In July 2025, a total of 339 awards, including 23 Top All-Round VCE High Achiever Awards, recognised the exceptional dedication and hard work of 315 students during the 2024 VCE.
Top All-Round VCE High Achievers 2024
The Top All-Round VCE High Achiever Award is awarded to students who have achieved study scores of 46 or higher in at least 5 VCE studies. Scored VET studies are included in the count of studies.
A total of 23 students were recognised as Top All-Round VCE High Achievers.
Joel Cheok, Camberwell Grammar School
Christopher Chhour, Brighton Grammar School
Will Crocker, Brighton Grammar School
Jiaqi Deng, Korowa Anglican Girls’ School
Taylah Fynney, Westbourne Grammar School - Hoppers Crossing Campus
Micah Hickingbotham, Ballarat Clarendon College
Junze Huang, Mordialloc College
Jerry Jin, Camberwell Grammar School
Akshaya Karthikeyan, The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School
Sienna Lee, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Christopher Lim, Scotch College
Geoff Liu, Scotch College
Alexander Lev Lumsden, Scotch College
Elizabeth Ngodinhson, Balwyn High School
Millie Nilsen, St Catherine’s School
Joshua Ong, Haileybury College
Toby Owen, St Leonard’s College
Patrick Phan, Melbourne High School
Christina Qian, Yarra Valley Grammar
Cayden Tan, Box Hill High School
Jiatong Wei, McKinnon Secondary College
Nathan Wong, Melbourne High School
Ruiqi Yao, Nossal High School
Outstanding VCE Vocational Major Students 2024
The Outstanding VCE Vocational Major Student Award recognises exceptional achievement within Victoria’s VCE Vocational Major, honouring students who demonstrate excellence, skills growth, and community impact.
Jake Brady, Ararat College
Angus Cassidy, Mazenod College
Bonnie Gordon, Kaniva College
Grace McKay, Rowville Secondary College
Ruben Migotto-Brown, Mallacoota P-12 College
Lock Morton, Northern College of the Arts and Technology
Alyssa Vella, McClelland College
Read more about each of this year’s award recipients.
Top Three International Students 2024
The order of merit for international students studying in Victoria on a student visa is based on their Premier’s VCE Awards score. This score is calculated by the addition of the study scores obtained for the best 4 VCE studies plus 10% of study scores obtained in up to a maximum of 2 other VCE studies. University subjects and VET studies may contribute to the score.
Chuanyue (Dominic) Wang, Wesley College - Glen Waverley Campus
Tsz Yau Angel Wong, East Doncaster Secondary College
Bangyue Zhan, Camberwell High School
Study Awards 2024
The number of awards in each study is calculated using the enrolment base in that study. There will be more awards in larger studies. Individual Graded Assessment scores are used to determine the order of merit and identify the best students. Students must have a study score of 46 or above to be eligible for an award.
A total of 306 Study Awards were presented.
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Accounting
Alessandra Heywood, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Raymond Liu, Suzanne Cory High School
Ashu Vedula, Camberwell High School
Rachel Zhou, Strathcona Girls Grammar
Agricultural and Horticultural Studies
Maisy Batson, Goroke P-12 College
Arna Howard, Loreto College
Algorithmics (HESS)
Georgi Demosthenous, John Monash Science School
Chris Qiu, Trinity Grammar School
Ancient History
Sarah Macphee, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Juliette Meade, Loreto Mandeville Hall
Scarlett Caitlin Wild, Swinburne Senior Secondary College
Applied Computing: Data Analytics
Kelly Hoon, Balwyn High School
Vidyut Kruttiventi, Huntingtower School
Adin Mulahusic, Victoria University Secondary College
Applied Computing: Software Development
Lachlan Courmadias, Camberwell Grammar School
Aiden Furey, Northcote High School
Nhat Minh Vu, Balwyn High School
Arabic
Emy Attia, St Mary’s Coptic Orthodox College
Makhoul Zaidan, Victorian School of Languages
Art Creative Practice
Charlie Bishop, Presbyterian Ladies’ College
Jennifer Charlton, Frankston High School - VCE Campus
Seraphina Tass, Balwyn High School
Art Making and Exhibiting
Maya Crombie, Mount Waverley Secondary College
Isabella Hunt, Melbourne Girls Grammar
Josiane Marriott, Huntingtower School
Alice Murray, Lauriston Girls’ School
Charlotte Zaph, Mordialloc College
Australian History
Nina Cummins, Haileybury Girls College
Beth Mandile, Star of the Sea College
Lucinda Poole, Haileybury Girls College
Australian Politics
