This article was updated on Friday, May 23 to include the names of music award recipients who were recognized at the end-of-year concerts this week.
Piedmont High School celebrated the recipients of the 2025 Senior Awards at a Monday night ceremony in the Alan Harvey Theater.
Valedictorian … August von Metzsch
Salutatorian … Ellen Gudiksen
Susan Kawaichi Medal … Dahlia Saffouri
Gail Dryden Award … Alma Ruberto
Eric Swart Rachesky Memorial Certificate …Teresa McKay
League of Women Voters Civics in Action Medal … Mary Schickedanz
Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award … Genevieve Hiller
Outstanding Senior in Drama Department Award … Sophie Hess
Outstanding Senior in Drama Director’s Award … Noah Bruggeman
Painting Drawing Award … Payton Cole, Camila Work
Studio Art Award … Coral Yeh
Outstanding Senior in Dance Award … Mackenzie Seto-Nguyen
Dean Faberman Mock Trial Award … Eleanor Bleharski
DeMolay Social Studies Award … Kasper Jansson
Piedmont Certificate in Social Studies … Antonietta Marsala
Outstanding Photojournalist Award … Haylee Cheang
Excellence in Mathematics Award … Junlin Jiang
Piedmont Certificate in Mathematics … Aliana Tang
Eileen Rohmer Certificate in Science … Junlin Jiang
Science Award … Ayaan Jajodia
Spanish for Excellence Award … Dean Olliphant
Piedmont Certificate in Spanish … Megan Foster
Outstanding Mandarin Student … Angelina Wu
Piedmont Certificate in Mandarin … Oliver Greenebaum
English Award … Ella Hughes
Piedmont Certificate in English … Simon March-Cunningham
Outstanding Journalist Award … Louisa Symkowick, Sophie Hess
AAT Outstanding Senior in French … Sophia Glass
Computer Science Award … Ellie Willats
Outstanding Girl Athlete Medal … Miya Fujimoto
Outstanding Boy Athlete Medal … Markos Lagios
Piedmont Leadership in Peer Services Award … Julia Baysinger
Leadership Impact Award … Juliana DeYoung
Associated Student Body Award … Genevieve Hiller, Friedie Schickedanz
National Merit Scholarship Award Finalists … Maximo Detlefsen, Sophia Glass, Ellen Gudiksen, Aman Jajodia, Sabrina Olliphant, Ava Sauer, Aliana Tang, August von Metzsch
Outstanding Senior in Orchestra Award … Sabrina Olliphant
Outstanding Senior in Symphonic Band Award … Caitlin Boothby
Outstanding Senior in Jazz Band Award … Clare Weiss
Outstanding Senior Musician, Music Department Award … Dorothy Nemeth