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SEMIFINALISTS IN THE 2017 NATIONAL MERIT® SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM September 14, 2016 Announcement

Contact: Eileen Artemakis or Matthew Budreau Phone: (847) 866-5100 Public Information E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nationalmerit.org

Advance: For release on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Note to editors: Semifi nalists in your state are listed alphabetically by city and high school following this press release. This material is prepared solely for news media to announce the names of Semifi nalists; its use for any other purpose is prohibited.

Caution: Using numbers of Semifi nalists to compare high schools, educational systems, or states will result in erroneous conclusions. The National Merit® Scholarship Program honors individual students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The program does not measure the quality or effectiveness of education within a school, system, or state. For more information about the competition, please visit NMSC’s website at www.nationalmerit.org.

Semifi nalists in the 2017 National Merit® Scholarship Program

(Evanston, Illinois) Today offi cials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifi nalists in the 62nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth about $33 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship® award, Semifi nalists must fulfi ll several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the Semifi nalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.

NMSC, a not-for-profi t organization that operates without government assistance, was established in 1955 specifi cally to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 420 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.

-more- Add one Semifi nalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program

Steps in the 2017 Competition About 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifi nalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest- scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifi nalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. To become a Finalist, the Semifi nalist and his or her high school must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifi nalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. A Semifi nalist must have an outstanding academic record through- out high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school offi cial, write an essay, and earn SAT® scores that confi rm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test. From the approximately 16,000 Semifi nalists, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the Finalist level, and in February they will be notifi ed of this designation. All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from this group of Finalists. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference. National Merit Scholarships Three types of National Merit Scholarships will be offered in the spring of 2017. Every Finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit® $2500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state-representational basis. About 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be provided by approximately 230 corporations and business organizations for Finalists who meet their specifi ed criteria, such as children of the grantor’s employees or residents of communities where sponsor plants or offi ces are located. In addition, about 190 colleges and universities are expected to fi nance some 4,000 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for Finalists who will attend the sponsor institution. National Merit Scholarship winners of 2017 will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July. These scholarship recipients will join more than 323,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title.

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National Merit, Merit Scholarship, Merit Scholar, and the corporate “Lamp of Learning” logo are federally registered service marks of National Merit Scholarship Corporation. PSAT/NMSQT is a registered trademark of National Merit Scholarship Corporation and the College Board. SAT is a registered trademark of the College Board. DEERFIELD BEACH ST. THOMAS AQUINAS H. S. Semifinalists: 2017 National DEERFIELD BEACH H. S. 463 Boehm, Grace K. 160 Medina, Mathieu D. 200 Burnette, James H. Merit Scholarship Program 161 Seebaran, Natasha 600 D'Antonio, Kyle J. 162 Shringari, Sumant R. 450 Fraser, Luke B. 907 Grady, Martin J. DELRAY BEACH 450 Huck, Matyas P. AMERICAN HERITAGE SCHOOL 185 Lincoln, Timothy G. 303 Campbell, Jada M. 160 Louis-Jacques, Karl-Stephane CAPE CORAL 450 Darwish, Anna R. 999 Ramsey, Gabriela I. HOMESCHOOL 164 Mish, Lila S. 200 Trapani, Gianna 999 Williamson, Jacob D. 999 Nair, Srijith K. ALACHUA 628 Patel, Aashay WESTMINSTER ACADEMY SANTA FE H. S. CELEBRATION 870 Tonko, Megan A. 455 Renae, Collin B. 600 Triplett, Tiffany M. CELEBRATION H. S. 833 West, Griffin 162 Hollingsworth, Alexis N. FORT MYERS ALTAMONTE SPRINGS ATLANTIC COMMUNITY H. S. CANTERBURY SCHOOL LAKE BRANTLEY H. S. CLEARWATER 450 Das, Sagar L. 628 Chandar, Jay S. 302 Czech, Lauren A. ALLENDALE ACADEMY 712 Goltz, Dayna 000 Gros, Paul T. 