Awards given at the Joel Barlow Awards ceremony on May 29, 2025

Abigail Avidon: Brandeis University Book Award, Redding/Georgetown Democratic Town
Committee Mary Anne Guitar Award.

Abigail Bonoff: Clarkson University Leadership and Achievement Award.

Agnes Davis: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award, Jordan Wright Memorial Scholarship
Award.

Ahmed Ibrahim: Joel Barlow High School Senior Award.

Alexa Stark: Daughters of the American Revolution – Drum Hill Chapter Awards; Good Citizens
Award 2025, Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award.

Alexandra Bardani: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards, Madman As Hero Award, National
Merit Scholarship Program – Commended Students.

Alexia Sanchez: Carlo Minasi Memorial Award, Connecticut Music Educators Association
Western Region Music Festival Honorees, Joel Barlow High School Seniors Award, Weller
Foundation Awards.

Allena Ogden: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Alyssa Marushak: Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival
Honorees.

Andrew Gutowski: St. Bonaventure University – Bonnie Scholarship, Worcester Polytechnic
Institute Innovation Award.

Angela Humphrey: Joel Barlow Alumni Association Scholarship; Joel Barlow High School
Senior Awards, National Merit Scholarship Program – Semifinalist.

Anthony Azzara: Harrison T. Doyle Award, Michael J. Friedman Memorial Award, National
Merit Scholarship Program – Commended Students.

Antoinette Peters: Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival
Honorees.

Ari Alvarez: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Arianna Pereira: Joel Barlow High School Nominee for Women of Innovation 2025, Johns
Hopkins Book Award, Rochester Institute of Technology – Awards, Science Research Award,
University of Rochester Award.

Audrey Gil: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards, Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award,
National Federation of State High School Association’s Award of Excellence.

Ava Gillon: Suffolk University Book Award.

Ava Racette: National School Orchestra Award.

Avery Young: Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival
Honorees, Society of Women Engineers, Tulane University Book Award.

Brady Decker: Clarkson University Leadership and Achievement Awards, Redding/Georgetown
Democratic Town Committee John G Atwood Good Government Prize.

Brian Weiss: Bowdoin College Book Award, Rochester Institute of Technology – Awards,
Science Research Award.

Brooke Ambrosio: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Bryce Hopkins: Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival
Honorees.

Cade Fravel: 2025 Administrator’s Service Award, Andrew E. Lange Memorial Science
Scholarship Fund, Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award, John Philip Sousa Band Award,
National Merit Scholarship Program – Semifinalist.

Caleyse Miserendino: Redding Georgetown Democratic Town Committee Alvin Rumi
Environmental Studies Prize.

Caroline Beihl: Joel Barlow Alumni Association Scholarship.

Catrina Hansen: Georgetown Veterinary Hospital Award.

Chad Pranzo: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Charles Dunlop: Daughters of the American Revolution Drum Hill Chapters Awards DAR
Service to America Award.

Cheyrl Southlea: St. Bonaventure University – Bonnie Scholarship.

Christopher Gagliardi: Joel Barlow High School Outstanding Junior Visual Arts Award, St.
Bonaventure University – Bonnie Scholarship.

Connor Thomas: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Conrad Newell: Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival
Honorees.

Daniel Marin: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award.

Daniel Murcia: Triple “A” Award for Outstanding Achievement in Academics, the Arts, and/or
Athletics.

Dillon Bargagna: Easton Garden Club Scholarship, Allison Joy Bloom Memorial Award.

Ella Anderson: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award, Triple “A” Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Academics, the Arts, and/or Athletics.

Ella Cederbaum: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards, Joel Barlow Scholarship Find Award.

Ella Hotchkiss: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award, Triple “A” Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Academics, the Arts, and/or Athletics.

Emery Oppenheim: Poetry Out Loud – 2024 Joel Barlow School Champion, Regional
Champion, State Finalist.

Emily Capeci: Alan B. Weaver Memorial Award, Mark Twain Library Wit and Wisdom Award.
Emma Sarkinovic: Alan B. Weaver Memorial Award.

Eneas Freyre: Achievement in Academics, the Arts, and/or Athletics.

Erik Schmid: Russell Lloyd Equi Memorial Award.

Ezra Nemore: Easton Arts Council Nancy White Memorial Awards.

Fariha Kudia: American Mathematics Competition Awards 2024, Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund
Award, Myron L. and Claire B. Gordon Foundation Scholarship, Joel Barlow High School
Senior Awards.

Finn Bermingham: Redding Georgetown Democratic Town Committee Dr. Hugh Claremont
Science Award, Republican Town Committee Ronald Reagan Memorial Award, Trinity College
Club of Hartford Book Award.

