Upper School Students Receive Year-End Honors

The Upper School Honors Assembly is an honored annual tradition at University School of Milwaukee. On Wednesday, May 20, Upper School students, faculty, and administrators celebrated the achievements and hard work that students completed in the 2025–26 school year.

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

Valedictorian:
Angela Wang ’26

Salutatorian:
Anand George ’26

Trustees’ Cup Award:
Nina Goldberg ’26 and Nikhil Lazzaro ’26

Alumni Key Award:
Anastasia Marich ’26 and Zara Vaseem ’26

Roseann Lyons Pearl Award:
Maya Barksdale ’26 and Elliott Flores ’26

Frank S. Spigener Service and Leadership Award:
Nina Goldberg ’26

Mary Basson English Award:
Neva Miner ’26

Fine Arts Department Awards

Band Award:
Bethany Martin ’26

Mary Nohl Outstanding Achievement in Art Award:
Martinus Kilsdonk

Orchestra Award:
Lesley    Jimenez ’26

Theatre Award:
Katelyn Jost ’26

Technical Theatre Award:
Jasleen Chahal ’26 and Benjamin Norman ’26

Library Award
Aneesha Jayasuriya ’26

World Language Department Awards

Chinese Award:
Lucy Grady ’26

French Award:
Abigail Norman ’26

Harvey J. Ramaker Latin Award:
Eshaan Vasudev ’26 

Spanish Award:
Jon Benjamin Naples ’26

Stephen J. Bruemmer History Award:
Ella Scott ’26 

Mathematics Award:
Angela Wang ’26

Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award:
Grace Chen ’27

Routier Award for Innovation and Technology:
Silas Schumwinger ’26

Lifer Recognition:
Gurleen Ahuja ’26, Anaya Amin ’26, Eashan Anne ’26, Cristián Barrutia ’26, Henry Bechthold ’26, Oliver Boyd ’26, Sofia Bucher ’26, Addison Darrow ’26, Holden Dietrich ’26, Theodoros Dimitropoulos ’26, Madeline Eason ’26, Samuel Eason ’26, Sofía Elejalde ’26, Liam Fetherston ’26, Donovan Ford ’26, Alice Gardner ’26, Lindsey Gardner ’26, Anand George ’26, Lucy Grady ’26, Meredith Joy ’26, Aradh Kaur ’26, Yusra Khan ’26, Cyrus Laterman ’26, Nikhil Lazzaro ’26, Anastasia Marich ’26, Bethany Martin ’26, Nora Miller ’26, Jon Benjamin Naples ’26, Abigail Norman ’26, Benjamin Norman ’26, Gabriella Ortiz Fleet ’26, Kaitlyn Paullin ’26, Grace Piper ’26, Hope Piper ’26, Atieno Rodriguez ’26, Eshaan Vasudev ’26, Anderson Werner ’26, and Marlies Westveer ’26.

Cindy Zautcke-Ostermeyer Sportsmanship Award:
Elizabeth Burlew ’28 and Nathan Liberman ’29

Marion Chester Read Sportsmanship Award:
Darcy Doyle ’26

Henry H. Uihlein Sportsmanship Award:
Donovan Ford ’26

House Captain Recognition:
Evi Brickman '26, Emmett Cox '27, Elliott Flores '26, Donovan Ford '26, Angel High '28, Willy McGregor '27, Gabbi McKenzie '27, and Andy Werner '26

Prefect Recognition:
Willy Art ’26, Nikhil Lazzaro ’26, Anastasia Marich ’26, Davie Moalusi ’26, Read Tuttle ’26, and Zara Vaseem ’26.

John A. Stephens Freshman Citizenship Award:
Ayike Asiki ’29

Margaret E. Stratton Memorial Sophomore Citizenship Award:
Angel High ’28

Mary P. Hill Junior Citizenship Award:
Gabrielle McKenzie ’27

Peter Engelmann Freshman Academic Award:
Anna Freshwater ’29

William B. Church Sophomore Academic Award:
Jind Kaur ’28

Doolittle-Schroeder Junior Academic Award:
Abigail Dengel ’27