{"id":624528,"date":"2026-03-16T20:47:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/?p=624528"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:45:50","slug":"2026-leadership-award-in-student-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/2026-leadership-award-in-student-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Leadership Award in Student Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 18, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Scholastic Press Association, the nation\u2019s largest association for scholastic journalists, has named approximately 1,500 high-school journalists as recipients of its Leadership Award in Student Journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNSPA is pleased to honor such a distinguished group of student journalists,\u201d associate director Gary Lundgren said. \u201cThe leadership demonstrated by these students during their two years working on student media will serve them well for careers in journalism or any future endeavors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To earn the NSPA Leadership Award in Student Journalism, a high school student must serve with distinction for at least two years on the staff of an NSPA-member broadcast, literary arts magazine, newspaper\/newsmagazine, specialty magazine, website or yearbook by the end of the current school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students are nominated by their advisers. A specific grade-point average is not required; however, students must be in good academic standing and demonstrate journalistic excellence and staff leadership while maintaining the high ethical standards outlined in the NSPA Model Code of Ethics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recipients receive a certificate of recognition and are eligible to wear the NSPA Leadership in Student Journalism teal honor cord at graduation, as well as being listed on the NSPA website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leadership award complements the academic recognition through the Quill and Scroll International Honor Society for Student Journalists,<\/a> which is part of NSPA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Previous inductees<\/strong> 
& winners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

NSPA Leadership Award in Student Journalism<\/strong>
2025<\/a>
2024
<\/a>2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NSPA Honor Roll<\/strong>
2022<\/a> \u2022 2021<\/a> \u2022 2020<\/a> \u2022 2019<\/a> \u2022 2018<\/a> \u20222017<\/a> \u2022 2016<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NSPA Honor Roll Scholarships<\/strong>
2022<\/a> \u2022 2021<\/a> \u2022 2020<\/a> \u2022 2019<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NSPA awards archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2026 NSPA Leadership in Student Journalism Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Alphabetical by state and city<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ARIZONA<\/strong>
Xavier College Prep, Phoenix
<\/strong>Faith Gwati
Ellery Kerrigan
Lucia Sugich
Kylie Weisheit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CALIFORNIA
Carlmont High School, Belmont
<\/strong>Jayden Breite
Michelle Chen
Shiori Chen
Kiana Chen
Daniela Cuadros
Lia Frazita
Rachel Hong
Nehir Hosgur
Naomi Hsu
Lara Ibasco
Claire Kornberg
Andrew Liang
May Lin
Isabelle Ling
Skylin Lui
Ayaan Omer
Emilia Pajarillo
Hunter Prince
Linda Reeder
Lauren Roberts
Keira Audrey Sarmiento
Gregoire Scherrer
Rowan Sheng
Madilyn Shoop-Gardner
Zara Smith
Caitlin Stehr
Anoushka Swaminathan
Chloe Taylor
Nathan Turnbeaugh
Isabella Wilson
Kathryn Winters
Ashlyn Wong
Jade Wu
Skylin Yee
Anna Ypodimatopoulou<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brea Olinda High School, Brea
<\/strong>Siena Codekas
Issabella Garcia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homestead High School, Cupertino
<\/strong>Grace Chen
Jesus Hernandez Tornez
Alyssa Kolin
Trey Kwon
Johanna Lee
Jessica Lwin
Shaurya Prayag
Kaitlyn Sun
Suri Yau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monta Vista High School, Cupertino
<\/strong>Sophia D’Sa
Leah Desai
Jillian Ju
Vaishnavi Katukam
Isabelle Kok
Corinna Kuo
Yixuan Joyce Lee
