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The Reserve Record
WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY Departing Faculty Interviews
Musings, memories and more from
favorite faculty members
College Matriculation
Where seniors will continue their
studies in the fall
Senior Superlatives
Most likely to return as a teacher? Best Smile?
Next Reality TV Star?
PAG E 2 | NEWS
PAGES 4 – 5 | CE N T E RF OL D
PAG E 7 | J U N I OR AWA RDS & S E N I O R S UP E R L ATI V E S
Nichols, Pollock Chosen to Speak at Closing Events
Photo by Borrmann
by Caroline Babbin ’15
After finishing their final exams at
Western Reserve Academy, the seniors
look fervently upon graduation and
the festivities which follow. As simple
as it may seem, the weekend of graduation is full of various gatherings for the
senior class of 2014, including Senior
Celebration. Each year, a student is
chosen to give a speech at this event,
and this year, the senior class chose
Michael Nichols ’14. Nichols will be
attending Florida State University in
the fall, and, on the topic of his college journey, he explains, “I’m really
excited to be studying religion, as it
is a subject that has always fascinated
me, but I’ve yet to take a formal course
in its study.” Senior Celebration, May
24th, took place on the day before
graduation, and Nichols “hope[s] that
every senior [found] a little of their
lives reflected in [his] speech.” Regarding his speech, Nichols added, “I
need[ed] to capture the spirit of Reserve, our sense of community and all
of our struggles. I’m honored that my
peers trust[ed] me enough to say a few
final words on their behalf.” Although
he will not be speaking at Commencement, he views it as “a combination of
goodbyes, open doors, hopes, dreams
by Jaret Skonieczny ’17 and Trevor
Levin ’15
Jim Fraser, known by most as Señor,
has taught Spanish at Western Reserve
Academy for forty-seven years, longer
than any teacher in the history of the
school. During that time, he has also
coached long-distance track, hockey,
football and, since 1971, boys cross
country. Fraser has achieved a nearly
mythological status through his longevity, dedication and catchphrases.
“He can motivate you to do something you thought impossible in just
one word or a short phrase, like ‘Holy
Christmas’, his trademark ‘Geez’,
or ‘Catch up to him—he’s not that
much better than you!’” laughs cross
country runner Danny Mylott ’17.
Looking back on countless memories,
Fraser identifies a few that stand out:
“Spring break track trips to Florida
with Stretch (Frank Longstreth) were
always full of laughter and hard practices. On several of these adventures,
prior to the completion of Interstate
75, we’d stop in towns such as Berea,
Kentucky, where my beautiful wife
Molly would stand on the back of our
Chevy station wagon, doling out sandwiches and advice to anyone within
earshot,” he recalls. He adds, “Raising
a family with my lovely wife Molly at
my side and watching our two children
grow up on campus and ultimately
graduate from WRA was wonderful.”
Regarding his plans for next year,
Fraser says, “It is my intention to return to WRA for a couple of months
to coach the 2014 boys cross country
team. This will also allow me time
to clean out my house, where I have
resided for more than twenty years,
before heading off to South Carolina
for some golf and spending the winter months in the warmer climes of
and turning points in our lives.”
Mitch Pollock ’14 was chosen by his
peers to be the Commencement speaker. He will be attending Vanderbilt
University in the fall and plans to major in engineering. Pollock is most excited “to be on [his] own” and is “looking forward to proving [he] can handle
a little more freedom and independence!” However, regarding the end of
his time at WRA, Pollock admits, “I
am looking at graduation with a mix of
excitement and fear. I am very honored
to be selected to give the speech, and,
although it slightly terrifies me, I am
looking forward to saying goodbye in a
meaningful way.” At past WRA graduations, student speakers have analogized
their WRA careers to current songs, recalled freshman experiences and honored particularly influential teachers.
While preparing his speech, Pollock
mentioned, “My speech is not set in
stone, but the main idea that I want
to talk about is how Western Reserve
Academy has changed each of us seniors and how we must all make a conscious choice to accept that change and
finally become the people we’ve been
building over the past four years.” Pollock lastly promised that he would put
his heart and soul into writing and performing his Commencement speech.
Hasta Luego, Señor: A Reserve Legend Retires
Photo by Borrmann
the spectacular city of Lima, Peru
on the shores of the Pacific Ocean.”
Michael Curtin ’14, in his “This I
Believe” speech, satirically claimed to
have found the Fountain of Youth in
Fraser’s office, but Fraser insists that
the life lessons he has learned at WRA
apply to everyone. “This is not something that I invented, but rather has
been around for many, many centuries
and, in fact, was used as a motto by the
ancient Greek Philosophers, including Socrates and Aristotle: ‘Healthy
Mind, Healthy Body’. Nowadays,
most people are mainly concerned
with improving their intellect and forget about their bodies until they have
deteriorated beyond recognition. As
many people on campus are probably
aware, I walk everywhere; I work and
play hard; I try to live a balanced lifestyle; I usually get a proper amount of
sleep each night. To maintain a healthy
mind, one should also exercise the
body, difficult as that may be, on a regular basis. Most important is to have
a positive and optimistic outlook on
life and enjoy the many benefits and
friends that WRA has to offer. I have always cherished the friendships among
students, staff and colleagues alike.”
