Candidates for the Presidential Scholars Program January 2014 [*] An asterisk indicates a Candidate for Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Candidates are grouped by their legal place of residence; the state abbreviation listed, if different, may indicate where the candidate attends school. Alabama AL - Auburn - Heather I. Connelly, Auburn High School AL - Auburn - Shou Yi Wang, Auburn High School AL - Bay Minette - Soren P. Spicknall, Spanish Fort High School AL - Birmingham - William H. Balliet, Indian Springs School AL - Birmingham - Olivia H. Burton, Mountain Brook High School AL - Birmingham - Tahireh Markert, Indian Springs School AL - Birmingham - Sean M. Mccomb, Spain Park High School AL - Birmingham - Anna C. Parker, Vestavia Hills High School AL - Birmingham - Emily A. Polhill, The Altamont School AL - Birmingham - Mary N. Roberson, Mountain Brook High School AL - Birmingham - Patrick G. Scalise, Indian Springs School AL - Birmingham - Matthew L. Schoeneman, Spain Park High School AL - Birmingham - Stefanie C. Schoeneman, Spain Park High School AL - Birmingham - Devin Sun, Alabama School of Fine Arts AL - Birmingham - Sunny Thodupunuri, Hoover High School AL - Birmingham - Simon B. Tomlinson, The Altamont School AL - Birmingham - Carlton E. Wood, Mountain Brook High School AL - Birmingham - Flannery Wynn, Spain Park High School AL - Chelsea - Brooke C. Bailey, Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School AL - Cullman - Leigh M. Braswell, Alabama School of Fine Arts AL - Daphne - Alexander Peeples, Alabama School of Math & Science AL - Decatur - Jonathan P. Whitley, Decatur High School AL - Dothan - Jacob N. Beauchamp, Houston Academy AL - Dothan - Sean M. Christiansen, Houston Academy AL - Fairhope - Brennan A. Fitzgerald, Fairhope High School AL - Hampton Cove - Thomas Seitz, Huntsville High School AL - Hanceville - Mark A. Newton, Unknown High School AL - Harvest - Cassidy M. Elliott, Bob Jones High School AL - Helena - Drury J. Bell, Evangel Christian School AL - Homewood - Emily C. Harrison, Homewood High School AL - Hoover - Erin R. Brown, Spain Park High School AL - Hoover - Xianming Li, Hoover High School AL - Huntsville - Willie D. Caraway, Virgil I. Grissom High School AL - Huntsville - Jiaqi Cheng, Virgil I. Grissom High School AL - Huntsville - Evan J. Heusinger, Virgil I. Grissom High School AL - Huntsville - Eshan King, Randolph School AL - Huntsville - Animesh Mahapatra, Virgil I. Grissom High School AL - Huntsville - Asutosh Nanda, Virgil I. Grissom High School AL - Huntsville - Charles F. Naumann, Randolph School AL - Killen - Paul Lauridsen, Alabama School of Math & Science AL - Madison - Shelby L. Aughtman, Life Christian Academy AL - Madison - Sarah E. Buckelew, Bob Jones High School AL - Madison - David S. Gunther, Bob Jones High School AL - Madison - Daniel D. Lang, Bob Jones High School AL - Madison - Olivia A. Mccoy, Bob Jones High School AL - Madison - Mugdha V. Mokashi, Bob Jones High School AL - Madison - Jennifer Walker, Westminster Christian Academy AL - Madison - Clara Wan, Bob Jones High School AL - Mobile - Abigail L. Blankenship, St. Paul's Episcopal School AL - Mobile - Frances E. Harris, UMS Wright Preparatory School AL - Mobile - Danielle C. Williamson, St. Paul's Episcopal School AL - Montgomery - Mimi Chung, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School AL - Montgomery - Clare P. Forrister, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School AL - Montgomery - Oghenetegiri E. Sido, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School AL - Montgomery - Mary H. Walcott, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School AL - Mountain Brk - John W. Blum, Mountain Brook High School AL - Mountain Brk - Seth M. Perlman, Indian Springs School AL - Mountain Brook - Margaret L. Selesky, Mountain Brook High School AL - Russellville - Elizabeth C. Simpson, Unknown High School AL - Scottsboro - Jeshua R. Roberts, Scottsboro High School AL - Trussville - Taylor A. Denard, The Altamont School AL - Trussville - Connor J. Staggs, Hewitt-Trussville High School AL - Vestavia - Mary C. Cook, Vestavia Hills High School AL - Vestavia - Ruth B. Dismukes, Vestavia Hills High School AL - Vestavia - Siyin Han, Vestavia Hills High School AL - Vestavia - Silin Li, Vestavia Hills High School AL - Vestavia - Wendi Lu, Vestavia Hills High School AL - Vestavia - Ziqi Wang, Vestavia Hills High School AL - Vestavia - Grace K. Wright, Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School AL - Vestavia - Sophie S. Wu, Vestavia Hills High School AL - Vestavia Hills - Emma B. Jackson, Vestavia Hills High School AL - Vestavia Hills - Andrea Y. Lin, Vestavia Hills High School AL - Vestavia Hills - Jimmy P. Liu, Vestavia Hills High School AL - Vestavia Hills - Austin Owen, Vestavia Hills High School Alaska AK - Anchorage - Estrada