*Weldon Awards

Weldon Fairplay Awards

Of the many scholarships and awards presented each year to South Pasadena High School seniors, perhaps the most meaningful and prestigious are the Weldon Fairplay Awards. With the criteria of scholarship, integrity, responsibility, good sportsmanship, and being fair to all people, it is no wonder that it is so highly regarded. The Weldon Fairplay Award is the school's equivalent to winning the Oscar and goes to six students who have gone the extra mile.

The Weldon Awards were established in 1929 by William R.H. Weldon, a long-time resident of South Pasadena. He was a member of the school board for many years and served as the board president in 1929. Four of his six sons attended school in South Pasadena. Weldon's interest in fair play and leadership led him to create the award, given to three senior girls and three senior boys.

The names of all the recipients since 1929 are engraved on the Weldon loving cup. In addition, each recipient receives a gold pin and a certificate. The winners are selected each year for demonstrating honor, character and leadership. That all goes along with showing 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 comprised of administrators, students and faculty members makes the final decision. Six South Pas Seniors Receive Prestigious Weldon Award.

 
1929   Lawrence Collins, Benjamin Page, Raymond Sparling, Madeleine Speik, Janet Wilson
1930    Catherine Austin, Eleanor Clokey, Thaddeus Creswell, Valerie Easterbrook, Robert Keedy, Samuel MacAllister
1931    Evangeline Brainard, Richard Burgess, William Lord, George O’Connor, Esther Pickering, Helen Tucker
1932    Barbara Brooks, Daniel Clark, Arthur Daggett, Harriet Lembka, Bob Mathews, Ruth McLaughlin
1933    Louis Banks, Mary Derthick, Constantine Gertmenian, Tom Kiddie, Elvira Peterson, Marjory Walton
1934    Jack Baker, Virginia Brooks, Frank Newman, Sarah Scott, Orval Stewart, Frances Vedder
1935    Eleanor Beckwith, Harry Goodin, William Alvord Green, Kathleen Hughes, Dorthy McAllister, James McNabb
1936    Mary Bellerue, Betty Ford, Martha Johnson, Herbert Porter, Lawrence Thompson, Lowell Whiteman
1937   Margaret Alman, Geary Bundschu, Sheila Hughes, Margaret Kiddie, Robert Page, Richard Wagner
1938   Dorothy Amland, Richard DeGolia, Gordon McDonald, Shirley Peterson, Martha Spring, Peter Van Kuran
1939    William Adams, Susie Huguenin, Marjorie Jones, Glen Lathrop, Bruce McCall, Rosemary Neiswender
1940    Frank Hart, Carol Henry, Betty Herbert, Nora Mashburn, George Sato, Amos Swartz
1941    James Eckles, Robert Graff, Emy Lou MacIlwain, Margaret Peterson, David Porter, Donna Swayze
1942    Virginia Anderson, Gordon Cook, Stuart Inglis, Ruth Maxwell, Verne Robinson, Barbara Upshaw
1943    Roswell Howard Annin, Alan Dale, Emilie Ford, Louis Lee Knight, Barbara Ristrom, Ralph Wood
1944    Dorthea Ashcroft, Glenice Billings, Susan Buckley, James Dillon, Warren Gannon, George Ramsay
1945    Richard Brown, Jean Coffman, William Eldred, Carolyn Johnson, Virginia Sherman, Hugh Tassey
1946    Harry Anderson, Joanne Brandenburger, Margaret Folsom, Barbara Leh, John Westerdoll, John Wernli
1947    Virginia Egge, George Eschoo, Doris Lyons, Samuel McClung, James Sheppard, Joyce Whistler
