Mansfield Schools Celebrate 2020 Senior Achievers

Mansfield MA

20 May, 2020

12:51 PM

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MANSFIELD, MA — While the spring of their respective senior years did not end the way any impending Mansfield High graduated wanted it to end, their extraordinary achievements need to be celebrated. Superintendent of Schools Teresa Murphy did just that this week when she announced the school's top 10 graduates of the class of 2020. "These students have shown a dedication to their academics, their extracurricular activities and the Mansfield community," Superintendent Murphy said in a statement. "We are proud of these 10 students, as well as the entire class of 2020, and we wish each of them well as they move on to their futures. The school announced Avantika Naik, who will attend Carnegie Mellon University, as the school's valedictorian. She was a captain of the math team and vice president of the National Honor Society. She also organized a card drive for Village at Willow Crossing residents who cannot have visitors during the coronavirus health emergency. Patrick Yu, who will attend Northeastern University, has been named salutatorian. He is a member of the Spanish National Honor Society, Tri-M Honor Society and the school orchestra. The rest of the top 10 graduates, by alphabetical order, are as follows: Kayla Bradley, attending the University of Massachusetts Boston Matthew Connelly, attending the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan Eli Davies, attending Miami University in Oxford, Ohio Scott Fortune, attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst Elizabeth Healy, attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute Serena Li, attending Northeastern University Peter Oldow, attending Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont Nilay Pangrekar, attending Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California