J. Bernard, South Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Sawyer Birnbaum, West Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Madelyn S. Boslough, West Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Krista Edge, Polaris K-12 School AK - Anchorage - Marissa R. Exelby, Robert Service High School AK - Anchorage - Jennifer E. Goertz, Robert Service High School AK - Anchorage - Maria E. Hanson, Robert Service High School AK - Anchorage - Leah Hardenbergh, South Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Kaylin C. Jones, East Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Rebecca A. Jones, West Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Thomas A. Krasnican, Robert Service High School AK - Anchorage - Lindsay M. Lutes, Steller Secondary School AK - Anchorage - Sam M. Miles, Steller Secondary School AK - Anchorage - Peter A. Moma, West Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Jacob O. Owens, Holy Rosary Academy AK - Anchorage - Margaret R. Patella, West Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Konnor J. Petersen, West Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Sarah N. Powell, West Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Kilian Roberts, Highland Tech High School AK - Anchorage - Mariah J. Savoie, West Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Eli N. Shayer, West Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Samantha T. Simpson, West Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Jacob F. Volz, West Anchorage High School AK - Anchorage - Kristin M. Winkle, Grace Christian School AK - Chugiak - Sijo Smith, Chugiak High School AK - Eagle River - Michael Newsham, Chugiak High School AK - Elmendorf Afb - Colette E. Ohotnicky, Kolbe Academy AK - Ester - Harrison G. Simpson, West Valley High School AK - Fairbanks - Grant Ackerman, West Valley High School AK - Fairbanks - Tristan K. Glowa, West Valley High School AK - Fairbanks - Eryn E. Moore, West Valley High School AK - Fairbanks - Rory P. O'Donoghue, West Valley High School AK - Fairbanks - Jaimy A. Schwarber, Austin E. Lathrop High School AK - Fairbanks - Emily Sexton, Monroe Catholic Jr-Sr High Sch AK - Fairbanks - Robert D. Smock, West Valley High School AK - Girdwood - Nicholas B. Crews, South Anchorage High School AK - Healy - Abel C. Keith, Tri-Valley School AK - Homer - John C. Walsworth, Homer High School AK - Juneau - Orion A. Cohen, Juneau-Douglas High School AK - Juneau - Ariana S. Gross, Juneau-Douglas High School AK - Juneau - Alexander J. Kirchhoff, Juneau-Douglas High School AK - Juneau - Stephen L. Mell, Juneau-Douglas High School AK - Juneau - Kylan Quick, Interior Distance Education of Alaska AK - Juneau - Nathel Sim, Northwind High School AK - Juneau - Ruby L. Steedle, Juneau-Douglas High School AK - Kodiak - Will R. Dumm, Kodiak High School AK - Kodiak - Ashley Rohrer, Kodiak High School AK - Soldotna - Juliet T. Bramante, Soldotna High School Arizona AZ - Chandler - [ * ] Anna Han, Arizona Virtual Academy AZ - Chandler - David M. Li, Basha High School AZ - Chandler - Jessica N. Li, Hamilton High School AZ - Chandler - Samarth C. Rawal, Hamilton High School AZ - Chandler - Chenghui Sun, Mesquite High School AZ - Flagstaff - [ * ] Kresley Figueroa, Flagstaff High School AZ - Gilbert - Jingwen Bi, Highland High School AZ - Gilbert - Hakjin Kim, Mesquite High School AZ - Gilbert - Summer K. Kim, Mesquite High School AZ - Mesa - Sterling R. Pendleton, Red Mountain High School AZ - Mesa - Jaylia Yan, Mountain View High School AZ - Oro Valley - Ruijia Li, BASIS Oro Valley AZ - Oro Valley - Scott A. Mahan, Ironwood Ridge High School AZ - Paradise Valley - Maha Ahmed, Xavier College Preparatory AZ - Peoria - Jacob B. Zimbelman, Sunrise Mountain High School AZ - Phoenix - Joshua D. Brakensiek, Unknown High School AZ - Phoenix - Roohi Dalal, International School AZ - Phoenix - Ryan Q. Mccoy, Brophy College Preparatory AZ - Phoenix - Alexandra R. Meilech, Sunnyslope High School AZ - Phoenix - Nora C. Mencinger, Mountain Pointe High School AZ - Phoenix - Varsha Parthasarathy, Desert Vista High School AZ - Phoenix - Rajeev K. Parvathala, Desert Vista High School AZ - Phoenix - Neha A. Reddy, Mountain Ridge High School AZ - Phoenix - Joyce Yang, Desert Vista High School AZ - Phoenix - Alice S. Zhao, Phoenix Country Day School AZ - Scottsdale - Tess M. Balentine, Desert Mountain High School AZ - Scottsdale - David E. Battel, North High School AZ - Scottsdale - So-Young I. Chung, BASIS Scottsdale Charter AZ - Scottsdale - Cameron A. Etebari, Desert Mountain High School AZ - Scottsdale - Ryan Hebel, Desert Mountain High School AZ - Scottsdale - Cecilia T. Hoang, Xavier College Preparatory AZ - Scottsdale - Haley S. Lee, BASIS Scottsdale Charter AZ - Scottsdale - Daniel D. Liu, Desert Mountain High School AZ - Scottsdale - Sarah A. Sakha, Xavier College Preparatory AZ - Scottsdale - Olivia M. Struckman, Chaparral High School