UG Prize Winners 2014-2015

May 22, 2015

Heartiest congratulations to the Prize Winners!

Drama Prize

Eric Sirakian ‘15 - The Marina Keegan Award for Excellence

Fiction Prizes

Thomas Cusano ‘18J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

Minami Funakoshi ‘15 - Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction

Vincent Tolentino ‘15 - Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction

Nonfiction Prizes

Yuval Ben-David ‘16Henry P. Wright Prize

Daniel Judt ‘17Shorter non-fiction essay by sophomore

Rachel Lipstein ‘15John Hersey Prize in Journalism for a Longer Work of Nonfiction

Noah Remnick ‘15John Hersey Prize in Journalism for a “body of work”

Poetry Prizes

Abigail Carney ’15Gordon Barber Memorial Prize

Jake Orbison ‘16Academy of American Poets and Albert Stanborough Cook Prize

First Year Prizes

Evangeline Cai ‘18 - J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

Alois Cerbu ‘18 - Bloch Prize

Thomas Cusano ‘18 - J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

Alexa Derman ‘18 - Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”

Julia Feldstein ‘18 - Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”

Ruiyi Gao ‘18J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

Simon Horn ‘18 - McLaughlin Memorial Prize for Excellence in English composition

Mrinal Kumar ‘18 - Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”

Rhea Kumar ‘18 - J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

Alexander Ringlein ‘18 - Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”

Griffin Shoglo-Rubenstein ‘18Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”

Woojeong Song ‘18 - J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

Amy Xu ‘18McLaughlin Memorial Prize for Excellence in English composition

Sophomore Prizes

Eve Houghton ‘17 - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for “love of the English language and facility in writing”

Hayley Kolding ‘17John Hubbard Curtis Prize for “love of the English language and facility in writing”

Vivian Wang ‘17C. Wyllis Betts Prize

Junior Prizes

Oliver Preston ‘16 - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for “love of the English language and facility in writing”

William Theiss ‘16John Hubbard Curtis Prize for “love of the English language and facility in writing”

American Literature Prizes for Juniors and Seniors

Carlee Jensen ‘15Henry H. Strong Prize in American Literature

Vincent Tolentino ‘15Richard Schoenberg Prize for the “best critical essay upon an American poet”

Senior Prizes

Courtney Halgren ‘15 - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay

Connor Hoge ‘15 - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay

Gabrielle Hoyt-Disick ‘15 - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior EssayCarlee Jensen ‘15 - Lloyd Mifflin Prize for an Outstanding Senior Essay in English

Kyra Morris ‘15 - Sholom & Marcia Herson Scholarship Prize “for students in the Senior Class … who shall have done outstanding work in English Language and Literature and who intend to do graduate work in English literature” and John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay

Alexandra Pollak ‘15 - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay

Felicity Sheehy ‘15Chauncey Brewster Tinker Prize for the Outstanding Senior in English and Ralph Paine Memorial Prize for the Best Senior Essay in English and Edward Thompkins McLaughlin Scholarship for Outstanding Work in the Major

Vincent Tolentino ‘15John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay