Class of 2025 Honors & Awards
Congratulations to the class of 2025 on their many accomplishments!
The Bishop O'Connell class of 2025 earned $30.5 million in college scholarships!
Scroll through the lists below to view just a few of the honors and recognition awarded to this class:
Valedictorian
Samantha Stewart
Salutatorian
Francesca Copley
Praetor
Delaney Park (Graduating with the third highest honors, and introducing the awards)
Class of 2025 Graduation Awards and Honors
Belen Araaya - Gertrude Kennedy Award
Mary Boniface - Social Studies Award
Nora Bruen - Outstanding Leadership Award
Maia Cerezo - Instrumental Music Award
Andrew Cobb - Immaculata Award, Msgr. Gabriel T. Maioriello Award
Paul Connors - St. Thomas More - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award
Francesca Copley - Immaculata Award, General Excellence Award, English Award
Harper Dunlap - General Excellence Award
Christopher Fleming - General Excellence Award, Student Athlete Award
Andrew Fthenos - Mathematics Award
Louisa Geiger - General Excellence Award
Isabella Gorkowski - Student Athlete Award
Gabriella Guadagno - Chorus Award
Emmet Hand - General Excellence Award
William Headley - Al Burch Award, Outstanding Leadership Award
Lucy Hensler - General Excellence Award, Environmental Science Award
Nickolas Jorjani - Latin Award
Logan Lynch - Gertrude Kennedy Award
Isabella Marventano - IHM Joyful Service Award
Luke Masri - IHM Joyful Service Award, Outstanding Leadership Award
Sabina Nagy - General Excellence Award
Cathy Nguyen - General Excellence Award
Douglas O'Donnell - Theology Award
Chloe Obias - Spanish Award, Chemistry Award
Delaney Park - General Excellence Award, French Award
Matthew Rimicci - Physics Award
Sophia Rolo - Visual Arts Award
Lily Spann - Al Burch Award
Samantha Stewart - General Excellence Award, Outstanding Leadership Award
Brennan Sweet - Business and Finance Award
Joseph Williams - Computer Science Award
Global Studies Certificates
Read more about this O'Connell certificate program.
Alexander Aleman-Lomeli
Olivia Bahtiyar
Dannaite Belay
Mary Boniface
Catherine Crone
Lily Durand
Olivia Flanagan
Madeline Forsythe
Gabriella Guadagno
Frances Hagan
Maria Hart
Jake Hernandez
Sameera Jenkins
Jessica Knisely
Erin Kowalski
Mia Kucey
Moira McBride
Diego Minaya
Jackson Moss
Delaney Park
Lan Anh Pham
Peyton Proctor
Samantha Ramming
Matthew Rimicci
Laya Rizk
Martín Sánchez
Nicole Soruco-Franco
Fiorella Soto
Samantha Stewart
Batlee Suuya
Claire Thompson
Jason Wan
Kuba Wan
National Merit Finalists
Matthew Rimicci
National Merit Commended Students
Francesca Copley
Diogo Faust
Emmet Hand
Mariel Irish-Maldonado
Olivia Martin
Sabina Nagy
Delaney Park
Lily Spann
Samantha Stewart
College Board National Recognition Program
Martin Baretto Sanchez
Francesca Copley
Norman Dichard
Diogo Faust
Diana Gamboa-Hazou
Emmet Hand
Scarlett Larez
Cathy Nguyen
Douglas O'Donnell
Paula Roa
Yashir Walker
AP Scholars with Distinction
Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
Scott Anderson
Peter Bilaniuk
Maia Olivia Cerezo
Francesca Copley
Harper Dunlap
Charlotte Fortier
Louisa Geiger
Emmet Hand
Lucy Hensler
Lucia Hunter
Mariel Irish
Hannah Kotb
Moira McBride
Joseph McCormack
Sabina Nagy
Brianna Nemeth
Ian Neville
Cathy Nguyen
Chloe Obias
Delaney Park
Avery Prendergast
Jocelyn Pye
Samantha Ramming
Matthew Rimicci
James Rinard
James Robinson
Jacob Schiek
Isabel Smith
Samantha Stewart
Ryan Theriot
Jason Wan
Joseph Williams
John Wills
AP Scholars with Honors
Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.
Batlee Bagenda Suuya
Martin Barreto Sanchez
Margaret Budd
Raya Cobb
Lucas Fleck
Christopher Fleming
Diana Gamboa-Hazou
Lauren Gatti
Nicolas Janninck
Erin Kowalski
Scarlett Larez
Eva Robertson
Alexander Schmidt
Robert Signorelli
Madeline Sullivan
Yashir Walker
Reese Wootten
AP Scholars
Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.
