Graduation Awards and Prizes


Class marshals escort members of the class of 2009 to their seats on graduation day

The following were awarded at graduation on June 7, 2009:

The Yale Cup, awarded each year by the Aurelian Honor Society of Yale University to that member of the senior class who best combines the highest standards of character and leadership with excellence in his studies and in athletics:
Andrew James Weinstein, Hampton, NH
        
The Ruth and Paul Sadler ’23 Cup, awarded each year to that member of the senior class who best combines the highest standards of character and leadership with excellence in her studies and in athletics:
Katelin Elise Wahl, Chester, NH

The Perry Cup, established by the class of 1945 in honor of Dr. Lewis Perry ’20, 8th Principal of the Academy, and given annually to a senior who has shown outstanding qualities of leadership and school spirit:
Lauren Aileen Greer, North Hampton, NH
   
The Williams Cup, established in memory of George Lynde Richardson Jr. ’37, and given annually to a student who, having been in the Academy four years, has, by personal qualities, brought distinction to Phillips Exeter:
Max Henry de La Bruyère, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Eskie Clark Award, given annually to that scholarship student in the graduating class who, through hard work and perseverance, has excelled in both athletics and scholarship in a manner exemplified by Eskie Clark of the class of 1919:
Lily Marie White, Nantucket, MA

The Thomas H. Cornell Award, decided by the senior class and given annually to that member of the graduating class who exemplifies the Exeter Spirit typified by Thomas Hilary Cornell of the class of 1911:
Jae Hyun Moon, Busan, Republic of Korea

The Cox Medals, given by Oscar S. Cox Esq., in memory of his father, Jacob Cox, are awarded each year to the five members of the graduating class who, having been two or more years in the Academy, have attained the highest scholastic rank:

Margaret Brooke Ayers, Portland, ME
Qian Huang, Tenafly, NJ
Isabel Albright Newlin, Oberlin, OH
Jeanette Janyen Wat, Exeter, NH
Emma MacFarlane Watt, Durham, NH

The Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence, given to that member of the graduating class who, having been two or more years in the Academy, is recognized on the basis of scholarship as holding the first rank:
Jeanette Janyen Wat, Exeter, NH