial Prize in Environmental Studies
Efe Nihat Kutman
The Elizabeth Leyden ’22 Music Award
The NMH Resident Leader Award
Tair Kussainov
The Viva Faye Richardson Piano Award
Eunbean Lee
The Harriet Cutler Heiser Memorial Award
Guanru Li
The Head of School Award
Alexander McCullough
The David Garbose Memorial Award
Lana Messinger
The Gordon Paul Smith Prize for Excellence in History or Social Sciences
Alejandra Metz
The Head of School Award
Katherine Munro
The Mary Davis Dining Service Prize
The Michael Antonio Memorial Award
Jong Ho Park
The Robert Cade Wilson Scholar Award
Racquel Provost
Vitold Piscuskas Sportsmanship Award
Hazel Peach Reeder
The Alice B. and John E. Baldwin Award
Meena Relyea-Strawn
The Florence Chapman Haslun Prize
Ava Romano
The Albert C. Clough Award
Pearl Schatz-Allison
The Thompson Art Prize
Hyowon Shin
The C. Russell Bragg Prize in Social Science
David Solano
The Frank and Alice Chutter Memorial Award
Michael Stanley
The NMH Alumni Association Award
Omasirichi Tasie-Amadi
The Cambridge Prize
The Art Purchase Prize
The Etta May Schweiss Prize
William Villa
The Frank Stanley Beveridge Award
Yiwen Wang
The Bannwart Choir Prize
The David Michael Walker Prize in Music
Ziqi Weng
The Arthur D. Platt Mathematics Award
Ella Wheeler
The Richard H. Valentine Award
Won Ji Sophia Woo
The Phyllis Tournier Spanish Prize
Yuhuan Xie
The Henry R. Huntting Literary Prize
Lanxin Zhang
The Joseph T. Elliott Jr. Prize in Music
Xiaoxue Zhao
The Laubach Family Award
The Shaffer-Mehrkens Religious Studies Award
Northfield Mount Hermon Cum Laude Society Recognition
Areté - Excellence, Diké - Justice, Timé - Honor
The Cum Laude Society is the independent school national honor society and the secondary-school equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa. Each year, seniors with outstanding NMH academic records for their junior and senior years are elected to membership in the society.
Aviva Barry
Linh Bui
Lulu Calame
Sarah Cao
Iris Chai
Claire Cocklin
Amy Dai
Sofia David
Carolyn Edwards
Rohan Edwards
Sophie Goldberg
Jasper Graham
Lydia Hong
Erika Jing
Alice Kim
Harene Kim
Bon A. Koo
Sashana Kracauer
Eunbean Lee
Guanru Li
Bella Moore
Minh Nguyen
Lucy Patterson
Lucy Pesek
Jianglu Ping
Hazel Peach Reeder
Meena Relyea-Strawn
Shalyna Said
Hyowon Shin
Omasirichi Tasie-Amadi
Polly Wang
Ziqi Weng
Sophia Woo
Dzhessika Yan
Xiaoxue Zhao
Annie Zuo
Although the Cum Laude Society is not allowed to select one-year seniors and postgraduates for a membership, the society wishes to honor
Ellie Dripps
Collin Stevens
Ada Tholen and
James Trongdee
who have excelled academically this year.