161 Students from Across the Country Named 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars
161 Students from Across the Country Named 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today announced the 55th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, recognizing 161 high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics, the arts and career and technical education fields.
"I want to congratulate this year's class of Presidential Scholars on their achievement both inside of the classroom and out," said U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. "Their hard work and commitment to excellence, no matter what challenge they are tackling, will serve them well throughout their lifelong learning journeys. I have no doubt that many of tomorrow's leaders are among this year's class of Scholars."
The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars selects scholars annually based on their academic success, artistic and technical excellence, essays, school evaluations and transcripts, as well as evidence of community service, leadership and demonstrated commitment to high ideals.
Of the 3.6 million students expected to graduate from high school this year, more than 5,200 candidates qualified for the 2019 awards determined by outstanding performance on the College Board SAT and ACT exams or through nominations made by Chief State School Officers, other partner recognition organizations and the National YoungArts Foundation's nationwide YoungArts™ competition.
As directed by Presidential Executive Order, the 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars are comprised of one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and U.S. families living abroad, as well as 15 chosen at-large, 20 Scholars in the Arts and 20 Scholars in Career and Technical Education.
Created in 1964, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program has honored over 7,500 of the nation's top-performing students with an annual ceremony in Washington, D.C. The program was expanded in 1979 to recognize students who demonstrate exceptional talent in the visual, literary and performing arts. In 2015, the program was again extended to recognize students who demonstrate ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields.
The 2019 ceremony will be held June 23, when each honoree will receive a Presidential Scholar Medallion.
A complete list of 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars follows and is also available at http://www.ed.gov/psp.
2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars
* Scholar for U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.
** Scholar for U.S. Presidential Scholar in Career and Technical Education
Alabama
- ALAlison Hu, HuntsvilleVirgil I. Grissom High School
- *ALKevan Dean McClaflin, BirminghamAlabama School of Fine Arts
- ALDonghan Park, AuburnAuburn High School
Alaska
- AKHelen Serena Laird, CordovaInterior Distance Education of Alaska
- AKAden Jon Rothmeyer, JberSouth Anchorage High School
American Abroad
- AASophia Adams, FPONaples American High School
- AAElizabeth Baranes, VancouverCrofton House School
- AASechan Yoon, TamuningHarvest Christian Academy
Arizona
- **AZAdrian Henry Kwiatkowski, MesaRed Mountain High School
- AZSaaketh Ram-Rachakonda Narayan, PhoenixBASIS Scottsdale Charter
- **AZRuth Nyagaka, GilbertWilliams Field High School
- AZAmy Zhou, ScottsdaleScottsdale Preparatory Academy
Arkansas
- ARRachel Stall, ClarksvilleArkansas School for Mathematics & Sciences
- ARSojas Wagle, SpringdaleHar-Ber High School
California
- CAMichael Chen, San DiegoCanyon Crest Academy
- *CAAlaman Diadhiou, Los AngelesBrentwood School
- *CALuke Herzog, Pacific GrovePacific Grove High School
- *CACharles Kogen, Los AngelesHarvard-Westlake School
- CALauren Kong, Rancho Palos VerdesPalos Verdes Peninsula High School
- *CAAnnette Doeun Lee, PasadenaPolytechnic School
- **CAWon Bin Lee, San RamonDougherty Valley High School
- *CAAnne Liu, San DiegoCanyon Crest Academy
- CAYunhee Park, Valley VillageOakwood School
- *CACynthia Zhou, San JoseLeland High School
Colorado
- COEdwin C. Bodoni, EnglewoodCherry Creek High School
- COEdenna Huiyi Chen, Colorado SpringsRampart High School
