Nearly 150 Bay Area students have been selected as candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, one of the country’s highest honors for graduating high school seniors.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, the awards highlight “excellence in education and the promise of greatness in America’s youth.” Students are selected based on their academic achievement, including scores on the SAT or ACT exams, talent in the visual, creative and performing arts, and skills in the career and technical education fields.
These students were selected from nearly 3.6 million high school graduates across the country, and will be in the running for receiving Presidential Scholars Medallions, the final prize for the competition, this June. Each year, up to 161 students are selected to receive the final award, and are selected from a national pool of over 5,000.
The list of U.S. Presidential Scholar Program candidates from the Bay Area are below. The cities listed are those of their residence.
AlamedaClaire M. Wong, The College Preparatory School
AlbanySebastian H. Weinberger, The College Preparatory School
BelvedereSa’Ar L. Lipshitz, Redwood High School
BerkeleyGavin Trotmore, Berkeley High School
BurlingameTegbir Panesar, The College Preparatory School
CupertinoAllison Z. Jiang, Monta Vista High SchoolAnya Goyal, Monta Vista High SchoolCelina K. Yang, Cupertino High SchoolDerrick Z. Liu, BASIS Independent Silicon ValleyJeremy Ko, Harker SchoolJessica W. Zhang, Monta Vista High SchoolKenneth Shui, Monta Vista High School
DanvilleSabrina Brandeis, Monte Vista High SchoolVishaan Joshi, Monte Vista High School
DublinKatherine Cheng, Dublin High SchoolSiddharth Ajay, Dublin High School
Foster CityFiona H. Lu, Hillsdale High SchoolMaya G. Rao, San Mateo High School
FremontAkhilesh Basetty, Mission San Jose High SchoolAmbareesh Shyam Sundar, Irvington High SchoolAndrew Wen, Phillips AcademyArushi G. Agarwal, Mission San Jose High SchoolAryan Singh, American High SchoolChris J. Ge, Mission San Jose High SchoolJerry Yuan, Mission San Jose High SchoolMaggie Zhang, Mission San Jose High SchoolMichael Zhou, Mission San Jose High SchoolNandana J. Nambiar, Mission San Jose High SchoolOlivia Wu, Mission San Jose High SchoolSamvar M. Yedur, American High SchoolSelena T. Tang, Mission San Jose High SchoolShelley Fernando, Mission San Jose High SchoolShelley Li, Mission San Jose High SchoolSophia Zhu, Irvington High SchoolHung Lin, American High SchoolJonathan S. Tao, Mission San Jose High School
HillsboroughAngelina J. Parker, Aragon High SchoolCaroline Vichot, Crystal Springs Uplands SchoolMichelle J. Zhang, The Nueva School
Los AltosJack Hsieh, Harker SchoolNikita Raman, Presentation High SchoolVincent Y. Zhang, Harker School
Menlo ParkAlexander Parikh-Briggs, Menlo Atherton High SchoolAdrian M. Deutscher-Bisho, Menlo Atherton High SchoolLucy Knox, Sacred Heart Preparatory
MilpitasPhoebe H. Ong, Ocean Grove Charter School
Mountain ViewElla Gal On, Stanford Univ EPGY Online High SchoolKatherine Y. Wang, Los Altos High SchoolYuting Wang, Mountain View High School
OaklandAshley Quach, Unknown High SchoolJasper D. Zietlow, Piedmont High School
OrindaMichelle J. Giovinazzo, Miramonte High School
