More Than 200 Seniors Honored in Ceremony

More than 200 of the high school's seniors were recognized Monday, receiving awards and scholarships for both school, and non-school, related activities and organizations at the annual ceremony.

Students at were invited to attend the ceremony, but were not told what they were set to receive. They found out with the audience during the ceremony, and programs were handed out the end with all the award-winners.

"We are very very proud of this group of students," said BRHS principal James Riccobono. 

Continue reading to see the names of all the student award-recipients:

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS 

• Srinivasa Bhattaru
• Michael Chu 
• Kira Jacobson 
  
• Seung Yeon Lee
• Wendy Liu 
• Carly O'Connell 
• Julia O'Connell 
• Shane Patel 
• Kevin Qi 
• Amy Song 
• Kevin Sun 
• Katherine Wullert 
• Daniel Zhang 
• Rachel Zhao 

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP COMMENDED STUDENTS

• Kristy Accetta 
  
• Lucy Ayers 
• Janet Cai 
• Brian Caluri 
• Lavanya Chakrapani 
• Allison Chau 
• Katherine Chung 
• Saumil Dave 
• William Forster 
• Abhinav Gabbeta 
• Julia Guazzo 
• Rachel Han 
• Martin Kim 
• Kaveesh Kutty 
• Ryan Lakritz 
• Karras Lambert 
• Danielle MacMath 
• Derek MacMath 
• Surabhi Menon 
• Nicholas Montano 
• Prashanth Palvannan 
• Christopher Rathnam 
• Jonathan Rodernanr
• Troy Sewell 
• Kathryn Tkach 
• Michael Tzeng 
• Amanda Vo 
• Sherry Wu 
• Henry Xiang 
• George Xu 
• Debra Yan 
• April Yin 
• Connie Zhao 
• Denice Zhu 

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP 

• Wendy Liu

NATIONAL MERIT SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS 

• Shane Patel—National Merit James E. Casey Scholarship 
• Kevin Sun—National Merit Maw E. Beverle Scholarship
• Katherine Wullert—National Merit Telcordia Scholarship

NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 

• Rosemary Saal—Outstanding Participant

SOMERSET COUNTY ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION SCHOLARSHIP 

• Kevin Sun 

KlWANlS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP 

• Kevin Sun 

SOMERSET COUNTY SCHOOL NURSE'S ASSOCIATION FUTURE NURSE SCHOLARSHIP 

• Lydia Carra

UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY 

• Antonio Amavisca

JOSEPH SICOLA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP 

• Jake Wilgocki

CHRIS WARD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP 

• Sara Marin 
• Samantha Sherman 

PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR FOUR YEARS AT BRHS 

• Mary Shannon Carroll 
• Peter Chiu 
• Jake Chou
• Rachel Horowitz
• Nicholas Montano

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE AWARD 

• Megan Carroll
  
• Sarah West
  

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS DISTINGUISHED ATHLETE AWARD 

• Kathleen Fanning
  
• Connor Smith

ARMY RESERVE NATIONAL SCHOLAWATHLETE AWARD 

• Haley Alvarez
  
• Robert Grill

WENDY'S HIGH SCHOOL HEISMAN AWARD

• Julianna Davis
• Jake Ruskan

THE SOMERSET COUNTY 4-H ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP

• Angela Philipsheck
  

TRAINMASTER'S SCHOLARSHIP

• Angela Philipsheck

BALLIET SCHOLARSHIP

• Angela Philipsheck
  

ROB FELLOWS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Angela Philipsheck
  

WEGMANS SCHOLARSHIP 

• David Achinstein
  
• Nicole Castro
• Michael Horan
• Jason Rosen
• Connor Smith

ROBERT M. FOGARTY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

• Eric Zinnikas 

BRIDGEWATER WOMEN'S CLUB BELVA LOCKWOOD HUGHSON MEMORIAL

• Jessica Sergio 
  

BRIDGEWATER WOMEN'S CLUB

• Sarah Bartolett
  

THIRD REFORMED CHURCH

• Seung Yeon Lee

COUNSELING & THERAPY SERVICES

• Megan O'Connor

COUNSELING & THERAPY SERVICES HONORARIUM

• Alison Reda

SYAGE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Stephen Wallace

RARITAN REPUBLICAN CLUB

• Kathryn Gausz

DOLFE BARBERI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Steven Morgan

ETHICON, INC.

