South Otago High School senior prizes

Co-dux Bailey Rutter
Co-dux Bailey Rutter
South Otago High School held its senior prizegiving recently. The prize list is. -

Year 11

Commendable achievement: Morgan Allington, digital technology; Jannah Ariola, geography; Megan Brice, science; Nickada Bunting, geography; Tara Cockburn, literacy; Harri Deacon, physed; Maycee Finn-Ross, sport & recreation; Jessary Garcia, hospitality; Joshua Hansen, music; Chance Heremaia, te reo; Mananui Keane, mathematics & stats; Sarah Kenworthy, ready to work; Surya Prasad, materials & design technology; Caitlin Shanks, science; Finn Smith-Bingham, English; Anten'a Solomon-Wright, science; Catherine Tunnah, hospitality; Caitlin Ward, English; Logan Wilson, physed; Izzy Woodward, physed; Lorna Button, science, food technology; Molly Jeffery, geography, maths & stats; Shannon Jelley, art, graphics; Kemp Skipper, maths & stats, physed; Luc Thomson, English, physed; Paige Win, English, geography, science; Tessa Dix, geography, maths & stats, science, soft material technology; Marielle Untalan, maths & stats, science, food technology and soft material technology.

Merit and excellence: Laura Adlam, merit graphics; Matt Braidwood, merit building technology; Regan Gillespie, merit building technology; Ashleigh Heads, merit sport & recreation; Reganne Henry, merit English; Jacob Hutton, merit French; Lessleen Makoni, merit maths & stats; Jessica Craik, merit geography, commendable achievement science; Riley Eggers, merit te reo, commendable achievement science; Celeste Johnston, merit digital technology, commendable achievement French; Nicole Ogorida, merit English, commendable achievement maths & stats; Peter Roger, merit English, commendable achievement history; Natasha McNaught, merit soft material technology, commendable achievement art, graphics, maths & stats; Erica Craig, merit history, ready to work; Abby Edwards, merit science, hospitality; Abby Uson, merit maths & stats, food technology; Reuben Watt, merit maths & stats, science; Jasmine Burrow, excellence art; Dana Buyayo, excellence maths & stats; Timothy Faamoe, excellence graphics; Samuel Hutton, excellence digital technology; Caty Penn, excellence art, merit hospitality; Isla Pringle, excellence physed, merit English; Stephanie Lawrence, excellence food technology, merit geography, commendable achievement English; Conor Mills, excellence drama, merit maths & stats, commendable achievement digital technology, science; Sophie Dix, excellence science, merit drama, maths & stats, commendable achievement English, geography, history; Dylan Crawford, excellence materials & design technology, merit accounting, English, science, commendable achievement maths & stats; Mike Jessop, excellence English, geography, maths & stats, merit accounting, history, science; Grace Schuurman, excellence English, history, music, science, commendable achievement drama; Daniel Cook, excellence accounting, English, maths & stats, physed, merit geography, science.

Sporting cups, trophies: Jannah Ariola, badminton girls doubles (with Dana Buyayo); Hannah Botting, tennis most improved player; Lorna Button, football girls most dedicated player; Dana Buyayo, badminton girls doubles (with Jannah Ariola), badminton mixed doubles (with Michael Buniag); Harri Deacon, swimming intermediate boys; Abby Edwards, tennis, senior girls tennis, senior girls doubles (with Sinead Grant); Sam Hall, girls 1st XV rugby, most improved player; Isla Pringle, girls rugby player of year; Grace Schuurman, athletics intermediate girls; Luc Thomson, cross-country intermediate boys; Paige Win, touch most promising player.

Co-dux Caitlin Cook
Co-dux Caitlin Cook
Special awards: Jasmine Burrow, excellence year 11 art (with Caty Penn); Jessica Craik, best contribution to music (junior); Riley Eggers, Te Putai Tahuna Taonga (boy); Reganne Henry, year 11 food technology; Conor Mills, services to library; Klaude Ngamoki, Te Rihari Taonga (girl); Caty Penn, excellence year 11 art (with Jasmine Burrow); Isla Pringle, sport, academic effort and achievement year 11; Grace Schuurman, best contribution music (female), speech prize year 11; Jared Smollett, services to library.

