The Class of 2022

This is where everything began, where I found myself, my purpose, and my people. It was on this campus where I witnessed the power of brotherhood, and the integrity of a community of mentors and students growing together. This is where I took a leap, to throw myself into the community, to be engaged with everything that is going on, and to become a part of this larger world…

“This is the time when a glorious class of men reaches the terminal of their journeys at this institution and steps separately into the unknown world. I have been so touched by all the well wishes that I’ve received over the past few days. But today, it’s my turn to say thanks. Whether we have seen eye-to-eye or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you—my peers and mentors— both on and off campus, have enlightened me, inspired me, and shaped me into who I am today. And everyday, I have learned from you. You made me a better scholar, and you made me a better person.

—EXCERPT FROM VALEDICTORIAN MICAHEL XIE’S COMMENCEMENT SPEECH

On Sunday, May 29, the Class of 2022 celebrated their graduation from Avon Old Farms School in true Avonian fashion—with the traditional pomp and circumstance loved by generations of Avon men. We were excited that the underclassmen were able to participate this year to properly send off the seniors as they made their way across the stage set up on the Village Green in front of the Head of School’s house.

“After three years as Head of School, I was able to celebrate the class of 2022 on the Village Green under sunny skies for Avon’s 88th Commencement ceremonies,” says Jim Detora. “I have eagerly awaited the traditional pomp and circumstance that happens only when Mother Nature cooperates, and this year did not disappoint. It was a bittersweet moment as the boys collected their diplomas knowing their time at AOF had come to an end, but a bright future awaits. I wish the entire class of 2022 the best as they start college in the fall.”

CAPTAIN AVON TOMMY HIGGINS ‘22 GETS SOME HELP WITH THE AVON CHEER.

honors, awards, prizes

THE ORDER OF OLD FARMS

Javier Calderon Maximilian Jacob Cohen Brian Robert Dowling Gavin Greger John Matthew Maas II James Robert Morr Benjamin Joseph Raposo Seth Robinson Nikhil Satpathy Marco Scarano Shijie Xie

CUM LAUDE SOCIETY R. Windate Brichkowski Maximilian Jacob Cohen Ford Nicholas Cullen Brian Robert Dowling Brett Joseph Foster Linhao Jiang Yunha Kim Aidan Daniel Kwok Wesley Oliver Legere Brian Hieu Nguyen John Prince Nikhil Satpathy Wooseong Seo Shijie Xie

THE FOUNDER’S MEDAL Ryan Anderson, Academic Excellence, Community

Service Christopher Rene Aube, Community Service, Town

Government R. Windate Brichkowski, Academic Excellence Conor Callaghan, Community Service, Town Government Ford Nicholas Cullen, Academic Excellence Brett Joseph Foster, Academic Excellence, Community

Service, Town Government Marshall Howe, Academic Excellence. Community Service Linhao Jiang, Academic Excellence Sutton James Kaylor, Community Service, Town

Government Yunha Kim, Academic Excellence, Community Service Aidan Daniel Kwok, Academic Excellence Harris R. Laferriere, Academic Excellence, Community

Service, Town Government Wesley Oliver Legere, Academic Excellence Spencer Li, Academic Excellence, Community Service Ernest Christopher Lowe III, Community Service James Robert Mullen, Community Service, Town

Government Brett Newman, Academic Excellence, Town Government Brian Hieu Nguyen, Academic Excellence John Prince, Academic Excellence, Community Service,

Town Government Xander A. Ratledge, Community Service Wooseong Seo, Academic Excellence Samuel Smith, Community Service Andrew Thresh, Community Service

THE F. REED ESTABROOK, JR. ’36 AWARD

James Robert Morr

THE KENNETH H. LAROCQUE AWARD

Nathaniel Zahir, Marvyn Walters

THE PETER A. ARON ’65 AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

George Owen Wirpel

THE GEORGE A. MURRAY CUP Marco Scarano

SCHOLAR OF DISTINCTION Shijie Xie

RECOGNITION AWARD FOR THREE SEASON VARSITY ATHLETES

Brian Robert Dowling, Linhao Jiang, Graham Kelly, James Robert Mullen, and Benjamin Joseph Raposo

12TH GRADE PRIZE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Wesley Oliver Legere

12TH GRADE AWARD FOR EARNEST AND PERSISTENT EFFORT IN THE ACADEMIC AREA

Ernest Christopher Lowe III

AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING IMPROVEMENT IN THE ACADEMIC AREA

Alexander Mauricio Salgar

THE STUDENT COUNCIL SPIRIT AWARD Thomas Robert Higgins

THE ADAM ’93 AND LUKE ’95 CLINE AWARD

Griffin Reese Williams, Shomari Wiltshire

EDWARD SOMERVILLE VOSS AWARD Samuel Smith

GREGG RICHARD LINBURG ’87 SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD

James Robert Mullen

SIDNEY C. CLARK AWARD FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

Brendan Fennell

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL AWARD Patrick Masters Mella

