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2024 Awards and Graduation Ceremony

14 November 2024

Tamborine Mountain College celebrated its annual 2024 Awards Day and Year 12 Graduation Ceremony at the prestigious Home of the Arts (HOTA). This memorable event brought our community together to recognise the hard work, growth, and achievements of our students throughout the year.

Our Year 6 students were presented with their progression certificates, marking an exciting milestone as they move into Secondary School. For our Year 12 cohort, the ceremony honoured their graduation from Tamborine Mountain College and the completion of their journey as Senior students.

Below is the full list of this year’s award recipients. We extend our warmest congratulations to every student recognised for their dedication and outstanding accomplishments.

AWARD WINNERS: 

Year 12

Award Award Winner
The R J & M G Nicholls Prize for the Most Outstanding Student
Ella Triandafyllou
The Kyle Family Prize for Dux of the College
Ella Triandafyllou
The Simon Davies Cup for Most Outstanding Person in Cultural Activities
Jordan Narcisi
The Professor Jack Walton Trophy for Most Outstanding Sportsperson
Ethan Lawrie
The June Melbourne Arrow Award
Will Patridge
Ampol Best All-Rounder Award
Violet ten Bohmer
TMC Victory & Valour Award
Gemma Close
Chamber of Commerce Award $500
Ethan Hodder
ADF Leadership & Teamwork Award $550
Blake Downie
ADF Future Innovators Award $550
Holly Narcisi
Lions Award $250
Lily Parker
The 2024 HOTA Education Future Creative Award
Koby Brown
Jon Krause MP Striving For Success Award
Maya Griffiths
Service Awards: College Captain
Blake Downie & Lily Parker
Service Awards: Cultural Captain
Grace Simpson
Service Awards: Prefects
Gemma Close, Ethan Hodder & Will Partridge
Service Awards: House Captains
Maya Griffiths, Zain Bartlett & Ethan Lawrie

Year 11

Award Name Award Winner
Student Most Outstanding in Academics
Foundation student, Alyssa Coughlan
Student Most Outstanding in Co-Curricular Activities
Addison Moorkens
Student Most Outstanding in Sporting Activities
Ashlee Lowe
TMC Victory & Valour Award
Callum Sullivan

Year 10

Award Name Award Winner
Student Most Outstanding in Academics
Leo Wassell
Student Most Outstanding in Co-Curricular Activities
Jorgia Stanyer
Student Most Outstanding in Sporting Activities
Lovisa Lowe
TMC Victory & Valour Award
Harmony Corden
ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership & Teamwork Award $250
Mikayla Lagana
ADF Future Innovators Award $250
Joshua Ford-Barry

Year 9

Award Name Award Winner
Student Most Outstanding in Academics
Foundation student, Archie Antunovic
Student Most Outstanding in Co-Curricular Activities
Foundation student, Archie Antunovic
Student Most Outstanding in Sporting Activities
Madison Cacciola
TMC Victory & Valour Award
Nelly Bensley-Liddell

Year 8

Award Name Award Winner
Student Most Outstanding in Academics
Ariana Stevenson
Student Most Outstanding in Co-Curricular Activities
Skye Petersen
Student Most Outstanding in Sporting Activities
Jasmine Da Silva Macedo
TMC Victory & Valour Award
Alexander Smith

Year 7

Award Name Award Winner
Student Most Outstanding in Academics
Felix Hooper
Student Most Outstanding in Co-Curricular Activities
Nate Matus
Student Most Outstanding in Sporting Activities
Riley Vella
TMC Victory & Valour Award
Nate Matus

Year 6

Award Name Award Winner
TMC Arrows – Captain Award
Faryn Brady & Liam Trosky
TMC Cultural Captain Award
Eden Wassell
TMC Prefects Award
Scarlett Acher, Brodie Holmes & Guntaas Puar
TMC Arrows – House Captain Award (Kyle)
Josephine Seitz
TMC Arrows – House Captain Award (Nicholls)
Frankie Ivey
TMC Arrows – House Captain Award (Walton)
Leo Gonzalez
Dux
Liam Trosky
Cultural Award
Eden Wassell
Sportsperson Award
Brodie Holmes
The June Melbourne Arrow Award
Isabella Greaves
Lions Award – $250 School Locker Voucher
Faryn Brady
TMC Victory & Valour Award
Lily Ahern-Brown

Year 5

Award Name Award Winner
Student Most Outstanding in Academics
Abraxas Freeman
Student Most Outstanding in Co-Curricular Activities
Ayla Glover
Student Most Outstanding in Sporting Activities
Louis Gonzalez
TMC Victory & Valour Award
Lillian McAlpin