Sport, cultural and academic blues: Lorna Button, football; Daniel Cook, academic; Dylan Crawford, touch referee, academic; Sophie Dix, academic; Abby Edwards, tennis; Mike Jessop, academic; Delaney McKenzie, rugby; Isla Pringle, rugby, academic; Grace Schuurman, academic; Luc Thomson, rugby.

Year 12

Commendable achievement: Jordan Beck, geography; Tori Brown, biology; Hannah Cornish, numeracy; Cullen Crossan, engineering technology; Tegan Duncan, communication English; Maxine Gray, art; Sian Hepburn, history; Reid Johnstone, English; Martyn Joyce, SPEC; Jess Kendall, te reo; Jemma Kirk, maths & stats; Samuel Knight, building technology (year 11); Yanlin Lyu, chemistry; Dane MacPherson, biology; Hannah McLeary, maths & stats; Sophie Morrison, English; Jack Payne, economics; Kate Robertson, biology; Sasha Scott, accounting; Joshua Sellwood, communication English; Brodie Smith, geography; Ummi Tarmizi, maths & stats; Ayson White, outdoor education; Georgia Wilson, soft material technology; Taylor Clark, building technology, outdoor education; Hamish Gillespie, graphics, outdoor education; Sarah Jessop, geography, soft material technology; Hannah Lee, hospitality, ready to work; Logan Pettitt, outdoor education, sport & recreation; Ginny Sanders, English, drama; Zou Yuxuan, English for speakers of other languages, maths & stats.

Merit and excellence: Alyssa Cu, merit hospitality; Atawhai Hotene, merit physed; Camden Jacobs, merit biology; Reese Martin, merit history; Hemi Remi, merit te reo; Brady Robertson, merit communication English; Jayden Stewart, merit economics; Jessie Bennett, merit geography; Leighana Budd, merit communication English, commendable achievement tourism; Michael Buniag, merit accounting, commendable achievement geography; Kirsty McLaren, merit hospitality, commendable achievement maths & stats; Ani-Lee Sexton, merit tourism, commendable achievement geography; Teigan Webber, merit gateway, tourism (year 13); Mickey Chi, merit English for speakers of other languages, commendable achievement communication English, chemistry; Jesse Maher merit history, commendable achievement geography, physed; Brae Tourell, merit building technology, communication English; Mitchell Hollows, merit art, English, digital technology, maths & stats, commendable achievement materials & design technology; Meihana Frisby, excellence building technology; Jackson Gardner, excellence graphics, commendable achievement maths & stats; Joshua Hill, excellence economics, commendable achievement English; Todd Nicolson, excellence materials & design technology, commendable achievement digital technology, ready to work; Simon Craig, excellence maths & stats, merit physics; Tasmyn White, excellence art, merit geography; Olivia Finney, excellence geography, merit art, English, commendable achievement biology; Cody Forbes, excellence accounting, maths & stats; Henry Sly, excellence digital technology, English; Olivia Richardson, excellence biology, chemistry, physics, merit maths & stats, commendable achievement English, French; Ashton Tourell, excellence English, drama, geography, physed; Sophie Mills, excellence biology, French, maths & stats, physics, merit chemistry, English.

Sporting cups, trophies: Jethro Ariola, badminton boys doubles (with Hero Villar); Michael Buniag, badminton senior boys, badminton mixed doubles (with Dana Buyayo) football commitment to 1st XI; Jackson Gardner, service boys hockey; Hamish Gillespie, boys hockey sportsmanship; Joshua Hill, athletics intermediate boys; Mitchell Hollows, swimming senior boys; Atawhai Hotene, contribution touch (with Rory van Vugt), netball all-round excellence; Jordan Maaka, hockey contribution on field of play; Sophie Mills, cross-country intermediate girls; Hemi Remi, rugby most improved back; Olivia Richardson, badminton senior girls, cricket most dedicated team player (girls); Brady Robertson, rugby coaches 1st choice; Ashton Tourell, basketball best all-round player, cricket most wickets taken, boys cricket most valuable player; Hero Villar, badminton boys doubles (with Jethro Ariola); Ayson White, services hockey, cricket most dedicated team player; Tasmyn White, athletics cup senior girls, runner-up cross-country senior girls; Katie Willocks, swimming senior girl, contribution girls cricket.

