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Semifinalists for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program April 2020 * Semifinalist for U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts. ** Semifinalist for U.S. Presidential Scholar in Career and Technical Education *** Semifinalist for U.S. Presidential Scholar and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts **** Semifinalist for U.S. Presidential Scholar and U.S. Presidential Scholar in Career & Technical Education Alabama **AL - William Thomas Aycock, Albertville - Albertville High School AL - Joy Duan, Madison - Bob Jones High School AL - Calvin Lee Engstrom, Madison - James Clemens High School AL - Kittson Hamill, Owens Cross Road - Huntsville High School AL - Harrison Austin Massie, Homewood - Homewood High School AL - Tate Davidson Record, Birmingham - Mountain Brook High School AL - Alexandra Rosenthal, Mobile - St. Paul's Episcopal School **AL - Isaac Walter Stubbs, Wetumpka - Wetumpka High School AL - Sameer Naser Sultan, Mountain Brook - The Altamont School AL - Lawrence Zhang, Madison - James Clemens High School Alaska AK - Gavin Block, Palmer - Mat-Su Middle College School AK - Grace J Park, Fairbanks - Park Home School AK - Sebastian Kulich Reed, Anchorage - West Anchorage High School AK - Taryn Trigler, Eielson AFB Higley High School AK - Jakob Wade, North Pole - North Pole High School AK - Jessica Gong Yang, Anchorage - West Anchorage High School American Abroad GU - Naomi Gong, Tamuning - Harvest Christian Academy **AP - Clara Hallgarth, APO - Patch American High School AP - Claire Marie Hightower, APO - Bangkok Patana School *South Korea - Jimin Lee, Seoul - Seoul International School AP - Daniel Karsten Posthumus, FPO - Nile C. Kinnick High School AP - Amre Paige Proman, DPO - Internaional School of Uganda AE - Cameron Ray Rowley, APO - Alconbury American High School AP - Grant Schooling, DPO - Singapore American School Arizona AZ - Freya Francy Abraham, Maricopa - Maricopa High School **AZ - Vivian Clarke, Litchfield Park - Sunnyslope High School AZ - Cameron Deal, Peoria - Sunrise Mountain High School AZ - Gordon He, Mesa - Westwood High School AZ - Allison Joy Kwan, Scottsdale - Pinnacle High School *AZ - Youngseo Lee, Chandler - BASIS Chandler AZ - Eileen Li, Chandler - Corona del Sol High School **AZ - Isabella Moya, Mesa - Red Mountain High School AZ - Rithvik Reddy Musuku, Gilbert - BASIS CHANDLER **AZ - Jake Okun, Scottsdale - Desert Mountain High School

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Page 1: 2020 Semifinalists for U.S. Presidential Scholars Program ...Semifinalists for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program April 2020 * Semifinalist for U.S. Presidential Scholar in the

Semifinalists for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program April 2020

* Semifinalist for U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts. ** Semifinalist for U.S. Presidential Scholar in Career and Technical Education *** Semifinalist for U.S. Presidential Scholar and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts **** Semifinalist for U.S. Presidential Scholar and U.S. Presidential Scholar in Career & Technical Education

Alabama **AL - William Thomas Aycock, Albertville - Albertville High School AL - Joy Duan, Madison - Bob Jones High School AL - Calvin Lee Engstrom, Madison - James Clemens High School AL - Kittson Hamill, Owens Cross Road - Huntsville High School AL - Harrison Austin Massie, Homewood - Homewood High School AL - Tate Davidson Record, Birmingham - Mountain Brook High School AL - Alexandra Rosenthal, Mobile - St. Paul's Episcopal School **AL - Isaac Walter Stubbs, Wetumpka - Wetumpka High School AL - Sameer Naser Sultan, Mountain Brook - The Altamont School AL - Lawrence Zhang, Madison - James Clemens High School

Alaska AK - Gavin Block, Palmer - Mat-Su Middle College School AK - Grace J Park, Fairbanks - Park Home School AK - Sebastian Kulich Reed, Anchorage - West Anchorage High School AK - Taryn Trigler, Eielson AFB – Higley High School AK - Jakob Wade, North Pole - North Pole High School AK - Jessica Gong Yang, Anchorage - West Anchorage High School

American Abroad GU - Naomi Gong, Tamuning - Harvest Christian Academy **AP - Clara Hallgarth, APO - Patch American High School AP - Claire Marie Hightower, APO - Bangkok Patana School *South Korea - Jimin Lee, Seoul - Seoul International School AP - Daniel Karsten Posthumus, FPO - Nile C. Kinnick High School AP - Amre Paige Proman, DPO - Internaional School of Uganda AE - Cameron Ray Rowley, APO - Alconbury American High School AP - Grant Schooling, DPO - Singapore American School

Arizona AZ - Freya Francy Abraham, Maricopa - Maricopa High School **AZ - Vivian Clarke, Litchfield Park - Sunnyslope High School AZ - Cameron Deal, Peoria - Sunrise Mountain High School AZ - Gordon He, Mesa - Westwood High School AZ - Allison Joy Kwan, Scottsdale - Pinnacle High School *AZ - Youngseo Lee, Chandler - BASIS Chandler AZ - Eileen Li, Chandler - Corona del Sol High School **AZ - Isabella Moya, Mesa - Red Mountain High School AZ - Rithvik Reddy Musuku, Gilbert - BASIS CHANDLER **AZ - Jake Okun, Scottsdale - Desert Mountain High School

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**AZ - Alexandra Rolfness, Cave Creek - Paradise Valley High School AZ - Jasmine Sun, Chandler - Hamilton High School AZ - Zeyn A Waheed, Phoenix - Brophy College Preparatory AZ - Karina Yang, Chandler - Hamilton High School AZ - Sophia Zhang, Scottsdale - Desert Mountain High School