Olivia Bradshaw, Virtual School Victoria
Biology
Advika Anoop, Westbourne Grammar School - Hoppers Crossing Campus
Rohini Arun Kumar, Lavalla Catholic College
Andy Bao, Melbourne High School
Laela Brewster, Ruyton Girls’ School
Dishika Ghosh, The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School
James Howarth-Carpenter, Richmond High School
Cayden Tan, Box Hill High School
Business (VCE VET)
Isla Campion, OneSchool Global Victoria
Kalarni Phillips, OneSchool Global Victoria
Business Management
Karis Chan, St Catherine’s School
Thomas Earle, St Kevin’s College Toorak
Kate Morrison, Firbank Grammar School
Amelia Murray, Mentone Girls’ Secondary College
Winston Sun, Balwyn High School
Natalie Wijaya, Donvale Christian College
Georgie Wooller, Ivanhoe Grammar School
Chemistry
Christopher Chhour, Brighton Grammar School
Jiaqi Deng, Korowa Anglican Girls’ School
Oliver Downing, Melbourne High School
Trinethra Jayakumar, Glen Waverley Secondary College
Cayden Tan, Box Hill High School
Chin Hakha
Biak Cin Par Kompa, Victorian School of Languages
Chinese First Language
Jialin Hu, Firbank Grammar School Harbin American-Canadian Foreign Language School
Yicong Liu, Haileybury Senior School Tianjin
Siying Wang, Chinese Culture School - Glen Waverley Campus
Zihan Wang, Chinese Culture School - Melbourne High Campus
Ching Tung Xu, Chinese Culture School - Northcote Campus
Chinese Language, Culture and Society
Jun Yang Oon, Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School Inc
Chinese Second Language
Chloe Fan, Haileybury Girls College
Zhanyi Li, Eastern Chinese Language School
Jiayi Yin, Methodist Ladies’ College
Chinese Second Language Advanced
Siyuan Chen, Haileybury College
Xueyao Han, Caulfield Grammar School
Siyuan Huang, Ruyton Girls’ School
Classical Studies
James Bourne, Xavier College
Weizheng Chang, Melbourne Grammar School
Community Services (VCE VET)
Joanna Kallis, Braybrook College
Jasmine Roeschmann, Roxburgh College
Creative and Digital Media (VCE VET)
Sashenka Fernando, Tintern Grammar
Alice Portz, Academy of Mary Immaculate
Croatian
Stjepan Bilic, Victorian School of Languages
Dance
Victoria Gigliotti, Caulfield Grammar School
Sarita Muller, Kardinia International College
Dance (VCE VET)
Zachary Medved, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Jack O’Toole, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Drama
Isabelle Gemmell, Strathcona Girls Grammar
Benjamin Hall, Elwood College
Harper Smith, Academy of Mary Immaculate
Economics
Deniz Daymen, St Albans Secondary College
Aidan Rankin, Mentone Grammar School
Srikriti Sheri, The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School
James Werbik, McKinnon Secondary College
Engineering Studies (VCE VET)
Andrew Cockerall, Castlemaine Secondary College
Benjamin Hendriks, Mount Lilydale Mercy College
English
Diya Anoop, Sacré Coeur
Ellie Bayne, Sacré Coeur
Eleanore Bui, Methodist Ladies’ College
Ren-Hao Chan, Trinity Grammar School
Sakari Clarke-Oldani, Southern Cross Grammar
Charli Cowan, Haileybury Girls College
Will Crocker, Brighton Grammar School
Amy Dickson, Avila College
Rohan Green, Melbourne High School
Samuel Kakoufas, Caulfield Grammar School
Junyi Lu, Camberwell Grammar School
Frederick Magee, St Kevin’s College Toorak
Nadia Mohamed, St Catherine’s School
Caleb Nah, Haileybury College
Saria Ratnam, Fintona Girls’ School
Xavier Rowse, Yarra Valley Grammar
Darius Song, Haileybury College
Jacqueline Soon-Legaspi, Haileybury Girls College
Rhea Werner, St Catherine’s School
Aarial Wrigley, Haileybury Girls College
Jing Ru Zhang, Haileybury Girls College
English as an Additional Language
Yunyu Chen, Strathcona Girls Grammar
Xinning Gan, Camberwell Girls Grammar School
Hien Khanh Luu, John Monash Science School
English Language
Bridget Davis, Methodist Ladies’ College
Sienna Lee, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Geoff Liu, Scotch College
Tashiya Seneviratne, Nossal High School
Caitlin Shaw, Braemar College
Environmental Science
Claire Freeman, Sacred Heart College Kyneton
Ruth Ong, Werribee Secondary College
Curtis Wilkinson, Caulfield Grammar School
Equine Studies (VCE VET)
Alice Darby, Ivanhoe Grammar School
Extended Investigation
Lucy Dekker, Ruyton Girls’ School
Sara Rowland, Camberwell Girls Grammar School
Filipino
Zab Raedanne Pagong, Philippine Language School of Victoria
Food Studies
Tayla Blake, Northside Christian College
Molly Leslie, Emmanuel College Warrnambool
Kai Spencer, Huntingtower School
Bethany Whitehead, John Paul College
Charlize Yarlett, Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College
Foundation Mathematics
Muqtadir Abbas, Virtual School Victoria
James Francis, Eltham High School
Joshua Mikhail, St Mary’s Coptic Orthodox College
French
Hannah Minc, Bialik College
Samiyar Samiee, Scotch College
Hanwei Zhao, Balwyn High School
Furnishing (VCE VET)
Dana Mackay, Sacred Heart College Geelong
General Mathematics
Yahya Ahmed, Sirius College - Meadow Fair Campus
Lachlan Amiet, Caulfield Grammar School
Anushka Desai, Good News Lutheran College
Jayden Huang, Caulfield Grammar School
Katya Jaski, Star of the Sea College
Kevin Lai, Lakeview Senior College
Nathan Lai, Kardinia International College
Joshua McAllister, Ballarat Clarendon College
John McGill, Ballarat Clarendon College
Finbar O’Sullivan, Seymour College
Joshua Park, Bacchus Marsh Grammar
Asmi Pathania, St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
Rithika Ramesh, The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School
Yi Shan, Waverley Christian College
Torres Sun, Vermont Secondary College
Cayden Tan, Box Hill High School
Carl Tassoni, Xavier College
Jesse Wrobel, Bialik College
Geography
Amy Hawking, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Justin Le, Brighton Grammar School
David Lipton, The King David School - Senior School
Joseph Valcanas, De La Salle College
German
Jamie Chang, Scotch College
Fiona Finch, Victorian School of Languages
Geoff Liu, Scotch College
Global Politics
Samuel Kakoufas, Caulfield Grammar School
Sarah Macphee, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Theodore Schlicht, Xavier College
Greek
Savina Koumides, Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria
Eleni-Anna Sklavenitis, Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria
Health (VCE VET)
Luca Beale, Bendigo Senior Secondary College
Rose Bourke, Ballarat Clarendon College
Kasey Lindsay, Bendigo Senior Secondary College
Health and Human Development
Will Crocker, Brighton Grammar School
Kayla Gourvelos, Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School
Ella Grant, Doncaster Secondary College
Sienna Green, Catholic Ladies’ College
Owen Lam, Buckley Park College
Neve Lamb, Kilbreda College
Neyssa Sharma, Mount Waverley Secondary College
Hebrew
Segev Glasman, Bialik College
History Revolutions
Amy Hawking, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Harshitha Meenakshisundaram, The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School
Alice Nicholas, Yarra Valley Grammar
Inez Singer, Methodist Ladies’ College
Hospitality (VCE VET)
Lucy Babidge, Methodist Ladies’ College
Ayva Herman, Haileybury Girls College
Hospitality (Cookery) (VCE VET)
Charlotte Castle, Methodist Ladies’ College
Georgina Troy, Methodist Ladies’ College
Hungarian
Petra Halmai, Victorian School of Languages
Celeste Mezey, Victorian School of Languages
Indonesian Second Language
Shiven Dias Abeygunewardene, Huntingtower School
Abigail Martinez, The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School
Industry and Enterprise
Mackenzie Clark, Goulburn Valley Grammar School
Information and Communications Technology (VCE VET)
Liam Jenkins, Huntingtower School
Ishika Saxena, Huntingtower School
Italian
Alysa Broszczyk, Victorian School of Languages
Leonardo Grassia, Princes Hill Secondary College
Ariel Kennedy, Victorian School of Languages
Japanese Second Language
Alexander Kuroda, Melbourne Grammar School
Erina O’Doherty, Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College
Sean Teerapakawong, Melbourne High School
Karen
Eh Bway Paw Lan, Victorian School of Languages
Korean First Language
Sohyeon Park, Korean Language School of Melbourne
Korean Second Language
Gaeun Heo, Korean Language School of Melbourne
Laboratory Skills (VCE VET)
Tilly Butler, Elisabeth Murdoch College
Rebecca Pitt, Belmont High School
Latin
Christopher Chhour, Brighton Grammar School
Kaige Min, Trinity Grammar School
Legal Studies
Ishika Bhadauria, Haileybury Girls College
Annika Eisenmajer, Methodist Ladies’ College
Kate Hannan, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Harshitha Meenakshisundaram, The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School
Literature
Eadie Anderson, Huntingtower School
Parnia Erfanian, Eltham High School
Millie Nilsen, St Catherine’s School
Tom Westerman, Eltham High School
Mathematical Methods
Ines Brear, Genazzano FCJ College
Hugo Chang, Melbourne Grammar School
Manuth Galabada Widanarachchige, Beaconhills College - Berwick