Sih Yu (Melody) Lin
Liz Liu
Suhana Mahabal
Stella Petzova
Ananda Singh
Amberly Sun
Raj Thapliyal
Ellie Wang
Asha Wojciechowski
Ethan Yang
Benjamin Zhang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dos Pueblos High School, Goleta
<\/strong>Benjamin Casselman
Joel Cuevas
Jayden Garcia
Juliett Hernandez Mayo
Isla Herrera
Sage Honikman
Kris Lazcano
Madelynn Le
Jennyfer Lopez Garcia
Leo Quinkert
Ava Valdez
Owen Wood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Pearl Magnet High School, Lake Balboa
<\/strong>Jenny Marquez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinewood School, Los Altos Hills
<\/strong>Tifany Au
Kayden Ge
Dhruv Gupta
Avery Hall
Braxton Kimura
Elizabeth Liang
Billie Lloyd
Katie Maier
Addison Parenti
Lara Parikh
Jake Reynders
Mailey Wang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marlborough School, Los Angeles
<\/strong>Ria Devani
Aubrey Geibelson
Julia Guillen
Cara Huang
Sydney Karlan
Addison Seidel
Paloma Vergara<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Archer School for Girls, Los Angeles
<\/strong>Vivianne Arnold
Gaia Bhavsar
Charlotte Burnap
Ashley Chan
Caroline Fu
Olivia Hallinan-Gan
Maya Hern\u00e1ndez
Meredith Ho
Gabby Kaplan
Shaelyn Killam
Natalie London
Catalina L\u00f3pez-S\u00e1nchez
Phoebe Measer
Emily Paschall
Emerson Rapp
Pasha Selig
Oona Seppala
Sophie Shafipour
Alexandra Sunshine
Lola Thomas
Sydney Tilles
Olivia Toborowsky
Melinda Wang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saint Francis High School, Mountain View
<\/strong>Rishabh Anand
MollyAnn Caulfield
Lia Payne
Tanushri Rajesh
Dominic So<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Westridge School, Pasadena
<\/strong>Gemma Arya
Frances Bell
Kristin Chuang
Karalim Cruikshank
Rebecca Lopez
Tekle Skiles Januta
Josie Stempel Jung
Valentina Vera<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whitney High School, Rocklin
<\/strong>Leila Alexander
Simon Aragoza
Olivia Boyd
Sarah Choi
Claire Curtis
Lara de Valk
Paige Friesen
Isabella Gimroth
Rowen Kibby
Trinity Kim
Mila Kljajin
Gabby Robinson
Navneet Thandi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco
<\/strong>Isabelle Abad
Alyssa Abaunza
Aarav Agrawal
Julian Amann
Rose Baik
Robert Bennett
Kaia Burris
Chloe DeCastro
Logan Dee
Sasha Feliciana-Chan
E’moni Ferdinand
Hailey Ferrer
Isabel Fonseca
Rachel Gerke
Ashling Greene
Ishaan Gupta
Annabelle Hazard
Vincy Huang
Loghan Hwang
Julian Iaconetti
Lorelai Keating-Curran
Daniella Lainez
Joshua Lee
Nora Lee
Alessandra Leon
Ethan Ly
Iva Maldonado
Rhianna Mallory
Ciarra Mangibuyat
Isaac Martin
Hazel Nagata-Rampata
Elliott Ng
Emmanuelle Ng
Collin Noguera
Sara Noguera
Kianna Pangalangan
Aliyah Pasion
Erin Quan
Cat Rold
Emilia Ross
Isaiah Sanchez
William Saunders
Isabella Thumas
Keira Wallace
Elizabeth Walsh
Crystal Wei
Miles Witte
Charlottie Yip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urban School of San Francisco, San Francisco
<\/strong>Aida Cooney
Mari Flores
Daphne Gilman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orange County School of the Arts, Santa Ana
<\/strong>Alyssa Abiera
Christian Cho
Ashlyn Chung
Mary Hong
Elsie Kim
Jiyu Lee
Peyton Park
Hailey Perng
Edison Romo
Jesper Seet
Ella Wang
Emily Wen
Charlotte Yoh
Ellie Yoshino
Katie Zhang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saratoga High School, Saratoga
<\/strong>Morgan Li
Brennan Pak
Chloe Tang
Aneiya Thomas
Sophia Tsives
Evelyn Williams
Sylvia Zhang
Joseph Zhao<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLORADO
Cherokee Trail High School, Aurora
<\/strong>Maitlyn Barnett
Lily Buttshaw
Clark DeLeeuw
William Devlin
Celestine Dimulu
Peyton Ferguson
Harper Forestieri
Mayaan Glickman
Aleena Javed
Jordan Jones
Kegan Mclaughlin
Richie Nguyen
Henry Pfannestiel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brighton High School, Brighton
<\/strong>Jude Bachicha
Edwin Baker
Sophia Cespedes
Noah Corkery
Riley Doherty
Hailynn Dyck
Gavin Federocko
Ivan Fuentes
Carlee Fuller
Jaidon Gallegos
Samuel Granado
Cory Kessinger
Isaiah Leon
Emily Lucero Ramirez
Tatum McTarsney
Austin Sickler
Aubrey Thomson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conifer High School, Conifer
<\/strong>Finley Arnesen
Layla Beightel
Kai Brennan
Kanin Cadam
Christian Cook
