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OHS Class of 2019 Lauded for Outstanding Achievements


Posted Date: 05/31/2022

The Orange High School Class of 2019 Graduates were lauded for excellence on a number of different fronts. Here is a listing of the awards presented at the 2019 Senior Awards Night:

Departmental Awards

Outstanding Mathematics Award:   Katie Hoover
Oustanding Physical Science Award:   Emma Briskin
Outstanding Life Science Award:   Emily Ciuprinskas
Senior Excel TECC Awards:   Maggie Lang (Early Childhood Education) and Olivia McCarren (Marketing)
Foreign Language Department Awards:
      Mai Geri (Outstanding AP French Student)
      Sean Borgman (Outstanding AP Spanish Student)
      Hannah Shuffer (Outstanding AP Latin Student)
      Ta'Mia Fannin (Outstanding Chinese Student)
Cercles des Conferences Francaises de Cleveland Award:  Mai Geri
Social Studies Department Award:   Emma Briskin
Exemplary Citizenship Award:   Michael Neville
Meritorious English Student:   Max Leikin

Regional Scholarships and Awards 

AXA Achievement Scholarship:   Samantha Richards

Black Caucus Leo Lucas Scholarship:   Morgan Davies

Medical Mutual Scholarships:   Ta'Mia Fannin and Noah Golovan

Reginaldo Howard Scholarship:   Hannah Shuffer

US Figure Skating Silver Level Senior Award:   Alexa Paull

Chagrin Highlands Rotary Community Service Award:   Parth Patel

Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce Award:   Tiona Ryan

Chagrin Valley Women's Club Scholarship:   Ta'Mia Fannin

Lander Circle Kiwanis Seniors of the Month:   Emma Briskin, Trudie Effron, Ta'Mia Fannin, Alexa Paull, Hannah Shuffer, Ryan Vincent

Lander Circle Kiwanis Scholarships:   Ta'Mia Fannin, Alexa Paull, Tiona Ryan, Ashley Shagrin, Ryan Vincent

Male Minority Leadership Awards:   Babatunde Motoni and Michael Neville

Emily Hodgman and Carole Moore Orange Alumni Scholarship:   Ryan Vincent

Orange Alumni Scholarships:   Alex Lake and Ian Resnick

Orange Patronaires Orchestra Award:   Hannah Shuffer

Orange Patronaires Band Award:   Brynn Kemelhar

Orange Patronaires Theater Award:   Machiah Davis

Orange Patronaires Choral Award:   Ryan Vincent

PTA Senior Scholarship Award:  Ashley Shagrin

Academic Ohio PTA Memorial Scholarship:  Ryan Vincent 

PTA Community Service Awards (Students who accumulated 70+ volunteer service hours)

Sadie Begam, Jackson Berns, Sean Borgman, Morgan Chernikoff, Emily Ciuprinskas, Alexa Cooper, Joshua Geller, Mai Geri, Emily Glazer, Noah Golovan, Lia Gurunian, Lauren Hill, Katherine Hoover, Neil Jain, Brynn Kemelhar, Blake Laisure, Max Leikin, Adam Lubell, Emma Matousek, Halle Morris, Taylor Mullen, Parth Patel, Alexa Paull, Dayna Rapkin, Ian Resnick, Samantha Richards, Ashley Shagrin, Haley Shedden, Hannah Shuffer, Kate Silvestri, Adam Tirpak, Ryan Vincent, Samantha Wittenberg, Nicolle Yankelevich

OHS Foundation Awards 

Aadel Askari Memorial Award:   Noah Klubnik

Barbara Bernheimer Speech and Debate Memorial Award:   Nicolle Yankelevich

Timothy Boyle Memorial Award:   Alexa Paull

Thomas F. Connell Memorial Award:   Noah Golovan

Dawn FitzGerald Creatie Writing and Enthusiastic English Scholar Awards:  Ta'Mia Fannin and Ian Resnick

Dr. Craig B. Kepner Scholarship:   Noah Golovan

Scott Petersen Memorial Jazz Scholarship Award:   Nora Steiner

Michael Sevastos Memorial Award:  Ryan Vincent

Lindsay Stark Memorial Award:   Elijah Frey

Aaron and Whitney Weisenberg Award for the Arts:   Samantha Richards

Aaron and Whitney Weisenberg Awards for Athletics:   Janie Boyle and Armon Frey

Gustav E. and Betsy S. Engineering Scholarships:  Iris Levine and Andrew Hamilton 

