Prize Winners 2025
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 2025 award recipients are listed below.
All-School Prizes
Fredman Prize Salutatorian: Sarah Tong
Fredman Prize Valedictorian: Junting (Justin) Wang
Wyckoff Honor Prize: Matilda Kardhashi
Parents Association Prize: Connor Pawliczak
Annenberg Honor Award: Alexandra Loughran
Ingersoll Honor Prize: James Hamnett
The Dr. Henry Kissinger Award for Citizenship and Diplomacy: Matthew Luo
The Matthew R. Weiner ’98 Award: Sarah Naddelman
Arts
The Arts Department Prize: Sarah Drake
The Lubkert Memorial Prize for Creativity: Brooke Truslow
The Barton Excellence in Music Award: Katrina Lee
The Lawton Music of the Chapel Award: Keaton Chien
The Excellence in Studio Art Award: Eun Seo (Eva) Choi
The Holcombe Theater Award: Yanelly DeLeon
The Lubkert Memorial Prize for Creativity: Eva Middleton
Athletics
The Winant Cup: Eric Cho
The Winant Cup: Matilda Kardhashi
The Susan K. Cabot Spirit of the Game Award: Chloe Salapatas
English
The Fred Rager Class of 1944 Prize for Excellence in English: Julia Ulrich
The Gordon H. Sunbury English Improvement Award: Eliza Lamar
The Robert Roberson Award: Matthew Luo
The Carl Geiger Prize in Creative Writing: Imani Jones
Foreign Language
The Language Department Prize: Maggie Blakely
The Chinese Language Achievement Award: Andy Wang
The French Language Achievement Award: Ian Borges
The Spanish Language Achievement Award: Lue Fang
The Rob Thomas ’73 Latin Memorial Award: Sarah Tong
History
The Dr. William H. Mariboe Award: Matthew Luo
The Pam Zbehlik Prize in European and World History: Owen Piepszak
The Maccagnan History Department Prize: Aakarsh Mamawala
Mathematics
The Hornberger Prize in Mathematics: Junting (Justin) Wang
The Wintersteen Prize in Statistics: Anjali Sudarshan
The Wintersteen Prize in Computer Science: Yang (Philip) Han
Science
The Science Department Prize: Sarah Tong
The Physics Teachers Award: Junting (Justin) Wang
The Oram Biology Prize: Sarah Naddelman
The Physics Teachers Award: Yang (Philip) Han
