Meet Newmarket High School's top 10 students in the Class of 2022
NEWMARKET — Newmarket High School has announced the top 10 students in its Class of 2022. A graduation ceremony will be held on Friday, June 3 at 6 p.m. at the high school. In alphabetical order, the top 10 students are:
Paige Bosworth
Paige Bosworth will attend the University of Massachusetts Amherst to study microbiology. She plans to continue playing sports at the intramural level.
Sports, clubs and awards: Varsity Soccer 9th-12th (Most Improved Player Award 9th), Indoor Track 9th-12th, Varsity Softball 9th-12th (Coach’s Award 9th), NHIAA/NHADA Scholar Athlete Award 12th, Interact Club12th, NET Zero 11th-12th, Student Athlete Leadership Team 11th-12th (Secretary 12th), Prom Committee 11th-12th, National Honors Society 12th, and participated in the Human Physiology in Space Project at the Seacoast School of Technology 11th.
Community service: Kindergarten soccer coach, kindergarten softball coach, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, Lions Club Tree Sale, Serv-a-palooza Timberland Day of Service, Send a Smile Cards for patients with cancer, Annual participant of Newmarket Cares Day, Homeless care packs, Making and selling yellow/blue bracelets to raise money for Ukraine, Live Streaming basketball games while fans weren’t allowed due to COVID, Holiday cards for residents at the Pines, Leaf Raking, Roadside cleanups, Trick or Canning, Planted a garden in front of the high school with NET Zero, assisted with the 2021 graduation, Polar Express Drive Through put on by the Newmarket Rec Center, A Very Merry Main Street put on by the Newmarket Rec Center, Halloween Haunt put on by the Newmarket Rec Center and traveled to Peru, where she helped a women’s artisan cooperative by building a new weaving/knitting building in11th grade.
Favorite memory: My favorite memory from high school was finally winning the state championship in soccer my senior year.
Evan Braley
Evan Braley will attend the University of New Hampshire to study computer science.
Sports, clubs and awards: Academic Excellence in Algebra II 10th, Excellence in Food and Nutrition 10th, Outstanding Achievement in Honors Biology 10th, Academic Excellence in Chemistry 11th, Rensselaer Medal Award and Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement in the Study of Mathematics and Science 11th, Cross Country 10th- 12th, Winter Track 9th & 10th, Spring Track 9th & 11th, and Outing Club 9th &10th.
Community service and employment: Volunteered with Newmarket Church Food Pantry and with the Newmarket Recreation Department as an Assistant Soccer Coach. Worked part-time at Market Basket and Target.
Favorite memory: Hanging out with the boys.
Catherine Geier
Catherine Geier will attend American University to study psychology with a minor in economics.
Sports, clubs and awards: Newmarket Varsity Swim Team 10th-12th, Highest Honors 9th-12th, Shock the Clock Award 10th, 2022 US Presidential Scholar Candidate, Interact Club 11th & 12th, Student Council - Secretary 11th & 12th, Newmarket Environmental Team - Founder and Secretary 9th-12th, National Honor Society 11th & 12th, Young Women’s Leadership 12th and Prom Committee 11th & 12th.
Community service: Newmarket Historical Society (6-plus years). Cate has volunteered for 200-plus various events, such as the Walk to End Alzhiemers, leaf raking, town cleanups with NET Zero, Newmarket Cares Day, and the 2021 Making Strides Walk.
Favorite memory: My favorite memory from high school is that one time during freshman year health class when Izzy and I cut Porter’s hair.
Loralei Kyes
Loralei Kyes will attend the University of New Hampshire to study animal science on the pre-veterinary track. Loralei also has a strong goal to join the horseback riding team at UNH.
Sports, clubs and awards: Future Farmers of America (FFA) 11th and 12th; President in 12th, National Honors Society 10th-12th, Interact Club 9th-12th, NET Zero 10th-12th, Ambassador for the Seacoast School of Technology-12th, Youth to Youth 9th-12th, National Technical Honors Society- 12th.
Community service: Wreaths Across America event, Newmarket Cares Day (8th-12th), Scamman Farm Educational Day, Bracelets for Ukraine, Red Cross and multiple fundraisers (with the Interact Club and NHS). Loralei also works part-time training animals and pet sitting.
Morgan Long
Morgan Long will attend the University of Delaware to study biological sciences.
Morgan plans on joining an intramural basketball team at Delaware and hopes to get involved with UDance at the university, which is a year-long charity event that ends with a dance marathon at the end of the academic year, as well as join The Women’s Network at the university.