Arkansas **AR - Brooke Avery Bradford, Shirley - Clinton High School AR - Harper Ryan Chambers, Little Rock - Pulaski Academy AR - Kelvin Li Kang, Little Rock - Central High School AR - Jack Norris, Rogers - Rogers High School AR - Priya Thelapurath, Bentonville - Bentonville West High School AR - Amanda Mei Thomsen, Fayetteville - Fayetteville High School AR - Emilee Elizabeth Webb, Leola - Poyen High School

California CA - Matthew Allana, Beverly Hills - Beverly Hills High School *CA - Ethan Benjamin Anapoell, Aliso Viejo - Orange County High School of the Arts *CA - Anthony Arya, Santa Cruz - Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School *CA - Dusan Brown, Studio City - Los Angeles County High School for the Arts CA - Sophia A. Burick, San Clemente - San Clemente High School *CA - Juliet Ava Burks, Los Angeles - Palisades Charter High School *CA - Carly Chan, San Jose - Leland High School CA - Kristofer Aryananda Chang, Arcadia - Flintridge Preparatory School CA - April Cheng, San Diego - Canyon Crest Academy CA - Mitali Chowdhury, Pacific Grove - Pacific Grove High School *CA - Caitlin Chung, Beverly Hills - Harvard-Westlake School CA - Jessica Costescu, Cypress - Cypress High School CA - Hazelle Gunawan, San Diego – Del Norte High School *CA - Catherine Huang, San Jose - Lynbrook High School *CA – Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey, Petaluma - Credo High School CA - Madison Kellum, Los Angeles - El Segundo High School *CA - Dante Jervaise Kirkman, Modesto - Palo Alto Senior High School CA - Joshua Lee, San Diego - Canyon Crest Academy CA - Justin Lee, Anaheim - Troy High School CA - Jenny Fu Mao, San Mateo - Carlmont High School *CA - Sophia Mickelson, Rancho Santa Fe - Pacific Ridge School *CA - Theodore Louis Nissen, Los Angeles - Los Angeles County High School for the Arts *CA - Oluwasemilore Mojisola Ola, Irvine - Orange County High School of the Arts CA - Arihant Pandey, San Jose - Basis Ind Silicon Valley *CA - Anoush Pogossian, Glendale - Verdugo Academy CA - Alina Pollner, San Diego - Canyon Crest Academy CA - Priti Rajesh Rangnekar, San Jose - Basis Ind Silicon Valley CA - Olivia Brooke Sally, Castro Valley - Bishop O'Dowd High School CA - Ethan Shaotran, Palo Alto - Henry M. Gunn High School CA - Siya Sharma, Santa Clara - Saint Francis High School CA - Jason Ryan Shin, Cerritos - Whitney High School CA - Keshav Sriram, Chino Hills - Diamond Bar High School CA - Dean Tran, Morgan Hill - Ann Sobrato High School CA - Chase Van Amburg, Los Angeles - Harvard-Westlake School CA - Nathan L Viotti, Menlo Park - Menlo Atherton High School CA - Jonathan Wang, Cerritos - Whitney High School *CA - James Thaddaeus Webb, West Hills - Chaminade College Preparatory CA - Christina Wooden, San Diego - Canyon Crest Academy *CA - Lucas Brendan Wurman, Los Angeles - Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences

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Colorado CO - Tarun Amasa, Boulder - Fairview High School CO - Evelyn Ariana Bodoni, Englewood - Cherry Creek High School CO - Jack Selner Brustkern, Denver - Regis Jesuit High School CO - Cara Jinna Chang, Snowmass - Groton School CO - Jayendra Chauhan, Highlands Ranch - Rock Canyon High School CO - Anudeep Golla, Broomfield - Fairview High School CO - Eliot Lee Juhon Hodges, Denver - Kent Denver School **CO - Emma Elizabeth Hopson, Littleton - Arapahoe High School CO - Matthew Nekritz, Denver - East High School CO - Samyukta Vakkalanka, Parker - Douglas County High School CO - Aimee Yan, Westminster - Standley Lake High School **CO - Melanie Zhiqi Zhou, Littleton - ThunderRidge High School

Connecticut CT - Cordelia Chen, Westport - Staples High School CT - Cynthia Chen, Riverside - Greenwich High School CT - Benjamin Elliott Crair, Guilford - Guilford High School CT - Brandon Demkowicz, Farmington - Farmington High School CT - Tobin Hirsch, Greenwich - Greenwich High School **CT - Dhanush Kotumraju, South Windsor - South Windsor High School CT - Danielle Eurim Lee, Orange - Amity Regional Senior High School CT - Andrew Yundong Lou, Cheshire - Cheshire High School CT - Melissa Woo, Riverside - Greenwich High School **CT - Elizabeth Ann Wozniak, Meriden - Orville H. Platt High School

Delaware DE - Umar Arif Aulia, Newark - Tower Hill School DE - Jessica Vera Chen, Hockessin - Tower Hill School DE - Srish S. Chenna, Newark - Wilmington High School **DE - Will O'dell Kenney, Delmar - Sussex Central Sr High School DE - Anthony Michael Lee, Wilmington - Charter School of Wilmington **DE - Georgia McKinney, Harrington - Lake Forest High School **DE - Apuroop Sai Mutyala, Townsend - MOT Charter High School DE - Jessica Pei, Wilmington - Archmere Academy DE - Riya Setty, Newark - Newark Charter Jr./Sr. High School

District of Columbia DC - Aryaman Arora, Washington - School Without Walls DC - Nolan Willem Musslewhite, Washington - St. Alban's School DC - William Gordon Nash, Washington - St. Alban's School DC - Iona Volynets, Washington - The Madeira School DC - Lauren Xu, Washington - BASIS DC DC - Natasha Zimmermann, Washington - Georgetown Day School

