Ten graduating seniors were honored on Class Day with awards for their academic and athletic accomplishments and for their character. The honorees are listed below, in the order the prizes were given during the Class Day ceremony on May 19.
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Hannah Louise Lawrence
Hannah Lawrence has distinguished herself as a double major in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year, Hannah graduates summa cum laude with distinction in both her majors after...
Eren Orbey
Eren Orbey of Jonathan Edwards College is a writer whose work shows intellectual rigor, emotional depth, and stylistic grace. While double-majoring in Computer Science and English, with a Concentration in Creative Nonfiction, Eren has...
Simon Whiteman
Simon Whiteman of Trumbull College, a Rhodes Scholar candidate who captained the Yale baseball team, received the 2019 William Neely Mallory Award, the most prestigious athletic award given to a senior male at Yale. The award was presented...
Devyn Rigsby
Devyn Rigsby of Pierson College graduates summa cum laude with distinction in her major, Global Affairs. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa after just four terms of enrollment, she has earned no grade lower than an A, amounting to 37.5 grades of...
Jude AlRahman Alawa
Jude Alawa of Branford College graduates with Distinction in the Global Affairs major, with a second major in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and as a Global Health Studies Scholar.
Jude is deeply committed to providing...
Alanna Pyke
Alanna Pyke of Timothy Dwight College, a Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology major hailing from the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne, has been described as a “fearless leader” of the Native community known for her “grace, dignity, and...