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Lillie B. Hamilton Award

Fall 2024 · Torch: U.S. · AWARD AND SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

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Every convention, the NJCL Officers award a convention packet award, also called the registration award, to a single delegate. The awardee will hence get a free registration to that national convention. Each applicant submitted an essay and adult recommendations.

Your 2023-2024 NJCL Officers reviewed these materials as well as JCL participation and awarded this year’s well-deserved Convention Packet Award to Selima Aousheva from Walnut Hills High School, Ohio.

In an effort to increase representation at and access to the National Junior Classical League Convention, the NJCL awards this packet to a student from a group that has been historically underrepresented in or underserved by the field of Classics. The awardee will recieve free registration to that National Convention.

Your 2023-2024 NJCL Officers reviewed these applications and awarded this year’s well-deserved Representation and Access Packet Award to Fanga Rajan from Houston High School, Tennessee.

NSCL Awards and Scholarships

Susan S. Shearer Scholarship: Christopher Curry

Hal Rather Award:

Katrina Watson

The Lillie B. Hamilton Award is given to the highest achieving, well-rounded students at NJCL convention. Students are ranked by their combined scores in multiple categories of individual points. Trophies are given to commemorate their phenomenal accomplishments. This year's winner's are:

1. John Baltz, TN

2. Meilin Sha, MA

3. Lana Nguyen, MA

4. Ayush Taneja, WI

5. Sophia Kowalczyk, MA

The Miller Fellowship is an award presented through the generosity of Mrs. Rhea Miller to JCL sponsors who have either never attended an NJCL Convention or haven't been able to attend one the past five years or more. Congratulations to: Stephanie Buckler, Stafford High School, Virginia, Joy Wang, Fairbanks BEST, Alaska, and Sandy Hughes, Bearden High School, Tennessee.

Miller Fellowships

NJCL Convention Packet Award

Representation and Access Award