2016 Carson Scholars

2016 Carson Scholars

Payton Abernathy Grade: 11 Choctaw High School Choctaw, OK Kayla Acker-Carter Grade: 11 Annapolis High School Annapolis, MD Isabella Acosta Grade: 5 Tanglewood Elementary School Fort Myers, FL Lizet Acuna Grade: 11 Farragut Career Academy Chicago, IL Avi Adams Grade: 8 St. Agnes School West Mifflin, PA Montana Adams Grade: 11 Prestonsburg High School Prestonsburg, KY Mitchell Adkins Grade: 5 Bushy Park Elementary School Glenwood, MD Seetal Ahluwalia Grade: 8 Harper's Choice Middle School Columbia, MD

Samir Al-Ali Grade: 11 Northside College Preparatory High School Chicago, IL Conner Allen Grade: 11 Saints Peter and Paul High School Easton, MD Theodore Almeter Grade: 8 Saint Bernadette School Monroeville, PA Kristen Almuete Grade: 11 Calvert High School Prince Frederick, MD Noorhan Amani Grade: 11 Mt. Everest Academy San Diego, CA Rachelle Ambroise Grade: 11 Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall Milford, CT Athreya Anand Grade: 11 West Ranch High School Stevenson Ranch, CA Kayla Andersen Grade: 8 Penn Yan Middle School Penn Yan, NY

Olivia Anderson Grade: 11 Delmarva Christian High School Georgetown, DE Rachel Andreola Grade: 8 St. Elizabeth Elementary School Pittsburgh, PA McKenna Andrew Grade: 8 Serra Catholic School Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Teko Angelicchio Jr. Grade: 6 Christ the Divine Teacher School Latrobe, PA Madelaine Armagost Grade: 11 North County High School Glen Burnie, MD Diana Arteaga Grade: 8 Carl Von Linne Elementary School Chicago, IL Ashley Asiedu Grade: 8 Sykesville Middle School Sykesville, MD Veronica Aye Grade: 5 Valley View Elementary School Battle Creek, MI

Makenna Bachman Grade: 5 Sparks Elementary School Sparks, MD Lauren Bahnsen Grade: 11 South Carroll High School Sykesville, MD Avneet Bahra Grade: 8 Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School Beltsville, MD Makaylah Ballard Grade: 7 Northside Catholic School Pittsburgh, PA Roopsha Bandopadhyay Grade: 11 Milton High School Alpharetta, GA Monserrat Barragan Farias Grade: 8 David Brown Middle School Wildomar, CA Gracie Batterson Grade: 4 Valley View Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Katharine Bauer Grade: 11 Wilmington Christian School Hockessin, DE Abigail Baum Grade: 5 William Winchester Elementary School Westminster, MD

Amanda Beach Grade: 11 Melbourne Central Catholic High School Melbourne, FL Caroline Beakes Grade: 5 Westminster Elementary School Westminster, MD Erika Belitzky Grade: 11 Fairfield Warde High School Fairfield, CT Kacie Bell Grade: 11 Elko High School Elko, NV Arly Bencosme Grade: 6 Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School Baltimore, MD Victoryous Bennett Grade: 4 Hearn Elementary School Frankfort, KY Matt Kyle Bermudez Grade: 6 Cooley Ranch Elementary School Colton, CA Matthew Bernardo Grade: 8 Winton Woods Middle School Greenhills, OH

Brayden Bess Grade: 4 Urbandale Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Kayla Betancourt Grade: 11 Joppatowne High School Joppa, MD Allison Bilohlavek Grade: 11 Serra Catholic High School McKeesport, PA Talen Birchmier Grade: 11 Southeast Polk High School Pleasant Hill, IA Craig Birckhead-Morton Grade: 8 Snow Hill Middle School Snow Hill, MD Brody Bird Grade: 8 Jefferson Middle School Olympia, WA Lauryn Bishoff Grade: 5 Broad Ford Elementary School Oakland, MD Taylor Bishop Grade: 7 Nicoma Park Middle School Choctaw, OK Olivia Bobrownicki Grade: 8 Fairmont Private Schools Historic Anaheim Campus Anaheim, CA

Emeline Boehringer Grade: 11 Baltimore School for the Arts Baltimore, MD Kayah Bonilla-Mas Grade: 5 Lehigh Elementary School Lehigh Acres, FL Kai Bosley Grade: 11 Providence-St. Mel School Chicago, IL Phillip Bosrock III Grade: 5 Fremont Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Carter Bowman Grade: 11 Central York High School York, PA Ellery Bowman Grade: 5 North Frederick Elementary School Frederick, MD Ryan Braun Grade: 10 Fort Recovery High School Fort recovery, OH David Bravo Grade: 8 Veterans Memorial Middle School Blue Island, IL Jared Brice Grade: 11 Chestertown Christian Academy Chestertown, MD

