Premier’s 2021 VCE awards for high-achieving students

They are the best of the best. Victoria’s brightest 290+ students have been recognised in the 2021 Premier’s VCE awards. Meet our smartest stars of the future.

One Victorian school has dominated the Premier’s VCE awards with its students picking up 16 awards.

Victoria’s best performing VCE students were recognised on Wednesday for their outstanding efforts and achievements during the challenging 2021 school year.

Despite the challenges of their Covid-affected final year, 298 students received 324 awards across 97 categories.

Private school students dominated, scooping up two-thirds of the awards, although a number of state school students received the most prestigious accolades.

High-achieving state students include those from the Victorian School of Languages (16 awards), Victorian College of the Arts (four awards) and Brunswick Secondary College (four awards).

Selective-entry state schools also ranked highly, with students from Melbourne High School receiving 12 awards, John Monash science School receiving four awards and Nossal High School four awards.

Out of the private schools, Methodist Ladies’ College received 11 awards, Scotch College received nine and Ballarat Clarendon nine.

Mount Waverley Secondary College’s Rachel Tan received the most awards out of every student, taking home awards for Top All-Round VCE High Achiever, English Language, Further Mathematics and Japanese Second Language.

Twenty-five students from across the state recieved a top all-round VCE high achiever award, which recognises students who achieved study scores of 46 or higher out of 50 in at least five VCE subjects.

More than 280 students received the best performers in individual VCE subjects awards, while three were recognised for being top three international students.

Education Minister Natalie Hutchins said the awarded students worked “incredibly hard” to achieve their results.

“These award winners are testament to how well Victorian students … adapted to the challenges of a global pandemic and still produced outstanding results,” she said.

Top all-round VCE high achievers

• Ryan Ahl from Scotch
• Nicola Anderson from Methodist Ladies’
• Kristy Arulrajah from East Doncaster Secondary
• Alexandra Atcheson from Methodist Ladies’
• Aaliyan Azeem from Melbourne High
• Jackson Dun from Ballarat Clarendon
• William Flintoft from Melbourne Grammar
• Peter Frangos from Melbourne Grammar
• Yevin Gamlath from Melbourne High
• Angel He from Melbourne Girls
• Kartik Iyer from Balwyn High
• Sachin Iyer from Penleigh and Essendon Grammar
• Ramodh Jayasinghe from Melbourne High
• Molly Kane from Presbyterian Ladies’
• Caifei Lin from Kambrya
• Lorraine Luo from The Mac. Robertson Girls’ High
• Charlette Neilsen from Haileybury
• Ashwin Prakash from Melbourne High
• Jonathan Purcell from John Monash science
• Benjamin Shaw from Braemar College
• Rachel Tan from Mount Waverley Secondary
• Hadyn Tang from Trinity Grammar
• Olivia Voulgaris from Our Lady of Mercy
• Anna Walsh from Strathcona Girls
  

Top three international students

• Yiguo Hua from Wesley College
• Hong Anh Pham from Kardinia International
• Ye Wen from Ruyton Girls’

Study awards

• Jake Agelopoulos from Xavier College

• Omer Albayrak from Austurk Saturday Turkish School

• Taryn Allemand from Caulfield Grammar School

• Yenuli Amarasinghe from The Mac. Robertson Girls' High School

• Emile Ambrosi from St Kevin's College Toorak

• Nidhi Anand from Suzanne Cory High School

• Nicola Anderson from Methodist Ladies' College

• Casper Appelberg from Haileybury College

• Felix Archibald from Melbourne Grammar School

• Ariana Argyrou from Methodist Ladies' College

• Ryley Arnold from Notre Dame College

• Sky Austin from Loreto Mandeville Hall

• Joshua Ballinger from Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School

