May 2012 - Western Reserve Academy

SPECIAL GRADUATION EDITION
Congratulations to the newly graduated
Western Reserve Academy Class of 2012!
WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY | MAY 2012 | VOL. XCVIII : NO. 6
Departing Faculty Interviews
Musings, memories and more from
favorite faculty members
College Matriculation
Where seniors will continue their
studies next year
Senior Superlatives
Most likely to win an Oscar? Most likely
to be wanted by the FBI?
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Pair of WRA legends retire after four
decades of service to the Academy
Lee Blankenship concludes
41 years at WRA
by Marc Rauckhorst ’12
Portraits of Lee Blankenship (left) and Marie Fiedler (right) by Diane Farr.
WRA celebrates Marie
Fiedler’s 40 years with the
Academy
by Peter Suwondo ’12
With the conclusion of the 20112012 academic year, chemistry
teacher and field hockey coach Marie Fiedler brought a storied fortyyear career at Western Reserve
Academy to a close. WRA commemorated her influential tenure
at the school during the Academic
Awards Ceremony on May 16. Head
of School Christopher Burner ’80
presented a slideshow of photos
documenting Fiedler’s teaching
and coaching careers, and faculty
member and Assistant Director
of College Counseling Patrick
Smith shared experiences from his
twenty-eight years spent teaching
alongside Fiedler in WRA’s Science
Department.
Photos by Doe
“Marie has taught many generations many valuable lessons,” Smith
said. His comments paid particular
attention to Fiedler’s fierce support of young women throughout
the passage of Title IX legislation
and WRA’s transition to a co-educational teaching environment in
1973. Smith called Fiedler a pioneer
and “a standard bearer when few are
brave enough to carry the flag.”
Students from both ends of
Fiedler’s teaching career offered
their thanks to the retiring faculty
member and shared anecdotes illuminating her influence in the classroom and on the athletic field. Sarah
Burnham-Malinowski ’74, one of
Fiedler’s first students at WRA
and one of the school’s first young
women to be admitted, recalled,
“[Fiedler] pulled the best performances out of me. She expected me
to lead by example... never doubting
that I could do it.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Commencement and Senior Celebration
speakers reflect on past four years
by Max Rosenwasser ’13
and Megan Barsella ’13
After four memorable years at Western Reserve Academy, the Class of
2012 has graduated and is embarking
on its journey to college. Culminating
this adventure at WRA and sending them on their way, three speakers delivered words of wisdom this
weekend at Senior Celebration and
Commencement: Daniel Crowder
’12 at Senior Celebration, and Eric
Rauckhorst ’12 and John Hewko ’75 at
Commencement.
Hewko currently acts as Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer and General Secretary
of Rotary International, a foundation
that strives to promote service and
charity worldwide. A graduate of
Hamilton College, he went on to earn
degrees from Oxford University and
Harvard Law School before becoming involved in the international law
firm of Baker & McKenzie and, later,
the U.S. government agency known as
Millennium Challenge Corporation.
His fluency in six different languages
has allowed him to work in Argentina, Brazil, Russia and Ukraine, doing
everything from drafting national
Some names seem almost synonymous with Western Reserve Academy. When one meets an alumnus
on the street, there is a small number
of faculty they are almost certain to
ask about. Lee “Blanky” Blankenship
is among that number. The 20112012 school year brings an end to his
storied career as a teacher, coach and
mentor. Blankenship was honored
at the Academic Awards Ceremony
on May 16 both with words from
current Head of School Christopher
Burner ‘80 and with the unveiling of
a new faculty portrait commemorating his time at WRA.
The ceremony included a slideshow of pictures from throughout
Blankenship’s career at WRA, starting with his arrival at the school
with his wife and son David in 1971,
a full year before the school admitted female students. He arrived
with only a single year of teaching experience at Berkshire High
School in Burton, Ohio. Blankenship
originally taught a “Manual Arts”
class that combined woodworking,
drafting and metal working. Blankenship says that his classes have
“evolved constantly” and that over
the years he has focused on giving
students “just a taste” of the field he
constitutions to negotiating foreign
aid.
Crowder has attended WRA since
his freshman year and believes that
“these last four years have lent more
to [his] life than the previous fifteen.”
