For the first time in the award's 47-year history, two Launceston College students have been awarded the college's highest honour - the Vicki Daymond Award.
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This year it went to students Ruby Edmunds and Olivia Wenn.
Ruby and Olivia were one of 20 award winners at the college's in-house presentation night this year.
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Assistant principal Elizabeth Williams said the pair were equally deserving and from what she had seen in the year 12 class in 2020, the future was in good hands.
"We couldn't narrow it down between the two of them. Because it was just so close and they both are exceptional," she said.
"I think it's an absolute testament to the students who have shown perseverance, grit, resilience, positivity, cheerfulness, kindness and consideration to one another throughout the year that we're in really good hands heading into the future."
The first half of the duo, 18-year-old Ruby is the college's outgoing student president and an experienced sailor, as the national youth champion and female champion for the NS14 class.
Her presidency was driven by inclusiveness and she hopes to take that into university as she looks to study occupational therapy.
"I wanted to make sure ... that everyone is represented from all different walks of life in the college and that everyone has a deeper understanding of each other," she said.
The duo both acknowledged how hard COVID-19 had been on their grade with the uncertainty, limited social interactions and cancelled events/sports, but sung praise for their teachers adaptation skills and support.
With the pair agreeing it had caused themselves and their peers to reflect on how much they had taken for granted prior to the pandemic.
The second half of the duo, 17-year-old Olivia has worked with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, School Strike for Climate and Amnesty International on issues close to her heart.
She has also been involved with the arts, having performed in the college's latest production Flashdance.
"I'm very big on the climate ... and I'm looking to move to Hobart to go to UTAS to do a Bachelor of Justice Studies," she said.
"I have just tried to get involved in as much as possible and I try to help people in any way I can."
A story on the other award winners, Hayley Older and Toby McKnight, will be in The Examiner's Friday edition.
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Isobel Cootes
Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.
Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.
