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A wide variety of scholarships and awards are presented each year to dozens of deserving South Pasadena High students during the school’s annual Senior Awards Night.
Perhaps, the most meaningful and prestigious are the Weldon Fair Play Awards.
With the criteria of scholarship, integrity, responsibility, good sportsmanship, and being fair to all people, it is no wonder that the Weldon Award is so highly regarded.
The Weldon Award is presented to three senior girls and three senior boys.The class of the 2017-18 Weldon Fair Play Award winners is: Kate Ba, Alana Ballagh, Will Hoadley-Brill, Tiffany Holmes, Jae Jin Lee and David Seo.
William R.H. Weldon, a longtime resident of South Pasadena, established the awards in 1929. He was a member of the school board for many years and the served as the board president in 1929. Four of his six sons attended school in South Pasadena.
Weldon’s interest in fair play and leadership led him to create this award, now in its 89th year. The names of all the recipients since 1929 are on the same trophy.
The names of the winners will forever be engraved on the Weldon Loving Cup. In addition, each recipient receives a gold pin and a certificate.
The following is a complete list of award winners:
SPHS Alumni Association Scholarships
Albert Adams Music Scholarship– Kelsey Lih, Euan Zhang, Owen Pratt, Pablo Gaeta
Harold Hartsough Scholarship– Cole Cahill, Gabriel Huerta
Karen Kincel Writing Award-Jacey Lee, Samantha Park
James Fosselman Scholarship-Ameen Makanvand, Owen Pratt, Lauren Tan
Blake and Joseph Wu UCLA Scholarship-Emily Dunn, Tzu (Cathy) Wang
Keith Gustafson Athletic Scholarship-Riley Segal
Mary Ida Phair Scholarship-Young Song
Class of 1977- Brandon Yung, Nicole Srisutham
SPHSAA General Scholarships-Riley Collins, Bailey Roudani, Wen Hao (William) Hsu, Tzu (Cathy ) Wang, Brandon Yung, Nicole Srisutham, Cole Cahill, Gabriel Huerta
Aydin Salek Leadership Scholarship- Jae Jin Lee
Sina Massoumi Memorial Scholarships- Sophie Reynolds, Nikolas Tripodis
Friends from ’64 Scholarship- Emily Gruhn
South Pasadena Chinese-American Club- Karl Hwang Scholarships- Bethany Chen, Cathy (Tzu) Wang
David N. Dickson Athletic Heritage Scholarship– Emily Dunn
David N. Dickson Showcase Athlete of the Year- Sidney Luna-Long
Dickson Family Art Scholarship-Becky (Jin Young) Seo
Kathryn Larkin Crary Sportsmanship Award- Madison Saito, Cole Schroeder
Rotary Club of South Pasadena Wagner Family Art Scholarship- Jim Wollacott Community Service Award- Becky (Jin Young) Seo Henry Main
Kiwanis Club of South Pasadena-Kenneth Yamanaka Memorial S cholarship-Emily Dunn
John Deniston Memorial Scholarship– Lucy Tian
Kiwanis Club Scholarship-Young Jin Song
Oneonta Club of South Pasadena- Kate Ba, Bethany Chen, Natalie Terhune
South Pasadena Women’s Club– Dr. Alexander O. Firempong Scholarship-Emily Dunn
Ethel McSwane Scholarship– Henry Main
General Scholarships– Tiffany Chen, Dawson Galluzi, Rachelle Jin, Naomi Kruzic ,
Madalyn Orozco, Young Song
Barbara Ercek Scholarships– Barbara Ercek Tiger Spirit Award-Amber Claro, Madison Pearson, Christy Yu
Barbara Ercek Resilience Scholarships-Sydney Gutierrez, Andres Limon
Barbara Ercek Renaissance Scholarships– Maya Martinez, Isabel Bluml, Claire Kucera, Victoria Venardi, Aaron Murdock
Chapter AX of the PEO Sisterhood– Emily Dunn, Natalie Botros, Nicole Srisutham
Ellin Lieberman Award– Joy Lee
South Pasadena Optometric Group Motivational Scholarship– Halle Sunabe
Eddie and Iris Lee ASB MVP Award– Benjamin Elbaum
The Molina Family Scholarship– Devyn Hernandez
Daughters of the American Revolution– Francheska Cross
South Pasadena PTA/PTSA Scholarships
CAPTA Volunteer Service Awards-Bethany Chen, Nicholas Song, Jaqueline Lutz-Hibbard, Henry Main
Council PTA Believe in Me– Ana Nicholson Award-Derian Barillas
