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Ten Illawarra students have excelled in a number of their HSC subjects to feature in the all-round achievers’ list. Hundreds of Illawarra students were recognised as distinguished achievers.
This prestigious ‘all-rounders’ honour is afforded only to the students who achieved a result in the highest band (Band 6 or Band E4) in 10 or more units of courses in their current pattern of study.
- Scroll down to see a full list of the Illawarra’s top achievers, distinguished achievers and all-rounders
Smiths Hill High School students dominated this list. Eight of the the 10 Illawarra students on the all-round achievers’ list came from the Wollongong school.
The other two spots were taken by The Illawarra Grammar School (TIGS) duo Risini Gamage and Ji Yoon Kang.
Interestingly all but one of the 10 all-rounders was a female student.
Seven other Illawarra students also made the top achievers’ list, after finishing in the top 10 in one or more of their subjects.
Smiths Hill High School again did well, with three students on the list.
Kiama High School was next best with two, with Shellharbour Anglican College (Dunmore) and St Mary Star of the Sea College having one student each on the list.
The St Mary Star of the Sea College student Christina Chiaverini actually topped the state to finish first in the Legal Studies course.
Smiths Hill pair Jasmine Lowe (Indonesian Beginners) and Hannah Robinson (Swedish Continuers) also topped the state in their respective HSC course.
The Illawarra’s all-rounders
- Cathleen Li – Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong)
- Isabella Matthews – Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong)
- Leyla Meharg – Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong)
- Agapi Miyakis – Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong)
- Layla Sparenburg – Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong)
- Andrew Patrick Virgona – Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong)
- Manisha Wijekulasuriya – Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong)
- Tianyue Zheng – Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong)
- Risini Dilara Haththotuwe Gamage – The Illawarra Grammar School (Wollongong West)
- Ji Yoon Kang – The Illawarra Grammar School (Wollongong West)
The Illawarra’s top achievers
- Binta Mariama McKern – Kiama High School
- Sarah Louise Cafe – Kiama High School
- Tianyue Zheng – Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong)
- Jackalyn Fera – Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong)
- Jesse Oyston – Smiths Hill High School (Wollongong)
- Christina Chiaverini – St Mary star of the Sea College
- D'arcy Lawrence – Shellharbour Anglican College (Dunmore)
The Illawarra's HSC 2018 distinguished achievers
- Nina Rose Adams - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Sara Al Arnoos - - Keira High School
- Chloe Angel - - Smiths Hill High School
- Faith Apps - - Woonona High School
- Cara Aylett - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Madeline Bain - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Nikhil Balaji - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Connor Baldwin - - Woonona High School
- Lara Balog - - Kiama High School
- Charlie Banks-Robinson - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Hannah Bannerman - - Smiths Hill High School
- Alecia Barnes - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Ryan Barrie - - Edmund Rice College
- Jamie Bebb - - Smiths Hill High School
- Astrid Elouise Bell - - Bulli High School
- Daniel Bellinato - - Edmund Rice College
- Flynn Bethke - - Corpus Christi Catholic High School
- Harold Borbilas - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Michael Borg - - Holy Spirit College
- Sophia Rose Borserio - - Kiama High School
- Isabella Bosevski - - Holy Spirit College
- Jemima Boswell - - Illawarra Christian School
- Samuel Bradbury - - Edmund Rice College
- Sarah Bradley - - Smiths Hill High School
- Max Bramble - - Edmund Rice College
- Kaleb Brande - - Illawarra Christian School
- Ruby Alexandra Brown - - Bulli High School
- Samir Burhan - - Smiths Hill High School
- Samantha Burnett - - Smiths Hill High School
- Isabella (Ellie) Burnett - - Shellharbour Anglican College
- Finlay Matthew Bursill - - Shellharbour Anglican College
- Lottie Cabassi-Power - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Sarah Louise Cafe - - Kiama High School
- Lleyton Callaway - - St Joseph's Catholic High School
- Clayton Campbell - - Edmund Rice College
- Hannah Carlon - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Jemma Carroll - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Teresa Carter - - St Joseph's Catholic High School
- Erin Carter - - Holy Spirit College
- Alexandra Cartmill - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Kaylan Castaldi - - Edmund Rice College
- Eric Castelli - - Edmund Rice College
- Ryan Castles - - St Joseph's Catholic High School
- Jake Cavdarovski - - Edmund Rice College
- Remi Cesare - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Max Charles - - Smiths Hill High School
- Curtis Charlesworth - - Holy Spirit College
- Christina Chiaverini - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Thomas Chin - - Smiths Hill High School