Gabriela Boehlert: Ken W. Harman Memorial Scholarship.

Gianna Onofrio: Sacred Heart University Book Award.

Giulia Dos Santos: St. Bonaventure University – Bonnie Scholarship.

Grace Blawie: Weller Foundation Awards, Western Connecticut Superintendents Association
Awards.

Graham Ollendorff: National Merit Scholarship Program – Commended Students.

Greyson DiBlasi: Saint Michael’s College Book Awards.

Griffin Speck: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award.

Hannah Emerito: Southwest Conference Unified Sports Award.

Hannah Gourad: Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival
Honorees, Joel Barlow High School Spirit of the Arts Award.

Helena Glatzel: Kathy Kindness Scholarship Award in memory of Kathy Rose Vars Yalof.

Helena Zima: Mary Anne Guitar Scholarship Award, Southwest Conference Leadership Award.

Isabella Sgritta: Joel Barlow High School Education Association.

Isabelle Wildgoose: Connecticut Association of Schools Award.

Jessica Hakim: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award.

Joseph Bonanno: Marc Jarvis Memorial Scholarship.

Julia Spinelli: Weller Foundation Awards.

Julian Fusco: American Mathematics Competition Awards 2024.

Juliana Qiu: Joel Barlow Association Scholarship, Joel Barlow High School Excellence in Public
Speaking – 2025 Senior Speakout Finalist, Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Kaden Holub: St. Bonaventure University – Bonnie Scholarship.

Kaelen Kunar: Rochester Institute of Technology – Awards.

Kate Krug: Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival Honorees,
Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award, Myron L. and Claire B. Gordon Foundation Scholarship.

Kenji Perretz: Connecticut State Latin Contest, Dartmouth College Book Award, Rochester
Institute of Technology – Awards.

Kieran Nevins: Connecticut Association of School Awards, Connecticut Music Educators
Association Western Region Music Festival Honorees, Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award,
Kieran Nevins Scholarship, Kilbourn Inquiry Book Award.

Kosta Nani: Society of Women Engineers, Yale Club of Fairfield County Book Award.

Kristina Stranik: Bethel Veterinary Hospital Scholarship, Connecticut Music Educators
Association All-state Music Festival Honorees, Connecticut Music educators Association
Western Region Music Festival Honorees, National School Choral Award.

Lauren Klein Wassink: Connecticut Association of Schools Award, Joel Barlow Alumni
Association Scholarship, Ken W. Harman Memorial Scholarship, Randy Potter Memorial Award.

Lila Reyes: Joel Barlow High School Excellence in Public Speaking – 2025 Senior Speakout,
Finalist, Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Lucas Perales – Hudson: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Luis Diez: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Luke Bonanno: Mikey’s Way Foundation Award.

Luke Matuski: Triple “A” Award for Outstanding Achievement in Academics, the Arts, and/or
Athletics.

Maansi Tibrewal: Barnard College Book Awards, Joel Barlow High School Science Award,
Poetry Out Loud – 2022 Joel Barlow School Champion, Regional Champion, State Finalist,
Poetry Out Loud – 2023 Joel Barlow School Champion, Regional Champion, State Finalist,
University of Rochester Awards.

Maggie Jimenez: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award, Triple “A” Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Academics, the Arts, and/or Athletics.

Maggie Stablein: Joel Barlow High School Spirit of the Arts Award, Robert Smuniewski
Memorial Scholarship.

Maggie Valenti: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award, Triple “A” Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Academics, the Arts, and/or Athletics.

Mary Duque: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award, Nick Tiseo Memorial Scholarship.

Massimo Plastina: Southwest Conference Unified Sports Award.

Mateo Jara: St. Bonaventure University – Bonnie Scholarship.

Matthew Arnold: Endicott College Junior Book Award.

Matthew Harr: University of Rochester Awards.

Maya Acosta: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards, Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award.

Maya Wantke: Public Speaking – 2025 Senior Speakout, Finalist, Joel Barlow Scholarship Find
Award.

Melissa Ploss: Connecticut Music Educators Association All-state Music Festival Honorees,
Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival Honorees.

Michael Mininberg: Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival
Honorees.

Michael Murcia: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award, Triple “A” Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Academics, the Arts, and/or Athletics.

Michael Sherman: American Mathematics Competition Awards 2024, Harvard University Book
Prize of Southern Connecticut, Redding Republican Town Committee Dwight Eisenhower
Award.

Michelle Carneiro: University of Rochester Awards.

Milo Lee: Student Sage Award – Russell Sage College.

Monica Charmoy: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards, Weller Foundation Awards.

