In July 2024, a total of 332 awards, including 23 Top All-Round VCE High Achiever Awards, recognised the exceptional dedication and hard work of 310 students during the 2023 VCE.
Top All-Round VCE High Achievers 2023
The Top All-Round VCE High Achiever Award is awarded to students who have achieved study scores of 46 or higher in at least 5 VCE studies. Scored VET studies are included in the count of studies.
A total of 23 students were recognised as Top All-Round VCE High Achievers.
Ronan Ahl, Scotch College
Zakariah Alansari, Ballarat Clarendon College
Agnes Ambrose, The Geelong College
Emily Chang, McKinnon Secondary College
Johnny Chen, Ivanhoe Grammar School
Pranav Choudhary, Huntingtower School
Leila Dubow, Fintona Girls' School
Natasha Ekelmans, Caulfield Grammar School
Sienna Gauci, Ballarat Clarendon College
Mason Johns, The University High School
Douglas Joshi, Balwyn High School
Jiayi Li, Fintona Girls' School
Zachary Miritis, Balwyn High School
Sam Nielsen, Haileybury College
Jonghyeon Park, Werribee Secondary College
Jiahao Qian, Mentone Grammar School
Siddharth Shrivastava, Oberon High School
Edward Stewart, Melbourne Grammar School
Christopher Tran, The University High School
Jack Voulgaris, Marcellin College
Hannah Wilcock, Mentone Girls' Grammar School
Max Zhou, Huntingtower School
Jiaxi Zhu, Yarra Valley Grammar School
Outstanding VCE Vocational Major Students 2023
The Outstanding VCE Vocational Major Student Award recognises exceptional achievement within Victoria's VCE Vocational Major, honouring students who demonstrate excellence, skills growth, and community impact.
Rhianyn Camilleri, Montmorency Secondary College
Annameike Cozens, Emmanuel College Warrnambool
Harry Graafsma, Marist-Sion College
Jessica House, Mordialloc College
Lauren Leung, Star of the Sea College
Penhale Nelu, Manor Lakes P-12 College.
Read more about each of this year’s award recipients.
Top Three International Students 2023
The order of merit for international students studying in Victoria on a student visa is based on their Premier's VCE Awards score. This score is calculated by the addition of the study scores obtained for the best 4 VCE studies plus 10% of study scores obtained in up to a maximum of 2 other VCE studies. University subjects and VET studies may contribute to the score.
Andrea Chloe Ting, St Catherine's School
Xuan Nhat Quynh Vo, Peninsula Grammar
Wei Xuen Wong, McKinnon Secondary College
Study Awards 2023
The number of awards in each study is calculated using the enrolment base in that study. There will be more awards in larger studies. Individual Graded Assessment scores are used to determine the order of merit and identify the best students. Students must have a study score of 46 or above to be eligible for an award.
A total of 300 Study Awards were presented.
Krish Gaba, Melbourne High School
Toby Grodski, Bialik College
Thivyaa Mahendran, Haileybury Girls College
Alice Molnar, St Catherine's School
Vaibhav Rao, Melbourne High School
Joshua Ong, Haileybury College
Ching Yu Wu, Trinity Grammar School
Caitlin Marshall-Pearson, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Emma O'Neill, Carey Baptist Grammar School
Nelson Bawden, Ballarat Clarendon College
Arannatee Farid, Ballarat Clarendon College
Brillant Grace Sutikno, Sacred Heart Girls' College Oakleigh
Samer Al-Widyan, Nossal High School
Seng Soon Joshua Ngieng, Mazenod College
Saksham Singh, Melbourne High School
Celina Safwan, Victorian School of Languages
Jasmine Lui, Ringwood Secondary College
Carla Morel, Siena College
Mary Moss, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Bentleigh
Amanda Purnama, Kilbreda College
Olivia Hill, Christian College Geelong