- Lily Clarke - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Lachlan Clarke - - Calderwood Christian School
- Olivia Cleal - - Holy Spirit College
- Elise Coleman - - Illawarra Christian School
- Robert Coleman - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Sean Collyer - - Holy Spirit College
- Holly Colquhoun - - Holy Spirit College
- Karlia Cook - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Harrison Covetz - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Nathan James Cowgill - - Kiama High School
- Madeline Cranney - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Carla Crapis - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Lara Crapis - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Holly Crapis - - Holy Spirit College
- Georgia Cross - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Tiegan Paris Dakin - - Dapto High School
- Lachlan Dale - - Edmund Rice College
- Joseph Daly - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Ruby Dang - - Illawarra Sports High School
- Emma Davey - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Gemma Davis - - Woonona High School
- Georgia De Battista - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Luke Dirk De Jonge - - Bulli High School
- Simon De Mayo - - Smiths Hill High School
- Michelle de Ruyter - - Smiths Hill High School
- Jyi Den Boogert - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Marten Deng - - Smiths Hill High School
- Miles Denison-Pender - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Caitlin Deverell - - Figtree High School
- Claire Dimovski - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Oliver Dostal - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Abbey May Doyle - - Kiama High School
- Ashley Dribbus - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Jessie Yishan Du - - Smiths Hill High School
- Miranda du Toit - - Bulli High School
- Miles Dyer - - Shellharbour Anglican College
- Jeremy Eager - - Woonona High School
- Rebecca Eager - - Smiths Hill High School
- Madeline Eaton - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Henry Eklund - - Keira High School
- Sophie May Elbourn - - Albion Park High School
- Nadine Et Tash - - Keira High School
- Emily Evans - - Shellharbour Anglican College
- Olivia Fahey - - Cedars Christian College
- Lorena Farreras - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Jackalyn Fera - - Smiths Hill High School
- Angus Ferguson - - Edmund Rice College
- Emma Fernandez - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Jacob Figliomeni - - Edmund Rice College
- Callum Flanagan - - Edmund Rice College
- Toumanda Fohrman - - St Joseph's Catholic High School
- Joshua Foreman - - Smiths Hill High School
- Maya Francis - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Noella Franklin - - Smiths Hill High School
- Risini Dilara Haththotuwe Gamage - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Mackenzie Garcia - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Grace Gargett - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Tim Gaynor - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Mae Gibbeson - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Alice Gill - - Smiths Hill High School
- Emily Gollop - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Jasmine Grace Goncalves - - Warilla High School
- Samuel Goodhew - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- India Catherine Goss Maher - - Bulli High School
- Isabella Gould - - Smiths Hill High School
- Riley Graham - - Holy Spirit College
- Sophie Jean Grant - - Kiama High School
- Rachel Grant - - Smiths Hill High School
- James Green - - Smiths Hill High School
- Holly Gregory - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Damien Grew - - Smiths Hill High School
- Sophie Gulloch - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Jasmin Habib - - Corpus Christi Catholic High School
- Grady Harland - - Smiths Hill High School
- Tylah Heany - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Sophie Heffernan - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Charley Heyblok - - Shellharbour Anglican College
- Grace Heyblok - - Shellharbour Anglican College
- Tianna Heydon - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Lucia Hilderson - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Harry Hill - - Cedars Christian College
- Dominic Hinton - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Jacqueline Holliday - - Smiths Hill High School
- Keely Honner - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Emily Jane Hoole - - Kiama High School
- Luke Horsley - - Smiths Hill High School
- Zahli Mia Howard - - Kiama High School
- Owen Howard - - Figtree High School
- Jonah Hurley - - Edmund Rice College
- Ruby Hutton - - Smiths Hill High School
- Rebekah Hutton - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Sam Inzinger - - Woonona High School
- Nathan Issa - - Edmund Rice College
- Madison Jankulovski - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Aimee Jeffries - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Jessica Jenkins - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Jarrod Nathan Jeszczenko - - Dapto High School
- Georgia Jewell - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Uditha Jith - - Smiths Hill High School
