This year the Otago Boys' High School recipients are Reuben Cook and Boudewijn Keenan. Congratulations to these fine young men.

Reuben Cook

Achievements: Deputy Head Boy (2021); NCEA level 1 and 2 with excellence; academic blues (2019, 2020); gold Maadi Cup U18 quad, bronze U18 double (2021); gold NZ Rowing Championships men's club double, silver men's club single (2021); gold South Island Secondary Schools U17 quad, gold U17 single (2020); NZ 1000m lightweight 15-16 ergometer record (3:08.0); NZ junior men's quad team (2021); Otago school boy rower of the year (2020, 2021); Stroke of Otago men's interprovincial 8+ (2019, 2020); school rowing club captain (2019-21); 1st XI football (2019-21); Southern national age group team (20018); 3rd Otago U17 boys cross-country (2019); 1st school athletics 1500m (2021).

Role model: "All the boys who have been before me at Otago Boys' rowing."

Hopes for the future: To study at the University of Otago or overseas, and trial for the Paris 2024 Olympic rowing team.

Boudewijn Keenan

Achievements: Prefect (2021); NCEA levels 1, 2, and 3 with excellence; academic blues (2019, 2020); National Youth Orchestra (2020, 2021), principal cellist (2020); NZCT Chamber Music Contest national semifinalist (2021); 3rd Dunedin Concerto Competition (2021); NZ Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra (2018, 2019); Dunedin Symphony Orchestra (2020); Dunedin Youth Orchestra Young Musicians' Award (2020); A+ University of Otago Music 141 cello performance paper (2020); studying University of Otago 241 cello performance paper (2021); studying University of Canterbury math 199 (2021); 1st Otago-Southland Regional Schools Debating Championship (2021); Aotearoa Online Schools Debating premier grade quarterfinalist (2020); Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and Silver Awards.

Role model: Professional cellist Johannes Moser.

Hopes for the future: To continue studying music and performance cello at the University of Otago, possibly alongside French, physics or business.

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