Feline Leenders, Haileybury Girls College
Mary Moss, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Bentleigh
Isabel Rigas, Westbourne Grammar School – Hoppers Crossing Campus
Maya Sandon, Victorian College for the Deaf
Lucy Westmore, Sacré Cœur
Giovanna Zurzolo, Kurunjang Secondary College
Jack Graffeo, Virtual School Victoria
Julian Borg, Parade College
Elena Canty, Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School
Kelly Lam, St Albans Secondary College
Sienna Lee, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Meron Nona, Hume Anglican Grammar
Sanjeet Sampath, Melbourne Grammar School
George Vasiliadis, St Leonard's College
Tia Arkcoll, OneSchool Global Victoria
Sienna Phillips, OneSchool Global Victoria
Eve Beccia, Ivanhoe Grammar School
Sophie Mladenovski, Firbank Grammar School
Sanula Pathiranage, Huntingtower School
Farjad Safwan, Minaret College
Tashiya Seneviratne, Nossal High School
Ethan Williams, Auburn High School
Melissa Yao, Nossal High School
Jibreel Qazi, The University High School
Samuel Ting, East Doncaster Secondary College
Michael Wheelahan, St Kevin's College Toorak
Danni Xu, Methodist Ladies' College
Rose Mary Lynn Sawmhal, Victorian School of Languages
Xinning Gan, Camberwell Girls Grammar School
Beijia Guo, Haileybury Wuhan Foreign Languages School
Ruiqiao Liang, Haileybury Senior School, Tianjin
Xinxin Zhang, Haileybury Girls College
Yuqing Zhang, Haileybury Senior School, Tianjin
Emma Wang, Loreto Mandeville Hall
Prisca Xia, Mentone Girls' Grammar School
Chanel Chen, Chinese Culture School – Northcote Campus
Merryl Chen, New Chinese Language and Culture School
Caitlyn Tao, Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School
Jiaying Lai, Chinese Culture School – Northcote Campus
William Wang, Brighton Grammar School
Jiaxuan Zhong, Presbyterian Ladies' College
James Chilcott, Xavier College
Yier Hong, Melbourne Girls Grammar
Brianna Glawitsch, Luther College
Ava Torcasio, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Bentleigh
Sara Banjanin, Sunshine College
Alyssa Cunanan, Williamstown High School
Anna Robinson, Mentone Girls' Grammar School
Malik Cosic, Victorian School of Languages
Evangeline Hamer-Smith, Michelle Rae School of Dance
Laura Patton, Cheryl Kaloger Brown School of Dance
Isabella Vohs, Kambrya College
Cari Weybury, Kambrya College
Ava Allen, Melbourne Girls Grammar
Julia Smith, Braemar College
Esther Waddington Nastri, Melbourne Girls Grammar
Eliza Doherty, Loreto Mandeville Hall
Nicole Meng, The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
Ananaya Mittal, The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
Christina Qian, Yarra Valley Grammar School
Ethan Carrington, Kyabram P-12 College
Luka Modica, Mildura Senior College
Sara Abu Asbeh, Damascus College
Freya Albrecht, Lauriston Girls' School
Amber Bailey, Haileybury Girls College
Sylvie Blair, Ballarat Clarendon College
May Du, Camberwell Girls Grammar School
Deshitha Galpayage Don, Haileybury College
Charlotte Hendrie, Haileybury Girls College
Nicole Meng, The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
Sam Nielsen, Haileybury College
Sabine Pentecost, Buckley Park College
Allegra Reid, Sacré Cœur
Gustav Scroce, Ballarat Grammar
Ying Shao, Ruyton Girls' School
Belle Shi, East Doncaster Secondary College
Emma Wang, Loreto Mandeville Hall
Isabella Waters, Haileybury Girls College
Michael Wheelahan, St Kevin's College Toorak
Sarah Wheelahan, Ruyton Girls' School
Timothy Xiao, Caulfield Grammar School
Guobin (Harry) Zheng, Kew High School
Zhi Lau, St Kevin's College Toorak
Mingdong Yang, Brighton Grammar School
Carryn Yeo, The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
Simran Agarwal, Ballarat Clarendon College