Sports, clubs and awards: Girls Basketball 9th & 10th- JV, 11th & 12th- Varsity (Captain 12th), Softball Team Manager 12th, Varsity softball 12th, Interact Club, Vice President 9th-12th, National Honor Society, Leader of the R.A.D. challenge 10th-12th, Young Women’s Leadership Club (Vice President) 12th, Yearbook Committee 12th, Prom Committee 11th & 12th, Class Historian 9th-12th, School Band (saxophone player) 9th, CTE Ambassador 12th, Highest Honors 9th-12th, All Academic Team 11th & 12th, Excellence in Physical Science Award 9th, Academic Excellence in Precalculus 11th, Academic Initiative in Economics/Civics 11th, All Around Junior 11th and Coach’s Award 10th.
Community service: NHSPCA, NHSPCA Camp Counselor, Newmarket Cares Day, The Pines (cards for the elderly), friendship bracelets for different fundraisers, Leaf raking, R.A.D. Challenge, and Teacher Appreciation events. Morgan also works part-time at Hannaford.
Favorite memory: I have a lot of good memories from high school, but I would say that a memory that had the most extreme positive impact on my life was my freshman year geometry class. In that class, I was with a group of people in my grade that I had little interaction with prior to the class. This was very intimidating to me, little did I know that four years later, I would gain a best friend from that class. I also really enjoyed homecoming and lip sync from each year, and I especially enjoyed when during our sophomore year lip sync, we got to pie our class advisor, Mr. Edgerly, in the face in front of the entire high school. I also really enjoyed my sophomore year photography class and my junior year civics and economics class. Those classes were full of such great groups of people that made school more enjoyable for me in times when I had a lot on my plate. Overall, I made a lot of new friends in high school and created a lot of life-lasting memories that I will carry with me forever.
Porter Malone
Porter Malone will attend Virginia Tech to study environmental science with a minor in mathematics. She looks forward to joining the Environmental Student Organization, the Association for Women in Mathematics, and the Women in STEM Club during her time at Virginia Tech.
Sports, clubs and awards: National Honor Society 10th-12th (president - 12th), Interact Club 9th-12th (secretary - 12th), Newmarket Environmental Team Zero Waste (NET Zero) 11th & 12th (club outreach - 11th & 12th), Newmarket Teen Tutors - 11th & 12th (executive leader - 12th), Student Athletic Leadership Team (SALT) 11th & 12th, Varsity Cross Country 9th- 12th, Varsity Indoor Track - 9th-12th, and Varsity Outdoor Track 9th-12th. George Eastman Young Leaders Award, College Board National Rural and Small Town Recognition Award, Varsity Cross Country Running Mule Award, Award for Academic Initiative in Mandarin, Exemplary Effort in L6 Chemistry, Excellence in World Cuisine, and Perfect Attendance all through high school.
Community service: Porter has more than 150 hours of community service from various experiences like leaf raking, volunteering at the public library, making cards for terminally ill patients, and creating friendship bracelets for relief in Ukraine. She currently works at the Isles of Shoals Steamship Company.
Favorite memory: My favorite memory by far is from my sophomore year when the cross country team was loaded up onto a coach bus that we shared with Epping and Portsmouth Christian Academy to take us all the way up to PIttsburg, NH for the Granite State Conference Meet. Although it was cold, rainy, and windy, the girls were able to successfully defend their title from the previous year.
Riley Nolan
Riley Nolan will attend Gettysburg College to study anthropology and archaeology and minor in environmental studies
Riley also plans to study abroad for at least one semester, play soccer at the intramural level and join the school’s environmental team.
Sports, clubs and awards: Interact 9th-12th, Teen Tutors 11th & 12th,NHS 10th- 12th (Vice President 12th), Drama 9th-12th, Student Council 9th-12th (President 12th), Student Body President 12th, Model UN 11th & 12th (Vice President 12th), Youth 2 Youth 9th-12th, NET Zero 10th-12th (club co-founder and Treasurer 11th, Garden Overseer 12th), Junior Varsity Soccer 9th & 10th and Varsity Soccer 10th-12th. Excellence in Economics/Civics 11th, Excellence in Algebra II 10th, Excellence in Honors Biology 10th, Excellence in L6 Chemistry 10th, Excellence in Spanish I, II, and III 9th-11th,Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities and/or Social Sciences 11th and won first place in the state and 6th place nationally for a children's book I wrote in the PreK-K category for Educators Rising.
Community service: Over her four years, Riley has completed 200-plus hours of community service, and has volunteered at multiple events, from our school’s tutoring group, to Fill the Hall, and local soccer camps.
Favorite memory: I have a lot of favorite memories from high school, but I would say that my Comparative Religions class sophomore year and winning the girls soccer championship senior year have got to be some of the best.
Sophia Nolan
Sophia Nolan is the salutatorian of the Newmarket High School Class of 2022. She will attend the University of Rochester to pursue her interest in life sciences.
Sophia plans on participating in some of the environmental clubs, pep band, and intramural soccer at the university.
