In our first Academic Prizes Ceremony for 2019, St Mark’s College celebrated our returning students who received outstanding results in the 2018 academic year. Over 60 students were acknowledged for their outstanding academic performance.
Academic success is a core element of College life, and as such it was fitting for our Collegians to be celebrated in front of their peers at Formal Hall. Nearly 95 years ago, the College’s founders believed in the benefits of a collegiate education – of university students living and learning together in a residential academic community in which they could take part together in enriching and broadening activities of an academic, intellectual, cultural, sporting, spiritual, service, and social kind. Whilst students today are very different to those 95 years ago, this core mission of learning and enrichment remain. The College works hard to give every student the best support we can to achieve their full potential in all aspects of their life. The students we acknowledged at this ceremony are outstanding examples of the very best a Collegian can be. They are students who have embraced College life to the fullest, combining academic success with a full collegiate life. These include our College Club President and other members of the College Committee, our Residential Advisors, both Head Residential Advisors and Assistant Dean, our academic tutors, sports captains, and our Charitable Foundation executive members. We are proud of all our students for their academic achievements.
April Catford accepts The St Mark’s College Prize for Outstanding Overall Academic Performance in 2018
Ella Graham accepts The St Mark’s College Prize for Law
The following is a full list of academic prizes awarded in this ceremony, congratulations to all students.
The Edward A Radcliff Scholarship. This is a prize that was established for a student with the best academic performance in a previous year by a returning student. It was established in 1953 after the death of Edward Radcliff who left money in his will for St Mark’s, St Barnabas College and the Anglican Board of Missions. In 2019 it was awarded to Alasdair Leslie. Alasdair is an outstanding scholar and maintained a high distinction average for the first three years of his medical degree.
Alasdair Leslie accepts his award from Director of Learning, Kathy Radoslovich
The G Angas Parsons Scholarship was endowed by the late Geoffrey Angas Parsons in 1982 for an outstanding academic performance by a returning student. Geoffrey Angas Parsons was a well-known grazier in the Eden Hills who once owned the original land known as Pewsey Vale, one of South Australia’s oldest vineyards. The College has a very long and strong association with the Angas Parsons family, a family of eminent academics and professionals in the science and legal areas. With two outstanding years of academic performance and a GPA just under 7, the 2019 G Angas Parsons scholarship was awarded to Madeleine Whitehouse.
The WF Werhstedt Prize can be traced back to the Council meeting of 14th February 1939 where a legacy had been left to the College by the Reverend WF Wehrstedt for the purpose of founding a prize for a scholar in the Arts and Humanities. This prize was awarded to Hannah Bradshaw.
The BP Wait Prize dates back to 1939 and was named after long term residential tutor Mr Wait, who lived at the College in the late 1920s and 1930s. It is for study in the classics or modern languages which were the subjects that Mr Wait taught and the prize goes to Beth Leese.
The WA Collegians’ Prize was established in 1965 by Josh Reynolds – first Rhodes Scholar of St Mark’s and President of the College Club – marking an end of an association with the West Australian Medical Students after the UWA Medical School was established. In 2019 this prize is awarded to Nicki Bakaj.
The St Mark’s College Prize for Outstanding Overall Academic Performance in 2018 was awarded to April Catford and Roan Gillam, who both achieved GPAs over 6.6.
The St Mark’s College Prize for Law was awarded to Ella Graham
The St Mark’s College Prize for Medicine and Dentistry was awarded to Erin Widdison
The St Mark’s College Prize for Business and Commerce was awarded to Isaac Montefiore
The St Mark’s College Prize for Engineering. Computing Science and Mathematics was awarded to Benjamin Cmrlec
The St Mark’s College Prize for Allied Health and Medical Sciences was awarded to Lucy Bunge
Commendation for Exceptional Academic Achievement: Awarded to students who achieved 5 or more High Distinctions in 2018
| April Catford | Roan Gillam |
| Isaac Montefiore | Madeleine Whitehouse |
| Alasdair Leslie |
Commendation for Outstanding Academic Achievement: Awarded to students who achieved 3-4 High Distinctions in 2018
| Nicola Badran | Sarah Bennett | Danielle Boniface |
| Hannah Bradshaw | Lucinda Bunge | Lacey Burston |
| Evette De Jager | Lukas Egger | Ella Graham |
| Jacob Grahamr | Morgan Hill | Benjamin Joy |
| Ashlee Nicholr | Olivia Watt | Erin Widdison |
Merit Certificate for Academic Achievement: Awarded to students who achieved 1-2 High Distinctions or 5 or more Distinctions in 2018
| Nicholette Bakaj | Wilson Bindi | Adam Burford |
| Ruby Chant | Lachlan Clark | Benjamin Cmrlec |
| Callum Crespan | Madeline Crettenden | Nicola Donaldson |
| Thomas Edney | Britney Doyle | Sarina Ferguson |
| Abby Goodwin | Drew Guegan-Brown | Taylor Hand |
| Molly Healy | Lauren Hurst | Catherine Jenkins |
| Annabelle Jones | Carmen Joubert | Callum Kain |
| Eliza Kennedy | Alexandra Kenny | Stella Lillis |
| Sarah Logan | Brady Martin | Victoria Martin |
| Nicholas Marzohl | Isobel McFarlane | Ryan Morrow |
| Callum Peck | Connor Perone | Bronte Phillips |
| Megan Schwartzkopff | Liam Stevens | Timothy Torzsok |
| Arna Westhead | Charles Westwell | Alana Winter |
| Meekah Zangari |