• Melina Barati from Victorian School of Languages

• Eva Barger-Bos from Nunawading Christian College

• Nora Bartol from Victorian School of Languages

• Abinesh Baskaran from Victorian Tamil Association

• Jack Bastasin from Marcellin College

• Isabelle Baxter from St Andrews Christian College

• Zoe Beazley from Victoria University Secondary College

• Jack Belsar-O'Connor from Lorne P-12 College

• Ellen Bennett from Methodist Ladies' College

• Kaila Bergmann from Ringwood Secondary College

• Vasalem Pawpi Bingai Chho from Braybrook College

• Amy Birds from Heathdale Christian College – Werribee Campus

• Chloe Booth from Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School

• Mia Booth from Methodist Ladies' College

• Zara Boubouras from Presbyterian Ladies' College

• Kaelan Boundy from Aquinas College

• Jack Bradley from St Joseph's College Ferntree Gully

• Olivia Branagan from Genazzano FCJ College

• Griffin Brown from St Joseph's College Geelong

• Pippa Bullen from Notre Dame College

• Andres Buritica Monroy from Scotch College

• Charlton Burr from Luther College

• James Caligari from Ballarat Clarendon College

• Mitchell Cann from Vermont Secondary College

• James Carlyon from Trinity Grammar School

• Andrea Chai from St Andrews Christian College

• Roy Chalmers from Scotch College

• Alina Chan from East Doncaster Secondary College

• Solei Chapman from Melbourne Girls' College

• Angela Chen from Caulfield Grammar School

• Qiyuan Chen from Brighton Grammar School

• Soo-Yan Chen from Huntingtower School

• Liam Chippindall from OneSchool Global Victoria – Bairnsdale Campus

• Matthew Clark from Xavier College

• Rory Clark from Kardinia International College

• Madeleine Cleeve from Korowa Anglican Girls' School

• Xavier Cohen from Brunswick Secondary College

• Thomas Condron from Gippsland Grammar

• Kiera Cordner from The Mac. Robertson Girls' High School

• Myles Courtney from Braemar College

• Emily Cox from Korowa Anglican Girls' School

• Georgia Craig-Neal from St Mary MacKillop College

• Indianna Koko Crozier from Methodist Ladies' College

• Ellie Dalton from Methodist Ladies' College

• Alessia D'Amato from Loyola College

• Cassandra Davidson from Victoria University Secondary College

• Tom Davidson from St Kevin's College Toorak

• Oliver Davison from Girton Grammar School

• Ashley De Vries from Lalor Secondary College

• Alexander De Vryer from Wesley College

• Amy Deller from Melbourne Girls' College

• Hayley Di Stefano from Siena College

• Samantha Dickson from Salesian College Sunbury

• Suzy Dingle from Methodist Ladies' College

• Amy Ditcham from Bright P-12 College

• Claire Duckett from Sacred Heart Girls' College Oakleigh

• Jackson Dun from Ballarat Clarendon College

• Nicole Dulberg from Mentone Girls' Grammar School

• Natalie Eu from St Margaret's Berwick Grammar

• Sicheng Max Fan from Scotch College

• Jiayu Fang from Balwyn High School

• Kier Feeney from Catherine McAuley College

• Alexandra Fitts from Methodist Ladies' College

• Lachlan Fitzpatrick from Bendigo Senior Secondary College

• Juen Foh from Vermont Secondary College

• Anna Franklin from Toorak College

• Peter Frangos from Melbourne Grammar School

• Jacqueline Gadea from Braybrook College

• Yevin Gamlath from Melbourne High School

• Juna Gemmell from Casey Grammar School

• Isabella Gilchrist from St Mary MacKillop College

• Isabella Gosling from Woodleigh School

• Jiayi Gu from Suzanne Cory High School

• Nicholas Gustin from Xavier College

• Maya Hahn-Thomsen from Methodist Ladies' College

• Makram Hallab from Ilim College – Kiewa Campus

• Yizhang Han from Melbourne Grammar School

• Sarah Hannoun from Victorian School of Languages

• Jerry Hao from Haileybury College

• Lucinda Harrington from Princes Hill Secondary College

• Tali Hazan from Mount Scopus Memorial College

• Eric He from Caulfield Grammar School

• Tom He from Scotch College

• Angel He from Melbourne Girls Grammar

• Zachary Hengel from Ballarat Clarendon College

• Emma Henrikson from Melbourne Swedish Community School

• Madeleine Horner from Brunswick Secondary College

• Jasmine Hosken from Canterbury Girls' Secondary College

• Natalia Hrysikos from Caulfield Grammar School

• Jason Huang from Waverley Christian College

• Kerui Huang from Mentone Grammar School

• Yida Huang from Glen Waverley Secondary College

• Xavier Hutchisonfrom Notre Dame College

• Cindy Huynh from The Mac. Robertson Girls' High School

• Yasmin Innes from Methodist Ladies' College

• Elizabeth Ives from Loreto Mandeville Hall

• Kartik Iyer from Balwyn High School

• Sachin Iyer from Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School