Florida FL - Brianna Auker, Lutz - Freedom High School FL - Christopher Aaron Badillo, Miami - School Advanced Studies/South FL - Ryan Baudo, Vero Beach - Vero Beach Senior High School FL - Logan Beatty, Land O Lakes - Land O Lakes High School *FL - Sage Croft, Windermere - Windermere High School *FL - Catarina de Luca Figueiredo, Coral Gables - New World School of the Arts FL - Alexander Grayson Dyer, Lithia - Newsome High School

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FL - Spencer Farfante, Tampa - Jesuit High School FL - Connor Robert Gordon, Coral Springs - American Heritage Sch Plantatn FL - Jared Gould, Boca Raton - Pine Crest School FL - Helena Jiang, Gainesville - Buchholz High School FL - Edward Kuperman, Tampa - Berkeley Preparatory School **FL - Shannon Elizabeth Lee, Rockledge - Viera High School FL - Dhruv Manik, Sebring - Sebring High School FL - Aidan Lewis McLaughlin, Winter Park - Trinity Preparatory School *FL - Destiny Moore, Miami - New World School of the Arts *FL - Mia Sarah Palomba, Lake Worth - Alexander W Dreyfoos School of the Arts **FL - Lauren Philip, Saint Johns - Creekside High School FL - Alice Rau, Miami - Pine Crest School FL - Anish Ravichandran, Royal Palm Beach - American Heritage School Boca/Delray FL - Raha Riazati, Jacksonville - Stanton College Preparatory School *FL - Mallorie Sievert, Jacksonville - Douglas Anderson School of the Arts FL - Mircea-David Kelvin Silaghi, Melbourne - West Shore Junior/Senior High School FL - Dianne Batya Strauss, Miami - American Heritage Sch Plantatn FL - Alexander Carmen Theophilopoulos, Tarpon Springs - Tarpon Springs Sr High School **FL - Jared Caleb Thompson, Lakeland - Lake Gibson High School *FL - Kyle Alexandro Ventura, Miami - Design & Architecture Senior High School FL - Smit Viroja, Wellington - Americang Heritage School Boca/Delray FL - Lindsey Linxi Yang, Palmetto Bay - Miami Palmetto Senior High School FL - Jett Zhang, Pensacola - Pensacola High School FL - Callie W. Zheng, Port St Lucie - Lincoln Park Academy

Georgia GA - Alice Vivian Ao, Suwanee - Peachtree Ridge High School GA - Maya Kalpesh Chande, Sugar Hill - North Gwinnett High School GA - Asher Evin Etheridge, Douglasville - South Paulding High School **GA - Colby Thomas Griner, Brunswick - Brunswick High School GA - Edward Huang, Fayetteville - Whitewater High School GA - Albert Jefferson Liang, Marietta - The Westminster Schools GA - Charles A. Liu, Alpharetta - Chattahoochee High School GA - Nidhi Satheesh Manikkoth, Marietta - George Walton High School GA - Alicia Faith Mazzurra, Woodstock - River Ridge High School GA - Claire Elizabeth Mistretta, Lawrenceville – Grayson High School GA - Sweta Munagapati, Cumming - South Forsyth High School GA - Anthony Carmelo Tristian Salgado, Rex - Morrow High School GA - Ria Sanjita Uppalapati, Marietta - George Walton High School GA - Christina Rachel Wang, Roswell - Milton High School GA - Patrick Yuhan Wang, Duluth - Northview High School GA - Henry Xuan, Duluth - Lambert High School

Hawaii HI - Kahiau Among, Honolulu - Iolani School **HI - Cielo Anne Carnate, Waipahu - Waipahu High School HI - Isabella Lanikai Nesti, Honolulu - Punahou School HI - Koichiro Otake, Honolulu - Iolani School HI - Maximilian Hoang Schermer, Honolulu - Iolani School HI - Eui Jin Song, Honolulu - Kaiser High School HI - Zane Kazuo Yamamoto, Honolulu - Punahou School

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Idaho ID - Blaine Dillingham, Boise - Timberline High School ID - Jayanth Mouli, Boise - Boise High School ID - Siddharth Raghav Naidu, Boise - Boise High School ID - Matteya Ann Proctor, Deary - Deary High School ID - Zoe Simon, Hailey - Wood River High School ***ID - Jieyan Wang, Moscow - Moscow High School

Illinois IL - Hope C. Adhanom-Shipman, Peoria - Richwoods High School IL - Suleyman Ahmed, River Forest - The University of Chicago Laboratory High School IL - Saivasudha Chalasani, Normal - Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy IL - Angelina Gao-Yun Chan, Long Grove - Lake Forest Academy *IL - Isabella Cho, Wilmette - North Shore Country Day School IL - Nikita Elkin, Lake Bluff - Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy **IL - Adrianne Raelyn Hall, Monroe Center - Stillman Valley High School IL - Dylan Hu, Lake Zurich - Adlai E. Stevenson High School IL - Emily Tao Kang, Long Grove - Adlai E. Stevenson High School **IL - Arnav Prashant Lande, Naperville - Waubonsie Valley High School **IL - Taylor Main, Oneida - R O W V A High School IL - Kiana Mohammadian, Naperville - Neuqua Valley High School IL - Ved Patel, Cary - Cary-Grove Community High Sch IL - David Sandoval, Berwyn - J S Morton High School West IL - Samuel Saem Shin, Northbrook - Glenbrook North High School IL - Nikola Stamenkovic Diez, Chicago - John F Kennedy High School IL - Thomas Stanton, Chicago - Whitney M. Young Magnet High School IL - Rushil Vellala, Naperville - Neuqua Valley High School *IL - Jacob Caverly Wachtel, Wilmette - New Trier Township High School IL - Anna Wang, Buffalo Grove - Adlai E. Stevenson High School IL - Helen Wei, Chicago - Walter Payton College Preparatory School IL - Elizabeth Welch-Jani, Northbrook - Glenbrook South High School IL - Ann Yan Zhao, Lisle - Naperville North High School

