PARSIPPANY — Parsippany Hills High School held their annual Senior Awards Ceremony on Monday, June 4.
The evening began with the Parsippany Hills High School Jazz Band performing while guests were entering the auditorium. The flag salute was conducted by Preya Patel, President, National Honor Society and the National Anthem was performed by the 2018 Chamber Choir. Mr. Michael DiSanto, Principal welcomed the audience and Dr. Barbara Sargent, Superintendent of Schools started with opening remarks, followed by Mr. Carl Ordway, School Counselor and Scholarship Coordinator.
Below you will find the name of the winner of each scholarship that was presented.
| SCHOLARSHIP | AWARDED TO |
| Aaron Lief/American Legion Post #249 Scholarship | Steere, Emma |
| Abe Wolkofsky Memorial Scholarship | Ponnor, Janelle |
| African American Cultural Club Service Award | Leonard, Taylor |
| Andrew J, Quinn Memorial Scholarship | Warner, Adam |
| Anthony Sun Memorial Scholarship | Abad, Kaitlin |
| Anthony Sun Memorial Scholarship | Kao, Sanjay |
| Asian American Club | Tai, Hsin (Cindy) |
| Asian American Club | Yang, Samuel |
| Band Service Awards | Astor, Ryan |
| Band Service Awards | Desai, Kavan |
| Band Service Awards | Gaudio, Michael |
| Band Service Awards | Gurth, Justin |
| Band Service Awards | Juarez-Duran, Enrique |
| Band Service Awards | Kanthadai, Rakshay |
| Band Service Awards | Mansuria, Vishal |
| Band Service Awards | Prajapati, Krishna |
| Band Service Awards | Yagappan, Rishi |
| Band Service Awards | Yang, Samuel |
| Bernard Packin Family Memorial Scholarship | Grant, Katherine |
| Bernard Packin Valedictorian Scholarship | Xiong, Karoline |
| Brian E. Mitchell Memorial Music Scholarship | Pascale, Jacqueline |
| Carl L. Ordway Memorial Scholarship | Ostlin, Sherlyn |
| Cedar Grove Elks Lodge #2237 Scholarship | Tolosi, Megan |
| Coaches’ Award for Cheerleading | Ostlin, Sherlyn |
| Coaches’ Award for Football | Verducci, Nicholas |
| Coaches’ Award for Marching Band | Yang, Samuel |
| Coccia Foundation Scholarship | Chowatia, Ishani |
| Coccia Foundation Scholarship | Desai, Kavan |
| David J. Moore Memorial Scholarship | Weaver, Harrision |
| Dora B. Stolfi Memorial Scholarship | Pascale, Jacqueline |
| Dorothy Davies Memorial Scholarhip | Pascale, Jacqueline |
| Dr. Frank Calabria Memorial Scholarship | McLaughlin, Lauren |
| Emil Johnson Vocational Award | Mistry, Nirmohi |
| Excellence in French | Chauhan, Karan |
| Faculty and Staff Awards | Astor, Ryan |
| Faculty and Staff Awards | McLaughlin, Lauren |
| Faculty and Staff Awards | Sung, Kyle |
| Female Athlete Award | Xiong, Karoline |
| Fine Arts Scholarship | Lin, Ching Laam (Jaye) |
| Fine Arts Scholarship | Mann, Heather |
| French Club Leadership | Feng, Steven |
| French Club Leadership | Bard, Francesca |
| Greg Puzio Memorial Scholarship | Picado, Jack |
| Hills of Troy Neighborhood Association Scholarship – HOTNA | Sanford, Michael |
| Indian Cultural Club Service Award | Patel, Parth |
| Indian Cultural Club Service Award | Patel, Vritti |
| Indian Cultural Club Service Award | Shah, Yuti |
| Intervale Leadership for the Future Scholarship | Guevara, Kristine |
| Jack Dolan Memorial Scholarship | Tran, Crystal |
| Janet Palatini Friendship Scholarship | daSilva, Tyler |
| Janet Palatini Friendship Scholarship | Mitchell, Alicia |
| Janet Palatini Friendship Scholarship | Verducci, Nicholas |
| Janet Palatini Friendship Scholarship | Ververs, Hannah |
| Joe Windish Parsippany Education Foundation Scholarship | Chopra, Tanvi |
| John Phillip Sousa Award | Park, Andrew |
| Kanai Lal & Charu Bala Memorial Scholarship | Patel, Siddhanth |
| Kanai Lal & Charu Bala Memorial Scholarship | Ponnor, Janelle |
| Kanai Lal & Charu Bala Memorial Scholarship | Yang, William |
| Kate Russell Memorial Scholarship | Mitchell, Alicia |
| Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany Scholarship | Mansuria, Vishal |
| Lake Parsippany School PTS Scholarship | Grant, Katherine |
| Lew Ludwig Memorial Scholarship | Shah, Saloni |
| Little Viking Football Award | Verducci, Nicholas |
| Littleton School Alumni Scholarship | Kwan, Matthew |
| Littleton School Alumni Scholarship | Stearns, Kaitlyn |
| Love Like Ashley Memoial Scholarship | Acree, Mikayla |
| Maria T. Santillan (’92) Memorial Scholarhip | Ullman, Lawrence |
| Montville UNICO Italian Studies Grant | Vecchia, Brittani |