MAY 25, 2014 | VOL. C: NO. 6
The longest-running
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Hudson, Ohio
New Morgan
Leaders Named
by Alex Fellows ’14, Student Body
Vice President
Each year, an impressive pool of rising seniors applies to be chosen as a
Burton D. Morgan Leader. The previous group of Morgan Leaders selects
the next, attempting to form a collection of leaders that represents all aspects of life at Western Reserve Academy, including publications, arts and
athletics, to name a few. Throughout
each year, the Morgan Leaders meet
weekly to discuss leadership in high
school and beyond as well as different
ways the group can have an impact on
the school. The Morgan Leaders also
travel to a different city each year to
meet with Reserve alumni to consider
forms of leadership in varying types of
work. This year, we traveled to Boston
to meet with graduates ranging from
current college undergraduates to architects and novelists and learned the
meaning of leadership to them.
As per every year, the selection process for the following year’s Morgan
Leaders proved incredibly challenging.
The current Morgan Leaders sat in the
Chapel on a stormy afternoon for two
hours, slowly and painfully narrowing
down the large list of applicants, all
highly qualified. Eventually, the skies
cleared and the list narrowed down
to the final ten: Student Body President Trevor Levin, Student Body Vice
President MJ Lee, Catherine Berry,
Trevor Lin, Hannah McKenzie, Anna
McMurchy, Joey Mylott, Simon Ong,
Ryan Stifler and Nina Tekelenburg.
We are confident that this group of
students fully encompasses everything
WRA has to offer and are excited to see
what positive changes they will bring
to the next school year.
Photo by Borrmann
Next year's Burton D. Morgan Leaders,
chosen by this year's group, gather in front
of sun-flecked Seymour Hall.
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News
Reserve Record
May 25, 2014
Departing Faculty Members Share Memories, Advice
Mr. Edward Wiles
Music - 10 YEARS
Mr. Justin Zimmerman Mr. Michael Morris
DEAN OF S T U DEN T S - 8 Y E A RS
Photo by Zhang
by Jimmy Donaghy ’14
E n g l i s h - 3 Y E A RS
Photo by Xu
by Cat Berry ’15
Mr. Michael Boller
Mr. Andy Shu
adm i ssi ons - 2 YE AR S
l ang ua g e - 1 YE AR
Photo by Xu
by Morrisa Clayman ’16
Photo by Zhang
by Max Forsyth ’15
Photo by Xu
by Trevor Lin ’15
What have you learned at What have you learned at What are your plans for next What are your plans for next What have you learned at
WRA?
year?
WRA?
WRA?
year?
The more students stretch and
reach, the more they can do.
Each activity and discipline enhances the others. When you
teach a concept or a skill and
it is well learned at WRA it can
come back to you in really insightful and perceptive ways.
I have a greater understanding
about independent schools,
how they work, what doesn’t
work and how to connect with
students and parents. I look
forward to sharing what I have
learned in new ways at The
Linsly School.
Plans for next year?
Favorite activities?
After trekking the Himalayas
with Ms. Karam next month, I
plan to split my time between
my home in Hudson and learning to play the organ at Trinity
Lutheran Seminary in Columbus. I also plan to spend more
quality time with my mother,
who is an octogenarian and lives
there.
Freshman orientation. Sitdown lunch. Morning meeting. Walking out our front
porch and watching WRA
teams compete.
Favorite memory?
My favorite memories of Reserve
are watching the student body
trying their hand at swing dancing to the Reserve Jazz Project at
Dinner & Dancing and the Jazz
Festivals/Jazz Nights.
Thoughts or advice for remaining faculty and students?
Favorite memories?
Teaching biology and environmental science; coaching
hockey and lacrosse; working
with prefects; watching students have fun while learning;
traveling with Morgan Leaders; watching students become
excited about helping planet
Earth; traveling to the Czech
Republic with Mr. and Mrs.
Closen and the WRA hockey
team; and visiting the Salem
School in Germany.
Thoughts or advice for the
To steal from an exceptional remaining faculty and stu“This I Believe” speech this year, dents?
my advice to students and facEnjoy every day and keep life
ulty is: “Don’t worry about what
in perspective! As Stephen
others are capable of doing. Be
Covey said, “Be proactive, bethe best ‘Yu’ that you can be.”
gin with the end in mind, and
put first things first.”
We are headed to Dallas, and
to St. Mark’s School—a 1st
through 12th grade all-boys independent day school—where
I’ll be the Chair of the English
Department and a teacher of
English 10 and AP Language.
I am looking to do the same
things I did here, but closer to
where I grew up outside of New
York City. I might also give the
NFL a shot...
Favorite activity at WRA?
What are your favorite memo- Getting to know the students
outside of their academic and
ries at WRA?
extracurricular lives, taking
The WRA campus in the early tour guides’ Chipotle orders
morning, when Dawn’s rose- after open houses and sending
colored finger-tips stretch over thousands of emails to students
Seymour Hall and across Brick about being a class host.
Row and the sweeping lawn.
Donato’s pizza, Coca-Cola and Funniest memory?
chocolate-chip cookies with my Being treated like a current stuadvisory.
dent by visiting families on a
What will you miss most about
WRA?
I will most miss the many diligent, dedicated students—
smartly dressed in white and
green!
number of occasions. Spending
time with Grant MacPherson
’14 and Alex Shin ’13 in North
Hall. Having to ask Joey and
Patrick Mylott ’15, “Which one
are you?” when I saw them in
person every time.