Indiana IN - Jenny Cai, Carmel - Park Tudor School IN - Taylor Samuel Coffman, Urbana - Wabash High School IN - Ankush Kundan Dhawan, Newburgh - Signature School IN - Daniel Jacques Ehrlich, Indianapolis - Park Tudor School IN - Emma Rose Higgason, Munster - Munster High School *IN - Meagan Maureen Hipsky, Guilford - Hipsky Home School IN - Angela Y. Li, Carmel - Carmel High School *IN - Martin Kamau Mbuguah, Fort Wayne - South Side High School IN - Ann Ostojic Munster - Munster High School IN - Daelyn Quinn, Newburgh - Castle High School IN - Benjamin Scott Wilkerson, Greencastle - Greencastle High School IN - Derick Matthew Williams, Union City - Union City Community High School

Iowa IA - Matthew Ding, Johnston - Johnston High School IA - Animesh Suyash Joshi, West Des Moines - Valley High School IA - Elizabeth Catherine Meyer, Sioux City - Heelan High School

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IA - Cynthia Salinas Cappellano, Council Bluffs - Thomas Jefferson High School IA - Ellie Jane Schultes, Exira - Elk Horn-Kimballton High Sch **IA - Blake Ronald Van Der Kamp, Prairie City - PCM High School IA - Fez Zafar, Clive - Theodore Roosevelt High School

Kansas KS - Faris Fadi Bdair, Overland Park - Blue Valley Southwest High School **KS - Riley Buss, Grantville - Jefferson West High School KS - Eddie Dai, Olathe - Olathe North High School KS - Brett Davis, Lenexa - St. Thomas Aquinas High School KS - Bridget Rose Schippers, Olathe - St. James Academy KS - Ainsley Renee Smith, Sabetha - Sabetha High School KS - Taylor Weidenhaft, Hays - Hays High School

Kentucky KY - Kathleen Criner, Paducah - Paducah Tilghman High School **KY - Megan Rose Johnston, Danville - Boyle County High School KY - Andrew Katz, Paducah - Paducah Tilghman High School KY - Anthony Edward Mohr, Louisville - St. Xavier High School KY - Elif Ozyurekoglu, Louisville - duPont Manual Magnet High School KY - Taylor Corbin Parker, Louisville - Kentucky Country Day School KY - Sophie Rydzewski, Louisville - Sacred Heart Academy KY - Raymond Micheal Suo, Louisville - duPont Manual Magnet High School KY - Clinton Chase Whitt, West Liberty - Morgan County High School

Louisiana LA - Michael Francis Dulay dela Rosa, Broussard - Episcopal School Of Acadiana LA - Clayton Delaine James, Montz - Destrehan High School LA - Sunggun Lee, Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge Magnet High School LA - Milan Mardia, Kenner - Jesuit High School LA - Amanda J Meng, Ruston - Ruston High School LA - Alison Qi, Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge Magnet High School **LA - Stewart Aden Simon, Shreveport - Captain Shreve High School LA - Grace Karen Sun, Shreveport - Caddo Parish Magnet High School LA - Cindy Zheng, Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Maine ME - Abigail A. Aleshire, Scarborough - Waynflete School ME - Ethan Foster Eickmann, Kennebunk - Kennebunk High School ME - Glynis O'Meara, Portland - Deering High School ME - Jay Raj Philbrick, North Yarmouth - Maine School of Science & Mathematics ME - Neily Kate Raymond, Hermon - Hermon High School ME - John Bishop Wahlig III, Falmouth - Falmouth High School

Maryland MD - Sean Fiscus, Lavale - Mercersburg Academy MD - Maria Christina Hancu, Poolesville - Poolesville Senior High School MD - Daniel Koval, Delmar - Delmar Jr-Sr High School MD - David Koval, Delmar - Delmar Jr-Sr High School MD - Nadine Meister, Ellicott City - Centennial High School MD - Sophia Peters, Salisbury - James M Bennett High School MD - Maria Reyes Pacheco, Frederick - Urbana High School *MD - Pranav Tadikonda, Boyds - Richard Montgomery

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MD - Bill Tong, Columbia - Atholton High School MD - Robert Wachen, Potomac - Winston Churchill High School *MD - Lydia Wei, North Potomac - Richard Montgomery High School MD - Laura Yao, Potomac - Richard Montgomery High School

Massachusetts MA - Amelia Ao, Wayland - Wayland High School MA - Alexander Ding, Boston - Commonwealth School MA - Justin Dong, Belmont - Belmont High School MA - Tallia Nicole Dudley, Lynn - Lynn English High School MA - Jaiden David Edelman, West Tisbury - Marthas Vineyard Regional Hs MA - Shazain Ahmed Khan, Hopkinton - Hopkinton High School MA - Shawn Noronha, Shrewsbury - Shrewsbury High School **MA - Saviel Ortiz, Lawrence - Greater Lawrence Regl V-Tec Hs MA - Matthew J. Tibbitts, Ludlow - Ludlow High School MA - Quynh-An Vo, Malden - Mystic Valley Regional Charter School MA - Grace Zhang, Acton - Choate Rosemary Hall

Michigan MI - Pranav Arunandhi, Rochester Hills - International Academy MI - Emma Sarah Buday, Charlevoix - Charlevoix High School MI - Matthew Dong, Troy - Troy High School MI - Patrick Dotson, Temperance - Bedford Senior High School MI - Maria Fields, Detroit - University Liggett School **MI - Joseph Michael Francis, Shelby Township - Henry Ford ii High School MI - Elizabeth Li, Superior Township - Ann Arbor-Huron High School MI - Eleanor Madeleine Lin, Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor-Huron High School MI - Lasya Mantha, Northville - Northville High School MI - Hannah Hninyi Oo, Battle Creek - Lakeview High School MI - Rajiv Parimi, Rochester Hills - Rochester Adams High School MI - Ansh Patel, Riverview - Grosse Ile High School MI - Bianca J Pol, Farmington Hills - International Academy MI - Pratham Soni, Troy - Troy High School **MI - Natalie Wallas, Grand Ledge - Grand Ledge High School MI - Kevin Zhang, Marquette - Marquette Senior High School MI - Qijia Zhou, Rochester Hills - Avondale Senior High School MI - Jonathan Jin Zou, Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor-Huron High School

