Our final decision as the 24-25 Ed Board was whether we were going to print matriculations for the 2025 graduating class. Our decision to do so was unanimous—we wanted not only to honor and celebrate the graduating seniors, but also offer a comprehensive list of matriculations as a resource for graduates and our community to use in the future.
Last year, as the outgoing editorial board was going through their decision to print matriculations, a number of us expressed hesitance to print matriculations. In the time since last year’s decision, however, that reticence has disappeared, and it now seems clear to us what value a list of matriculations holds in a community like Piedmont.
Every editor’s reasoning varied, but there was a consistent throughline in everyone’s thought processes: we were all excited for our future and wanted to share that with others. With this in mind, what was most important was that not everyone on the editorial board was following the same path forward. At that time of our decision, we had some senior editors that had been committed to four year universities for months, some who were still waiting to hear back from universities, and some who were thinking about attending a two year college. All of these paths and choices are valued and there is no one correct way to live the next few years. We hope that all the underclassmen and community members reading this will share our optimism for the future and understand that picking what is best for them is more valuable than conforming to the standard or shooting for goals that don’t align with who they are.
With our decision to print the senior’s plans for the coming years, we discussed a handful of unintended consequences: that the list may stress out underclassmen, fuelling the pressure in Piedmont to choose prestige over fit, or that it could encourage parents to pressure their students into thinking about college more than they already are or to a level they aren’t ready for.
Despite these fears, we think it is more important to celebrate the graduating class and let them have a sense of pride in the decision they made of what they want to do with their life. The majority of us have attended school together for the last 12 years and this is the first time ever where we will all strike out on our own, no longer having the same limited shared experiences that have shaped our elementary, middle, and high school years.
Along with other articles from this issue, the matriculations will be posted to TPHNews.com, allowing our community to reach out to any member of the Class of 2025 if they are interested in connecting about the field that the member has gone into or the college they have chosen to attend.
TPH recognizes that plans change and evolve. These matriculations were accurate at the time of uploading.
Jordan Alemania: Hun School of Princeton
Ethan Alering: Community College then transfer to SDSU
Ori Aloush: 2 years at Santa Barbara City College then transfer to University of California, Santa Barbara
Vincent Arbit: 2 years at Santa Barbara City College then transfer to University of California, Santa Barbara
Thomas Ashton: University of California, Berkeley
Mei Assalian: Wesleyan University
Emmet Asulin: Gap Year
Emmett Baldwin: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Bruno Banuelos: Carleton College
Charlotte Barretto: San Francisco State University
Lucy Barton: College of the Holy Cross
Julia Baysinger: University of San Francisco
Rebecca Baysinger: Macalester College
Ethan Becker: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Zoe Beisner: University of Maryland
Enzo Bernales: Occidental College
Gianluca Bini: Northeastern University
Owen Blanford: University of California, Santa Cruz
Eleanor Bleharski: Johns Hopkins University
Joseph Blumberg: Ross School of Buisness at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Caitlin Boothby: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Lauren Brenner: University of California, Berkeley
Noah Bruggemann: University of Oregon
Evan Byun: Wesleyan University
Juliette Cabirol: San Diego State University
Jamie Cai: Declined to state
Maeve Cain: California State University, Chico
Abigail Call: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Alexander Cantrill: Washington State University
Anna Caputo: Northwestern University
Sabrina Carling: Indiana University, Bloomington
Connor Carrington: California State University, Sacramento
Sophia Castro: Diablo Valley College
Lucas Chau: University of Denver
Haylee Cheang: University of Washington, Seattle
Fiona Chen: San Jose State University
Samantha Cheunkarndee: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Hudson Cole: Willamette University
Luisa Cole: Cornell University
Payton Cole: Willamette University
Jasper Cross: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tyler Dacanay: University of California, Santa Cruz
Shafer Dando: Clemson University
Maximo Detlefsen: Oregon State University
Brendan Devine: Colorado University, Boulder
Juliana DeYoung: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Brandon Dicke: Indiana University, Bloomington
Zenn Donatiello: University of California, Merced
Beatriz Donohoe: Northeastern University
Justin Dowdell: Laney College
Balthazar Droga: Gap year
Ryan Ehteshami: New York University
Emma Eisemon: Stanford University
Charles Elmquist: University of Colorado, Boulder
Desmond English: Community college
Logan Faucher: Chabot College
William Ferreira: Santa Barbara City College
Ayaan Fetin: Gap year
Ella Fleischer: Lewis and Clark College
Tobian Fleischer: Oberlin University
Megan Foster: Kenyon College
Miya Fujimoto: Williams College
Carmen Gaylord: University of Guelph
Max Gaylord: University of Western Ontario
Alexander Gish: Case Western Reserve University
Sophia Glass: University of California, Berkeley
Ishaia Goldberg-Berman: University of California, Berkeley
Maxwell Goldfarb: University of Denver
Chloe Graham: Boston College
Oliver Greenebaum: Tulane University
Taran Griffis: University of California, Santa Cruz
Ellen Gudiksen: Wesleyan University
Aiden Haines: Oregon State Univeristy
Eliza Hammond: Wake Forest University
Matthew Hammond: Diablo Valley College
Eve Handelsman: University of Colorado, Boulder
Jacob Hanke: Tulane University
Annika Hattan-Kutter: University of California, Berkeley