Wyatt Damiani
Giada DeManna
Lyla Devaney
Jaydin Eos
Justin Green
Breanna Guilford
Oliva Henderson
Carson Hilbelink
Lainey Metcalf
Thomas Pulioff
Savanna Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch
<\/strong>Ridhi Bandla
Quinn Barton
Rose Benson
Jackson Bond
Elise Brandon
Geoffrey Brauchler
Carley Butler
Evan Jensen
Grace Kerr
Emerson Leddick
Donovan (Dee) Lee
Isabelle Lin
Grayson Marchi
Aspyn Motarjeme
Evelyn Oliver
Camille Olsen
Kelsey Pringle
Adin Robinett
Reghan Semmer
Kailey Serna
Zoe Swant
Khalil Thaut
Haylee Webster<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longmont High School, Longmont
<\/strong>Ethan Atherton
Ivy Depaemelaere
Shealan Graham
Dylin Hunt
Nevaeh Lerit
Amelia Mullis
Maya Pears
Gethsemane Shelden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONNECTICUT
South Windsor High School, South Windsor
<\/strong>Eliza Blanchfield
Elizabeth Sinclair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Georgetown Day School, Washington
<\/strong>Teresa Dean
Abby Freedman
Sam Gross
Sabine Hletko Wood
Alex Hughes
Brooke Hughes
Molly Kurtzer-Ellenbogen
Gavin Leonard
Jonah Levy
Chloe Newkirk
Didi Pathiyal
Adam Riker
Sabrina Sandhu
Nick von Hindenburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FLORIDA
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami
<\/strong>Gloria Aguirre
Karina Amador
Naliah Bouchereau
Valentina Brime
Carolina Gonzalez
Sofia Gonzalez Acosta
Isabella Onoz
Andrea Padron
Carolina Pina
Olivia Reyes
Valeria Rincon
Gavirelle Rodriguez
Lauren Shortal
Gianna Valladares
Sophia Vallejo
Natalia Vargas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montverde Academy, Montverde
<\/strong>Brooke Burton
Wiljeanne Marc Estime
Marisha Pirani
Akylah Shirley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oviedo High School, Oviedo
<\/strong>Brayden Appel
Madelyn Becker
Graceline Bland
Carson Cooper
Gabriella Decesare
Haidyn Dykes
Gianna Fusco
Sebastian Garay
Cooper Garvey
Alyssa Griffin
Matthew McDonald
Julia Miller
Marley Moore
Julia Ross
Acovan Schild
Tessa Sims
Shea Stacey
William Sun
Jamison Wissner
Traiz Zakaria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Benjamin School, Palm Beach Gardens
<\/strong>Isabella Anthon
Annabel Brown
Haley Roth
Reid Waxman
Chase Zur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Heritage Schools Broward Campus, Plantation
<\/strong>Sophia Lary
Alina Mosquera
Kylie Tirado
Eleonor Tsimbal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robinson High School, Tampa
<\/strong>Maile Abell
Alexis Caruthers
Dahvnn Inthavilaysuk
Sophie Le
Jordan Lee
Camila Parra-Rodriguez
Sofia Reyes
Malia Rodriguez
Ryan Rolle
Anika Sanka
Sadie Scheu
Grace Shafer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
<\/strong>Mabruk Alam
Malina Asnani
Kiara Benoit
Savannah Busby
Reya Chennath
Ava Fiala
London Franklin
Lila Goldin
Sadie Kanter
Liliana Kirby
Sara Lipnitzky
Emilia Mason
Graeme Melcher
Gavin Murray
Griffin Petti
Faneickagie Phadael
Ava Rivera
Belen Rivera
Valentina Saenz-Daza
Benjamin Seelig
Karmiah Smith
Sienna Rose Sossi
Emily Tabora<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GEORGIA
Clarke Central High School, Athens
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Peter Atchley
Lea D\u2019Angelo
Grady Dunston
Isabella Gresham
Adah Hamman
Merren Hines
Abigail Holloway
Cooper Jones
Liza Larson
Cesia Martinez
Mary \u201cMargo\u201d McDaniel
Emlyn McKinney
Mzee Pavlic
Lydia Rowell
Liya Taylor
Angel Tejada
Iliana Tejada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawson County High School, Dawsonville
<\/strong>Anthony Dill
Benjamin Hansard
Ella Lee
Ella Grace Lee
Mia Ocasio
Mounira Ouedraogo
David Savelyev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marietta High School, Marietta
<\/strong>Polleen Coates
Sydney Hernandez
Amelia Jenkins
Addison Moreland
Elise Patterson
Gia Patterson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whitefield Academy, Smyrna
<\/strong>Morgan Alexander
Nasya Bazemore
Rhett Bradford
Grace Brady
Tian Clarke
Grace Comstock
Mary English Dorn
Presley Duncanson
Lucy Grisette
Makenzie Hamlin
Elizabeth Hogan
Blaire Kennerly
Kira McCurdy
Amaya Moore
Myla Peet
Miles Rowe-Mahmoud
Marissa Taylor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HAWAII