Ryan Briscoe Grade: 10 Northwest High School Germantown, MD Mia Brito Grade: 8 Our Lady of Lourdes School New York, NY Emma Britton Grade: 10 New Oxford High School New Oxford, PA Josephine Brodie Grade: 11 Decatur High School Decatur, GA Abigail Brosh Grade: 11 North Harford High School Pylesville, MD Alexa Brown Grade: 8 Wendover Middle School Greensburg, PA Allison Brown Grade: 5 Pelican Elementary School Cape Coral, FL Elise Brown Grade: 5 San Carlos Park Elementary School Fort Myers, FL Imani Brown Grade: 8 Magothy River Middle School Arnold, MD

Kobi Brown Grade: 7 Midtown Academy Baltimore, MD Rackeem Brown Grade: 8 Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 Pittsburgh, PA Ta'Nia Brown Grade: 4 Dudley Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Victoria Bruton Grade: 10 Carver Vocational-Technical High School Baltimore, MD Kayla Bucio Grade: 8 Rowe Elementary School Chicago, IL Ashley Buckley Grade: 5 Edison Park Elementary School Fort Myers, FL Angela Bueso Grade: 8 New Life Christian School Frederick, MD David Bujdos Grade: 8 St. Therese School Munhall, PA Brittani Bullock Grade: 9 Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School Indianapolis, IN

Robinson Burrell, III. Grade: 11 The Boys' Latin School of Maryland Baltimore, MD Autumn Burton Grade: 11 Carver Center for Arts and Technology Towson, MD Katelyn Burtyk Grade: 11 Canon-McMillan High School Canonsburg, PA Eleanor Byers Grade: 11 Patterson Mill Middle/High School Bel Air, MD Elissa Cain Grade: 6 Springfield Middle School Battle Creek, MI Rudy Calderon Grade: 11 Back of the Yards College Preparatory Chicago, IL Yenifer Calderon Grade: 8 Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 Pittsburgh, PA Olivia Calkins Grade: 5 Rockburn Elementary School Elkridge, MD Anna Callaghan Grade: 5 Bay View Elementary School North East, MD

Kaitlin Callahan Grade: 11 Polytech High School Woodside, DE Joshua Cameron Grade: 11 T. Wingate Andrews High School High Point, NC Solomon Campbell Grade: 8 Chinook Middle School Lacey, WA Natalie Canham Grade: 5 Berlin Intermediate School Berlin, MD Christopher Cao Grade: 11 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, VA Morgan Carew Grade: 7 Magothy River Middle School Arnold, MD Jon Carpadakis Grade: 11 Hilltop High School Chula Vista, CA Carolina Carrillo Grade: 11 Tinley Park High School Tinley Park, IL Gina Cavalieri Grade: 11 Ida Baker High School Cape Coral, FL

Brendan Cave Grade: 8 Mount Airy Middle School Mt. Airy, MD Yareli Cervantes Perez Grade: 11 Preuss School UCSD La Jolla, CA Hannah Cevasco Grade: 9 Sacred Heart Preparatory Atherton, CA Jessica Chaidez Grade: 7 Charles Gates Dawes Elementary School Chicago, IL Anusha Chaudhry Grade: 11 The Academy at Central High Point, NC Srinivasa Cheekati Grade: 11 Hunterdon Central Regional High School Flemington, NJ Nicholas Cherico Grade: 10 Clarion Area/ Senior High School Clarion, PA Amber Chew Grade: 8 Chesapeake Bay Middle School Pasadena, MD Nicole Ciminelli Grade: 8 Southern Middle School Lothian, MD

Matthew Cinnamon Grade: 10 Forest Park High School Woodbridge, VA Sarah Clark Grade: 11 A.P. Brewer High School Somerville, AL Jane Clarke Grade: 8 Edison Regional Gifted Center Chicago, IL Kayla Clarke Grade: 5 Woodholme Elementary School Baltimore, MD Jacquelyn Colangelo Grade: 10 Chesapeake High School Pasedena, MD Marilin Colli Grade: 11 El Camino High School Oceanside, CA Joseph Connolly Grade: 11 Central Catholic High School Pittsburgh, PA Abigail Conrad Grade: 4 Waterloo Elementary School Columbia, MD Justin Cook Grade: 11 Seton - LaSalle Catholic High School Pittsburgh, PA

