Athens Academy’s Model United Nations team spent January 29-30, 2022, participating in the  annual high school Model UN conference hosted by the UGA collegiate team. Over 300 students from  high schools from across Georgia were in attendance. Athens Academy’s team included 29 students representing the countries of Mexico and Pakistan, in addition to several individual roles in the “crisis  committees.” 

This year sets two new records for the Athens Academy Model UN team: most individual awards  (12 students recognized) and our first delegation award, Distinguished Large Delegation. This award is  considered second place in the overall conference. In addition, senior Brayden Edmonds was named  Best Delegate for the Bermuda Triangle Crisis Committee; this is only the second time in Athens  Academy Model UN history that a student has won this award. 

Congratulations to the following winners: 

• Taylor Dorsey ‘22 - Verbal Commendation, Three Kingdoms of Ancient China Crisis Committee • Annie Cross ‘22 & Elizabeth Marx ’22 - Best Position Paper, Pakistan, General Assembly 3rd  Committee 
• Michael Klass ’22 - Best Position Paper, Pakistan, UNICEF Committee 
• Daniel Huang ’22 - Best Position Paper, Legend of Korra Crisis Committee 
• Kartik Menke ’25 - Honorable Mention, 2024 Olympic Reform Crisis Committee • Ingrid Nilsson ’22 - Honorable Mention, Legend of Korra Crisis Committee 
• Imana Adogu ‘22 & Kathryn Nichols ’22 - Distinguished Delegates, Pakistan, General Assembly  1st Committee 
• Anvesha Das ’24 - Distinguished Delegate, Pakistan, Organization of Islamic Cooperation • Davis Slate ’22 - Distinguished Delegate, Pakistan, Legend of Korra Crisis Committee • Brayden Edmonds ’22 - Best Delegate, Bermuda Triangle Crisis Committee 
• Pakistan - Distinguished Large Delegation – Imana Adogu, Annie Cross, Michael Klass, Elizabeth  Marx, Kathryn Nichols, Taylor Leach ‘23, Karan Tongia ‘23, Anvesha Das ‘24, Margalit Mauricio  ‘24, Om Patel ‘24, and Renee Cargill ’25. 

According to faculty advisor Dr. Allison Turney, “I couldn't be more proud of [this team]! They made  our weekly practices fun and cheerfully engaged the research and procedural practice necessary to  prepare for conference.” She continues, “Every time I visited the committee rooms, our students were  engaged and working hard to address real, complex global issues. It was most gratifying to see their  good work recognized during the Closing Ceremonies.” 

Dr. Turney also celebrates the leadership on this team: “As you can see, this year's team was led by  an extraordinarily gifted group of seniors. It has been a joy to work with many of them for multiple  seasons, and they will be greatly missed next year.”

Athens Academy is an independent, co-educational school for students in K3 through 12th grade,  located on a beautiful 152-acre campus in Northeast Georgia. Now in its 55thyear, Athens Academy  pursues its mission of “excellence with honor” through academics, athletics, fine arts, and service and  leadership. Ranked the #1 private school in Athens, #9 private school in the state of Georgia, and #1  private school outside Metro Atlanta (Niche.com).  

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