President William McKinley High School, Honolulu
<\/strong>Nhi Nguyen
Dominic Niyo
Jacky Oasay
Cheska Orias<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IDAHO
Canyon Ridge High School, Twin Falls
<\/strong>Cameron English
Brian Miller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ILLINOIS
Metea Valley High School, Aurora
<\/strong>Sakeenah Amatul
Mansi Bajaj
Azzaya Battsogt
Luisa Bernardino
Gino Colasanti
Saavi Krishnan
Rayma Miller
Mia Murphy
Emma Nicholls
Sweeti Patel
Samruddhi Patil
Ryder Preston Brown
Struan Somerville
Elliott Thacker
Pahi Tiwari
Francesca Tolentino<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lyons Township High School, La Grange
<\/strong>Peyton Carmody
Tess Mulvenna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McHenry Community High School, McHenry
<\/strong>Grace Bellavia
Aubrey Butler
Grace Crockett
Ffion Curtain
Maggie Demski
Afton Ingraffia
Berenice Santiago
Mason Sites
Michalina Sotka
Aika Villa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maine South High School, Park Ridge
<\/strong>Audrey Becker
James Biagi
Joseph Calder\u00f3n
Lola Cosma
Olivia Crawford
Bart Dabkowski
Sarah Frantz
Samuel Higgins
Sydney Hollingsworth
Katie Johnston
Emery Yates
Ivana Zezelj<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INDIANA
Bloomington High School North, Bloomington
<\/strong>Elena Berkenstock
Kelton O’Connell
Claire Watrous<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Columbus North High School, Columbus
<\/strong>Colin Amini
Chloe Feliciano
Jayden Felicijan
Stella Gaylord
Annie Green
Owen Grimes
Lois Guest
Cecilia Gutierrez
Jaycee Hardesty
Leo Iorio
Addie Knapp
Alexa Lanam
Gabe Marsh
Izzy McGill
Babacar Niang
Cassie Osburn
Claire Rawlings
Gabby Revell
Levi Tobias
Maddie Williams
Ben Wiltrout<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IOWA
Iowa City West High School, Iowa City
<\/strong>Lea Abou Alaiwa
Mayar Aliwaisi
Maryssa Barnes
Sophie Bergman
Kavya Bhatt
Leah Butcher
Gabriella Ciliberto
Evy Cornish
Kiera Crowe
Lydia Cruce
Waad Dafalla
Caroline Dickens
Callie Gao
Lucy Gardner
Tadamichi Goto
Anna Greenlee
Kyla Huynh
Ahmed Ibrahim
Evelyn Kraber
Aya Mohmednour
Emily Rabe
Shanza Sami
Yeju Seol
Tyler Shane
Sophie Singh
Charlotte Stephens
Jack Sun
Henry Timmer-Hackert
Ashleigh Topp
Colin Wehrle
Taelim Yoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valley High School, West Des Moines
<\/strong>Halie Beaty
Van Cin
Grace Getting
Lucy Lieb
Jaia Mikels
Ean Nelson
Johnny Reynolds
Nash Roe
Nickie Saldana
Maggie Spellman
Ella Waldrop<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KANSAS
Gardner Edgerton High School, Gardner
<\/strong>Luis Briseno
Adele Hodges
Ashlyn Huff
Triela Kurkowski
Alessandro Ramriez-Morales
John Richards
Olivia Stevanov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free State High School, Lawrence
<\/strong>Miles Beaty
Cecilia Bennett
Sydney Brozik
Katie Campbell
Evie Chancy
Odelia Colvin
Gabrielle Coozennoy
Kouri Demelash
Harper Finck
Nathan Friedman
Jonah Frye
Owen Gerrish
Kinley Gigous
Ebi Hegeman
Claire Heinritz
Zoe Kaul
Aleia Kemp
Jaehee Kim
Nathan Kramer
Charlie Last
Baila Love
Bella Lylo
Allison McCall
Phoebe Morris
Maria Mosconi
Piper Northrop
Rakshan Ossen
Addison Powers
Lauren Rosen
Meredith Shryock
Avery Smiley
Lucas Smith
Morgan Sponholtz
Emi Stone
Ava Talbott
Abbie Veeder
Julia Velasco
Arianna Waller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olathe East High School, Olathe
<\/strong>Elliot Barber
Sadie Kong
Christine Landis
JT Lundgren
Kasey Manol
Saffie Senghore
Erilyse Smalls
Reese Smith
Natalie Sousa
Amaya Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olathe South High School, Olathe
<\/strong>Jillian Arnold
Aiden Brown
Damien Courtney
MaKayla Edmondson
Dylan Gad
Katie Hooker
Dani Hufford
Mauryn Kindel
Chester Kitchen
Lauren Korf
Keira Kruetzkamp
Blaine Leyden
Andrea Lucas
Gabby Moritz
Kennedy Smith
Kimberly Teeter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park
<\/strong>Lyra Johnson
Kristen LeBeau
Stella Mages
Macy Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park
<\/strong>Aleigha Adams
Vielka Corrales
Brody DeLeve
Daisy Ellis
Carson Fox
Miles McKinzy
Shea McNellis
Sahara Montgomery
Sierra Nelson
Emmalee Rich
Levi Robertson