| Morris County Administrators of Special Education | Pascale, Sarah |
| Morris County College Fair Scholarship 2 year | Cuervo, Stephanie |
| Morris County College Fair Scholarship 4 year | Baldarrago, Emily |
| Morris County Professional Counselor Association 4 year | Ververs, Hannah |
| Morristown Alumnae Chapter – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Scholarship | King, Korla |
| Mount Tabor PTA Scholarship | Ullman, Lawrence |
| Mt. Tabor Music Camp Outstanding Musician Award | Gurth, Justin |
| National Merit – Commended | Wang, Albert |
| National Merit – Commended | Chen, Ellen |
| National Merit – Commended | Kakkaramadam, Tara |
| National Merit – Commended | Kao, Sanjay |
| National Merit – Commended | Mukhamedjanova, Aleese |
| National Merit – Commended | Nagendran, Arjun |
| National Merit – Commended | Nibhanupudi, Saketh |
| National Merit – Commended | Patel, Siddhanth |
| National Merit – Commended | Ponnor, Janelle |
| National Merit – Commended | Prajapati, Krishna |
| National Merit – Commended | Shah, Priya |
| National Merit – Commended | Sudit, David |
| National Merit – Commended | Sung, Brandon |
| National Merit – Commended | Sung, Kyle |
| National Merit – Commended | Xiong, Karoline |
| National Merit – Commended | Yadav, Yash |
| National Merit – Commended | Yang, William |
| National Merit – Finalist | Chauhan, Karan |
| National Merit – Finalist | Kanthadai, Rakshay |
| National Merit – James E. Casey Scholarship | Astor, Ryan |
| NJAC Outstanding Schoar Athletes | McLaughlin, Lauren |
| NJAC Outstanding Schoar Athletes | Picado, Jack |
| Northern NJ Chinese Association Scholarship | Yang, William |
| Outstanding Senior in French | Mukhamedjanova, Aleese |
| Par-Troy West Little League – Tom Cook Memorial Scholarship | Davis, Corinne |
| Par-Troy West Little League – Tom Cook Memorial Scholarship | Picado, Jack |
| Par-Troy West Little League – Tom Cook Memorial Scholarship | Taylor, Kristen |
| Par-Troy West Little League – Tom Cook Memorial Scholarship | Verducci, Nicholas |
| Par-Troy West Little League – Tom Cook Memorial Scholarship | Ververs, Hannah |
| Par-Hills Men’s Soccer Parents Association Scholarships | Agostinho, Brian |
| Par-Hills Men’s Soccer Parents Association Scholarships | Holmstrom, Erik |
| Par-Hills Men’s Soccer Parents Association Scholarships | Picado, Jack |
| Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce | Giovanelli, Adam |
| Parsippany Police Benevolent Association #131 Scholarship | Patel, Preya |
| Parsippany Republican Club Scholarhsip | Chopra, Tanvi |
| Parsippany Rotary Club Scholarship | Bellardino, Taylor |
| Parsippany Soccer Club Scholarship | Maurya, Suraj |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Senior Citzen Scholarhsip | Castillo, Erika |
| Patents’ of the Gifted and Talented Scholarship | Sudit, David |
| Paul Piccoli Memorial Scholarship | Picado, Jack |
| Paul Piccoli Memorial Scholarship | Rodriguez, Andrea |
| Pearls of Wisdom Scholarship | Leonard, Taylor |
| PHHS Boys’ Basketball Booster Club Scholarship | Nagendran, Arjun |
| PHHS Boys’ Basketball Booster Club Scholarship | Parker, Jamaal |
| PHHS Cheerleading Parents Association Scholarship | Guevara, Kristine |
| PHHS Cheerleading Parents Association Scholarship | Ostlin, Sherlyn |
| PHHS Choir Scholarships | Campbell, Julia |
| PHHS Choir Scholarships | Kelly, Nicolette |
| PHHS Choir Scholarships | Acree, Mikayla |
| PHHS Choir Scholarships | Borino, Alyssa |
| PHHS Choir Scholarships | Gardner, Daniel |
| PHHS Choir Scholarships | Lally, Shauna |
| PHHS Choir Scholarships | Pascale, Jacqueline |
| PHHS Choir Scholarships | Zigman, Sarah |
| PHHS Football Parents’ Association Scholarship | Verducci, Nicholas |
| PHHS Girls Basketball Booster Club Scholarship | Chopra, Tanvi |
| PHHS Girls Basketball Booster Club Scholarship | Kao, Sanjay |
| PHHS Girls Basketball Booster Club Scholarship | King, Korla |
| PHHS Girls Basketball Booster Club Scholarship | Rogers, Jillian |
| PHHS Girls Lacrosse Crease Club Scholarship Award | Stearns, Kaitlyn |
| PHHS Swim Team Booster Association Scholarships | Maddox, Mark |
| PHHS Swim Team Booster Association Scholarships | Caccavale, Nick |
| PHHS Swim Team Booster Association Scholarships | Ciccarelli, Michelle |
| PHHS Swim Team Booster Association Scholarships | Gaudio, Michael |
| PHHS Swim Team Booster Association Scholarships | Giovanelli, Adam |