• Natassia Aravind
• Shalini Chalikonda
• Abhinav Gabbetta
• Priya Jain
• Rohit Rangroo
• Amy Song

FRANK AND AUDREY DITTMAN SCHOLARSHIP, AND LEONARD AND ADELE BLUMBERG SCHOLARSHIP

• Janet Cai
• Lydia Carra

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION STUDENT RECOGNITION

• Srinivasa Bhattaru
• Megan Carroll
• Kevin Sun
• Amanda Vo
• Katherine Wullert
• Daniel Zhang

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Kimberly Costanzo

JAMES C. KELLY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Olympia Sciortino

ANDREW J. AND DOLORES C. HUDEC MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• William Neil Stone
• Emily Woznick

HINDU TEMPLE AND CULTURAL SOCIETY BRIDGEWATER EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Brendon Lichtig
• Sherry Wu

SGT. LARRY WORTH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP BRIDGEWATER POLICEMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOC. LOCAL #174

• Sara Semple
• Daniel Sperling

BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP POLICE HONOR GUARD SCHOLARSHIP

• Sara Semple

DANIELLE FEDORTION MEMORIAL

• Christopher Alaimo
• Collin Melton
• Thomas Rinaldi
• Melissa Silverman

ST. CLAIR FAMILY SPEECH AND DEBATE AWARD

• Prashanth Paivannan
• Kevin Sun

BRIDGEWAY SENIOR HEALTH CARE SCHOLARSHIP

• Lydia Carra

HARRIS COHEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Julia Guazzo
• Benjamin Silber

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN BOARD OF EDUCATION

• Kevin Sun
• Katherine Wullert

MICHAEL E. DOLEGIEWITZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Marissa DaSilva
• Daniel Sutter

RARITAN POST WAR CLUB SCHOLARSHIP

• Asia Caiazzo
• Brittany D'Agostino
• Jessica Lattanzio
• Karla Restrepo

BRADLEY GARDENS SCHOOL PTO BERNICE FRANCHINO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

• Meaghan McCarthy 
  

MARY ZSUFFA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Danielle MacMath 

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OUR LADY OF THE HILLS COUNCIL #5959, THE JOSEPH P. MARINACCIO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Dana Hayes 

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OUR LADY OF THE HILLS COUNCIL #5959

• Collin Melton

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OUR LADY OF THE HILLS COUNCIL #5959

• Morgan Patullo
• Austin Perry

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OUR LADY OF THE HILLS COUNCIL #5959 MICHAEL E. KANE MEMORIAL AWARD

• Morgan Patullo

ANDREW J. HABERLE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Dayna Smith

CORNELIUS AND GLADYS HOBBS SCHOLARSHIP

• Tashima Dally

BEACON AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT

• Angela Philipsheck

BEACON AWARD FOR SERVICE

• Jessica Lattanzio 

MILLINGTON SAVINGS BANK

• Jasmine Buess
• Andrew Grant

ALEXANDRA & RONALD VITALE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP

• Kathleen Fanning 

RYAN WILLIAM FLEDERBACH SCHOLARSHIP

• Forde George

DR. JOSEPH P. McGARRY SCHOLARSHIP

• Kathryn Gausz

HARRY ROBINSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Morgan Hofacker 

SOMERVILLE ELKS LODGE B.P.O.E. 1068 HIGH SCHOOL OUTSTANDING SENIOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Lucy Ayers
• Martin Kim

SANFORD ORTHODONTICS SCHOLARSHIP

• Tanner McWain
  

THE EPIC AWARD

• Kathryn Guasz
• Lydia Carra
• Allyson Gruber
• Kaitlyn Quinones

PROWLER AWARD

• Syjil Ashraf

LITERARY MAGAZINE AWARD

• Jasmine Chen
• Meaghan McCarthy

DRAMA AWARDS

• Michael Bayruns
• Gabriela Ber
• Kristen Ferris
• Nufar Herzberg
• Rotem Herzberg
• Timothy Higgins
• Danielle McMath
• Derek McMath
• Aerin McCurdy
• Carly O'Connell
• Julia O'Connell
• Anna Rabkin
• Tara Simpson
• Brett Taggart
• Julia Velmer
• Jonathan Wojcik
• Katherine Wullert

DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT SERVICES AWARD

• Nicholas Pepe

STUDENT SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP

• Jessica Lattanzio
• Adam Pyle

DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT SERVICES TRANSITION SCHOLARSHIP