In his speech, however, he chose
to emphasize that despite all this
change, “some things will always stay
the same.” Crowder was originally
shocked to be chosen and almost hesitant to accept his classmates’ nomination, but he hoped to “honor their
request by giving a memorable and
maybe humorous speech.” No doubt,
his various roles in school plays, including his portrayal of Henry Drummond in last year’s “Inherit the Wind,”
and duty as senior class co-president
prepared him well.
or she is working in. He says that he
is always proud when one of his former students becomes an architect,
engineer, carpenter or gets involved
in any technical field.
Blankenship has also had a large
impact on the athletics program
here at WRA. Not only has he
served as varsity wrestling coach,
football line coach and softball
coach; he also served as Athletic
Director from 1991-1997. His career
as a wrestling coach began in 1970,
during his year at Berkshire High
School—the same year that wrestling began at WRA. He says that he
“learned through the years,” picking
up advice from fellow coaches, student athletes, books, films and any
number of other sources. Over the
last 41 years, he has sent numerous
wrestlers to national tournaments
and was recently recognized for his
contributions to the WRA wrestling
program at the dedication of the
“Wortendyke Wrestling Room, In
Honor of Blankie, Flash ‘80 & Mac.”
He originally gained the position of
Athletic Director through a casual
conversation with Henry “Skip”
Flanagan after his predecessor left
to pursue an endeavor in summer
football.
During this time the woodshop
fell silent, and the manual arts curriculum was cut from the academic
program.
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Rauckhorst, also a four-year senior,
is known for his valuable contributions to the WRA community
through his role as a Morgan Leader
and co-chair of the Honor Council.
Rauckhorst remarked that he was
“grateful to have been chosen” but was
nervous to fulfill the expectations
of his peers. Rauckhorst said he had
“totally forgotten” about the possibility of speaking at Commencement
but was “pleasantly surprised” that his
class nominated him. His speech reflected his belief that “Reserve was an
experience that each one of us made
our own.” He also hoped to convey,
through his speech, the well known
quotation “life’s an attitude, have a
good one,” as is written on his senior
page in the yearbook.
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From left: Alex Eliopoulos ’12, Marie Fiedler, Julia Ferguson ’12 and Allison
Forhan ’12 pose in front of Fiedler’s portrait after the May 25 ceremony.
Fiedler
(continued from page 1)
Alex Eliopoulos ’12, one of Fiedler’s
recently graduated advisees and
a captain of the 2011 field hockey
team, cited a similarly impactful
influence. “There were a few times
throughout my four years with her
as my advisor when I came to her in
tears,” Eliopoulos said. “She always
Observing this, Blankenship felt
a “call to the classroom” and soon
returned to his position in the arts
department, overseeing the relocation of the shop from Wilson Hall
to its current home behind the
Metcalf Center.
Though Blankenship is retiring as
a full-time faculty member, he will
stay around campus next year to
truly capable of until you tell them.”
Fiedler stated that her most successful students were always those who
took ownership of their education.
She advised future students, “Make
your education your own. Look at it
as an opportunity and don’t be afraid
to fail.”
Fiedler began her teaching career
with the Los Angeles City School
District in 1962. She first started
teaching at WRA in 1972 after moving back to Ohio and spending eight
years on the Kent State University
Laboratory School faculty. When
asked about what she will miss most
about WRA, Fiedler cited the busy,
active lifestyle of “a school with the
kind of students who make teaching challenging and interesting.” She
also pointed to the many memorable
trips around the world she has taken
with students, including two trips
to Africa and the Galapagos Islands,
and visits to Costa Rica, Spain, England and other destinations.
Fiedler plans to spend much of her
retirement continuing her travels
and visiting places she has never
before had the time to explore. Her
likely destinations include Australia,
parts of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia and the Inside Passage of
Alaska. In between these excursions,
Fiedler plans to spend time visiting
family and volunteering. A portrait
of Fielder painted by Diane Farr and
unveiled at the Academic Awards
ceremony will take up residence in
Ellsworth Hall next year.
MARIE FIEDLER by Ji Hoo Woo ’13
Photos by Doe
Blankenship
(continued from page 1)
told me, ‘Suck it up—life is always
going to be tough.’ It was always the
reality check I needed to get back on
track. Without a doubt, she made me
a stronger person.”