Minnesota MN - Charles J. Huang, Rosemount - Rosemount High School MN - Brian Lin, Maple Grove - Wayzata High School MN - Kathryn Liu, Maple Grove - Wayzata High School MN - Arthur Nghiem, Shoreview - Mounds View High School MN - Neha Sriram, Shoreview - Mounds View High School MN - Shuen Wu, Woodbury - Wu Home School MN - Benjamin Bin Yan, Rochester - Century High School MN - Aunika Zheng, North Oaks - Mounds View High School

Mississippi MS - Sophia Adams Quinn, Oxford - Oxford High School MS - Vayd Sai Ramkumar, Starkville - Mississippi School for Mathematics & Science MS - Claire Elise Richert, Ridgeland - Ridgeland High School MS - James Aubrey Underwood III, Jackson - Jackson Preparatory School MS - Abigail Wiest, Hattiesburg - Sacred Heart High School

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MS - Chase Yano, Saucier - Harrison Central High School

Missouri MO - Ronik Rai Bhaskar, Chesterfield - Parkway West High School MO - Abhishek Ganesh, Ballwin - Lafayette Senior High School MO - Audrey Marie Garoutte, Carl Junction - Carl Junction R-I High School MO - Ansh Rana Gupta, Saint Joseph - Central High School **MO - Lauren N Huebner, Moberly - Moberly Senior High School MO - Kamala Keerthana Madireddi, Saint Charles - John Burroughs School MO - Bhavya Reddy Perma, Ballwin - Marquette High School MO - Rahul Suresh Kanna, Chesterfield - Lafayette High School **MO - Reagan Gean Swatosh, Ava - Ava High School MO - Jordan Elizabeth Tierney, Chesterfield - Visitation Academy

Montana MT - Leah Charlotte Baranek, Helena - Capital High School MT - Ryan Wesley Hinson, Stevensville - Stevensville High School MT - Conrad Lee, Bozeman - Lee Home-School MT - Gail Parambi, Great Falls - Charles M. Russell High School **MT - McKenna Quirk, Missoula - Hellgate High School MT - Catherine Russo, Butte - Butte High School MT - Michael Quinn Soltesz, Great Falls - Charles M. Russell High School

Nebraska NE - Ethan Goldfish Vinson, Columbus - Lakeview High School **NE - Jarod Michael Harris, Seward - Seward High School NE - Brianna Liu, Omaha - Brownell-Talbot School NE - Luke Partsch, Nebraska City - Lourdes Central High School NE - Landon Christian Power, Hastings - Hastings Senior High School NE - Anjali Pullabhotla, Omaha - Millard North High School NE - Lucy Tu, Omaha - Millard North High School **NE - Drake Vorderstrasse, Hastings - Adams Central High School **NE - Madeline Irene Wittstruck, Milford - Milford High School

Nevada *NV - Katie Grierson, Henderson - Bishop Gorman High School NV - Dakyung Lee, Henderson - Coronado High School NV - Mia Lorenzo, Henderson - Ed W. Clark High School NV - Clarence Ndubisi, Las Vegas - The Meadows School NV - Kara I Orevillo, Las Vegas - Clark High School NV - Emhyr Subramanian, Reno - Davidson Academy of Nevada NV - Eshaan Joyen Vakil, Las Vegas - Ed W. Clark High School

New Hampshire NH - Katherine Ruo-wei Duan, Hanover - Phillips Academy NH - Sanath Guruprasad Govindarajan, Exeter - Phillips Exeter Academy NH - Jeffrey Lam, Nashua - Nashua High School South NH - Sahil Mahendrakar, Nashua - Nashua Senior High School South NH - Claudia Reine, Bedford - Bedford High School NH - Claire Emily Reynolds, Nashua - Bishop Guertin High School

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New Jersey NJ - Rohan Amin, Denville - Delbarton School **NJ - Grace Elizabeth Brokenshire, Woodbury Heights - Gateway Regional High School **NJ - Alicia Caichen, Paramus - Bergen County Technical Hs NJ - Elizabeth Angelina Caso, High Bridge - North Hunterdon High School *NJ - Elli Choi, Tenafly - Tenafly High School NJ - Eunice Y. Chong, Demarest - Northern Valley Regional High School NJ - Shawnak Deb, New Providence - Union County Magnet High School NJ - Vineeth Duggirala, East Windsor - Mercer County Technical Schools - Health Science Academy *NJ - Laura Futamura, Middletown - High Technology High School *NJ - Felicia He, Saddle River - The Brearley School NJ - Kevin Huang, Bellmawr - Triton Regional High School NJ - Jonathan Koa, Mahwah - Mahwah High School **NJ - Dong Jun Lee, Fort Lee - Bergen County Technical High School NJ - YoungEun Lee, Demarest - Northern Valley Regional High School *NJ - Jeffrey Xiang Liao, Livingston - Livingston High School NJ - Jonathan Li Lin, Cranbury - Princeton High School NJ - Shreya Nuli, Bridgewater - Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School NJ - Ojas Parmar, Edison - Rutgers Preparatory School NJ - Jason Ping, Fort Lee - Academy for the Advancement of Science & Technology NJ - Katie Volpert, Highland Park - Highland Park High School **NJ - Alan Yeung, Sparta - Sparta High School NJ - Ethan Zhang, Short Hills - Millburn High School NJ - Kathryn Shao Zheng, Tenafly - Tenafly High School NJ - Lucy Zou, East Brunswick - East Brunswick High School