Sports, clubs and awards: JV/Varsity Soccer 9th-12th, Winter Track 9th & 10th, Y2Y 9th & 10th, Interact Club 9th- 12th, NHS 10th-12th (Secretary 12th), Net Zero 10th- 12th (Treasurer 11th & 12th), Drama/Improv 9th, 10th & 12th, Model UN 11th & 12th (Secretary 12th), Class Vice President 12th, National Technical Honor Society 12th, SST Ambassadors 12th, and Newmarket Teen Tutors 11th & 12th (executive member - senior). Saint Michael's College Book Award 11th, Academic Excellence in Spanish III 11th, Poetry Out Loud School Winner 10th, Poetry Out Loud Regional Runner Up 10th, Academic Excellence in Economics/Civics 11th, Academic Excellence in Comparative Religions 10th and Varsity Letter 9th.
Community service: Sophia has 120-plus hours of community service. She has volunteered at the Newmarket Historical Society in the first two years of high school and then at Strawbery Banke for the last two years of high school. She works at Water Street Bookstore.
Favorite memory: Comparative Religions sophomore year, the tech booth during drama, and freshman year homecoming week.
Isabel Pentony
Isabel Pentony is the valedictorian of the Newmarket High School Class of 2022. She will attend Middlebury College to study conservation biology and minor in math.
Izzy will be swimming on Middlebury’s swim team. She is also interested in joining Middlebury Mountain Club, MiddRuns and MiddVolunteers.
Sports, clubs and awards: Student Athlete Leadership Team 10th-12th (President 12th), Newmarket Teen Tutors 11th-12th (Executive Leader 12th), Class Treasurer 91th-12th, National Honor Society 10th-12th (Treasurer 12th), Interact Club 9th- 12th, Varsity Cross Country 9th-12th, Varsity Swim Team 9th-12th (Team Captain 12th), Varsity Outdoor Track 9th-12th, Solo Aquatics Swim Team 9th-12th, National Merit Finalist 12th, Harvard Book Prize 11th, Excellence in Physics 11th, Excellence in Biology 10th, Excellence in Chemistry 10th, Excellence in Precalculus 10th, Excellence in Western Civilizations 10th, Excellence in Comparative Religions 10th, Granite State All-Conference Cross Country Team 9th-12th, New Hampshire Cross Country Division 3 All-Star Team 11th, Granite State All-Conference Track and Field Team 11th, Varsity Cross Country Running Mule Award 9th and 11th, Varsity Swimming Iron Heart Award 9th & 10th and Varsity Swimming MVP Award 12th.
Community service: Izzy has completed over a hundred hours of community service through a variety of activities such as volunteering for the preschool sports programs at the Newmarket Recreation Department freshman and sophomore year, raking leaves at houses across the community, collecting cans for the food pantry on Halloween, raising over $1,000 for Breast Cancer Awareness through the Student Athlete Leadership Team, tutoring a middle school student in math, and making cards for residents of the nearby assisted living facility.
Favorite memory: My favorite memory from high school is when the cross country team went to Pittsburg, N.H. for the Granite State Conference Championship. Not only did we win the meet, but we all had a lot of fun riding in the coach bus, cheering each other on, and celebrating on the way home.
Julia Walkowiak
Julia Walkowiak will attend the University of Connecticut to study allied health sciences.
Julia hopes to become involved in intramural soccer and community service clubs at the university.
Sports, clubs and awards: Interact Club: President and member 9th-12th, National Honor Society 10th-12th, Member of Student Council 9th-12th (Public Relations Officer 11th, Vice president 12th), Student Athletic Leadership Team 10th-12th, Newmarket Teen Tutors 1tth & 12th, Student Advisory Group 9th-12th, Wells College Leadership Award 11th, Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award 12th, NH Scholars with the STEM emphasis, JV Soccer 9th & 10th, Varsity Soccer 10th-12th, JV Basketball 9th & 10th, Varsity Basketball 12th, Seacoast United club soccer team 8th & 10th, Leadership award in soccer 10th, Coaches’ award in basketball 10th, and basketball team MVP 10th.
Community service: Soccer coach through Newmarket Recreation Center, working with age groups ranging from kindergarten through fifth grade. Service projects through the Interact Club, including making cards for cancer patients through the Send A Smile program, participating in community clean-up efforts for Newmarket Cares Day, and making bracelets to raise money for UNICEF and the Ukrainian Red Cross. Other volunteer activities include Trick-or-Canning food donation collection, making care kits for people in need, helping at a breast cancer walk fundraiser, clothing drives, collecting socks to donate to a local shelter each year, and teacher appreciation activities. Through the tutoring program, tutored a sixth grade student junior year and a student in algebra senior year.
Favorite memory: This past soccer season and winning the state championship with the rest of my amazing team and getting to play with my younger sister.
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Newmarket NH High School names top 10 students in Class of 2022