Fiedler identified this mentality
as part of a larger teaching philosophy. She explained, “I don’t accept
when people say, ‘I can’t do that.’
Yes, they can. Why not? Sometimes
people don’t know what they’re
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teach several classes of Engineering Drawing and Woodworking,
in addition to an ECHO Module on
architecture. He plans to take up
watercolors again, refurbish the
1959 Mercedes 190SL in his shed
and attend plenty of his grandchildren’s ballgames.
From left: Marc Rauckhorst ’12, Lee
Blankenship, and Sam Pratt ’12 following the Wortendyke Wrestling Room
dedication ceremony
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Editorials
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Senior editing staff members say goodbye
Pushing deadlines
by Peter Suwondo ’12
editor-in-chief
It’s two in the morning, and it’s
been another late night of work on
the “Record.” I can hardly believe
that four years have gone by since Ai
Miller and I first started seeing our
names on the masthead—back then
as staff writers. On a night not unlike this during our freshman year,
we sat on the floor of Ellsworth
3rd and worked on the class of 2009
graduation issue. Passing a laptop
back and forth and allowing an
industrial-sized bottle of cranberry
juice to fuel our creative endeavors,
we worked into the wee hours of the
morning on a difficult assignment
concerning graduation speakers.
Frustration eventually got the better of us, and when our immediate
superiors proved unreachable, we
decided to forward our concerns all
the way to the top. A tense phonecall
From one family to another
by Ai Miller ’12
editor-in-chief
four years, friendships have been
forged and forgotten. Lovers have
been won and lost. Lives have been
made and unmade. But boy, those
four years went fast.
Now, as we sing our sweet goodbyes to dear old Reserve, we stand
four years older, taller and perhaps
more foolish. Another four years lie
ahead.
And so we go—forward into
the unknown, backward into our
memories, bearing the past four
years with us into the next, and yes,
always pushing deadlines.
on another essay I’ve been simultaneously procrastinating on, had a
liter and a half of water, consumed
a Frosty from Wendy’s, and clicked
through various tabs on my browser
multiple times. I spent a lot of time
racking my brains for some piece of
wisdom to pass on to you, but nothing stood out as particularly brilliant
or shining.
Then I went to eat lunch and
looked around my regular lunch
table—The Table, as we fondly
call it—and met up with friends. In
between talking excitedly about
our current interests and the other
minutia of our lives, I was suddenly
struck by how much I enjoyed their
presence, and for the brief moment
I allowed it to happen, a flicker of
I’m going to miss these people passed
through my mind. Just now, I spent
ten minutes looking back at the
photographic evidence of my meeting with the Founding Fathers (it’s a
long story) surrounded by the people
I consider family—a day I consider
to be among the best of my entire
life. And then, sucked into a horrible
nostalgia trip, I think of the many
families I’ve made in my four years
here at Western Reserve Academy.
There’s The Table, yes, but there’s
also my family dinner table, the mini
versions of ‘families’ I create with
my classmates in our shared classes,
and, yes, my Record family. There
have been ups and downs and we’ve
fought and pulled long, long nights
together (mostly that’s the Record)
and said “I love you” (or, as Mr. Rogers would say, “143”).
One of the things that my time
here at Reserve has taught me is that
I’m a pack-builder: I find people and
make them into weird families. And
it has been those weird families that
have made my time at this school so
amazing. Where would I be without
sit-down dinners with Ms. Karam
and Mr. Wiles; sit-down lunches
with my advisory; late nights and
entire Sundays up in the history
wing, faculty members trickling in
and out of the office. Where would
I be without my siblings, comradesin-arms and kids I consider my
children, laughing at every meal,
watching movies with no sound in
KFAC, and walking to school every
day together. When we part ways
every morning, no matter where we
are or what direction we’re heading for our classes, I take in a deep
breath and shout “BYE GUYS, I
LOVE YOU, HAVE A GOOD DAY,
MAKE GOOD CHOICES!” So those
are my nuggets of wisdom for you,
paternalistic pieces of my experience
here: good-bye, Reserve, I love you,
have a good day if you can, and make
good choices.
erable “Reserve Record,” the “oldest running newspaper in historic
Hudson, Ohio,” is one of the greatest
traditions at a school that has always
prided itself on tradition. The ability
to pull down one of the old hard-
bound folios and page through the
news of yesteryear, see the names
of kids who haven’t walked these
“fair halls” in what must seem like
eons, is heartwarming—the ability
to be the courier of that information for future generations is truly
awe-inspiring. To know that one
day some group of bored kids might
page through our own folio, see the
news and changes in our time that
may one day become the traditions
of their time, makes me think it was
all worth it.
