2025 Awards Ceremony

St Mary’s College proudly celebrated the outstanding achievements, character, and growth of our students at the 2025 Awards Ceremonies. This year marks a significant moment in our history, with the return of Year 12 after nearly 40 years, an important milestone affirming our commitment to excellence and our ever-growing future. Throughout the ceremony, we recognised academic achievement, personal growth, creativity, service, leadership and community spirit across all year levels.

Performances from the College Choir, tributes to staff completing service or retiring, and the announcement of our 2026 College Leaders added to the joy and pride of the day. We also honoured significant contributions from community partners including the Lions Club of Seymour, Rotary Club of Seymour, Mitchell Shire Council, the Australian Defence Force, Mercy Education and Central Ranges LLEN.

Below we proudly acknowledge all award recipients for 2025.

We look forward to celebrating our College DUX at the beginning of 2026.

Celebrating Our 2025 Award Recipients

Primary Student Awards (F–6)

Academic Excellence, Most Consistent & Most Improved

Secondary Student Awards (7–10)

Academic Excellence | Most Consistent | Most Improved

9A: Savannah Naughton | Sienna Lynch | Alex Morton & Remy Clydesdale 9B: Ruth Reilly | Olivia Hamilton & Vanessa Swan | Kye Augello

10A: Sienna Porter | Tylah Shearer | Niamh O’Sullivan 10B: Maya Cronk | Hamish Melville | Sophie Butterworth

Ignite Program: Eliza Whibley | Kayla Thompson | William Hustler

Faith, Character & Community Awards

House Charism Awards

McAuley: Primary – Maya Enrico & Rocco Sartori Secondary – Summer Carrington & Lukas Dougherty

Padua: Primary – Ella D’Andrea & Nate Sidebottom Secondary – Ruth Reilly & Levi Brown

Mercy Award

Tori Kilpatrick

Performing & Creative Arts Awards

Seymour Performers Workshop Kerry Hogan Performing Arts Awards: Primary – Livani Palmer Secondary – Felicity O’Halloran

Seymour Art Society Primary Visual Art: F–2 – Molly Gooden 3–6 – Savannah Llorente

Seymour Art Society Excellence in Visual Arts: Crystal-Anne Cox

Sport & Health Awards

Sports Champions: Primary – Ellie Taylor & Jimmy Edwards Secondary – Sophie Butterworth & Oliver Kingston

Excellence in Health & PE: Year 7 – Ava Gordon Year 8 – Lily Fanning Year 9 – Ruth Reilly Year 10 – Maya Cronk

Technology, Agriculture & Science Awards

Brian O’Dwyer Materials Technology Award: Frankie Eagles

James Head Agricultural Award: Kody Dougherty

Monsignor Toms Science Award: Year 7/8 – Annika Padgett Year 9/10 – Sasha Leary

VCE, VM & VET Awards

Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholar:

Flynn Brennan

Ampol All Rounder:

Sophie Munro

Sir Weary Dunlop Award:

James Parker

ADF Long Tan Leadership Awards:

Year 10 – Kody Dougherty Year 12 – Andrew Bree

Rotary Club Awards:

Community (Year 6) – Nate Sidebottom Community (Year 11/12) – Zac Brown Leadership – Xavier Sinkeler

Lions Club Awards:

Year 6 Encouragement – Ava Pearce Marian Rojeski Community Award – Olivia Hamilton

Mitchell Shire Encouragement Award:

Isabel Gordon & Lachlan Kingston

VET Encouragement Award:

Olivia Leary

Central Ranges LLEN Awards:

SBAT – Bryce Staples VCE VM – Natalie Coad VET – Olivia Leary

VCE Subject Excellence Awards

(All VCE, VCE VM and VET completion awards included)