What is your favorite memory
at WRA?
My favorite memories are of this
February’s Chinese New Year
Party and celebrating the MidFall Festival.
What is your funniest memory
at WRA?
The hilarious costumes at the
Halloween parade in Ellsworth.
Favorite activities?
Running Chinese Sentence Dictation Contests and Character
Contests during class.
Plans for next year?
What have you learned from Thoughts or advice for remainBringing what I learned at Westing faculty and students?
WRA?
ern Reserve Academy to another
The ultimate importance of ex- Don’t take the little things for school and proudly telling evcellence, integrity and compas- granted. They are what make eryone that I learned it at WRA!
your time at WRA so special.
sion.
After graduating, you will find Thoughts or advice for reThoughts or advice for the re- yourself looking back and miss- maining faculty and stumaining faculty and students? ing the things that most annoyed dents?
Take care of yourself. Set aside
Look and listen for lifelong you during your time here.
enough time to sleep—no matechoes of the words of the Alma
ter what test or project comes
Mater!
in the next week.
Note: Señor Jim Fraser’s departing words have been incorporated into the article on Page 1.
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Incoming Editors-In-Chief: Max Forsyth, Trevor Levin
Outgoing Managing Editor: Nate Lund
Outgoing Associate Editor: Alex
Wheaton
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Skonieczny
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Editorials
Final Words: Senior Editors Say Goodbye
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It’s Like Saying Goodbye to A Child
I still remember my first Reserve Record meeting. It was near the beginning
of my freshman year when I found
myself walking into Seymour room
110 at the end of the day to see what
this whole newspaper thing was about.
The next thing I remember is standing there, silent and terrified, as Emily
Clark (then the Editor in Chief ) asked
me, “So Mitch, what do you want to
write about?” What do I want to write
about? That’s not how it’s supposed to
be! I’m supposed to get assigned something, something no one but a freshman would want to do. But that’s not
how the Record worked back then, or
how it works now. That’s one of the
many reasons why I love it.
When I reflect on the past four years
of working on the paper, I can’t help but
wonder why I put in so many stressful
nights formatting, editing and hunting down writers. After all, I was not
interested in journalism when I began,
and I don’t see myself pursuing it in the
future. There are at least a dozen clubs
and organizations that I was a part of
at some point in my career at Western
Reserve Academy, but for some reason,
the Record is one of the few that I have
stuck with and committed to with passion. I know the reason, of course: the
staff. The Record gives me the unique
chance to work with many of my closest friends each month to create something together, entirely from scratch. I
get to watch the team combine their
ideas and creative thoughts and combine them into something beautiful.
From the first marks on the dry erase
board in the Record room to the last
open mailbox filled with a paper, every
issue is a thrill because of who I share
Abby Hermosilla
Editor-in-Chief
write and have become adept at writing them in less than an hour. I have
had a lot of coffee.
That is not to say, however, that it has
not been rewarding. Mitch and Abby
are my best friends, and the friendship
forged over this publication is strong
as ever. I’m a better person for the late
nights, the arguments and the compromises. Working on the Record has
awoken in me a passion for crosswords,
for journalism and for writing fiction.
My work on the Record has shaped my
friendships, my studies and my college
major. And so it pains me to leave behind something that has so profoundly
shaped the past four years of my life,
but I take solace that we leave it in
good hands. Good luck to next year’s
editors. I hope you will find it as fulfilling as I have.
It’s been good,
End of A Journey
the achievement with.
So to Emily Clark ’11, Peter Suwondo ’12, Ai Miller ’12, Dane Englehart
’12, Megan Barsella ’13 and, of course,
Sam “The Man” Clark ’13: thanks for
inspiring me to live up to your example. To the current staff: thanks for
making the 100th volume of the Record something to be proud of. Can’t
wait to read the 101st.
And to Abby go my deepest thanks.
You put up with all my laziness, crazy
ideas and rants. You were continually the reliable, hardworking Editor in
Chief, and the paper’s success this year
is a much larger part because of you
than of me. I have no qualms about
saying this, because the Record is special to you in a way that I’ve never seen
from anyone else. Anyway, thanks,
bud—I couldn’t have done it without
you. I’ll miss you, and I’ll miss you,
too, Reserve Record.
Stay classy,
Mitch Pollock ’14
Editor-in-Chief
My freshman year, a Wood House
prefect commissioned me to write a
filler article about WRA mixers. I’ll
discourage any readers from looking
up that article; my writing was dull,
my style lengthy and pompous. Even
so, I continued to write for a while.
Sophomore year, I began to seek the
company of my senior idol, Dane
Engelhart, in the Record room in the
evenings. Something changed then,
and the newspaper began to move to
the top of my priorities.
Junior year, my best friends and now
Editor-in-Chiefs became very involved
in the paper, and I followed their lead.
I began to write more eloquent articles,
and assumed Dane’s role as crossword
editor. Late nights in the Record room
sipping coffee, devising crossword clues
and maintaining our editors’ sanity became the norm for the three of us. The
paper was slowly becoming ours. And
though Dane did not hesitate to point
out how terrible my crosswords were,
they became a point of pride for me.
By the time the 2013 graduation issue was published, I had welcomed the
quaint newspaper into my life as the
dominating force of my Reserve experience.
