Worcester Academy graduated 146 students from 11 countries under fair skies on June 4, 2010. The school was honored to have as this year’s commencement speaker Nobel Laureate Craig C. Mello, PhD. Dr. Mello's daughter is a member of the graduating class.

Valedictorian was Samuel Tripp of Rutland. Salutatorian was Matthew Echelman of Southborough.

The lists of graduates and senior award recipients follow.

GRADUATES

Nimish Ajmani, Sung Bin An, Woo Hyun An, Adrienne Anderson, Julien Angel, Kohaku Aoki, Jacob Arthur, Robert Baldwin Jr., Anthony Bilotta II, Sarah Bloom, David Boike, Cameron Borriello, Caitlin Brosnihan, Steven Buduo, Daniel Bullock, Margaret Bunke, John Butterworth III, Sarah Cahn, Tianchun Cai, Chester Caswell, Christina Cervini, Rinko Chihara, Jiwan Chun, Vincent Ciavarra, Anna Clifford, Sean Collins, Fallon Crowley, Sydney Cushing, Christopher Davis, Meredith Davis, Jena Daya, Kyle de Klerk, Alexander Dillaire, James Doherty, Arianna Dolphin, Daniel Dompreh, Katherine Dunn, Meaghan Dunn, Sarah Dunn, Matthew Echelman, Luke Eddy, Chandra Edwards, Fouad El-Nemr, Alan Ericson, Emily Fask, Taryn Ferguson, Alison Finn, Benjamin Fiorillo, Gracjan Gajdzinski, Andrew Germain, Elizabeth Gienger, Samuel Gladstone, Katherine Goldberg, Savannah Grant, Maxwell Haines, Jack Hamm, Natalie Hampton, Mackenzie Heman, Evan Hendra, Yu-Ting Huang, Pei-Yu Hung, Zu Yang Jia, Sarah Karr, Taylor Kearney, Sawyer Kisken, Melissa Kusy, Jung Hyun Lee, Yong Hun Lee, Kelsey LeVangie, Wei-Kang Lin, Weiran Liu, Joshua Lopez, Zachary Luczyk, Brian Lynch, Praveen Mahendran, Amanda Malooley, Devon Martin, Kaitlyn Mathieu, Alexander Mazza, Casey McCarthy, Melissa Mello, Si Miao, Maya Morales, Molly Munroe, Tucker Myhre, Hilary O'Connor, Peter O'Donnell, Alexandra Ojerholm, Eric Paradis, Emma Phillips, Andrew Pogorzelski, Julie Ritz, Allyson Rivard, Lewis Rosenblum, Evan Ross, Christina Ruggieri, Sayaka Sato, Alicia Serrato, Michael Shattuck, Seul Ki Shin, Lilly Slatkin, James Smith, Shelby Solomon, Brian Sontag, Elena Stamatakos, Timothy Steen, Alaina Stochaj, Elizabeth Strzepa, Zhanyu Su, Drew Sussman, Samuel Tripp, Surya Viswanathan, Binh Trong Vuong, Benjamin Warshaw, Andrew Watson-Hogan, Qianqian Wen, Alyssa Westerman, Michael White, Qingyang Xi, Woon Ji Yeoh, Qiushi Yin, Hok Yung Yiu, Kristen Young, Hongyang Zhang, Yixiang Zhu, Charles Argast, Azamat Batyrbekov, Francis Cifrino, Russel DeRemer, John Forte, Parnravee Fuangchan, Derek Gibson, Evyn Grimes, Daniel Lima, Derek McAdam, David Nwankwo, Zachary Packer, Tevin Padilla, Jessica Randall, Robert Sliney, Adam Smith-Butts, Christophe Varidel, Pakorn Wongwaitayakornkul, Devin Worthington.

AWARDS

Bucknell Scholarship: Matthew Echelman of Southborough.

Class of 1935 Prize Trophy: Alexandra Ojerholm of Princeton.

Class of 1890 All-Around Athletic Prize: Steven Buduo of Worcester.

The Rev. Edward Merrill Dart '27 Award: Kohaku Aoki of Leicester.

Sarah Duemmel '94 Memorial Award: Amanda Malooley Annandale, VA.

The Dr. David A. Echelman Award: Matthew Echelman of Southborough.

The Allan Glazer Memorial Award: Chester Caswell of Worcester.

Marc D. Levine Lifer Award: Adrienne Anderson of Worcester.

William W. McAlpine Award: Rinko Chihara of Okayama City, Japan.

Neil W. Peters III Award: Samuel Tripp of Rutland.

Cole Porter 1909 Visual & Performing Arts Award: Qingyang Xi of Shanghai, China.

H.G. Rader Grant: Binh Trong Vuong of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Donald "Dee" Rowe '47 Award: Mackenzie Heman of Princeton.

George T. Sargisson Class of '27 Award: Luke Eddy of Shirley.

Sigma Cup: Chester Caswell of Worcester.

WORCESTER ACADEMY

Worcester Academy is a co-ed day and boarding school for grades 6 to 12 and postgraduates. Our urban setting, diverse community, and challenging curriculum provide students with a solid, real-world education. Learn more at www.worcesteracademy.org.