Madi Russell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee Mission West High School, Overland Park
<\/strong>Korbin Gasperino
Aneesah Jameel
Aron Montalvo
Elise Powell
Miley Truong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village
<\/strong>Campbell Alldredge
Paige Bean
Clara Breneman
Isabella Broce
Sophia Brockmeier
Mary Green
Will Griffith
Preston Hooker
Josie Mangine
Elizabeth (Libby) Marsh
Luciana Mendy
Ellie Moilanen
Lucy Stephens
Lyla Weeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MASSACHUSETTS
Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill
<\/strong>Gabe Cohen
Edward Flint
Tavio Mares-Van Praag
Rohan Muni
Rachael Rosenberg
Nolan Suraci
Jackson Tarbox
Mary Wang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MICHIGAN
Community High School, Ann Arbor
<\/strong>Nina Beals
Arlo Caines
Piper Cooke
Lukas Dinkelmann
Paul Fosler
Eleanor Fox
Kaylee Gadepalli
Emma Goblirsch
Jane Grocoff
Luca Hinesman
Vedha Kakarla
Ellora Kirbat
Margaret Lamb
Jack Lewis
Elijah Makman-Levinson
Addison McCreadie
Kennedy McDonald
Evangeline Millwood
Kirra Molek
Janaki Nallamothu
Jessica Rothstein
Isabella Santiago
Alex Schwartz
Isla Tharp
Mallory Towers
Wilson Zheng<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huron High School, Ann Arbor
<\/strong>Ellise Baidel
Lea Barnett
Ryan Bezas
Ashley Bradshaw
Salem Dinh
Andrew Etchill
Kayla Fu
Jules Heskia
Emily Hu
Lakshya Jaiganesh
Mamoud Kaba
Ishaan Kamaat
Danille Lee
Mia Lin
Shayla Ly
Anjali Nadarajah
Kasia Phan
Satvika Ramanathan
Isha Savi
Hailey Sell
Hemanth Tavane
Brody Turner
Victoria Wilkenson
Anna Yin
Ella Yip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eisenhower High School, Shelby Township
<\/strong>Leah Clower
Kendel Evans
Katherine Keenan
Hali Ponce<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MINNESOTA
Spectrum High School, Elk River
<\/strong>Daisy Haney
Jonathan Hauser
Mariana Jasso-Hernandez
Hayden McColley
Isabella Schluender
Mikylee Szulga
Makayla Taylor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis
<\/strong>Desmond Berthiaume
Sophia Blew
Greta Christiansen
Jordan Cox
Ben Hanson
Danielle Hobbie
Elijah Jensen
Josephine Johnson
Dylan Lennick
Nina Mast
Ben Misa
Ezra Victor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blake School, Minneapolis
<\/strong>Ben Aviles
Evie Chow
Charlie Dean
Lilah Johnson
Izzie Miller
Caitlin Strauss
Faith Zhao<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul
<\/strong>Lina Abid
Juan Miguel Adams
Eva Burns
Thomas Chen
Caden Deardurff
Ivy Evans
Roman Farley
Wynter Feiner
Helen Frost
Amanda Hsu
Audrey Jansen
Eva Johnson
Yasmin Khan
Sonia Kharbanda
Ariella Kim
Andrew Lipinsky
Nora McKoy
Izzy Middlebrook
Yassin Mokbel
Lani Ngonethong
Peter Ostrem
Audrey Peltier
Nabeeha Qadri
Greyson Sale
Peony Steele
Elizabeth Tuttle
Allan Wang
Sylvia Westra
Zimo Xie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MISSOURI
Parkway West High School, Ballwin
<\/strong>Yein Ahn
Kamori Berry
Grace Garetson
Kennedy Hodge
Faith Mosher
Shea O’Connell
Kate Roland
Ruthvi Tadakamalla<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marquette High School, Chesterfield
<\/strong>Avery Ehrhart
Samantha Perz
Morgan Siegel
Zoey Srote<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clayton High School, Clayton
<\/strong>Charles Balestra
Luke Jeans
Haowen Liu
Connor Riley
Lucas Ruan
Katherine Strait
Adam Watson
Kyra Welton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grain Valley High School, Grain Valley
<\/strong>Bentley Craver
Carter Gooch
Brooklyn Lanear
Isabella Munzuris
Chase Neer
Kenneth Sappington
Austin Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oak Park High School, Kansas City
<\/strong>Olivia Banuelos-Angulo
Shukri Bashir
Emberlynn Davis
Hannah Dresser
Ben Hass
Brian Mayer
Rae Nold
Madonna Peterson
Reece Schroeder
Yazmin Tate
Rebecca Thomson
Kale Williams
Lola Wooten<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staley High School, Kansas City
<\/strong>Makayla Andrews
Olivia Bransfield
Talia Brown
Abigail Bures
Charlotte Conway Colthup
Caleb Cooley
Madalyn Darby
Reese Hansen
Ava Holmes
Olivia Kimball
Ava Laborada
Audrey Peterson
Jorden Scrivner
Cooper Unruh
Willow Wooldridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood
<\/strong>Natalie Dale
