Indian Hill School District Class of 2021

A story of

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Indian Hill Class of 2021: A Story of Resilience

Indian Hill High School Class of 2021:

If the story of your senior year had a theme, I believe it would be resilience.

By definition, resilience is the capacity to recover; it is toughness; it is the ability to withstand adversity.

Resilience gives you strength to overcome hardship.

This was no ordinary school year. You proved yourself extraordinary as you excelled academically and thrived in your achievements within athletics and the arts, even as odds were stacked against you due to COVID-19.

You overcame hardship.

Your legacy is your resilience.

We – your teachers, your families, your community – stand in awe at the grace with which you have navigated this school year.

Class of 2021: We will remember you as leaders. You are a shining example of student success during this unique chapter of your lives.

Your story is already amazing, and as the authors of the chapters yet to be written as Indian Hill High School alumni, we look forward to seeing how your stories continue.

As you prepare for the next chapter, there is one thing we want you to never forget: You are, and you always will be, Braves.

Lead on.

Kirk Koennecke Superintendent
Indian Hill School District

“Braves, I ask that you take a moment and simply look around. Remember this moment, and remember how you feel. In a year that has created so much uncertainty, fear, and doubt, look how far we’ve come. Several months ago, the idea of us all being together here at Tomahawk Stadium, celebrating this extraordinary class of Braves was simply impossible. But the day is finally here, and as it should be it’s a day where the Class of 2021 and their loved ones can be together, look back at your time here at Indian Hill and truly celebrate,”

Jeff Damadeo Principal
Indian Hill High School

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Class of 2021 Academic Honors

Valedictorian	Salutatorian	National AP Scholars

Maya Anderson Audrey Bristol
William Ford

Kevin Lewis Ethan Marx
Jai Masturzo

Amitesh Verma

Jenny Zhang

Granted to students in the United States who receive an average grade of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

AP Scholars with Distinction

Caroline Gaede	Amitesh Verma

National Merit Finalists Maya Anderson
Matthew Copfer William Ford Janaki Kode Victor Stettler

National Merit Commended Students

Saraus Anand Audrey Bristol
Caroline Gaede

Maya Anderson Jasper Bennett Baptistine Bonniol Audrey Bristol Abigail Campa Robert Castellini Nicholas Cech Allen Choi
Jessie Cleverly Daniel Edmonson William Ford Conor Gallagher Faye Hardek
Zoe Hindman

Mohammed Hossain

Annie Hovey David Kholodenko Janaki Kode Jessica Lau Kevin Lewis
Sten Lu Ethan Marx Jai Masturzo
Arman Mehzad Sarah Motawi Garrett O’Brien Graham Pierce Sydney Poffenberger Vandita Rastogi
Nicholas Ringer

Sophie Sawyers James Shepherd Emily Sichel Benjamin Starkey Victor Stettler Matthew Veith Amitesh Verma Olivia Vigran Gabriel Yin
Brooke Youngblood Warren Zahn Jenny Zhang
Peter Zhang

David Kholodenko Kevin Lewis Ethan Marx
Jai Masturzo Sarah Motawi Emily Sichel Amitesh Verma Olivia Wang
Jenny Zhang

Granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams, and grades of 3 or higher

on five or more of these exams.