• Kamran Jaan from Northern Bay P-12 College

• Varahi Jain from Nossal High School

• Bradley James from Haileybury College

• Jenul Jayakody Arachchige Don from Ballarat Clarendon College

• Joshua Jinu from Westbourne Grammar School – Hoppers Crossing Campus

• Yuanqi Jin from First Language Caulfield Grammar School

• Matthew Jones from St Patrick's College

• Neve Joseland from Westbourne Grammar School – Hoppers Crossing Campus

• Hope Kaczynski from Suzanne Cory High School

• Varvara Kapetanea from Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

• Zofia Kardas from Victorian School of Languages

• Lara Karunajeewa from The University High School

• Molly Kane from Presbyterian Ladies' College

• Alexandra Keany from John Monash science School

• Liam Kenneally from Scotch College

• Mohammed Khan from Nossal High School

• Gabrielle King from Parkdale Secondary College

• Kilmeny King from OneSchool Global Victoria – Berwick Campus

• Matilda King from OneSchool Global Victoria – Berwick Campus

• Emily Kloss from St Michael's Grammar School

• Mark Knight from East Doncaster Secondary College

• Lasya Kondur from The Mac. Robertson Girls' High School

• David Kong from Melbourne High School

• Alfred Kyle from Rosebud Secondary College

• Aurora Lahur from Sacred Heart Girls' College Oakleigh

• Chrysoula Lampropoulou from Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

• Fatema Latify from Victorian School of Languages

• Chloe Lay from Haileybury Girls College

• Minh Le from Scotch College

• Amelia Lemanis from Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School

• Chloe Li from Haileybury Girls College

• Esther Lian from Victorian School of Languages

• Eileen Liang from Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School Inc.

• Gabriella Lidgerwood from Caulfield Grammar School

• Nathan Liu from Caulfield Grammar School

• Richard Liu from Scotch College

• Lottie Loats from Ballarat Clarendon College

• Alwyn Long from Brunswick Secondary College

• Nicholas Lopes Last from Huntingtower School

• Andrea Lowe from Methodist Ladies' College

• Jiaqi Lu from Haileybury College

• Katherine Lumley from Sacré Cœur

• Chu Fan Luo from Whitefriars College

• Lorraine Luo from The Mac. Robertson Girls' High School

• Mathilda Maas from Victorian School of Languages

• Sarah Mackay from Ballarat Clarendon College

• Theresa Macken from Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School

• Hilary Macrae from Balwyn High School

• William Madden from Xavier College

• Layla Maitri from Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School

• Silin Makdsi from John Monash science School

• Aimeree Manabat from Taylors Lakes Secondary College

• Anisha Mannock from Padua College

• Yehonatan Margolin from Bialik College

• Andrew Mathieson from St Kevin's College Toorak

• Charlie Maus from Kingswood College

• Jesse McDougall from Kardinia International College

• Cameron McEwan from Mazenod College

• Finlay McGrath from Haileybury Girls College

• Julian McIntyre from Williamstown High School

• Jazmin Micallef from Rowville Secondary College

• Carla Miric from Methodist Ladies' College

• Ain Mohiddin from Haileybury Girls College

• Olivia Moneghetti from Ballarat Clarendon College

• Francesca Montgomery from Dromana Secondary College

• Oliver Moran from Mentone Grammar School

• Adriano Morandini from Victorian School of Languages

• Satayu Moriguchi from Melbourne High School

• Ethan Morrice from Hillcrest Christian College – Ayr Hill Campus

• Magnus Mulhall from Melbourne High School

• Duvin Nambuwasam from Haileybury College

• Brodie Nash from Haileybury College

• Parnian Nejatbakhsh from John Monash science School

• Jace Nepean from Emmanuel College

• Claire Newcombe from Bacchus Marsh Grammar

• Edward Newman from Xavier College

• Emerald Nguyen from Killester College

• Khoi Nguyen from Melbourne High School

• Melanie Nguyen from Haileybury Girls College

• Teresa Nguyen from Nossal High School

• Lila Ni from Haileybury Girls College

• Charlette Nielsen from St Mary of the Angels Secondary College

• Fathima Sarah Nizam Zakeer from Victorian Tamil Association

• Tess Nolan from Kingswood College

• Luke O'Brienfrom Scotch College

• Rachael Oettinger from School Victoria

• Dominic O'Leary from St Kevin's College Toorak

• Maja Orlowska from Victorian School of Languages

• Ben Ostermeyer from Whitefriars College

• Tahni Paluch from Leibler Yavneh College

• Pranit Parashar from Melbourne High School

• Angela Peng from Nossal High School

• Gwyneth Peng from Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School Inc.