1948    John Boyle, Betty Lou Edson, Charlotte Kermode, Brent Ogden, Victor Peterson, Virginia Wright
1949    Geraldine Conrad, Donald Ericson, Anthony Garrett, Alden McKelvey, Nancy Nay, Shirley Woodland
1950 Edwin Dey, Robert Garratt, Nancy Shryock, Elizabeth Stringham, Jane Weldon, George Wright
1951 Louis Amstoy, Sally Anderson, Virginia Constans, William Sevadjian, George Underhill, Sally Winn
1952 Howell Cotten, Jacqulin Hitzker, Sarah Logan, Robert Seymour, Dennis Smith, Mary Stratton
1953 Diane Dunckel, Berke George, Beth Ann Linsenbard, Alan McQueen, Barbara Nay, George Tuerk
1954 George Bole, Elizabeth Brigham, Suzanne Patten, James Roodhouse, Richard Stunek, Diane Davis
1955 Harold Altschuler, Robert Cropp, Mary Hammond, Lorna Kiech, John Lillie, Mardyth O’Mara,
1956 James Barnes, Janet Filley, Susan Creswell, Michael Lanham, Suzanne Sperling, Ross Stockwell
1957 Marianne Brunke, John Campbell, Deborah Coye, Sherilyn Cutler, David Houston, Robert Krug
1958 Ernest Adams, Mike Archer, Susan Brown, Edward Callaway, Mary Krug, Karen Pfanku
1959 Robert Coleman, Marilyn Gates, Donna Giles, Richard Harris, Norman Nielsen, Wendy Pollock
1960 Amiee Dorr, Jon Hartzell, Fred Romero, Michael Smith, Roberta Tanner, Elizabeth Warner
1961 John Diebel, Pat Forster, Noel Hudson, Agnes Mulhearn, Carleta Raun, Frank Szerdahelyi
1962 Richard Belding, Robert Corteway, Pam Dean, Diana Gruhn, Gayle Stewart, Sidney Webb
1963 Karen Anderson, Kent Buys, Ted Hoffman, Thomas Patton, Mary Walthall, Janice Warren
1964 Merrill Bittner, Noel Dahlen, Cheryl Deniston, James Proctor, Julianne Tracy, Philip Yule
1965 Donald Farrow, James Gertmenian, Margaret Hallock, Kenneth Jones, Christine Orme, Diane Veale
1966 Gail Anderson, Carol Earnshaw, Timothy Loring, Winifred Moran, Marjorie Townsend, James Wildenboer
1967 Carol Gertmenian, James Hallock, Andrew Koffmann, Charles Prickett, Katheryn Sampson, Mary Ann Ware
1968 Melinda Chase, William Cullinane, Charles Eric Reeves, Charie Prickett, Linda Tubbesing, Michael Ukena
1969 Rebecca Gayman, William Hoffman, Eleanor Lemaire, Carole Liu, Mark Poindexter, Richard Rex
1970 Roger Little, Robert Schultz, Sharon Simmons, Erick Stone, Cheryl Swett, Dee Thomas
1971 Pamela Diebel, Verne Harris, Cindy Kitabjian, Jack May, Deborah Podesta, William Wilgus
1972 Julie Snyder, William Hill, David Smith, Valerie Swett, Jonathon Tanaka, Lisa Wise
1973 Barbara Doty, Keith Gustafson, Gary Kudo, John Madigan, Mary McIllece, Rebecca Winter
1974 Jamey Cohen, Nicholas Kouletsis, Geoffrey Pfaff, Robert Smiland, Nancy Smith, Lisa Sonne
1975 John Hames, Kaye Tanner, Michael Thurman, James Tranquada, Kelly Wallace, Karen Young
1976 Brian Fox, Aaron Johnson, Shelly Moore, Linda Palfreyman, Joanne Speers, Javier Wetzel
1977 Emily Buchanan, Jane Clarich, William Frisz, Mark de Raad, Albert Rogers, Katherine Tranquada
1978 Mark Haines, Katherine LeJune, Steve Simmons, Scott Tanner, Kathy Tescher, Jackie Turney
1979 Madison Offenhauser, Lloyd Der, Melvin McArthur, Caroline Maillard, Frances Hauge, Naomi Hirahara
1980  March Engler, Nancy LeValley, Hans Mumper, Michael Parkinson, Stephan Seata, Janet Tanner