Since then, the relationship has been
one of both love and hate. I became
Associate Editor, which I’ll admit involved little additional responsibility. To Dane’s relief, my crosswords
improved dramatically, but also grew
more time consuming than I could
have ever imagined. I can (barely) recall once working until 4:00 a.m. for
the sake of publishing on time. I have
shed some tears over this paper. I have
screamed over articles I did not want to
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So when I said I never expected this
as the outcome of my senior year as
EIC, I do not say it with regret. I say it
with utmost optimism for the future.
Trevor, Max and Kevin Yang ’15 will
lead the publication to sweet success.
But first, I must thank the Reserve Record, and WRA, for lending me the opportunity to grow as a person and to
surround myself with amazing people
whom I will never forget.
Thank you and farewell,
Alex Wheaton ’14
Associate Editor
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One Last Deadline
making things. I liked making things
for people to experience. I suppose it’s
a different kind of ‘art’, one involving
more reporting and ink than others,
yet it’s funny to say that it really influenced my college decision to attend
the Newhouse School. To think, if it
weren’t for Megan Barsella’s desperate
cries for me to write one plushy article
or take this one really awkward photo
of a senior boy I never met before, I
would have never striven to go into
communications.
But I guarantee you, the Record did
not only serve as the guiding light to
my possible career path. In fact, some
people said I was obsessed with the
Record. Others insisted I was addicted
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I’m not sure I’ll ever have to write
something as difficult as this article. I
honestly never pictured the day, this
day, in my high school career, where
I’m sitting in my dorm room, far away
from the Reserve Record room, praying
that Trevor Levin ’15 and Max Forsyth ’15 are not ripping each other’s
heads off while crafting the issue you
are reading at this very moment. No,
I never thought it’d be quite like this.
I wouldn’t deny that the Record defined my persona at WRA. I wouldn’t
go around the streets parading it, either. Yet, I figured out this one aspect
about myself through my time roasting
in front of InDesign, piecing each issue together. I found out I really liked
to the power and authority that came
along with my Co-Editor-in-Chief
(EIC) title. Mitch Pollock ’14, my fellow Co-EIC and one of my dearest
friends, simply responded to all of this
with a smug-faced laugh and a shrug
of the shoulders. I could always count
on Mitch to never dismiss my irrational attachment to the publication. I
think I can count the number of times
he’s called me ‘crazy’ on my right hand
only, which is impressive for any of my
friends or peers. And without him and
the ridiculous (yet, absolutely stunning) staff of editors, I don’t think I
could have loved this newspaper with
the same intensity, obsession, and integrity. So, thank you, guys.
I suppose this is how Sam Clark and
Megan felt one year ago today. Mitch,
Alex Wheaton and I were flailing over
the messy skeleton that was the 2013
Graduation Issue. And now it’s our
turn to watch the insanity of the juniors; we are grinning at the mishaps
and perseverance of the rising seniors,
but there’s a definite melancholy to
it all. I know Wheaton will insist on
creating next year’s crossword puzzles
from his nest at Case Western Reserve
University, and no doubt Mitch will
want to write a guest article with all the
knowledge he gathers from the South’s
very own Vanderbilt University. I just
hope I can stick around, too. It almost
feels like a piece of my brain and a
chunk of my heart are embedded along
the corners of the Reserve Record room.
Reserve Record
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May 25, 2014
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Centerfold
Reserve Record
NAME:
Alec Rhodes
G R E AT E S T M E M O RY AT W R A :
My favorite WRA memory
has to be winning the Baron
Cup with all of my fabulous teammates this year.
Adams, Linda Isabella
Alali, Noor
Andersson, Elisabeth Laura
Balko, Veronica Hope
Balli, Robert Alexander
Blanda, Joseph Michael
Brooks, Imani Nicole
Campana, Alex James
Carter, Anne Marilyn
Chalasani, Varun
Chan, Sheng
Chlebina, Spencer John
Chlebina, Taylor Marie
Chueh, Eric
Chung, Tiffany Kayoon
Cook, Justin Jason
Cunningham, Tricia Marie
Curtin, Michael Peter
Cusimano, Chloe Elizabeth
DeBolt, Faith Margaret McElroy
Depew, Jonathan Garrod
Donaghy, James William
Durr, Joseph Hunter
Ellis, Philip Carl
Fan, Ziyou
Fellows, Alexander Dean
Fetterman, Miranda Jill
Franquesa-Guivernau, Julia Nora
Gordon, Kelsey Lynne
Griffith, Abigail Lynn
Groves, Ashleigh Taylor
Harris, Camry Elizabeth
Head, Robert Eugene
Henkelmann, Angelle Christina
Hermosilla, Abby Lis
Jacobson, Frederich Andrews
Jehu-Appiah, Stanis Ato
Jiang, Xuanwen
Johnson, Bruce Frederick
Johnson, Davis James
Jordan, Akeyla Briana
Jung, Min Gyo
Kamara, Wade-Watta Christine
Kief, Carlyle Frances
Kilpatrick, Eleanor Marie
Kim, Min Soo
Kolar, Lauren Marie
Kuri, Samir Phillip
Lavanty, Julianne Marie
Li, Jing
NAME:
May 25, 2014
Charlie Pearlman
G R E AT E S T M E M O RY AT W R A :
NAME:
My favorite Reserve memories are of late nights working in the Record room.
