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Foster Bundy Jahlique Carlyle Evan Carpenter

Class of 2021

Jack Cinella Adam Clark Harrison Coble Brooks Council Brandon Davis Ryan Dugan Henry Edmunds

Will Farrell Luke Fergusson Cabell Fleet Timmy Gordinier Curtis Hale Oliver Hale Spalding Hall

Robert Hancock Mike Hawkins William Hayes Cleighton Hilbert Charlie Holdaway Taylor Jefferson Christian Johnson

Christian Matthews Cabell Meadows Robert Mish

Braxton Page Edward Pasco Ben Pawlik Chase Mullins Miles Mullins Griffin O’Ferrall Jack Omohundro

Willem Peters Henry Poarch Charlie Polk Jake Ramsey

Talman Ramsey Erik Roggie Colin Royal Kevin Schork Harrison Schroeder Jayden Smith Nash Steed

Forrester Sterling Will Stevens Cooper Stovall Mason Street Mac Suskind

Evan Thompson Harrison Tompkins Caleb Vath Spencer Villanueva Max Wallace Collin Taylor Luke Thomas

Robert Walmsley Nick Washington

LOWER SCHOOL AWARDS

DOROTHY M. BUGG MEMORIAL AWARD Miko Aboutanos ’30

ALBA WHITE MEMORIAL AWARD Alan Foster ’29

WILLIAM ADAMS PINDER AWARD Aksel Nordin ’29

WILLIAM S. GRIFFITH PRIZE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Landon Hottinger ’29 THOMAS NELSON PAGE PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION Will Baruch

HELEN SHEPHERD MUSIC AWARD Brendan Cosby ANDREW BEIRNE BLAIR AWARD FOR LOYALTY AND BEST SPIRIT IN ATHLETICS Sidney Hetherington and Lawler Wherry DUFFEY AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP IN ATHLETICS Adam Bishara and EJ Johnson

SCIENCE AWARD Lawson Knier

SPANISH AWARD Arjun Anand GEORGE SQUIRES LITERARY AWARDS Writing | Zavier Lanneau ’29 (first prize); Jack Van der Waag ’29 and Emory Ruffner (second prize); Dylan Bartlow ’29 and Sam Keightley ’29 (third prize); Teddy Ryan ’31 and James Donaldson ’31 (fourth prize); Kirby Saunders ’32 (fifth prize); Will Beath ’32, Mrs. Mathews’ and Mrs. Partee’s first grade class; Lake Curry ’29 (honorable mentions) Visual Arts | Charlie Branch ’29 (first prize); Bennett Krusen (second prize); Eddie Sowers ’31 and Hunt Melton ’31 (third prize) HENRY J. TOBLER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR ART Liam Dunn

OLIVIA HARDY BLACKWELL AWARD Tripp Schnell and Elliott Pellumbi BEATTIE MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR LEADERSHIP Tal Horton

HIGHEST ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Stanton Czajkowski and Stephens Rabb NORMA ALLEY FACULTY PRIZE Meg Foster, art teacher and Maggie Jones, fourth grade teacher HAWKINS HIDEAWAY FACULTY AWARD Jess Richards, Learning Commons instructional technologist ANDREW JACKSON BOLLING III FACULTY AWARD Ann Carlson, fourth grade teacher

“I love how you ask interesting questions such as: Have you ever tried something huge by yourself and failed? Have you ever imagined what the world would be like without currency? Did you know that playing video games with friends and understanding graphic design can make a person more socially confident? And have you ever thought about how parents feel when you say thank you?

“... You have passions for music, art, history, space, protecting animals, sports, and you do not like it when people litter. You have shown me that even though you don’t like the feeling of disappointment and sorrow, you realize that if you don’t take risks you will not grow.

“I watched countless light bulbs go off and saw the looks on your faces when you proudly stood on the red dot in the Lower School auditorium. Thank you for your leadership and for reminding me that ‘sometimes it makes a difference to just take a breath.’”

— Dr. Sarah Mansfield, interim Head of Lower School

“... I have been working hard to see if I could find a loophole in our advancement policy since you all had to spend seventh grade spring trimester in the virtual world. I was hoping to find a way to require you all to have to return to the Middle School for one more year or at least another trimester. Our Middle School faculty actually felt a bit cheated that our time with you was cut short last year. With that said, you all were the perfect class to take on the leadership of the Middle School in this difficult year. You all met every challenge, accepted every new protocol, and rolled with the new normal in an amazing way. You rarely complained, and set the tone for the building.”

