Premier’s VCE Awards honour roll

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• Top All-Round VCE High Achievers 2024
• Outstanding VCE Vocational Major Students 2024
• Top Three International Students 2024
• Study Awards 2024

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
• Chloe Byrne, St Michael’s Grammar School
• Mary Spratt, Oxley Christian College
• Iris Wang, Caulfield Grammar School

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