- Sophie Johnson - - Figtree High School
- Sarah Therese Johnston - - Albion Park High School
- Kiara Johnston - - Holy Spirit College
- Caitlin Jones - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Emma Jones - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Zachary Joseph-Wood - - Bulli High School
- Adile Kaban - - Keira High School
- Ji Yoon Kang - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Amy Karaiste - - Smiths Hill High School
- Adam Karayiannis - - Smiths Hill High School
- Jonathan Keyes - - Edmund Rice College
- Hamaad Khan - - Smiths Hill High School
- Dalton Kiesel - - Edmund Rice College
- Cobe Klenke - - Corpus Christi Catholic High School
- Olivia Knight - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Noah Koder - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Alice Ruby Latham - - Bulli High School
- D'arcy Lawrence - - Shellharbour Anglican College
- Kelvin Le - - Smiths Hill High School
- Benjamin Learmonth - - Edmund Rice College
- Georgia Grace Lee - - Kiama High School
- Sarah Leffley - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Tahlia Legradi - - Smiths Hill High School
- Cathleen Li - - Smiths Hill High School
- Yuzi Li - - Smiths Hill High School
- Jacob Joe Lia - - Albion Park High School
- Ella-Jay Libro - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Kye Linsley - - Woonona High School
- Lihini Liyanaarachchi - - Smiths Hill High School
- Zachary Lopresti - - Holy Spirit College
- Rhys Lorenc - - Smiths Hill High School
- Caterina Lucia Loss - - Kiama High School
- Jasmine Low - - Smiths Hill High School
- Jessica Elizabeth Lynn - - Albion Park High School
- Alana Maclean-Dowling - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Cliodhna Mari Maguire - - Bulli High School
- Tiahn Makin - - Corpus Christi Catholic High School
- Erin Maltby - - Smiths Hill High School
- Sarah Manche - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Ellen Manson - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Jonathon Marinceski - - Edmund Rice College
- Lachlan Marks - - Edmund Rice College
- Katie Yuwan Marle - - Dapto High School
- Jana Massingham - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Cody Mathews - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Isabella Matthews - - Smiths Hill High School
- Jasmine Matthews - - Smiths Hill High School
- Ellie Mavromattis - - Holy Spirit College
- Kyle Mayes - - Edmund Rice College
- Jackson McBeath - - Edmund Rice College
- Brandon McConnell - - Edmund Rice College
- Luke McCrudden - - Figtree High School
- Blake McDougall - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Binta Mariama McKern - - Kiama High School
- Thomas Mclennan - - Illawarra Christian School
- Lily McMahon - - Smiths Hill High School
- Leyla Meharg - - Smiths Hill High School
- Bianca Mendicino - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Caitlin Mewett - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Abeni Mierendorff - - Calderwood Christian School
- Demitra Mintzas - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Kara Renee Mitchell - - Kiama High School
- Agapi Miyakis - - Smiths Hill High School
- Dallas Mojanovski - - Edmund Rice College
- Zachary Montgomery - - Edmund Rice College
- Lachlan Morgan - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Cassidy Morris - - Corpus Christi Catholic High School
- Jaeden Mourmourakis - - Edmund Rice College
- Jacob Mudge - - Corpus Christi Catholic High School
- Chloe Muir - - Smiths Hill High School
- Campbell Murphy - - Smiths Hill High School
- Catherine Murphy - - Smiths Hill High School
- Alexandra Eleanor Murphy - - Bulli High School
- Sreshtu Najeendran Nair - - Edmund Rice College
- Chloe Naumovski - - Smiths Hill High School
- Quoc Khanh Ngo - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Emily Nicholson - - Woonona High School
- Annie Nikolovski - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Jack Noli - - Five Islands Secondary College
- Jacob Nunes - - St Joseph's Catholic High School
- Savannah O'Connell - - Smiths Hill High School
- Rose O'Donnell - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Saskia O'George - - Smiths Hill High School
- Charlotte Owen - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Jesse Oyston - - Smiths Hill High School
- Jayden Pacitto - - Edmund Rice College
- William Pang - - Illawarra Christian School
- Emily Pannell - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- SeHee Park - - Smiths Hill High School
- Kerisha Parkes - - Smiths Hill High School
- Emma Parrish - - Holy Spirit College
- Kaisha Parsons - - Woonona High School
- Johnathan Passaliokis - - Holy Spirit College
- Lathan Kell Patrikka - - Albion Park High School
- Mia Perusco - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- George Peter - - Edmund Rice College
- Mara Rose Peterson - - Bulli High School
- Tiana Petkovska - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Ebony Petre - - Holy Spirit College
- Cindy Pham - - Smiths Hill High School
- Lahni Phillipson - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Benjamin Pipino - - Edmund Rice College
- Luke Tamaau Pirangi - - Dapto High School
- Riley Plat - - Smiths Hill High School