• Thomas Bell

JUDITH CAHALL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

• Jenna McBride
• Hui Zheng

BONNIE MECH MEMORIAL BUSINESS AWARD

• Corinna LaMorte
• Kelsey Opalack

THE JOAO JOSE "JOHN" SANTOS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION AWARD

• Julia Guazzo

ALBA ABBOTT MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Nancy May

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

• Ryan Le
• Brendon Lichtig
• Troy O'Conner
• Morgan Patullo
• Matthew Slodziak
• Daniel Sperhg 

STUDENT COUNCIL AWARDS 

The Council Achievement Award

• Emanuel Goldberg 
• Matthew Jacobs
• Danielle McGrady 
• Michelle North

The Distinguished Excellence Award 

• Sarah Bray
• Keefer Wurmstich

The John Basilone Leadership Award

• Lydia Carra
  

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

Excellence in Chinese

• Carly O'Connell
• Julia O'Connell

Excellence in French

• Sherry Wu

Excellence in German

• Jennifer Wachtel

Excellence in Italian

• Katherine Wullert

Excellence in Latin

• Danielle Prongay

Excellence in Spanish

• Saumil Dave

STEUBEN SOCIETY AWARD

• Michael Tzeng

F. KIRBY MAPLES MEMORIAL AWARD

• Antonio Amavisca

ALAN D. MITTLEMAN MEMORIAL AWARD

• Kevin Sun

ANTHONY RICCIARDI MEMORIAL AWARD

• Brandon DeMauro

JOHN HENNINGER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR GERMAN

• Troy Sewell

JOHN HENNINGER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR WORLD LANGUAGES

• Cherry Zamudio

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT AWARD

• Srinivasa Bhattaru
• Zachary Fischer

WILLIAM APSLEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

• Samantha Sherman

SANOFI-AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CHEMISTRY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Troy Sewell

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT EXCELLENCE IN CHEMISTRY

• Prashanth Palvannan

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT EXCELLENCE IN BIOLOGY

• Daniel Zhang

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICS

• Zachary Fischer

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

• Jonathan Rodemann

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT AWARD

• Jenna McBride 
• Danielle Prongay 
• Kevin Sun 
• Katherine Wullert 

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OLD WHITEHOUSE—GENERAL FRELINGHUYSEN COLONEL LOWREY CHAPTER GOOD CITIZEN AWARD

• Gregory Dahl

PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

• Robert Grill
• Megan O'Connor

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AWARD

• Shane Patel

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CONSISTENT ACHIEVEMENT AND EFFORT IN ENGLISH

•  Sara West
  

BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

Overall Business Education Program 

• Evan Rallis

Academic Intern Program 

• Yadira Santana 

Accounting Program

• Erika Yeung

Computer Program

• Eric Zinnikas 

THE IMAGE SYSTEMS GROUP SCHOLARSHIP

• Kevin Sun

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES DEPARTMENT 

Awarded for excellence in all Areas

• Kimberly Tran 
  

Awarded for excellence in Fashion Design 

• Casey Sobel 
  

Awarded for excellence in Family and Child 

• Jessica Sergio 
  

Awarded for excellence in Foods 

• Nicholas Zamora

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT  

AutoCAD  

• Tara Roth 

Wood Technology

• Dylan Ash

ART DEPARTMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT IN FINE ART

• Tessa Lewis
• Daniel Hopkins

MUSIC DEPARTMENT AWARD

• Kira Jacobson

NATIONAL SCHOLAR CHORAL AWARD

• Gabriela Ber

CHORAL DIRECTOR'S AWARD

• Kevin Shoemaker

CHORAL MUSIC AWARD

• Kelysey Bryden
• Michelle Librojo
• Danielle MacMath
• Troy Mapa
• Victoria Richardson
• Maggie Shun
• Julia Velmer
• Katherine Wullert
• Debra Yan

BRHS OUTSTANDING SOLOIST AWARD

• Tara Simpson

NATIONAL SCHOOL ORCHESTRS AWARD

• Seung Yeon Lee

ORCHESTRA AWARD

• Julie Battikha
• Devika Baxi
• Janet Cai
• Michael Chu
• James Copti
• Ryan Lakritz Kaitlin Schwartz
• April Yin

