Weldon Awards

Weldon Fairplay Awards

The school's highest honor for character, since 1929

1929Established
6Honored each year
87Years of tradition

Of the many scholarships and awards presented each year to South Pasadena High School seniors, none carries more weight than the Weldon Fairplay Award. Judged on scholarship, integrity, responsibility, good sportsmanship, and fairness to all people, it is the school's equivalent of winning the Oscar — presented to just three senior girls and three senior boys who have gone the extra mile.

The award was established in 1929 by William R.H. Weldon, a long-time South Pasadena resident who served on the school board for many years, including as board president that same year. Four of his six sons attended school in South Pasadena, and it was his belief in fair play and leadership that led him to create an award built to outlast him.

Every name since 1929 is engraved on the Weldon loving cup.

Each recipient also receives a gold pin and a certificate, selected for demonstrating honor, character, and leadership — integrity, honesty, responsibility, and, most of all, fair play. Selecting the winners is no easy feat: the senior class nominates candidates, and a selection committee of administrators, students, and faculty makes the final call.

2010 - 2015

2015 — Kira Gabriel, Karen Hsueh, Julian Lopez, Andrew Shults, Elise Takahama, Jordan Xiao

2014 — Michael Chang, Rachael Garner, Marcy Kuo, Andrea Rogando, Jason Wang, Joshua Wilson

2013 — Isabel Chin, Madeline Chin, Sofi Goode, Will Jones, Paul Messana, Ryan Stone

2012 — Fedor Kosakovski, Lia Lohr, Kelsey Nakamura, Michelle Ozaki, Joshua Roquemore, Maxwell White

2011 — Luca Douridas, Camille Endacott, Lana Ho, Blake Parson, Marian Slocum, Kevin Liang Wen Yin

2010 — Aaron Childs, Jacques Colimon, Aimee Fata, Hannah Kwon, Anna-Marie dos Remedios, Tyler Ryan

2000s

2009 — Nicol Biesek, Duke Ho, Katherine Lau, Douglas Muhlestein, Veronica Ponce de Leon, Jeffrey Stephens

2008 — Chloe Fata, Claudia Luck, Riley Marangi, Emilio Medina, Julian Park, Leslie Toy

2007 — Linda Bernal, Connor Berry, David Young Chan Cho, Stephanie Kuo, Mark Stochl, Ariel White

2006 — Ashley Arvanites, Brad Elkins, Brad Garcia, Tyler Marangi, Whitney Muhlestein, Alyssa Yamane

2005 — Meghan Asimus, Justin Joe, Emma Kurose, Viranga Perera, Iraj Siddiqi, Jude Matthew Tjajadi

2004 — Ian Asbjornsen, Daniel Medina, Mickie Okamoto, Stephanie Phan, Madeline Robertson-Salt, Edward Thanasombat

2003 — Goodwin Deng, Jason Hirata, Michelle Hostrup, Mark Lem, Evania Lee, Ana Maria Munoz

2002 — Alexis Ashot, Lisa Guy, Agnes Chiang, Matt Livadary, Brandon Schneider, LeAnna Sharp

2001 — Heather Brown, Todd Davis, Carlos Larios, Alice Meng, Daniel Quon, Amanda Redmond

2000 — Alexis Altounian, Iris Chau, Daniel Cho, Wonchan Park, Shae Shatz, Lena Wharton

1990s

1999 — Sherry Champluke, Lowell Crabb, Jannie Kwok, Kevin Loo, Christopher Miyasaki, Kelly Smith

1998 — Danny Chen, Stacey Gin, Becky Husman, Jackson Loo, Jeanette McNairy, Jed Reynolds

1997 — Nancy Hsu, Jeffrey Huber, Larry Kiang, Patricia Kwok, Robert Olivarez, Meredith Tickner

1996 — Marisa Chang, Carol Chen, Kevin Kwan, Benjamin Ku, Daniel Lynch, Jean Otsuki

1995 — Irene Li, Neal Lin, Erin Nakayama, Joseph Tseng, Glenn Sammis, Beth Wilson

1994 — Gordon Cheng, Mark Fedor, Amy Florendo, Annette LePere, Kelvin Ning, Jennifer Wang

1993 — Peggy Chan, Kevin Raymond, Kristine Overton, Filip Strabowski, Jack Tsui, Margaret Wang