Kiersten Cook Grade: 11 Southeast Guilford High School Greensboro, NC Riley Cook Grade: 5 Bayshore Elementary School North Fort Myers, FL Alexandra Cooney Grade: 5 Heights Elementary School Fort Myers, FL Mykayla Copeland Grade: 5 Westward Elementary School West Palm Beach, FL Katherine Corbit Grade: 11 Heritage Christian School Canton, OH Emily Costantino Grade: 8 St. Philip School Pittsburgh, PA Michael Courville Grade: 11 Venice High School Venice, FL James Craft Grade: 11 Crescent High School Iva, SC Reece Crockett Grade: 5 River Hall Elementary School Alva, FL

Ava Cruz Grade: 11 Cab Calloway School of the Arts Wilmington, DE Roxana Cruz Grade: 11 Forest Hill Community High School West Palm Beach, FL Elizabeth Curry Grade: 5 Bakerfield Elementary School Aberdeen, MD Ryan Darden Grade: 10 High Point Central High School High Point, NC Oluwakemi Dauda Grade: 11 Dr. Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine Detroit, MI Romeo Davila Grade: 11 Roberto Clemente Community Academy Chicago, IL Ameera Davis Grade: 5 Pittsburgh Beechwood PreK-5 Pittsburgh, PA Carmen Davis Grade: 8 Tyro Middle School Lexington, NC

David Davis Grade: 11 Sussex Academy of Arts & Sciences Georgetown, DE Gwendolyn Davison Grade: 8 Dorseyville Middle School Pittsburgh, PA Sarah Davison Grade: 8 St. Gregory's School Zelineople, PA Kelvin De Leon Grade: 8 St. John Fisher School Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Milagros de Souza Grade: 11 Eastern Senior High School Washington, DC Alexis DeCastro Grade: 5 Hasty Elementary School Thomasville, NC Josie DeRosa Grade: 11 Hartford Union High School Hartford, WI Madalyn Deselem Grade: 11 Peoria Christian School Peoria, IL Kori'onna DeVaughn Grade: 11 Pittsburgh Brashear High School Pittsburgh, PA

Ethan DiNottia Grade: 5 Colonial Elementary School Fort Myers, FL Carly DiPietro Grade: 11 New Castle High School New Castle, PA Nicole Doble Grade: 11 Westminster Christian School Palmetto Bay, FL Christopher Dodd Grade: 11 Cranston High School-West Cranston, RI Emily Dolce Grade: 11 Charles W. Flanagan High School Pembroke Pines, FL Trenten Dollaway Grade: 5 Verona Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Matthew Dormus Grade: 6 Decatur Adventist Junior Academy Stone Mountain, GA Erika Doroshenko Grade: 10 Morrisville-Eaton Middle-High School Morrisville, NY Lillian Doster Grade: 5 The Sanibel School Sanibel, FL

Elisabeth Dunbar Grade: 11 Spanish Fort High School Spanish Fort, AL Jazz Duncan Grade: 11 Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology Conyers, GA Max Dunn Grade: 5 Caloosa Elementary School Cape Coral, FL Lauren Durham Grade: 10 Versailles High School Versailles, OH Alexis Dzadovsky Grade: 8 Chartiers Houston Jr./Sr. High School Houston, PA Danielle Edwards Grade: 8 Wicomico Middle School Salisbury, MD Erica Egleston Grade: 7 Oklahoma Road Middle School Sykesville, MD Mia Ehrlich Grade: 8 Lime Kiln Middle School Fulton, MD Emily Eiler Grade: 10 Winters Mill High School Westminster, MD

Yara El-Khatib Grade: 11 North Allegheny Senior High School Wexford, PA Yusouf Elkhawad Grade: 5 Laurelhurst Elementary School Seattle, WA Evan England Grade: 4 Elk Neck Elementary School Elkton, MD Yalemzewod Enqubahry Grade: 11 Amundsen High School Chicago, IL Zachary Esch Grade: 8 St. John Bosco Academy Pittsburgh, PA Eliza Eschenbrenner Grade: 5 Hollywood Elementary School Hollywood, MD Kayley Estoesta Grade: 11 Timber Creek High School Orlando, FL Madeline Evans Grade: 11 North Hills High School Pittsburgh, PA Sage Evans-Rainey Grade: 8 Baltimore International Academy Baltimore, MD

Ashley Ewing Grade: 11 Apopka High School Apopka, FL Matthew Fairchild Grade: 9 North Carroll High School Hampstead, MD Lili Fanua Grade: 10 Pikesville High School Baltimore, MD Jack Farrell Grade: 11 Saint Joseph High School Natrona Heights, PA Colten Feezer Grade: 5 Ebb Valley Elementary School Manchester, MD Jasmine Ferrarer Grade: 9 Glendora High School Glendora, CA Allison Fine Grade: 11 Lassiter High School Marietta, GA Hazel Fitzpatrick Grade: 5 Dr. Carrie D. Robinson Littleton Elementary School North Fort Myers, FL Ryan Fleming Grade: 5 Piney Ridge Elementary School Sykesville, MD

