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Band Awards (* Senior Awards)

Libby Reynolds Spirit Award
 '23 Mary Germilhac
 '22 Abby Cremers
 '21 JiEun Park
 '20 Bright Xu
 '19 Alex Hom, Ben Buia
 '18 Hyonjoon Kim
 '17 Natalie Eighmey
 '16 RJ Dean, Kathie Lee
 '15 Marcy Coosaia-Rodger
 '14 Katie Forche, Elly Stevenback
 '13 Dorothy Chen
 '12 Marissa Casano, Skye Curtis
 '11 Beth Ann Meyers, Ashley Sadlier
 '10 Andrew Carlson, Ashley Plotzke
 '09 Reagan Chung
 '08 Andrea Edelhauser, Alyssa Emerling
 '07 Michael Corrigan, Marie Ternes
 '06 Christopher Kaatz, Catherine O'Neill
 '05 Ann Orrin, Ray VonValkenburg
 '04 Katherine Cprek, Sarah Nussdorfer
 '03 Samatha McConnell, Noel Niles
 '02 Elizabeth Bartlett, Omar Takriti
 '01 Brandon Northrup, Elisabeth Reynolds

Most Improved Musician Award
 '23 Sienna Richardson, George Mayotte
 '22 Aiden McGahey, Sophie Chong
 '21 Julia Starr
 '20 Alyssa Del Vecchio, Andrew Tabaka
 '19 Adam Karas, Aaron Feng
 '18 Robert Brown
 '17 Joshua Corsello, Jaehee Lee
 '16 John Gearig, Rishane Oak
 '15 Dylan Powell
 '14 Philip Gawel, Arnold Zhou
 '13 Ben Bucher, Ryan Smith, Sean Batts
 '12 Aaron Meyer, Henry Pan, Emily Webb
  '11Richard Niles, Eunjoo Scherlinck, David Sullivan
 '10 Eric Bright

National School Marching Award
 '23 Jacob Azar
 '22 Elisa De Donno
 '21 Patrick Gallihugh
 '20 Katie Jean, Julia Schomer
 '19 Nabeel Mohammad
 '18 Richard Yan
 '17 Alexander Jalkanen
 '16 Kyle Christie, Nicholas Eighmey
 '15 Jason Ji
 '14 Chris Schmotzer
 '13 Melissa Monblatt
 '12 Alex Vincent
 '11 Steven Maki
 '10 Ellen Bernacki
 '09 Garret Jafano
 '08 Emily Jarema
 '07 David Samuels

National School Color Guard Award
 '23 Catie Krebs
 '22 Catey Selemba
 '21 Akshaya Suvarna
 '20 Sophia Yee
 '19 Olivia Simone
 '18 Marisa Drinkwater
 '17 Serena Yee, Alexandra Parpart
 '16 Elizabeth Nutting

Leonard Bernstein Musicianship Award
 '23 Sam Baylerian
 '22 Shane Karas
 '21 Thejas Mirle
 '20 Richard Li
 '19 ---
 '18 Elayna Sabelhaus
 '17 Lindsay Nichols
 '16 Tyler Bouque

Quincy Jones Musicianship Award
 '23 Danielle Leight
 '22 Sam Baylerian, Noah Koslen
 '21 Shane Karas
 '20 Giovajhn Burgett
 '19 ---
 '18 Caelan Verhelst
 '17 Annie Rowbal
 '16 Josh Pajak

*John Philip Sousa Award
In recognition of outstanding achievement
and interest in instrumental music, for
singular merit in loyalty and cooperation
and for displaying those high qualities of
conduct that school instrumental music requires.
 '23 Aahil Abdul Nazeer
 '22 Michael Carbajo
 '21 Draven Tanafranca
 '20 Justin Strong
 '19 Sara Huang
 '18 Liam Clancy, Natalie Fisher
 '17 Tyler Bouque
 '16 Lucy Li
 '15 Julia Tu
 '14 Marissa Casano
 '13 Joe Wright
 '12 John Pop
 '11 Christina Manceor
 '10 David Caldwell
 '09 Daisy Cao
 '08 Eric Leslie, Adam Sajdak
 '07 Clementine Fu
 '06 Andy Jarema
 '05 Jessica Griese
 '04 Avinash Mehta
 '03 Megan Duffy
 '02 Michael Wright
 '01 Michael Bieniek
 '00 Michael Jain
Outstanding Musician Award
 '22 Danny Jang, Britta Pingree
 '21 Annie Tang, Stefan Lemke
 '20 Michelle Baek, Ben Liu, Kevin Wang, Emily Wu
 '19 Marvin Jiang, David Kuang, Sonja Lisowski, Lillian Xiao
 '18 Alisa Young, William Zhang
 '17 Richard Chen, Ken Lu
 '16 Robert Kohring, Emily Schram
 '15 Steven Cheng, Yuanzhe Zhong
 '14 Jon Harrity, Noelle Harrity
 '13 EunJoo Scherlinck, Mindy Kim
 '12 Eric Elinski, Vivian Hu
 '11 Aubrey Kress, Steven Liu
 '10 Scott Kim, Sheng Zhou
 '09 Bri Bertoia, Lynn Hodorek
 '08 Zesheng Chen, Micah Zastrow
 '07 Sieun Baek, Bryan Ranger
 '06 Mark Holmes
 '05 - - -
 '04 Christina Krokosky
 '03 Kyle Cronin, Christopher Fichter

