Awards and Scholarships Awards and Scholarships (June 06, 2003)

Amador Valley High School

Rebecca Andersson: Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Colin Bartolik: Italian American Federation of the East Bay Sarah Bean: Western Undergraduate Exchange Scholarship, University of Hawaii Natalya Berenshteyn: Distinguished Scholar, Cal Grant, Bank of America English Certificate of Achievement Marci Biro: AVHS DECA Outstanding Team Performance Caitlyn Boles: AVHS DECA Outstanding Team Performance Aemarie Bracks: Nobriga Family Scholarship Dawn Bratton: Hank Dempsey Award Marianne Bruno: Health & Bioscience Career Pathway, California Scholastic Federation Life Member, Advanced Placement Scholar, CNF Inc. Corporate Scholarship, Bank of America Music Certificate of Achievement, Parents of Amador Students Support Scholarship, David Beratlis Memorial Scholarship, Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Tom Hart Memorial, Buon Tempo Italian Society Scholarship, Italian Catholic Federation, U.S.M.C. Semper Fidelis Music Award Matthew Bush: U.S.M.C. Distinguished Athlete Melissa Carlucci: George Spiliotopolous Memorial Scholarship Clayton Carroll: Army College Fund Athlete Christine Chang: Health & Bioscience Career Pathway, California Scholastic Federation Life Member Lindsey Charland: Health & Bioscience Career Pathway David Clovis: CSU Fresno Marching Band Scholarship, John Philip Sousa Award Laura Collins: National Merit Scholarship Program, Commended Student, National Merit Scholarship Program, Gonzaga National Merit Scholarship, Amadon Newspaper Award, Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Conflenti: Leopold E. Wrasse Scholarship, Ryan Comer Memorial Scholarship, David Beratlis Memorial Scholarship, Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Scott Soule Memorial, George Spiliotopolous Memorial Scholarship, Rotary Club of Pleasanton, California Scholastic Federation Life Member, Cal Poly Scholarship Committee and Academic Affairs Division Amanda Costa: American Slavic Women's Club Scholarship Kathryn Couey: Amadon Newspaper Award, Entertainment Editor Elizabeth Crisostomo: Filipino Americans of Pleasanton Marisa Cusenz: Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Tom Hart Memorial, Bank of America Foreign Language Certificate of Achievement, Association of Pleasanton Teachers/Rick Aguiar Student Scholarship, Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Don Foreman Memorial Cassandra Davis: Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Gina Day: Azusa Pacific University, Music Scholarship Kristina Dent: Bank of America Business Certificate of Achievement, AVHS DECA "Co-Students" of the Year Jolene Dotson: Pepperdine Academic Scholarship, Parents of Amador Students Support Scholarship Tamsen Drew: Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction, Tri-Valley Science & Engineering Fair, First Place for "Autonomous Underwater Vehicle," Intel International Science Fair Jacob Drzymala: Advanced Placement Scholar Eugenie Du: California Scholastic Federation Life Member, Advanced Placement Scholar with Honors, National Merit Scholarship Program, Commended Student, Bank of America Social Science Certificate of Achievement, Parents of Amador Students Support Scholarship Linda Duong: Cal Grant, California Scholastic Federation Life Member Kristina Dyson: Black Employees Association of PG&E, Bay Area Chapter Links "Celebration of Excellence" Amanda Everett: Jim Olson Memorial Scholarship Scott Exner: USC Trustee and Academic Scholar, California Scholastic Federation Life Member April Fellers: Health & Bioscience Career Pathway, California Scholastic Federation Life Member Lauren Frizzell: Dan Gabor Memorial Scholarship for Track & Field, Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Andrew Galbreath: Josten's Senior of the Year, Shriber Family School Involvement Anmol Garcha: Amadon Newspaper Award, Outstanding Editorial Jonathan Gast: Association of Pleasanton Teachers/Rick Aguiar