Prize Winners 2026
Students who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in academics, the arts and athletics receive awards during Prize Chapel, Baccalaureate and Commencement. Faculty members present awards across various disciplines, including English, history, world languages, science, mathematics, visual and performing arts, and athletics. More than a celebration of individual accomplishments, the awards are a reminder of the values of excitement, curiosity and character that define the Peddie education. The 2026 award recipients are listed below.
Arts Prizes
The Lawton Music of the Chapel Award:
Jingyi Han
The Lubkert Memorial Prize for Creativity:
Sanai Parrish
The Barton Excellence in Music Award:
HuiKe (Coco) Zhou
The Holcombe Theater Award:
Jacob Mileski
The Excellence in Studio Art Award:
Jia Yi (Alex) Gao
Athletics Prizes
The Susan K. Cabot Spirit of the Game Award:
Jack Mahoney
English Prizes
The Carl Geiger Prize in Creative Writing:
Wai Man (Izzy) Lam
The Carl Geiger Prize in Creative Writing:
Ophelia Ni
The Robert Roberson Award:
Lena McCollum
The Gordon H. Sunbury English Improvement Award:
Sentayehu (Taye) Seubert
Foreign Language Prizes
The French Language Achievement Award:
Xuan (Claire) Lin
The Rob Thomas ’73 Latin Memorial Award:
Kira Pramanik
The Chinese Language Achievement Award:
Allison Lopez
The Spanish Language Achievement Award:
Lena McCollum
History Prizes
The Pam Zbehlik Prize in European and World History:
Xuan (Claire) Lin
The Maccagnan History Department Prize:
Benedict Kiely
The Maccagnan History Department Prize:
Neil Kathuria
Mathematics Prizes
The Wintersteen Prize in Statistics:
Xuan (Claire) Lin
The Wintersteen Prize in Computer Science:
Che (Jayden) Li
The Wintersteen Prize in Computer Science:
Alvin Lyuh
The Wintersteen Prize in Calculus:
Che (Jayden) Li
Science Prizes
The Oliver W. Ingersoll Prize in Chemistry:
Jiayu (Jerry) Liu
The Physics Teachers Award:
HuiKe (Coco) Zhou
