Prize Winners 2025

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

The Oliver W. Ingersoll Prize in Chemistry: Eric Huang