000 Clark, Nicolette 720 Ochoa, Sabrina A. FORT MYERS H. S. 712 Harper, Amy A. 843 Rosen, Jordan W. 742 Kennedy, Joshua 906 Harvey, Erin M. COCOA 999 Negin, Elliot J. 450 Nolen, Stephanie L. SPACE COAST H. S. HOMESCHOOL 000 Salyer, Kaitlyn M. 161 Orozco Vega, Claudia D. 743 Bowen, Daniel H. 175 Garrett, Sophie I. 999 Wu, Elbert L. 463 Zuberi, Aliya AVE MARIA COCOA BEACH DORAL HOMESCHOOL COCOA BEACH H. S. DORAL ACADEMY CHARTER H. S. BISHOP VEROT H. S. 700 Henderson, Teresa M. 303 Gansler, Wilson V. 999 Arcia, Adriana R. 457 Kupsaw, Griffin E. 455 Olsson, Benjamin 999 Arellano, Armani M. BARTOW 854 Vogt, Jarod 742 Contipelli, Felipe G. FORT PIERCE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE 999 Ziegler, Courteney S. JOHN CARROLL H. S. SCHOOL DORAL PERFORMING ARTS & 999 McGarry, Matthew J. 700 Beleri, Vasiliki COCONUT CREEK ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY 710 Patel, Nandan S. ATLANTIC TECHNICAL H. S. 946 DeJesus, Katherine FORT WALTON BEACH 628 Silas, Mahima A. 162 Rowe, Melissa M. CHOCTAWHATCHEE H. S. RONALD W. REAGAN - DORAL H. S. 430 Funk, Hannah S. BOCA RATON MONARCH H. S. 121 Gazso, Gabor 450 Helmich, Kevin M. BOCA RATON COMMUNITY H. S. 907 Golio, Jack 168 Christie, Katherine 400 Lopez, Janet M. DOVER FORT WALTON BEACH H. S. 463 Faris, David J. STRAWBERRY CREST H. S. 607 Duffey, Bryan T. 628 Fleming, Kathleen T. NORTH BROWARD SCHOOL 600 Chacko, Kevin M. 160 Kerr, Susan L. 999 Blum, Jacob E. 628 Chandran, Nikitha GAINESVILLE 450 Taddonio, Matthew J. 999 Sandler, Ryan S. 453 Cooper, Sheamus BUCHHOLZ H. S. 742 Utsumi, Yuria 999 Shapiro, Evan M. 302 Delgado, Joshua 000 Campo, Christopher J. 454 Fashoro, Morenike T. 000 Khan, Tawhid S. FLORIDA ATLANTIC COOPER CITY 450 Ferguson, Phoebe M. 000 Killingsworth, Elijah J. UNIVERSITY H. S. COOPER CITY H. S. 160 Gaertner, Kristen E. 000 Kim, Eugene 185 Busheme, Cara E. 164 Counts, William L. 200 Hinton, Cameron S. 000 Nguyen, Kim-Anh 303 McGuire, Marcus 303 Goldstein, Benjamin J. 450 Kehrmeyer, Ryan J. 000 Shiau, Marie A. 628 Palumbo, Sarah A. 628 Harrington, Hunter 467 Shah, Devan S. 000 Song, Joanna 185 Rabil, Maximilian J. 843 Tamagni, Spencer T. 000 Stead, Thor S. 185 Sial, Nadia K. CORAL GABLES 000 Vemuri, Harish 461 Silverstein, Andrew E. CORAL GABLES H. S. EAGLE LAKE 000 Woodward, Elizabeth A. 870 Trombetta, Alexandria 740 Santer, Henry M. LAKE REGION H. S. 000 Zhang, Jason H. 870 Viscito, Angelica M. 999 Tang, Sarah L. OLYMPIC HEIGHTS 870 Viscito, Caterina M. EASTSIDE H. S. COMMUNITY H. S. ENGLEWOOD 000 Dong, Celena 185 Diana, Jessica A. CORAL SPRINGS LEMON BAY H. S. 000 Gillette, Amber K. CORAL SPRINGS H. S. 999 Hinkle, Sean D. 000 Hobert, Marisa J. SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY H. S. 870 Hinson, Justin D. 000 Kaleem, Sahar 201 Giron, Daniel A. 200 Wan, Keanu L. FERNANDINA BEACH 000 Lampotang, Stephanie G. 161 Kristol, Jason A. FERNANDINA BEACH H. S. 000 Li, Dacheng 000 Rao, Patrick A. 559 Levin, Meredith S. CRAWFORDVILLE 629 Bayacal, Gabrielle C. 000 Ropp, Tanner W. WAKULLA H. S. 450 Clark, Jessica L. 000 Sidhu, Risham ST. ANDREW'S SCHOOL 940 Paris, Jason P. 451 Wardrop, Scott C. 999 Busel, Andrew 303 Clow, Andrew G. CUTLER BAY FORT LAUDERDALE GAINESVILLE H. S. 451 Kemp, Thomas A. 162 Haeffner, Brett CUTLER BAY H. S. FORT LAUDERDALE H. S. 628 Locascio, Logan 999 Kramer, Raymond E. 185 Afzali, Amir 950 Rogers, Madeline B. 162 Reneke, William WEINBAUM YESHIVA H. S. DAVIE 450 Scott, Elizabeth A. CARDINAL GIBBONS H. S. 450 Shuping, Alexander G. 906 Rose, Jonah COLLEGE ACADEMY AT BROWARD 467 Marsh, Cameron 303 Rosenthal, Lana G. COMMUNITY COLLEGE 454 Tight, Nora R. 168 Senfeld, Aaron N. 450 Bivins, Lorelei M. OAK HALL SCHOOL 843 Cravey, Christopher A. 430 Sharkey, Daniel P. PINE CREST SCHOOL 999 Singh, Elaa J. WEST BOCA RATON 201 Eshet, Jacob 943 Beaufrand, Marisol J. COMMUNITY H. S. 999 Gleaves, Schuyler J. 459 Berger, Joshua M. 722 Jackson, Evaline K. 999 Parreno, Czar GULF BREEZE 162 Boldizsar, Noelia M. GULF BREEZE H. S. 168 Rodriguez, John-Robert 160 Brody, Benjamin D. 450 Dunne, Michaele B. BRADENTON 470 Coggeshall, Carsen M. MANATEE H. S. N. S. U. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL 450 Couture, Jacob Z. 463 Blair, Lauren A. 999 Choudhary, Avani 164 Dardet, Matthew E. HIALEAH 999 Johnston, Megan I. 450 Duval, Emma C. 999 Flores, Jamie A. MATER LAKES ACADEMY H. S. 630 Kiwacz, Savannah 455 Murray, Rhys A. 450 Geller, Jared 160 Peraza, Gillian M. 160 Kreisel, Valerie M. 999 Riegelhaupt, Cory F. 200 Gorji, Jubin 870 van den Ochtend, Alexandra M. 999 Shechtman, Peri J. 999 Khoriaty, Melody H. HIALEAH GARDENS 628 Osman, Adam A. HIALAEH GARDENS H. S. SOUTHEAST H. S. NOVA H. S. 904 Paez, Mariana C. 303 Peno, Daniel 999 Kumar, Madelyn 500 Isnady, Karlin 185 Radensky, Andre M. 459 Ooi, Hui An 628 Rehmatullah, Kamran A. MATER ACADEMY CHARTER H. S. ST. STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL 999 Warier, Rohit 710 Shore, Brittany A. 161 Alvarez, Carlos E. SCHOOL 999 Steinberg, Jack M. 160 Bormey, Christopher 600 Jones, Emma T. DE LAND 999 Vrod, Henri C. 553 Placheril, MaryAnn B. DE LAND H. S. 454 Walker, Sarah D. HOBE SOUND 999 Siegal, Alexander V. 628 Ahmed, Haaniya S. 999 Weisberg, Sydni B. THE PINE SCHOOL 204 Yan, Hiu Lam Vanessa 214 Cortes, Luis 999 Zheutlin, Lisa J. 455 Oenbrink, Hannah M.