Sienna Lee, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Frank Li, Caulfield Grammar School
William Park, St Kevin’s College Toorak
Lucas Souksavath, Glen Waverley Secondary College
Oliver Taylor, Caulfield Grammar School
Nicholas Wang, Melbourne Grammar School
Isabella Zhou, Methodist Ladies’ College
Media
Charlotte Moseley, Beaconhills College - Berwick
Sarnsiree (Sunny) Plant, Balwyn High School
Ananya Pradhan, The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School
Syazwana Saifudin, Suzanne Cory High School
Tszki (Lily) Zhang, St Catherine’s School
Music Composition
Isabella Hincksman, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Music Contemporary Performance
Caleb Elbourne, St Andrews Christian College
Mark Hartland van Driel, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Charlie Smith, Peninsula Grammar
Music Inquiry
James Budgen, St Leonard’s College
Yiyu Chen, Melbourne High School
Music Performance (VCE VET)
Phoenix Dixon, Lorne P-12 College
Nina Linnestad, Catholic Ladies’ College
James Odgers, Billanook College
Music Repertoire Performance
Madeleine Davies, Camberwell High School
Ji Hun Hwang, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Bethany Leung, Loreto Mandeville Hall
Maggie Shi, Melbourne Girls Grammar
Music Sound Production (VCE VET)
Alistair McDonald, Ballarat Grammar
Jonathan Russell, Caroline Chisholm Catholic College
Outdoor and Environmental Studies
Timothy Buckland, St Patrick’s College
Desiree Grant, Dromana College
Gemma Shilston, Ave Maria College
Bethany Whitehead, John Paul College
Persian
Mahdyar Sabzi Vand, Victorian School of Languages
Mahdis Soroush, Victorian School of Languages
Philosophy
Joseph Pan, Scotch College
Angelique Psegiannakis, Frankston High School - VCE Campus
Conor Sullivan, Scotch College
Eric Wang, Nossal High School
Physical Education
Maya Farswan, Werribee Secondary College
Arjun Girotra, Nossal High School
Sienna O’Connor, Mater Christi College
Matthew Padgham, Scotch College
Physics
Joel Cheok, Camberwell Grammar School
Jiaqi Deng, Korowa Anglican Girls’ School
Xavier Kouris, St Joseph’s College - Ferntree Gully
Yichen Yang, Trinity Grammar School
Polish
Filip Andreiszyn, Victorian School of Languages
Lena Blaszkowska, Victorian School of Languages
Portuguese
Isabella Chang Wollmann, Victorian School of Languages
Product Design and Technology
Madelaine Dupes, Loyola College
Peggy Neville-Smith, Geelong Grammar School
Daniel Riccioni, Trinity Grammar School
Siena Scarlata, Star of the Sea College
Psychology
Rania Aldanu, Sirius College - Eastmeadows Campus
Advika Bhatnagar, The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School
Kristin Dunphy, Strathcona Girls Grammar
Rythma Ginnige, Sacré Coeur
Alessandra Grigoletto, Our Lady of Mercy College
Sonnet Zuivere Mamgain , Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College
Molly Mealmaker, St Aloysius College
Caleb Mendez, Kilvington Grammar School
Aimeely Ta, The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School
Religion and Society
Georgia Kave, Mount Scopus Memorial College
Rylan Peiris, Mazenod College
Hope Withers, Star of the Sea College
Sinhala
Nikhil Nanayakkara, Victorian School of Languages
Sociology
Lauren Billings, Cornish College
Kiara Rampal, Haileybury Girls College
Darshanna Umakhanthan, Haileybury Girls College
Spanish
Paula Cuevas Real, Victorian School of Languages
Specialist Mathematics
Joel Cheok, Camberwell Grammar School
Toby Owen, St Leonard’s College
Jiatong Wei, McKinnon Secondary College
Jesse Wrobel, Bialik College
Sport and Recreation (VCE VET)
Holly Bridges, Emmanuel College
Daniel Geva, Kew High School
Maria Hanoun, Gilson College
India Van Berkel, St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
Systems Engineering
Oscar Hines, Mount Clear College
Callum Wiggett, St Joseph’s College Geelong
Chang Xu, Nossal High School
Tamil
Neha Basu, Victorian Tamil Association
Kanika Puvaneswaran, Bharathi Academy
Texts and Traditions
Tova Gampel, Beth Rivkah Ladies College
Leah Goodman, Beth Rivkah Ladies College
Theatre Studies
Charlotte Barnett, Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School
Olive Clohesy, Camberwell Girls Grammar School
Allegra Di Lallo, Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School
Turkish
Zeynep Saglam, Ilim College
Vietnamese Second Language
Nhi Nguyen, Victorian School of Languages
Visual Communication Design
Annalisa Baxter, St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School