The Pennington School Class of 2015

• The Pennington School Class of 2015

Commencement exercises for the Class of 2015 at The Pennington School was conducted on Saturday, June 6 at the school. The graduated class represents four states and five countries outside the United States.

The class valedictorian is Niral Ramesh and Nathan George Zavanelli is salutatorian. At commencement, Ramesh, who was inducted into the Cum Laude Society last fall, received the award for the senior excelling in science and shared the award for the senior excelling in mathematics. He will attend Rice University next year.

Zavanelli was presented the award for the senior excelling in German and shared the award for excellence in mathematics with Ramesh and Cedric Abano of East Windsor. He, too, qualified for induction into the Cum Laude Society last fall. Zavanelli will attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Lauren Brown of Yardley, Pa., and Nicholas Bunn of Princeton shared a signal honor, the Headmaster's Award to the Best All-Around Student, recognizing "that member of the senior class whose distinguished scholarship and dedication to a variety of extracurricular activities has set a memorable example for us all."

The Charles G. Bennett class of 59 Memorial Award for School Spirit was shared by Brian Booth of Princeton, Harrison Cohn of Short Hills, and Amanda Dafonte of Pennington. Sara Clark of Lawrenceville and Thomas Cosgrove of Princeton shared the School Award for Outstanding Citizenship. Following is the alphabetical list of 91 graduates:

A-C: Cedric Abano, Casey D. Betlyon, Michael A. Bliss, Caroline E. Bonfield, Brian R. Booth, Lauren A. Brown, Marcus Bruccoleri, Nicholas W. Bunn, Christian Cantaffa, Alison E. Chack, Sara C. Clark, Harrison Cohn, John W. Connors, Alana S. Cook, Thomas J. Cosgrove

D-F: Alessandra M. D'Amour, Amanda D. Dafonte, Robert A. Demaree, Jordan D. DeSouza, E. Lukas DiGiacomo, Kevin M. Dillaway, Zachary J. Dowdie, Brendan L. Dowling, Bradley J. Ebersole, Gregory M. Ebersole, Yi-Chun Fang, Ryan M. Fassak

G-I: Brendon Gosling, Kristyn L. Green, Andrew B. Gurick, Sarah E. Haeckel, Timothy G. Hansen, Joshua D. Hauser, Shaynie Hayward, Caitlin A. Herbert, Jody O. Hoffberger, Congtai Hu

J-L: Yangeng Jiang, Joseph M. Jingoli, Sarina D. Kaplan, Elizabeth T. Koloski, Alexandro J. S. Kovalcik, Grace C. Kovalcik, Owen N. Kula, Pippa D. Kula, Austin Kuppek, Sun Woo Kwak, Luke K. Lawlor, Pierce K. Lawlor, Elaina M. Lawrence, Michael J. Luciano

M-O: Joseph Marsala-Williams, Sophia C. Mavellia, Casey J. McGovern, Luis D.Mena Villegas, Armani A. Mendez, Marcellus I. Morris, Savannah H. Morris, Andrew V. Murdza, Nora A. Murray, Gregory B. Oldsey

P-R: Hailey J.Pendergrass, Nicholas J. Pontillo, Niral Ramesh, Bethany Reim, Ryan G. Rizzuto

S-U: Ethan Samuel, Brett Schenkman, Mary Gray Seiler, Jiaming Shen, Margaret A. Slonaker, Ryan C. N. Smith, William E. Soccorsi, Peter A. Spadaccini, Brooks U. Sproul, Stephanie P. Tabas, Isiah T. Taylor, Rosemarie K. Taylor, Alexandra J. Tringali

V-Z: Allison R. Vickers, Troy M. Vile, Simon Wan, Gavrielle A. Weiss, Naim A. White, Benjamin T. Williams, Aaron A. Wilson, Elijah Wright, Dongjin Yoo, Nathan G. Zavanelli, Yifei Zheng, and YuTong Zhou.