- COMartin Fernandez, Rocky FordRocky Ford High School
- COEmily Elizabeth Sanchez, LongmontLongmont High School
Connecticut
- CTMeredith Bloss, GuilfordGuilford High School
- CTBenjamin Hu, StamfordHorace Mann School
Delaware
- **DEJustin Chan, MiddletownMiddletown High School
- DETullis Tien-Tze Liu, WilmingtonArchmere Academy
- DEAkhil D Rao, NewarkCaravel Academy
- **DENoah Rossi, NewarkNewark Charter Jr/Sr High School
District of Columbia
- DCShiva Khanna Yamamoto, WashingtonSt. Albans School
- DCMaggie Elizabeth Wang, WashingtonNational Cathedral School
Florida
- *FLNina Ahmadi, MiamiDesign & Architecture Senior High School
- *FLNjari Dimario Anderson, West Palm BeachAlexander W Dreyfoos School of the Arts
- FLAhna Bella Cecil, PensacolaPensacola High School
- *FLMercedes F. Ferreira-Dias, HialeahMater Lakes Academy High School
- *FLCassandra James, KissimmeeJames Home School
- FLRichard James Nuss III, TampaJesuit High School
- **FLLilyanne Kathryn Pepe, ParrishPalmetto High School
Georgia
- GAWilliam Ellsworth, MariettaGeorge Walton Comprehensive High School
- GAVani Senthil, DuluthDuluth High School
- **GAKeerti Jessica Soundappan, KathleenHouston County High School
Hawaii
- **HIIan Henry Carnate Acosta, WaipahuWaipahu High School
- HIRyan Park, HonoluluPunahou School
- HITaylor Mie Venenciano, HonoluluIolani School
Idaho
- IDJohn Chen, BoiseCentennial High School
- IDMegan Elizabeth Clements, RigbyRigby High School
Illinois
- ILAmado DeJesus Candelario, ChicagoEric Solorio Academy High School
- ILMaegan Jong, PalatineWilliam Fremd High School
- ILAsher J. Noel, KenilworthNew Trier Township High School
- **ILAnuva Shandilya, NapervilleNeuqua Valley High School
Indiana
- INTingyi Lu, GrangerPenn High School
- *INSophie Paquette, BloomingtonInterlochen Arts Academy
- INStanley Rozenblit, South BendJohn Adams High School
Iowa
- IAAstoria Chao, Cedar FallsCedar Falls High School
- IAColin McDonald, TiffinMcDonald Home School
- **IAJaxon Mullinnix, Lone TreeLone Tree High School
- **IAMegan Niewoehner, HawkeyeSumner-Fredericksburg High School
Kansas
- KSRitvik Illindala, Overland ParkBlue Valley West High School
- KSPraneeta Nalluri, Overland ParkBlue Valley North High School
Kentucky
- KYAllison Kim Tien Tu, LouisvilleduPont Manual Magnet High School
- KYJacob Hunter West, AshlandRaceland-Worthington High School
Louisiana
- LAShinwoo Kim, MetairieMetairie Park Country Day School
- LADouglas Edward Robins II, Baton RougeEpiscopal High School
Maine
- MERohan Ben Freedman, Cape ElizabethCape Elizabeth High School
- MEEmma Hargreaves, Old TownOld Town High School
Maryland
- MDChase Blanchette, Ellicott CityMount Hebron High School
- MDGaryk Brixi, PotomacWinston Churchill High School
- MDAddele Hargenrader, BethesdaRichard Montgomery High School
Massachusetts
- **MAMegan Elizabeth Brown, BillericaShawsheen Valley Voc Tec High School
- MAEthan M Coyle, AndoverAndover High School
- MABirukti Tsehaye Tsige, MaldenMalden High School
Michigan
- MIBraden Lucas Crimmins, West BloomfieldBloomfield Hills High School
- MIMadeleine Yang, Bloomfield HillsDetroit Country Day School
Minnesota
- MNAnika Ahluwalia, Maple GroveWayzata High School
- MNMichael Taechoon Pak, ShoreviewMounds View High School
Mississippi
- **MSRuben Manasseh Banks, JacksonJim Hill Senior High School
- MSEliza Phillips Burnham, JacksonJackson Preparatory School
- MSHamilton Wan, StarkvilleMississippi School for Mathematics & Science
Missouri
- MOSujay Murali, BallwinMarquette High School
- MOKimberley Tran, St. LouisClayton High School
Montana
- MTGeorge Evan Glidden-Handgis, HamiltonHamilton High School
- MTJulia Karin Roemer, FlorenceHellgate High School
Nebraska
- NEEthan Chen, OmahaMillard North High School
- NESukanya Kennamthiang, OmahaBrownell-Talbot School
Nevada
- NVArthur Acuna, Las VegasBishop Gorman High School
- NVAnanya Sahiba Dewan, N Las VegasNorthwest Career and Tech Academy
- **NVCrystal Giselle Vargas, Carson CityCarson High School
New Hampshire
- NHBenjamin Daniel Jachim-Gallagher, NewportNewport Middle High School
- NHMichaela Phan, PortsmouthPhillips Exeter Academy
New Jersey
- NJAnthony M. Bishara, Jersey CityMcNair Academic High School
- *NJVivian Parkin DeRosa, Ocean TownshipCommunications High School