Kiley Huang
Kate Jensen
Sanchan Khanuja
Addy Mohler
Josie Mottl
Carly Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liberty High School, Lake Saint Louis
<\/strong>Keena Boschert
Austin Koehnemann
Meghan Lynch
Mason Molitor
Will Nolan
Ella Quinney
Kylie Richardson
Bella Romine
Marlen Tenorio-Guevara
Loukya Vaka
Lorelei Wise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liberty North High School, Liberty
<\/strong>Abigail Anderson
Madison Arnone
Lainey Beaty
Delaney Blackburn
Laila Jones
Andrew McNiff
Sydney Rickels
Anna Walsh
Emma Watts
Lydia Yates
Isabel Young<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Kansas City High School, North Kansas City
<\/strong>Angel Banuelos Rodriguez
Brennan Crawley
Robert Fillingham
Madison Rounds
Tessa Waggoner
Linus Cathcart
Miles Martinez
Adonis Qureshi
Matilda Whitley
Emory Nessa
Olivia Farmer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindbergh High School, St. Louis
<\/strong>Valeria Aguayo
Joleyann Agustin
Bob Albert
Nathan Arnold
Mason Bahr
Kate Basler
Eli Bembower
Celina Calix
Isabella Christ
Cami Dunajcik
Molly Eisele
Kai Harcharic
Danny Indelicato
Demi Jorgji
Laney Manasco
Presley Maurer
Laney McCoy
Gunner McRoy
Ava Meyer
Gage Migneco
Sierra Montroy
Lilly Mullins
Sarah Prior
Johnathan Que-Xa
Ben Rickard
Christian Santangelo
Eleni Simos
Micah Smith
Brooke Sprung
Sarah Studer
Jimmy Taff
Airi Ubukata
Aiden Vojka
Brenna West
Laurel Wetherington
Michael Willick
Lily Yemm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ritenour High School, St. Louis
<\/strong>Randy Lewis
Kaliegh Marsala
Madison Miller
Mya Moore
Halie Parks
Leanna Peal
Koby Wilkinson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Webster Groves High School, Webster Groves
<\/strong>Sam Enlund
Margaret Korte
Arianna Peper
Jasper Winterton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEBRASKA
Pius X High School, Lincoln
<\/strong>Angelina Cloet
Olivia Dougherty
Brynn Hart
Gabrielle Major
Frances Nebel
Roxie Prunty
Maria Riordan
Alayna Sharp
Jenna Spiegel
Katelyn Tran
Sarah Volkmer
Luella Weigel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marian High School, Omaha
<\/strong>Hayden Blaney
Erin Cramer
Katherine Dietz
Ava Ellis
Abigail Else
Isabella Hayes
Lauren Hicks
Izumi Huang Fujiwara
Delaney Jackson
Alena Kehm
Eleanor Kolterman
Alaina Kroll
Anna Kubat
Molly McChesney
Niamh McGarry
Lucy Mendenhall
Reilly O’Brien
Claire Pogge
Syra Qureshi
Ruby Scanlan
Sydney Schulze
Maelee Smith
Hannah Taylor
Eleanor Thibodeau
Maeve Wharton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Londonderry High School, Londonderry
<\/strong>Kaylee Mague
Jansher Malik
Mia Robinson
Kelsey Sweet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW JERSEY
Delaware Valley Regional High School, Frenchtown
<\/strong>Juliana Findeis
Austyn Hackmann
Eleanor Lyons
Neha Sethi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW YORK
York Preparatory School, New York
<\/strong>Jordan Birnbaum
Gabriel Cheng
Smith Deley
Julia Gill
Lucas Masi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OKLAHOMA
Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, Oklahoma City
<\/strong>Rory Brewer
Aimee Martinez
Kathryn Menz
Molly Taylor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caney Valley High School, Ramona
<\/strong>Karoline Aston
Christian Lynd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OREGON<\/strong>
La Salle Catholic College Preparatory, Milwaukie
<\/strong>Eli Batcheller
Finnuala Christensen-McElroy
Kayah Cieslak
Harper Coleman
Kieran Crist-Kenworthy
Ashe Hardigg
Julia Hoesly
Clover Martin
Tabitha Obuchowski
Esm\u00e9 Ryznar
Emmett Strackany
Audrey Waters
Grady Wilkinson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Linn High School, West Linn
<\/strong>Garrett Arendt
Nora Bevilacqua
Connie Fashu-Kanu
Iris Hochstettler
Nicholas Hull
Audrey Krake
Claire Lenarduzzi
Will Seibert
Akshay Shah
Kiley Snuffer
Finley Springer
Ravenna Talaga
Olivia Wang
Clara Wood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PENNSYLVANIA
Conestoga High School, Berwyn
<\/strong>Lily Chen
Rowan Chetty
Abigail Chong
Jeffrey Heng
Lauren Pinheiro<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freedom Area High School, Freedom
<\/strong>Caden Beringer
Colton Blank