That being said, that folio was the
result of more writing, more emails,
more interviews, than anyone outside the Record staff will ever know.
We’ve spent late nights editing and
skyping, opened dozens of docu-
ments lacking the coveted WBK seal
of approval, traveled to New York
City (that part was fun). I’ve learned
more from editing and writing for
the Record, and especially from
my fellow editors, than from any
English teacher or book. Watching
Peter adjust the width of a single
line for twenty minutes, or listening to Ai reminding me about some
piece of grammar that I’d otherwise
ignore, or Dane and his ridiculous
crosswords. And I could never forget
Mr. Klyce and his Oxford Commas.
I’ll treasure my time working on
the Record like few other memories
here at Reserve. So why did I join the
Record? Well, let me ask you: why
didn’t you?
photo by Suwondo
True to form, I will openly admit to composing this letter at the
last second. This is true of most of
the articles I have written in my
four years as a staff member of the
“Reserve Record.” In fact, I have a
distinct memory of leaning over a
notebook with Peter in the common
room of Ellsworth Third, the night
before our article on commencement speakers was due at the end
of our freshman year. I looked up at
Peter, squinted and said “What is a
commencement speaker?” “I have no
idea,” Peter said back.
It might surprise people to know
I’m a procrastinator. I don’t know
why, but I can successfully avoid
doing work just as well as the rest of
them. While writing this, I successfully completed a Skype call, worked
Flipping through the folio
by Marc Rauckhorst ’12
managing editor
I’ve been asked in the past why I
decided to join the Record. The ven-
photo by Barsella
with the editors-in-chief ensued. “So
what exactly is ‘commencement?’”
we asked.
I guess we’d really been pushing
our deadline. Some things never
change.
Four years later, we’re signing off
on the last issue of the paper to bear
our mark. Our names are paired
with different titles on the masthead, though over the past several
years we’ve probably gone through
them all. We still push deadlines.
We still make enough eleventhhour phone calls to make any faculty
advisor sweat. And we still ask some
of the same questions we did four
years ago. What is commencement?
What’s next? Where did the past
four years even go?
Four years is a long time. An eternity, in fact. Four years represents a
quarter of the lives most of us have
lived so far—a quarter of the memories, experiences, and relationships
we’ve ever known. Over the past
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NAME:
Aylin Sarac
NAME:
G R E AT E ST M E M O RY AT W R A :
My favorite memory is my freshman year Algebra I class, with
Mr. Campbell’s music in the background and all the other kids in
the class.
Anderson, Chevonne Anika
Androulakakis, Maria
Arena, Shane Anthony
Bae, Sang-Young
Bahn, Jeong Hyun
Bettendorf, Genevieve Marie
Brady, Eric Vincent
Brown, Caleb Austin
Buehler, Brian John
Cain, Nathaniel Edward
Croasdaile, David Robb
Crowder, Daniel Clay
Cutchin, Elizabeth Rose
Deeter, Jonathan Evan
Deighan, Elena Marie
Dempsey, Shauna Nicole
Denning, Kurt Patrick
Depew, Caroline Gilmore
Dierl, Aleksander Philip
Dietrich, Andrew Phillip
Ederer, Grant Alan
Eliopoulos, Alexandra Leigh
Englehart, Dane Matthew
Fang, Zheng
Farr, Jonathan Kasper
Fausnight, Alex David
Ferguson, Julia Burke
Fetterman, Douglas Alexander
Forhan, Allison Lee
Foster, Andrew James
Gibbons, Dallas Michael
Graham, Kristina Ann
Gulasey, Michael John
Hill, David Joshua
Hoover, Maxwell Christopher
Horgan, Emma Loomis
Hu, Yijue
Hulsey, Nathan Edward
Hulver, Ann Marie
Hylant, Nicholas Ross
Johnson, Lindsey
Jung, KyuSan
Kalis, Emily Hileman
Keane, Ronan Laurence
Koykka, Matias Mikael
Kwon, Soo Bin
Leonard, Emma Elizabeth
NAME:
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G R E AT E ST M E M O RY AT W R A :
Taking music theory and music history classes with Mr. Wiles.