Camry Harris
G R E AT E S T M E M O RY AT W R A :
One day, freshman year, it
was raining, and we decided to go out and mud
wrestle; it was a good idea.
Centerfold
May 25, 2014
NAME:
Hyun Min
G R E AT E S T M E M O RY AT W R A :
Combat Arms with quadmates, Risk with roommates.
Duke University
Parsons The New School for Design
New York University
Duquesne University
The Ohio State University
John Carroll University
Purdue University
The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University
Northeast Ohio Medical University
College of the Holy Cross
Drexel University
Drexel University
Case Western Reserve University
Switzerland
Cornell University
The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
University of Vermont
Bates College
Glasgow University
France
Elon University
The United Kingdom
American University
New York University
Emory University
Vassar College
Hiram College
Wesleyan University
University of Miami
The Ohio State University
Lake Forest College
University of Akron
Rhodes College
Syracuse University
Emory University
Roanoke College
Boston University
University of Kentucky
Indiana University
Indiana University
New York University
United States Naval Academy
United States of America
Texas Christian University
Case Western Reserve University
Note: The matriculation list presented here represents information that was available at press time.
Washington University in St. Louis
Pratt Institute
N A M E : Alex Fellows
Alex Campana
Miami University
G R E AT E S T M E M O RY AT W R A :
G R E AT E S T M E M O RY AT W R A :
Boston University
The day of last year’s Spring Academic Award
While there are so many
Ceremony, Selena Walsh ’14 and I walked
great memories of Reserve,
École hôtelière de Lausanne
The Class of 2014
Bids Farewell to Dear Old Reserve
into the Chapel early where Mr. Zimmerman
greeted us by shaking our hands and simply
saying, “President... Vice President.”
it is hard to beat our 20122013 undefeated soccer season.
NAME:
Reserve Record
Andrew Rizk
NAME:
G R E AT E S T M E M O RY AT W R A :
My time spent on the soccer field with Coach Haller
and the team.
Li, Shiqi
Lightcap, Morgan Bari
Liu, Yuelin
Lizarraga, Carlos Alfonso
Lund, Nathaniel Richard
Ma, David Haochuan
MacPherson, Donald Grant
Markwell, Robert Patrick
Max, Phoebe Grace
Mayer, Charles Frederick
McKenzie, John Taylor
Medicus, Amelia Helena
Min, Junghyun
Moon, In Se
Murray, Robert Grady
Nelsen, Rylee Dee
Nguyen, Tuong Gia
Nichols, Alena Lois
Nichols, Michael Luke
Nichols, Sophia Marie
Ogede, Diane Ochuole
Orr, Mackenzie Adams
Park, Min Young
Pearlman, Charles Louis
Petras, Monica Kathryn
Pham, Minh Khanh
Polak, McKenna Leigh
Pollock, Mitchell Gregory
Presley, Emma Louise Morgan
Raheja, Maansi
Raheja, Nishika
Rhodes, Alex Philipp Pierce
Rizk, Andrew
Sarac, Sibel Elif
Sathitloetsakun, Suphinya
Shah, Kathryn Masoom
Shim, Jae Min
Smith, Jabril Kamal
Son, Chei Yun
Sovich, Halle Marie
Squire, Amy Lara
Tang, Xiao
Trau, Griffin Hammond
VanBlarcum, Miles Edward
Walsh, Selena Marie
Wheaton, Alexander Scott
Wise, Maggie Armington
Yang, Mei
Yu, Ann Huai
Zhu, Harold
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Katie Shah
G R E AT E S T M E M O RY AT W R A :
Performing on the WRA
stage with people who
have become some of my
best friends.
Bentley University
The Ohio State University
Tufts University
Case Western Reserve University
Miami University
The Ohio State University
Denison University
Bellarmine University
Denison University
Miami University
Wake Forest University
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Johns Hopkins University
University of Chicago
Loyola University Maryland
New York University
The Ohio State University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Florida State University
University of Florida
Boston University
United Sates Naval Academy
Case Western Reserve University
American University of Paris
University of Vermont
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Roanoke College
Vanderbilt University
University of Colorado Boulder
John Carroll University
The Ohio State University
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
University of Sunderland
Miami University
Mount Holyoke College
George Washington University
University of Southern California
Howard University
Washington University in St. Louis
Emory University
College of William and Mary
The Ohio State University
University of Richmond
American University
Ohio University
Case Western Reserve University
Roanoke College
Fordham University
Cleveland Institute of Music
Washington University in St. Louis
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Additional Honors
Grade levels for these distinctions vary
Friendship Award
Michael Nichols ’14
John & Christine Breuker Prize
Morgan B. Lightcap '14
Turnbull Endeavor Award
Alex J. Campana '14
David S. Dennison, Jr. '36 Award (History)
Yuelin Liu '14
Anne Chapman Prize in History
Harold Zhu '14
History Writing Prizes
American History
First Place: Lauren Kolar '14
Second Place: Gabe Skora '15
Third Place: Amy Squire '14
World History
First Place: Chung-Hwa Suh '16
Second Place: Michael Nichols '14
Third Place: Lynn Yang '16
Army Reserve Scholar/Athlete
Award
John T. McKenzie '14
Maggie A. Wise '14
Class of 1974 Advancement Grant
Peter Thewissen '15
Rensselaer Medal Award
Irina Kopyeva '15
The University of Rochester Awards
Bausch & Lomb Science Award
Kevin Yang '15
Senior Prizes
May 25, 2014
The Bicknell Prize
Awarded to that senior who has exerted the greatest
influence in promoting school spirit, good manners
and morals, as well as honesty in the classroom and
leadership on the campus and athletic field.