National Hispanic Scholar Andrew Sakemiller

Class of 2021 Academic Excellence Awards

Engineering

Personal Commitment

Benjamin Starkey & Nicholas Woods

Academic Performance Jack Brunner & Simon Lococo

English

Personal Commitment

Matthew Veith & Maxwell Yanes Diehl

Academic Performance

Jasper Bennett & Amitesh Verma

French

Personal Commitment

Jessie Cleverly & Xander Standley

Performance Award

Maya Anderson & Connor Roehrig

Instrumental Music, Band

Personal Commitment Robert Brunner & Janaki Kode

Performance Award

Jessica Budde & Conor Gallagher

Instrumental Music, Orchestra

Personal Commitment Caleb Zender

Orchestra Performance Award Annie Hovey & Olivia Wang

Vocal Music

Personal Commitment

Robert Castellini & Brooke Youngblood

Performance Award
Jasper Bennett & Reilly Grace

Latin

Personal Commitment

Conor Gallagher & Nicholas Woods

Academic Performance William Ford & Emily Sichel

National Latin Exam

Maxima Cum Laude/Silver Medal AP Latin – Emily Sichel

Magna Cum Laude

AP Latin – William Ford & Sophie Sawyers

Marketing Education

Personal Commitment Vandita Rastogi & Emily Sichel

Academic Performance

Sophie Sawyers & Lauren Sewell

Mathematics

Personal Commitment Jessica Lau & Charles Sumerel

Academic Performance

Jai Masturzo & Lauren Yamaguchi

American Mathematics Competition Garrett O’Brien

2021 Honda - Ohio State STEM Award Caleb Zender

Science

Personal Commitment

Simon Lococo & Sara Sztrapek

Academic Performance Maya Anderson & Kevin Lewis

Social Studies

Personal Commitment

Jena Bennett & Amanda Peters-Bambic

Academic Performance Ethan Marx & Sophie Sawyers

Spanish

Personal Commitment Nicholas Cech

Academic Performance Kevin Lewis & Amitesh Verma

Theater/Costume Design

Personal Commitment Sara Sztrapek

Academic Performance Jessica Lau

Visual Art

Personal Commitment

Jadyn James & Lucas Robinson

Academic Performance Kennedy Green & Lauren Sewell

Class of 2021 Scholar Athletes & Scholarships

2021 Scholar Athletes	2021 Scholarships Students who maintained a 3.5+ GPA or higher for 7 semesters

Nick Adair Joey Allspach Jessica August Jasper Bennett Audrey Bristol Jack Brunner Robert Brunner Jessica Budde Abby Campa Nick Cech Jessie Cleverly
Matthew Copfer Piper Cowman Ken Devine Charlie DiGennaro Ridge Dumoulin Dan Edmonson Harris Foad
Will Ford Danny Forte Jake Fox
Lauren Frey

Kennedy Green Kylie Hack Luke Hammond Faye Hardek Zoe Hindman Fahim Hossain Bowie Irvine Jadyn James Jillian James Ellie Jones
Will Klekamp John Kushman Grant Lanham Kevin Lewis Maria Lindberg Simon Lococo Jai Masturzo Ethan Morris Meg Muncy Garrett O’Brien Meghan O’Brien
Corinne O’Dell

Cam Rabenold Luc Robinson Connor Roehrig Sophie Sawyers
Bridget Schumacher Sara Schumann Scott Sheakley Lauren Sewell Emily Sichel
Ben Starkey Charlie Sumerel Matthew Veith Olivia Vigran Olivia Wang Coleman Warstler Brendan West Lauren Yamaguchi Max Yanes Diehl Gabe Yin
Warren Zahn Doug Zang
Jenny Zhang

Adam Clapp Memorial Scholarship

Audrey Bristol

President’s Volunteer Service Award

Allen Choi

Humanitarian Award Robert Castellini

Singh Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship

Marianna Narita Amitesh Verma

Indian Hill Educators Professional Organization Scholarship

Kennedy Frost

Indian Hill Public Schools Foundation William P. Kincaid Scholarship

Jessie Cleverly

Indian Hill Braveheart Award Jena Bennett
Robert Castellini

13 Year Club Scholarship William Hater

Drone photo courtesy of Bear Tullis.

Class of 2021 Post Graduate Plans This list is current as of May 29, 2021

Nicholas Adair Seifallah Ali Joseph Allspach Saraus Anand Maya Anderson Jessica August Joshua Austin Jasper Bennett Jena Bennett Nathan Berger Baptistine Bonniol Audrey Bristol Jack Brunner Robert Brunner Jessica Budde Abigail Campa Anderson Cannady Caroline Cassidy Robert Castellini Nicholas Cech Allen Choi
Willard Church Jessie Cleverly Reginald Coach Tyler Compton Matthew Copfer Piper Cowman Katerina Cristo Carolyn Davis Adam Defendiefer Kenneth Devine Charles DiGennaro Elizabeth Dorger Ridge Dumoulin Gillian Dunahoe Noah Dunkley Daniel Edmonson Harris Foad William Ford
Daniel Forte

Purdue University University of Cincinnati West Virginia University Undecided
Gap Year

University of Cincinnati University of Kentucky University of Virginia
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Wittenberg University
The Ohio State University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Purdue University
Ohio Northern University Purdue University
Texas Christian University The Ohio State University
Savannah College of Art and Design University of Pennsylvania
The Ohio State University; The Ohio State University Palm Beach Atlantic University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Post-Secondary Education at IHHS Xavier University
The Ohio State University Florida Southern College Denison University Appalachian State University The Ohio State University Tulane University Jacksonville University Xavier University
University of Cincinnati Miami University
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College University of Wisconsin- Madison
Washington and Lee University Vanderbilt University
Florida State University

Jake Fox Lauren Frey Kennedy Frost Caroline Gaede Conor Gallagher Grace Galloway Reilly Grace Kennedy Green Kylie Hack
Dylan Halloran-Thompson Luke Hammond
Faye Hardek William Hater Cole Heald Zoe Hindman Elise Hobson
Mohammed Hossain Annie Hovey
James Irvine Jadyn James Jillian James Charles Johnson Ellie Jones
Michael Kaczmarowski Travis Kenny
David Kholodenko Isabella Kirby William Klekamp Janaki Kodi Benjamin Kruse John Kushman Julianne Lambert Grant Lanham Jessica Lau Grace Lewis Kevin Lewis Paige Lewis Maria Lindberg Simon Lococo
Mateo Lopez

Purdue University Miami University
Tennessee State University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Cincinnati
Miami University Webster University Xavier University
The Ohio State University Mount St. Joseph University Arizona State University Duke University
University of Cincinnati

Post Graduate Program –Live Oaks Stevens Institute of Technology The Ohio State University
Purdue University

Northern Kentucky University Indiana University
Xavier University Howard University
Colorado State University

University of South Carolina- Columbia University of Cincinnati
High Point University