— Warren Hunter, Head of Middle School

MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARDS

ROBERT W. BUGG AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP IN GRADE EIGHT Dougie Boardman MONICA FRISCHKORN WENZEL MEMORIAL SERVICE AWARD Colby Wallace ART AWARD Cade Collingwood ATHLETIC AWARD Alex Gertner

DRAMA AWARD Nicholas Meyers T. FOSTER ‘46 AND ANN WITT ENGLISH PRIZE Wally Jones and Nicholas Meyers T. FOSTER ‘46 AND ANN WITT HISTORY PRIZE Jack Seel

DULANEY WARD FRENCH PRIZE Harris Wolfe

LATIN PRIZE Leo Morfopoulos FRANKLIN AND GRACE MULLINAX MATHEMATICS AWARD Sterling Burke and Alex Gertner MUSIC AWARD Ben Butterfield and Brad Wallace

SARA WHALEY FORSYTHE MEMORIAL SCIENCE PRIZE Beauford Mathews and Noah Switzer

BENJAMIN BRISCOE WHITE MEMORIAL SPANISH PRIZE Dougie Boardman WOODWORKING AWARD Liam Kurzawa

CENTENNIAL CITIZENSHIP AWARDS

Grade 6: O’Neal Avery, Loch Macfarlane, LT Nguyen, William Sterling Grade 7: Elisha Asare, Lukas Gordinier, Victor Olesen, Eric Pendlebury Grade 8: Patteson Branch, Wally Jones, Nicholas Meyers, Harris Wolfe, Kylen Zollinhofer ANDREW JACKSON BOLLING III FACULTY AWARD Derek Porter, history teacher

All prize winners are members of the Class of 2025 unless otherwise noted.

COMMENCEMENT 2021

“So now, as members of the Class of 2021, you have come of age and become young men amidst a pandemic without precedent in over a century. You have endured hardship and loss, even if perhaps mild when compared to fighting in a world war or combatting communism. You have a shared experience with teenagers and young adults all over this world, one that will undoubtedly shape your worldview and perspective for decades to come.

“You have met that challenge head on and not only survived, but you have thrived. I am confident that this challenge will only enable you to face the next challenge, whatever it may be, with confidence and conviction that you can adapt, endure, and overcome. Be grateful, gentlemen, for the deprivations of these past 15 months, for they have forged in you a strength that may not have otherwise emerged.

“And it has forged in all of us, the adults in this community, a gratitude and admiration for all of you that we will not soon forget.”

— Mason Lecky, Upper School Commencement opening remarks

UPPER SCHOOL AWARDS

WILLIAM M. HILL JR. ’73 MEMORIAL AWARD Cleighton Hilbert RAY MERCER “BUCK” PAUL III ‘06 MEMORIAL AWARD Christian Johnson

WILLIAM CARTER BOWLES JR. ’56 MEMORIAL MUSIC PRIZE Drew Brown

DOUGLASS P. GRIFFITH PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN MATHEMATICS Edward Pasco

SCHOOL PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN DRAMA Drew Brown

SCHOOL PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN ART Christian Johnson

SCHOOL PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENGLISH Edward Pasco

SCHOOL PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SPANISH LANGUAGE Weston Williams

SCHOOL PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SPANISH LITERATURE Morey Levy SCHOOL PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE Evan Carpenter SCHOOL PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Hugo Abbot SCHOOL PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HISTORY Drew Brown and Mike Hawkins

MOORE PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN FRENCH Cooper Stovall E.W. BOSWORTH LATIN PRIZE Miles Mullins

SCHOOL SPIRIT OF CHALLENGE PRIZE Jahlique Carlyle, Coley Lynch, Spencer Villanueva, Riley Wood THE REV. MELISSA K. HOLLERITH PRIZE FOR SERVICE, COMMUNITY BUILDING AND INCLUSION Nash Steed

CHARLES M. STILLWELL PRIZE FOR LEADERSHIP Drew Brown

HEADMASTER’S PRIZE Curtis Hale, Morey Levy and Robert Mish ALEXANDER MCNEILL CARRINGTON ’41 MEMORIAL AWARD Colin Royal JOHN NEWTON GRAY ’35 MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING LOYALTY Jayden Smith DASHIELL MEMORIAL PRIZE Edward Pasco

