The 2011 San Lorenzo Valley High School graduating class walked down the aisle June 10. Listed below are the awards and achievements they garnered during their four years at the school.
Valedictorians
Peter Horton, Brittany Whitehill
Salutatorian
Nettie Mitchell-Brudnick
Top Twelve (Phelps Memorial Scholarship, $735)
Morgen Friend, Katherine Genis, Lara Isaacson, Nicholas Lipperd, Jenny Pace, Annelise Ringelman, Marisa Sanchez, Timothy Steinberg and Nathan Wood
National Honor Society
Claire Barnes, Samantha Bereman, Morgen Friend, Katherine Genis, Peter Horton, Lara Isaacson, Lindsey McClish, Nettie Mitchell-Brudnick, Jenny Pace, Andrew Paolini, Madeline Pfister, Rachael Vernazza, Brittany Whitehill
Individual awards
Cassandra Beasley: SLV Arts Booster Scholarship ($500), California Mathematics Council — Exemplary Achievement
Lauren Beasley: Journalism award — Yearbook
Shannon Belardi: SLV Arts Education Scholarship ($500), Journalism award — Yearbook
Emily Benson: Band award, Watershed award, ROP Aquaculture II Award
Samantha Bereman: Ken Frey Memorial Scholarship ($500), Journalism award — Yearbook
Dominique Berrito: Aquaculture II Award
Nathaniel Black: Art Award
Robin Brandon: Ceramics Award
Kayla Brown: British Literature Award
Andrea Bruce: Watershed award
Melanie Bruce: SEIU scholarship ($100)
Angela Burglar: Choir Award
Tyler Casey: SLV Rotary Club ($1,000)
Hazel Chadwick: MaryLyn Painter Techie Award ($100), Alice Earl Wilder Scholarship ($100), Cougar Club ($100)
Connor Chesus: Watershed award, Aquaculture II Award
Zachary Chinn: SLV Rotary Club ($1,000)
Michael D’Amato: AP English Award
Sarah Davis: Dean Richardson Award
Allison Dempewolf: SLV Alumni Association ($500), Omega Nu ($1,000, renewable)
Emily Dennis: Felton Fire Department/Ted Toft Scholarship ($1,000)
Katherine Genis: Cougar Club ($250), SLV Alumni Association ($500), SLV Teachers Association ($500), Fabric of Society Scholarship ($2,000), Spanish IV Award, Modern Literature Award, Journalism award — Newspaper, ROP Video Production, four years’ perfect attendance, CSF Scholarship ($300)
David Gonzales: Students Making a Difference honors
Naomi Gorham: MaryLyn Painter Techie Award ($100)
Nicholas Gorman: Athlete of the Year
McLean Grindy: Oceanography Award
Jessica Hopkins: San Jose State Alumni Scholarship ($500, renewable), ROP Computer Graphics Award
Peter Horton: Economics Award, Journalism award, Most Outstanding English award, National Forensic League honors
Lara Isaacson: Cougar Club ($100), Ardith DeVries Scholarship ($500), Joseph Grabill Scholarship ($1,000), Granite Construction “Golden Rule” award ($1,200), Outstanding Social Studies Award, French IV Award, Modern Literature Award, four years’ perfect attendance, NHS Scholarship ($150)
Brandon Jansen: ROP Construction Tech
Kaiya Janus: Gerrity Family Trust Award ($500), ROP Computer Graphics Award
Eric Johnson: David Maze Memorial Scholarship ($400), Cougar Club ($750), SLV Boosters Club ($500), SLV Alumni Association ($500), Felton Fire Department/Ted Toft Scholarship ($1,000)
Fiona Johnson: Drama Boosters ($250)
James Johnson: Photography Award
Jared Johnson: SLV Boosters Club ($500)
Lisa Johnson: ROP Video Production
Elizabeth Kelly: MaryLyn Painter Techie Award ($100)
Dillon Kennedy: ROP Video Production
Daniel Kraft: Alice Earl Wilder Scholarship ($100), David Maze Memorial Scholarship ($400), ROP Construction Tech