- Kieren Ian Pollard - - Kiama High School
- Naomi Poscoliero - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Aden Povrzenic - - Edmund Rice College
- Jarrad Pritchard - - Keira High School
- Jade Radjevic - - Holy Spirit College
- Anshuman Raut - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Janisha Ricardo - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Tahlia Richardson - - Shellharbour Anglican College
- Rachel Ristovski - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Liilu Helene Roberts - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Freya Robinson - - Woonona High School
- Hannah Robinson - - Smiths Hill High School
- Jacqui Roncato - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Marley Rooney - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Lucy Rorris - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Opal Russell - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Juan Sanchez Nuesch - - Edmund Rice College
- Harry Sanzone - - Smiths Hill High School
- Charlea Schembri - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Abby Schubert - - Calderwood Christian School
- Teeya Scolamiero - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Hannah Scott - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Darcy Scrine - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Holly Sears - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Suvimon Sengthong - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Lwam Seyoum - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Joshua Shalala - - Edmund Rice College
- Samuel Shalala - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Sarah Shin - - Keira High School
- Jeffrey Siby - - Edmund Rice College
- Ashley Lavoynne Silaen - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Oceana Silvester - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Lucinda Simpson - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Mildred Sin - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Alesia Skora - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Sandon Small - - Woonona High School
- Jayden Smileski - - Figtree High School
- Hannah Smith - - Keira High School
- Eric Smith - - Smiths Hill High School
- Lara Smith - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Scarlet Smithies - - Smiths Hill High School
- Layla Sparenburg - - Smiths Hill High School
- Mia Specia - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Jezebel Spence - - Woonona High School
- Max Steinke - - Smiths Hill High School
- Annalise Stewart - - Smiths Hill High School
- Molly Stewart - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Kya Stewart - - Cedars Christian College
- Jayden Sullivan - - Illawarra Christian School
- Lance Tarrant - - Figtree High School
- Lachlan Theobald - - Corrimal High School
- Jazmin Tikkeros - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Lachlan Todd - - Holy Spirit College
- Georgia Tolhurst - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Georgia Tolman - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Nicola Tomlin - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Matilda Toohey - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Amy Townsend - - Holy Spirit College
- Luke Guiseppe Tripi - - Albion Park High School
- Shamiran Turnbull - - Holy Spirit College
- Adam Hope Turner - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Molly Turton - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Tyla Van Duin - - Holy Spirit College
- Jonah Vanderschoor - - Illawarra Christian School
- Paris Vergan - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Katherine Vicary - - Kiama High School
- Andrew Patrick Virgona - - Smiths Hill High School
- Ivana Vrcelj - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Caleb Walker - - Woonona High School
- Erin Wall - - Woonona High School
- Ella Warburton - - Keira High School
- David Watson - - Figtree High School
- Tara Weall - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- James Wearing - - Smiths Hill High School
- Naia Webb - - Smiths Hill High School
- Cassandra Webber - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Tianze Wei - - Smiths Hill High School
- Gabrielle Weine - - Smiths Hill High School
- Georgia Weir - - Corpus Christi Catholic High School
- Brooke Welsh - - St Mary Star of the Sea College
- Lauren White - - Smiths Hill High School
- William Whitehouse - - Edmund Rice College
- Abbey Whitelock - - Illawarra Christian School
- David Widjaja - - Illawarra Christian School
- Manisha Wijekulasuriya - - Smiths Hill High School
- Shalini Wijekulasuriya - - Smiths Hill High School
- Benjamin Williams - - Calderwood Christian School
- Jesse Williams - - Corpus Christi Catholic High School
- Alexander Wilson - - The Illawarra Grammar School
- Julius Wittfoth - - Smiths Hill High School
- Rowey May Worner Butcher - - Kiama High School
- Chloe Wright - - Figtree High School
- Angela Xia - - Smiths Hill High School
- Pavadol Yamsiri - - Smiths Hill High School
- Alyssa Zanotto - - Holy Spirit College
- Soraya Zapata - - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Jelena Zeljkovic - - Smiths Hill High School
- Tianyue Zheng - - Smiths Hill High School
- Xinlei Zhou - - Keira High School
- Amro Zoabe - - Keira High School