Student Scholarship, California Scholastic Federation Life Member Glenn Germany: Amadon Newspaper Award, Sports Editor, California Scholastic Federation Life Member, Brigham Young University, Tuition Scholarship Guiseppe Giordano: Doug Wadekamper Memorial Award for Wrestling Natalie Grano: Advanced Placement Scholar, Bank of America English Certificate of Achievement, Amadon Newspaper Award, Opinions Editor, National Merit Scholarship Program, Commended Student Nathan Greeney: George Spiliotopolous Memorial Scholarship, Rotary Club of Pleasanton, DeMolay Scholarship Kathryn Gross: California School Employees Association Scholarship Jennifer Haendel: Mark Furrer Memorial Scholarship, Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Anna Harris: Advanced Placement Scholar with Honors, Bank of America Science Certificate of Achievement, California Scholastic Federation 100% Members, National Merit Scholarship Program, Commended Student Lindsey Heisser: Bay Area Chapter Links "Celebration of Excellence" Kimberly Hendricks: AVHS DECA Outstanding Team Performance Anna Hettwer: Amadon Newspaper Award, Copy Editor Christina Hisel: UC Berkeley Alumni Leadership Scholarship, Parents of Amador Students Support Scholarship, Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Shereen Hong: Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Shaima Israr: Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Prachi Jani: Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Prachi Jani: California Scholastic Federation Life Member Robert Jordan: C.I.F. Scholar Athlete Dave Juillerat: AVHS Athlete Service Award Thomas Juillerat: UC Davis Scholarship, AVHS Boosters Club, Selway Scholarship, Andy Anderson Award "Male Athlete of the Year" Amelia Kardooni: Outstanding Color Guard Member Breanna Kernan: Colorado College Athletic Scholarship, Bank of America Computer Studies Certificate of Achievement Ashley King-Bischof: Elaine Barrett Memorial Award for Girls Basketball, Jan Kuhns Memorial Award "Female Athlete of the Year" Brian Koenig: Advanced Placement Scholar, National Merit Scholarship Program, Commended Student Tamara Kontizer: University of Tennessee - Martin, Volleyball Scholarship Kazushi Korekata: Nobriga Family Scholarships Mariya Kupershmidt: Advanced Placement Scholar, Bank of America History Certificate of Achievement Michelle Ladue: Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Don Foreman Memorial Krystal Lagosh: Nobriga Family Scholarships Anthony Leanos: Virginia K. LaFever Scholarship for Wrestling Allison Leung: Bank of America Communications Certificate of Achievement Fan Liu: 1600 Club, Advanced Placement Scholar with Honors, National Merit Scholarship Program, Commended Student, National Merit Scholarship Program, National Merit Scholarship, Distinguished Scholar, Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, Bank of America Liberal Arts Plaque of Achievement, Parents of Amador Students Support Scholarship, David Beratlis Memorial Scholarship, Youth Automobile Safety Scholarship, Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Helen Vardon Scholarship, Elks Club Scholarship, President's Student Service Awards, Don Days Yearbook Award, Editorial Board Award, California Scholastic Federation Life Member Anne Lockyer: "Rising Star" Award for Science & Mathematics, Sandia National Laboratories, Cal Grant Recipient, U.S.M.C. Distinguished Athlete, Thomas H. Elliot Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis Kristen Look: PEO Sisterhood, Mabel Hansen Scholarship Steven Lowry: AVHS Boosters Club, Mano Scholarship Edgar Luce: Bank of America Trades & Industrial Arts Certificate of Achievement John Lund: Amador Valley Scholarship Inc. Lena Luong: Amadon Newspaper Award, Online Editor Rebecca Maier: Rotary Club of Pleasanton Matthew Maimoni: Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Saadoun Malik: Advanced Placement Scholar Jessica Markie: Design Technology Award, Outstanding Architectural Drafting Sara Maynard: Bank of America Art Certificate of Achievement, Cal Grant Recipient Denise McLeod: Don Days Yearbook Award, Editor-in-Chief Justin McShane: George Spiliotopolous Memorial Scholarship Jonathan Merlin: Bank of America Applied Arts Plaque of Achievement, Design Technology Award, Outstanding Digital Design, AVHS DECA "Co-Students" of the Year Sydney Metz: Don Days Yearbook Award, Editorial Board Award Christie Miller: California Scholastic Federation 100% Members Huzefa Mogri: George Spiliotopolous Memorial Scholarship Matthew Moriarity: California-Hawaii Elks Association Award, Parents of Amador Students Support Scholarship, Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Tom Hart Memorial, Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Keegan Wahler Memorial, Elks Club Scholarship, Rotary Club of Pleasanton, Dr. Harry Plett Memorial Scholarship, Class of 2002 Scholarship, Cal Grant Recipient, California Scholastic Federation 100% Members Gregory Morss: USA Swimming Scholastic All America Team and Columbia University Grant, George Spiliotopolous Memorial Scholarship, President's Student Service Awards Michelle Mufich: Advanced Placement Scholar with Honors, National Merit Scholarship Program, Commended Student, National Merit Scholarship Program, USC National Merit Scholarship, Distinguished Scholar, USC Presidential Scholarship, New United Motor Manufacturing (Nummi) Scholarship Foundation Scholarship, Bank of America Fine Arts Plaque of Achievement, Parents of Amador Students Support Scholarship, Buon Tempo Italian Society Scholarship, California Scholastic Federation Life Member Kaitlyn Murphy: Advanced Placement Scholar, Distinguished Scholar, Parents of Amador Students Support Scholarship, Brad Chaphe Memorial Scholarship for Swimming, California Scholastic Federation Life Member Andrea Nares: Bank of America ESL Certificate of Achievement Richard Nicomedez: Nobriga Family Scholarships Stefanie Norcup: Bank of America Trades & Industrial Arts Certificate of Achievement Casey Nunn: Amadon Newspaper Award, Photo Editor, California Scholastic Federation Life Member Stefan Oechsner: Advanced Placement Scholar Megan Parsons: University of Idaho, Academic Scholarship & Presidential Achievement Award Kevin Perry: ValleyCare Auxiliary Scholarship, Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Katherine Peters: Distinguished Scholar, Army Reserve Scholar Athlete, C.I.F. Scholar Athlete, California Scholastic Federation 100% Members Jessica Placas: Cal Grant Recipient Natalie Pontino: Cal Grant Recipient Jennifer Price: Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Sabryna Purselle: Joseph Swift Memorial Scholarship, Agnes Scott College Grant Andrew Rader: David Beratlis Memorial Scholarship Bonnie Radford: Pleasanton Police Officers Association Scholarship, Recognition of Community Service by the City of Pleasanton Mushfiqur Rahman: DeVry University Scholarship Arshia Randhawa: Cal Grant Recipient, Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Nicholas Rapp: Tri-Valley Science & Engineering Fair, First Place for "Autonomous Underwater Vehicle," Intel International Science Fair Stephanie Raymond: Class of 2002 Scholarship, AVHS DECA Outstanding Team Performance Daniel Riddle: ValleyCare Auxiliary Scholarship, Army Reserve Scholar Athlete, Health & Bioscience Career Pathway Camille Roberts: PEO Sisterhood, May Nissen Scholarship, Rotary Club of Pleasanton Megan Rodriguez: Don Days Yearbook Award, Editorial Board Award Daniel Saracco: Ryan Comer Athletic Award for Football Zoe Schlarb: California Scholastic Federation 100% Members Colin Schmidt: Georgia Pacific Corporation Scholarship, Bank of America Science Certificate of Achievement, Parents of Amador Students Support Scholarship, California Scholastic Federation Life Member, Georgia Pacific National Merit Scholarship Susan Shaw: Notre Dame de Namur University Belmont Scholarship and Volleyball Scholarship Carol Shu: Advanced Placement Scholar, Don Days Yearbook