• Minh Pham from Victorian School of Languages

• Clea Phillips from Loreto Mandeville Hall

• Leticia Phillips from Firbank Grammar School

• Sarah Philosof from Beth Rivkah Ladies College

• Crystal Phuong from Springvale Indo-Chinese Ethnic School Inc.

• Petro Pirozek from Melbourne High School

• Klay Po from Victorian School of Languages

• Amelie Portis from Victorian School of Languages

• Emily Prater from Sacré Cœur

• Ashwin Prakash from Melbourne High School

• Daisy Pritchard from Mater Christi College

• Ruth Quinn from Elwood College

• Leo Rafferty from Melbourne High School

• Olivia Redgrove from St Leonard's College

• Katherine Ritchie from Mentone Girls' Grammar School

• Harry Roache from St Joseph's College Geelong

• Tulipa Rodriguez-Quin from Genazzano FCJ College

• Sasha Rose from Bright P-12 College

• Christopher Rozakeas from Mount Waverley Secondary College

• Emily Ryan from St Catherine's School

• Jad Saeed from Victorian School of Languages

• Matt San Buenaventura from Melbourne High School

• Melissa Sanders from Stawell Secondary College

• Grace Sands-Pennuto from Ballarat Clarendon College

• Olivia Saporito from Padua College

• Zarli Schram from Christian College Institute of Senior Education

• Sammi Seah from Braybrook College

• Madeleine Seebeck from Ballarat Grammar

• Ritvik Sharma from Kingswood College

• Benjamin Shaw from Braemar College

• Winsome Sheehy from Marist-Sion College

• Jasper Sherman from Mount Scopus Memorial College

• Arjun Singh from Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School

• Ava Skinner from Ballarat Clarendon College

• Cody Smith from Roxburgh College

• Abby Smyth from Notre Dame College

• Noah Spitz from The King David School – Senior School

• Natalie Stutz from Mentone Girls' Grammar School

• Chirandith Suraweera from Haileybury College

• Liv Swift from Siena College

• Annika Sultana from Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School

• Rachel Tan from Mount Waverley Secondary College

• Hadyn Tang from Trinity Grammar School

• Scarlet Thomas from Lauriston Girls' School

• John Thompson from Victorian School of Languages

• Enrico Tirta from Victorian School of Languages

• Bao Ngoc Tran from Braybrook College

• Francis Tran from Balwyn High School

• Vidushi Tripathi from The Mac. Robertson Girls' High School

• Ashley Turnbull from Carey Baptist Grammar School

• Hana Ueda from Taylors Lakes Secondary College

• Holly Van Der Pligt from Newhaven College

• Samuel Volchek from Bialik College

• Vy Vu from Brunswick Secondary College

• Molly Vulcan from Haileybury Girls College

• Yoseph Adel Wahba Molano from Escuela Hispano-Americana

• Jessica (Xiao Yu) Wang from The Mac. Robertson Girls' High School

• Jocelyn Wang from The University High School

• Shuheng Louise Wang from Western Chinese Language School

• Oscar Waring from Belmont High School

• Laura Watson from Forest Hill College

• Xinyi Wei from Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School

• Amelia Westerman from Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School

• Isabella White from Box Hill High School

• Joseph Wheelahan from Melbourne Grammar School

• Thomas Williams from St Michael's Grammar School

• Johanna Wilson from Ballarat Grammar

• Clancy Woodburn from Virtual School Victoria

• Jake Wrobel from Bialik College

• Emily Wu from Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School

• Jessica Wu from Eastern Chinese Language School Inc.

• Tanisha Wu from Aquinas College

• Jiaman Xu from Yarra Valley Grammar

• Yuan Xu from Haileybury Senior School, Tianjin

• Xinru Yang from Chinese Culture School – Glen Waverley Campus

• Charlotte Yates from Victorian School of Languages

• Zihui Yin from Presbyterian Ladies' College

• Jinghan Yu from Caulfield Grammar School

• Rufaro Zimbudzi from Haileybury Girls College

• Amber Zuidema from Foster Secondary College