Year 4

Award Name Award Winner
Student Most Outstanding in Academics
Katinka van Wyk
Student Most Outstanding in Co-Curricular Activities
Vivienne Da Silva Macedo
Student Most Outstanding in Sporting Activities
Miguel Primo
TMC Victory & Valour Award
Vivienne Hooper
Student Most Outstanding in Band Program
Chloe Hembling

Year 3

Award Name Award Winner
Student Most Outstanding in Academics
Campbell Stevens
Student Most Outstanding in Co-Curricular Activities
Isla Starr
Student Most Outstanding in Sporting Activities
Jensen Ramsey
TMC Victory & Valour Award
Sam Bentall

Prep, Year 1 & Year 2

Award Award Winner
Year 2 TMC Victory & Valour Award
Mayan Edris & Ardie Gill
Year 1 TMC Victory & Valour Award
Xavien El-Hayek & Annika Quinn
Prep TMC Victory & Valour Award
Charlotte Hooper & Arlie Walker

UNIVERSITY

Guaranteed University Entry to successful applicants:

In Year 12, the following students have secured early entry to university:

Southern Cross University

  • Zain Bartlett, Diploma of Health
  • Sava Benapuria, Bachelor of Information Technology
  • Gemma Close, Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
  • Blake Downie, Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology
  • Maya Griffiths, Diploma of Education
  • Caitlyn Kehl, Preparing for Success Program
  • Holly Narcisi, Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
  • Evangeline Oxley, Diploma of Health
  • Lily Parker, Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Law Combined
  • Will Partridge, Bachelor of Business - Accounting
  • Aiyanna Pritchard, Bachelor of Social Work
  • Meerab Shahzad, Bachelor of Education

Griffith University

  • Holly Narcisi, Bachelor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Violet ten Bohmer, Bachelor of Biomedical Science
  • Ella Triandafyllou, Bachelor of Health Science


VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING CERTIFICATES

YEAR 12:

Diploma of Business (Aurora)

  • Mia Kopljar

Certificate III in Screen and Media (Tafe Qld)

  • Robbie Lee

Certificate III in Visual Art (Tafe Qld)

  • Bridgette Walter

Certificate II in Retail Cosmetics (Tafe Qld)

  • Charli Radford

Certificate II In Community Services (Tafe Qld)

  • Lotus Locke

Certificate II in Automotive Vocational Preparation (Tafe Qld)

  • Max Callow

Maya Griffiths completed a School-Based Traineeship with Tafe Qld and G8 Education and has been awarded a Certificate III in Childcare

Emma-Jane Steensma-Collins is completing a School-Based Traineeship with Skill 360 Australia and Subway Tamborine Mountain and will be awarded a Certificate III in Business

Grace Simpson is completing a School-Based Traineeship with First Choice Training and Cafe on Tamborine and will be awarded a Certificate III in Business

Ethan Lawrie is completing a School-based apprenticeship with MCDAS Projects and Skill 360 Australia and will be awarded a Certificate III in Carpentry

YEAR 11:

Certificate II in Creative Industries in partnership with iVET

  • James Alfred-Harrison
  • Joshua Alfred-Harrison
YEAR 10:

Certificate II in Active Volunteering in partnership with Volunteering Queensland:

  • Jorgia Stanyer
  • Lily Cutter-Mackenzie
  • Pip Colless
  • Pip Greasly
  • Jack Welsh
  • Luka Haydock
  • Foundation Student, Aleksi Sorsa
  • Sophie Diamond
  • Harmony Corden

Certificate II in Sport Coaching in partnership with Fit Education:

  • Jack Armstrong
  • Eloise Aird
  • Eamon Johnson-Staker
  • Phoenix Kopljar
  • Mikayla Lagana
  • Lovisa Lowe
  • Teegan Mitchell
  • Val Rossi
  • Dax Sonneveld-Lather
  • Ryan Walsh
  • Eliane Le Moal Wetzler
  • Foundation Student, Alex Wilson-Beard
  • Louie Allott
  • Jackson Fegan
  • Marcos Whitney

Certificate II in Automotive Airconditioning Technology in partnership with Allora College

  • Marcos Whitney
  • Foundation Student, Jack Armstrong
  • Louie Allott
  • Dax Sonneveld-Lather

Certificate II in Screen and Media (Tafe Qld)

  • Leo Wassell
  • Foundation Student, William Wraith

Certificate II in Automotive Vocational Preparation (Marine Focus) (Tafe Qld)

  • Jake Hildebrandt
  • William Hargraves

Certificate II in Animal Care (Tafe Qld)

  • Hayden Ganter

Certificate II in Cookery (Tafe Qld)

  • Amelie D'Addato

Certificate II in Community Services (Tafe Qld)

  • Molly Uccetta

Certificate III in Screen and Media (Tafe Qld)

  • Leo Wassell
  • William Wraith

Certificate III in Design Fundamentals (Tafe Qld)

  • Koby Brown
  • Certificate III in Music (Tafe Qld)
  • William Vohar