Alum Awards

Each year we celebrate our remarkable community of alums with a series of awards. 

• Distinguished Alumna Award
• Castilleja Service Award
• Alum Athletic Hall of Fame (NEW)
• Casti Cup Award

Awards are presented at our Reunion/Alum Day in the fall. All nominations will be reviewed. Those alums celebrating milestone years are prioritized for awards.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD
Castilleja School presents the Distinguished Alumna Award annually to an alum who has consistently demonstrated the values of the 5Cs (courage, charity, conscience, courtesy, and character) in her personal, professional, and community life. 

• Nominate an alum for the Distinguished Alumna Award

OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD

The Outstanding Service Award was created to honor alums who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the school and whose dedication has benefited the Castilleja community in significant and meaningful ways.

• Nominate an alum for the Outstanding Service Award 

ALUM ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME (NEW IN 2024)

Castilleja’s Alum Athletic Hall of Fame honors impactful alums, coaches, and administrators who meaningfully advance their sport and inspire our community through athletic excellence and sportsmanship.

• Nominate an alum for the Alum Athletic Hall of Fame 

CASTILLEJA CUP AWARD
The Castilleja Cup Award is given to the class with the most giving participation during the school's fiscal year. 

PAST RECIPIENTS

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD

1981 – Margarita Espinosa ’22
1982 – Pauline Chamberlain Chickering ’20
1983 – Cynthia Kaiser Roberts ’51
1983 – Joan Terbell Roberts ’52
1984 – Carol Ann Smith Tinsley ’55
1984 – Perry Bradford McGilvray ’35
1985 – Blair Walker Stratford ’56
1986 – Onyet Geer ’34
1987 – Gail Wilson Zetter ’64
1987 – Nancy Ditz ’72
1988 – Patricia Hunter Gregory ’64
1989 – Diane Pickering Gibbs ’31
1990 – Louise Merritt Welsh ’31
1991 – Evelyn Carey Niebel ’17
1991 – Loraine Marks Newman ’17
1992 – Catherine Clift Peck ’31
1992 – Alison Beach Cooper ’61
1993 – Margaret Ely Pringle ’71
1994 – Joanne De Phillips ’62
1995 – Anne Flatland Macdonald ’80
1996 – Anita Seipp ’71
1997 – Nancy Hoffman ’76
1998 – Sarah Wallace ’73
1999 – Adrienne Hiscox Mitchell ’44
2000 – Honor Berger Spitz ’62
2001 – Sally Stewart Harris ’76
2002 – Penny Pritzker ’77
2003 – Heather Allen Pang ’84
2004 – Joanna Busza ’90
2005 – Elizabeth Bonn ’25
2006 – Linda Sue Little Strand ’76
2007 – Joyce Adams Hanna–Smith ’52
2008 – Jhumki Basu ’94
2009 – Christina Hansen McClure ’71
2010 – Laura Arrillaga–Andreessen ’88
2011 – Kirsten Tobey Saenz ’96
2012 – Pamela Hawley ’87
2013 – Lindsay Austin Louie ’98
2014 – Cindy Swanson Miller ’64
2015 – Ursula Kinney Ringham ’90
2016 – Neelam Noorani '91
2017 – Debra Drake Hiraki '72
2018 – Leslie Cardozo Stafford '93
2019 – Georgie Gleim '69
2020– Julie Packard '70
2021– Emily White Kelly '96
2022 – Nancy Osbourne '67
2023 – Orelia Merchant '88
2024 - Judy Lawrence ’69

OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD

2001 – Heidi Singhoff Brown '74 (Alumnae Service Award)
2016 – Maggie Pringle Grauer ‘71
2017 – Courtney Carter Charney ‘97
2019 – Pratima Sethi ‘94
2020 – Anne Flatland Macdonald '80
2021 – Blair Walker Stratford '56
2022 – Elizabeth Babb ’82
2022 – Hala Kurdi Cozadd ’92
2023 – Sydney Larson ’03
2024 - Heather Allen Pang ’84

ALUM ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME (NEW IN 2024)

2024 – Jessica Hazlett Kaplow ’04

CASTILLEJA CUP AWARD

2015 – Class of 1990
2016 – Class of 1986 & Class of 1991
2017 – Class of 1987
2018 – Class of 2008
2019 – Class of 2004
2020 – Class of 2010
2021– Class of 1986
2022 – Class of 1972
2023 – Class of 2003
2024 - Class of 2004