Special awards: Leighana Budd, NZST tourism student of year scholarship; Taylor Clark, contribution outdoor activities; Olivia Finney, agriculture/hort/geography - academic prize; Sophie Mills, senior speech, speech prize year 12, general academic; Jack Payne, chess; Olivia Richardson, general academic; Henry Sly, computing; Ashton Tourell, general academic; Liberty Waru, Tuakana - He whakaritenga ki te rohe Iwi Katea; Chloe Williamson, exceptional effort.

Sport; cultural, academic blues: Olivia Finney, academic; Cody Forbes, academic; Kate Gold, ballet; Tayla Hannah, rugby; Joshua Hill, athletics, rugby; Atawhai Hotene, netball, touch; Jess Kendall, rugby; Sophie Mills, academic; Chase Owen, rugby; Bailey Reichel, performing arts; Hemi Remi, rugby; Olivia Richardson, academic, piano; Brady Robertson, rugby; Levi Robertson, rugby; Cameron Russell, karate; Henry Sly, academic; Ashton Tourell, academic; Liberty Waru, rodeo; Tasmyn White, athletics, cross-country; Katie Willocks, rugby.

Year 13

Taylor Aitken-Boyle, excellence geography, merit drama, history, commendable achievement English, senior drama, geography/agriculture academic prize, academic blue; Kurtis Barlow, commendable achievement biology; Josh Button, merit digital technology, commendable achievement geography, videography blue; Caitlin Cook, excellence biology, chemistry, English, physics, physed, merit stats, netball leadership contribution, excellence year 13 physed, academic blue; Aleisha Cunningham merit, physed, commendable achievement in digital technology; Melissa den Baars, commendable achievement art; Carys Denny, excellence history, merit geography, commendable achievement English, excellence year 13 history, academic effort year 13, academic blue; Ivan Gamble, commendable achievement drama; Carlos Goatley, theatre blue; Sinead Grant, tennis senior girls doubles (with Abby Edwards), cricket best batting girls; Jenna Grinton, commendable achievement English, geography, te reo; Tyler Hammer, rugby blue; Katrina Hill, commendable achievement English, Otago Polytechnic principals' leadership scholarship; Kaydin Hunter, rugby most improved player 2nd XV; Bailee Hutton, netball most improved player; Sarah Hutton, merit geography; Vanessa Irwin, commendable achievement accounting, soft material technology; Scott Lawrence, commendable achievement biology, geography, achievement and effort year 12 or 13; Mary McGimpsey, commendable achievement physed, athletics senior girls, contribution to girls rugby, rugby blue; Kyle Nolan, commendable achievement gateway; Bligh Pringle, excellence art, commendable achievement English; Brittany Race, commendable achievement geography; Kade Renouf, merit calculus; Stephanie-Anne Ross, excellence geography, merit English, commendable achievement history, academic blue; Bailey Rutter, excellence biology, calculus, chemistry, physics, stats, all-round excellence sport, equestrian blue, academic blue; Sarah Smith, excellence art, best artwork for year art; Mikayla Stoop excellence English, literature prize, general academic; Ying Su significant contribution by international student; Em-J Uson commendable achievement soft material technology, best contribution music (male); Rory van Vugt, excellence building technology, contribution touch (with Atawhai Hotene), athletics senior boys, cross-country senior boys, contribution 1st XV rugby, highest sport achievement, touch blue, rugby blue; Hannah Watt, excellence accounting, digital technology, economics, commendable achievement calculus, top academic business student accounting; Matt Whaanga, commendable achievement building technology, rugby significant achievement, rugby blue; Susan White, commendable achievement stats; Liam Whitmore, excellence drama, music, drama blue; Hayley Witt, excellence English, French, commendable achievement stats, French, significant contribution to community, academic blue; Dylan Wrigley, merit accounting, economics.

Special awards
Distinction - citizenship: Taylor Aitken-Boyle; Caitlin Cook; Carys Denny; Mary McGimpsey; Bligh Pringle; Megan Robson.
Principal's award: Head boy Matt Whaanga; head girl Stephanie-Anne Ross.
General Academic Prize: Taylor Aitken Boyle.
Award co-duxes: Caitlin Cook, Bailey Rutter.

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