Award, Editorial Board Award Lauren Slingsby: Honors Program at CSU Chico Jessica Smythe: Nobriga Family Scholarships Thomas Snyder: Community College Scholarship Tom Snyder: Rotary Club of Pleasanton Rachel Street: National Merit Scholarship Program, Commended Student Jessica Studzinski: Distinguished Scholar, California Scholastic Federation Life Member, National Merit Scholarship Program, Commended Student Rintaro Takasu: Advanced Placement Scholar, Bank of America Mathematics Certificate of Achievement, Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Tom Hart Memorial James Tappe: Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Earnestine Schneider Memorial, Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Nancy Dohner Memorial Aimee Theron: Amadon Newspaper Award, Copy Editor Tiffany Tisdale: Cal Grant Recipient, Dominican University Dean's Scholarship and Writing Achievement Award Richard Tomlin: Nobriga Family Scholarships Tina Tran: Rotary Club of Pleasanton, Dr. Harry Plett Memorial Scholarship Frank Trizuto: Marketing & Business Award, Marketing "Student of the Year" Rebecca Voetsch: Horatio Alger California Scholarship Jialun Wang: U.S.A.F. Math & Science Award, Advanced Placement Scholar, Bank of America Computer Science Certificate of Achievement Alison Weaver: Distinguished Scholar, Whitworth Academic Scholarship, Young Life Scholarship, ValleyCare Auxiliary Scholarship, Parents of Amador Students Support Scholarship, U.S.M.C. Scholastic Excellence Award, Health & Bioscience Career Pathway, California Scholastic Federation Life Member Carol Webber: California Scholastic Federation Life Member Erin Weist: National Merit Scholarship Program, Commended Student, Brigham Young University Idaho Deven West: Design Technology Award, Outstanding CAD Technology, Marketing & Business Award, Economics of Business Ownership "Student of the Year" Demetra Wiltz-Schlant: Nobriga Family Scholarships Alexis Wipfli: Bank of America Family & Life Science Certificate of Achievement, Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Don Foreman Memorial, Harvest Park Wrestling Scholarship Megan Wiseman: Cal Grant Recipient Tomiko Wong: Amadon Newspaper Award, Online Editor, Ronald McDonald House Charities/Asian Students Increasing Achievement Richard Wu: Advanced Placement Scholar with Honors Marissa Wyatt: Lewis & Clark, Academic Scholarship Michael Yamashita: Cal Grant Recipient Robin Yu: Bank of America Mathematics Certificate of Achievement, California Scholastic Federation Life Member Nicholas Zapata: Nobriga Family Scholarships Sibo Zhao: California Math Council & Dept. Of Education, U.S.A.F. Math & Science Award, Advanced Placement Scholar, Bank of America Science & Mathematics Plaque of Achievement, Parents of Amador Students Support Scholarship, Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Amador Valley Scholarship Inc., Frank Damerval Memorial, Cal Grant Recipient, Bausch & Lomb Science Award, California Scholastic Federation Life Member Matthew Zollman: Rotary Club of Pleasanton
Academic Achievers (3.75-3.99 cumulative grade point average, GPA)

Arthur Amador, Kathryn D'Adamo, Gina Day, Linda Duong, April Fellers, Lauren Frizzell, Christopher Jackson, Prachi Jani, Jared Johansen, Christie Miller, Gregory Morss, Erica Orth, Nicholas Rapp, Nicholas Rodrigues, Zoe Schlarb, Colin Schmidt, Sarah Schoech, Kristi Scott, Nicole Shiffer, Carol Shu, Rachel Street, Douglas St. John, Aimee Theron, Andrew Yan
Principal's Scholars (4.0 and above cumulative GPA)

John Baptiste, Colin Bartolik, Natalya Berenshteyn, Marianne Bruno, Christine Chang, Laura Collins, Elizabeth Crisostomo, Marisa Cusenza, Jolene Dotson, Amy Dreiling, Tamsen Drew, Eugenie Du, Scott Exner, Glenn Germany, Natalie Grano, Anna Harris, Christina Hisel, Mariya Kupershmidt, Fan Liu, Jenna Martin, Matthew Moriarty, Michelle Mufich, Kaitlyn Murphy, Katherine Peters, Jessica Sanborn, Jessica Studzinski, Rintaro Takasu, JialunWang, Alison Weaver, Richard Wu, Robin Yu, Sibo Zhao