Every May, Concordia honors various students with awards from each Academic Department as well as the Fine Arts and Athletic Departments. In addition to the department awards, Concordia honors five students for the Crusader Awards with faculty and staff nominating and voting for the winners from each grade as well as a new transfer student. The list of the awards is below, and we are very proud of all our students!
Crusader Awards:
- Freshman Crusader Award – Raegan Odinga ‘28
- Sophomore Crusader Award – Ava Emerick ‘27
- Junior Crusader Award – Benjamin Swank ‘26
- Senior Crusader Award – Rivers Lee ‘25
- Transfer Crusader Award – Ghaven Mittal ‘27
Valedictorian: Cade Wilson ‘25
Salutatorian: Luken Koehn ‘25
Senior Excellence Awards:
- Excellence in Art – Cara Shirley
- Excellence in Agriculture Sciences – Carson Miller
- Excellence in Choral Music – Lucas Wallace-Hesson & Selena Lemmon
- Excellence in English – Mirielle Canovas
- Excellence in Foreign Language – Isabella Decillo
- Excellence in Instrumental Music – Annabel Raymer
- Excellence in Math – Connor McKelvey
- Excellence in Science – Hannah Garfield
- Excellence in Social Studies – Hailey Powell
- Excellence in Theatre Arts – Major Meyer
- Excellence in Theology – McKinzie Riley
Fine Arts Awards:
- TAPPS Fine Arts Female Student of the Year Candidate – Kate Arego ‘25
- TAPPS Fine Arts Male Student of the Year Candidate – Nathaniel Held '25
- CLHS Performing Arts Female Student of the Year – Hallie Miller ‘25
- CLHS Performing Arts Male Student of the Year – Elijah Iwama '27
Athletics Awards:
- Concordia Female Co-Christian Athlete of the Year – Kate Arego
- Concordia Female Co-Christian Athlete of the Year – Kenley Benson
- Concordia Male Co-Christian Athlete of the Year – Charles “Q” Dyer
- Concordia Male Co-Christian Athlete of the Year – Connor McKelvey
- Concordia Female Athlete of the Year – Faith Keiper (Softball)
- Concordia Male Athlete of the Year – Luken Koehn (Football)
In addition to these department awards, 14 Crusader students were honored as AP Scholars by The College Board. This award is granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.
- Levi Barbisch
- Cody Danielsen
- Hannah Garfield
- Benjamin Grigsby
- Campbell Guy
- Haley Herndon
- Kaylee Iwama
- Clark Johnson
- Luken Koehn
- Selena Lemmon
- Hallie Miller
- Cara Shirley
- Lucas Wallace-Hesson
- Trevor Whitt
Nine additional Concordia students were honored as AP Scholars with Honor by The College Board. This award is granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.25 or higher on all AP Exam grades on 4 or more of these exams.
- Kenley Benson
- Sarah Chang
- Nathaniel Held
- Jill Kaiser
- Gretchen Kastenschmidt
- Chase LeMasters
- Aashwin UmaShankar
- William Wade
- Cade Wilson
Four more Concordia students were honored as AP Scholars with Distinction by The College Board. This award is granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.5 or higher on all AP Exam grades on 5 or more of these exams.
- Christina Carmichael
- Isabella Decillo
- Connor McKelvey
- Samuel Parikh
Many students took additional AP Exams this May and could earn a status that includes AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor, or AP Scholar with Distinction.
Congrats to all of these exceptional students!