NAME:
G R E AT E ST M E M O RY AT W R A :
Mid-winter break ski trips at the
Dietrichs’ with Eric, Nolan, Robb,
Marc and Grant.
University of Akron
The Ohio State University
United States Naval Academy
New York University
New York University
Rhodes College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
University of Akron
Furman University
Goucher College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
University of Akron
Colorado State University
Connecticut College
Walsh Univeristy
The Catholic University of America
University of Akron
Bates College
University of Pittsburgh
Sewanee: The University of the South
Pratt Institute
Bates College
Amherst College
Brandeis University
Carnegie Mellon University
Walsh University
Hamilton College
Rhodes College
Dickinson College
Goucher College
Wabash College
Miami University
Fairfield University
Case Western Reserve University
University of Vermont
Sewanee: The University of the South
Emory University
Northeastern University
Northeastern University
Indiana University at Bloomington
University of Michigan
University of Illinois
Wake Forest University
Washington University in St. Louis
Unknown
Colgate University
University of Richmond
Soo Bin Kwon
Mihir Shah
NAME:
Emily Kalis
G R E AT E ST M E M O RY AT W R A :
One of my favorite Reserve
memories has to be the freshman
year field hockey dance. It was
that point when I realized that
my freshman year was going to be
crazy and unpredictable.
WHERE IN THE WORLD
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United States of America
The United Kingdom
Korean Peninsula
Note: The matriculation list presented here represents information that was available at press time.
Krista Sandercock
G R E AT E ST M E M O RY AT W R A :
Carrot dorm feeds on Ellsworth
Second. We loved eating healthy food!
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Rachel Silver
G R E AT E ST M E M O RY AT W R A :
When I first met Katherine, I
literally jumped on her because
I thought she was Kalis, whom I
had gotten close with over preseason freshman year. I will never
forget the look Kat gave me when
she turned around! I am still best
friends with them!
NAME:
Grant Ederer
G R E AT E ST M E M O RY AT W R A :
My favorite memory of Reserve every year is powderpuff.
Though it may not be quite fair
that the seniors win every year,
it’s always fun to go out to the
turf and support your class.
Mbanugo, Tochi Collin
McBrier, Eleanor Grace
McMurchy, Erik Michael
Mehta, Monica Paresh
Miller, Ai J.
Min, Se Hee
Murray, Alyssa Brooke
Nelson, Rachel Antoinette
Nolan, Michael Patrick
Norton, Taylor Patrick
O’Shea, Eamonn Cormac
Odling, Joanna
Pallotta, Michael Anthony
Park, Jun Sung
Park, Kwang Eun
Pratt, Samuel Thomas
Rabe, Amanda Emily
Rauckhorst, Eric Wynn
Rauckhorst, Marc Wynn
Receveur, David Lucas
Richardson, Richard Blanchard
Rolen, James Alexander
Saltzman, Alexa Lily
Sandercock, Krista Michelle
Sarac, Aylin Defne
Shah, Mihir Bharat
Shah, Ramya Rajat
Shen, Tianjian
Shramowiat-Davis, Evan Michael
Silver, Rachel Alana
Sooksomstarn, Natapat
Spitzer, Alexander Jonathan
Spring, Alexander Baker
Suh, Ryan
Suwondo, Peter Emanuel
Tien, Hsin
Usip, Kufre Etefia
Verma, Moushami
Wang, Albert Jening
Wells, Inga Louise
Widowski, Nash Matthew
Wieser, John Patrick
Winford, Katherine Elizabeth
Wirtz, Nathan Philip
Yu, Yue
Zhang, Yifan
Zockoll, Zachary James
NAME:
Michael Pallotta
G R E AT E ST M E M O RY AT W R A :
Saturday night LAN parties with
Rinker and Belfance.
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Julia Ferguson
G R E AT E ST M E M O RY AT W R A :
Sitting on the roof of the baseball dugouts
with Gen, Grant and Ellie one night with
only one blanket for all of us, and enjoying late check-in for the first time. Epitome of seniority, sitting above, looking
down on campus, while reminiscing about
our long years here.
