2021 Best of Class: Leadership Award


Mia Angelucci
Cherry Hill High School West

Attending University of Southern California 

Favorite High School Memory: All of my years playing on the West Girls Soccer team, as well as every song I got to perform with the West Choir Department.


Sage Barker
Gloucester City High School

Attending New York University

Favorite High School Memory: Senior trip


Janiyah Blake
LEAP Academy Charter School


Diana Byrd
Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School

Attending The College of New Jersey

Favorite High School Memory: My favorite high school memory is when my friends and I were given the opportunity to perform our own song about the Boston Tea Party on “Hamilton’s” stage.


Elizabeth Clas
Camden County Technical School – Pennsauken Campus

Attending Rutgers University

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory was being on the softball team. I got to do the thing that I loved with some of my favorite people.


Lily Coyne
Eastern Regional High School

Attending Tulane University

Favorite High School Memory: There are too many memories to choose just one, but the best high school memories I’ve made have been with the friends I connected with through my activities and involvement.


Mollie Crumpton
Camden Catholic High School

Attending College of Charleston/ Clemson University 

My favorite high school memory is running the 2021 Kairos retreat with some of my best friends. I value the time we spent together reflecting on ourselves, others, and our relationships with God more than anything. It has truly opened my eyes to the beauty of the world and all of the people in it.


Michael D’Amico
Highland Regional High School

Attending Ursinus

Favorite High School Memory: My fondest highschool memory was spent playing football with my teammates who will be my family now and for the rest of my life.


Lila DiMasi
Collingswood High School

Attending University of Pennsylvania

Favorite High School Memory: Lunch times: depending on the day, this meant club meetings, choir rehearsal, getting to go outside, or sitting on the floor with my friends. I am so grateful for all of it.


Zhamina Faulkner
Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy

Attending Barnard College

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory would be performing in the Trumpet Chics, Creative Arts Jazz Band and the Camden High Mighty Marching Panthers.


Anthony Fuscellaro
Y.A.L.E. School Cherry Hill

Attending Camden County College


Shai’Asia Hamilton-Baker
Camden Big Picture Learning Academy

Attending Rutgers University – New Brunswick

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory was our annual haunted house it got better with each coming year and I was happy to be apart of something with my friends.


Arianna Harley
Camden County Technical School – Gloucester Township Campus

Attending The College of New Jersey

Favorite High School Memory: My favorite high school memory is attending FCCLA Conferences. I cherish them because it was exciting to travel with my peers, sit in on enriching workshops, and see the hard work I put into my projects pay off.


Olivia Hollingsworth
Haddon Township High School

Attending University of Delaware

Favorite High School Memory: My favorite high school memory is hard to place a finger on, there are so many to cherish. Although a really great one that actually moved me to tears, was in 2019 about 3 months before the pandemic took over. We had our usual holiday concert preview with the band, orchestra, and chorus, but this time there was a special surprise. All of our teachers and some of our staff, got up on stage in all of their holiday gear and sang us Christmas/Holiday Carols and we sang along. It was a massive explosion of voices and created a serious sense of unity within the school. Looking back I am so glad I didn’t take that moment for granted.


Kemi Martins
Winslow Township High School


Emily McGrath
Audubon High School

Attending Ithaca College

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory is winning the Group 1 Girls Soccer State Championship in 2018.


Jhocelin Morquecho
Pennsauken High School


Layan Mouhamed
Lindenwold High School


Sierra Muns
Timber Creek Regional High School

Attending Texas Woman’s University

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory is traveling to Florida for DECA ICDC. This was an international competition held in Florida and I went on behalf of TC DECA. As the president, I was so happy to bring so much great information back to our club and watch the membership grow and flourish with my help.


Kathleen Ortiz-Torrecilla
Haddon Heights High School

Attending San Diego State University

Favorite High School Memory: My favorite memory would have to be spending time with my tennis team, and winning matches with my doubles partner.


Yashvi Patel
Hammonton High School


Yasmilka Perez Tavera
Woodrow Wilson High School


Machayla Randall
Cherry Hill High School East

Attending Georgia Tech

Favorite High School Memory: My favorite high school memory was definitely being involved with the school. For example with the African American Culture Club and East Volleyball Club, I was able to become a part of a family that supported me throughout my entire high school experience, and will be there for me even after I graduate.


Julianna Ringstaff
Overbrook High School

Attending Camden County College

Favorite High School Memory: My best memory at school is probably running for Varsity Queen. This was something that was out of my comfort zone. I was nervous on stage but started to become comfortable as I found out it’s like talking to my classmates! After the whole show I was honored the title 2019 Varsity Queen. It was very exciting and something I’ll never forget!


Mehki E. Rippey
Haddonfield Memorial High School

Attending University of Virginia

Favorite High School Memory: Definitely planning a Black Lives Matter protest and seeing it come to fruition.


Melanie Roman
Camden Academy Charter High School

Attending The College of New Jersey


Jason Ruggieri
Gloucester Catholic High School

Attending United States Coast Guard Academy

Favorite High School Memory:  Winning the 2019 Thanksgiving football game.


Francis Runquist
Triton Regional High School

Attending Ursinus College

Favorite High School Memory: My best memory at Triton was when I got involved freshman year. Getting involved I was able to meet people from the other middle schools who I didn’t know. Also I had no clue that them same people would be some of my closest friends now in senior year.


Evangelina Santos
Paul VI High School

Attending The College of New Jersey

Favorite High School Memory: My favorite high school memory by far has to be being on student council all 4 years. I’ve had the opportunity to grow as a leader by helping run various events especially this year’s and last year’s Blood Drives. I worked with the other members to help everything get in order and run smoothly. During this time of need, we were able to provide for others and help give the gift of life.


Matthew Silvi
Bishop Eustace Preparatory School

Attending Penn State University


Damon Smith
LEAP Academy Charter High School

Attending Rutgers University

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory is when our school took a group of us students from all different grades to a camping trip, this memory is the best for me because the bonding we all did made me feel like we were all family.


Jason Yang
Sterling High School

Attending Thomas Jefferson University

Favorite High School Memory: “What, you egg?”