John W. Hallowell Award
Harlan N. Wood Award
Recipient: Ann H. Yu
Recipient: Amy L. Squire
Keir V. Marticke Award
Angus M. Frew Award
Awarded to that senior who has significantly contributed to the intellectual or cultural life of the
school through creative ability in one or more fields
of interest.
Awarded to that junior or senior who best embodies
the Reserve experience and has earned the respect of
his/her peers and teachers for exception and “spark
and spunk.”
Recipient: Halle M. Sovich
Navy Appointments
Wade-Watta C. Kamara '14
Mackenzie A. Orr '14
National Merit Scholarship
Harold Zhu '14
ELISA Scholars (France)
Max Borrmann ’16
Jacqueline Chorazy ’16
Xingyu (Jake) Ha ’16
Rachel Morris ’16
Matt Waldeck ’16
Yichen Wang ’16
Recipient: Anne M. Carter
Recipient: Abby L. Hermosilla
Recipient: John T. McKenzie
Head of School Award
Head of School Award
Recipient: Alena L. Nichols
Recipient: Mitchell G. Pollock
Todd C. Weaver Award
Todd C. Weaver Award
Recipient: Michael L. Nichols
Recipient: Morgan B. Lightcap
Awarded to those seniors who display superb leadership, positive energy and selfless deportment.
Awarded to senior male and female prefects who
contribute to school life through model behavior
and support of school rules both stated and implied.
Recipient: Alexander D. Fellows
Peter L. Eberly Prize (Language)
Amy L. Squire '14
Awarded to a student for sportsmanship and athletic ability that most nearly reflect the ideals of
WRA.
Head of School Award
Awarded to those seniors who display superb leadership, positive energy and selfless deportment.
George Eastman Young Leaders
Award
Trevor Levin '15
English-Speaking Union Fellowhsips
(United Kingdom)
Faith M. DeBolt ’14
Philip C. Ellis ’14
Awarded to that senior whose work and accomplishments have been distinguished by exceptional effort and whose example has been of
great value to academic morale.
Head of School Award
Rachel C. Snider Spirit Award
Rollin W. Waite Award
in Mathematics
Harold Zhu '14
Awarded to that senior who has shown the greatest progress in moral, mental and physical development during his or her career at WRA.
Recipient: Selena M. Walsh
Recipient: Yuelin Liu
Frederick Douglas and Susan B.
Anthony Award
Anna McMurchy '15
Robert R. Stoll Mathmatics Prize
Min Young Park '14
The Robinson Prize
Awarded to a student for selfless deportment, concern for others and general good.
FACULTY AWARDS
Awarded to those seniors who display superb leadership, positive energy and selfless deportment.
Awarded to those seniors who display superb leadership, positive energy and selfless deportment.
Awarded to senior male and female prefects who
contribute to school life through model behavior
and support of school rules both stated and implied.
Phi Beta Kappa Award
Awarded to a senior in the top ten percent of
the class who “...contributes to the ‘intellectual
environment’ and participates in extracurricular
activities with emphasis on science, mathematics, [and] debate...”
Recipient: Mitchell G. Pollock
Class of 1950 Fellowship for Faculty Advancement
This award recognizes those masters who, by their personal and professional integrity, their commitment to their students, their enthusiasm for their profession and their service to the Academy,
have provided an example worthy of emulation. This year’s recipient is Christine Borrmann ’84.
Hallowell Sabbatical
This award, created by the WRA Board of Trustees in 1972 to honor former Headmaster John W.
Hallowell, was designed to benefit and broaden a faculty master through such pursuits as study,
research, writing, travel and related work outside one’s field and thereby to benefit the institution.
This year’s recipient is Jim Fraser.
Mickel Jones Fellowship for Summer Study
This award, named on behalf of Ray Mickel and Chandler Jones, past and storied members of the
Academy’s faculty, was first presented in 1995. Honoring two prominent and longstanding members of the Reserve faculty, this fellowship provides for advanced study in the recipient’s academic
discipline. This year’s recipient is Jeff Warner.
William Moos Jr. Travel Fellowship
This award, named for William Moos Jr., sponsors the travels of a faculty master in the interest of a
more worldly, knowledgeable and culturally aware Western Reserve Academy. This year’s recipient
is Jill Evans.
Junior Awards & Senior Superlatives
May 25, 2014
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The Franklin ’30 and Mary Barlow Award
recognizes Catherine Berry for her energetic
perseverance, positive dedication and commitment to her studies and for maximizing
the benefits afforded to her by Western Reserve Academy.
The Kenyon College Book Award is presented to Trevor Levin as a member of the
junior class who embodies the highest level
of intellectual engagement, creativity and
commitment to community that are central
to the liberal arts and sciences.
The University of St. Andrews, Scotland Book
Award is awarded to Peter Thewissen, an outstanding junior who has shown a commitment
to international engagement and understanding.
The Bryn Mawr Book Award honors Zoe
Leciejewski as a young woman in the junior
class who exhibits an intense intellectual commitment, a self-directed and purposeful vision
of her life and a desire to make a meaningful
contribution to the world.
The Middlebury College Book Award
honors Max Forsyth as an exceptional junior who has shown remarkable commitment to achievement in environmental
studies.
The Wellesley College Book Award honors
Anna Ballard as a junior girl who has contributed most to the life of the school through leadership and good citizenship while maintaining
high scholastic achievement.
The Dartmouth Book Award is presented to
YiHan Shen and acknowledges her as a member of the junior class who ranks in the top
10 percent of her class, demonstrates strong
character, has made a positive contribution to
the school community, excels in at least one
nonacademic area and is a candidate for entrance to a competitive college or university.
The Princeton Book Award is awarded to
Irina Kopyeva, the member of the junior
class who has achieved the highest record of
distinction with the five core academic disciplines: English, history, language, mathematics and science.
The Williams College Book Award honors
Hannah McKenzie as a junior in the top five
percent of the class who has demonstrated intellectual leadership and has made a significant
contribution to the extracurricular life of the
school.
The Corinne Van Dame Davis Award is
awarded to Simon Ong as a junior who has
demonstrated a strong commitment and dedication to the drama or public speaking programs at Western Reserve Academy.
The St. Lawrence University Book Prize
honors Ketty Nolan as a junior who has
displayed a significant commitment to community service.
The Yale College Book Award honors Patrick
Mylott, who through his persistence and effort
has set an example for his classmates in the totality of intellectual, athletic and extracurricular endeavors; the recipient embodies those elements of
determination and hard work that are so much a
part of one’s educational and life-long experience.
The Harvard University Book Award honors
Anna McMurchy as an outstanding junior
who combines excellence in scholarship with
achievement in other fields.
The Smith College Book Award honors
Alexandra Hubbel as a student who exemplifies the academic achievement, leadership
qualities and concern for others that characterize the thousands of women who have
graduated from Smith College.
The Alumni Association Scholarship Award
honors Gabe Skora as a junior in good academic
standing who is a positive all-around contributor to the junior class and by virtue of his presence on campus makes WRA a better school.
The Joel B. Hayden Award honors Joey
Mylott as the best all-around student in the
junior class, considering scholarship, student
activities and leadership.
The University of Pennsylvania Book
Award honors Kevin Yang as a student who
exemplifies the qualities and characteristics
of Benjamin Franklin—a scholar, innovator
and community servant—and is ranked in
the top five percent of the class. Yang also
receives the Kurdzeil Award for his outstanding commitment to and excellence in
instrumental music.
The Alumni Association Scholarship Award
honors Nina Tekelenburg as a junior in good
academic standing who is a positive all-around
contributor to the junior class and by virtue of
her presence on campus makes WRA a better
school.
MALE
Stanis Jehu-Appiah
FEMALE
Best Dressed
Noor Alali
Rob Head
Best Hair
Miranda Fetterman, Annie Carter*
Jack McKenzie
Best Smile
Selena Walsh
M.K. Kim, Hyun Min*
Ricky Mayer
Most Memorable Laugh
Best Eyes
Jelly Henkelmann
Halle Sovich
Grant MacPherson
Talks Most Says Least
Carly Kief
Mitch Pollock
Talks Least Says Most
Lily Liu
Jabril Smith
Alex Wheaton
Jimmy Donaghy
Biggest Flirt
Biggest Drama King/Queen
Best Accent
Tricia Cunningham
Emma Presley
Noor Alali
Mitch Pollock
Most Likely to Return to WRA as a Speaker
Katie Shah, Ann Yu*
Alec Rhodes
Most Likely to Return to WRA as a Teacher
Amy Squire, Selena Walsh*
Phil Ellis
Grant MacPherson
Cutest Couple
Class Clown
Camry Harris
Chloe Cusimano
Nate Lund
Most Visible Day Student
Tricia Cunningham
Samir Kuri
Least Visible Day Student
Julia Franquesa
Has Them All Fooled
Chei Yun Son
Alex Balli
Michael Nichols
Most Likely to Win a Nobel Peace Prize
Lily Liu
Robbie Markwell
Most Likely to be a Professional Athlete
Maggie Wise
Davis Johnson
Most Likely to Win a Grammy
Michael Nichols
Most Likely to Win an Oscar
Spencer Chlebina
Most Likely to be a Billionaire
Michael Nichols, Mitch Pollock
Alex Wheaton
Jabril Smith
Mitch Pollock
M.K. Kim
Alex Campana
These results were collected via an online survey distributed to the senior class. When the
results were within one vote, the runner-up
is indicated with an asterisk. A second name
without an asterisk represents a tie.