1992 — Giselle Barry, Brian Fujimoto, Andrea Gaston, Greg Kimball, Gayey Louie, Matt Minehan

1991 — Ragi Aboulhosn, Ie-Chen Cheng, Ivan Choi, Laurie Cohens, Cori Finstead, Matt McNairy

1990 — Tom Blanchard, Jenna Bruner, Sheri Bunn, Peter Park, Aaron Sherninian, Rakhi Singh

1980s

1989 — Srabanti Bhaumik, Timothy Klein, Elisha Mann, Peter Worth, Peter Yee, Heidi Zee

1988 — Jennifer Butcher, Joshua Durfee, Robert Lewis, Kathy Nguyen, Patrick Sternal, Darlet Yee

1987 — Kristen Edwards, Kipankar Koyal, Elliot Ng, Dorothy Nguyen, Karen Ricketts, Jeffrey Wishner

1986 — Cleve Dawson, Edward Deussen, Jessica Diedrich, Evelyn Hom, Ivars Kuskevics, Heather McClure

1985 — Evelyn Bunn, James Calvert, Annette Lu, Jennifer Ricketts, Joseph Roco, Daniel Wagner

1984 — George Holmes, Stephanie Hom, Darren Schneider, Jeffrey Sauer, Kristin Vidmar, Lyn Wagner

1983 — Lisa Abdalla, Michael Allen, Catherine Carlassare, Jane Davis, Joseph Holman, Paul Whitehead

1982 — Barbara Chang, Cortney Hudson, Kenji Kogayashi, Kari Miner, Charles Parkinson, Donald Thomas

1981 — Peter Anthony, Marie Davis, Theresa Flanders, Peter Liu, Curtis Paxton, Sally Stacy Stowell

1980 — March Engler, Nancy LeValley, Hans Mumper, Michael Parkinson, Stephan Seata, Janet Tanner

1970s

1979 — Madison Offenhauser, Lloyd Der, Melvin McArthur, Caroline Maillard, Frances Hauge, Naomi Hirahara

1978 — Mark Haines, Katherine LeJune, Steve Simmons, Scott Tanner, Kathy Tescher, Jackie Turney

1977 — Emily Buchanan, Jane Clarich, William Frisz, Mark de Raad, Albert Rogers, Katherine Tranquada

1976 — Brian Fox, Aaron Johnson, Shelly Moore, Linda Palfreyman, Joanne Speers, Javier Wetzel

1975 — John Hames, Kaye Tanner, Michael Thurman, James Tranquada, Kelly Wallace, Karen Young

1974 — Jamey Cohen, Nicholas Kouletsis, Geoffrey Pfaff, Robert Smiland, Nancy Smith, Lisa Sonne

1973 — Barbara Doty, Keith Gustafson, Gary Kudo, John Madigan, Mary McIllece, Rebecca Winter

1972 — Julie Snyder, William Hill, David Smith, Valerie Swett, Jonathon Tanaka, Lisa Wise

1971 — Pamela Diebel, Verne Harris, Cindy Kitabjian, Jack May, Deborah Podesta, William Wilgus

1970 — Roger Little, Robert Schultz, Sharon Simmons, Erick Stone, Cheryl Swett, Dee Thomas

1960s

1969 — Rebecca Gayman, William Hoffman, Eleanor Lemaire, Carole Liu, Mark Poindexter, Richard Rex

1968 — Melinda Chase, William Cullinane, Charles Eric Reeves, Charie Prickett, Linda Tubbesing, Michael Ukena

1967 — Carol Gertmenian, James Hallock, Andrew Koffmann, Charles Prickett, Katheryn Sampson, Mary Ann Ware

1966 — Gail Anderson, Carol Earnshaw, Timothy Loring, Winifred Moran, Marjorie Townsend, James Wildenboer

1965 — Donald Farrow, James Gertmenian, Margaret Hallock, Kenneth Jones, Christine Orme, Diane Veale

1964 — Merrill Bittner, Noel Dahlen, Cheryl Deniston, James Proctor, Julianne Tracy, Philip Yule

1963 — Karen Anderson, Kent Buys, Ted Hoffman, Thomas Patton, Mary Walthall, Janice Warren

1962 — Richard Belding, Robert Corteway, Pam Dean, Diana Gruhn, Gayle Stewart, Sidney Webb

1961 — John Diebel, Pat Forster, Noel Hudson, Agnes Mulhearn, Carleta Raun, Frank Szerdahelyi

