Class of 2020
Ceremony link - May 23, 2020
To view the 2020 Virtual Commencement Ceremony, please click this link - at 10 a.m. EDT on Saturday, May 23. The page will not be made live until then.
Class of 2020 Award Winners
Frank Chapin Cushman Memorial Award
Julia Puppolo '20
Cora Pease Chandler Award
Liam Garrison '20
Markell and Monson Class of 1898 Award/Owen David Dow Memorial Award
Grace-marie Gouin '20
Dr. Joseph P. Cebula Memorial Award
Kizuki Koyasu '20
Stephen D. Luckraft Memorial Award
William Crocker III '20
Gift of the Class of 1965
Moonsu “Jackson” Kang '20
Kyle E. Webb Award
Betelihem Stevens '20
Billy Lak Prize
Edward Barkett III '20
Harriet Jones Nelson Trust
Pheeraphat "Pete" Trairatanobhas '20
Pieria Prize
Margaret Kuhn '20
Dr. George E. Rogers Scholar Athlete Award
Jonathan Adams '20
Berube Prize
Emily Fafard '20
Phil Shaw Award
Xin “Julie” Xiong '20
Phil Shaw Award
William Crocker III '20
Head of School Award
Hao “Harrison” Pan '20
Trustees Cup
Boys’ Varsity Basketball
Class of 2020 Eveline Barber Departmental Awards
Edward Barkett III ’20
Howe S. Newell Senior English Award
Joshua Besse ’20
AP Environmental Science
Jackson Bloomfield ’20
Music Jazz Ensemble
Catarina Carter ’20
Advanced Spanish
Kyle Dube ’20
Center for Entrepreneurship, Economics & Finance Entrepreneurship & Finance
Liam Garrison ’20
Catherine Ingraham Award for Excellence in French
Mu-Chieh Huang ’20
Music Chamber Ensemble
Tianqi “Wernich” Li ’20
Visual Art – 3D Design
Hao “Harrison” Pan ’20
Ernest J. Lawton Memorial Award
Julia Puppolo ’20
AP Senior English 12
Madeline Rahilly ’20
Music Vocals
Pheeraphat “Pete” Trairatanobhas ’20
AP World History
AP Statistics
Zheng “Richard” Xie ’20
Marilyn Erickson Memorial Prize
Muwei “Katharine” Xu ’20
Edward F. Morris Prize
Tianyu “Joe” Yu ’20
AP Calculus BC
Erika Zaripova ’20
Visual Art – 2D Design
Faculty & Staff salute to the Seniors!
Video message from WMA Alumni
The final weeks of the senior year for the Class of 2020 have been disrupted by a global pandemic. Knowing that the Class of 2020 has not had the chance for final memories, goodbyes and the likes of Prom, Prize Day and Commencement, a handful of alumni have shared a few thoughts to help soothe their hardships. Stay TitanStrong Class of 2020!
Bruce Fenton '90
Marilyn Clark '84
Joel Ackerman '89
Ken Schneider '71W
Bruce Baker '87
Sommer Mahoney '11
Grant Renier '55W
Chris Descalzo '93
Matt Koziol '93
Matt Pajak '11
Veronica Barrett '81
Ted Ferriter '66W
Dan Kunhardt '72
Faruk Aliyu '02
Kelsey Gomes '13
Phil Shaw '57W
Hannah Dunphy '10
Ben Hewett '06
Peter Plumb '61W
Michael Papadaki '59W
Written messages from WMA Alumni
Sakapan Eamegdool ’72
"You and I received a good education ... And best of all, our time at WMA was one of friendship and camaraderie."
Cindy St. George '78
"Give yourselves credit for the changes you’ve already been through – do you have any idea what an advantage that is?"
Rick Meehan '69W
"Please know that all of you will carry with you forever the Wilbraham & Monson memories that are in you.''
Dick Harrington '60M
"You will always know the correct course of action. The problem will be finding the courage and moral strength to make the correct decision."