2026 Upper School Awards

Congratulations to these Colorado Academy students who were named as award winners for their exceptional contributions during the 2025-2026 school year. You may view/download the full list of award winners here.

Alexis Ayala Ramirez was presented with the Courage Award by CA Head of School Dr. Mike Davis.

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Carson McConnell won the Jennifer Wu Memorial Fellowship Award, as announced by CA Alumni Director Emma Kane. Carson was not in attendance.

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Nina Andrews, Kylie Greves, Blake Miller, Murphy Ammann, Griffey Bostock, Kit Freeman, Pritika Lingam-Nattamai, Lauren Andringa, Rahul Iyengar, Eimi Caro, Kylie Greves, Carson Hughes, Christopher Alarcon Valdez, Kaley Chavez, Ella Bilir, Evi Sorensen, and Estella Rose Guess Johnson were recognized for 100+ hours of community service by Jazmin Nieto.

 

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Caroline Hagen was presented with the Pat Hogan Award by Dr. Leo Procise.

 

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Evan Brown was presented with the Senior Science Award by Michael McLaughlin.

 

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Ailee Doniger was presented with the Senior Science Award by Martha Smith.

 

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Tatum Kreitler and Gideon Silverman-Joseph were presented with the Excellence in English Award by Ross Holland and Payton Ritchey.

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Alexis Ayala Ramirez and Isabel Gottlieb were presented with the Peggycita-Hill Enthusiasm Award in Chinese by Julie Wei.

 

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Hazel Sankovitz was presented with the Griggs Dayton Excellence Award in Chinese by Julie Wei.

 

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Natalie Gottlieb was presented with the Peggycita-Hill Enthusiasm Award in Spanish by Jane Kelly.

 

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Robert Kenney was presented with the Griggs Dayton Excellence Award in Spanish by Valerie Maté-Hunt.

 

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Georgia Gutsch was presented with the Peggycita-Hill Enthusiasm Award in French by Stephanie Turner.

 

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Daniele Caffarelli was presented with the Griggs Dayton Excellence Award in French by Stephanie Turner.

 

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Rory Goldstein was presented with the Theater Acting Award by Maclain Looper.

 

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Kellen Martin was presented with the Technical Theater Award by Ian Marzonie.

 

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Henry Cowperthwaite was presented with the Carl and David Kumpe Instrumental Award by Phil Jones.

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Rosie Risch was presented with the Dance Award by Melissa Zaremba.

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Reece Scyphers was presented with the Cindy Jordan Award by Dr. Kevin Padworski.

 

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Mitchell Sindler and Zachery Shull were presented with the Visual Art Award by Octavia Betz and Karen Donald.

 

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Elliott Rydberg and Jackson Wells (not pictured) were presented with the Engineering Award by Dr. Márcio Forléo.

 

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Katie Bergsieker was presented with the Social Studies Award for Academic Excellence by Dr. Ben Hoffman.

 

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Fletcher Emerson was presented with the Elissa Wolf-Tinsman Award in Social Studies by Liz Sarles.

 

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Alexis Ayala Ramirez was presented with the Math Achievement Award by Elliot Chase.

 

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Thomas Rollhaus was presented with the Richard Kelly Award by Dr. Michael Huntington.

 

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Justin Schwartzreich was presented with the Kim Jans Computer Science Award by Kyle Gillette.

 

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Jack Braun was presented with the Robotics Award by Liang Chen.

 

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Oliver Neely, Mira Leon, and Jack Shpiz were presented with the Captains Awards by Jon Hill.

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Jenna Westfall was presented with the Simms Alumni Award by Sean Stedeford.

 

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Jacob Miller was presented with the Simms Alumni Award by Dan Pratt.

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Harper Ezrine was presented with the Senior Athlete of the Year Award by Chris Deutschman.

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Rex Burstein was presented with the Senior Athlete of the Year Award by Richie Nelson.

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Caroline Hagen was presented with the Zach Hills Award by Dr. Michael Huntington.

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Braden Schubert was presented with the Zach Hills Award by Jon Hill.

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Ricardo Rios Rodriguez and Johanna Mata were presented with the Chris Babbs Leadership Award by Upper School Principal Max Delgado.

 

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