IRVING H. BLACKWELL MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR HIGH DEVOTION TO THE HONOR AND TRADITIONS OF ST. CHRISTOPHER’S SCHOOL Edward Pasco

WILLIAM CABELL BROWN PRIZE FOR CHARACTER AND ABILITY Coleman Wray JOSEPH BRYAN MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR LEADERSHIP Mac Suskind

ANDREW JACKSON BOLLING III FACULTY AWARD Dr. Ann Vanichkachorn, director of health services

ARMSTRONG-JENNINGS AWARD The Rev. Durk Steed, Middle School chaplain CARL J. KOENIG PRIZE FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE Mr. Greg Vick, director of Upper School choral music

*All prize winners are members of the Class of 2021 unless otherwise noted.

LEGACIES

Front row: Cliff Fleet ’61, Cabell Fleet, Mason Street, Colin Royal, Harrison Schroeder, Gibson Bowles, Robert Hancock, Luke Fergusson, Mac Suskind, Weston Williams; Second row: Jack Street ’53, John Street ’88, Frank Royal ’86, Cliff Schroeder ’86, Churchill Bowles ’88, Billy Hancock ’68, John Fergusson ’81, Greg Suskind ’90, Jamie Williams ’81

Front row: Robert Walmsley, John Jordan, Foster Bundy, Luke Thomas, William Hayes, Sammy Boggs, Griffin O’Ferrall, Max Wallace, Harrison Tompkins, Spalding Hall, Knight Bowles, Aubrey Bowles; Second row: Pierce Walmsley ’58, Pierce Walmsley ’83, Charlie Caravati ’55, Walter Bundy ’86, John Thomas ’79, Jeff Hayes ’84, Chris Boggs ’89, Ren O’Ferrall ’85, Gordon Wallace ’55, Maxwell Wallace ’91, Taylor Tompkins ’86, Hoppy Ancarrow ’63, Russell Bowles ’77

Athletic Awards

BUERLEIN DISTANCE RUNNING AWARD Knight Bowles HUGH BRENAMAN FOOTBALL AWARD Teddy Bannister and John Jordan ANNA P. GOODALE SOCCER AWARD Curtis Hale

JAMES W. PROFFITT ’48 BASKETBALL AWARD Riley Wood FUTSAL AWARD Curtis Hale

RANDOLPH BURWELL CARDOZO JR. ’74 TRACK AWARD Jayden Smith SQUASH AWARD Robert Mish

SWIMMING & DIVING AWARD Aubrey Bowles E. OTTO N. WILLIAMS ’27 WRESTLING TROPHY Kevin Schork

JOHN R. BRINSER BASEBALL AWARD Griffin O’Ferrall and Harrison Coble

HARRY W. EASTERLY JR. ’40 GOLF AWARD Gibson Bowles and Taylor Jefferson C. BRAXTON VALENTINE ’41 LACROSSE AWARD Spalding Hall OUTDOOR TRACK AWARD Jayden Smith BART JAN LAVERGE ’57 TENNIS AWARD Talman Ramsey STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING AWARD Braxton Page, Christian Johnson and Colin Royal VOICE OF THE SAINTS AWARD Aubrey Bowles MONOGRAM AWARD Knight Bowles ROBERT WILLIAMS HERZOG AWARD Edward Pasco

JAMES TURNER SLOAN II ’40 AWARD Talman Ramsey and Riley Wood BRADFORD ALLEN PARRISH ’91 AWARD Knight Bowles and Cleighton Hilbert TALMADGE ABBITT DUPRIEST ’91 AWARD Aubrey Bowles NELSON HILL HOTCHKISS JR. ’70 AWARD John Jordan and Morey Levy ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S AWARD FOR COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE Timmy Gordinier, Jake Keeling, Chase Mullins, Erik Roggie JOHN T. SIEGEL ’57 MEMORIAL PRIZE Jayden Smith SLATER PRIZE Curtis Hale

DAVENPORT TROPHY Griffin O’Ferrall

ALBERT LUCK “PETEY JACOBS” MEMORIAL AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED COACHING John Burke

*All prize winners are members of the Class of 2021 unless otherwise noted.

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