Albany High Junior/Senior Awards Video

  • Posted June 16, 2021
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Albany High School celebrated students who shine in academics, on the stage and on the athletic field, and in school and the overall community during its annual Junior-Senior Awards Ceremony on Wednesday.

The 2021 celebration was virtual, and you can watch it below.

Congratulations to these Falcon superstars! Their names and the awards they won are listed below the video in alphabetical order by the award title.

  • Aisslee Threatt Award – Margaret Papa
  • Albany Civic Theatre Award – Brianna Dollar, Krista Cataldo
  • Alfred University Scholar Award – Ella Hallgren
  • APSTA Scholarship – Nevaeh Boyd
  • APSUE Scholarships – Suzanne Penna, Sha-Queece Mathis
  • Attorney General’s Triple “C” Award – Zelalem Kebade, Ella Sleasman
  • Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award – Zeroun Ni
  • Bessie Reiss Memorial – Graham Gordon
  • Bryn Mawr Presidential Book Award – Alison Powell
  • Charlotte Criner Memorial Scholarship – Olivia Henry, Syaira Liverpool, Zakaiyah Nobles, KeAhvea Tanksley, Ayanna Williams, A’Deja Wright 
  • Choral Award – Elizabeth Alzawahra
  • Christopher Ryan Scholarship – Katharine Drury
  • City Club of Albany – Sarah Bearden
  • Clarkson Achievement Award – Mandy Berghela
  • Clarkson Leadership Award – Miriam Eligberg
  • Class of 1956 Award – Cheick Meite
  • Dr. Alexander Paley Scholarship – Jada Gary, Ella Hubbell, Chai Kam, Dalia Levy, Santino Martinelli
  • Dr. Harry Minassian Chemistry Prize – Endri Hoxha
  • Dutch Settlers Society of Albany – Isabella Recene
  • Elaine Englander Prize – Nevaeh Boyd
  • Eleanor Koblenz Award – Krista Cataldo, Brandon Cataldo, Brianna Dollar, Chai Kam, Maura Mulholland, Hannah Wheeler, Aaliah Dallard 
  • Elmira Key – Liv Nevo, Joshua Sarfo 
  • Ethel B. Lamar Prize – Keyshawn Witters
  • Female Lundy Society Award – Muzhda Saiyd Younus
  • Francis L. Harris Memorial Award – Onovu Otitigbe-Dangerfield
  • Frederick Douglas & Susan B. Anthony Award – Pinky Bernadette Isanan
  • George Eastman Young Leaders Award – Ingrid Colafati
  • Gerald Jennings Scholarship – Semir Jusic, DeVante Richards
  • Hanlon McDonald Memorial Scholarship – Godfrey Brix Garzon, Camille Hughes 
  • Harriet Wands Sacca Award – Onovu Otitigbe-Dangerfield 
  • Harvard Book Prize – Tonema Mitra
  • Herbert McLaughlin, Jr. Incentive Award – Egypt Tune
  • Hudson Valley Community College Book Award – Chelsea Lew
  • Instrumental Award – Cole Churchill (Band), Gloria Tucker (Orchestra)
  • International Award – Saiaa Alam
  • Joseph Lewi Memorial Math Prize – Suzanne Penna
  • Julia O. Wells Memorial Scholarship – Alyrah Pettiway
  • Keuka College George Ball Award – Sasha Post-Lais, Elizabeth Powell, Aliyah Rivera, Lauren Roter, Willow Shipherd
  • Marianne Kinnard Achievement – Dalia Levy
  • Marvin W. Cohen III Award – Noah Graber
  • Myers Chinese Prize – Victoria Cedeno
  • Nate Sutin Memorial Prize – Sarah Bearden
  • National Merit Commended Scholars – Ronan Costello, Graham B. Gordon, Vincent F. Lembo, Santino D. Martinelli, Suzanne R. Penna
  • Nona Richardson Scholarship – Abiyah Yahuda-Edwards
  • NYS Comptroller Achievement Award – JaNikwa Hoke
  • Orlin Award – Zoe Volmer (French 2), Rachel Andrews (French 3), Joshua Sarfo (French 4)
  • PTSA Scholarship – Sarah Bearden, Erika Bopp, Brandon Cataldo, Krista Cataldo, Jada Gary, Godfrey Brix Garzon, Dalia Levy, Myles Rosenzweig, J’Ana Smith, Henry Sowah, Jayden Warren
  • RIT Computing Medal – Gideon Goldmann, Sydney Speanburg
  • RIT Creativity and Innovation Award – Ronnel Alquiza, Jena Maria Rubi
  • Roselyn Steck Prize – Agejsi Qylafi
  • RPI Medal –Thor Hammer
  • Seal of Biliteracy Award – Vincent F. Lembo
  • Shonye L. Hall Scholarship – La’Tia Alla, Alyrah Pettiway, Jorleny Valverde-Ventura, Nalia Wilson 
  • Smith College Book Award – Marah Sami 
  • Society of Women Engineers – Pinky Isanan, Tonema Mitra
  • St. Michael’s College Book Award – Julio Batista Hernandez, Isabella Hrimatopoulos 
  • Stephen Hershberg Award – Marc Manantan
  • Student Sage Scholar – Cindy Gusho, Nivethika Jeyaparan
  • Tom Healey Scholarship – Suzanne Penna
  • Tom Natell Peace Poetry Prize – Myanoe Aung, Jamiah Williams
  • UAlbany Capital District Leadership Award – Noah Levine
  • University of Vermont – Naya Kennedy
  • Warren W. Stout Prize – Abigail Williams
  • Wells College 21st Century Leader Award – Emily Lopez, Mays Othman
  • Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology – Alexandra Roter