In addition to graduating at the top of his class with a 4.25 GPA (weighted for AP courses), Andrew served his school as Class Treasurer, Yearbook Editor and Head Day-Student Proctor. He was the founder and first President of the Society Intellectus, a Cushing representative to the Critical Issues Forum of the Center for Non Proliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and recipient of the following awards:
Freshman Year – May 2007
Bennie E. Butler Prize for excellence in Freshman English
Robert C. Hall History Prize for excellence in Social Science and History
Paul J. Heslin Plane Geometry Award for excellence in Geometry
Class of 1888 Prize for the freshman who has achieved the highest academic average
Sophomore Year – May 2008
Classical & Modern Languages Department Prize for excellence in Intermediate Latin
Junior Year – May 2009
Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award in Humanities and Social Sciences for that Junior who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in the humanities and social sciences (sponsored by the University of Rochester)
Elmira College Key Award to that junior who has achieved academic excellence and who has also demonstrated outstanding school or community leadership
Senior Year – May 2010
Cora Gilbert Lane 1885 Physics Prize for excellence in the study of Physics
Josephine Veinot Cook 1933 Valedictorian Award for having the highest average in the class
Congratulations Andrew. We are all very proud of you.