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999 Padgett, Emma L. RIVIERA PREPARATORY SCHOOL Florida (continued) 999 Spence, Brandon P. ARCHIMEDEAN UPPER 000 Johnston, Alexis C. 722 Spence, Trevor F. CONSERVATORY 417 Urzua, Daniela 999 Hands, Andrea J. SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED HOLIDAY STUDIES - SOUTH ANCLOTE H. S. LAKE WORTH BELEN JESUIT 550 Abbott, Katherine A. 160 Williams, Samantha W. HOMESCHOOL PREPARATORY SCHOOL 999 Tateo, Nicholas E. 171 Schiefele, Elena 171 Guio, Esteban HOMESTEAD SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LAKELAND CARROLLTON SACRED STUDIES - WOLFSON 904 Fernandez, David A. HARRISON CENTER FOR VISUAL HEART SCHOOL 161 Dorsey, Michael 218 Lee, Miriam V. AND PERFORMING ARTS 907 Griffin, Charlotte 459 Gomez-Ortigoza, Tamara 160 Kimsey, Allison R. 628 Lee, Gabriela G. 303 Shestopalov, Ivan V. JACKSONVILLE 870 Ritter, Lindsey N. ATLANTIC COAST H. S. 843 Senn, Nathaniel CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS H. S. ST. BRENDAN H. S. 000 Kudre, Praniti N. 450 Smith, William A. 628 Aguiar, Jonathan A. 999 Miller, Kaitlyn J. 450 Raad, Jorge A. THE BOLLES SCHOOL LAND O' LAKES TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL 450 DeMarco, Jared H. ACADEMY AT THE LAKES CORAL REEF H. S. RESEARCH INSTITUTE 450 Kanaparti, Kunal S. 999 Warman, Anmol 950 Amador-Lage, Dario 303 Clegg, Christopher T. 214 Lee, Francis A. 454 Crair, Daniel M. 628 Goncalves, Michael J. 906 Mizell, Cassidy E. 999 Dickson, Kyle A. 999 Gonzalez-Pagliere, Lucas 214 Peek, Catherine M. HOMESCHOOL 209 Fahmy, Mahmoud M. 461 Leyva, Luis R. 999 Perry, Alan G. 300 Edgar, Nathaniel W. 628 Halley-Wright, Leila A. 550 Pillai, Natasha 843 LaVecchia, Gianni M. MIAMI BEACH 200 Thames, William R. LAND O' LAKES H. S. 467 Whiddon, Timothy J. MIAMI BEACH H. S. 999 Wise, Journey L. 455 Bright, Carter J. 201 Burstein, Benjamin P. 451 Gendreau, Michael 162 Kawachika, Spencer J. EPISCOPAL SCHOOL 628 Jampani, Navya JOHN A. FERGUSON H. S. 461 Ohno, Samuel K. 712 Keenan, Maxwell W. 906 Flores, Christian 999 Riley, Nicholas R. 970 Hernandez, Julian A. MIRAMAR BISHOP KENNY H. S. 463 Thomas, Ann M. EVERGLADES H. S. 451 McDonald, Joshua W. SUNLAKE H. S. 999 Robinson, Sydney N. 450 Siu, Jesse 833 Armas, Karina M. GULLIVER PREPARATORY MANDARIN H. S. SCHOOL MIRAMAR H. S. 456 McCain, Michael LARGO 201 Atkison, Nicholas R. 450 Caughey, Brent 161 Arikupurathu, Sarah LARGO H. S. PAXON SCHOOL FOR 700 Cohen, Katherine P. 453 Cuadra, Manuel J. ADVANCED STUDIES 904 Lykes, Mason T. 470 Daniel, Ethan C. NAPLES 162 Snow, Isabel A. 300 Masroor, Faraz 740 Hu, Fay F. BARRON COLLIER H. S. 467 Stevens, James 742 Srivatsav, Tejas 000 Myers, Christopher K. 467 Rowe, Nicholas PROVIDENCE SCHOOL LECANTO DR. MICHAEL M. KROP H. S. 999 Theberge, Kyle 300 Butler, Andrew J. LECANTO H. S. 907 Block, Matthew I. 467 Buettner, Gregory P. 302 Manley, Benjamin D. COMMUNITY SCHOOL 600 Desaraju, Sasank S. STANTON COLLEGE 450 Plotnik, Brian 160 Ghuman, Allison K. 300 McDermott, Matthew J. PREPARATORY SCHOOL 161 Rodriguez, Ashley L. 302 Hilbert, Kyle G. 628 Boggs, Jill E. 741 Hixson, Cory C. 907 Daniel, Madeline M. LITHIA MARITIME AND SCIENCE 999 Korunda, Dominik M. 628 Dantzler, Michelle JOE E. NEWSOME H. S. TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY 628 Magardino, Matthew P. 628 Dillard, Jackson 459 Forsyth, Maxwell J. 450 Duran, Kalani A. 628 Moriconi, Camberly 742 Ge, Victoria 900 Oldham, Evelyn J. 628 Gao, Jiong 999 Zeller, Jacqueline G. 833 Goldstein, Samuel J. 833 Haines, Cynder L. 940 Hu, Joyce LONGWOOD 451 Heijn, Jose E. GULF COAST H. S. 900 Kimbrough, Emily A. LYMAN H. S. 999 Kim, Sungdong 302 Fecher, Jake E. 453 Lee, Haley 417 Besaw, Emilee P. 904 Holzaepfel, Matthew 450 Lopez, Isabella 450 Bloom, Ross A. MIAMI PALMETTO H. S. 836 Mallari, Orven Froie A. 162 Franks, Jordan T. 160 Malone, Ashlie D. 160 Bunce, Sean T. HOMESCHOOL 600 Liebman, Carter E. 454 de Soto, Kaylee M. 520 Gillen, Pierce T. 185 Mandavalli, Akhil 459 Meldrum-Thush, William I. 463 Mendoza, Hannah M. 450 Gray, John C. 629 Sheehan, Nicholas C. 605 Ortiz, Brooke N. NAPLES H. S. 740 Page, Sarah L. 000 Zapata, Fernando 628 Perisetla, Naveen 200 Roth, Jonathan 303 Davis, Christopher J. 450 Raiti, Jason Z. 830 Tordi, Benjamin P. 948 Martin, Elizabeth K. 455 Shi, David Y. LUTZ 303 So, Andrew HOMESCHOOL NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF SEACREST COUNTRY 303 Sommi, Arvind 000 Hazlett, Elle D. THE ARTS DAY SCHOOL 559 Spencer, Rebecca L. 467 Caruso, Daniel M. 741 O'Reilly, Sean M. 999 Srikakolapu, Saibhavana GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER H. S. 554 del Pino, Alyson E. 142 Starks, Valerie M. 455 Borggio, Joaquin 162 Gonzalez-Pilot, Amanda NEPTUNE BEACH 833 Su, Victoria 740 Zinckgraf, Bailey M. DUNCAN U. FLETCHER H. S. 456 Tola, Redi OUR LADY OF LOURDES ACADEMY 999 McIntosh, Stephen E. 450 Varshney, Rohan MAITLAND 200 Romeu, Isabel C. ORANGEWOOD CHRISTIAN NEW PORT RICHEY JUPITER SCHOOL RANSOM EVERGLADES SCHOOL GULF H. S. JUPITER COMMUNITY H. S. 451 Reed, Nicholas C. 999 Andreassen, Thorstein R. 160 Qi, May 836 Albritton, Matthew 121 Broudo, Lea 628 Kushner, Jared N. MELBOURNE 999 Cai, Eric Y. 772 Smith, Dianna A. NEW SMYRNA BEACH MELBOURNE CENTRAL 907 Chaturvedi, Kavya NEW SMYRNA BEACH H. S. CATHOLIC H. S. 999 Dyke, Owen S. KEY WEST 160 Spiropoulos, Kori A. 628 Laird, Sarah E. 160 Ebenbach, Sylvia 628 Spradlin, Joseph H. KEY WEST H. S. 455 Turner, Gary G. 999 Freeman, Benjamin A. 467 Coward, Brian P. 628 Guillen, Ryan M. NICEVILLE MELBOURNE H. S. 628 Gutierrez, Anne E. KISSIMMEE 999 Junghahn, Matias COLLEGIATE H. S. AT NORTHWEST 200 Mendolla, Zachary J. GATEWAY H. S. 999 Kalandiak, Paul T. FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE 628 Ahmad, Zubayr S. 600 Kim, Joon Young 836 Ness, Cailey E. WEST SHORE H. S. 999 Kruijssen, Adina E. LAKE MARY 185 Grace, River C. 833 Lubarsky, Delilah M. NICEVILLE H. S. LAKE MARY H. S. 302 Johnston, Neill P. 999 Mistele, John H. 457 Brake, Hunter B. 160 Cadden, Bailey N. 600 Lovelock, Anne M. 999 Namias, Chloe A. 168 Kaufman, Stephanie E. 450 Chase, Sydney 451 O'Brien, Timothy 463 LaFollette, Diana K. 450 Dadhania, Dhruv A. MERRITT ISLAND 162 Otero, Cristina B. 999 Duarte, Daniela EDGEWOOD H. S. 600 Ramirez, Juliana L. NORTH FORT MYERS 999 Gile, Ian C. 164 Higginbotham, Haley O. 999 Sannia, Alejandro F. NORTH FORT MYERS H. S. 451 Hoffman, Samantha 999 Pilley, Emily 628 Simkovic, Lauren S. 461 Reagan, Sean P. 300 Karri, Sarika 999 Wilkes, Desiree 999 Simmons, Clara C. 185 Robertson, Helena M.