1960 — Amiee Dorr, Jon Hartzell, Fred Romero, Michael Smith, Roberta Tanner, Elizabeth Warner

1950s

1959 — Robert Coleman, Marilyn Gates, Donna Giles, Richard Harris, Norman Nielsen, Wendy Pollock

1958 — Ernest Adams, Mike Archer, Susan Brown, Edward Callaway, Mary Krug, Karen Pfanku

1957 — Marianne Brunke, John Campbell, Deborah Coye, Sherilyn Cutler, David Houston, Robert Krug

1956 — James Barnes, Janet Filley, Susan Creswell, Michael Lanham, Suzanne Sperling, Ross Stockwell

1955 — Harold Altschuler, Robert Cropp, Mary Hammond, Lorna Kiech, John Lillie, Mardyth O'Mara

1954 — George Bole, Elizabeth Brigham, Suzanne Patten, James Roodhouse, Richard Stunek, Diane Davis

1953 — Diane Dunckel, Berke George, Beth Ann Linsenbard, Alan McQueen, Barbara Nay, George Tuerk

1952 — Howell Cotten, Jacqulin Hitzker, Sarah Logan, Robert Seymour, Dennis Smith, Mary Stratton

1951 — Louis Amstoy, Sally Anderson, Virginia Constans, William Sevadjian, George Underhill, Sally Winn

1950 — Edwin Dey, Robert Garratt, Nancy Shryock, Elizabeth Stringham, Jane Weldon, George Wright

1940s

1949 — Geraldine Conrad, Donald Ericson, Anthony Garrett, Alden McKelvey, Nancy Nay, Shirley Woodland

1948 — John Boyle, Betty Lou Edson, Charlotte Kermode, Brent Ogden, Victor Peterson, Virginia Wright

1947 — Virginia Egge, George Eschoo, Doris Lyons, Samuel McClung, James Sheppard, Joyce Whistler

1946 — Harry Anderson, Joanne Brandenburger, Margaret Folsom, Barbara Leh, John Westerdoll, John Wernli

1945 — Richard Brown, Jean Coffman, William Eldred, Carolyn Johnson, Virginia Sherman, Hugh Tassey

1944 — Dorthea Ashcroft, Glenice Billings, Susan Buckley, James Dillon, Warren Gannon, George Ramsay

1943 — Roswell Howard Annin, Alan Dale, Emilie Ford, Louis Lee Knight, Barbara Ristrom, Ralph Wood

1942 — Virginia Anderson, Gordon Cook, Stuart Inglis, Ruth Maxwell, Verne Robinson, Barbara Upshaw

1941 — James Eckles, Robert Graff, Emy Lou MacIlwain, Margaret Peterson, David Porter, Donna Swayze

1940 — Frank Hart, Carol Henry, Betty Herbert, Nora Mashburn, George Sato, Amos Swartz

1930s

1939 — William Adams, Susie Huguenin, Marjorie Jones, Glen Lathrop, Bruce McCall, Rosemary Neiswender

1938 — Dorothy Amland, Richard DeGolia, Gordon McDonald, Shirley Peterson, Martha Spring, Peter Van Kuran

1937 — Margaret Alman, Geary Bundschu, Sheila Hughes, Margaret Kiddie, Robert Page, Richard Wagner

1936 — Mary Bellerue, Betty Ford, Martha Johnson, Herbert Porter, Lawrence Thompson, Lowell Whiteman

1935 — Eleanor Beckwith, Harry Goodin, William Alvord Green, Kathleen Hughes, Dorthy McAllister, James McNabb

1934 — Jack Baker, Virginia Brooks, Frank Newman, Sarah Scott, Orval Stewart, Frances Vedder

1933 — Louis Banks, Mary Derthick, Constantine Gertmenian, Tom Kiddie, Elvira Peterson, Marjory Walton

1932 — Barbara Brooks, Daniel Clark, Arthur Daggett, Harriet Lembka, Bob Mathews, Ruth McLaughlin

1931 — Evangeline Brainard, Richard Burgess, William Lord, George O'Connor, Esther Pickering, Helen Tucker

1930 — Catherine Austin, Eleanor Clokey, Thaddeus Creswell, Valerie Easterbrook, Robert Keedy, Samuel MacAllister

1929

1929 — Lawrence Collins, Benjamin Page, Raymond Sparling, Madeleine Speik, Janet Wilson