On Wednesday, May 23, East Ridge High School celebrated this year’s graduates at its annual Senior Awards Night. Seniors were recognized for their academic accomplishments as well as awarded scholarships. Below is a list of the students who were recognized.
Summa Cum Laude with Distinction
Sailaja Bommareddy, Henry Burns, Subbarao Garlapati, Amy Guo, Ashley Holton, Molly Kammann, Joshua Kugel, Luke Landin, Ella Pederson, Mary Purtell, Rebecca Swanson and Alex Yang
National Merit
Finalists: Angad Cheema, Subbarao Garlapati, Ashley Holton, Molly Kammann, Luke Landin and Alex Yang
Commended: Henry Burns, Amy Guo, Brady Kunz, Ella Pederson, Anastasia Sawyer, Katherine Sawyer, Ethan Storm and Allyson Weiss
Hispanic Recognition: Matias Ochoa
ACT Perfect Score Recognition
Ashley Holton
Triple A Award (Academics, Arts and Athletics)
Carter Slette and Sailaja Bommareddy
COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS
916 Education Foundation Scholarship — General: Gift Etuakwu, Olivia Faller, Emma Honsa, Marlena Lo, Payton Thao and Marina Tritz
Cottage Grove Lions Club Scholarship: Julianna Thao
Greg Orth Memorial Public Service Scholarship: Regan Dolezal
Kiwanis Club-Woodbury Area Scholarship: Sailaja Bommareddy
South Washington County Scholarship: Justin Alpers
Tozer Foundation Scholarship: Justin Alpers, Matthew Hakanson, Nicole Tanski and Francesca Wurm
Woodbury Chamber of Commerce Scholarship: Haley Drost
SERVICE ACADEMY APPOINTMENT
Air Force Academy: Katherine Sawyer
Naval Academy: Anastasia Sawyer
EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AWARDS:
Art: Allison Krish
Business: Aaron Thao
English: Beah Mariano
FACS: Abigail Lo
Health/PhyEd: Kyle NewKirk
Math: Garrett Mahan
Music: Sawyer Cotterman
Science: Justin Alpers
Social Studies: Emily Tupper
Tech Ed: Jacob Henderson
World Language: Andrew Engh and Brandon Romano
Congratulations to all awarded students and best of luck next year!