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904 Hoffman, Michael J. PALMETTO BAY 160 in 't Zandt, Estelle E. Florida (continued) 833 Metzger, Jessica E. PALMER TRINITY SCHOOL 209 Joykutty, Zara E. 843 Morrow, John M. 303 Bailey, Charles W. 302 Kang, Snow 950 Potter, Thomas C. 300 de la Cruz-Munoz, Christian G. 162 Kannan, Suganth NORTH PORT 628 Kirchmier, Matthew D. NORTH PORT H. S. OSPREY PANAMA CITY 628 Kumar, Soryan P. 161 Guill, Henley E. PINE VIEW SCHOOL BAY H. S. 999 Lemos, Gustavo N. 843 Binder, Tea 000 Farkas, George M. A. 456 Lin, Jan OCALA 791 Carmichael, Tyler P. 628 Lin, Tyger L. HOMESCHOOL 836 Carry, Benjamin NORTH BAY HAVEN 999 Liu, Angela 455 Player, Zachary E. 629 Cetola, Jacquelyn CHARTER ACADEMY 900 Loomar, Ava S. 907 Reynolds, Ellen T. 710 Daily, Quinn T. 600 Arrieta, Daniel L. 303 Lu, Daniel P. 450 Dols, Keanan M. 303 Lien, Brian T. 870 McLeod, Conner G. VANGUARD H. S. 999 Douglas, Scott 121 Pipitone, Vanessa T. 161 Derias, Terry 000 Dutreil, Claire J. RUTHERFORD H. S. 204 Platovsky, Jonah 520 Egitto, Daniel J. 629 Fauls, Joseph T. 833 Conroy, Joseph A. 836 Quaye, Edward A. 454 Mosley, Jacob A. 843 Fischer, Jade N. 628 Khan, Sarah 870 Quintela, Lauren A. 628 Patel, Riya L. 169 Galindo, Rachel C. 999 Ramanathan, Jeremy E. 103 Phillips, Harrell H. 628 Gallahan, Samantha E. PANAMA CITY BEACH 160 Reddy, Padmavathi 162 Upadya, Kunal 454 Green, Katie C. J. R. ARNOLD H. S. 000 Sacks, Austin W. 999 Griffin, Alexander S. 450 McGuire, Chad M. 943 Santos, Valen-Marie ORANGE PARK 454 Ispaso, Francesca M. 628 Shin, Elizabeth J. FLEMING ISLAND H. S. 904 Lin, Eryn T. PARKLAND 454 Shipman, Rebecca M. 450 Shiwa, Felipe 302 Braddy, Colton J. 603 Meringer, Rachel MARJORY STONEMAN 160 Sriganeshan, Karthik R. 627 Eckert, Lauren E. 600 Nguyen, Kim DOUGLAS H. S. 999 Stacy, Ashley L. 185 Gibson, Halle D. 999 Qoshe, Livia 160 Bishop, Samantha 836 Subzwari, Sumera S. 204 Hayes, Sydney H. 836 Raad, Zachary 450 Chen, Sabrina 454 Tobelem, Antares 629 Palaca, Gisselle E. 200 Spivey, Olympia J. 463 Flemming, Ryan K. 907 Swartz, Foster H. 300 Ionescu, Matthew 943 Ubilla, Sofia K. ORANGE PARK H. S. 999 Sykes, Ethan A. 455 Kernan, Brianna 457 Wee, Sherlyn 999 Weisberg, Joseph M. 455 Bruns, Catherine N. 628 Tran, Phillip 628 Luboff, Alexa J. 836 Wang, William 454 Meeks, Hannah E. 200 Wooden, Blake K. RIDGEVIEW H. S. 161 Wolff, Joshua C. 450 Sileo, Nicholas R. 303 Ye, Donovan 185 Farooq, Nabeel 204 Tromberg, Robert J. PLANTATION H. S. 463 Tappan, Isaly A. OVIEDO 209 Weissman, Michael J. PAUL J. HAGERTY H. S. 303 Kiciman, Mitra ORLANDO 628 Bates, Lindsey PEMBROKE PINES BISHOP MOORE CATHOLIC H. S. 833 Corrado, Andrew PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER H. S. PONTE VEDRA 628 Fritz, Zachary T. 451 Fulginiti, John 160 Farenhem, Jordan A. ALLEN D. NEASE H. S. 999 160 Tiu, Michael 300 Guise, Victoria R. 454 Kong, Lingwei Hampton, Ava M. 630 Handberg, Elizabeth 302 Osakwe, Tobechukwu 603 Hiltonen, John P. CORNERSTONE CHARTER 303 Herrell, Thomas L. 712 Singh, Shreeya 161 Nair, Malavika A. ACADEMY 204 Hope, Andrew M. 742 Spencer, Luke T. 300 Raybuck, Suzanne 553 Wallace, Shelby R. 160 Fischer, Thomas W. 201 Kethi-Reddy, Pradheep 170 Marvin, Tess A. SOMERSET ACADEMY CYPRESS CREEK H. S. 600 Nguyen, Christina V. 121 Roque, Daniel PONTE VEDRA H. S. 628 Bassi, Yasmina R. 946 Ryan, Aidan F. 204 Fox, John P. 628 Kotadia, Mayank S. 500 Wong, Justin K. WEST BROWARD H. S. 501 Harrington, William E. 999 Navani, Dev 121 