The Academic Dinner at the start of Week 3 acknowledged the highest individual scholarly achievements of 2023. There were 26 students honoured for attaining High Distinction averages and another 103 honoured for attaining Distinction average in 2023. That is a very healthy 40% of the 2023 cohort.  Eleven of them were awarded University prizes for 2023. Another 41, all Freshers, are winners of University’s Entry awards for 2024. The full list is below.  

The Guest of Honour was Professor Nicholas Davis who was at Paul’s 1997-2001 and is Industry Professor of Emerging Technology and teaches about artificial intelligence at UTS. Nick presented the College prizes and spoke to the gathering about his career, which included being a senior member of staff at the World Economic Forum, and how he structured his life and learning goals around a model rather than a plan.  

Nick competed LLB while at Paul’s and later an MBA at Oxford. As well as a professorship at UTS he is also co-Director of the Human Technology Institute (HTI). HTI aims to put human values at the centre of Australia’s capability to develop, deploy and govern emerging technologies, thereby ensuring they are accountable, accurate, fair and fit-for-purpose.  He was formerly the World Economic Forum’s Head of Society and Innovation and a member of the Forum’s Executive Committee.

Ben Varela (saxophone) and Alexander Back (piano) performed ‘The Swan’ from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) during the dinner.

The College is delighted to also acknowledge and congratulate its prize winners for 2023:

• PRIZE FOR HIGHEST ANNUAL AVERAGE MARK (FRESHER): Ben Varela
• PRIZE FOR HIGHEST ANNUAL AVERAGE MARK (SENIOR): Ed Taylor
• ST PAUL’S COLLEGE TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD, awarded to the most outstanding Tutor nominated by their fellow students: Ed Taylor
• MCWILLIAM PRIZE, Established through the generosity of Bruce McWilliam (College 1974-79),
• later a Fellow and Bursar of the College, awarded for Law other than final year and for service to College: Jack Holt and Julian Visalli
• JUDGE HUMFRY HENCHMAN PRIZE, in memory of Hereward John Humfry Henchman (College 1922-28), Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW and Judge of all District Courts in NSW, awarded to a student in final year Law: [Not Awarded]
• SIR IAN MCFARLANE PRIZE, in memory of Ian McFarlane (College 1941-44), engineer, economist, philanthropist and major innovator in exploration for shale oil in Australia, awarded for exceptional results in Economics and/or Commerce and for service to College: Alessandro Petagna
• PORTUS PRIZE, in memory of Garnet Vere Portus (College 1903-04), the College’s first Rhodes Scholar, awarded for exceptional examination results in History, Economic History or Philosophy: Isander Mesimeris
• UTHER PRIZE, established by a bequest from Allan Hammill Uther (College 1888-90), principal founder of the University Sports Union and Fellow of the College, awarded for three years’ distinguished examination results and service to College: Riley Jones

Examination Results 2023

High Distinction Average (85-100)

• Jack Bouvier
• Andrew Brennan
• Kate Brenner
• Ashley Buchanan
• William Defina
• Tia Durovich
• Rebecca Galeano
• Nicholas Horne
• Riley Jones
• Ben Lee
• Jack Lockhart
• Tommy Lu
• Austin Markwick
• Luka Mattani
• Isander Mesimeris
• Abbey Ridgewell
• Miku Sugimura
• Edward Taylor
• Isabella Taylor
• Elinor Trevelyan-Jones
• Lucy Tucker
• Ben Varela
• Julian Visalli
• Luka Vujanovic
• Adam Wong
• Andy Xie

Distinction Average (75-84.99)

