NJGAAE 19 Students

Nominating Organization Award Title Discipline First Name Last Name School County Speech and Debate State Champion--Public Forum Speech and Somil Agarwal Essex League Debate Debate New Jersey Performing Arts Excellence in Theater Theater Diana Alvarez Essex Center New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Duo Speech and Iain Alvidrez Summit High School Union League Interpretation Debate Dance New Jersey The Student Award for Artistic Dance Nicole Arakaki Passaic County Technical Institute Passaic Excellence and Leadership in Dance NJ STATE CONFERENCE NJ NAACP ACT-SO Program Oratory Calvin Bell III Moorestown Friends School Burlington NAACP ACT-SO Program Art Educators of New Jersey High School Scholarship Award Fine Art Emma Broggi Piscataway High School NJ STATE CONFERENCE NJ NAACP ACT-SO Program Dramatics Dynesia Brown Arts High School Essex NAACP ACT-SO Program Dance New Jersey The Student Award for Artistic Dance Alexandra Butman Morris County School of Technology Morris Excellence and Leadership in Academy of Visual and Performing Dance NJMEA New Jersey All-State Chorus Music Theresa Caso- Morris Hills High School Morris McHugh NJMEA New Jersey All-State Chorus Music Jeffrey Castellano Ramsey High School Bergen Writers Theatre of New Jersey New Jersey Young Playwrights Creative Victoria Cavallo Ocean Contest Writing Writers Theatre of New Jersey NJ Youth Poet Laureate Creative Jonathan Chen Livingston High School Essex Writing STANJ VSA Monologue Theatre Robert Costa Passaic County Technical Institute Passaic New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Policy Debate Speech and Marko Cukar Ridge High School Somerset League Debate Writers Theatre of New Jersey NJ Youth Poet Laureate Creative Vivian DeRosa Communications High School Monmouth Writing Writers Theatre of New Jersey Jersey Shorts Student Prose- Creative Vivian DeRosa Communications High School Monmouth writing Award Writing Young Audiences Arts for Arts Education Award Lorenzo DiAndrea N/A Learning STANJ Comedic Pairs Theatre Ethan DiFrancia Pinelands Regional High School Ocean STANJ Dramatic Pairs Theatre Tatiana Dominguez Academy for Performing Arts Union New Jersey Thespians Costume Design Theatre Ruth Donagher West Orange High School Essex Art Educators of New Jersey High School Scholarship Award Fine Art Catherine Epps New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Duo Speech and Timothy Erday Summit High School Union League Interpretation Debate Writers Theatre of New Jersey Jersey Shorts Student Prose- Creative Emily Gil Bergen County Technical High School-- Bergen writing Award Writing Teterboro STANJ Best Actor Theatre Andrew Gordon Cranford High School Union New Jersey Performing Arts Exceptional Promise in Hip Hop Hip Hop Al-Jahnay Hagan West Side High School Essex Center Dance New Jersey The Student Award for Artistic Dance Cate Hegeman Ridge High School Somerset Excellence and Leadership in Dance Writers Theatre of New Jersey New Jersey Young Playwrights Creative Jacqueline Hennessy Red Bank Catholic High School Monmouth Contest Writing NJ Council of Teachers of High School Writing Contest Creative Simone Hilliard West Orange High School English Gold Medal: Short Story Writing STANJ Improvisational Pairs Theatre Alexandra Humphreys Northern Valley Regional at Old Tappan Bergen Dance New Jersey The Student Award for Artistic Dance Monet Jones Union High School Union Excellence and Leadership in Dance New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Oral Speech and Zawadi Kabazimya Central High School Essex League Interpretation Debate NJMEA New Jersey All-State Band Music Rudolph Kreutzer Atlantic NJMEA New Jersey All-State Chorus Music Austin Kurbansade Roxbury High School Morris NJ STATE CONFERENCE NJ NAACP ACT-SO Program Sculpture Jalyn Lawrence Morristown Friends School Burlington NAACP ACT-SO Program