Carpenter, Rory M. 170 Hartman, Clare F. THE MASTER'S ACADEMY 450 Chmielarz, Jacob H. 999 Richter, Carson EAST RIVER H. S. 628 Marek, Jenna C. 452 Gonzalez, Sarah E. 204 Shannon, Parker T. 163 457 Styles, Andrea N. 999 Youssef, Michael Snowden, Adam B. OVIEDO H. S. H. S. 450 Butterfield, Daniel C. PENSACOLA PORT ORANGE 773 Slaski, Jonathon C. 830 Juge, Kai N. PENSACOLA CATHOLIC H. S. SPRUCE CREEK H. S. 303 Patel, Nikhil S. 450 Reynolds, Matthew T. 907 Handel, Danielle V. FIRST ACADEMY 999 Wales, Joseph D. 628 Hoskote, Rohit 450 Meena, Jessica 600 Wilks, Melissa B. PENSACOLA H. S. 450 Pierpont, Hamish W. 185 Dias, Carla G. FREEDOM H. S. PACE 999 Eldawy, Nada PUNTA GORDA 454 Baqri, Mehdi J. PACE H. S. 467 Escobedo, Sarah G. CHARLOTTE H. S. 950 Prematilleke, Sanuki 164 Hanks, Diana M. 999 Hawkins, Madeline E. 870 deSilva, John A. 467 Victoriano, Christia M. 999 Liebens, Lisa LAKE HIGHLAND 772 Litvak, Allen L. RIVERVIEW PREPARATORY SCHOOL PALM BAY 160 Mahon, Audrey H. RIVERVIEW H. S. 303 Canora, Dominic J. BAYSIDE H. S. 904 McCall, Katherine M. 161 Sethi, Nikita K. 628 Chavez, Valeria 454 Neary, Melissa R. 830 Michles, Madison J. 000 Fess, Michael G. 463 Neville, Anna C. RIVIERA BEACH 999 Forbes, Erica COVENANT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 204 Wolfe, Cody B. SUNCOAST COMMUNITY H. S. 467 Fu, Bryan 204 Klemm, Jakob R. 162 Wu, Kelly L. 999 Ali, Ryan T. 600 Gallagher, Julia E. 120 Rhoa, Naomi 160 Anbukkarasu, Preethashree 450 King, Michael BOOKER T. WASHINGTON H. S. 843 Bannister, Nathaniel 160 Madan, Vrinda PALM BEACH GARDENS 821 Norris, Anton M. 900 Brodrick, Eleanor A. 450 Myers, Anderson BENJAMIN SCHOOL 200 Carroll Smith, Austin 900 Nodarse, Francisco 742 Zhao, Zuyi L. WEST FLORIDA H. S. OF 450 Chen, Jacqueline 908 Patel, Krupali R. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 999 Fontaine, Sophie C. 200 Pearson, Taylor E. WILLIAM T. DWYER H. S. 907 McDonald, Jacob A. 628 Gubbi, Himani 459 Sowinski, Andrew J. 160 Araka, Elizabeth B. 999 Hancock, Justin J. 162 Verma, Hannah 900 Bui, Angela L. PLANTATION 454 Imru, Rahel M. AMERICAN HERITAGE SCHOOL 628 Kalkat, Meher OLYMPIA H. S. PALM COAST 600 Acosta, Isabel E. 303 Kempfe, Natascha L. 836 Anouge, Benjamin A. FLAGLER PALM COAST H. S. 999 Alves, Luca 454 Kogstrom, Carl T. 450 Desai, Jay M. 455 Doron, Alan 501 Aurrecoechea, Richard 303 Magnuson, Jacob E. 454 Kelberman, Madison M. 303 Bejleri, Eric 628 Moore, Lauren A. 160 Kim, Gabriela J. MATANZAS H. S. 999 Blitz, Jackson D. 500 Mulligan, Thomas J. 450 Ramos, Kyle D. 454 Kirkconnell, Elizabeth J. 250 Braeseke, Bailey L. 162 Pandit, Meghana 454 Singh, Arjun K. 450 Bryan, Edward E. 522 Riso, Christina L. 628 Wright, Julia A. PALM HARBOR 166 Casauay, Jed T. 455 Rossello, Sebastian L. PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY H. S. 209 Cohen, Kendall L. 450 Sem, Karen L. ORLANDO SCIENCE SCHOOLS 455 Eschler, Christopher M. 630 Da Silva, Paula A. 450 Shrestha, Swochchhanda 450 Patel, Nikhil 451 Fallin, Brandon C. 185 Dumpa, Meghana 450 Yang, Jerry 417 Hayworth, Christina M. 450 Epstein, Ryan J. DR. PHILLIPS H. S. 450 Konger, Grant S. 627 Fuertes, Gabriella SANFORD 712 Martin, Amelia A. 470 McBeth, Courtney L. 160 Gu, Maxwell Z. CROOMS ACADEMY OF 999 Mithani, Jay V. 450 Haack, Julia M. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TIMBER CREEK H. S. 455 Pepas, Jakub R. 712 Harn, Jaime P. 457 Gaedele, Andrew D. 000 Diaz, Caleb J. 999 Price, Brian Y. 500 Idone, Sofia A. 457 Guerrero, Oscar L.