English: Unit 1&2 – Natalie Lynch Unit 3&4 – Xavier Sinkeler

Religious Education: Unit 1 – Maya Cronk Unit 2 – Mikayla Eriksson

Mathematics: General Maths 1&2 – Eoin Traynor-Murphy General Maths 3&4 – Romany Faulknor Maths Methods 1&2 – Leon Findlay Maths Methods 3&4 – Xavier Sinkeler Specialist Maths (VSV) 1&2 – Leon Findlay

Science: Biology 1&2 – Romany Faulknor Biology 3&4 – Felicity O’Halloran Chemistry 1&2 – Natalie Lynch Chemistry 3&4 – Cooper Shearer Physics 1&2 – Romany Faulknor Physics 3&4 – Xavier Sinkeler

Psychology 1&2 – Natalie Lynch Psychology 3&4 (VVLN) – Sophie Munro

Humanities: History 1&2 – Felix Wallace Muscovich History 3&4 – Liesl Rayner Legal Studies 1&2 – Mikayla Eriksson Legal Studies 3&4 – Sophie Munro Business Management 1&2 – Mikayla Eriksson Business Management 3&4 – Sophie Munro

Arts & Technologies: Art Making & Exhibiting 1&2 – Phoebe Fairweather Art Making & Exhibiting 3&4 – Crystal-Anne Cox Product Design & Technology 1&2 – Jackson Hurley Product Design & Technology 3&4 – Zac Brown

Languages & Outdoor Education (VSV): Applied Computing 1&2 – Jackson Hurley Business 1&2 – Lexi Tarran Outdoor & Environmental Studies 1&2 – Caleb Baumann Environmental Science 3&4 – Andrew Bree Agriculture & Horticulture 3&4 – Cooper Shearer

Physical Education & Health: PE 1&2 – Josh Porter PE 3&4 – Chloe Butterworth HHD 1&2 – Mikayla Eriksson HHD 3&4 – Hugh Traynor-Murphy

VCE VM Award Recipients: VM Literacy 1&2 – Nathaniel Demavibas VM Literacy 3&4 – Angela Klein VM Numeracy 1&2 – Brandon Fearn VM Numeracy 3&4 – Thomas Hall VM Work Related Skills 1&2 – Connor Cleave VM Work Related Skills 3&4 – Aissaree Rachsopar VM Personal Development Skills 1&2 – Shetayah Gruneklee VM Personal Development Skills 3&4 – Ethan Fisher

VET Certificate Completions

Certificate II & III completions across Agriculture, ICT, Animal Care, Dance, Community Services, Early Childhood, Engineering, Electrotechnology, Automotive, Language, Construction were also presented and celebrated.

Looking Ahead

This year we also farewelled several staff taking leave and honoured four exceptional long-serving staff entering retirement. Their combined 127 years of service represents a legacy of dedication, compassion and unwavering commitment to our students.

Finally, we were proud to announce our 2026 College Leaders, both primary and secondary, who will guide our student community into an exciting year ahead.

College Captains: Thomas White & Mikayla Eriksson
College Vice Captains: Ivan Kovacic & Natalie Lynch
Primary Captains: Oliver Liddle & Maya Enrico
Primary Vice Captains: Rafferty Clydesdale & Alexis Purcell

House Leaders

McAuley House Leaders: Sam Brown, Chloe Ash, Rocco Sartori & Audrey Noye

Padua House Leaders: Keisha Jennings, Phoebe Fairweather, Shaun Pulvera & Ella D’Andrea

With Thanks

As we conclude the 2025 school year, we offer our deepest thanks to our students for their enthusiasm and hard work, to our families for their trust and support, and to our staff for their exceptional dedication.

May your Christmas be joyful and peaceful, and may the holiday break bring rest and renewal.

We look forward with excitement to all that 2026 will bring for St Mary’s College - especially the opening of our new VCE Centre and the opportunities it will unlock for our senior learners.

Merry Christmas and warmest wishes from all of us at St Mary’s College.

Genevieve Gordon

Deputy Principal of Operations

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