PARSIPPANY — Parsippany High School Senior Awards Assembly was held on Thursday, June 8. Hundreds of Scholarships and Awards were presented to the Graduating Seniors.
PHS holds this annual event held a few weeks before the end of the school year. It is an event to showcase the awards, honors, and scholarships received, colleges/universities the seniors will be attending, and community services performed by the senior student.
During this inspirational evening, many hard-working and talented seniors were honored for outstanding academic and extracurricular performance, and for service to the school and community. The awards were a surprise to the seniors. Recognition was given for a wide variety of scholarships, prizes and commendations awarded to PHS students by the school, local businesses and non-profit groups.
| National Merit Finalists | Rohan Khajuria Daniel Wang |
| National Merit Commended Students | Natee Chada Will Chen Victoria Gu Miki Hansen Spencer Huang Vivian Kwong Salman Rizvi Param Shukla Abhinav Sinha Kevin Tsai Katherine Yang |
| PHS Top 25 Students | Miki Hansen Katherine Yang Christina Xu Ryan Hoeler Eric Schlosser Salman Rizvi Daniel Wang Param Shukla Spencer Huang Rohan Khajuria Alexandra Tymikiw Victoria Gu Raquelle Rocco Deepika Nagabhushan Nina Chen Zachary Imp Lillian Ye Sabarish Selvarajan Deepika Saravana Somasundaram Saraswathy Sammy Gao Ravi Chothani Abhinav Sinha Likitha Mamillapalli Jennifer Huang Rebecca Goddard |
| PHS Valedictorian Award | Miki Hansen |
| PHS Salutatorian Award | Katherine Yang |
| The Joe Windish Parsippany Education Foundation Scholarship | Megan Leitner |
| Dr. Vincent Aniello Peer Buddy Scholarships | Tyler Leon Nicole Lepore Josh Levine Ryan Torres Jessica Vargas Ryan Weiss |
| Hebberd’s Heroes | Nathalia Giraldo Sarah Waffenfeld |
| George P. Johnson Memorial Scholarship | Cristina Fernandez |
| Tom Ladas Memorial Scholarship | Katelyn Ziskind |
| Parsippany Indian Association Scholarship | Param Shukla |
| The Dr. Frank A. Calabria Memorial Scholarship | Matthew Marinas |
| Patricia Ann Behnke Memorial Scholarship | Matthew Marinas |
| Sunrise Shoprite Continuing Education Grant | Cristina Fernandez |
| John “Cap” Capsouras Memorial Award | Dominique La Capra |
| Police Benevolent Association Scholarship | Matthew Marinas |
| Parsippany Republican Club Scholarship | Grace Santangelo |
| Sons of Italy, Michael Barnhart Memorial Scholarship | Michael Colasuonno Megan Leitner Thomas Mercado |
| Samuel Kaplan American Legion | Miki Hansen |
| George Bohr Achievement Award | Harold Atienza Alberto Vega |
| Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany Scholarship | Jennifer Huang Miki Hansen |
| The Kanai Lal and Charu Bala Memorial | Miki Hansen Ryan Hoeler |
| The Love Like Ashley Memorial Fund Scholarship | Matthew Marinas |
| Montville Unico | Kyle Gaydo Megan Leitner |
| Troy-Hills Memorial Post #10184 VFW | lan Schey |
| The Valori Family Scholarship | Matthew Marinas Dhara S. Patel |
| Stephen S. Martino Memorial Scholarship | Kevin Leon-Appelgren Mitchell Ryzuk |
| Woman’s Club of Parsippany Scholarship | Adriana Di Dio Dhara S. Patel Grace Santangelo Asia Tabili Alexandra Tymikiw Lillian Ye |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Senior Citizens Scholarship | Jennifer Huang |
| Morris County College Fair Committee | Nathalia Giraldo Antonieta Ferrou |
| Central Middle School Faculty Scholarship | Lilian Tran |
| Parsippany High School Faculty Scholarship | Pooja Manhas Youssef Riad Salman Rizvi |
| The Dora B. Stolfi Memorial Scholarship Alpha Delta Kappa/Mu Chapter | Sarah Waffenfeld |
| MCPCA Caring Student Award | Kyle Gaydo |