Thomas Gallacher, Scotch College
Mark Liu, Melbourne High School
Alexander Tsipos, Mazenod College
Nicola Marwick, John Monash Science School
Damon Occhiuto, Salesian College Chadstone
Jemimah Stewart, Mentone Girls' Secondary College
Ondine Thompson, Melbourne Girls Grammar
Radhika Pandit, Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College
Oscar Saffin, Virtual School Victoria
Isabella Falzon, Star of the Sea College
Trudy Phang, Suzanne Cory High School
Lauren Reed, Albert Park College
Trisha Vinesh Vijayan, Suzanne Cory High School
Youssef Faltas, St Mary's Coptic Orthodox College
Razan Kamarelddin, Islamic College of Melbourne
Anderson Pham, Wellington Secondary College
Henry Crutchfield, Geelong Grammar School
Simone Herzina, Catholic College Wodonga
Elizabeth Phan, Methodist Ladies' College
Charlotte Westaway, Kilvington Grammar School
Merric Platt, Kardinia International College
Maheet Gone, Haileybury College
April Boxer, Methodist Ladies' College
William Chen, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Rudraksha Das, Mill Park Secondary College
Oscar de Brouwer, St Michael's Grammar School
Sophie Douglas, Peninsula Grammar
Beijia Guo, Haileybury Wuhan Foreign Languages School
Nicholas McCluskey, Brighton Grammar School
Jake Medak, Xavier College
Anahita Rahman, Bacchus Marsh Grammar
Jhanvi Rajagopalan, The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
Cooper Russell, Mordialloc College
Jessie Tran, The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
Harry Vukadinovic, Xavier College
Matthew Yan, Balwyn High School
Jerrod Zha, Tintern Grammar
Youyou Zhu, Toorak College
Matthew Billing, St Bede's College
Natalie Chung, Camberwell Girls Grammar School
Austin Warfe, St Bede's College
Damon Webb, Trinity Grammar School
Moritz Dommenget, Melbourne High School
Michael Fan, Trinity Grammar School
Rhea Werner, Victorian School of Languages
Sophie Drummond-Hall, Caulfield Grammar School
Polly Hara, Sacré Cœur
Alice Tilson, Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School
Christina Kapetanea, Nestoras College
Evangelia Plakidas, Victorian School of Languages
Sarah Crawford, Ballarat Clarendon College
Sienna Gauci, Ballarat Clarendon College
Shriya Patel, Ballarat Clarendon College
Hannah Gibbs, Firbank Grammar School
Sasha Kovacs, Shelford Girls' Grammar
Jennifer MacDonald, Mater Christi College
Farjad Safwan, Minaret College
Lavanya Sharma, Glen Waverley Secondary College
Sruthy Sreekanth, Mount Waverley Secondary College
Jadon Wun, Waverley Christian College
Sonakshi Verma, Victorian School of Languages
Sara Banjanin, Sunshine College
Sophie Drummond-Hall, Caulfield Grammar School
Erin Hicks, Goulburn Valley Grammar School
Millie Nilsen, St Catherine's School
Ellen Menzies, Luther College
Aarial Wrigley, Haileybury Girls College
Matilda Hoxey, Methodist Ladies' College
Flora Bacskai, Victorian School of Languages
Borbala Kovacs, Victorian School of Languages
Cristiano Halim, Loyola College
Kimberly Setiawan, The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
Zain Wasif, Casey Grammar School
Ethan Chong, Huntingtower School
Isaak Coulter, Plenty Valley Christian College
Erin Stewardson, Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School
Greta Guerrini, Victorian School of Languages
Asia Orsini, Victorian School of Languages
Robert Simeoni, Xavier College
Sawako Fujiie, Victorian School of Languages
Haruki Kitai-Gooi, Kardinia International College
Rei Sato, Brentwood Secondary College
Clara Jang, Korean Language School of Melbourne
Ami Aggarwal, Glen Waverley Secondary College
Ryan Pham, Braybrook College
Jordan Chi, Scotch College
Jing Ru Zhang, Haileybury Girls College
Agnes Ambrose, The Geelong College