Morgan Blank
Seanna Conklin
Bryson Deal
Garrett Drutarosky
Nicholas Fessler
Edelyn Gonzalez Reyes
Boden Hilliard
Anna Majors
Nicholas Metzger
Alexander Micon
Elizabeth Mooney
Calla Reynolds
Troy Reynolds
Mia Roncevich
Hannah Shaffer
Lillian Stragand
Cameron Stumpf
Anthony Taddeo
Olivia VanDeCar
Brennen Vucinic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abington Friends School, Jenkintown
<\/strong>Sam Calandra-Jayne
Ash Cohen
Kylie Firmin
Liam Hilliard
Serafina Kubersky
Oonagh Moore
Alana Son
Anjali Tremblay
Lauren Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strath Haven High School, Wallingford
<\/strong>Kathryn Barrett
Lavanya Dixit
Evie Fernandez
Kaitlyn Ho
Clark Kerkstra
Veronica King
Ethan Lin
Isaac Lothrop
Morgan Matthews
Abbey Minton
Matthew Ramirez
Claire Salera
Fiona Seale
Roxana Shelton
Annika Slootmaker
Darcey Strachan
Josie Wieland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOUTH DAKOTA
Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls
<\/strong>Ellie Boehrns
Mason Dean
Kinsley Ernster
Eloise Geraets
Will Hansen
Julia Hedrick
Lucy Hennies
Hazel Hughes
Naomi Jespersen
Vivian Kiesow Knudsen
Sara Mathison
Ellie Quinn
Logan Sanborn
Nadia Schneider
Chris Tao
Bethel Woche<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TENNESSEE<\/strong>
Jefferson County High School, Dandridge
<\/strong>Aniston Brown
Raegan Christian
Lotus Clapp
Cheyenne Holt
Sawyer Jones
Becca Loveday
Alexis Ortiz
Delilah Peters
Ivy Price
Calleigh Schaub
Ava Shrader
Alyssa Tabor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEXAS
Ray Braswell High School, Aubrey
<\/strong>Dara Comport
Kodi Davis
Jordan Doty
Serenity Hardowin
Ellija Henderson
Halyn Holt
Julie Ixco
SyAire’e Lamb
Benjamin Monday
Camila Velazquez
Kylie West
Nicholas Wooley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin High School, Austin
<\/strong>Dylan Campbell
Melody Clifford
Evelyn de la Reza
Malia Ochs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Bowie High School, Austin
<\/strong>Colette Allen
Caroline Baxter
Aili Billick
Gabby Bochey
Sam Bode
Averi Castruita
Violet DeVore
Peyton Dorsey
Maddy Evers
Katie Grumet
Kaya Jennings
Maya Karivelithara
Elise Lear
Blake Martin
Marissa McGowan
Violet Mills
Lee Nieto
Ariana Ochoa
Will Olenick
Harper Pardue
Ella Parmer
Henry Pickerill
Liberty Pittman
Savannah Riggins
Hannah Salz
Charlotte Schwarte
Ava Weaver
Eisley Weynand
Capri Wyatt
Elizabeth Yowell
Ryan Zuniga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vandegrift High School, Austin
<\/strong>Ella Berkey
Vinny Garcia
Hannah McRorie
Paige Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Westlake High School, Austin
<\/strong>Rajasi Agarwal
Jillian Berend
Sam Bralower
Baylee Brush
Simon Burke
Isabella Cruz
Drake Dickey
Emily Dopkins
Andrew Garwood
Emily Haney
Kylea Hudgins
Jacob Jorgensen
Hudson Kerr
Grace Kim
Berkeley Kirk
Elinor Latkowski
Cadence Lee
Greyson Martin
Kristin Min
Alima N’Jie
Kaavya Nanda
William Propes
Lennon Riedie
Sofia Sanchez
Henry Schumaker
Tiya Sharma
Stella Smith
Sydney Stasio
Vivienne Stillman
Andrew Stout
Annabelle Strain
Jakeman Strelitz
Miles Strelitz
Jameson Wade
Lowen Waupsh
Caroline Zidar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Westwood High School, Austin
<\/strong>Jacob Chow
Sophi Cortes
Isabelle Horonzy
Sarah Jung
Aarya Kale
Mayla Montgomery
Charly Obermiller
Mina Stephens
Maddy Yendle
Bella Yi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coppell High School, Coppell
<\/strong>Makayla Arnold
Arunesh Eswaran
Evan Meekins
Aaron Montes
Vi Moya Moya
Hemi Riojas
Anoushka Sharma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas
<\/strong>Emma Allen
Taylor Ampofo
Sheridan Bailey
Stella Bartley
Valentina Boltchi
Annabel Brown
Margot Cathey
Lincoln Clarke
Jack Coben
Barrett Coble
Ellie Detwiler
Drew Dundon
Alex Eastin
Sloane Everett
Jane Herburger
Josephine Holmes
Craighton Jefferies
Kennedy Kuchler
Kate Lewis
Gigi Madans
Beau McKnight
Emmy Moss
Gracie Nealon
Ryann Parker
Estee Piccagli
Reese Rawson
Harper Sands
Ryder Sands
Emory Simpson
Anoushka Sinah
Madison Stiles
Lilly Traylor
Mali Kate Venable
Betty Wheeler
Lyla Zicarelli<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Dorado High School, El Paso
<\/strong>Aliana Acu\u00f1a
Frida Estrada