The Ohio State University Xavier University
Washington University in St. Louis Carnegie Mellon University Indiana University
University of Southern California University of Cincinnati University of Virginia
The Ohio State University United States Army
The Ohio State University Employment
Bucknell University

The Ohio State University

University of Cincinnati

Class of 2021 Post Graduate Plans This list is current as of May 29, 2021

Sten Lu Olivia Lutz
Leonardo Mangialardo Natalie Mantarro Christopher Marrocco Ethan Marx
Jai Masturzo Charlotte McNair Sophie Meegan Arman Mehzad Benjamin Miller Morgan Miller Sarah Motawi Yaseen Moussa Megan Muncy Naddanai Naiyi Garrett O’Brien Meghan O’Brien Corinne O’Dell Zachary Osterhues
Amanda Peters-Bambic Graham Pierce
Sydney Poffenberger Cameron Rabenold Vandita Rastogi Abhishek Rautela Nicholas Ringer Lucas Robinson Connor Roehrig Riley Ross
Narayan Roy Andrew Sakemiller Joseph Santaiti Sophie Sawyers Jacob Schatzman Joseph Scholle Bridget Schumacher Anna Schumann
Sara Schumann

Vanderbilt University Miami University University of Cincinnati Xavier University University of Alabama University of Virginia Case Western University Syracuse University University of Cincinnati The Ohio State University
Post Graduate Program –Live Oaks University of Kentucky
The Ohio State University The Ohio State University Employment Employment
Purdue University

Georgia Southern University University of Georgia Arizona State University Xavier University
University of Vermont University of Colorado Boulder Babson College
The Ohio State University Military
University of Denver Wake Forest University Miami University Employment
The Ohio State University Emory University
Miami University Northeastern University Gap Year
University of Cincinnati The Ohio State University College of Charleston
Boston College

Olivia Scott

Noemi Seaman-Kossmeyer Lauren Sewell
Scott Sheakley Daniel Sheard James Shepherd Emily Sichel Xander Standley Benjamin Starkey Sophia Stephenson Victor Stettler Nathan Strauss Zachary Sullivan Charles Sumerel Sara Sztrapek Katherine Taylor Matthew Veith Amitesh Verma Olivia Vigran
Wyatt Wachs Olivia Wang Coleman Warstler
Christopher Wenker Kayla Werbrich Brendan West Brooke Whitaker Charles Wilson Nicholas Wood Lauren Yamaguchi Maxwell Yanes Diehl Alexander Yeager Gabriel Yin
Brooke Youngblood Warren Zahn Douglas Zang
Jade Zarco Caleb Zender Jenny Zhang
Peter Zhang

Cardiff University Employment
The Ohio State University

The University of Washington-Seattle University of North Dakota
Delaware Valley University The Ohio State University Purdue University
Georgia Institute of Technology University of Cincinnati
The Ohio State University University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati
Washington University in St. Louis International Business School Budapest Indiana University
The Ohio State University Duke University
The University of Texas at Austin Miami University
Case Western Reserve University The Ohio State University
Xavier University

The Ohio State University University of Tennessee University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati Purdue University University of Dayton
The Ohio State University Montana State University The Ohio State University The University of Tennessee
University of California-San Diego West Virginia University
Brigham Young University The Ohio State University
University of California-Berkeley

The Ohio State University

Class of 2021

13-Year Club

Students attending Indian Hill Kindergarten through 12th grade

Nicholas Ryan Adair Joseph Warren Allspach Jessica Bataller August Joshua Henry Austin Audrey Henderson Bristol Jessica June Budde Abigail Jane Campa Willard Jeffrey Church Jessie Dawn Cleverly Piper Claire Cowman Adam Joseph Defendiefer Kenneth Jackson Devine Charles Francis DiGennaro Elizabeth Seton Dorger Ridge Anders Dumoulin Lauren Ivy Frey
Reilly Jane Grace Kylie Alise Hack
Luke William Hammond William Marshall Hater Cole Tanner Heald Annie Kathleen Hovey James Lee Irvine Jadyn Naquel James
Michael Anthony Kaczmarowski Janaki Lakshmi Kode
John Edward Kushman

Grant Lenhart Lanham

Maria Helena Lindberg Simon Thomas Lococo Mateo David Lopez Olivia Grace Lutz Sophie Belle Meegan Corinne Connelly O’Dell
Amanda Rae Peters-Bambic Sydney Medley Poffenberger Cameron Reid Rabenold Nicholas Andrew Ringer Connor Nicole Roehrig Sophie Jacqueline Sawyers Jacob Scott Schatzman Joseph William Scholle Anna Rose Schumann
Sara Ruth Schumann Lauren Elizabeth Sewell Daniel Albert Sheard Emily Veronica Sichel Benjamin Shane Starkey Nathan Dominic Strauss Zachary Samuel Sullivan Katherine Marie Taylor Nicholas Joseph Woods Lauren Louise Yamaguchi Gabriel Tianyi Yin
Brooke Elizabeth Youngblood

Drone photo courtesy of Bear Tullis.

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Principal: Jeff Damadeo
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