Council PTA Believe in Me– Scholarships-Abigail Hogge, Emily Espinoza
Teachers Association of South Pasadena– Katrina (Katie) Chabot
Vecinos de South Pasadena– Marisa Amaya, Will Hoadley-Brill, Madalyn Orozco
South Pasadena Police Officers’ Association
Officer Ray Rogers Memorial Scholarship-Nicole Srisutham
Officer Kevin Sandoval Memorial Scholarship-Lauren Tan
Andy Wang Award– Will Hoadley-Brill
Celestial Opera Company Scholarship– Kiernan O’Neal-Hotchkiss
Class of ‘71 Award– Cayley Whitman
Counseling Awards- Jaylen Park, Benjamin Bonk, Irvin Perez, Jack Gallagher, Elaine Wang
Afram Family Scholarship– Wilson Tizon, III
Lori MacDonald Scholarships and Awards
Lori MacDonald Academic Scholarships– Adam Hamden, Shenglan (Allison) Ou, Ashley Rusch, Lauren Sharkey
Coach Mac Tiger Spirit Award– Jasper Lee, Ava Planer
Linda J. Omens Humanitarian Award- Mahima Girish
Outstanding Achievement in English- Amelia Anthony, Ashley Rusch, Noah Hernandez, Samantha (Sammy) Park, Cole Cahill, Dashiel Bove
Jim Asher Memorial Scholarship- Irvin Perez
Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics– Caroline Liu, Cole Schroeder
Outstanding Achievement in Computer Science– Maximum Wilder-Smith, Damian Ugalde
Outstanding Achievement in Social Science– Dawson Galluzzi, Dexter Hawes, Ciena Valenzuela-Peterson, Mattie (Matthew) Thomas, Damian Ugalde, Alexa Evans
Helen Burr Spanish Scholarship– Natali Lelieur
Spanish Book Awards for Outstanding Achievement– Alana Ballagh, Sebastian Chinen, Will Hoadley-Brill, Marta Jerebets, Ciena Valenzuela-Peterson
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Art– Isabella Frescura, Mahima Girish, Valentina Quinonez, Becky (Jin Young) Seo, Truman Lesak, Ashton Carless, Harper McCallie, Evan Yerian
Maggie Veir Art Alumni Association Scholarship- Truman Lesak, Jin Young (Becky) Seo
Academic Decathlon Honor Cords– Dawson Galluzzi, Grace Goldman, Adam Hamden, Dexter Hawes, An (Harry) Huang, Tate Johnson, Christopher Kalaw, Shenglan
(Alison) Ou, Thomas Sawano, Sofia Tomanov
Academic Decathlon Hall of Fame– Dawson Galluzzi, Grace Goldman, Adam Hamden, Dexter Hawes, Shenglan (Alison) Ou, Thomas Sawano
Bobby Griffin Art Award– Jin Young (Becky) Seo
Ralph Punaro Spirit of Athletics– Fernando Sornoso
C. Merrill Greene Female Scholar Athlete– Riley Segal
C. Merrill Greene Male Scholar Athlete– Elias Oliver Chang
C. Merrill Greene Female Athlete of the Year– Hayden Carlson
C. Merrill Greene Male Athlete of the Year– Jack Renken
Booster Club Flossie Clarich Scholarship– Tiffany Holmes
Booster Club Lew Clement Scholarship– Danilo Danny Rios
Booster Club Rick Booth Memorial Scholarship– Glen Levstik
Booster Club Tiger Seal Awards– Cate Latting, Damian Ugalde
Tim Howland Memorial Scholarship Award– Elias Oliver Chang
Michael Colliau Alumni Association Scholarships– Gavin Chi, Harper Fox
Seal of Biliteracy (no postcards)– Bailey Roudani, Jula Rosenbluh, Elisa Jin, Maryam Bakhshi, Daniel Rubio, Marisa Amaya, Daniel Kim, Shenglan (Alison) Ou ,
Bohyuck (Kevin) Sohn
National Merit Scholarship– Marta Jerebets
National Merit Finalists– Kate Ba, Marta Jerebets, Jae Jin Lee
Letter of Commendation– Bethany Chen, Daniel Chun, Emily Dunn, Ashley Gao, Adam Hamden, Tate Johnson, Phoebe Kim, Natali Lelieur, Caroline Liu, Isaac Marziali, Theodore Matsusaka, Alina Mehdi, Timothy Okitsu, Craig Parker, Ashley Sato, Cole Schroeder, David Seo, Ciena Valenzuela-Peterson, Brandon Yung
Valedictorians– Kate Ba, Bethany Chen, Emily Dunn, Adam Hamden, Natali Lelieur, Cole Schroeder, Will Hoadley-Brill, Marta Jerebets, Jasper Lee
Salutatorian– Ashley Gao
Karen Offenhauser Outstanding Senior Award- Will Hoadley-Brill
The Weldon Fair Play Awards– Kate Ba, Alana Ballagh, Will Hoadley-Brill, Tiffany Holmes, Jae Jin Lee, David Seo
Posse Scholarship– Brandon Zhu
The Jeanne Ward Foundation Grant– Becky (Jin Young) Seo
