Devan Patel
WHS Class of 2024
This year’s recipient of the College Men’s Club of Westfield’s (CMC) award for the male graduating senior earning the highest GPA at Westfield High School (WHS) is Devan Petal. In the fall Devan will be attending Tufts University, where he plans to study mathematics and applied physics.
Dave Germond, CMC President, stated that “the CMC is pleased to continue its more than four-decade tradition of honoring academic excellence at WHS and collaborating with the College Woman’s Club of Westfield which grants an identical award to the female graduate with the highest GPA.”
Devan received the CMC’s $500 award for academic excellence at the Westfield High School graduation ceremony on Friday, June 21st. While at WHS, Devan served as Captain of the Robotics Team that attended the NJ State Championship and as the Coding Coordinator for Coding for a Cause. His academic honors at WHS include the Computer Science Award, the AP Physics Award, and the Noel & Thelma Taylor Memorial Award. Devan was also a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society.