Merle-Smith Underclass Awards & Cum Laude Inductees: 2024
On Thursday, May 30, 2024, Moravian Academy recognized excellence in academics, citizenship, creativity, and student leadership during its annual Special Awards Ceremony.
Moravian Academy faculty, parents, and the student body gathered in Dyer Auditorium to celebrate the 2024 awardees. This year, we are proud to recognize the following students:
Student(s) | Award |
Leann Villa | Dwight D. Eisenhower Award |
Brian Yang, Qayn Jaffer, Damla Aksade | Community Service Awards |
Hunter Zicherman | W.E. Doster Award |
Autumn Nembhard | Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award |
Andrew Raudabaugh, Michael Alayon | Junior Award in History |
Matthew Brandle, Rowan Taylor | The Sophie Zumas Drama Award |
Linnea Crouch, Leann Villa | Joe-Patricia Stiles Carlock '20 Awards - Traditional Media |
Jeswill Ewungkem, Ben Greenberg | Joe-Patricia Stiles Carlock '20 Award - Digital Art/Film/Photography |
Emma Xu | Joe-Patricia Stiles Carlock '20 Award - Music |
Brian Yang | Joe-Patricia Stiles Carlock '20 Award - Woodworking |
Ivelisse Jennette, Laura Li, Xavier Tongg-Weiler |
The Hugh O'Brian Leadership Award |
Samuel Korman |
The Paula Ward Leadership Award* |
Ivelisse Jennette |
The Family Association Leadership Award* |
Hanning Yan |
The Bryn Mawr College Book Award* |
Diya Sharma |
The Alumni Association Leadership Award* |
Autumn Nembhard, Percy Fowler Perlaza |
The David and Miriam Devey Award* |
Cum Laude Society Inductees
Class of 2024 Alizeh Ali Francesca Bartolacci Devon Berkove Emily Cho Kanchan Gupta Rathusha Nimalan Vasiliki Tsirukis Divya Verma |
Class of 2025 Abigail Dubow |
Seniors Inducted in 2023 Noah Breithaupt Sunny Chen Megan Dadio Alicia Gordon Krish Gupta Ginevra Toso |
*Selected by the faculty
Note: Employees of Moravian Academy may not nominate members of their own family for awards or honors, nor do they participate in discussions pertaining to award candidacy of any student in a family member's grade.