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Contact: Jenni Brockman Phone: 804-443-3357 Fax: 804-443-6781 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tappahannock (June 9, 2003) - Girls from the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula were awarded some of St. Margaret's School's highest honors at May 31 commencement exercises. 
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Spirits were bright at the first indoor commencement in more than 25 years at St. Margaret's School. Here, as senior receives one of the school's top awards.
Lindsay Ann Neist, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Neist of Howertons, won two prizes: the Frances J. Gilchrist Award, given in honor of the school's longtime athletic director to the senior who best exemplifies a true scholar-athlete, and the Edith Latané U.S. History Award, given for excellence in the subject. Neist was a three-season athlete all four years of her high school career, captaining the basketball, field hockey and lacrosse teams in her senior year. A member of the National Honor Society, she also served as senior class president. She will attend Virginia Tech. Claire Townsend Hopkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hopkins of Oak Grove, won the Daughters of the American Revolution Award, given to a student who possesses outstanding dependability, service, leadership and patriotism. Hopkins served as head of the Day Student Council, senior class treasurer, student Lay Eucharistic Minister in the school's chapel, and as a 3-year member of both the varsity field hockey and varsity lacrosse teams. She will attend Lynchburg College. Blair Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Fisher of Lottsburg, won the Harvard Book Prize, awarded to the outstanding student in the rising senior class who combines excellence in scholarship with achievement in other fields. She also was selected for the Aylett Prize, which recognizes sportsmanship. Fisher is junior class president and a three-season athlete who co-captained the varsity softball team. Sophomore Neillee Katona, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scot Katona of Dunnsville, won the Bishop's Prize, awarded to the student in grades 9-12 who has attained the highest grade point average for the year. Boarding students receiving prizes included Fola Ogundiran of Bowie, MD, who won the School Prize. She was chosen by the SMS faculty and staff as the senior who made the greatest contribution to the school through her dedication to high standards, trustworthiness and leadership, consistent with St. Margaret's mission as a church school. Ogundiran chaired the school's Honor Council, sang in the gospel choir and co-captained the varsity basketball team. She will attend the University of Maryland. Evita Moody of Washington, DC, received the Spirit of St. Margaret's Award. She was selected from among the senior class as the student who best represents the school's spirit and who has shown true appreciation of the way of life symbolized by the school. A member of the National Honor Society, Moody served as senior class vice president, managed the basketball team, and sang in the gospel choir. She will attend Bryn Mawr College. Patti Webb of Springfield was recognized with a Patron's Prize for her contributions to academics, arts and leadership. Webb sang in the vocal ensemble, served on the Honor Council, copy-edited the yearbook, and was a coxswain on the crew team. She will attend the University of Florida. Maggie Lu of Taipei, Taiwan, was recognized with a Patron's Prize for her leadership as school president and dormitory prefect. Lu also was a member of the math team that won Rappahannock Community College's calculus contest. She will attend the University of Wisconsin. Other prizes were awarded to Emily Chang of Dae-Jeoun, Korea, the Headmistress' Prize for the senior with the highest junior/senior grade point average; Nicole Lane of Burke, the Allen Memorial Award for the student with the greatest appreciation of St. Margaret's; Cariad Shepherd of St. Barthelemy, French West Indies, the Viola H. Woolfolk Award to the underclasswoman who best exemplifies the late headmistress's sense of duty, graciousness and poise; Ciara Robinson of Alexandria, the Mary Percival Prize for the student who has shown the greatest amount of academic improvement throughout the year; Allison Davis of Chestertown, MD, the Mary Elizabeth King Prize for the student who has made the greatest effort in her academic work during the year; and Laura Caton of Earlysville, the Ware Church Prize for the student who has shown the greatest dedication to spiritual life. |
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