SENIOR SUPERLATIVES
Most Likely to be President
Most Likely to be a Mad Scientist
Next Reality TV Star
Working Hard
Hardly Working
Most Likely to be a Soccer Dad/Mom
Miles Van Blarcum
Tweetaholic
M.K. “Panda” Kim
Best Nickname
Miranda Fetterman, Ann Yu*
Miranda Fetterman
Tiffany Chung
Selena Walsh
Lily Liu, Linda Adams*
Emma Presley
Mary Moon, Lily Liu*
Carly Kief
Maggie Wise
Carly Kief
Angelle “Jelly” Henkelmann
Mitch Pollock
Most Likely to Write the Next Great American Novel
Amy Squire, Abby Hermosilla*
Griffin Trau
Most Likely to Get Hitched in the Next Five Years
Ashleigh Groves
Jonathan Depew
Most Likely to be Head of the FBI
Spencer Chlebina
Most Likely to be Wanted by the FBI
Imani Brooks
Emma Presley, Suzie Jiang
Alec Rhodes
Most Changed
Nishika Raheja
Spencer Chlebina, Griffin Trau
Least Changed
Miranda Fetterman, Rylee Nelsen*
maybe
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Sports
Reserve Record
May 25, 2014
SPRING ATHLETIC AWARDS
Gold Medal Winner
MVP ROBBIE MARKWELL
JACK Mc KENZIE
Baseball
MVP MA G G I E
Girls Lacrosse
Boys Lacrosse
MIP: Liam Sullivan ’16
The E. Michael House
Spirit Award:
Michael Curtin ’14
MVP: Joey Mylott ’15 and
Patrick Mylott ’15
MIP: Kyle Zenkewicz ’17
Spirit: Spencer Chlebina ’14
and Griffin Trau ’14
Offensive MVP: Robbie
Markwell ’14
Defensive MVP: Otto
Bohan ’16
MVP ROB HEAD
MIP: Ajay Dakappagari ’16
and Danny Mylott ’17
Coach’s Award: Max Borrmann ’16 and Colt Roe ’16
MVP: Rob Head ’14 and
Kendall Anderson ’16
Carl Basnett Award: Nate
Lund ’14
WISE
MIP: Julia Gasparre ’17
Spirit: McKenna Polak ’14
MVP: Maggie Wise ’14
Boys Track and Field
MVP A N N I E
C A RTE R
MVP
KE LSE Y GOR DON
Softball
MVP GR AN T
Mac P H E R SON
Boys Tennis
MIP: Sierra Gibbons ’16,
Darby Johnson ’15
Spirit: Anna McMurchy ’15
MVP: Kelsey Gordon ’14
MIP: Charlie Pearlman ’14
Spirit: Harold Zhu ’14
MVP: Grant MacPherson ’14
Girls Track and Field
Senior Three-Sport
Varsity Letter
Recipients
MIP: Irina Kopyeva ’15 and
Madison Clark-Bruno ’16
Spirit: Wade-Watta Kamara
’14, Cat Berry ’15, Sophie
Arzberger ’15
MVP: Annie Carter ’14
Carl Basnett Award: Tricia
Cunningham ’14
Alex Balli
Annie Carter
Rob Head
Lily Liu
Sophia Nichols
Alec Rhodes
Jabril Smith
Halle Sovich
Griffin Trau
Graduation Crossword
by Alex Wheaton ’14
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ACROSS
17 Seed in the making
1 Admitting a draft, maybe
18 Making a comeback
5 Sleeve’s end
20 Shaping history
52 Place 22
to Comedian’s
hibernateasset
9 Kitten noises
13 Graduating Van Blarcum
23 Barely
53 Reduced,
as amanage,
burdenwith “out”
15 Substance addict
24 Corn holder
Fawkesparker
16 Capital of Samoa 55 Infamous
25 Professional
57 Bear greeting?
60 Gender-specific pronoun
52
56
62
41 Should have said
44 Satan’s specialty
45 Make into tatters
47 Prime number’s homophone
48 Corned beef purveyor
49 Outgoing editor-in-chief
and thespian
50 Sonogram subject
52 Place to hibernate
53 Reduced, as a burden
55 Infamous Fawkes
57 Bear greeting?
60 Gender-specific pronoun
61 Troubled artist, outgoing
crossword editor
65 Cooperative or pleasant
68 Hit a golf ball
69 Cabbage salad
70 Canine’s curse
71 Former “return” key
72 Jekyll’s counterpart
73 Prom attendee
74 Put in the mail
DOWN
1 Famous cookies
2 Jazz jargon
68
3 59 down, once
4 Like Senor Fraser
71
5 Pattern in Simon Ong’s hair
6 Copyright concern
74
7 Green monster home
8 Weak or delicate
27 __ Lanka
9 Site of WRA basketball games
30 Maintain one’s credit score
10 Foil alternative
32 Purple flower
11 Slycountry
signal
Legendary cross
coach
36 Uncle Sam14
action
12 Appease, and a thirst
38 Pendulum 19
path Grave marker
14 Legendary cross country coach
39 Spanish friend
19aGrave
marker
Crosswise,
sailor
40 6th mth. of21
Jewish
calendar to
21 Crosswise, to a sailor
25 Left the premises
26 Like standardized tests
25 Left the premises
26 Like standardized tests
27 Apiary activity
28 Lines from the center
29 Malapropos
31 Prefix
33 Had an abode
34 Quick on one’s feet
35 Island School visitor
37 Conflict ender
42 Oft contracted word
43 Hard to chew, perhaps
46 Part of the lunar cycle
50 Weak, as an excuse
51 Upholstery fabric
54 Elevator environment
56 Knitter’s needs
57 Meat and potatoes dish
58 Optically offensive
59 Diploma holder
61 Detach from dependence
62 Shopper’s aid
63 Bakery appliance
64 Bookworm
66 Member of the flock
67 Civil war general
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