Deanna Lacy: Band Award, Physics Award
Joseph Leveque: ROP Computer Graphics Award
Nicholas Lipperd: Naval ROTC Scholarship ($180,000), Athlete of the Year
David Madison: SEIU scholarship ($100)
Melissa Makita: Watershed award
Kasia Markham: AP English Award, Journalism award — Newspaper, 12th grade All School Writing Day ($50)
Jazelle Mattson: Gerrity Family Trust Award ($500), SLV Arts Booster Special Recognition ($300)
Lindsey McClish: Alice Earl Wilder Scholarship ($100), Cougar Club ($250), SLV Boosters Club ($500), Boulder Creek Elementary Scholarship ($500), Omega Nu ($1,000, renewable), Scholar Athlete of the Year
Bryn McFarland: ROP Administration of Justice Award
Thomas McIntosh: ROP Construction Tech
Nettie Mitchell-Brudnick : AP English Award, Watershed award
Felipe Moreno: ROP Engineering Tech
Mia Orlando: Kirsten Wetterhorn Memorial Fund ($500), Valley Women’s Club ($1,000), CSF Scholarship ($150)
Maxine Orr: Modern Literature Award, Journalism award — Newspaper, Overall All School Writing Day ($75)
Jenny Pace: Cougar Club ($250), Omega Nu ($1,000, renewable), Journalism award — Newspaper, four years’ perfect attendance, CSF Scholarship ($400)
Andrew Paolini: National Forensic League honors
Jessica Pearce: MaryLyn Painter Techie Award ($100)
Matthew Petras: ROP Computer Graphics Award
Madeline Pfister: Cougar Club ($100), SLV Alumni Association ($500)
Rebecca Potter: Choir Award, ROP Computer Graphics Award
Savanna Prather: SLV Boosters Club ($500), Jack Harray Memorial Scholarship ($500), Alma Schreiber Memorial Scholarship ($1,000), Athlete of the Year
Zane Prunella: ROP Construction Tech
Alfredo Ramirez: SLV Boosters Club ($500), Mario Esposito Memorial Scholarship ($500)
Tyler Raymond: Dean Richardson Award, Personal Achievement Award
Annelise Ringelman : Pteron Society Scholarship ($500)
Alex Rinkert: Watershed award, Outstanding science award
Dominique Roberts: SLV Arts Booster Scholarship ($500)
Kendra Salangsang: British Literature award
Marisa Sanchez: Cougar Club ($500), Dr. Ashby Steele Memorial Scholarship ($500), Outstanding Math Award, AP Biology Award, CSF Scholarship ($300)
Thomas Sawyer: SLV Arts Booster Scholarship ($500)
Nicholas Sherrell: Mike Drake Award ($500), Omega Nu ($500, renewable), Nicholas Pagnini Memorial Scholarship ($1,000), ROP Engineering Tech, four years’ perfect attendance
Lacie Smith: Medley Cannelora Memorial Scholarship ($500)
Mary Smith: SLV Alumni Association ($500)
Timothy Steinberg: SEIU scholarship ($100), Naval Academy Scholarship ($300,000), Scholar Athlete of the Year
Katrina Sutton: AP Environmental Science Award, Watershed award, Aquaculture II Award
Chandler Townsend: San Jose State Alumni Scholarship ($500, renewable)
Rachael Vernazza: ROP International Business and Marketing
Haley White: British Literature award
Brittany Whitehill: Drama Boosters ($250), Outstanding Social Studies Award, Watershed award, NHS Scholarship ($400)
Sondra Wildman: Sandhya V. Patel Charitable Foundation: ($500)
Nathan Wood: SLV Boosters Club ($500), American Co-Masonry — Hiram Lodge 11 ($1,000), Military Officers Association of America ($1,000), Nicholas Pagnini Memorial Scholarship ($1,000), Mike Smith Kiwanis Scholarship ($2,500), Naval ROTC Scholarship ($180,000)
Sergio Zavaroni: SEIU scholarship ($100), AP Government Award, Journalism award — Newspaper, National Forensic League honors