| Project Graduation Slogan & Artwork | Michelle Inn |
| Gard and Anne O’Harra Scholarship | Sean Callaghan |
| Wegmans Scholarship Program | Michelle Inn |
| Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce Award | Lillian Ye |
| Student Council Awards | Nikhiya Binu Cristina Fernandez Rebecca Goddard Zachary Imp Rebecca Klausner Alexis Smith Michael Sorresse Alexandra Tymikiw Jackson Wolfe Fatima Yaqoobi |
| Parents of Gifted & Talented Scholarship (PGT) | Shubha Kapuganti |
| Troy Hills School Alumni Scholarship | Sarah Waffenfeld |
| Lake Hiawatha School Alumni Scholarship | Grace Santangelo |
| Northvail School Alumni Scholarship | Thomas Mercado Ryan Weiss |
| Rockaway Meadow School Alumni Scholarship | Nathalia Giraldo |
| Knollwood-Melvin Roth Memorial Scholarship | Victoria Dobkowski |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills PTSA | Cristina Fernandez Megan Leitner Matthew Marinas Thomas Mercado Param Shukla Alexandra Tymikiw |
| Emil Johnson Vocational Scholarship | Janivel Leo |
| Rocco A. Cerbo Memorial Scholarship | Joshua Flood |
| Excellence for School Success Scholarship | Alyssa Hockey Natalye Salazar |
| Exceptional Ceramic Artist | Esra Ahmedi Cassidy Jordan |
| Fine Arts Award | Courtney Calabrese Julianna Jara |
| Outstanding Photographer | Marta Markowska Riley Rosa |
| Visual Design Award | Thomas Mercado Reema Patadia |
| Outstanding Senior English Student | Katherine Yang |
| Excellence in Journalism | Spencer Budd |
| Senior Drama Award | Carly Pasquale |
| Totem Award | Salena LeDonne |
| Voice in Writing Award | Natee Chada |
| Excellence in Biological Science | Katherine Yang |
| Excellence in Chemistry | Miki Hansen |
| Excellence in Physics | Ryan Heeler |
| Excellence in Mathematics | Ryan Hoeler Eric Schlosser |
| Math Team Award | Daniel Wang |
| Math Student of the Year | Miki Hansen |
| High Note Awards | Catherine Chiarolanza Joshua Gonzalez |
| PHS Choral Parents Association Scholarship | Joshua Flood Raquelle Rocco |
| PHS Band Boosters Association Scholarship | Will Chen Nicolas Colella Tess Franchini Miki Hansen Mitchell Ryzuk Alexandra Tymikiw Katherine Yang |
| Eddie Jackson Memorial Scholarship | Mitchell Ryzuk |
| Mt. Tabor Outstanding Music Award | Nicolas Colella |
| Civics Award | Alberto Vega |
| Excellence in Writing Award | Katherine Yang |
| “Theodore Roosevelt Award” Outstanding Social Studies Student | Raquelle Rocco |
| Excellence in French | Daniel Wang |
| Excellence in Italian | Ryan Hoeler |
| Excellence in Spanish | Christina Xu |
| Outstanding Physical Education | Joshua Flood Raquelle Rocco |
| Parsippany Soccer Club Scholarship | Maria Birth Crystal Iannetta Jackson Wolfe |
| Par-Troy Little League East Scholarship | Caitlin Brennan Alyssa Feola Megan Leitner Joshua Levine Emil Matt Connor Preston Bener Uygun Sarah Waffenfeld Ryan Weiss |
| U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar/Athletics Award | Cristina Fernandez Bener Uygun |
| U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award | Kwaku Agyemang Lilian Tran |
| Northwest Jersey Athlete Conference Award | Megan Leitner Eric Schlosser |
| NJSIAA Scholar Athlete | John Burk |
| The Michael R. Codella Female/Male MVP Trophy | Salena LeDonne Emil Matti |
| Morris County Scholar/Athlete Award | Michael Ilic Haley Pignatelli |
| Red Hawk Awards | Kwaku Agyemang John Burk Anthony Caccavale Nicolas Colella Cristina Fernandez Spencer Huang Michael Ilic Dominique La Capra Salena LeDonne Kiera Lewis Rebecca Maciag Emil Matti Haley Pignatelli Christian Riedinger Eric Schlosser Alexis Smith Lilian Tran Bener Uygun Sarah Waffenfeld Jeffrey Wear |