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
The Ohio State University
Northwestern University
Knox College
University of Pennsylvania
Wesleyan University
The Ohio State University
Colgate University
College of Wooster
Franklin and Marshall College
University of Nottingham
Case Western Reserve University
New York University
Korea Adv. Inst. of Science and Tech.
Bucknell University
Smith College
Boston College
Texas A&M University
Butler University
Marist College
College of Wooster
University of Texas, Austin
Cornell University
Northeast Ohio Medical University
New York University
Miami University
Washington University in St. Louis
UC Santa Barbara
American University
Norwich University
University of Vermont
Bucknell University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yale University
University of Richmond
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Harvard University
Washington and Lee University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Washington University in St. Louis
Tulane University
Allegheny College
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Rochester
Miami University
NAME:
Daniel Crowder
G R E AT E ST M E M O RY AT W R A :
Living in Wood House. Whether
terrorizing the prefects, fighting with
Brian Buehler over control of the fan
in our room or listening to Mr. Doe
instruct us on proper ettiqute for fire
drills, I enjoyed every second in that
dormitory.
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Ad d i t i o n a l Ho n o r s
Grade levels for these distinctions vary
John & Christine Breuker Prize
Chevonne A. Anderson ’12
Friendship Award
Emma E. Leonard ’12
Senior Prizes
May 29, 2011
The Bicknell Prize
The Robinson 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.
Awarded to that senior who has shown the
greatest progress in moral, mental and physical
development during his/her career at WRA.
Recipient: Genevieve M. Bettendorf
Recipient: Eric W. Rauckhorst
John W. Hallowell Award
Harlan N. Wood Award
Turnbull Endeavor Award
Caroline G. Depew ’12
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.
David S. Dennison, Jr. ’36 Award
Monica P. Mehta ’12
Recipient: Albert J. Wang
Recipient: Peter E. Suwondo
Keir V. Marticke Award
Angus M. Frew Award
Anne Chapman Prize in History
Ai J. Miller ’12
Anonymous Donor
History Writing Prizes
American History
First Place: Ai J. Miller ’12
Second Place: Monica P. Mehta ’12
Third Place: Marc W. Rauckhorst ’12
World History
First Place: Amy L. Squire ’14
Second Place: Amelia H. Medicus ’14
Third Place: Philip C. Ellis ’14 and
Lauren M. Kolar ’14
Army Reserve Scholar/Athlete
Award
Jonathan E. Deeter ’12
Alexandra L. Eliopoulos ’12
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.”
Awarded to those seniors who display superb
leadership, positive energy and selfless deportment.
Recipient: Jonathan E. Deeter
Recipient: Grant A. Ederer
Head of School Award
Head of School Award
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.
Recipient: Dane M. Engelhart
Recipient: Julia B. Ferguson
Recipient: Emily H. Kalis
Military Appointment
Shane A. Arena ’12 (Navy)
Head of School Award
Awarded to those seniors who display superb leadership, positive energy and selfless deportment.
Best of the Class
News Channel 5 Award
Monica P. Mehta ’12
Albert J. Wang ’12
Eastman Award
John R. McKinzie ’13
Recipient: Allison L. Forhan
Head of School Award
Head of School Award
Class of 1974 Advancement Grant
Abby L. Hermosilla-Rivera ’14
MinJae Kwon ’13
Awarded to a student for sportsmanship and
athletic ability that most nearly reflect the ideals of WRA.
Recipient: Inga L. Wells
Bausch & Lomb Award
Nicholas Sovich ‘13
Burton D. Morgan
Leadership Scholars 2012-2013
Harmehar S. Bains ’13
Audrey E. Brown ’13
Margaret G. Graves ’13
Matthew T. Hard ’13
Mitesh P. Mehta ’13
Tatiana E. Pavloff ’13
Max Rosenwasser ’13
Robert J. Stephens ’13
Nicole A. F. Waldeck ’13
Margot M. Warner ’13
Lindsey M. Wirtz ’13
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
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.
Recipient: Soo Bin Kwon
Head of School Award
Head of School Award
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.
