Valedictorians and Salutatorians

This page was last revised on May 21, 2020.

1924	ROSCOE BUSH HENDERSON	PAUL HUGH WYNN
1925	GLADYS FERN BRAKE*	SARAH ELIZABETH BAKER*
1926	IDA MAUDE STARKE	EVELYN ELIZABETH WADDY
1927	HELEN FISHER	?
1928	JEAN FULLINGTON	CORINNE CLARK
1929	? (see note)	? (see note)
1930	JESSE FOSTER GAY	WILLIAM HATTON
1931	RUDOLPH L. SNYDER	FRANCES KIRKMAN
1932	DONALD WILKES	FRANCIS LUIKART
1933	ELSIE WILLIS	BETTY FULFORD
1934	WENDELL DUSTIN WATERS	VIRGINIA RAVENHALL
1935	NELLE MOORE	MENNO OTIS BRAKE
1936	ROSA LEE ZUBER	MARGARET THIEL
1937	RUBY VERA PATTERSON	FRANK T. MOORE
1938	OLGA PALANSKY	RICHARD PARKER
1939	ILLIMAE WILLIAMSON	ELEANOR BAILLIE
1940	GLADYS WILLIS	FRANCES OSBORNE
1941	IDA GAINES	RICHARD PIATT
1942	DAVID LINN LUIKART	ROBERT HALL COLGAN
1943	SAM BAILLIE	JAMES F. CLARK
1944	AZALEE TOWNSEND	LOIS DINGMAN
1945	CAROLINE MAYTUM	CHARLENE REID
1946	VIRGINIA LAINEN	EDDIE F. SWARTSEL
1947	HARRY CLARK	BYRUM COOPER
1948	KENDALL LORCH	SAMUEL WITHROWE
1949	HELEN BALCOM	LUCILLE GUESS
1950	JOYCE McCLAMMA	JEAN BUHLER
1951	WALTER ANDREW CASSON, JR.	RICHARD JOSEPH MILBAUER
1952	CECIL P. LOECHELT	TANNER “DIXIE” HENDRICK III
1953	KAREN LEWIS	KATINA JOHN
1954	KAY SUE DECUBELLIS	ALVA RITA SAWYER
1955	GAIL CASSON	CLARA FREDERICK
1956	WAYNE NORFLEET and JOHN MANUEL	(none)
1957	SHIRLEY ANN FREDERICK	FRANCES CAROLYN SIGMON
1958	GLORIA NESSLER	BARBARA BRUNNER
1959	STEPHEN BUSH	EUGENE SAWYER
1960	RUTH ANN JACOBIK	JUDITH MARIE SCHARABOK
1961	SYLVIA DIANE NESSLER	JAMES ARTHUR TITUS
1962	ALENE SUE YARROW	ROBERT MICHAEL FIKE
1963	LAURIE LEE BAKER	WILLIAM TIMOTHY SLATER
1964	BARBARA ANN KOLEAN	MARY LOUISE WEST
1965	RICHARD LEE MARCHMAN	LES A. SNYDER
1966	PATRICIA ANN SIDNEY	BETTY A. BEAVER
1967	LINDA JANET WALSH	DANIEL JOHN FORTUNA
1968	CATHERINE POST	SUSAN MALLETT
1969	PHILIP NEETZ	CHARLES GUM
1970	JAMES MICHAEL DONALDSON	MARY ANN DANKO
1971	LINDA RUPP	CHRISTINE SHORT
1972	JAMES W. PRITCHARD III	RICK VARGO and RICHARD WILLIAMS
1973	JOHN COHEE and BOB BACHTOLD	WILLA SHIVERS
1974	ELLEN C. PERRY	PAUL WILT
1975	WILLIAM JEFFREY TATUM	KEVIN ARTHUR YARNELL
1976	ROBERT JAMES COUGHLIN	DORI LYNN RATHERT
1977	RONALD MARLOWE	RICHARD JOSEPH DAVIS
1978	KRISTINA BUTTINGHAUSEN	JUDY ORTON
1979	WILLIAM ALBRECHT	BRIAN MOYER
1980	SPENCER WESLEY FARROW	ANDREW FRANCIS WILLIAMS
1981	MARIE ANN WEINER	CAROLINE ELIZABETH RUMLEY
1982	TONJA RAE OLSON	LUCIA ANNE ADKINSON
1983	KENNETH PAUL HIGHHOUSE	JOHN VINCENT MALONEY
1984	LOUIS GERARD DEPAOLIS	P. DANIEL KANGAS
1985	JENNIFER A. MEYER	REBECCA JEAN HYDER
1986	JEROME AUSTIN KARNICK	JOANNE MARIE BRITZ
1987	MICHAEL PARKS PATEY	DONALD KEYES
1988	TINA ALEXOPOULOS	TED MARTIN SICHELMAN
1989	JOSEPH E. FRENCL	MISTI MELISSA CLARK
1990	JOSEPH MICHAEL ANDRUZZI	JEROME ALAN NAPOLI
1991	JENNIFER JO BLYTH	AMY RACHEL HERRICK
1992	HSAIO LING LAI	NICOLE KEON
1993	JASON SCOTT MURPHY and KOSTANDINOS JOHN STUBOS	PAMELA CATHARINE WELLER
1994	SERGIO MERTSCHING	SEAN DAVID BURNS
1995	MICHAEL POLLACK and KEITH JOSEPH MYERS	CAROLINE RENEE O’NEILL
1996	AMANDA CATHERINE JEZEK and WHITNEY ANN GUZDZIAL	KRISTI MICHELLE HOWE
