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Lodi High School awards
The following is a list of awards given to Lodi High School graduates for 2009:
2009 Bank of America Achievement Awards Recipients
Certificates: Trades & Industrial Drafting
Michael den Hartog
Lodi High student awards
Communications — Speech & Debate
Trevor Deane
Home Economics
Jennifer Larson
Agriculture
Chloe Comporato
Lauren Jenkins
Music
Michael Channing
Art
Hailey Nantt
David Devencenzi
English
Shelby Burnett
Kayla Becker
History/Social Studies
Andrew Verdegaal
Carly Stilphen
English Language Development
Jose Herrejon
Foreign Language — German
Vanessa Torrez
Foreign Language — French
Maria-Paz Prada
Foreign Language — Spanish
Jessie Kong
Science
David Brock
John Zobac
Mathematics
Tyler Sandelin
Joshua Mellor
Plaques
Applied Arts
Jessica Pence
Fine Arts
Erin Nishimori
Liberal Arts
Shannon McElligott
Science & Mathematics
Colette Tse
The Record's All-County Pinnacle Awards
Pinnacle Team
Shannon McElligott
Colette Tse
Shelby Burnett
Jessie Kong
Joshua Mellor
Distinguished Students
Andrew Verdegaal
Maria-Paz Prada
Amanda Baxter
Michael Haley
Michael Den Hartog
Carly Stilphen
David Brock
Gabriell Munsch
Katelyn Anamizu
Lisa Michelucci
Kayla Carter
Chloe Comporato
Kathryn Weise
Jamie Sutherland
Erin De Snayer
Crystal Murdock
Jeanette Orta
Autumn Rose Presley-Lawrence
Rory Panzarello
Conor Peterson
Military
U.S. Army
Alexander Alegre
Christopher Driggers
Andrew Durazo
Sharon Wimmer
U.S. Navy
Nicholas Hagen
Erric Stacey
Kelly Tannehill
U.S. Marine Corps
Jonathan Herman
AAUW
Vanessa Torrez — $500
Academic Decathlon Scholarships
Michaelden Hartog — $200
Dominic Manser — $100
Hailey Nantt — $200
Andrew Verdegaal — $200
Advanced Optometry Scholarship
John Zobac — $300
Athletic — Don Smith Athletic Award — Female
Erin Desnayer
Athletic — Don Smith Athletic Award — Male
Aaron Cardino
Athletic — Elvera Melby Athletic Award
Samantha Balentine
Athletic — James Conklin Athletic Award
Patrick Armstrong
AXA Community Scholarship
Jessie Kong — $2,000
Bank of America Achievement Awards
Colette Tse — $500
Best Buy@15 Scholarship
Jessie Kong — $1,500
Bill Bowers Memorial Scholarship
Jenna Bryant — $750
Kayla Carter — $750
Benjamin Stoakes — $750
California Masonic Foundation
Sarah Donald — $2,500
California Scholarship Federation
Chloe Comporato — $500
Joshua Mellor — $500
Autumn Rose Presley-Lawrence — $500
Colette Tse — $500
California Striped Bass Association
Amanda Baxter — $500
Jessie Kong — $500
California Wine Grape Growers Association
Jenna Greenmyer — $500
California Women for Agriculture
Shelby Burnett — $500
Sarah Donald — $500
Jenna Greenmyer — $500
Kristyn McQueen — $500
Cash for College Scholarship
Crystal Murdock — $1,000
CB Merchant Services
Maria-Paz Prada — $500
Children's Dreamworks Betty Williams Scholarship
Jenna Bryant — $500
Silvia De La Cruz — $500
Brianna Duke — $500
Tianna Munoz — $500
Crystal Murdock — $500
Chinese Cultural Society
Jessie Kong — $500
Colette Tse — $500
CIF Dale Lacky Award
Kayla Carter — $600
Comcast Leaders & Achievers
Lauren Meehleis — $1,000
Congress Bundestag Scholarship — Germany
Jacob Evans — $12,500
Corvettes of Lodi
Joshua Donadio — $100
CSEA — California School Employees Association
Jenna Bryant — $300
Moriah Lilienstein — $300
Juan Lopez — $200
Jessica Pence — $250
Brian Simpfenderfer — $200
Leah Towns — $300
DAR Good Citizen's Award
Joshua Mellor
Dell Scholars Program
Maria Yepez — $20,000
Donald E. Fehling Memorial Scholarship
Lauren Jenkins — $1,000
Eleanora P. Touhey Memorial Scholarship
Crystal Murdock — $7,500
Elks Most Valuable Student Competition
Amanda Baxter — $400
Amanda Baxter — $800