Recipient: Monica P. Mehta
Recipient: Ai J. Miller
Head of School Award
Rachel C. Snider Spirit Award
Recipient: Marc W. Rauckhorst
Recipient: Hsin Tien
Todd C. Weaver Award
Todd C. Weaver Award
Recipient: Brian J. Buehler
Recipient: Krista M. Sandercock
Awarded to those seniors who display superb leadership, positive energy and selfless deportment.
Awarded to a student for selfless deportment,
concern for others and general good.
Awarded to senior male and female prefects who
contribute to school life through model behavior and support of school rules both stated and
implied.
Awarded to senior male and female prefects
who contribute to school life through model
behavior and support of school rules both stated
and implied.
FACULTY AWARDS
Robert R. Stoll Mathmatics Prize
Yue Yu ’12
Rollin W. Waite Award
in Mathmatics
Jonathan K. Farr ’12
J. Ward and Marian Keener Prize
Bob Weiss Award
Awarded to faculty who have served at least one year,
but no more than three years, and who have mastered, in the view of the Head of School, excellence in
teaching and committment to school life and overall
learning. This year’s recipients are Joel C. Preston
and Jennifer M. Rinehart.
Presented to a faculty master at Western Reserve
Academy whose dedication, academic integrity
and support of student interest in the arts, athletics and what might be termed “real life” carries on
the tradition established by Bob Weiss. This year’s
recipient is Julie A. Pratt.
Junior Awards and Senior Superlatives
May 27, 2012
Reserve Record
The Franklin ’30 and Mary Barlow
Award recognizes Megan Barsella for her
energetic perseverance, positive dedication and commitment to her studies and for
maximizing the benefits afforded to her by
Reserve.
The Kurdziel Award for Excellence in
Music is awarded to Nicole Waldeck for
her outstanding commitment to and excellence in instrumental music.
The University of St. Andrews, Scotland,
Book Award is awarded to Jacob Hutner,
an outstanding junior who has shown a commitment to international engagement and
understanding.
The Bryn Mawr Book Award honors
Irene Li 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 Andrea DiBiase as an exceptional
junior who has shown remarkable commitment to achievement in environmental
studies.
The Wellesley College Book Award honors
Audrey Brown 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 Kathryn Babbin 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 Nicholas Sovich, 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
Max Rosenwasser 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 John Waldon 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 Marguerite Fall as a junior
who has displayed a significant commitment to community service.
The Yale College Book Award honors Bob
Wen, 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 Ji Hoo Woo as an outstanding junior
who combines excellence in scholarship with
achievement in other fields.
The Smith College Book Award honors
Rebecca Cartellone 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 Matthew Hard as a junior in
good academic standing, who is a positive allaround contributor to the junior class, and by
virtue of his presence on campus makes WRA a
better school.
The Joel B. Hayden Award honors Max
Rosenwasser as the best all-around student
in the junior class, considering scholarship,
student activities and leadership.
The Trinity College Award honors Robert Stephens as a student who represents
the ideals of integrity, honesty and selfless
deportment.
The Alumni Association Scholarship
Award honors Lindsey Wirtz as a junior in
good academic standing, who is a positive allaround contributor to the junior class, and by
virtue of her presence on campus makes WRA a
better school.
The Kenyon College Award is presented to
Margaret Graves 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 Pennsylvania Book
Award honors Mitesh Mehta 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.
The Rensselaer Medal is an academic award
presented to Ji Hoo Woo by selection of the
Math Department.