1997	NEETA S. TOPRANI	JAMES KEITH WALKA
1998	DAVID KEITH BOTELHO and SCOTT ROBERT MYERS	JENNIFER LYNN BARBOOKLES and KRISTA MARIE BITTENBENDER
1999	PAUL POLLACK	AMANDA KENNEDY
2000	ERIC CHRISTOPHER BREITENSTEIN	JAMIE LYNN HOGAN
2001	DAVID ANDREW PIRMAN	BARBARA JEAN CARR
2002	MEGAN MARIE RASHID	SALVATORE TORRE
2003	MELODY JOY GOODENOUGH	RUTH TARA-LYNN VAUGHN
2004	THANH DIEU THI DOAN	MICHAEL ADAY
2005	JULIE ANNE SALVA CRUZ BILLEDO	BRITTANY CIARA MUETZEL
2006	JESSICA MICHELLE BENNETT	EMILY GRACE GUIDA
2007	THANH Q. TRAN	JONATHAN MUÑOZ
2008	JENNIFER NICOLE JOHNSON	COURTNEY LEIGH COHEN
2009	JAMIELEE’ DALTON HYATT	BRITTANY NOEL MOTTA
2009-IB	ALICE BETA CHANG	MARIO TALANGA
2010	JACKSON THOMAS LOOP	CASEY LYNN PEREIRA
2010-IB	KELVIN THAI TRAN	CODY WAYNE JOHNSON
2011	ZACHARY MARK IVANAC	MARÍ ALLYSSA MERCADO
2011-IB	LAUREN GEORGIA KANAPKA and BRANDI MARIE TAYLOR	NICHOLAS ROBERT BAKER
2012	BRITTANY MARIE ADAMS	JESSIKA PAIGE EGLIN
2012-IB	SHREE SUNDARESH	COREY ALEXANDER PALERMO and AISHWARYA SUBRAMANIAN
2013	COURTNEY ANNE FLOR	NICHOLAS JAMES BULIGA
2013-IB	CHRISTINA LEE ENGLER and BRITTNEY NICOLE GERVASI	ZEBA ALVI
2014	JOSIE ANNALIESE BREADY	EVAN WILLIAM MOORE
2014-IB	DAVID MASELLA GRANIERO and JULIDE ELIZABETH IYE	SHANE MATTHEW GILLEN
2015	JACQUELYN NAGY	BRIANNA LUIS
2015-IB	MACKENZIE MARQUES	AAKASH PANJABI and JAYSSE IVAN TANGHAL
2016	LYNDSY MARIE NIEDER	RENEE CASSIE BORDEN
2016-IB	JUAN MANUEL LEIS-PRETTO	MARIYA MENDEL
2017	SABINA RAMIC	CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON
2017-IB	DARYA KOZHEVNIKOVA	JANELLE TANGHAL and SONIA PANJABI
2018	NATHAN TATUM	AUDREY VILAIHONG
2018-IB	KRISTOF CSEH	ARTURO LEIS-PRETTO
2019	AMY GRAY	EMELLIA DUNFEE
2019-IB	KATERINA QUINTELA, LINDSAY RODRIGUEZ, ANNA THODHORI	VIRGINIA SANSON
2020	JUAN DELEON	KYLE MASON
2020-IB	NIKODEM GAZDA	KRISZTIAN CSEH

Notes: In the 1922-23 school year there was no senior class. However, valedictory and salutatory addresses were given in 1923 by tenth grade students Doris Mary Miles and Evelyn Elizabeth Waddy as part of a ceremony marking the graduation of the sophomores from the junior to the senior department of the school.

In 1925, Gladys Fern Brake and Sarah Elizabeth Baker were tied academically. It was customary then to have the salutatory address near the beginning of the program and the valedictory address near the end. Baker was chosen to deliver the salutatory address and Brake was chosen to deliver the valedictory address.

The New Port Richey Press article describing the 1929 graduation includes a detailed list of who spoke but does not mention a valedictorian or salutatorian. This seems to suggest that they did not speak and perhaps that there were no students selected that year. The graduates in 1929 were: Leola Baillie, Lucille Bechtold, Maxine Brake, Casper Cooper, Anna Hahn, Metta Hamilton, Harold Hunter, Emil Klepach, Louis Kolb, Myrtle Lapham, Charlotte Lautenslager, Stanley Marrs, Maxine Pierce, and Pauline Stevenson.

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