Crystal Murdock — $500
Crystal Murdock — $800
Elks Vocational Scholarship
Tianna Munoz — $2,000
Hannah Wiesner — $2,000
Frank Stocking Memorial Scholarship
Benjamin Stoakes — $1,000
Friedberger Educational Fund Nominee
Crystal Murdock
Maria-Paz Prada
General Mills Challenge U Scholarship
Ester Aguilar — $2,500
Breanna Botelho — $2,500
Arnulfo Gonzalez — $2,500
Jose Herrejon — $2,500
Kyle House — $2,500
Luis Montoya — $2,500
Crystal Murdock — $2,500
Jeanette Orta — $2,500
Lory Ruelas — $2,500
Vanessa Torrez — $2,500
Luis Velasquez — $2,500
Sidni Wallace — $2,500
Maria Yepez — $2,500
Lorenzo Zamora — $2,500
Maria Zamora — $2,500
German Club
Jacob Evans — $150
Haute Couture Society Scholarship
Breanna Botelho — $400
Health Plan of San Joaquin
Maria Yepez — $2,500
Hispanic Business Committee Chamber of Commerce
Maricruz Gonzalez — $200
Juan Lopez — $350
Jeanette Orta — $500
Lorenzo Zamora — $500
Maria Zamora — $200
Hispanic Heritage Youth Award — Business
Jeanette Orta — $1,000
Vanessa Torrez — $2,000
Horatio Alger Scholarship
Sarah Edwards — $20,000
John Fletcher Student Government Scholl
Christina DeLeon — $250
Kiwanis Club of Greater Lodi
Joshua Mellor — $1,000
Crystal Murdock — $1,000
Latino Graduation Scholarship
Jeanette Orta — $500
Locke Family Trust Scholarship
Jordan Rodriguez — $1,000
Lodi District Chamber of Commerce
Benjamin Stoakes — $500
Lodi Education Association Scholarship
Jenna Bryant — $1,000
Chloe Comporato — $500
Lauren Meehleis — $500
Jordan Rodriguez — $1,000
Benjamin Stoakes — $1,000
Lodi Garden Club
Jessie Kong — $500
Lodi Grape Festival Bucks for Books
Crystal Murdock — $1,000
Leah Towns — $1,000
Lodi High Football Scholarships
Conor Peterson — $1,000
Tyler Sandelin — $1,000
Daniel Sanden — $1,000
Kevin Schmierer — $1,000
Lodi High Scholarship
Linsey Huffman — $250
Leah Towns — $250
Katy Walton — $500
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Patrick Armstrong
Lodi High School U.S. Flag
Corinne Dickey
Lodi Kiwanis Club Dutch Williams Scholarship
Jenna Greenmyer —$500
Lodi Kiwanis Club Jim Areida Scholarship
Crystal Murdock — $1,500
Katherine Reese — $1,500
Lodi Lions Club
Chloe Comporato — $500
Jessie Kong — $1,000
Katy Walton — $500
Maria Yepez — $500
Lodi Memorial Hospital Foundation
Jenna Bryant — $1,000
Jamie Sutherland — $1,000
Lorena Thomas — $1,500
Lodi Mexican-Catholic Federation Scholarship
Vanessa Torrez — $500
Maria Yepez — $500
Lodi Pupil Personnel Association
Silvia De La Cruz — $500
Lodi Rotary Club
Katy Walton — $1,000
Lodi Sunrise Rotary Club
Jenna Bryant — $500
Melissa Plageman — $500
Benjamin Stoakes — $500
Music Award
Colette Tse — $500
Lodi Women's Club
Kevin Schmierer — $500
Lodi Youth Commission
Melissa Plageman — $500
Benjamin Stoakes — $1,000
Lodi-Woodbridge Rose Society
Jenna Bryant — $500
Maria Yepez — $500
Logan Joseph Vierra Memorial Scholarship
Kercia Brakel — $2,000
LUSDAA Ellerth Larson Memorial Scholarship
Colette Tse — $500
MARC Club
Jenna Bryant — $1,000
Crystal Murdock — $1,000
Melissa Plageman — $1,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
Jenna Bryant — $1,000
Mark Wheatley Memorial Scholarship
Jenna Greenmyer — $1,000
MECHA Club
Fernando Castro — $150
Jeanette Orta — $300
Lory Ruelas — $250
Vanessa Torrez — $150
Leslie Valdivia — $250
Maria Zamora — $250
Lorenzo Zamora — $200
Meehleis Modular Industrial Arts Scholarship
Jessica Pence — $500
Metro PCS
Jessie Kong — $1,000
National Hispanic Recognition Program
Joshua Mellor
Northern CaliforniaScholarship Foundation Nominee
Andrew Verdegaal — $28,000
Omega Nu Freshman Scholarship
Jenna Bryant — $1,5000
Kyle House — $300
Outback Steakhouse Scholarship
Amanda Baxter — $500
