2020 Best of Class: Best Overall Student

 


Michelle An
Winslow Township High School

Attending College at University of Pennsylvania

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory is when our marching band won the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships in the fall of 2017, completing an undefeated competition season and becoming the first group to do so in Winslow Township High School history. Afterwards, we followed our tradition of going out to dinner altogether to celebrate our season and our accomplishments. I still remember the overwhelming emotions and energy of that night, and it is a memory I hold extremely dear to my heart.


Katelyn Baines
Hammonton High School

Attending College at Virginia Wesleyan University

Favorite High School Memory: My best memories of high school were participating in the National Honors Society inductions. Both as a junior entering the organization, and as a senior inducting the new members, I enjoyed celebrating our accomplishments with my friends.


Imani Bennett
Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy

Attending College at Stockton University 

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory is without a doubt me stepping out of my comfort zone and joining my school’s step team called the “ Iota Youth Alliance”. This was a huge leap for me and I was able to meet amazing new people, travel and perform at numerous events beyond my school. I’ll definitely miss it.


Benjamin Browner
The King’s Christian School


Devontae Burns
Camden Big Picture Learning Academy


Sean Colbert
Audubon High School

Attending College at Rowan College of South Jersey

Favorite High School Memory: My favorite high school memory is from my freshman year of highschool when our baseball team won the Group 1 final and made it to states. It was a unforgettable experience and one to this day I can still feel emotionally.


Sudhish Devadiga
Eastern Regional High School


Hatice Zeynep Emanet
Sterling High School

Attending College at Swarthmore College 

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory was being able to spend a wonderful four years with my best friends, Jess and Katie.


Anwara Era
Lindenwold High School

Attending College at Rowan College of South Jersey

 


Nautica Gland
Y.A.L.E. School


Madelyn Grodzielanek
Highland Regional

Attending College at Camden County College

Favorite High School Memory: My by far favorite memory from high school is challenge day. During my junior year I was among those selected to participate in Challenge Day and it honestly changed mine, and many other peoples lives. There was such a sense of community and love in that room that day and it was amazing.


 

Kevin Huang
Triton Regional High School

Attending College at University of Pennsylvania

Favorite High School Memory: Whenever I get asked this question, I can never settle on one specific answer because my high school experience has been packed with so many memories that all hold so much value to me! From winning spirit week numerous times to performing on stage, leading the PEP Rallies to being a Triton ambassador at our orientations, organizing my own events to volunteering for our local community, the list just goes on and on with a plethora of memories that I wouldn’t change if I had the chance to do it again.


Stephen Kasko
Haddonfield Memorial High School

Attending College at University of Notre Dame

Favorite High School Memory: Grilling bacon during my calculus class.


Sasha Lewis
Baptist Regional School

Attending College at Harding University 

Favorite High School Memory: Our school does a high school during the first month of school so going to High Point for three days and getting closer with my classmates and messing around there.


Maria Mousa
Cherry Hill West

Attending College at Rowan University 

Favorite High School Memory: My favorite high school memory is being able to walk out onto the field for practices and games with all my teammates and my amazing coaches. I will forever be thankful for being able to be a part of such amazing teams.


Hung Nguyen
LEAP Academy University Charter School

Attending College at University of Pennsylvania

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memories are in the fabrication lab at LEAP. It was where my friends and I could meet up and hang out. It was where we would stay for hours, well past dark. It was where we had fun either chilling around or working on projects. My times together with friends in the fabrication lab are my fondest memories of high school.


Katherine Nguyen
Camden Catholic High School

Attending College at Rutgers New Brunswick

Favorite High School Memory: My favorite high school memory is my volleyball Senior Night. My family and friends came wearing matching t-shirts with my number on them to cheer me on. It was extremely sweet.


Gerald O’Donnell
Gloucester Catholic High School


Andrew Pasco
Bishop Eustace Preparatory School

Attending College at California Institute of Technology

Favorite High School Memory: Either stop build days with the robotics team or our semi-final wins over Newark Academy in 2019 and 2020 with the boys swim team.


Vanesa Pino
Gloucester City High School


Pocket Pizzutillo
Collingswood High School

Attending College at University of Pittsburgh

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory was when my friend and I clinched the Semi-finals for our tennis team. We were the underdogs and came out on top. It was a really exciting and fun moment that I will never forget!


Evelyn Porrata
Camden Big Picture Learning Academy

Attending College at Camden County College

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory would have to be when the school came together and we did a retirement party for a staff member.


Rachel Prutzman
Haddon Heights High School

Attending College at University of the Sciences

Favorite High School Memory: My best memory of high school is such a difficult thing to define, but I know that my favorite experience of high school would have to be with my track team. My team is such an amazing group of young men and women that took me in like a family, and I will always be grateful to them and my coaches. We’re a fun, wacky, and talented group of people, and I would spend every day with them if I could. My favorite times with them would have to be at the Penn Relays each year, especially when we won our heat during my junior year in the 4x100m race.


Alexis Ramirez Lopez
Camden County Technical School, Pennsauken


Estrella Rivera
Yale Cherry Hill

Attending College at Yale S9 Program at Camden County College

 


Abigail Rivera-Mercado
Brimm Medical Arts

Attending College at Gettysburg College

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory was my junior year. Our school went to Six Flags and I was with my best friends, we had a blast. I never laughed so hard so much in one day.


Diamond Robinson
Camden High School


Conor Sheehan
Haddon Township High School

Attending College at University of Notre Dame

Favorite High School Memory: It’s hard to single out one memory but looking back I just enjoyed the in class conversations and the messing around through out all of high school.


Michael Tees
Timber Creek High School

Attending College at Rowan University

Favorite High School Memory: My best high school memory is my last swim meet. I have swam varsity for four years and was the captain of my team for three, so there were a lot of emotions going around that night. At the start of the last event, the 4×100 relay, my lane was in fourth place. I anchored the relay and we were in second when I started. We finished in first, and I swam a personal best, which was the best way to end my eleven year swimming career.


Devon Teschner
Overbrook High School

Attending College at Rutgers University- New Brunswick

 


Dean Valentino
Camden County Technical School, Gloucester Twp

Attending College at Jefferson University

Favorite High School Memory: The day it finally ended


Katherine White
Paul VI High School