Governing Board Awards & Recognitions
Congratulations to the Latest DVUSD Governing Board Honorees!
Tonight we honored scholarship winners, top athletes, and outstanding district staff.
East Valley Council for Exceptional Children
Outstanding Administrator-- Ken Akeley of Vista Peak School
Outstanding Collaborative Team-- Behavior and Autism Assistance Team (BAAT)-- Ame Milosevich, Gina Benetich, Kim Borick, Sarah Robison, Katie Hendricks, Leanne Caccavale, Cherre Hooper, and Brittany Huff
Outstanding Exceptional Student-- Nathan Bell - Las Brisas Elementary School
Arizona Association of School Business Official's Post 2025 Best Practices-- Jessica Leasure - Director of Purchasing
Boys and Girls Club of the Valley 2025 Youth of the Year-- Amaya Gomez - Deer Valley High School
Junior Achievement 18 under 18-- Elizabeth Young from Sandra Day O'Connor High School
Arizona Department of Education Seal of Civics Literacy-- Lauren Sihol and Amelia Thompson who both attend Sandra Day O'Connor High School
Flinn Scholarship Winner-- Sandra Day O'Connor senior Maya Ysabella Bustos
National Merit Scholarship Winners
Mahin Bhatt, Will Dana, Dyuthi Heroor, Erik Potts, Kyle Prentice, Kaushik Venkatesh, and David Xu from Mountain Ridge High School
Kavi Badhwar from Barry Goldwater High School
Benjamin Heiner from Boulder Creek High School
Lilah Manfredi from Sandra Day O'Connor High School
International Career Development Conference Finalists-- Ayan Bhakta (Mountain Ridge) who came in 4th in the WORLD for Hospitality and Tourism Profession Selling & Karian Kapadia and Shamitha Doki (Mountain Ridge) who came in the top 20 in the WORLD for Community Awareness Project.
Academic Decathlon National Competition Champion-- Nicholas Solla, Boulder Creek High School
7/8th grade POM State Champions & State Champion Dance Solo-- Hillcrest Middle School POM Team & Navi Wertz
D-1 Single State Champion Girls Tennis-- Michelle Bullock from Boulder Creek High School
D-1 Girls Beach Volleyball Champions-- Sandra Day O’Connor High School's Girls' Beach Volleyball
D-1 300m Hurdles State Champion-- Sanel Eminovic from Mountain Ridge High School
D-3 400m State Champion-- Jase Weingart of Deer Valley High School
D-3 4x400m State Champion-- Jase Weingart, Carl Williams, Andrew Wellensiek, Ryan Patterson-Lopez from Deer Valley High School
D-1 State Champion for High Jump-- Kierra Simmons of Sandra Day O'Connor High School
D-3 Runner Up High Jump-- David Stafford of Deer Valley High School
Congratulations to all of our DVUSD Governing Board Award Winners and Honorees!