Academic Prizewinners
Several prizes to honour outstanding mathematics and statistics students are listed under Academic Prizes. The oldest of these goes back to 1929. The following listing of prizewinners from recent years is a small tribute to some of our best students. Dr Margaret L Bailey Award2022: Saphir Ben Shachar
2021: Lark
2020: Phoebe McDougall
2019: Linda Martis
2018: Ellen Hammatt
2017: Ellen Molloy and Helen Phillips
2016: Madeleine White Mathematics Prizes
- John P. Good Memorial Prize: Best first year student taking at least 45 points of mathematics.
2020: Rhys Macdonald
2019: Antonia King
2018: Ben Roberts
2017: Paul Christeller
2016: Jaquille Haribhai-Thompson
2015: William Irwin-Harris
2014: Juanying Hu
2013: Aleksa Vujicic
2012: Kelsey Jack
2011: Timothy Caldwell and Brandon Ross
2010: John Park
2009: Felix Barber
2008: Rebecca Sutton
2007: Joshua Baker
2006: Jill Skinner
- Rotary Club of Wellington Science Prizes: Best student taking at least 30 points of first year Mathematics.
2020: Gaishuang Qin
2019: Elijah Gadsby
2017: Jordan Barrett
2016: Jaquille Haribhai-Thompson and Nitay Ben-Shachar
2015: Daemon Kennett
2014: Edwin Oskar Cao-Yi-Hao
2013: Aleksa Vujicic
2012: Hamish Hirschberg
2011: Hoi Bach Nguyen
2010: John Park
2009: Norfarizan Mohamed
2008: Henry MacDonald
- Macmorran Prize for Mathematics: Best student completing 45 points of 200 level mathematics.
2020: Ben Roberts
2019: Isabelle Douylliez and Loren Whithair
2018: Jordan Barrett
2017: Shakked Noy
2016: Fergus Bramley
2015: Josiah Jacobsen-Grocott
2014: Aleksa Vujicic
2013: Lennox Kelly
2012: Timothy Caldwell
2011: Chang-Min Lee
2010: Felix Barber
2009: Aaron Hawke
2008: Benjamin Clark
2007: Rufus Boyack
2006: Adam Day
- Jenny Whitmarsh Award for Mathematics: Best female student completing 45 points of 200 level mathematics, and proceeding to 300 level mathematics.
2019: Catlianna Evans
2018: Olivia Flanagan
2017: Ellen Hammatt
2016: Isabella Lyons
2015: Yilin Wang
2014: Kelsey Jack
2013: Lucy Dement and Kimberley Savill
2012: Michelle Porter
2011: Jessica Franklin
2010: Norfarizan Mohamed
2009: Rebecca Sutton
2008: Ann Hibbard and Lina Schroeter
- David Payne Memorial Prizes: Best student in applied mathematics.
2020: Josh O'Hagan & Thomas Benson (Shared)
2019: Max Christie and Tristand Meyers
2017: William Doonan
2016: Aleksa Vujicic
2015: Daniel Ward
2014: Kimberley Savill
2013: Sarah Kennedy
2012: Lee Chang Min
2011: Peter Moore
2007: Joshua Baker
2010: Rebecca Sutton
2009: James King
2008: Lina Schroeter
2007: Joshua Baker
2006: Pieter Vanderpoel
- W.H. (Bill) Vaughan Prize for Mathematics: Best student completing the mathematics major.
2020: Tomais Williamson
2019: Kaijie Gong
2017: Fergus Bramley
2016: Aleksa Vujicic
2015: Kelsey Jack
2014: Kimberley Savill
2013: Finnian Gray
2012: Jessica Franklin
2011: Luke Pratley
2010: Paul Cordue
2009: Henry MacDonald
2008: Joshua Baker
2007: James Tate and Yu Ren
2006: Adam Day
- Geoffrey A. Rowan Memorial Bursary: Best student in 300 level mathematics who then enrols for an Honours degree in mathematical sciences.
2020: Hugh Lockwood
2019: Jordan Barrett
2018: Ellen Hammatt & Brandon Ngan
2017: Daemon Kennett and Isabella Lyons
2016: TBC
2015: Liam Jolliffe
2014: Lennox Leary
2013: Tim Caldwell
2012: Samuel Harvey
2011: Paul Cordue
Statistics Prizes
- Shayle Searle Prize in Statistics: Best student in STAT 193.
2019: Lisia Grocott
2018: Ntombiyothando Siziba
2017: Jordan Barrett
2016: Josie Carson
2015: Daniel Chaji
2014: Hannah Lee-Harwood
2013: Kate Atkins, Lucy Barnes and Longfei Yan
2012: Fiona Tam
2011: Hayley Landreth
2010: Bridget Murrell
2009: Amy Dixon
2008: Matthew Witty
- J.T. Campbell Prize for Statistics: Best student in MATH 277.
2019: Son Cong Nguyen
2018: Kaijie Gong
2017: Shakked Noy
2016: Josiah Jacobsen-Grocott
2015: Yilin Wang
2014: Augus Chapman
2013: Michelle Porter
2012: Timothy Caldwell
2011: Christina Vergunst
2010: Robert Batley
2009: Michael Clarke
2008: Benjamin Clark
2007: Simon Anastasiadis
2006: Her Guan Teo
- Rotary club of Wellington Science prizes: Student with best overall performance in first year Statistics.
2019: Zac de Terte
2018: Muhammad Afiq Mohamad Ramli
2017: Daniel Wrench
2016: Harriet Plant
2015: Laura Hughes
2014: Robert Schoss
2013: Longfei Yan
2012: Bevan Rogers
2011: Saleha Yunus
2010: Bridget Murell
2009: Azizi Mohd Noor
2008: Jingwei Zheng
- Health and Disability Intelligence Prize in Statistics: Best student in STAT 392.
2018: Harriet Plant
2017: Helen Phillips and Emma Vitz
2016: Wilhelmina Berry
2015: Madeleine White
2014: Sarah Rendall
2013: Anne Anker
2012: Alexandra Cross and Bryan Ku
2011: Charlotte Gutenbrunner
2010: Andrew Black
2009: Janice Hunt
2008: Michael Crombie
- Statistics New Zealand Prize: Best student in 300 level statistics courses including STAT 331.
2010: Ian Collins
2009: Raymond Tobler
2008: Jill Skinner
2007: Her Guan Teo
- Vere-Jones Prize for Statistics: Best student in a 300-level statistics course needed for the Statistics major, who is registered for a Statistics major.
2019: Nikki Wilkinson
2018: Harriet Plant
2017: Lydia Wolstenholme
2016: Sarah Hyland
2015: Adrian P Kennedy-Adams
2014: Alexander Van-Brunt
2013: Jonathan Simons