Bianca Gomez
Ty’Ahna Moore
Romina Panfile
Miley Pi\u00f1on
Emily Ramirez
Iratze Rede
Valeria Ruiz
Elena Verdugo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Worth Country Day, Fort Worth
<\/strong>Lila Aitelli
Lindsey Bevis
Evie Blan
Elisha Evans
Lydia Gaydosik
Avery Harrington
Catherine Hart
GiGi Helling
Charlotte Knight
Caroline Knutson
Lily Krafft
Maya Marques
McCartie McPadden
Alisha Mehta
Elizabeth Moses
Gabriella Napier
Emmy Kate Packer
Lily Rollins
Elizabeth Rooker
Martha Wynn Senter
Annabelle Smith
Shayla Smith
Alex Streett
Ben Vaughn
Eloise Wallace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabine High School, Gladewater
<\/strong>Abby Nichols
Lillian Perkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. John\u2019s School, Houston
<\/strong>Grace Bowling
Eshna Das
Aien Du
Lily Dunlap
Gemma Huang
Aila Jiang
Drew Kalapatapu
Nathan Kim
Jennifer Lin
Michelle Liu
Lee Monistere
Riya Nimmagadda
Dalia Sandberg
Mary Elizabeth Villa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood
<\/strong>Tricia Darcy
Emerson Harris
Ella Hickman
Cameron Minatrea
Danielle Nalley
Sydney Ortiz
Pilar Retamales
Bishop Scott
Peyton Smithson
Paisley Thomas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legacy High School, Mansfield
<\/strong>Megan Carney
Blakely Copeland
Max Dearinger
Emily Gandy
Jordyn Green
Quentin Gross
Elijah Gross
Katie Keating
Raymond Laurey
Arely Mata
Riley Myrow
Avery Owens
Rhys Riddle
Camden Smith
Rebecca Viana
Kati Waguespack<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosper High School, Prosper
<\/strong>Colton Boston
Landon Byrom
Audrey Grays
Madison Koepp
Calista Swick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana
<\/strong>Katherine Ayers
Anna Grace Ballard
Addison Bobo
Hannah Hampton
Lynleigh Henderson
Addison Kinney
Martha Patterson
Kadyn Roper
Kennedy Warner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIRGINIA
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria
<\/strong>Saadia Anwaryan
Julia Baer
Mariam Beddawi
Kimberly Cruz Cruz
Sophia Guo
Lulu Huang
Tori Isidro
Jake Kim
Samhita Kotamraju
Karen Lee
Abeni Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chantilly High School, Chantilly
<\/strong>Claire Baek
Hansika Gautama
Elizabeth Sun
Cedric Tchommo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McLean High School, McLean
<\/strong>Gabe Agin
Lily Alcoke
Paghunda Ali
Olivia Bauer
Elisabeth Beach
Kaj Behr
Ziya Bhasin
Eva Braccia
Isabella Brady
Abby Cai
Amelia Cho
Jordan Coffey
Erin Collins
Cailin Craig
Siena Creevy
Kaiya Dave
Elle Dogel
Lucy Evans
Madeleine Gorsline
Prisha Gupta
Charlotte Hahn
Luke Hawken
Elaina Heinitz
Lorelei Horgan
Hamna Humanyou
Ishaan Jain
Nohealani Jones
Ryan Kang
Henry Katz
Noelle Kim
Siena Koerner
Jolie Korfonta
Karin Leverett
Alex Li
Connor Li
Julius Li
Jane Lipsey
RoseLiana Liu
Brandon Lu
Clara Marcott
LeAnne Monkam
Madeleine Mowrey
Ashley O’Sullivan
Serafina Orvis
Ela Patel-Euler
Daniel Pippin
Cora Plerhoples
Anna Polykoff
Zoe Robell
Maya Rosenbloom
Ellie Rosenzweig
Sabrina Rosenzweig
Annika Ryerson
Artin Safaie
Maria Saucedo Rozo
Julia Schildkraut
Jith Sequeira
Kavi Shah
April Sheng
Saoirse Sigler
Chaemin Song
Emmeline Stupak
Caroline Su
Justin Suydam
Michelle Suzan Barreiro
Alan Tang
Gianna Tramonte
Saavan Vohra
Olivia Wood
Jiayue Zou<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INTERNATIONAL
The American School in London, England
<\/strong>Tarek Ahmad
Sarah Alvarez Martin
Ayra Ansari
Amelia Bassi
Siena Cesare
Raj Chamria
Obalolu Edun
Gaby Friedman
Yashar Garraway
Apollo Gentleman
Dash Granite
Aran Hooda
Emily Iannazzo
Zoe Kaul
Rina Kobayashi
Leila Meilman
Aden Ovenden
Aishwarya Preising
Noelle Quintin
Rania Raj
Meher Sareen
Elsa Skorski
Lila Stenson
Colton Stenson
Mymy Taymour
Leyla Tepekoylu
Alexandra Theofilopoulou
Theo Van Zyl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daegu International School, South Korea
<\/strong>Leanne Yoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seoul International School, South Korea
<\/strong>Yoo-Joo Cha
Winston Chen
Seowoo Choi
Jiah Hwang
Brian Ji
Carey Kim
Joon Ho Kim
Eun Seo Koh
Seungwoo Oh
Chae-Eun Park
Ji Min Son
Edward Yoon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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