PEO Sisterhood — Ruth Falls Nichols
Amanda Baxter — $500
PG&E Asian Employees Association
Jessie Kong — $2,000
Pinnacle Team Awards
Shelby Burnett — $100
Jessie Kong — $100
Shannon McElligott — $100
Joshua Mellor — $100
Colette Tse — $100
Principal's Radar Award
Crystal Murdock — $100
Regional Occupational Program
Breanna Botelho — $500
Chloe Comporato — $500
Kyra Fitzhugh — $500
Jeanette Orta — $500
Renaissance Perfect Attendance Award
Bria Lewis
Jesse Miller
Robert & Amy K. Callow Memorial
Amanda Baxter — $500
Conor Peterson — $500
Kelsey Price — $250
Brian Simpfenderfer — $250
Maria Zamora — $500
Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Nominee
Shannon McElligott — $6,000
Colette Tse — $6,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities Scholarship
Crystal Murdock — $1,000
Sam Walton Community Scholarship
Silvia De La Cruz — $3,000
San Joaquin Delta College Academic Council
David Devencenzi — $500
Sheri's Sonshine Nutrition Center Scholarship
Melissa Plageman — $300
SJAA — TCAL Basketball Challenge
Gabriell Munsch — $965
SJCC Christa McAuliffe Scholarship
Michael Haley — $1,000
Soroptimist Int'l of Lodi
Maria Yepez — $500
Soroptimist MEG Award
Ester Aguilar — $2,000
Soroptimist Violet Richardson Award
Shayna Hockett — $500
Stephanie Jones Memorial Scholarship
Benjamin Stoakes — $500
Stockton Builders' Exchange Scholarship
Benjamin Stoakes — $900
Stockton Fire Department Gladys Bernard Scholarship
Hannah Zimmerman — $720
Thomas Onoyama Memorial Scholarship
Crystal Murdock — $1,000
Wiebe Family Vocational Scholarship
Joshua Donadio — $2,000
Kyle House — $2,000
Beatriz Perez — $2,000
Youth Energy Summit Scholarship
Jessie Kong — $300
Jeanette Orta — $300
Nathalie Rochert — $300
Luis Velasquez — $300
Westmont College
Samantha Ellis — $47,600
San Francisco State University
Melissa Plageman — $16,266
San Joaquin Delta College
Sidni Wallace — $6,204
Johnson & Wales University — Denver
Muhammad Maskeen — $38,000
Siena College/Albany Medical College — Dean's & Medicine Scholarship
Joshua Mellor — $62,800
University of California, Merced
Ester Aguilar — $76,360
California State University, Stanislaus — Music Scholarship
Jennylee Beckham — $8,000
University of California, Santa Barbara — Burnham & Regents' Scholarships
Andrew Verdegaal — $79,000
University of the Pacific — Presidential Scholarship
Tyler Sandelin — $26,000
Dominican University — Athletic & Academic Scholarships
Mallory Engelhardt
San Joaquin Delta College Music Scholarship
Michael Zuniga
Sacramento State University — Athletic Scholarship — Golf
Kercia Brakel
University of California, Santa Barbara — Regents' Scholarship & Grants
Amanda Baxter — $36,000
University of California, Berkeley — Regents' & Chancellor's Scholarship
Jessie Kong — $48,264
University of California, San Diego
Crystal Murdock — $66,880
Sonoma State University
Jenna Bryant — $17,816
University of Hawaii — Athletic Scholarship — Track
Samantha Balentine
University of the Pacific — Athletic Scholarship — Soccer
Kortney Agdeppa
Saint Mary's College of Moraga
Vanessa Torrez — $148,000
Heald College — Merit Scholarship
Jasmin Gonzalez — $1,200
University of California, Davis — Athletic Scholarship — Track
Kayla Carter
Holy Names University — Academic & Athletic Scholarships — Softball
Jordynn Elwood
University of the Pacific
Katy Walton — $31,858
Dominican University — Dean's Scholarship & Grants
Lurdes Ordinola — $105,632
University of California, Santa Barbara
Maria Yepez — $74,628
Bethany University — Academic Scholarship
Kyle Suess — $24,000
Trinity University — President's Scholarship & Grants
Justin Kah — $82,320

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