• Luke Amjah
• Mitchell Arcus
• Fergus Back
• Alexander Back
• Mia Baggett
• Annica Bendall
• Hamish Beveridge
• Charlie Bishop
• Henry Blackwell
• Claire Blattman
• Ryan Bond
• Eric Bong
• Sakura Brennan
• Benjamin Broadley
• Thomas Burge
• Rohan Cameron
• Allegra Carlton
• Samuel Choi
• Elodie Crichton
• Jack Dawson
• Alice Dawson-Damer
• Gabriel Desiderio
• Charles Dight
• Lachlan Donaldson
• Michael Dowe
• Nicholas Dower
• William Edwards
• Alexandra Edwards
• James Edwards
• Louis Eglinton
• Chloe Gunning
• Joshua Hall-Johnston
• Max Hammond
• Phoebe Henry
• Archer Howard
• Finn Johnson
• Annika Johnson
• Harry Joils
• Helen Jordan
• Hugh Jordan
• Dominic Kadmon
• Caleb Kadmon
• Elise Kraska
• Armand Larché
• Olivia Laverty
• Matthew Leijer
• Christopher Lennox
• Leo Li
• Ryan Lynch
• Juliet Malcolm
• Rocco Marcolongo
• Owen Marschner
• Velvet Martino Zlojutro
• Samuel Matruglio
• Sam McCredie
• Zoe McHutchison
• Michael Mingay
• Theodore Mower
• Lucy O’Brien
• Eugenie O’Rourke
• Jack Parker
• Alessandro Petagna
• Maximilian Philips
• Mathu Pushpakumar
• Thomas Ramsay
• Alexander Ranson
• Dylan Reid
• Zoe Renowden
• Samuel Richards
• Holly Richards
• Aidan Riethmuller
• William Rivlin
• Timothy Robinson
• Alexander Robinson
• Jack Sandelin
• James Saywell
• Harry Scambler
• Joseph Scopas
• Gabe Scott
• Belle Sherlock
• Aakash Singh
• Toby Smith
• Mia Sorensen
• Georgia St John
• William Stafford
• Joska Steinbusch
• Joshua Taleb
• Phoebe Then
• Alexandre Thevenon
• Olivia Thoma
• Orlando Throsby
• Simon Toscan
• Joshua Turner
• Charlie Veeneklaas
• Matilda Walker
• Bligh Walter
• Everett Whelan
• Gemma White
• Lucas Woods
• Jason Zhu He

University Prizes and Awards 2023 (as notified to date)

• Dalyell Scholar (awarded on 1st Year university results): William Edwards
• Dean’s List of Excellence: Bryson Constable (Economics), Austin Markwick (Engineering), Luka Mattani (Vet. Science), Julian Visalli (Law)
• Business School Change Maker Scholarship: Ryan Lynch
• Ashurst Litigation Prize: Julian Visalli
• PD Jack Prize: Rocco Marcolongo, Armand Larché
• Walter Reid Memorial Prize: Charles Dight, Sophie Jones

Awards on Entry to University 2024

Dalyell Scholars:

• Zoe Anderson
• Jackson Beck
• Heidi Best
• Jackson Broad
• Libby Carey
• Aidan Cheung
• Luke Chopra
• William Cox
• Oscar Everett
• Tom Girle
• Ella Graves
• Sean Hamadi
• Olivia Hills
• Charlotte Hocking
• Sahara Hotchin
• Arlo Johns-Hammond
• Matilda Johnson
• Darcy Maple-Brown
• James McCreery
• Ethan Melton
• Grace Merrilees
• Francesca Richards
• Robert Sanderson
• Maya Stapleton
• Zoe Thompson
• Tom Wait
• Levi Williams
• Ella Winterbottom
• Lily Wood
• Sophie Wright
• William Wright

Chancellor’s Scholarships: Stella Constable, Grace Merrilees

Business School Change Maker Scholarship: Jack Beck

Business School Scholarship for All-Round Excellence: Victoria Spark

Women in Engineering Excellence Scholarship: Christine Smith, Jacqueline Masamba

SUSF Elite Athlete Scholarship: Sophie Bradshaw (AFL), Eleanor Campbell (Water Polo), Grace Morrow (Sailing), George Perkins (Athletics), Mason O’Brien (Water Polo)