New Mexico NM - Zachary J. Auster, Los Ranchos - Albuquerque Academy NM - Cambria Barnes, Rio Rancho - Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School NM - David J Feng, Albuquerque - La Cueva High School NM - Lillian Kay Petersen, Los Alamos - Los Alamos High School NM - Mireya Cosima Sanchez-Maes, Las Cruces - Mayfield High School NM - Roland Zhang, Albuquerque - La Cueva High School

New York NY - Hannah Ahn, Sparkill - Tappan Zee High School NY - Samuel Ahn, Little Neck - Hunter College High School *NY - Lucas Amory, New York - Stuyvesant High School *NY - Olivia Bigtree, Nedrow - Manlius-Pebble Hill School NY - Isha Brahmbhatt, Ardsley - Ardsley High School NY - George John Eliadis, Newburgh - Newburgh Free Academy NY - Stephanie Fortune, Tupper Lake - Tupper Lake Jr-Sr High School NY - Grant James GianGrasso, Clarence - Clarence Central High School *NY - Jonah Ginsburg, Dobbs Ferry - The Masters School NY - Sejal Gupta, Hicksville - Hicksville Senior High School *NY - Savannah Lee Henry, New York City - Professional Performing Arts School NY - Ethan Jeon, Yorktown Heights - Yorktown High School NY - Ishaan Kannan, Scarsdale - Horace Mann School NY - Jeremy Kim, Bayside - Hunter College High School *NY - Nouhoum Koita, Brooklyn - Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts NY - Karen Huijie Li, Roslyn Heights - The Wheatley School NY - Sophia Lynn Li, New York - Hunter College High School NY - Ikshu S. Pandey, East Meadow - East Meadow High School *NY - Benjamin Tanchoco Rossen, Great Neck - Great Neck South High School

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*NY - Pablo Daniel Rubin-Jurado, New York - North Atlantic Regional High School NY - Richard Sasson, Brooklyn - Yeshivah of Flatbush NY - Elijah Ali Taeckens, Manlius - Fayetteville-Manlius High School NY - Brendan Connor Wilkowski, East Meadow - East Meadow High School NY - Brian Wu, Scarsdale - Horace Mann School NY - Benjamin Yu Yao, Schenectady - Niskayuna High School

North Carolina **NC - Davison Reece Brown, Harmony - North Iredell High School NC - Nidhi Dhupati, Davidson - Pine Lake Preparatory NC - Sarah Mary-Louise Ferguson, Lawndale - Burns High School NC - Rohit Jagga, Charlotte - The North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics NC - Chase Elliot Johnson, Hickory - Hickory High School NC - Kevin Liu, Cary - The North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics NC - Preeti Nagalamadaka, Cary - The North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics NC - Claire Oxner, Greensboro - Grimsley High School NC - Jacob Patrick Parker, Monroe - Monroe High School NC - Sahil Pontula, Apex - William G. Enloe Gifted & Talented Magnet High School NC - Genevieve Romanelli, Matthews - Romanelli Home School **NC - Danielle Noelle Rondinelli, Gastonia - Highland School of Technology NC - Cooper Dutch Sykes, Cary - Athens Drive Sr High School NC - Brianna Elyse Thompson, Winston Salem - Atkins Academic Tech High School NC - Mark Wang, Cary - Raleigh Charter High School NC - Abby Zachary, Chapel Hill - Raleigh Charter High School *NC - caroline zhang, Chapel Hill - The North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics NC - Justin Junpeng Zhao, Cary - Green Hope High School

North Dakota ND - Rachel Madison Goven, Turtle Lake - Turtle Lake-Mercer High School **ND - Evan Tyler Halvorson, Lawton - Lakota High School ND - Daniel Alexander Hettich, Grand Forks - Grand Forks Central High School ND - Hanna Johnson, Walcott - Richland High School ND - Joanna Lin, Fargo - Davies High School ND - Jacob Shelver, Fargo - North High School ****ND - Gareth Jiarui Wu, Grand Forks - Grand Forks Central High School

Ohio OH - Murari Reddy Bhimavarapu, Medina - Medina Senior High School OH - Ryan Nicole Brady, Shaker Hts - Hathaway Brown School **OH - Ashley Mary Brickner, Tiffin - Hopewell Loudon High School OH - Ken Chen, Cincinnati - Wyoming High School OH - Aadesh Chordia, Dayton - Centerville High School OH - Max Henry Feinleib, Beachwood - Shaker Heights High School OH - Naomie Gao, Mason - William Mason High School OH - Claire Yijun Li, Dublin - Dublin Jerome High School OH - Rebecca Miller, Granville - Granville High School OH - Eleanor PPeters, Oakwood - Loomis Chaffee OH - Elizabeth Radway, Cincinnati - Indian Hill High School OH - Aniv Ray, Worthington - Columbus Academy OH - Jonah Sorscher, Camp Dennison - Indian Hill High School OH - Richard Tang, Dublin - Dublin Jerome High School *OH - Sai Soumya Vytla, Mason - William Mason High School OH - Olivia Wenzel, Parma Heights - Laurel School OH - Antony Yang, Dublin - Dublin Jerome High School

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OH - Tairan Zhang, Dayton - Centerville High School

Oklahoma OK - Trinity Grace Austin, Tulsa - Metro Christian Academy OK - Sukanya Bhattacharya, Edmond - Heritage Hall Upper School OK - Caleb Nathaniel Lawson, Moore - Moore High School OK - Ian McEntire, Duncan - Duncan High School OK - Desiree Rickett, Oklahoma City - Mustang High School OK - Nicholas Sayegh, Oklahoma City - Western Heights High School OK - Caitlin Urie, Bixby - Glenpool High School OK - Joshua Lu Zhu, Edmond - Edmond Santa Fe High School