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SHORECREST PREPARATORY 302 Mace, John Y. WELLINGTON Florida (continued) SCHOOL 200 Miller, Benjamin K. HOMESCHOOL 171 DiGiorgio, Rocco C. 200 Valenti, Andrew J. 833 Van Popering, Luke A. 907 Kobernick, Max R. SEMINOLE H. S. 999 Springle, Sara R. C. LEON KING H. S. PALM BEACH CENTRAL H. S. 160 Crane, Elijah A. 501 Agrawal, Saharsh 832 Petrides, Matthew J. ST. PETERSBURG 836 Dai, Alexander X. 200 Chan, Marina E. COLLEGIATE H. S. 999 Delgadillo, Andrew T. 999 Lende, Sebastian WESLEY CHAPEL 999 Hart, Zackary 870 Donelan-Rodriguez, Siara 628 Patel, Heta N. WIREGRASS RANCH H. S. 162 White, Krystal C. 600 Hasan, Syed A. 600 Shah, Keshav V. 162 Payne, Lauren E. 999 Hyder, Melissa A. 999 Su, Clarice K. 999 Kapil, Johl ST. PETERSBURG H. S. 450 Zhang, Andy WEST PALM BEACH 303 Khatri, Trishna 450 Miller, Naomi R. ALEXANDER W. DREYFOOS 990 Kibble, Samuel B. 830 Peebles, Bryan R. MIDDLETON H. S. SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 450 Ladines, Jennifer G. 628 Shah, Jay N. 628 den Tuinder, Kimberley 454 Bendeck, Alexander E. 946 Ludlow, Landon J. 467 Madabushi, Varun 257 Nadel, Matthew S. 628 Malik, Duaa STUART 450 Singh, Varun 907 Wang, Michael 629 Patel, Raveena SOUTH FORK H. S. 454 Thiruvenkatasamy, Panith 200 Yan, Jack 843 Qin, Jimmy 600 Delaney, Zachary S. 454 Villanueva, Jacob D. 000 Sakr, Adrian K. 160 Gordon, Emily L. OXBRIDGE ACADEMY 000 Stacy, Brandon O. 467 Jakhete, Shantanu S. H. B. PLANT H. S. 450 Taylor, Phillip M. 450 Williams, Grant R. 472 Mirkin, Edward T. 773 Bentley, George H. 160 Yoon, Keejin 451 Wood, Adia M. 302 Brown, Jaxon WESTON 303 Zhai, Kevin 904 Burgin, Simone M. CYPRESS BAY H. S. 628 Zhang, Aaron SUNRISE 451 Cowart Luzier, Jonathan 162 Acosta, Francisco E. HOMESCHOOL 630 Fitzsimmons, Marjorie E. 628 Burgoa, Sara L. 820 Harrison, Tyler F. 451 Gadarowski, Devon M. 303 SARASOTA Dermer, Shawn H. 461 Hobson, Nicholas D. 160 Fernandez, Roberto RIVERVIEW H. S. TALLAHASSEE 451 Hurd, Clayton M. 302 Goldberg, Robbie B. 999 Flaherty, Connor D. LAWTON CHILES H. S. 999 Malizia, Kent C. 999 Hanan, Blake F. 870 Walton, Elisabeth 830 Gan, Alberic C. 455 Marotta, Alyssa D. 628 Gunaratne, Chamara P. T. R. ROBINSON H. S. 450 Quinn, Ryan A. SEBASTIAN 454 Jiang, Kevin 000 Boushall, Nell-Curry 944 Rozen, Jessica SEBASTIAN RIVER H. S. 628 Lee, Tiffany 202 Freedman, Jacob V. 455 Ruffo, Carlos R. 501 Green, David A. 185 Mewborne, Quinlan 254 Hanewicz, Isabel J. 160 Sanford, Victoria 300 Green, Mark 454 Padgett, Vanessa M. 999 Jennewein, Sarah 465 Sasso, Adriana 834 Howell, Jessica L. 628 Peters, Garrett R. 467 Thompson, Laura E. 164 Segaul, Evan H. 000 Seidenfeld, Matthew A. 943 Valladares, Michael SEBRING 467 Stephens, Thomas W. WALTER L. SICKLES H. S. 999 Viera, Alice SEBRING H. S. 160 Bizzell, Jordyn E. 999 Winzey, Kevin D. 628 Ananthan, Siddharth S. LEON H. S. 467 Noell, Henry M. 457 Hintz, Natalie M. 999 Hearn, Sara C. 999 Unger, Samuel L. WINDERMERE 628 Manik, Ritika 000 McKinney, Maati M. WINDERMERE PREPARATORY 999 Teson, Carolina TAMPA CATHOLIC H. S. SCHOOL SEFFNER 450 Morejon, Daniel L. 000 Shbaklo, Serene ARMWOOD H. S. LINCOLN H. S. 160 Richards, Steven M. 629 907 Black, William Althouse, Danielle