1 New Jersey Performing Arts Excellence in Music Jazz Jesse Lear Ridgewood High School Bergen Center NJMEA New Jersey All-State Orchestra Music Nicole Lee Summit High School Union Writers Theatre of New Jersey New Jersey Young Playwrights Creative Stephen Lehren Columbia High School Essex Contest Writing New Jersey Thespians Costume Construction Theatre Larissa Leigh Robbinsville High School Merer New Jersey Performing Arts Excellence in Music Jazz Malachi Lewis Cicely L. Tyson School of Performing and Essex Center Fine Arts NJ STATE CONFERENCE NJ NAACP ACT-SO Program Music/Vocal Kayleigh Lewis Union County Catholic High School Union NAACP ACT-SO Program Contemporary NJ Council of Teachers of High School Writing Contest Creative Jeffrey Liao Livingston High School Essex English Gold Medal: Poetry Writing NJ Council of Teachers of High School Writing Contest Creative Jeffrey Liao Livingston High School Essex English Gold Medal: Personal Essay Writing New Jersey Thespians Scenic Design Theatre Caroline Luckhowec OCVTS Performing Arts Academy Ocean Art Educators of New Jersey High School Scholarship Award Fine Art Stephanie Luo Lawrence High School Art Educators of New Jersey High School Scholarship Award Fine Art Ananya Malagi North Brunswick Township H.S. Middlesex STANJ Dramatic Pairs Theatre Vincent Marabuto Academy for Performing Arts Union New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Domestic Speech and Christopher Maximos Delbarton School Morris League Extemporaneous Speaking Debate Dance New Jersey The Student Award for Artistic Dance Taylor Mcdonald Hopewell Valley Central High School Mercer Excellence and Leadership in Dance STANJ Comedic Monologue Theatre Allison McGowan Northern Valley Regional at Old Tappan Bergen New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Congressional Speech and Ranen Miao Millburn High School Essex League Debate Debate New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Program Oral Speech and Annie Milsten Summit High School Union League Interpretation Debate NJMEA New Jersey All-State Chorus Music Althea Miquela Matawan Regional High School Monmouth New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--International Speech and Rayhan Murad Ridge High School Somerset League Extemporaneous Speaking Debate New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Impromptu Speech and Rayhan Murad Ridge High School Somerset League Speaking Debate Dance New Jersey The Student Award for Artistic Dance Lindsay Nakai Gloucester County Institute of Technology Gloucester Excellence and Leadership in Dance Art Educators of New Jersey High School Scholarship Award Fine Art Emily O'Shea Donovan Catholic High School Ocean County Art Administrators of New AANJ Student Achievement Visual Art Julia Okon Jersey City Arts at Ferris High School Hudson Jersey Award NJMEA New Jersey All-State Orchestra Music Robin Park West Windsor-Plainsboro High School Middlesex North New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Original Speech and Claudia Pietrus Morris County School of Technology || Morris League Oratory Debate Randolph High School Writers Theatre of New Jersey New Jersey Young Playwrights Creative Lindsey Polevoy Bergen County Academies Bergen Contest Writing New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Dramatic Speech and Siddarth Rahalkar- Ridge High School Somerset League Interpretation Debate Sasane STANJ Dramatic Monlogue Theatre Olivia Ridley West Orange High School Essex New Jersey Performing Arts Excellence in Musical Theater Musical Nasir Roper Newark Arts High School Essex Center Theater STANJ Improvisational Pairs Theatre Joseph Rubano Northern Valley Regional at Old Tappan Bergen Dance New Jersey Student Award for Excellence & Dance Manami Saito Paramus High School Bergen Leadership in Dance New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Lincoln Speech and Osmane Sanogo Science Park High School Essex League Douglas Debate Debate NJMEA New Jersey All-StateJazz Music Banks Sapnar Haddonfield Memorial High School Camden Ensemble STANJ Comedic Pairs Theatre Anthony Scarpone Pinelands Regional High School New Jersey Thespians Film Theatre Truman Segal West Orange High School Essex Writers Theatre of New Jersey New Jersey Young Playwrights Creative Joseph Kim Sexton Dr Ronald McNair High School Hudson Contest Writing

2 NJ Council of Teachers of High School Writing Contest Creative Charis Shin Bergen County Academies Bergen English Gold Medal: Short Story Writing Dance New Jersey The Student Award for Artistic Dance Clair Shubeck Union County Vocational and Technical Union Excellence and Leadership in High School-Academy for Performing Dance Arts New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Policy Debate Speech and Alexander Smyth Ridge High School Somerset League Debate NJ STATE CONFERENCE NJ NAACP ACT-SO Program Photography Charles Solomon St Augustine Prep Atlantic NAACP ACT-SO Program New Jersey Thespians Makeup Design Theatre Sofia Soper Northern Burlington County Regional Burlington High School New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion-- Speech and Siddarth Sridhar Bridgwater Raritan High School Somerset League Improvisational Acting Debate STANJ Best Actress Theatre Nora Sullivan Cranford High School Union NJ STATE CONFERENCE NJ NAACP ACT-SO Program Drawing Symone Summiel Ewing High School Mercer NAACP ACT-SO Program New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Informative Speech and Christine Sun Montville Township High School Morris League Speaking Debate Art Educators of New Jersey High School Scholarship award Fine Art Meredith Taggart Hopewell Valley Central High School Art Educators of New Jersey High School Scholarship Award Fine Art Mia Tomasino Piscataway High School Somerset New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Humorous Speech and John Tondora Ridge High School Somerset League Interpretation Debate New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Declamation Speech and Michael Torto North Star Academy HS Essex League Debate NJ STATE CONFERENCE NJ NAACP ACT-SO Program Short Story Mekhi Townsend Ewing High School Mercer NAACP ACT-SO Program NJMEA New Jersey All-State Band Music Devon Ulrich Creskill High School Bergen NJ STATE CONFERENCE NJ NAACP ACT-SO Program Drawing Aaron Walker East Orange Campus High School Essex NAACP ACT-SO Program New Jersey Performing Arts Excellence in Hip Hop Hip Hop Karrington Wilson Marist High School Hudson Center County STANJ Scene Theatre Noah Wohlsen Cranford High School Union New Jersey Speech and Debate State Champion--Public Forum Speech and Brian Zhu Millburn High School Essex League Debate Debate

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