Westfield High School held its annual Senior Awards Night on May 21, with more than 130 students recognized with awards and scholarships. WHS acting principal William Loughran thanked the individual and organizational donors for their generosity and thoughtful consideration and congratulated the Class of 2025.
Air Force Academy Appointment - Ryan Daly
Reserve Officers' Training Corps Appointment - Samuel Braun
Department Awards
The Buriss Music & MacRitchie Technology Award - Lucas Chalfant
The Charles Addams Memorial Art Award - Olivia Gaffney
Jean M. McDermott Fine Arts Award - Natalie Horne
Madeline Wild Bristol Award - Wesley Davis
Rachel Mather Sullivan Scholarship - Sophia Basaldua
Westfield Coalition for the Arts Music Award - Owen Wei
Westfield Coalition for the Arts Visual Arts Award - Sophia Basaldua
Westfield Coalition for the Arts Performance Award - Natalie Horne
Westfield Art Association Scholarship - Sophia Basaldua &
Olivia Gaffney
BDTV Award for Television Production - Ruby Saltzman
FLAG Awards- Katherine Purse
French Excellence Award - Katherine Purse
French Elan Award- Logan Feinstein
Laura Meierhans Memorial Latin Award - Brianna Crispino
Marc Hardy Memorial Latin Award - Liam Concannon
Latinitas Award - Gabrielle Laitman
Italian Club Achievement Award - Elena Morey
Italian Club Service Award - Marcella Gallo
Spanish Club Service Award Gabriella Mercado
Spanish Club Academic Achievement Award - Lois Wright
Excellence in Mandarin Award - Matthew Hunsinger
Star of Progress in Mandarin - Owen Ing
The Most Outstanding World Language Student Award - Laura Oliveira
Growth Mindset Award - Ana da Silva Souza
Model United Nations and Youth and Government Award - Carson Donnelly & Michael Fisher
Social Studies Department Award - Logan Feinstein
Excellence in History Award - Carson Donnelly
Steven Lapidus Memorial Scholarship - Tristan Ferrier &
Zoe Urbano
Westfield Foundation Award - Julie Snyder
Colonel & Mrs. Henry Bayard McCoy Scholarship - Logan Swenson &
Spencer Sutcliffe
Charles E. Brown History Prize Award - Brenna Fiory
Forensic Science Award - Priscilla Dayon &
Sydney O’Connor
Exercise and Sports Science Award - Dillon Foley &
Jonathan Sica
Environmental Science Award - Calvin Woodruff
AP Biology Award - Anna Jemison
AP Chemistry Award - Addison Crispino &
Owen Waibel
AP Physics Award - Garrett Gao
David M. Hart Award - Calvin Woodruff
Noel A. & Thelma C. Taylor Memorial Award - Garrett Gao
Brandon Genlot Memorial Award - Kueijiro Tanaka
The Seminar in College Mathematics Award - Catie Carayannopoulos
The AP Calculus BC Award - Owen Waibel
The AP Calculus AB Award - Sienna Schael
The Calculus Award - Morgan Samet
The Computer Science Award - Nickolas Regas
The AP Statistics Award - Garrett Gao
The Discrete Mathematics, Probability & Statistics Award - Aidan O’Donnell
The Les Jacobsen “SBATAI” Award - Andres Phillips Vazquez
Margaret Dietrich Award - Lizzie Miles
English Department Award For Excellence In Literature - Gabrielle Laitman
English Department Award For Excellence In Language - Carson Donnelly
English Department Book Lover’s Award - Milo Aitken
The Senior Growth and Perseverance Award - Ben Wancier
Edmund K. Faltermayer Journalism Scholarship - Olivia Lawrence
The Gail Trimble Memorial Award - Emma Sullivan