E. WINTER HAVEN 455 Duchene, Donovan P. TAMPA PREPARATORY SCHOOL ALL SAINTS ACADEMY 999 Danielson, Patrick S. 450 Steelman, Theodore M. SEMINOLE MACLAY SCHOOL 450 Duic, Tyler J. HOMESCHOOL 999 Rivers, Logan P. WINTER PARK 710 Soja, Jozef M. WHARTON H. S. GENEVA SCHOOL JAMES S. RICKARDS H. S. 450 Olson, April E. 459 Mathias, Andrew S. SOUTHWEST RANCHES 628 Darji, Rida S. ARCHBISHOP EDWARD A. 303 Hota, Aditya TARPON SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MC CARTHY H. S. 459 Reyes, Roehl-Dean R. EAST LAKE H. S. SCHOOL 628 Bergeron, Savannah L. 628 Song, Wenxin 999 Brooks, Daniel N. 450 Pearson, Carole E. 162 Brock, Benjamin P. 740 Zou, Jasmine 451 Engl, Alec J. 162 Linares, Franchesca A. LAKE HOWELL H. S. 451 Peiretti, Gabriel TAMPA TAVERNIER 843 Sedlak, Jared S. 204 Wells, Anthony J. BERKELEY PREPARATORY CORAL SHORES H. S. 628 Wilbur, Allison N. SCHOOL 450 Holt, Preston D. TRINITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL 166 Wisolmerski, Rachel 167 Eckhard, Elizabeth C. 214 Cameron, Lauren M. 160 Zambrano, Adrianna M. 000 Harwell, Elizabeth M. 161 Centner, Aliya THE VILLAGES 160 Centner, Safia 000 Hossain, Julia Y. THE VILLAGES CHARTER SCHOOL 200 Kapadia, Anjali 605 Clarke, Martha SPRING HILL 160 Taylor, Carlie M. F. W. SPRINGSTEAD H. S. 209 Kim, Kevin M. 970 Guguchev, Alexander P. 906 Knecht, Zachary E. 200 Lee, Samantha 870 Hardgrove, Leah W. 000 Luo, Jennifer TRINITY 999 Ilagan, Margarita L. 454 Rajani, Mira J. W. MITCHELL H. S. 160 Nagda, Prianca ST. AUGUSTINE 999 Singh, Rohan J. 832 Labayen, Luis M. 160 Patel, Rakhi Mira D. HOMESCHOOL 209 Sokol, Jake 168 Patel, Varun P. 950 Remmer, Grace K. 185 Tun, Samantha M. VALRICO 200 Rotermund, Timothy 946 Vasiloudes, Theodoros P. BLOOMINGDALE H. S. 907 , James S. ST. JOHNS 200 Mack, Natalie J. 773 Van Allen, Bradley M. BARTRAM TRAIL H. S. CARROLLWOOD DAY SCHOOL 450 Martin, Nathan A. 161 Kirsche, Erin 450 Troyer, Riley L. 303 Neidig, Zachary WINTER PARK H. S. 904 Turner, Samuel G. 450 Finfrock, Julia L. VIVIAN GAITHER H. S. VERO BEACH 700 Geller, Hannah CREEKSIDE H. S. 450 Raabe, Kaley A. ST. EDWARD'S SCHOOL 450 Larson, Courtney A. 454 Diaz, Miranda H. 999 Gambee, Rachel T. 454 Li, Kevin 450 Mahne, Jackson J. HILLSBOROUGH H. S. 907 Prado, Sam 950 Rivera, Edwin J. 897 Schrader, Robert 254 Aguiar, Annabel 602 Steltenkamp, Anna M. 520 Smith, Elijah R. 160 Bhimreddy, Meghana VERO BEACH H. S. 904 Thomas, Judin 160 Linnell, Marlee R. 160 Bouldin, Nicola S. 630 Hoekzema, Jacob WINTER SPRINGS ST. PETERSBURG 450 Lutton, Matthew E. 999 Nelson, Joshua Y. 999 McCain, Emily R. WINTER SPRINGS H. S. CANTERBURY SCHOOL 740 Nicolasora, Jakob S. 906 Nuttall, Hanna N. 553 Crook, Maia G. OF FLORIDA 628 Pillai, Alexander 303 Polge, Alexander N. 450 DeBerry, Jacob M. 836 Cox, Jordan 742 Rao, Gaurav 300 Tucker, Joshua 600 Dragoljevic, Jelena 450 Saligame, Nikhil 303 Weyand, Sarah M. 999 Norris, Wesley P. LAKEWOOD H. S. 467 Ouellette, Andrew R. 457 Sharma, Nikhil HOMESCHOOL VIERA 450 Smith, Ethan J. 999 Veeneman, Madison VIERA H. S. 990 Beck, Eric S. NORTHEAST H. S. JESUIT H. S. 214 Jasinski, Summer R. 201 Taylor, Ashley N. 204 Doolittle, Royal L. 619 Jensen, Kaitlyn N.

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