On Friday 15 December we celebrated and acknowledged the academic achievements of our students across the year at our annual Night of Excellence, held at the Doyle Centre. This is a very different type of event to the Year Level Academic Award Ceremonies held each semester. It is one of the few events whereby we bring together and celebrate achievement across the whole College.
With the release of VCE results earlier that day, we also celebrated the achievements of some of our Year 12 students. Rachel Ricciui was named the College Dux for 2018, while College Captain Danielle Virgona was named the Catherine McAuley Student of the Year.
Year 12 students also performed at the event. Aragorn Keuken sang a special piece for the audience, while Ryan Abblitt performed his Theatre Studies monologue.
SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARD RECIPIENTS
Year 12:
College Dux: Rachel Ricciuti
Catherine McAuley Student of the Year: Danielle Virgona
Top Achiever – VCAL: Liam Walker
Top Achievers – VCE:
Darcey Howard-Scales
Erin Jones
Aragorn Keuken
Ana Malnar
Hollee Mandelt
Grace McKee
Rachel Ricciuti
Jordan Schuyt
Lilli Totton
Ethan Wake
Year 11:
Academic Scholarship: Jason Rice and Alana McGurgan
MLMC Old Collegians’ Scholarship: Mikayla Byrne, Grace Clinton and Willow Thomas
VCAL Intermediate: Chloe Baulch
Year 10:
Academic Scholarship: Chloe Rickard and Jelinna Santiago
Parents and Friends’ Association Scholarship: Bridget Deed and Angus Hayes
Year 9:
Academic Scholarship: Kimberley Fiorentino and Brianna Moore
Parents and Friends’ Association Scholarship: Jaidyn Askham and Emily Wicks
Year 8:
Academic Scholarship: Baxter Lill and Ellie Inglese
Parents and Friends’ Association Scholarship: Cheyenne Moore and Seamus Coffey
Year 7:
Academic Scholarship: Elena Atanasovski, Ciara de Vincentis and Louisa Inglese
Parents and Friends’ Association Scholarship: Liam Furey and Sarah Janssen
SPECIALTY AWARDS
Performing Arts Award: Rachel Van Der Linden
Dr Peter Clinch Music Award for Excellence: Aragorn Keuken
Design Acquisition: Sarah McDonald
Public Speaking Award: Kaitlyn Crymble
DAV Debater of the Year: Charlotte Lorbek
Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze Award: Ella Arter, Isabella Elderhurst, Danielle Greene, Sam Green, Holly Johns, Blake Payne, Luke Phillips, Alisha Rowden, Daniel Ryan, Rebecca Snell and Alyssia Trinnick
Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award: Jessica Myers-Denton
Essay Competition: Abbey Wheeler (McAuley Campus) and Ryan Abblitt (Barak Campus)
Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Program Nominee: Jelinna Santiago
Rotary Club for Citizenship: Abbey Wheeler
Rotary Club for Community: Willow Thomas
Rotary Club for Service: Ashleigh Clinton and Sam Wood
ADF Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award: Georgia Drummond (Year 10)
ADF Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award: Joshua Hausler (Year 12)
Ryan McDonald Memorial Award: Emily Franken
Mercy Service Award: Willow Thomas
College Sports Champion – Male: Jay Harris (Year 12)
College Sports Champion – Female: Serena Gibbs (Year 12)
MARK PREST AWARD
Mrs Marie Prusac
TOP ACHIEVERS
Year 7: Morgan Allen, Elena Atanasovski, Ciara De Vincentis, Maxine Flamsteed, Louisa Inglese, Vivienne Mackenzie, Mitchell Mazzarella, Kathleen Rhodes, Riley Spencer, Georgia West
Year 8: Millie Barker, Natalie Contebardo, Jack Drummond, Danielle Gazzola, Grace George, Ellie Inglese, Baxter Lill, Annalise Roper, Noah Ruta, Tahliya Williams
Year 9: Courtney Barnes, Krishia Catungal, Kimberley Fiorentino, Laura Fitzgerald, Jessica Gamble, Nadia Mattucci, Brianna Moore, Alexander Renouf, Dianne Sayco, Connor Taylor
Year 10: Bridget Deed, Paula Del Giudice, Georgia Drummond, Amy Frazzetto, Tomadia Ghali, Jamieson Manger, Olivia Pettinella, Madeline Remminga, Chloe Rickard, Jelinna Santiago
Year 11: Alanah Archer, Ethan Cornish, Emily Gazzola, Lara Griffin-Krenn, Alana McGurgan, Tristan Mifsud, Jason Rice, Kaitlyn Spinks, Meg Thompson, Emily Zmegac
