Honoring the 2019-2020 Award Winners
At the close of each academic year, The Academy presents awards to students and community members in recognition of hard work and dedication to academic studies, personal well-being, and the entire Kimball Union community.
Although typically presented at Commencement in late May, the awards were announced this year during two virtual events; The Awards Ceremony on Friday, May 22; and The Celebration of the Class of 2020 Ceremony on Saturday, May 23. The recipients of these awards and recognitions are as follows:
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| Graduation Awards: | Awards Ceremony: |
| Honorary Degree Recipients | Dartmouth College Book Prize |
| Murray Dewdney H’20, P’06, ’14 | Marian Zens ’21 |
| Cynthia Howe H’20, P’06, ’14 | |
| Harvard Book Prize | |
| Valedictorian | Yixuan ‘Emily’ Li ’21 |
| Xinyu ‘Jessica’ Xu ’20 | |
| 9th Grade Class Distinction Award | |
| Salutatorian | Ariatnny Castillo Montero ’23 |
| Carleton Cassedy ’20 | Mica McGinley-Smith ’23 |
| Henry Mann Silver ‘1867 Award | 10th Grade Class Distinction Award |
| Molly Beaupre ’20 | Shannon Moran ’22 |
| Sullivan Mack ’20 | Jintao ‘Tom’ Yue ’22 |
| Carissa Tambroni ’20 | |
| 11th Grade Class Distinction Award | |
| Class of 1895 Award | Max Gesner ’21 |
| Kyra Russman-Araya ’20 | Emma McGonigle ’21 |
| Royal Burnham Townsend ‘1911 Award | James Schubert Visual Art Award |
| Patrick Hyjek ’20 | Ruoqian ‘Jon’ Chu ’20 |
| Porter Award | Music Award |
| Reese Stevenson ’20 | Carleton Cassedy ’20 |
| The Class of 1920 Award, | Dance Award |
| by vote of the graduating class | Thanh Thuy ‘Harley’ Nguyen ’20 |
| Molly Beaupre ’20 | |
| Patrick Hyjek ’20 | Theatre Award |
| Reese Stevenson ’20 | |
| Mikula Award | |
| Lexy Gray ’20 | Simon Harrold Memorial Award |
| Yixuan ‘Emily’ Li ’21 | |
| Charles Alden Tracy ‘1893 Award | |
| Xinyu ‘Jessica’ Xu ’20 | Karen Custer Mathematics Award |
| Ruilin ‘Ellen’ Hu ’20 | |
| The Rensselaer Medal | |
| Kyle Fuller ’21 | |
| Senior Science Award | |
| Taintian ‘Rachel’ Xia ’20 | |
| E.E. Just Environmental Science Award | |
| Hyun Jin ‘Gene’ Chang ’20 | |
| Advanced World Language Award | |
| James Surgenor ’20 | |
| Stephen B. Bishop Award | |
| Shi Kun ‘Kelvin’ Zhang ’20 | |
| Lionel Mosher Prize | |
| Ruoqian ‘Jon’ Chu ’20 | |
| Flora Clough Composition | |
| Paige Conway ’20 | |
| Outstanding Female Athlete | |
| Elizabeth ‘Bella’ Parento ’20 | |
| Outstanding Male Athlete | |
| Sullivan Mack ’20 | |
| George C. Akerstrom Award | |
| Carson Moe ’20 | |
| Kyra Russman-Araya ’20 | |
| Flora Clough’1884 Library Prize | |
| Taintian ‘Rachel’ Xia ’20 | |
| Fire Brigade Firefighters Award | |
| Jared Noxon ’20 | |
| Reese Stevenson ’20 | |
| Ray Freeman Jenny ’1909 Good Citizen Award | |
| Max Van Dijk ’20 | |
| Hong-Jin Kim ’2005 International Student Award | |
| Hyun Jin ‘Gene’ Chang ’20 | |
| Duong ‘Cody’ Nguyen ’20 | |
| Georg Feichtinger Community Service Award | |
| Taintian ‘Rachel’ Xia ’20 | |
| Jesang Yim ’20 | |
| Student Senate Award | |
| Ethan Barrett ’20 | |
| Molly Beaupre ’20 | |
| Kyra Russman-Araya ’20 | |
| Faculty Cup | |
| Scott Domingos |
Please visit our livestream archive to view The Award Ceremony and The Celebration of the Class of 2020 Ceremony.