Luella Helmy: The Pratt Institute
Sophie Hess: New York University
Dylan Hickman: Kenyon College
Genevieve Hiller: Northwestern University
Henry Horsley: Kenyon College
Oliver Horsley: Denison University
Ella Hughes: University of California, Berkeley
Leo Hurwitz: University of California, San Diego
Peter Ichimaru: University of New Mexico
Maile Imburg: University of California, Santa Cruz
Hayden Jahn: Community college
Aman Jajodia: Washington University in St. Louis
Ayaan Jajodia: Dartmouth College
Kasper Jansson: University of California, Los Angeles
Etta Jenkins: California State University, Long Beach
Junlin Jiang: Yale University
Axé Johnson: Loyola Univeristy, Chicago
Ruby Johnson: New York University
Olivia Kaltner: Macalester College
Yotam Kariv: Gap year- Ski Patrol in Canada
Arman Kazemi: San Jose State University
Vaughn Khouri: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jordan Kim: Univeristy of California, Davis
Kalindi Kim: Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison
Nia Kim: Howard University
Nicholas King: Indiana University, Bloomington
Meykeda King-Polk: Berkeley City College
Naomi Kottle: Tulane University
N’da Ahou Eunice Kouadio: San Jose State University
N’da Aya Cyntiche Kouadio: San Jose State University
Leila Kumar: University of California, San Diego
Sophie LaForte: University of Oregon
Markos Lagios: College
John Langowski: California State University, Northridge
Anna Lavin: Tufts University
Sofia Lawrence: California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
Liam Leahy: Trinity College, Dublin
Alexandre Lee: University of San Francisco
Bede Levin: Colgate University
Sarayah Lewis: California State University, Northridge
Catherine Lichens: San Jose State University
Nicolas Liebscher: Berkeley City College
Johanna Lins: University of California, Irvine
Olive Litwin: University of California, Santa Barbara
Jackson Lommen: St. Mary’s College
Miguel Long: Running track at college
Bosco Lorin: San Diego State University
June Louch: Going to college in Canada
Inaya Majid: University of California, Berkeley
Lucas Malecki: Baylor University
Harper Mand: Indiana University, Kelley School of Business
Simon March-Cunningham: Assistant researcher to head paleobotanist at Chicago Field Museum
Nikolas Markopoulos: California State University, Long Beach
Antonietta Marsala: Bryn Mawr College
Logan McGilloway: Arizona State University – Polytechnic
Teresa McKay: The New School – Parsons
Harrison McNulty: Macalester College
Avery Momet: University of Puget Sound
Julia Montes: Loyola Marymount University
Clara Murray: Brown University
Elliana Neel: Gap semester then community college
Dorothy Nemeth: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Natalie Nicoll: Gap year
Dean Olliphant: University of California, Santa Barbara
Sabrina Olliphant: Gap year then Harvey Mudd College
Torsten Olsen: Purdue University
Shybrea Ottaviano: Community college
William Parker: Pitzer College
Lillian Perez: San Diego State University
Justin Phmah: University of California, Santa Cruz
Jack Pines: University of California, Merced
Preston Polk: Laney College
Mercedes Poon: University of California, Santa Cruz
John Pope: University of California, Santa Cruz
Julien Porter: Michigan State University
James Prata: University of Oregon
Alyssa Quibelan: University of Arizona
Grace Rego: Chapman University
Jacob Rodriguez: Northeastern University
Carolina Romanczuk: University of Colorado, Boulder
Ines Romo: San Jose State University
Samantha Ronen: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Alma Ruberto: University of California, Santa Cruz
Benjamin Sachs: University of California, Davis
Dahlia Saffouri: Northwestern University
Jacques Saldanha: University of California, Berkeley
Sophie Santander: Gonzaga University
Ava Sauer: University of California, Los Angeles
Max Sauer: University of Oregon
Nathaniel Scher: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Friedje Schickedanz: Barnard College
Martha Schickedanz: George Washington University
Alois Schirrecker: Diablo Valley College, then transfer
Elise Schleuning: Washington University in St. Louis
Nasreen Schulze: University in Europe
Nikko Sears: University of California, Santa Cruz
Lewis Seiden: University of California, Santa Barbara
Mackenzie Nguyen: University of California, Santa Barbara
Raiyaan Shah: Declined to state
Alina Shahid: University of California, Berkeley
Ruqaiyah Leung Shahid: San Francisco State University
Sam Shelby: The Hun School of Princeton
Felix Shotton: University of Oregon
Jacob Shusteff: Brandeis University
Rose Stuart: Undecided
Miles Silver: Semester abroad in Prague then University of Colorado, Boulder
Ravi Silverberg: Macalester College
Adan Sotelo: Santa Barbara City College
Reni Suhr: University of Southern California
Hannah Sullivan: Boston College
Sarah Sullivan: Tufts University
Louisa Symkowick: Carleton College
Aliana Tang: University of California, Berkeley
Caroline Taylor: University of California, Santa Barbara
Sonja Grotenhuis: Boston University
William Tenney: Ohio State University
Juliana Thornborrow: University of California, Santa Barbara
Hannah Toste: University of Toronto
William Tretola: Gap year
Kyra Trombi: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Natalie Tsung: University of California, Irvine
Sophena Tuli: Decline to state
Victoria Van Gelder: New York University
Clea Villaluz: University of Colorado, Boulder
Jordan Vo: University of Washington, Seattle
August von Metzsch: Princeton University
Cary Ward: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Claire Warner: Diablo Valley College
Logan Watral: Tufts University
Briana Webb: Undecided
Clare Weiss: University of California, Los Angeles
Nathan Weisz: Milwaukee School of Engineering
Elsebet Willats: Lewis and Clark College
Emily Williamson: San Diego State University
Ryo Woltag: Wellesley College
Camila Work: Savannah College of Art and Design
Charles Wright: Undecided
Angelina Wu: Carleton College
Delia Wu: University of California, Merced
Madeline Xiong: New York University, Shanghai
Ella Yasar: California State University, Long Beach
Coral Yeh: University of California, Santa Cruz
Kaeli Yeung: San Diego State University
Danielle Zaroukian: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Shakila Zuberi: University of California, Irvine