| PHHS Swim Team Booster Association Scholarships | Kwan, Matthew |
| PHHS Swim Team Booster Association Scholarships | Messina, Alicia |
| PHHS Swim Team Booster Association Scholarships | Patel, Krutharth |
| PHHS Swim Team Booster Association Scholarships | Rao, Abhigna |
| PHHS Swim Team Booster Association Scholarships | Vojta, Sarah |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Feng, Steven |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Bard, Francesca |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Chauhan, Karan |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Chen, Ellen |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Kanthadai, Rakshay |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | McLaughlin, Lauren |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Mukhamedjanova, Aleese |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Nagendran, Arjun |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Patel, Shivani |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Pingle, Arijit |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Ponnor, Janelle |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Prajapati, Krishna |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Shah, Priya |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Shah, Sneh |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Sudit, David |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Sung, Brandon |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Sung, Kyle |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Tai, Hsin (Cindy) |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Ullman, Lawrence |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Urbis, Juliana |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Vekaria, Ashil |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Xiong, Karoline |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Yagappan, Rishi |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Yang, Samuel |
| PHHS Top 25 Students | Yang, William |
| PHHS Volleyball Parents Association Scholarship | King, Korla |
| PHHS Volleyball Parents Association Scholarship | Vecchia, Brittani |
| Princess Anne Millard Scholarship | King, Korla |
| PTHEA “CAP” Award – In Memory of John Capsouras | Patel, Shivani |
| PTSA Scholarship Awards | Giovanelli, Adam |
| PTSA Scholarship Awards | Grant, Katherine |
| PTSA Scholarship Awards | Patel, Preya |
| PTSA Scholarship Awards | Ullman, Lawrence |
| PTSA Scholarship Awards | Ververs, Hannah |
| Richard C. Davis, Jr Scholarship Fund | Pascale, Jacqueline |
| Rocco A. Cerbo Memorial Scholarship | Crellin, Gavyn |
| Salutatorian Award | Kanthadai, Rakshay |
| Sons of Italy – Basil Ricci Memorial Scholarship | Pascale, Stephanie |
| Sons of Italy – Basil Ricci Memorial Scholarship | Pascale, Jacqueline |
| Sons of Italy – Basil Ricci Memorial Scholarship | Verducci, Nicholas |
| Spencer Savings Bank Scholarship | Ullman, Lawrence |
| Student Council Awards | Chauhan, Karan |
| Student Council Awards | Patel, Preya |
| Student Council Awards | Singh, Prerana |
| Student Council Awards | Warner, Adam |
| SunRise/ShopRite Continuing Education Grant Scholarship | Giovanelli, Adam |
| The Steadfast Viking Award | Hsu, Yi-Hsuan |
| Tom Ladas Memorial Scholarhip | Pascale, Jacqueline |
| United States Marine Corps Awards for Scholastic Excellence | Chauhan, Karan |
| United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athletic Award | Rogers, Jillian |
| United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athletic Award | Verducci, Nicholas |
| United States Marine Corps Patriotism Award | Dunn, Dylan |
| United States Marine Corps Patriotism Award | Robleza, Jeric |
| United States Marine Corps Patriotism Award | Robleza, Joshua |
| United States Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Band Award | Desai, Kavan |
| Vincent Lorenzo Male Athlete Award | Gurth, Justin |
| Wegmans Scholarships | Simpson, Jordan |
| Wegmans Scholarships | Stearns, Kaitlyn |
| William Lu Class of 1977 – Claire Pompei | Parker, Lydia |
| William Lu Class of 1977 – Edmund Heilmeier | Proietto, Christina |
| Women’s Club of Parsippany – Troy Hills Scholarship | Chopra, Tanvi |
| Women’s Club of Parsippany – Troy Hills Scholarship | Grant, Katherine |
| Women’s Club of Parsippany – Troy Hills Scholarship | Ververs, Hannah |