Palo AltoAlan D. Lee, Henry M. Gunn High SchoolAlexis Jae-Yeon Kim, Palo Alto Senior High SchoolAmelia M. Yu, Henry M. Gunn High SchoolAnna Kim, Castilleja SchoolCayden Gu, Palo Alto Senior High SchoolDhananjay Deshpande, Palo Alto Senior High SchoolJack Fallows, Henry M. Gunn High SchoolJonathan E. Mao, Henry M. Gunn High SchoolKarrie Z. Huang, Palo Alto Senior High SchoolKaylee Wong, Henry M. Gunn High SchoolMaanasa Viswanath, Henry M. Gunn High SchoolMaya M. Mukherjee, Palo Alto Senior High SchoolMingyuan Wang, Palo Alto Senior High SchoolNina H. Franz, Harker SchoolPatrick Xue, Palo Alto Senior High SchoolRyan Lee, Palo Alto Senior High SchoolSonia E. Cherian, Castilleja SchoolVivian Wu, Palo Alto Senior High SchoolYu-Ting Chang, Henry M. Gunn High School
PiedmontVictor Z. Laczay, Wasatch Academy
PleasantonAryan Jain, Amador Valley High SchoolCaleb M. Joo, Foothill High SchoolClaire Xu, Foothill High SchoolIshani Shah, Foothill High SchoolNihaal A. Konda, Bellarmine College PreparatoryTanish Kumar, Stanford Univ EPGY Online High SchoolZiyue Cao, Amador Valley High School
Portola ValleyMaren C. Deem, Woodside Priory School
San FranciscoAlison Soong, Crystal Springs Uplands SchoolElla Barrett, San Francisco University High SchoolChelsea E. Woolf, San Francisco University High SchoolJack C. Quach, St. Ignatius College PreparatoryJeffrey Xu, Lowell High SchoolMicah Brown, The Nueva SchoolWilliam C. Mao, St. Paul’s School
San JoseAyush Agarwal, BASIS Independent Silicon ValleyAnnmaria K. Antony, Harker SchoolAndrew T. Chang, Evergreen Valley High SchoolKylie Chang, Lynbrook High SchoolEleanor Y. Chen, Lynbrook High SchoolAlison Ding, BASIS Independent Silicon ValleyAnna Figge, University Preparatory AcademyIlinca Flacau, Leland High SchoolJia S. Gill, Presentation High SchoolRitali Jain, Evergreen Valley High SchoolTarini Amsav Jayakumar, Prospect High SchoolAlyson Jiang, BASIS Independent Silicon ValleyNeil Kakhandiki, Lynbrook High SchoolElizabeth Lau, University Preparatory AcademyDavid Lee, Lynbrook High SchoolLavinia Lei, Monta Vista High SchoolQingyuan Li, Archbishop Mitty High SchoolMaggie Liu, Leland High SchoolMiranda Lu, Leland High SchoolAnirudh R. Mani, Bellarmine College PreparatoryMike Nguyen, The Kings AcademyMichelle Qiao, Leland High SchoolAngela Sheu, Los Gatos High SchoolBenjamin T. Sosnowski, Leland High SchoolAkshara Taraniganty, Lynbrook High SchoolFiona F. Tsang, Ohio Connections AcademyDipti S. Venkatesh, Evergreen Valley High SchoolPranav Virupaksha, Lynbrook High SchoolKonrad Wrebiak, Lynbrook High School
San MateoLeil Cheng, Hillsdale High School
San RamonAlexander J. Moyer, California High SchoolHarshitha Palacharla, California High SchoolNavya Kancharla, Dougherty Valley High SchoolSrushti Talluri, Dougherty Valley High SchoolTimothy Schoonover, The Quarry Lane SchoolVivian Y. Chang, The College Preparatory School
Santa ClaraEdward Du, Cupertino High SchoolParker V. Stagnoli, Technology High SchoolShreyan Mitra, Adrian C Wilcox High School
Santa RosaParker V. Stagnoli, Technology High School
SaratogaAllison Zhu, Unknown High SchoolArshi Chawla, Saratoga High SchoolJason M. Cheng, Saratoga High SchoolJoel Kim, Saratoga High SchoolNicholas P. Wei, Harker SchoolSabrina Zhu, Saratoga High SchoolSally H. Zhu, Unknown High SchoolVivian Wang, Saratoga High School
Scotts ValleyJames Y. Chen, Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School
StanfordRupert Chen, Harker SchoolPeter H. Covert, Palo Alto Senior High School
SunnyvaleAnika Wahi, Adrian C Wilcox High SchoolDaniel I. Shih, Fremont High SchoolEmma V. Lenchenkova, Living Wisdom High SchoolEmma Yu, Homestead High SchoolJonathan R. Thong, The Kings AcademyNikita Senthil, Saint Francis High SchoolSezen Musa, Adrian C Wilcox High School
TiburonMadeleine de Belloy, Lycee Francais de San Francisco
Walnut CreekElane Kim, Stanford Univ EPGY Online High SchoolErin C. Suh, The College Preparatory School
WoodsideLinus Upson, Crystal Springs Uplands School