Natalie Wantke: Barnard College Book Awards, Joel Barlow High School Outstanding Junior
Visual Arts Award, Student Sage Award – Russell Sage College.

Nathanael Hill: Redding Historical Society Award.

Nickolas Palvinski: American Mathematics Competition Awards 2024.

Nikita Vitikov: Columbia University Annual Book Award.

Olive Heres: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award, Morgan James Pinter Memorial Award.

Olivia Gatti: Connecticut Music Educators Association All-state Music Festival Honorees,
Connecticut Music Educators Western Region Music Festival Honorees.

Olivia Kotula: Science Research Award.

Owen Fellows: Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival
Honorees, Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards, Lynda Strauss Quinby Memorial
Scholarship, Region #9 Board of Education Recognition of Excellence Award, Western
Connecticut Superintendents Awards.

Penny LaMastro: Ashlar-Aspetuck Lodge No. 142 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Easton,
Connecticut Scholarship.

Pierce Counter: Jordan Wright Memorial Scholarship Award.

Priti Kiefer: Harvard Book Prize Sponsored by The Harvard Club of Fairfield County.

Quinn Pranzo: Triple “A” Award for Outstanding Achievement in Academics, the Arts, and/or
Athletics.

Quinn Williston: Kind Works Scholarship.

Randy Rivera: Sandi VanAusdal Travel Scholarship.

Rihanna Romeus: Joel Barlow Memorial Award.

Ruby Candee: 2025 Administrator’s Service Award, Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award, Lynn
Bielawa Memorial Athletic Award.

Ryan Puglio: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Book Award.

Sadie Watson: George Shaker Memorial Award.

Sage Oliver: Easton Pride Leadership Award, Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Sameer Khan: Cornell University Book Award.

Sarah Asghar: Marc Jarvis Memorial Scholarship.

Sarah Ballas: 2025 Joel Barlow High School Principal’s Award, Ashlar-Aspetuck Lodge No.
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Easton, Connecticut Scholarship, Allison Joy Bloom
Memorial Award.

Sassy Wood: Connecticut Music Educators Association All-state Music Festival Honorees,
Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival Honorees.

Scott Romano: 2025 Joel Barlow High School Principal’s Leadership Award, National
Federation of State High School Association’s Award of Excellence, Western Connecticut
Military Officers Association Candidate Award.

Sebastian Zuanelli: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Sierra Lynn: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award.

Simone Lupo: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Skylar Giblin: Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival
Honorees, Easton Arts Council Award, Nancy White Memorial Awards.

Sofia Benitez: Friends of Weir Farm Student Art Scholarship for Excellence in Visual Art, Joel
Barlow High School Senior Awards, Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award.

Sophia Kelly: Student Sage Award – Russell Sage College.

Sophia Tian: Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival
Honorees.

Sophie Peterson: Joel Barlow High School Senior Awards.

Stephanie Bardani: Student Sage Award – Russell Sage College.

Sydney Toro: Allison Joy Bloom Memorial Award, Redding Republican Town Committee David
A Sanford Memorial Award.

Talia Itah: Student Sage Award – Russell Sage College.

Tess Geaney: Greater Bridgeport Retired Teachers Association, Joel Barlow High School Senior
Awards.

Thomas Baer: Southwest Conference Leadership Award.

Timothy Hart: Joel Barlow High School Excellence in Public Speaking – 2025 Senior Speakout,
Finalist.

Tyler Ingram: U.S. Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence.

Tyler Young: St. Bonaventure University – Bonnie Scholarship.

Victoria Becker: University of Vermont Citizen Scholar Book Award.

Victoria Grzybowinski: Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award.

Victoria Zhou: Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival
Honorees, Joel Barlow High School Education Association.

William Bardani: Connecticut Association of Schools Award, Joel Barlow High School
Excellence in Public Speaking – 2025 Senior Speakout, Finalist, Ken W. Harman Memorial
Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship Program – Commended Students.

William Kopec: American Mathematics Competition Awards 2024.

Willow Bradford: Joel Barlow High School Excellence in Public Speaking – 2025 Senior
Speakout, Finalist, Joel Barlow High School Outstanding Achievement in Academics and the
Arts, Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award, Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, Redding Republican
Town Committee and the Berry Family Matthew L. Berry Memorial Scholarship.

Yu-Min Cho: American Mathematics Competition Awards 2024, Brown University Book Award,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Math and Science Award, Science Research Award, Science
Research Award, Rochester Institute of Technology – Awards.

Zoriana Olexy: Saint Michael’s College Book Awards.

Congratulations to all of the 2024-2025 award winners!

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