Earlier this month, Malibu High School honored its best and brightest for their achievements both inside and out of the classroom. Below is the list of awards and honorees (due to limited space, scholarship awards were not printed):
Service Awards
Exceptional Leadership: Kristen Lambert
Exceptional School Service: Katie Rollins
Exceptional Community Service: Natalie Alvarado
Principal’s Leadership Award: Sarah Zweig
The Malibu Times Citizen of the Year Award: Simon Ettenger; Theadora Stutsman
Community Service Awards
Natalie Alvarado
Victoria Antico
Holly Bieler
Monty Biglow
Juliet Demarco
Ashley Ellis
Luis Escalante
Alexis Gordon
Rebecca Gray
Lauren Haag
Liliann Hodgins
Dustin Kramer
Judith Krief
Kelly McGee
Annabella Mendez
Monica Nickelsburg
Lauren Sanchez
Keenan Spencer
Michael Spiropoulo
Theadora Stutsman
Ava Wagner
Carol Yang
MHS Senior Department Awards
Art: Keenan Spencer; Taylor Woods
English: Sarah Zweig
Foreign Language French: Zabel Karaghossian
Foreign Language Spanish: Alexis Gordon
Journalism: Carol Yang
Math: Christie Brydon
Music (Instrumental): Simon Ettenger; Theadora Stutsman
Music (Vocal): Ryan Matthews
Photo/Digital Design: Nathaniel Grossman; Megan O’Rourke Physical Education: Christian Hernandez
Science: Katie Rollins
Social Studies: Jacob Vandor
Technical Theater: Murray Shaw
Theater: Danielle Murray
Yearbook: Jamie Samuel
2009 Boys & Girls Club, Youth Of The Year: Natalie Alvarado
Most Inspirational Senior: Lauren Sanchez
Overcoming obstacles to education and ongoing effort: Javier Grande
Academic Awards
Exceptional Academic Progress: Juliet Demarco
Exceptional Academic Dedication: Marika Devan
Valedictorian Candidates: Dustin Kramer; Sarah Zweig
National Merit Scholar Finalist: Ryan Matthews
Commended National Merit Scholars: Christie Brydon; Ashley Ellis; Rebecca Gray; Seth Rubinroit; Theadora Stutsman; Miles Wintner; Carol Yang
California Scholarship Federation Gold Seal Bearers:
Anderson, Arya
Anderson, Atticus
Baldwin, Carter
Block, Sam
Brydon, Christie
Cohen, Vanessa
Dailey, Troy
Ellis, Ashley
Ettenger, Simon
Friedman, Ilana
Gerard, Mielle
Gibson, Emily
Gray, Rebecca
Haag, Lauren
Karaghossian, Zabel
Krief, Judy
Lambert, Kristen
Loomis, Cebe
Maghboul, Mathew
McGee, Kelly
Murray, Danielle
Nickelsburg, Monica
Phillips, Jessica
Rollins, Katie
Rubinroit, Seth
Samuel, Jamie
Schweitzer, Brendan
Shaner, Mason
Smith, Parker
Stutsman, Theadora
Van Soelen, Sonja
Vandor, Jacob
Wagner, Ava
Wintner, Miles
Yang, Carol
Zweig, Sarah
President’s Education Awards for Academic Excellence:
Alvarado, Natalie
Anderson, Ari
Anderson, Atticus
Block, Sam
Brydon, Christie
Cozen, Chelsea
Ellis, Ashley
Ettenger, Simon
Friedman, Ilana
Gibson, Emily
Gray, Rebecca
Haag, Lauren
Kramer, Dustin
Krief, Judith
Lambert, Kristen
Loomis, Cebe
Matthews, Ryan
McGee, Kelly
Murray, Danielle
Nickelsburg, Monica
O’Rourke, Megan
Phillips, Jessica
Rollins, Katie
Rubinroit, Seth
Shaner, Mason
Smith, Parker
Snider, Abigail
Stutsman, Theadora
Van Soelen, Sonja
Vandor, Jacob
Wagner, Ava
Westcott, Charles
Yang, Carol
Zweig, Sarah
Where They’re Going
Class of 2009 College Admittances
Academy of the Arts, San Francisco
Tyler Abbot
Mason Montgomery
Taylor Woods
American University
Ari Anderson
Elizabeth Baum
Americorps Volunteer
Autumn Valjien
Arizona State University
Mariah Downing
Derek Helm
Searra Silverberg
Barnard College
Chelsea Cozen
Rebecca Gray
