Upper School Students Receive Year-end Honors

The Upper School honors assembly is an honored annual tradition at University School of Milwaukee. On Thursday, May 18, Upper School students, faculty, and administration celebrated the achievements and hard work that students completed in the 2022–23 school year.

Watch the recorded honors assembly here, and congratulations to the award winners!

Valedictorian:
Ellie Lin ’23

Salutatorian:
Talia Ciralsky ’23

Trustees’ Cup Award:
Libby Cox ’23 and Marko Gajic ’23

Alumni Key Award:
Miles Ferrer ’23 and Einthiri Mudili ’23

Roseann Lyons Pearl Award:
Jackson Barksdale ’23 and Kayleigh Coleman ’23

Frank S. Spigener Service and Leadership Award:
Irene Zheng ’23

Mary Basson English Award:
Sofia Lew ’23

Fine Arts Department Awards

Band Award:
Asma Kazi ’23

Choral Music Award:
Marko Gajic ’23

Mary Nohl Outstanding Achievement in Art Award:
Miles Ferrer ’23

Orchestra Award:
Nate Hansen ’23

Technical Theatre Award:
Ian Birchall ’23

Theatre Award:
Katie Frick ’23

Trident Award:
Irene Zheng ’23 and Elise Gozon ’23

World Languages Department Awards

Chinese Award:
Capri Oliviero ’23

French Award:
Zindzi Frederick ’23

Harvey J. Ramaker Latin Award:
Krish Vasudev ’24

Spanish Award:
Lucy Flack ’23

Stephen Bruemmer History Award:
Luis D'Olhaberriague ’23

Mathematics Award:
Nathan Miller ’23

Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award:
Anjali George ’24

Routier Award for Innovation and Technology:
Bret Nerbun ’23

Lifer Recognition:
Helen Bechthold ’23
Talia Ciralsky ’23
Lauryn Dixon ’23
Emery Endres ’23
Miles Ferrer ’23
Elise Gozon ’23
Evelyn Graham ’23
Erica Green ’23
William Guy ’23
Eloise Hayden ’23
Alex Horton ’23
Alyssa Howe ’23
Hunter Kauffman ’23
Jackson LaManna ’23
Inga Lofgren ’23
Aleks Marich ’23
Mackenzie Petersen ’23
Michael Polston ’23
Zachary Sardas-Trevorrow ’23
James Schmidt ’23
Jordan Thomas ’23
Felix Vaitys ’23
Roman Westveer ’23
Max Watchmaker ’23

Cindy Zautcke-Ostermeyer Sportsmanship Award:
Mia Darr ’25 and Will Merluzzi-Hitler ’26

Marion Chester Read Sportsmanship Award:
Mya Hartjes ’23

Henry H. Uihlein Sportsmanship Award:
Vidal Colón ’23

Class of 2023 House Captain Recognition:
Lucy Art ’23, Elise Gozon ’23, Jackson LaManna ’23, Abby Sisson ’23

Prefect Recognition:
Libby Cox ’23
Miles Ferrer ’23
Marko Gajic ’23
Evelyn Graham ’23
Osi Igwe ’23
Ellie Lin ’23

John A. Stephens Freshman Citizenship Award:
Anastasia Marich ’26

Margaret E. Stratton Memorial Sophomore Citizenship Award:
Fred Fitzsimmons ’25

Mary P. Hill Junior Citizenship Award:
Dalia Chairez ’24

Peter Engelmann Freshman Academic Award:
Angela Wang ’26

William B. Church Sophomore Academic Award:
Mairin Jarvis Castellano ’25

Doolittle-Schroeder Junior Academic Award:
Anjali George ’24