Frida Camacho Armenta, Mentone Girls' Secondary College
Scout Howden, Star of the Sea College
Azada Qasimi, Lyndhurst Secondary College
Sylvie Blair, Ballarat Clarendon College
Ruby Norman, Williamstown High School
Lucinda op't Hoog, Melbourne Girls' College
Bethany Ryan, Ivanhoe Grammar School
Albert Chen, Melbourne Grammar School
Joel Cheok, Camberwell Grammar School
Jerry Jin, Camberwell Grammar School
Christopher Lim, Scotch College
Krishav Malhotra, Melbourne High School
Leonard Shen, Brighton Grammar School
Yinan Sun, Caulfield Grammar School
Matthew Veld, Scotch College
Timothy Xiao, Caulfield Grammar School
Tom Altis, Fitzroy High School – Wurun Senior Campus
Zara Clydesdale, Gippsland Grammar
Mia Harrison, Melbourne Girls' College
Alina Ivanova, Melbourne Girls' College
Emma Sultana, Catholic Ladies' College
Chiara Kelle, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Niklas Soderstrom, St Leonard's College
Saffi Campbell Walker, Newhaven College
William Murphy, Newhaven College
Daragh Rodrigues, Haileybury College
Niklas Soderstrom, St Leonard's College
Selma El-Nahri, Nazareth College
Lilah Jenkins, Padua College
Bryn MacDonald, Billanook College
Marcus Rosman, Bellarine Secondary College
Tabitha Burge, Loreto Mandeville Hall
Alexander Chieng, Trinity Grammar School
Aaron Chuah, Melbourne Grammar School
Thomas Barker, Castlemaine Secondary College
Maxwell Nicholson, Caulfield Grammar School
Mikayla Barwell, Mentone Girls' Secondary College
Sophie O'Dwyer, Yarrawonga College P-12
Alexander Sarmas, Marcellin College
Daniel Stary, Xavier College
Sina Ghadaksaz Zadeh, Victorian School of Languages
Nooshin Khaleghi Sohi, Victorian School of Languages
Paniz Mashatar, Victorian School of Languages
Eloise Bisley, Melbourne Girls Grammar
William George, Melbourne Grammar School
Shakhram Rakhmatullaev, Melbourne Grammar School
Athena Avci, Westbourne Grammar School – Hoppers Crossing Campus
Ella Michell, Mentone Grammar School
Henry Walters, Melbourne Grammar School
Hannah Wilcock, Mentone Girls' Grammar School
Pranav Choudhary, Huntingtower School
Krishav Malhotra, Melbourne High School
Jiahao Qian, Mentone Grammar School
Samuel Slattery, Ballarat Clarendon College
Natalia Hordejuk, Victorian School of Languages
Hannah Bradtke, Yarra Valley Grammar School
Lydia Condon, Star of the Sea College
Lily Mitropoulos, Star of the Sea College
Matthew Ward, Brighton Secondary College
Isabel Catterall, Korowa Anglican Girls' School
Will Crocker, Brighton Grammar School
Matilda Crosbie, Braybrook College
Ruby Fisher, Catholic College Sale
Chaya Glasman, Beth Rivkah Ladies College
Ella Michell, Mentone Grammar School
Flynn Slater, Thornbury High School
Thomas Steuart, Oxley Christian College
Amber Watson, Frankston High School – VCE Campus
Livanureet Brar, Victorian School of Languages
Judah Goldfarb, Mount Scopus Memorial College
Zachary Goldman, Mount Scopus Memorial College
April Simpson, Marist-Sion College
Archie Antonopoulos, Haileybury College
Georgia Poole, Haileybury Girls College
Amelia Spenceley, Sandringham College
Camila Echevarria Burnie, Victorian School of Languages
Alisson Tellez Pedraza, Victorian School of Languages
Jiaqi Deng, Korowa Anglican Girls' School
Krishav Malhotra, Melbourne High School
Jonghyeon Park, Werribee Secondary College
Christopher Tran, The University High School
Joshua Ascar, Whitefriars College
Gracie Lamers, Lakeview Senior College
Kira Mascaros, Bass Coast College
Millie Skattang-Stone, Melbourne Swedish Community School
Alan Cai, Haileybury College
Edward Karunaratne, Scotch College
Igby McLaverty, Templestowe College
Krisha Rekha, Victorian Tamil Association
Mathushan Suntharamohan, Victorian Tamil Association