1981  Peter Anthony, Marie Davis, Theresa Flanders Peter Liu, Curtis Paxton, Sally Stacy Stowell
1982  Barbara Chang, Cortney Hudson, Kenji Kogayashi, Kari Miner, Charles Parkinson, Donald Thomas
1983  Lisa Abdalla, Michael Allen, Catherine Carlassare, Jane Davis, Joseph Holman, Paul Whitehead
1984  George Holmes, Stephanie Hom, Darren Schneider, Jeffrey Sauer, Kristin Vidmar, Lyn Wagner
1985  Evelyn Bunn, James Calvert, Annette Lu, Jennifer Ricketts, Joseph Roco, Daniel Wagner
1986  Cleve Dawson, Edward Deussen, Jessica Diedrich, Evelyn Hom, Ivars Kuskevics, Heather McClure
1987  Kristen Edwards, Kipankar Koyal, Elliot Ng, Dorothy Nguyen, Karen Ricketts, Jeffrey Wishner
1988  Jennifer Butcher, Joshua Durfee, Robert Lewis, Kathy Nguyen, Patrick Sternal, Darlet Yee
1989  Srabanti Bhaumik, Timothy Klein, Elisha Mann, Peter Worth, Peter Yee, Heidi Zee
1990 Tom Blanchard, Jenna Bruner, Sheri Bunn, Peter Park, Aaron Sherninian, Rakhi Singh
1991 Ragi Aboulhosn, Ie-Chen Cheng, Ivan Choi, Laurie Cohens, Cori Finstead, Matt McNairy
1992 Giselle Barry, Brian Fujimoto, Andrea Gaston, Greg Kimball, Gayey Louie, Matt Minehan
1993 Peggy Chan, Kevin Raymond, Kristine Overton, Filip Strabowski, Jack Tsui, Margaret Wang
1994 Gordon Cheng, Mark Fedor, Amy Florendo, Annette LePere, Kelvin Ning, Jennifer Wang
1995 Irene Li, Neal Lin, Erin Nakayama, Joseph Tseng, Glenn Sammis, Beth Wilson
1996 Marisa Chang, Carol Chen, Kevin Kwan, Benjamin Ku, Daniel Lynch, Jean Otsuki
1997 Nancy Hsu, Jeffrey Huber, Larry Kiang, Patricia Kwok, Robert Olivarez, Meredith Tickner
1998 Danny Chen, Stacey Gin, Becky Husman, Jackson Loo, Jeanette McNairy, Jed Reynolds
1999 Sherry Champluke, Lowell Crabb, Jannie Kwok, Kevin Loo, Christopher Miyasaki, Kelly Smith
2000 Alexis Altounian, Iris Chau, Daniel Cho, Wonchan Park, Shae Shatz, Lena Wharton
2001 Heather Brown, Todd Davis, Carlos Larios, Alice Meng, Daniel Quon, Amanda Redmond
2002 Alexis Ashot, Lisa Guy, Agnes Chiang, Matt Livadary, Brandon Schneider, LeAnna Sharp
2003 Goodwin Deng, Jason Hirata, Michelle Hostrup, Mark Lem, Evania Lee, Ana Maria Munoz
2004 Ian Asbjornsen, Daniel Medina, Mickie Okamoto, Stephanie Phan, Madeline Robertson-Salt, Edward Thanasombat
2005 Meghan Asimus, Justin Joe, Emma Kurose, Viranga Perera, Iraj Siddiqi, Jude Matthew Tjajadi
2006 Ashley Arvanites, Brad Elkins, Brad Garcia, Tyler Marangi, Whitney Muhlestein, Alyssa Yamane
2007 Linda Bernal, Connor Berry, David Young Chan Cho, Stephanie Kuo, Mark Stochl, Ariel White
2008    Chloe Fata, Claudia Luck, Riley Marangi, Emilio Medina, Julian Park, Leslie Toy
2009    Nicol Biesek, Duke Ho, Katherine Lau, Douglas Muhlestein, Veronica Ponce de Leon, Jeffrey Stephens
2010    Aaron Childs, Jacques Colimon, Aimee Fata, Hannah Kwon, Anna-Marie dos Remedios, Tyler Ryan
2011      Luca Douridas, Camille Endacott, Lana Ho, Blake Parson, Marian Slocum, Kevin Liang Wen Yin
2012     Fedor Kosakovski, Lia Lohr, Kelsey Nakamura, Michelle Ozaki, Joshua Roquemore, Maxwell White
2013    Isabel Chin, Madeline Chin, Sofi Goode, Will Jones, Paul Messana, Ryan Stone
2014 Michael Chang, Rachael Garner, Marcy Kuo, Andrea Rogando, Jason Wang, Joshua Wilson
2015 Kira Gabriel, Karen Hsueh, Julian Lopez, Andrew Shults, Elise Takahama, Jordan Xiao