- NJBradley Barron Ferguson, NorthfieldMainland Regional High School
- NJVanessa Beibei Hu, LivingstonLivingston High School
- NJSophia Sizhe Liang, Cherry HillCherry Hill High School East
- *NJMadelin Morales, FairfieldWest Essex Senior High School
- **NJSonia Purohit, BranchburgAcademy for Health-Medical Science
- NJRohan Brahm Sharma, East WindsorMercer County Technical SchoolsHealth Science Academy
New Mexico
- NMDonavin Myles Mendez, RatonRaton High School
- NMAbigail Pribisova, AlbuquerqueEldorado High School
New York
- *NYAnthony Choi, New YorkHigh School for Math, Science, and Engineering at City College of New York
- NYNelson Chow, LynbrookMalverne Senior High School
- NYAnisha M. Kasi, New CityClarkstown High School North
- **NYMadelaine Lebetkin, New YorkBrooklyn Technical High School
North Carolina
- NCIsaac Eli Diaz, AsheboroAsheboro High School
- NCYijian Huang, Chapel Hill, NCThe North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics
- NCNavami Jain, CharlotteThe North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics
North Dakota
- NDDyuti Dawn, FargoDavies High School
- NDJunting Shen, FargoDavies High School
Ohio
- OHKevin Xincheng Yin, DaytonCenterville High School
- OHYasmine Zein, Shaker HtsHathaway Brown School
Oklahoma
- OKSharara Shabeeba Kasem, EdmondEdmond North High School
- OKJulian Marcellus Zanders, Broken ArrowCascia Hall Preparatory School
Oregon
- ORAnushka Nair, Lake OswegoLake Oswego High School
- ORSeth David Talyansky, PortlandThe Catlin Gabel School
Pennsylvania
- PANicholas Samuel Jacobson, LewisburgLewisburg Area High School
- *PAIsaiah John Kim, Nether Providence TownshipStrath Haven High School
- PAChristopher Lee, WexfordNorth Allegheny Senior High
- PAAkhila Yalvigi, AvondaleAvon Grove High School
Puerto Rico
- PRFayleon Lin, San JuanSt. Mary's School
- PRViviana Rivera, Las PiedrasEscuela Secundaria Especializada en Ciencias, Matematicas y Tecnologia (CIMATEC)
Rhode Island
- RIYiru Li, LincolnLincoln High School
- RIEverett Thornton Smith, WarwickWheeler School
South Carolina
- *SCAmber Magnuson, GreenvilleSouth Carolina Governor's School for Arts & Humanities
- **SCJackson B Woodward Radcliffe, SummervilleAshley Ridge High School
- SCDashiell Charles Miller Stevanovich, Myrtle BeachSocastee High School
- SCJiaying Tong, SimpsonvilleRiverside High School
South Dakota
- SDJaelyn Kae Morehead, TeaTea Area High School
- SDAlan Zhu, Rapid CityStevens Senior High School
Tennessee
- TNZavier Santino Chavez, ChattanoogaChattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts
- TNIsabella Rose Trasolini, NewbernDyer County High School
Texas
- TXJordan H. Barton, AndrewsAndrews High School
- *TXIsha Parupudi, FriendswoodClear Springs High School
- *TXKyle Braden Smith, DallasSt. Mark's School of Texas
- *TXEmma Claire Sutherland, FriscoBooker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts
- TXLauren Hu Yang, Sugar LandDulles High School
Utah
- UTKalii Sierra Caldwell, OgdenOgden Senior High School
- UTAlexander Cheng, SandyHillcrest High School
- UTScott David Milner, LindonPleasant Grove High School
Vermont
- VTJackson Elder, BurlingtonBurlington High School
- VTGrace Jiayi Lu, Essex JctEssex High School
- VTRemi Savard, MontpelierMontpelier High School
Virginia
- VAKatelynne Berland, YorktownNew Horizons Governor's School for Science & Technology
- VAAlexander Emilov Nikolov, HenricoMaggie L. Walker Governor's School
Washington
- WAMichael Keith Albrecht, BothellNorth Creek High School
- WAMonica Yang Chang, CamasCamas Senior High School
- **WAChristina Masnyy, AuburnFife Senior High School
- WAPhillip Meng, VancouverUnion High School
West Virginia
- WVDaphne Barretto, MorgantownUniversity High School
- WVXavier Mark Evans, ClarksburgSouth Harrison High School
Wisconsin
- WINamitha Alexander, BrookfieldBrookfield East High School
- **WIKatrina Eileen Pokorny, WaupunWaupun Senior High School
- **WIMatthew E. Ryherd, ReedsburgReedsburg Area High School
- WIAnthony Joseph Sikorski, HartlandArrowhead High School
- WIIsaac Arnold Wells-Cage, MilwaukeeRonald Reagan College Preparatory High School
Wyoming
- WYLillian Brazil, JacksonJackson Hole High School
- WYScott Nicholas Orton, AftonStar Valley High School
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