Year 9 students were recognised for their academic achievements, sports efforts, service and leadership at the Year 9 Prizegiving, held on the last day of the term.

The top Year 9 award is the Sir Edmund Hillary Cup. This is awarded to a Year 9 student for their classroom achievement and their commitment to the core values of Upper Hutt College. This year's recipient is Ruby Meates (9BD).

Other awards are as follows:

House Cups, awarded for All-Round Excellence in Year 9

Blake House - Kovu Leqakowailutu

Hillary House - Methuli Welegedara and Hazel Seamark

Jackson House – Manea Sua

Te Kanawa House - Henry Towersey and Layla Cocklin

Ako Class awards

9AC     1st in class - Riya Naidu

Academic Achievement – Reese Lingad, Emily Johnson

Effort - Logan Hartley, Kyle Hogh, Maja Petersen

9AK     1st in class - Methuli Welegedara

Academic Achievement – Eva Lamb, Setian Ndegwa

Effort - Maxwell Collins, Ben Salmon, Regan Stone

9BD     1st in class – Ruby Meates

Academic Achievement – Olivia Wingate, Alessandro McCaul

Effort - Elyssa Sands, Christopher Taing, Emma Waetford

9CL     1st in class – Tay Duthie

Academic Achievement – Joy Frear, Joe Travis

Effort - Annie Gray, Erin Wehrly

9CV     1st in class – Anna Irving

Academic Achievement – Piper Duncalf, Sienna Verberne

Effort - Brooke Hewer-Morgan, Emily Jahnke, Bhavi Patel

9GA     1st in class – Abbie Soper

Academic Achievement – Holly Buchanan, Kelsey Wikstrom

Effort - Violet Fargher, Ishmeet Kaur, Aster McBain

9GK     1st in class – Olivia Nielsen

Academic Achievement – Caitlyn Trevean, Bethany Fraser

Effort - Georgia Jackaman, Paige Nelson, Briana Sosa Suarez

9KI       1st in class – Eden Moody

Academic Achievement – Manea Sua, Pratheesh Sivaraman 

Effort - Kara Campbell, Sarah Claasen, AJ Maki

9SB     1st in class – Shanaya Nand

Academic Achievement – Faith Mendoza, Juliet Murphy

Effort - Sofia Baer, Emma Newson, Zara Stevens, Zay Tofaeono

9SG     1st in class – Paige Mclaughlin

Academic Achievement – Jack Adamson, Aaron Keatch

Effort - Shilah Bullmore, Axavier Campbell-Hyde, Kynthia Farley

Year 9 Spelling Bee Cup – Felicity Kepakali

ICAS Science Competition - Samuel Guntur and Reese Lingad received Certificates with Distinction.

Year 9 Certificate of Achievement

The Certificate of Achievement is an award for Junior students, recognising their academic achievement, self-management and social co-operative skills and their work completion. Attendance and participation in extra-curricular activities are also recognised.

To gain a Certificate of Achievement endorsed with Excellence, students must gain a minimum of 1200 credits out of a maximum of 1400.

Riya Naidu gained her Certificate of Achievement endorsed with Excellence with the highest total in Year 9 -1365 out of a possible 1400.

Other students who gained their Year 9 Certificate of Achievement with an Excellent endorsement include:

Pratheesh Sivaraman, Sarah Claasen, Kara Campbell, Faith Mendoza, Shanaya Nand, Brinna Cameron, Eli Love, Zara Stevens, Connor Bracey, Ishmeet Kaur, Bethany Fraser, Caitlyn Trevean, Olivia Nielsen, Paige Nelson, Heidi Wolff, Eden Moody, Manea Sua, Lucy Cawthra, Ruby Tourelle, Oakley Collins, Olive McGill, Abbie Soper, Kelsey Wikstrom, Holly Buchanan, Violet Fargher, James Ragagalo, Joy Frear, Tay Duthie, Joe Travis, Anna Irving, Emily Jahnke , Piper Duncalf, Sienna Verberne, Zoe Waight, Henry Towersey, Olivia Wingate, Anna Kennedy, Christopher Taing, James Peters, Elyssa Sands, John Booth, Methuli Welegedara, Eva Lamb, Setian Ndegwa, Brooke Hudson, Regan Stone, Ben Salmon, Ruby Meates, Alessandro McCaul, Alex Raggett, Samuel Guntur, Finn Spharler, Lily Taura-Puha, Felicity Kepakali, Ella Buckrell, Layla Cocklin, Zac Robinson, Jesse Billington, Kyle Hogh, Jothika Arun, Gemma Leiper, Tsugumi Arai, Reign Buenaventura , Samuel Pritchard Glen, Fraser Burns, Mika Homma, Felicia Goile, Maja Petersen, Emily Johnson, Keira Amberger, Reese Lingad, Mahima Kumar, Logan Hartley, Anna Boamah, Finlay O'Brien, Hazel Seamark

Year 10 Leaders in 2025

The following students were named as Year 10 leaders for 2025

Blake House: Keira Amberger, TK Tukaha Judd, Kovu Leqakowailutu, Andrew Maraura, Riya Naidu

Hillary House: Hazel Seamark, Methuli Welegedara

Jackson House: Anna Irving, AJ Maki, Manea Sua

Te Kanawa: Jesse Billington, Layla Cocklin, Ruby Meates, Henry Towersey

Sports Awards

Basketball

Shaun Salig - Junior Boys' A Most Valuable Player

Roman Daken - Junior Boys' B Most Valuable Player

Jahraiya Puriri - Junior Boys' B Most Promising Player

Football

Calvin Coughlan - Junior Boys' Most Valuable Player

Imogen Parton - Girls' Social 2 Most Promising Player

Hockey

Jamie Coombes - 1st XI Girls' Most Promising Player

Caitlyn Ferrari - 1st XI Girls' Most Valuable Player

Netball

Brinna Cameron - Junior A Most Promising Player

Emma Waetford - Junior A Most Promising Player

Caitlyn Trevean - Junior Orange Most Valuable Player

Soraya Conlon-Reweti - Junior Orange Most Promising Player

Shanaya Nand - Junior Purple Most Valuable Player

Lucy Cawthra - Junior Purple Most Promising Player

Volleyball

Faith Mendoza - Junior Girls' Blue Most Valuable Player

Jothika Arun - Junior Girls' Blue Most Promising Player

Anna Kennedy - Junior Girls' Gold Most Promising Player