The Senior Awards Assembly is an annual event held at Godwin to celebrate the graduating seniors and their accomplishments in their 13 years of education. The seniors gather together to acknowledge the accomplishments of their fellow classmates and of themselves as a class. Below are the awards and the receivers of such awards presented in the ceremony on June 12.
*Photo gallery at end of article*
Faculty Medallions
The Faculty Medallions are presented annually to seniors who, during their four years of high school, demonstrated outstanding leadership, consistent cooperation, and superior achievement in the subject area represented by each award. The students awarded with these medallions show genuine interest and appreciation for the subject each day. They enhance the experience for the class and the teacher with that interest.
Business:
Madison Douglas.
English:
Emma Ford and Taylor Yeager.
Family and Consumer Sciences:
Kimia Jahangiri.
Mathematics:
David Coffman and Jason Lin.
Center for Medical Sciences:
Henry Brown.
Music
Instrumental: Devin Esleck.
Vocal: Shaandro Sarkar.
Science
McKenna Gillard.
Morgan Logsdon.
Social Studies
Lilian Lemus.
Katie Zhang.
Technology Education
Bryant Schultz.
World Languages
French: Eleni Stathis.
German: Abigail Bogin.
Latin: Nic Sandoval.
Spanish: Matthew Lim and Farheen Zaman.
Scholarships
Every year seniors are awarded with a large number of scholarships by community groups, businesses, school organizations, and colleges. The senior class of 2018 was offered nearly 1.4 million dollars and accepted nearly 1.1 million dollars in scholarships for their continued education.
Bon-Secours-St. Mary’s Volunteer Auxiliary Scholarship
Grace Moncure.
Henrico Farm Bureau
Daniel Wu.
Edward Priestas Scholarship
William Parker.
Reynolds Community College Board Scholarship
Lilian Lemus-Cardenas.
Short Pump Ruritan Club
Reece Appel, Devin Esleck, and Ryan Potter.
Linhart Scholarship
McKenna Gillard.
Virginia Council on Women Stem Essay Scholarship
Alysse Stephens.
Memorial Scholarships
Mani Deep Kamineni Memorial: Sumner Levenson and Shaandro Sarkar.
Nikki Karam Memorial: Taylor Yeager.
JP Parsley Memorial: Haley Woods.
Lucy Saladina Memorial: Sumner Levenson and Molly Wheeler.
Matthew Veazey Memorial: Devon Furash.
Kendall Whitaker Memorial: Morgan Wyatt.
Todd Allen Phillips Memorial: Naomi Ghahrai and Cory O’Shea.
Godwin/Henrico Scholarships
Doing The Right Thing Even When No One is Watching: Gannon Bostian.
Godwin Athletic Association Ron Axselle Scholarship: Cory O’Shea.
Godwin Athletic Association Bill Browning Scholarships: Bryan Schultz, Nick Aaron, Rajanae Miller, and Kelsey Levine.
Godwin Athletic Association Henshaw Scholarship: Sumner Levenson.
Godwin Athletic Association Coach Todd “T-Philly” Phillips Scholarship: Jack Drimer.
Godwin PTSO Scholarship: Kaylee Butterworth, Jonathan Hardin, Grace Moncure, Erika Reiter, Carter Straub, and Molly Wheeler.
Grace Moncure was also named the PTSO Student Volunteer of the Year.
Patrick Gorman Memorial Scholarship: Annagrace Hamson.
Great Aspirations Scholarship Program: Justin Williamson and Joshua Lopez-Boutier.
John B. McGinty Scholarship: Kimia Jahangiri.
Pemberton Elementary School PTA: Jacob Thompson.
Quioccasin Middle School: Sumner Levenson.
Service and Academic Awards
Community Service: Over 107 seniors received a gold seal on their diploma for their voluntary service to the community performed through Community Service Learning Program of Henrico County Public Schools. In total, the senior class accumulated nearly 19,000 hours of service.
Superintendent’s Scholar Awards: This scholarship is awarded to students whose SAT score falls in the top 5 percent of the school-wide scores. 34 students were recognized for this award in the class of 2018. Those students are:
Chase Anderson
Spencer Arcibal
Ajitha Bala
Kishore Bhat
David Coffman
Jeremy Curtis
Madison Douglas
Evan Dwyer
Naomi Ghahrai
McKenna Gillard
Annagrace Hamson
Noah Hull
Matthew Hunderup
Satya Koppu
Ankit Kumar
Kelse Levine
Jason Li
Morgan Logsdon
Ajay Matthew
Emma Mckenney
Siddharth Nimmalagadda
Cathryn Palmer
Michael Pang
Chan Woo Park
William Parker
Amruta Ponugupati
Kevin Rao
Shaandro Sarkar
Camille Schmidt
Gurman Shokar
Sydney Spevak
Daniel Wu
Farheen Zaman
Chunxi Zhang
National Merit Scholarship Competition
Spencer Arhibal
Ajitha Bala
Margaret Che
David Coffman
Evan Dwyer
Devin Esleck
McKenna Gillard
Mano Harada
Jonathan Hardin
Noah Hull
Matthew Hunderup
Yara Ibrahim
Satya Koppu
Michael Pang
Kevin Rao
Shaandro Sarkar
Daniel Wu
Chunxi Zhang
Godwin also had three students who were named finalists. of 1.6 million test takers, only 15,000 receive this designation. The award was presented to:
Annagrace Hamson
William Parker
Farheen Zaman
David Coffman also earned the highest possible score of a 36 on the ACT test. Only one-tenth of one percent of all test takers receive such a score.
Governor’s Medallions
The Governor’s Medallions are awarded annually by the faculty and honoring Governor Godwin, the medallions recognize quiet, consistent leadership and service to the school. Candidates are in good standing in the areas of academics, attendance, citizenship, and service.
Miguel Hernandez
Julia Grossman
Naomi Ghahrai
Carson Rubin
Taylor Yeager
Lilian Lemus-Cardenas
Cory O’Shea
Ryan Potter
Kaylee Butterworth
Molly Wheeler
Shaandro Sarkar
Gabriela McInnes
Nick Aaron
Emma Ford
Grace Moncure
Sumner Levenson
Special Honors
Circle of Friends Citizenship Award: Gannon Bostian, Mandy Curbeira, and Molly Ferguson.
Recognition of U.S Military Enlistees: Simon Choate, Saquan Fitzgerald, David Prior, Nicolas Ross, Max Rubin, Cameron Stoermer, and Nicholas Sandoval.
Male and Female Athletes of the Year: Cory O’Shea and Isabelle Wilder.
Valedictorian: Cory O’Shea with GPA of 4.66.
Salutatorian: Jonathan Hardin with GPA of 4.62.
Final Awards
The Mills E. Godwin Award: Nick Aaron.
Becky Godwin Memorial Award: Miquel Hernandez.
Mills E. Godwin Scholarship: Devin Esleck.
John B. McGinty Educator of the Year: John Reaves.
All photos Chip Carter and Ava Macblane.