MALE
AJ Spitzer and Jun Sung Park*
SENIOR SUPERLATIVES
Best Dressed
FEMALE
Aylin Sarac and Jeong Bahn*
Nick Hylant
Best Hair
Alex Eliopoulos
Eric Brady
Best Smile
Caroline Depew
Alex Fausnight
Marc Rauckhorst
Most Memorable Laugh
Best Eyes
Allison Forhan and Katherine Winford
Allison Forhan
Dan Crowder, Kurt Denning, Alex Fausnight*, Nathan Hulsey*
Talks Most Says Least
Emi Rabe
AJ Spitzer
Talks Least Says Most
Inga Wells
Aleks Dierl
Dan Crowder
Julia Ferguson and Ellie Cutchin*
Aylin Sarac
Best Accent
Joanna Odling
Eric Rauckhorst
Most Likely to Return to WRA as a Speaker
Monica Mehta
Brian Buehler
Most Likely to Return to WRA as a Teacher
Gen Bettendorf
Cutest Couple
Alex Eliopoulos
Matias Koykka
Eric Rauckhorst
Alex Fausnight
Class Clown
Eric Rauckhorst
Most Visible Day Student
Allison Forhan
David Hill
Least Visible Day Student
Alyssa Murray and Elena Deighan*
Rachel Silver
Has Them All Fooled
Inga Wells
Peter Suwondo
Most Likely to Win a Nobel Peace Prize
Inga Wells
Alex Spring
Most Likely to be a Professional Athlete
Allison Forhan and Caroline Depew*
Albert Wang
Most Likely to Win a Grammy
Dane Engelhart and AJ Spitzer
Marc Rauckhorst
Albert Wang
Eric Rauckhorst
Alex Fausnight and Aleks Dierl*
Most Likely to Win an Oscar
Most Likely to be a Billionaire
Emma Leonard and Alyssa Murray
Inga Wells
Monica Mehta
Most Likely to be President
Inga Wells
Next Reality TV Star
Aylin Sarac
Working Hard
Monica Mehta
Aleks Dierl
Hardly Working
Elena Deighan
Marc Rauckhorst
Caffeine Addict
Aylin Sarac
Tweetaholic
Aylin Sarac
Peter Suwondo
Alex Fausnight
Jonathan “JFarr” Farr
Dane Engelhart and Mihir Shah*
*These superlatives were the result of an
online survey distributed to the senior
class. When the results were within one
vote, the runner-up has been indicated
with an asterisk.
Biggest Flirt
Biggest Drama King/Queen
Best Nickname
Most Likely to Write the Next Great American Novel
Tracy “T2” Tien
Ai Miller
Michael Nolan
Most Likely to Get Hitched in the Next Five Years
Dan Crowder
Most Likely to be Head of the FBI
Lindsey Johnson
Caleb Brown
Most Likely to be Wanted by the FBI
Lindsey Johnson
Katherine Winford
Andrew Foster
Most Changed
Ellie Cutchin
Mikey Gulasey
Least Changed
Alex Eliopoulos
Alex Fausnight
President of Deans Club
Elena Deighan
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Sports
May 27, 2012
Sp r i n g At h l e t i c Awa r d s
Baseball
MIP: Azziz Qadri ’13
The E. Michael House Spirit Award:
Scott Schultz ’13
MVP: Tyler Hoegsberg ’14
Boys Lacrosse MVP and Gold Medal Recipient
MI C H A E L G U L AS E Y
Boys Lacrosse
MIP: Max Fausnight ’13
Spirit: Andrew Foster ’12
MVP: Michael Gulasey ’12,
Alex Spring ’12
Gold Medal Award:
Michael Gulasey ’12
Softball MVP
ALEX ELIOPOULOS
Girls Lacrosse
MIP: Hannah McKenzie ’15
Spirit: Julia Ferguson ’12,
Allison Forhan ’12
MVP: Nicole Waldeck ’13
Softball
MIP: Morgan Lightcap ’14
Spirit: Monica Mehta ’12
MVP: Alex Eliopoulos ’12
Girls Track & Field Carl Basnett Award Winner
CHE VO N N E A N D E R S O N
Boys Tennis
MIP: Brandon Sutton ’13
Spirit: Mitesh Mehta ’13
MVP: Jonathan Deeter ’12
Gold Medal Award:
Jonathan Deeter ’12
Girls Track & Field
MVP Ceara O’Sullivan ’10
Girls Lacross MVP Persy Sample ’10
Boys Track & Field Carl Basnett Award Winner
BoysGIBBONS
Tennis
DALLAS
Senior Albert Antweiler ’09
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Boys Track & Field
MIP: Paul Kollat ’14
Spirit: Shane Arena ’12,
Johnathan Saucier ’13
MVP: Joseph Blanda ’14,
Erick Bryant ’13
Carl Basnett Award:
Dallas Gibbons ’12
Girls Track & Field
MIP: Tatiana Pavloff ’13
Spirit: Lucy Cummins ’13
MVP: Daisy Ogede ’13,
Margot Warner ’13
Carl Basnett Award:
Chevonne Anderson ’12
Boys Tennis MVP and Gold Medal Recipient
JO N AT H A N D E E T E R
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