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MBA Recognizes Academic Excellence at Cum Laude Induction Ceremony

MBA welcomed 29 new members of the Cum Laude Society on Monday, recognizing these individuals for their academic excellence and outstanding achievements in the classroom.

Membership in Cum Laude is limited to no more than 20% of the senior class. Students must have completed at least three Honors-level or Advanced Placement courses at MBA to be eligible. Faculty members are inducted based on their election to Phi Beta Kappa or Tau Beta Pi (the national engineering honor society), prior membership in Cum Laude as students or faculty at other institutions, or significant scholarly achievement. At the chapter’s discretion, honorary members may also be inducted.

The Cum Laude Society was founded in 1906 by Dr. Abram W. Harris, Director of the Tome School in Port Deposit, Maryland. He envisioned a society modeled on the collegiate honor society Phi Beta Kappa, designed to recognize scholarly achievement in secondary schools. The Montgomery Bell Academy chapter was chartered in 1981.

Below is a list of the inductees, all from the Class of 2026:

  • Alex Abramson
  • Baylor Adams
  • Oleg Borousov
  • Eric Chen
  • Teddie Cian
  • John Paul Claverie
  • Drew Couden
  • Pax Duker-Johnson
  • JB Frederiksen
  • Santiago Fuisz
  • Slater Galloway
  • Luke Hamilton
  • Hamer Haun
  • Jackson Hebert
  • James Hood
  • Russell Howard
  • Saatu Jindal
  • Jack McDaniel
  • Nikhil Misra
  • Harrison Mobley
  • Matthew Moore
  • Nico Recchia
  • Jack Rogers
  • Bo Schlosser
  • Res Seibels
  • Ethan Sides
  • Wyatt Stimart
  • Xavier Van Dyke
  • Sebastian Wise

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Also recognized on Monday were the newest members of the Junior Honor Society. To be eligible, students must achieve a 90.0 average over three consecutive semesters in grades 7 through 10 at MBA. Maintaining an 85.0 average is required to remain in the society.

8th Grade: Quinn Alderman, Roman Amara, James Barclay, Liam Barkley, Leo Bourgeois, Lawton Brown, Powell Byram, Paul Campbell, Drew Cleek, Townes Clements, Yates Crosby, John Crosslin, Ben Deerkoski, Simpson Douglas, Rainer Englert, Drake Gambill, James Green, Graham Haithcoat, Jude Hamilton, Wesley Herbold, Adrian Hufford, Blake Kitchin, Noble Kocher, Thomas Longmuir, Merritt MacGaw, Ishmeet Majhail, Caden Minniear, James Morrison, Charlie Nord, Tucker Paxton, Reed Pennington, Kemp Presley, Gus Rogers, Benno Rolli, Miller Ruehling, Charlie Runzo, Turner Rutledge, Thomas Rutterer, Robert Sawyer, Max Schlosser, Christian Sizemore, Andrew Smith, Alex Soloon, John Spencer, Augie Stolldorf, Henry Telfeyan, Tripp Tompkins, Christopher Topping, Thomas Wootten, Harrison Wray

9th Grade: Will Becker, Buddy Betbeze, Jude Bonvissuto, Ilya Borousov, Loch Brown, Brandt Chretian, Roan Daniels, Lewis Jalovec, Campbell Pearson, Remi Sabbe, George Salloum, John Phillip Simpson, Jack Sullivan, Jackson Swygert, Alex Vari, Alex Yang

10th Grade: Eliot Chamberlain, Bennett Conyers, John Dryden, Sebastian Hetrick, Brayden Jackson, Brendan Melehan, Joseph Oluwole, Hank Smith, William Stimart, Cole Tomichek, Evan Xu

Congratulations to both the newest members of Cum Laude and Junior Honor Society for their demonstration of excellence in the classroom!