Oregon OR - Nisala Avishka Kalupahana, Hillsboro - Glencoe High School OR - Britton Masback, Portland - The Catlin Gabel School OR - Anwesha Mukherjee, Portland - Westview High School OR - Dana Marie Smiley, Portland - Lincoln High School **OR - Tina Trang Truong, Portland - Benson Polytech High School OR - Rohan Mahesh Wagh, Portland - Sunset High School OR - Selena Zhang, Portland - Lake Oswego High School

Pennsylvania PA - David Jeffrey Ban, Wexford - North Allegheny Senior High PA - Atharv Bhave, Canonsburg - Canon-McMillan High School PA - Jiangfeng Chu, Wexford - North Allegheny Senior High PA - Daniel E. Cummins, Jr., Clarks Summit - Abington Heights High School PA - Neil Deshmukh, Macungie - Moravian Academy PA - Claire Guo, Berwyn - Conestoga High School PA - Anna Katalin Iacocca, Kennett Square - Unionville High School PA - Isaac Kim, Wayne - Conestoga High School PA - Rhea Malhotra, Allentown - Moravian Academy PA - Leonid Matros, Pittsburgh - Mt. Lebanon Senior High School PA - Katherine LiYue Pan, Chester Springs - Downingtown High School-East Campus PA - Aryan Singh, Collegeville - Spring-Ford Senior High School PA - Kaitlyn Shae Stauffer, Pequea - Penn Manor High School PA - Aravind Viswanathan, West Chester - B Reed Henderson High School PA - Jessica Wang, Southampton - Council Rock High School South PA - Sophie Chenyi Yang, Wynnewood - Lower Merion High School

Puerto Rico PR - Yael Berezdivin, Guaynabo - Baldwin School of Puerto Rico PR - Gabriela Cristina García Oruña, San Juan - Academia Maria Reina PR - Ricardo E. Kury-Calderon, Guaynabo - Baldwin School of Puerto Rico PR - Harold Ignacio Peón Castro, San Juan - Academia del Perpetuo Socorro PR - Jorge Alejandro Ruiz Ruiz, Caguas - Escuela Secundaria Especializada en Ciencias Matemáticas y Tecnología PR - Sofia M Villamil, San Juan - Commonwealth-Parkville School

Rhode Island RI - Luke Charles Jackson, Portsmouth - Portsmouth High School RI - Alexander Jedson, West Greenwich - Exeter W Grenwch Regl Jr-Sr Hs RI - Emilie Lum, Cranston - Moses Brown School **RI - Daniel N. Marella, Cranston - Cranston High School West

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RI - Rachael Marie Perrotta, Cranston - Cranston High School West RI - Ishita Rai, Warwick - St Mary Academy - Bay View RI - Suraj Sait, East Greenwich - East Greenwich High School

South Carolina *SC - Caleb Connor Borick, Charleston - Borick Home School SC - Lauren Chen, Irmo - Dutch Fork High School SC - Jennifer Yanlai Gao, Clemson - D. W. Daniel High School SC - Emily Minh-Uyen Giep, Spartanburg - Paul M. Dorman High School SC - Vamsi Gorrepati, Columbia - Spring Valley High School SC - Henry Thuta Hein, Myrtle Beach - Carolina Forest Education Ctr **SC - Kelsey Krusen, Chapin - Spring Hill High School SC - Janette Hasol Park, Irmo - Dutch Fork High School SC - Pallavi Rao, Columbia - Spring Valley High School SC - Nathan Sun, Greer - Phillips Exeter Academy *SC - Nicholas Michael Dean Turgeon, Greenville - Wade Hampton High School SC - Jeffrey Xiajie Zhou, Greer - Riverside High School MA - Julia Zhu, Andover - Phillips Academy

South Dakota SD - Jonathan Coronado, Rapid City - Stevens Senior High School SD - Harry Heiberger, Brandon - Brandon Valley High School SD - Henry Ralph Heiberger, Brandon - Brandon Valley High School SD - Josephine Krajewski, Yankton - Yankton High School SD - Katherine J Pardy, Sioux Falls - O'Gorman High School SD - Lyanne Pineda, Hot Springs - Hot Springs High School **SD - Ainsley Powers, Brookings - Brookings High School

Tennessee TN - Jabr Ahmad Abu-Halimah, Murfreesboro - Central Magnet School TN - Collin Andrew Coil, Franklin - Independence High School TN - Ryan A Crants, Nashville - Ensworth High School TN - Trent Gunter, Collierville - Collierville High School **TN - Victoria Hart, Knoxville - HARDIN VALLEY ACADEMY TN - Allison Danielle Henry, Hendersonville - Hendersonville High School TN - Sydney Hummel, Nolensville - Nolensville High School TN - Lexis Khetsavanh, Franklin - Centennial High School TN - Charlotte Grace Lange, Clarksville - Rossview High School TN - Victoria Y. Ouyang, Collierville - Saint Mary's Episcopal School TN - Benjamin Charles Perry, Gallatin - Merrol Hyde Magnet School TN - Arjun Puri, Germantown - Memphis University School TN - Sarah L. Shen, Memphis - White Station High School *TN - Maggie A Wilkinson, Ooltewah - Chattanooga High Center for Creative Arts

Texas TX - Pavan Agrawal, Houston - Cypress Ridge High School TX - Christian Ernst Bell, Midland - Greenwood High School TX - Carson Malcolm Benner, Houston - Bellaire Senior High School TX - Jeffrey Lawrence Chen, Bellaire - Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science TX - Vivian Catrice Coleman, Laredo - J W Nixon High School TX - Jorn Fabian Dammann, Austin - Saint Stephens Episcopal School TX - Tian Dong, Austin - Westlake High School TX - Ashly James, Longview - Pine Tree High School TX - Divyesh Kumar Khatri, Houston - The Village School