Andrew Karp Award - Grace Malanowski
Bruce Dunning Memorial Award - Keira Deignan
Kelly Mazzucco Journalism Award - Julie Snyder
The Bruce Johnson Sports Journalism Award - Maya Koslowsky
Physical Education Award - Catie Carayannopoulos &
Toby Zippler
Community and Organization Awards
Westfield Young Democratic Committee Public Service Award - Emma Ferraro
Westfield Young Republican Committee Public Service Award - Logan Feinstein
Italian-American Club of Westfield Terry DiFalco Scholarship - Andrew Cicala, Marcella Gallo, and Mallory Hughes
NJ Association of Latino Administrators & Superintendents Award - Gabriella Mercado
Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award - Brenna Fiory,
Katelyn Frankhouser,
Dahlia Pantalena,
Katherine Scanlon, and
Bianca Vesuna
Lightbridge Academy Scholarship - Isabella Oligino
Laurence F. Greene Achievement Award - Devin Cook
Dr. Derrick Nelson Service & Leadership Award - Luke Renshaw
Spencer Savings Bank Scholarship - Erica Donohue
The Matthew Thomas Toriello Memorial Award - Ben Latessa and
Zach Latessa
Nancy Olsen Schmidt Scholarship - Morgan Samet
Lauren A. Harmer Legacy of Kindness Scholarship - Katherine Scanlon
Infantino-Long Memorial Scholarship - Bianca Vesuna
The Westfield Future Achievement Scholarship - Keylie Aguirre, Ana da Silva Souza,
Herman Krasnozhenov, and
Paulina Maya Garcia
Ailish Campanile Memorial Scholarship -Neil Shastri
Kelly Mazzucco Memorial Scholarship - Jake Park
Franklin School Jake Tooley Scholarship - Mia Ebel
Siya Singla Scholarship - Riley Whitlock
Barbara Philpot Memorial Spirit Award - James Furrer
Charles Ropars Memorial Award - Nathaly Saenz Guaman and
Marco Torralba
Dr. Derrick Nelson Memorial Scholarship - Nickolas Regas
The NJ School Buildings and Grounds Association - Gabriella Mercado and
Ruby Moscowitz
Union County Unsung Hero Award - Ben Wancier
The Weather Vane Award - Sophia Basaldua,
Vince Boado,
Charlotte Cotroneo,
Daniel Flores,
Leah Hoffman,
Mallory Hughes,
Judah Kim,
Gabrielle Laitman,
Caitlyn Lu,
Grace Malanowski,
Gabriella Mercado,
Dominic Romeo,
Aanand Shah,
Jodi Wong
The Westfield Education Association Scholarship - Maddy Coen and
Jake Park
Barry Judd Memorial Scholarship - Logan Swenson
Westfield PTC Scholarship- Priscilla Dayon, Emily Drennan,
Jake Park, and
Griffin Scholder
Friends of Westfield Memorial Library Senior Awards - Alexandra Laguna,
Katie Makely,
Jake Park
Anne & Douglas Yearley Memorial Scholarships - Wesley Davis,
Priscilla Dayon,
Katelyn Frankhouser,
Jake Park,
Niko Pierce
Cook Family Scholarship - Katherine Purse
J. Isabella Dodds Scholarship - Jake Park and
Matthew Zheng
Charles H. Frankenbach Scholarship -Matthew Zheng
Waldron W. Holck and Sydna Holck Eddy Memorial Scholarship - Erica Donohue
Clarence H. and Florence Horn Van Dellen Scholarship - Jake Park
Peggy H. Lott Scholarship Fund Award - Lauren Furey
John S. and Helen Bell McMartin Award - Ana Julia da Silva Souza
Lisa K. Monteleone Memorial Scholarship - Natalie Horne
Douglas J. Odenkirk Memorial Award - Katherine Scanlon
Justina V. Taylor Scholarship Award - Sophia Schwartz and
Juliana Martorina
Joel P. Langholtz Scholarship - Sara Molen
Liesja Tortorello “Carpe Diem” Memorial Award - Maddy Coen
Westfield High School Distinguished Student Award - Ethan Selvers