Mount St. Mary Academy was blessed to award 25 scholarships totaling more than $65,000 to students during its annual Underclass Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, May 13, in the McAuley Center Gymnasium. Dozens of additional academic honors were also awarded and celebrated. The school’s various academic departments honored the students’ accomplishments in the classroom, and participation and achievement in clubs, organizations, and other activities such as Student Council, yearbook, newspaper, the fine and performing arts, and Odyssey of the Mind were recognized, as well.
During the ceremony, Terri Files was recognized as this year’s recipient of the Bailey Family Distinguished Teaching Award for exhibiting overall excellence in teaching during the 2024-2025 school year. In addition to teaching many of the AP social studies classes at Mount, Mrs. Files has also served as the faculty advisor for Student Council for the past two years.
Congratulations to all of our outstanding students for their academic accomplishments, especially this year’s scholarship recipients (in order of appearance during event):
McAuley Achievement Award: Amelia Byers ’26, Alyssa Carr ’26, Madeline Hernandez ’27, Addie Hilliard ’26, Julia Jansen ’26, Emerson Martin ’28 and Simone Price ’26
Sr. Deborah Troillett, RSM ’73 Endowed Scholarship: Julia Brown ’26
Mary Drake Scholarship: Evie Chandler ’27
Spirit of ’95 Scholarship: Josie Wrape ’26
Class of 2009 SISTER Scholarship: Julia Jansen ’26
Sandra Gueydan Hickey ’66 Scholarship: Theresa Roca ’26
Alana Wolfe Memorial Scholarship: Lauren Lasseigne ’26
Wells Pre-Engineering Scholarship: Lindley Dalton ’26
Judith Wrappe Scholarship: Eli Dearworth ’26, Tessa Hendon ’26 and Mia Hunt ’27
Jennifer Boccarossa Music Scholarship: Rachel Dam ’27
Evelyn J. Coulter Thomas ’30 Scholarship: Perrin Kuhn ’26 (for music), Alex Miller ’26 (for dance) and Harper Peairson ’27 (for fine literature)
Annalisa “Magdalena” McClendon Travel Grant: Carson Vogelpohl ’26
Bella Brown “THINK” Scholarship: Theresa Roca ’26
Melissa Ma ’98 Endowed Scholarship: Sydney Kersey ’26
Ma Family Endowed Scholarship: Sophia Smith ’26
We also wish to thank the many donors who have so graciously created these endowed scholarships to assist students, many who were in attendance to help present the awards to this year’s deserving recipients. Additional scholarships totaling more than $46,000 will be awarded to several members of this year’s graduating class during the Senior Recognition Ceremony on May 14.
