Summer, 2012 - Stephen T. Badin High School

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSHigh honors to juniorsMajor awards to juniors, members of the Class of 2013,on Academic Awards Night went to the following:Front row, from left, Loren Warner, who earned theBrown University book award for excellence inEnglish; Kim Walsh, the University of RochesterFrederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Awardfor dedication to social and community action; andElizabeth McKinley, the Bausch & Lomb award forscience as well as the St. Michael’s Scholarship andService book award. At rear are Chris Pickerill, theUniversity of Notre Dame book award for achievement,leadership and service; Michael Lakomy, theSt. Michael’s Scholarship and Service book award;and Brennan Thies, the University of RochesterXerox Award for innovation and informationtechnology.The $100,000 Club Seniors who received $100,000 or more inacademic scholarships and grants were recognized at the annualAcademic Signing Day. The 16 students included, front row fromleft, Chloee Choi (Goucher College), Christina Pohlman (Universityof Cincinnati), Christina Dong (University of Chicago), HeatherRoberts (University of Cincinnati) and Paige Bresnen (XavierUniversity). In row two are Jessica Schellenbach (Ohio StateUniversity), Kaitlyn Kreke (Ohio State University), Sara Schweinefuss(Xavier University), Serena Murrell (Wake Forest University) andBethany Fuhrman (University of Cincinnati). At rear are DaultonKing (Xavier University), Molly Ehrnschwender (College of MountSt. Joseph), Andrea Schuler (Xavier University), Maddie Jett (XavierUniversity), Kayla Debbane (Xavier University) and Kara Gerbus(Quincy University).Reigning over promSeniors Ben Spaeth and Jordan Brown were namedprom king and queen at the 2012 prom, which washeld at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Chester Road inSpringdale.Nye earns Connelly Scholarship Bethany Nye, president of thesenior class, earned the Patrick Connelly Leadership Scholarship,given annually to a Badin student headed to Miami University whohas made a difference at the school. The scholarship is awarded inhonor of the late Patrick Connelly ’73. Nye, second from left, is picturedhere with Kelli Verdin Kurtz ’88, the executive director of institutionaladvancement; Meghan Connelly ’06, Pat’s daughter; and PamDinkel Connelly ’74, Pat’s widow.17