Baruch College
Robert Ricketts
Bay State College
India Oxenberg
Berklee College of Music
Michael Epstein
Hudson Franzoni
Brandeis University
Vanessa Cohen
Brooks Institute of Photography
Steve Martinez
Boston University
Holly Bieler
California Lutheran University
Carter Baldwin
Travis Vititoe
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Morgan Adams
Monty Biglow
Katie Rollins
Cal State Northridge
Anthony Gwyn
California Maritime Academy
Blake Baldwin
Chapman University
Jeffrey Thiessen
Concordia University of Chicago
Brennan Lowe
Dartmouth College
Theadora Stutsman
Eckerd College
McKinley Hayward
Emory University
Ashley Ellis
Eugene Lang College
Samantha Wetton
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Brianna Falcone
Victoria Grady
Fordham University
Katie McShane
Kenyon College
Jamie Samuel
Loyola Marymount University
Martin Helgeland
Kate Meyer
Gregory Sills
Manhattonville College
Justine Gaon
McGill University
Judith Krief
Middlebury College
Ava Wagner
New York University
Mielle Gerard
Monica Nickelsburg
Jessica Phillips
New Zealand
Alexis Gordon
Newbury College
Talia Martinez
Norway
Daniel Fjelltveit
Pepperdine University
Lara Azzi
Kelsey Farrar
Emily Gibson
Zabel Karaghossian
James Willis
Princeton University
Sean Conrad
Sonoma State
Lauren Sanchez
Jordan Spoliansky
San Diego State
Alex Greenberg
San Francisco State
Juliet Demarco
Brianne Horner
Jacqueline Muller
Jordan Rader
Grant Sedlak
Hunter Smith
Claire Snider
Colton Weiss
Santa Monica College
Cody Beetley
Phillip Bloeser
Matthew Bordier
Christian Boothby
Trevor Bourget
Reed Kaplan
Ruby Makely
Emily Purucker
Cyril Rocoffort
Isabel Smith
Michael Spiropoulos
Dario Vitolo
Savannah College of Art and Design
Katherine Anthony
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Nate Grossman
Seattle University
Natalie Alvarado
Syracuse University
Taylor Mason
Santa Barbara City College
Brita Kiefer
Dalton Rondell
San Francisco Community College
Sean Kearney
Stanford University
Atticus Anderson
Christie Brydon
Taft College
Marika Devan
UC Berkeley
Simon Ettenger
Ilana Friedman
Lauren Haag
Alexandra Houston
Dustin Kramer
Abigail Snider
Carol Yang Sarah Zweig
UC Davis
Sonja Van Soelen
UCLA
Kristen Lambert
Ryan Matthews
Parker Smith
UC San Diego
Megan O’Rourke
Mason Shaner
UC Santa Barbara
Charles Westcott
UC Santa Cruz
Michael Galate
Liliann Hodgins
Danielle Murray
Krista Myers
Brendan Schweitzer
Miles Wintner
UC Riverside
Anais Masiello
Omid Sadeghi
Charles Thomas
United States Navy
Laisce McDowell
University of Arizona
Austin Recht
Adam Sher
University of British Columbia
Hanna Fazio
University of Colorado Boulder
Christian Boylan
Austin Rowen
Jake Wisnicki
University of Denver
Christian Jones
University of Hawaii
Jacob Vandor
University of Oregon
Grace Fairly
Joe Rosenthal
University of Redlands
Justin Hale
University of San Francisco
Sasha Crescentini
University of Southern California
Sam Block
Seth Rubinroit
Vassar College
Cebe Loomis
Kelly McGee
Ventura Community College
Juan Anderson
Mario Johnson
Jonathan Palmer
Niall Velasquez
Westmont College
Dani Dayani
Malibu Graduates of Viewpoint School
Boston University
Michael Maralian
Columbia University
Hadi El Zayn
Duke University
Jack Pfeiffer
UC Santa Barbara
Devin Glass
Undecided
Cody Broyles
University of Chicago
Nathan Bartley
University of Colorado at Boulder
Samuel Fletcher
Williams College
Kendall Follert