PAUL KARL SCHILLER ’78 AWARD Spencer Li, Hamilton Bradford Watson

THE TIM STRAUS ’75 AWARD Brian Robert Dowling

class of 2022 matriculation

Konner Charles Adams, University of Massachusetts—Boston Addison Ainsworth, United States Military Academy Brennan Ali, University of Notre Dame Jeronimo Amezcua, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico) Ryan Anderson, Johns Hopkins University Tyler Anton, Southern Methodist University Christopher Rene Aube, Bentley University Colm Donovan Barnett, University of Denver Joseph Connor Berggren, Bentley University Nicholas Salvatore Bianco, Alternate Year Austin Richard Bohlman, Marist College George Edwin Brannon IV, College of Charleston Connor Ryan Brazil, Alternate Year Donald Patrick Brennan III, University of Southern California R. Windate Brichkowski, Boston College Brannan Bridger, Macalester College Cesar Diego Caceres, Bentley University Javier Calderon, Alternate Year Conor Callaghan, Alternate Year Joseph Capano, Trinity College Luke Capozzoli, Providence College Maximilian Jacob Cohen, Northeastern University Aidan Patrick Conroy, Champlain College Sam Court, Alternate Year Owen Cronin, University of Miami Ford Nicholas Cullen, University of Southern California Quentin Davis Cutler, University of Colorado Boulder Samuel D’Addabbo, Texas Christian University Kenneth Norman Deck III, United States Military Academy Matthew John DiMarsico, Alternate Year Brendan Clayton Donahue, Rochester Institute of Technology Christopher Dougherty, Sarah Lawrence College Brian Robert Dowling, Harvard University Charles Christofer Droppo, University of Vermont Blake Davidson Eklund, Kenyon College Lucas Alvin Estevez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Edward J. Fasano III, Xavier University Will Thomas Fekete, Skidmore College Brendan Fennell, Tufts University Brett Joseph Foster, University of Notre Dame Gavin Greger, University of Connecticut Lukas Gudavicius, Bethune-Cookman University Chris Kenneth Harland, Providence College Chase Tanner Harris, New York University Michael Fitzgerald Hennessy, Northeastern University Aydin Gerald Herlihy, Quinnipiac University Thomas Robert Higgins, University of Vermont Benjamin Robert Hole, University of Tampa Marshall Howe, University of Wisconsin—Madison Brady Hutchison, Colgate University Zachary Sayer Jepson, Duke University Linhao Jiang, Babson College Walker Coleman Johnson, Oberlin College Sutton James Kaylor, University of Michigan Graham Kelly, Kenyon College Jisung Kim, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne Minjun Kim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Tyler Jiho Kim, New York University Yunha Kim, University of Pennsylvania Oleh Kolchanov, Purdue University Joseph Caro Kooluris, Drexel University Aidan Daniel Kwok, Colby College Harris R. Laferriere, Brown University Lang Lang, University of Toronto Wesley Oliver Legere, Middlebury College Spencer Li, Carnegie Mellon University James Lill IV, Columbia University Kobi Lin, Alternate Year Patrick Frederic Loomis, University of Colorado Boulder Ernest Christopher Lowe III, University of Connecticut John Matthew Maas II, University of Miami Tyler Marmo, College of the Holy Cross Sheriff Marong, Southern Methodist University Everett Wellington Masterson, Elon University Jonathan Bennett Masterson, Elon University Ryan McDonough, University of Vermont Patrick Masters Mella, Bryant University Cameron Merrill, Connecticut College William Moreau, Franklin & Marshall College James Robert Morr, St. Lawrence University James Robert Mullen, College of the Holy Cross Adham Nassar, Fordham University Chase Neel, Texas Christian University John Edward Newberry, Lafayette College Brett Newman, Clark University Brian Hieu Nguyen, University of Southern California Nikita Nikora, Alternate Year Jonathan Oris, Williams College Anthony Picano, Saint Anselm College Brendan Powers, University of Delaware John Prince, Postgraduate, Avon Old Farms Carlos Quintero, Frostburg State University Benjamin Joseph Raposo, Fairfield University Xander A. Ratledge, Skidmore College Seth Robinson, Rivier University Alexander Mauricio Salgar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Nikhil Satpathy, University of Michigan Marco Scarano, Princeton University Noah Schmeizer, Syracuse University Wooseong Seo, Boston College Chenhao Shen, New York University Zeyu Shi, University of Washington Samuel Smith, Brown University Kenneth Soares Jr., Northwestern University Edward Sobiesienski, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Andrew Geoffrey Sun, University of Connecticut Andrew Thresh, University of Bath Samuel Tomak, Drexel University Liam L. Verdoni, Alternate Year Nathaniel Zahir Marvyn Walters, University of Connecticut Hamilton Bradford Watson, Wofford College Creighton Wesson, Salve Regina University Jerry Wijaya, University of Oregon Shomari Wiltshire, Drexel University George Owen Wirpel, University of Connecticut Shijie Xie, Columbia University Toby Zeidenberg, High Point University Benjamin Aron Zimmerman, Kenyon College