Troy High School "Colt of the Year"
 '22-23 Aarush Alapati
 '21-22 Joey Slaviero
 '20-21 Lanna Lowrie
 '19-20 Teresa Chen
 '18-19 Gabriella Grodsky
 '17-18 Brittany Rose
 '16-17 Gabriella Grodsky
 '15-16 Ben Gregory, Lena Leszinsky
 '14-15 Ryan McIntyre
 '13-14 Casey Garvelink
 '12-13 Emily Kendziorski
 '11-12 Irene Suh
 '10-11 Rachel Forche
 '09-10 Christa Formberg
 '08-09 Jacob Love
 '07-08 Paul Bupte
 '06-07 Meredith Lanzen
 '05-06 Katie Denning
 '04-05 Danielle Peck
 '03-04 Neil Alpert

Jake Effect Scholarship
  '23Deon Policarpio, Prachi Agnihotri
  '22Kian Schneeweis, Sarbani Sengupta
  '21Dana Garcia, Sahana Mukund
  '20Shane Karas, Vijay Ravi
  '19Michael Carbajo, Britta Pingree
  '18Stefan Lemke, Draven Tanafranca
  '17Lillian Xiao, Justin Strong
  '16Sara Huang, Josh Pajak
  '15Tyler Bouque, Elayna Sabelhaus
  '14Robby Kohring, Sara Smith
  '13Emily Schram, Brendan Kelly
  '12John Harrity, Noelle Harrity, Matt Rodriguez
  '11Joey Wright
  '10John Pop

*Woody Herman Jazz Award
Awarded for outstanding contribution to the Jazz ensemble.
 '23 Noah Koslen
 '22 Trevor Ohman
 '21 - - -
 '20 Will Smalley
 '19 Max Peters, Andrew Varghese
 '18 Karthik Ganapathy, Ian Thompson
 '17 Daniel Mulkeran
 '16 Brendan Kelly, Dylan Kelly
 '15 Andrew Peters, Matthew Kong
 '14 Jordan Leonard
 '13 Ryan Taipala, Sean Taipala
 '12 Nick Masters
 '11 James Kang, Ben Cummings
 '10 Jason Ahlquist
 '09 JD Dennison, Mark Pierce
 '08 JRex Brown, Adam Sajdak
 '07 Nick Meyer, Jon Caza
 '06 Ben Monkaba
 '05 Chris Cheng
 '04 James Gelement, Brian Hertenstein
 '03 Elizabeth Bartlett, Eric Merten
 '02 Zachary Blunden
 '01 Christopher Graves

*Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
In recognition of outstanding achievement by an
instrumentalist in the field of jazz as
demonstrated through superior musicianship,
character and individual creativity.
 '23 Shane Karas
 '22 Dilan Swami
 '21 - - -
 '20 John Dannug
 '19 Jenna Youness
 '18 Joshua Pajak
 '17 Timothy Grieme
 '16 Alex Zhang
 '15 Johnny Drinkwater
 '14 Varun Rana
 '13 Joey Wright
 '12 Alex Nutting
 '11 Matthew Corrigan
 '10 Chris Harrity
 '09 Lewis Meyer
 '08 Keith Muehlman
 '07 Craig Blythe
 '06 Andy Jarema
 '05 Sung Shin
 '04 Alexander Martusiewicz
 '03 Gwyneth Foster
 '02 Robert Park
 '01 Thomas Hayden
 '00 Scott Poloney

*Patrick S. Gilmore Band Award
Awarded for outstanding contribution to the band.
 '23 Juhee Pack
 '22 Thejas Mirle
 '21 Nate Kovacs
 '20 Gina Moy
 '19 Hanchi Zhang, Scott Carlin
 '18 Timothy Gregory, Jacob Maher
 '17 Laura Pryde, Nathan Strong
 '16 Marisa Balamucki, Krystal Qin
 '15 Spencer Eaton, Mark Elinski
 '14 Matt Rodriguez, Hanna Sajdak
 '13 Omar Seifeldin, Chuckry Vengadam
 '12 Danny O'Donovan, Grace Fu
 '11 Kathy Hong, James Kang
 '10 Michael Japowicz, Maryam Seifeldin
 '09 Jenny Chung, Susie Chung
 '08 Kelly Brinkman
 '07 Andrew Hamilton, Megan Travis
 '06 Tom Head, Noel Niles
 '05 Jean Junior
 '04 John Schmotzer, Katie Mulka
 '03 Esther Ni, Nayoung Rhyoo
 '02 Nicholas Bloom
 '01 Jason Harrington
 
 
 
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