Timothy Adye
Alejandro Alvano
Dava Arkoh
Robert Arzadon
Abigail Bond
Mary Boniface
Kristin Bracht
Samantha Brayman
Cora Brown
Nora Bruen
Andrew Christian
Melysepuong Chrouk
Avery Curry
Victor D'Emidio
Shane David
Michael Day
Lily Durand
Alexandra DuRoss
Joseph Erickson
Diogo Faust
Ryan Ferguson
Nicolas Fountaine
Andrew Fthenos
Samuel Gallucci
Keegan Garren
Isabella Gorkowski
Frances Hagan
Samuel Hallisey
Harrison Han
Jordan Hardenburgh
Luke Hart
John Hawthorne
Jake Hernandez
Christopher Howard
Nivit Jaithum
Gabriel Jimenez
Mark Johnson
Nickolas Jorjani
Liam Koelsch
Alyssa Kunigonis
Samuel Lobaugh
Keira Luna
Estelle MacGregor
Edward Martin
Olivia Martin
Joseph McLaughlin
Louis Molinini
Holly Mott
Ella Nasr
Shayan Negandhi
Allison Nguyen
Douglas O'Donnell
Lucielle Palacios
Lan Alexia Pham
Bridget Prophett
Emma Prykanowski
Maria Rampoldi
RyleeRaymond
Paula Roa
Danielle Rodriguez
Sophia Rolo
Giuliana Rugo
Alexander Silos
Ella Smith
Carlin Smittle
Lily Spann
Brennan Sweet
Catherine Talbot
Elissa Thomas
Claire Thompson
Nicholas Vasquez
Patrick Waddick
Chasida Walker
Kuba Wan
Andrew Watson
Michael Weber
Luke Zamoyta
Elizabeth Zeoli
Zihan Zhao
Mark Zonavetch
Military Academies
Scott Anderson - U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Andrew Christian - U.S. Military Academy
Isabella Gorkowski - U.S. Naval Academy
Luke Hart - U.S. Naval Academy
Nickolas Jorjani - U.S. Military Academy
Douglas O'Donnell - U.S. Naval Academy
Ella Smith - U.S. Naval Academy
Mark Zonavetch - U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)
Avery Curry, Naval ROTC (Villanova University)
Emmet Hand, Naval ROTC (Cornell University)
Jackson Moss, Naval ROTC (Virginia Tech)
Paula Roa, Naval ROTC (William & Mary)
Washington Post First Team All-Met
Abigail Bond (Softball)
Brianna Lencz (Softball) (in 2024)
Logan Reilly (Golf) - Player of the Year
Madeline Sullivan (Field Hockey)
Student-Athlete College Commitments
Scott Anderson (Football) - U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Abigail Bond (Softball) - Gettysburg College
Daniya Brown (Basketball) - Rider University
Aiden Caulker (Basketball) - Gulf Coast State College
Kamari Chisolm (Baseball) - Hood College
Arieanna Clark (Softball) - Gannon University
Chris Connolly (Baseball) - Nichols College
Matthew Dalton (Basketball) - Howard Community College
Hailey Flick (Field Hockey) - Longwood University
Brandon Green (Football) - Gannon University
Isabella Gorkowski (Ice Hockey) - U.S. Naval Academy
Noah Haught (Baseball) - University of Richmond
Lucy Hensler (Softball) - Sewanee: The University of the South
Lorcan Hyndman (Basketball) - Howard Community College
Mariel Irish-Maldonado (Track) - Case Western Reserve University
Gabriel Jimenez (Soccer) - Marymount University
Liam Koelsch (Basketball) - Northeastern University
Truman Leckey (Baseball) - Eastern Connecticut State University
Brianna Lencz (Softball) - George Mason University
Albane Mason (Field Hockey) - Catholic University
Conor McCarthy (Golf) - Shenandoah University
Ciara McLaughlin (Golf) - Saint Francis University
Emma Prykanowski (Softball) - Denison University
Jocelyn Pye (Volleyball) - Johns Hopkins University
Logan Reilly (Golf) - Auburn University
Chloe Richards (Cheer) - James Madison University
Eva Robertson (Basketball) - Carnegie Mellon University
James Robinson (Baseball) - Dickinson College
Ella Smith (Crew) - U.S. Naval Academy
Madeline Sullivan (Field Hockey) - Davidson College
Wyatt Turbok (Lacrosse) - Newberry College
Mark Zonavetch (Baseball) - U.S. Coast Guard Academy