Minarets students, teachers, parents, and community members came together in the Minarets Gym for the fourth annual Best of the Best Ceremony on May 9, 2019! It is one of the largest events at Minarets and recognizes students from all sections of the school.
The evening was hosted by Mandi Villanueva and Emma Lynch. Sound and lighting for the event was set up my Brock Flynn and Josiah Freeland. The night was full of anticipation and joy as these students were recognized for their hard work throughout the year. The Best of the Best awards went to:
Mustang Creativity Award-
Josiah Freeland
Best Underclass Language Arts-
Johanna Ziegler
Best Upperclass Language Arts Student-
Joseph Langley
Collaborator of the Year-
Crystal Hernandez
Emerging Scientist-
Daphne Christensen
Seasoned Scientist-
Mackenzie Camacho
The Rising Star Award-
Zane Pearce
The Broadway Bound Award-
Mason Hough
Dancing Dreamer-
Lindsay Martin
The Remi Lee Award for Community-
Madelaine Rocha
The Denominator(Best Underclass Math Student-
Jessica McGrail
The Numerator(Best Upperclass Math Student)-
Joseph Langley
John Green Award(Underclass Historian)-
Cameron Johnston
Jane Addams Award-
Greta Ziegler
Male Athlete of the Year-
Zach Redman
Female Athlete of the Year-
Claire Corippo
IT INNOVATOR of the Year-
Christian Stover
Apprentice of the Year in Ag Mechanics-
Elliot Mercer
Journeyman of the Year in Ag Mechanics-
Isaiah Gibson
Best Vocalist-
Madeline Vellandi
New Musician of the Year-
Peter Emerson
Musician of the Year-
Jayci Coon
Upton Sinclair Award-
Autumn Pecarovich & Joseph Langley
Mike Niehoff Award-
Aaron Hall & Dilan Basila
Jon Corippo Award-
Johanna Ziegler
Best New Media Student-
Ryan Abner
Best Intermediate Filmmaker-
Johanna Ziegler
Crossley Award-
Josiah Freeland
Nuevo, Pero Bien Bueno -
Francine Soliz
El Mero Mero -
Sarai Hill
Líder del Año Spanish-
Carolina Munce
The Kandinsky-
Isabella Zarate
Emerging Artist of the Year-
Paige Aston
Leonardo Da Vinci Award-
Kelsey Frampton
Underclass FFA Exemplar of the Year-
Lane Sheehan
Upperclass FFA Exemplar of the Year-
Natalie Anselmo
Male PE Student of the Year-
Conner Henard
Female PE Student of the Year-
Claire Corippo
Project of the Year-
Josiah Freeland & Vanessa Nelson
Freshman of the Year-
Jadyn Stafford
Sophomore of the Year-
Johanna Ziegler
Junior of the Year-
Kate Hough
Senior of the Year-
Katie Linderholm
Mustang Pride Award-
Emma Lynch & Madeline Wristen
It is important to remember that Minarets provides an environment where students can create work that is professional quality enables students to be the "best". These awards recognize a certain group of exemplary students within an already exemplary student body.
What a great event! Congratulations to all the nominees and Best of Best award winners. The inclusion of photos was a great touch to this article.
Congratulations to everyone who got nominated and chosen for Best of the Best! There were a lot of talented, hard-working, and intelligent individuals chosen as nominees who got the chance to be selected by the school body. Perhaps next year staff can help the awards be more varied to include a bigger range of students so that it isn't relied on potential student bias. Good job on including everyone who won awards and getting a different perspective of pictures of the BOB awards!