Breanna shines for Te Awamutu College

• Published date: 09 November 2023
• Author: Dean Taylor
• Publication title: Te Awamutu Courier

One of the ‘stars of the show’ was Breanna Doig - a multiple award winner across academia, service and sport

Breanna Doig was runner-up to the Dux, receiving the Mexted Cup for Proxime Accessit, and was awarded the General Excellence Cup on top of an AUT Welcome to Auckland Scholarship of $24,000, a Sports Excellence Badge, Lambeth Trophy - Senior Girls Swimming Champion, Henderson Trophy - Best All Round Swimmer, KF Miller Cup - First in Subject Biology and George Waring Cup for Excellence in Mathematics with Calculus.

Breanna says it capped a great five years at Te Awamutu College and she is grateful for everything the school has done for her. She also gives credit to her teachers from Kōrakonui School and Te Awamutu Intermediate.

Next year she heads to AUT to undertake a Bachelor of Health Science majoring in paramedicine.

Breanna says her goal is to be a St John paramedic - a dream since Year 9 when Te Awamutu College hosted a workshop with healthcare workers from all fields. She was attracted to the paramedics.

Breanna says she is keen to help people and would like to do extra training to become an intensive care paramedic.

She also likes to stay fit and active and enjoys sports, so she thinks she’ll be up to the task.

Principal Tony Membery said in his address it had been a hugely successful 2023 for Te Awamutu College, highlighting a number of events and activities that took place on top of the everyday teaching and learning.

He said the board of trustees and senior management would be working on the charter and strategic plan and welcomes...