THE CONNIE TARANTINO MUSIC MEMORIAL AWARD

• Allison Chau

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN DISTRICT PTO SCHOLARSHIPS 

• Christopher Alaimo
• Robert Barrows
• Julie Battikha
• Jasmine Buess
• Robert Brannigan
• Sarah Bray
• Kelsey Bryden
• Brittany Buckmire
• Janet Cai
• Theodore Cambilis
• Jacqueline Cardile
• Monica Castle
• Joyce Chang
• Allison Chau
• Michael Chiang
• Brandon DeMauro
• Charlotte DiMatteo
• Martin Dion
• Kaitlyn Doherty
• Kristen Ferris
• Mark Fritzen
• Cristian Gam boa
• Rachel Han
• Shruthi Harve
• Daniel Hopkins
• Kathleen llsley
• Matthew Kunsman
• Trevor LaMountain
• Wendy Liu
• Derek MacMath
• Natale Mazzaferro
• Scott McClymont, Jr
• Collin Melton
• Surabhi Menon
• Nicholas Montano
• Ngoc Nguyen
• Trang Nguyen
• Michelle North
• Kristen Pallatta
• Morgan Patullo
• Kyle Paustian
• Veda Pejaver
• Alyssa Posner
• Kevin Qi
• Anna Rabkin
• Alison Reda
• Ashley Sabol
• Samantha Sherman
• Michael Sobczak
• Lisa Tkach
• Annie Truss
• Jessica Venturelli
• Rebecca Zhou
• Yaping Zou

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN HIGH SCHOOL PTO HONORARIUMS

• Natassia Aravind
• Michael Avellan
• Daniel Bearnarth
• Katherine Caola
• Mary Shannon Carroll
• Shalini Chalikonda
• Muneeza Chaudhry
• Sarah Cooke
• Hillary Cornick
• Anthony Cuuola
• Caroline Davis
• Julianne Davis
• Jack Dimmit
• Melanie Dodds
• Jake Esposito
• William Forster
• Kevin Fu
• Abhinav Gabbeta
• Lynn Germaske
• Alexa lannelli
• Priya Jain
• Onofrio Lopreiato
• Miranda Ma
• Sara Marin
• Christina Meola
• Steven Morgan
• Scott Murray
• Sakal Narula
• Tara Ozeransky
• Purandhri Pandya
• Parth N, Patel
• Rohit Rangroo
• Jake Ruskan
• Amy Song
• Kathryn Tkach
• Jordan Weinstein
• Jane Yan
• Connie Zhao
• Rachel Zhao 

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN HIGH SCHOOL PTO SELECT HONORARIUMS 

• Islam Anous
• Mickal Avant
• Kelsey Bray
• Chelsea Brown
• Nicholas Dante
• Danielle LaJeunesse
• Cora Levine
• Lauren Loiselle
• Sean Lyons
• Alison Martinez
• Nancy May
• Jessica Nagle
• Valeria Rojas
• Katherine Van Riper
• Lauren Yutko

COUNCIL OF SCHOOLS HONORARIUMS 

• Evan Carson
• Bianca Caseiro
• Lidia Cirianni
• Michael Giordano
• Nichotas Gothier
• Kenneth Goydan
• Elizabeth Kowalsky
• Sairam Kripsagar
• Andrew Lee
• Simone Lee
• Megan Musz
• Pooja Nair
• Evan Newbold
• Kenny Nguyen
• Michael Pannullo
• Raymon Villanueva
• Lorezelle Yanga 

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN HIGH SCHOOL PANTHER ATHLETIC CLUB AWARDS 

• Haley Alvarez
• Brian Barr
• Kelsey Bray
• Julianne Davis
• Jack Dimmit
• Stephen Eesley
• Kathleen Fanning
• Christine Germaski
• Lynn Germaski
• Matthew Jacobs
• Wendy Liu
• Andrew Lyman
• Scott McLymont Jr.
• Troy O'Connor
• Tara Ozeransky
• Christopher Scott
• Samantha Sherman
• Benjamin Silber
• Daniel Sutter
• Annie Truss

HRINKOIGALIDA SCHOLARSHIP AWARD 

• Scott McClymont 

EISENHOWER PTO SCHOLARSHIP 

• Kaitlyn Teeling 

CARMELO SCIORTINO "PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE" SCHOLARSHIP

• Melanie Greco
• Matthew Jacobs
• Olympia Sciortino
• Benjamin Silber
• Keefer Wurmstich

POP WARNER SCHOLARSHlP 

• Albert John Bartocci
• Hayley Ortmann
• Tara Ozeransky
• Kristen Pallatta
• Ashley Sabol
• Conner Smith
• Kaitlyn Teeling
• Tyler Thomas