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TX - Sohum Makarand Kulkarni, Dallas - Parish Episcopal School TX - Adithya Shakthi Kumar, Austin - Liberal Arts and Science Academy TX - Amy Li, Dallas - Highland Park High School TX - Christopher Zollino Lloyd, San Antonio - Alamo Heights High School *TX - Ryan McCord, Dallas - St. Mark's School of Texas TX - Mark Andrew Moses, Fort Worth - Robert L. Paschal High School **TX - Neel Narayan, Houston - Cypress Ridge High School TX - Tejas Narayanan, Tyler - UT Tyler University Academy TX - Alia Imtiyaz Nathani, Houston - Langham Creek High School TX - Vaidehi Phirke, Round Rock - CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL TX - Noah Alexander Rubinson, Houston - The Kinkaid School TX - Taylor Shannon Shui, Sugar Land - Dulles High School *TX - Vuyiswa Sigadi, Cedar Hill - Dr. Emmett J. Conrad TX - Stacy Wang, Dallas - Highland Park High School TX - Ethan Zahid, Sugar Land - Dulles High School TX - Yucheng Alena Zhang, Austin - Westwood High School TX - Vivian Zhao, Allen - Plano Senior High School TX - Angela Zhong, Cypress - Cypress Woods High School

Utah **UT - Jared Mason Connelly, Vernal - Uintah High School UT - Taylor Fang, Logan - Logan High School **UT - Trevor Larsen, Mapleton - Maple Mountain High School UT - Cindy Hanh Phan, West Valley City - Skyline High School UT - Moses Giles Samuelson-Lynn, West Valley City - Samuelson-Lynn Home School UT - Jacob Simmons, Sandy - Brighton High School UT - Emma Grace Sun, Sandy - The Waterford School UT - Daniel Wayne Woodfield, Lehi - Skyridge High School

Vermont VT - Sophie Leggett, Woodstock - Woodstock Union High School VT - Trevor Alexander MacKay, Castleton - Rutland High School VT - Neelie Markley, Burlington - Burlington High School VT - Nisha Shah, So Burlington - South Burlington High School VT - Ragulan Sivakumar, South Burlington - South Burlington High School VT - Henry Wu, Essex Junction - Essex High School

Virginia VA - Colter Adams, Falls Church - George Mason High School **VA - Carson Glen Blythe, Virginia Beach - Kempsville High School VA - Matthew Bruning, Arlington - St. Alban's School VA - Jontae L. Burton, Henrico - Henrico High School **VA - William B Calli, Woodbridge - Woodbridge Senior High School **VA - Ashlei Michele Davis, Stafford - Colonial Forge High School **VA - Emma Catherine Devine, Stafford - Brooke Point High School VA - Victoria Graf, Arlington - Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology VA - Nicholas Yuchen Gu, Yorktown - Tabb High School VA - Sarah Gu, Herndon - Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology VA - Justin S. Han, Vienna - Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology VA - Victoria Catherine Heidt, Vienna - James Madison High School VA - Justin Hu, Vienna - James Madison High School *NY - Anne Lindenkohl Mesmer, New York - Laurel Springs School *VA - Madison Katherine Perry, Woodbridge - Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School VA - Eshaan Rawat, Chantilly - Freedom High School

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VA - Alyssa Michelle Smith, Powhatan - Maggie L. Walker Governor's School VA - Sophia Eileen Tedesco, Mc Lean - George C Marshall High School

Washington WA - Evelyn Ruth Chen, Bellevue - Newport High School WA - Jabez Jimin Choi, Tacoma - Curtis Senior High School WA - Candace Do, Bellevue - Newport High School WA - Emily Lei Du, Bellevue - Interlake High School WA - Nai'a Brentni Freeman, Cathlamet - Wahkiakum High School **WA - Kenedee Lam, Spokane - Spokane Valley Tech WA - Jaechan Lee, Bellingham - Sehome High School WA - Liam Young Milliken, Bellevue - Yellow Wood Academy WA - Courtjoseph Melang Saunders, Richland - Kamiakin High School WA - Roman Jeffrey Short, Clyde Hill - Lakeside School WA - Ananya Srivastava, Redmond - Redmond High School **WA - Lauren Stubbs, LaCrosse - LaCrosse High School *WA - Akhilesh Vadari, Redmond - Christa McAuliffe Academy School of Arts and Sciences **WA - Madelynn Jae Wagner, Odessa - Odessa High School

West Virginia WV - Sophia M Gorby, Stonewood - Bridgeport High School WV - Bridget Hall, Martinsburg - Hedgesville High School WV - Kayli Madison Mann, Lerona - Pikeview High School WV - Cade Michael McMunigal, Union - James Monroe High School WV - Fletcher Lee Newell, Grafton - Grafton High School WV - William Ryan Tobin, Fairmont - Fairmont Senior High School

Wisconsin WI - Amogh Bhatnagar, Mequon - University School of Milwaukee WI - Dayi Ethan Dong, Madison - West High School WI - Liam Flatley, Brookfield - Brookfield Central High School WI - Emily Liu, Brookfield - Brookfield Central High School WI - Rahul Mullick, Mequon - University School of Milwaukee WI - Sharifah Bibi Nur Muhamad, Milwaukee - Lynde and Harry Bradley Technology & Trade High School WI - Sanjana Reddy Peddagorla, Brookfield - Brookfield East High School WI - Lucia Rondini, Milwaukee - University School of Milwaukee WI - William Russell Volmar III, Walworth - Big Foot High School WI - Julia Zhou, Madison - James Madison Memorial High School

Wyoming WY - Ryan Brinda, Lander - Lander Valley High School WY - Megan Ruth Dufault, Jackson - Jackson Hole High School WY - Alexa Christianna Mazur, Lander - Lander Valley High School WY - Sam D. Miller, Laramie - Laramie High School WY - Anna Lucille Steele, Cheyenne - Cheyenne Central High School WY - Michael Ryan Stoll, Mountain View - Mountain View High School