OHS Athletic Awards 

Boosters Scholar-Athlete Awards:   Janie Boyle and Hunter Kasparian

Boosters Lion's Pride Award:  Eddie Harrell and Dayna Rapkin

Audrey Genovese Memorial Scholarship Awards:  Emma Matousek and Ryan Vincent

OHSAA Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award:  Caila Gissentaner and Noah Golovan

OHSAA Scholar-Athlete Awards:  Sean Borgman and Maria Burdjalov

OHSAA Courageous Student Award:  Marissa Munsell

OHS Athlete of the Year Awards:  Janie Boyle and Eddie Harrell

OHS Academic Awards

National Merit Commended Students:   Emily Ciuprinskas, Ethan Cooper, Joseph Daly, Ethan Geis, Virginia Hexter, Katherine Hoover, Ian Resnick, Hannah Shuffer, Adam Tirpak

National Merit Finalist:  Emma Briskin

National Hispanic Scholar:   Andrew Hamilton

Phi Beta Kappa:   Maria Burdjalov

Honor Awards (3.0-3.499 GPA):   Ahmed Aboulesoud, Leo Abramson, Justin Beachler, Ainsley Carran, Thomas Chirokov, Azura Cooper, Machiah Davis, John Dombrowksi, Leanna Effron, Jourdyn Etheridge, Caila Gissentaner, David Gostomelsky, Lia Gurunian, Kyle Haddon, Eddie Harrell, Casey Hart, Lauren Hill, Zach Holliday, Viktoriya Kachaluba, Tess Kelly, Olivia McCarren, Henry McCreary, Heidi Morris, Madison Munsell, Mackenzie Norris, Jason Oh, Noah Pollina, Louis Semonor, Mason Shein, Eitan Spira, Amenah Taraben Obeid, Chartre'ana Watson, Charlie Wood, Julia Ziska

High Honor Awards (3.50-3.999 GPA):   Sadie Begam, Alexa Cooper, Qyce Dweik, Ta'Mia Fannin, Armon Frey, Ilon Goldberg, Samantha Greenwald, David Gudin, Meredith Herbruck, Neil Jain, Jonah Katz, Noah Klubnik, Alex Lake, Sarah Litwak, Adam Lubell, Isabel Marcelino, Camryn Milstein, Halle Morris, Vandad Mossavand Varkaneh, Babatunde Motoni, Marissa Munsell, Carson Munn, Talaya Myrick, Parth Patel, Julian Perry, Sadie Pollina, Sam Prendergast, Samantha Richards, Shamia Robinson, Tiona Ryan, Ashley Shagrin, Bryan Shein, Carly Siegel, Katie Silvestri, Brooke Slesh, Hannah Smith, Fischer Sterling, Marisha Syed, Candace Tate, Ty Van De Motter, Ryan Vincent, Johnique Wilson, Noah Zimmerman, Micah Zimmerman

Highest Honor Awards (4.0+ GPA):  Sean Borgman, Jane Boyle, Anna Brateanu, Emma Briskin, Maria Burdjalov, Morgan Chernikoff, Emily Ciuprinskas, Joseph Daly, Morgan Davies, Trudie Effron, Faye Fahsbender, Ethan Geis, Joshua Geller, Mai Geri, Ayaan Gill, Emily Glazer, Abby Goldschmidt, Noah Golovan, Andrew Hamilton, Virginia Hexter, Katherine Hoover, Fisher Ilijasic, Hunter Kasparian, Brynn Kemelhar, Avery Krasnow, Margaret Lang, Max Leikin, Iris Levine, Alexandra Marchewitz, Jacob Marchewitz, Emma Matousek, Sophie Newman, Jack Newman, Alexa Paull, Dayna Rapkin, Ian Resnick, Andrew Saks, Ethan Sands, Haley Shedden, Hannah Shuffer, Casey Smith, Carly Stark, Nora Steiner, Adam Tirpak, Aidan Uher, Samantha Wittenberg, Nicolle Yankelevich

 Congratulations to ALL of our oustanding students in the Class of 2019 and

good luck in all of your future endeavors!


Published on 7/1/2019