Cesia Flores Grade: 11 Business Education & Technology Academy Edinburg, TX Matthew Fogel Grade: 7 Mesa View Middle School Calimesa, CA Riley Forrestal Grade: 5 North Salisbury Elementary Salisbury, MD Zander Forsythe Grade: 11 James M. Bennett High School Salisbury, MD Emma Fraley Grade: 11 Oregon City High School Oregon City, OR Robert Freed III Grade: 8 Saint Monica Catholic Academy Beaver Falls, PA Julia Friedman Grade: 11 Lane Tech College Prep High School Chicago, IL Gabriella Fritz Grade: 9 Francis Scott Key High School Union Bridge, MD Xitlaly Galicia Grade: 7 Saint Anne School Santa Ana, CA

Rory Garofalo Grade: 5 Pittsburgh Banksville PreK-5 Pittsburgh, PA Marie Therese Gatchalian Grade: 10 Ramona Convent Secondary School Alhambra, CA Diwas Gautam Grade: 11 East High School Salt Lake City, UT Sophie Geernaert Grade: 8 West Frederick Middle School Frederick, MD Alexander Geist Grade: 5 Linton Springs Elementary School Sykesville, MD Abigail Getman Grade: 8 Springfield Middle School Battle Creek, MI Jacob (Jace) Ghali Grade: 5 San Carlos Park Elementary School Fort Myers, FL Hannah Gill Grade: 11 Mountain Valley Academy Ramona, CA

Chelsea Gilmer Grade: 8 City Springs Elementary/Middle School Baltimore, MD Carter Gipson Grade: 11 Oakdale High School Ijamsville, MD Maya Glander Grade: 11 Rockville High School Rockville, MD Victoria Gnat Grade: 11 William Jones College Prep High School Chicago, IL William Goetz Grade: 5 Worton Elementary School Worton, MD Benjamin Goldstein Grade: 11 Cooper City High School Cooper City, FL Bailey Golvash Grade: 8 St. Sylvester School Pittsburgh, PA Yorjannys Gomez Grade: 11 William Penn Alfred J. Griffin School for the Arts High Point, NC Sophia Goncalves Grade: 11 Fitchburg High School Fitchburg, MA

Aylen Gonzalez Grade: 8 Arizona Cardinals Preparatory Academy Phoenix, AZ Christopher Gonzalez Grade: 11 Sewickley Academy Sewickley, PA Erzsabet Gonzalez Grade: 7 Assumption Catholic School San Leandro, CA Nyla Gordon-Crocker Grade: 6 Philips Academy Charter School Newark, NJ Zachary Gorsuch Grade: 5 Warwick Elementary School Secretary, MD Brieanna Gower Grade: 5 George D. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale Aberdeen, MD Adam Grabowski Grade: 10 Vacaville Christian High School Vacaville, CA Jacob Gragg Grade: 11 Crisfield High School Crisfield, MD Jomiri Graves Grade: 5 Brooks Global Studies Greensboro, NC

Gary Gray Grade: 11 Derry Area High School Derry, PA Hannah Greene Grade: 10 Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore, MD Erica Greenwald Grade: 11 North Hagerstown High School Hagerstown, MD Koy Greenwell Grade: 6 Windy Hill Middle School Owings, MD Jaymin Griffin Grade: 4 Clarence Farrington Elementary School 61 Indianapolis, IN Brooklynn Grill Grade: 11 Brentwood Senior High School Pittsburgh, PA Joshua Grimm Grade: 11 Oneonta Senior High School Oneonta, NY Eric Guerci Grade: 11 Bethesda Chevy Chase High School Bethesda, MD

Robert Gull Grade: 5 Skyline Elementary School Cape Coral, FL Alekhya Gunturi Grade: 11 Central Bucks High School East Doylestown, PA Urvi Gupta Grade: 11 Seneca Valley Senior High School Harmony, PA Isis Guy Grade: 5 Fremont Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Erin Haden Grade: 11 Indian River High School Dagsboro, DE Eric Hairston Grade: 5 Beecher Hills Elementary Atlanta, GA Eduardo Halfen Grade: 6 Jacobson Sinai Academy Miami, FL Morgan Hallock Grade: 6 Springfield Middle School Battle Creek, MI Anna Hallowell Grade: 11 Lake Central High School Saint John, IN

Daniel Hamm Grade: 11 Maynard Jackson High School Atlanta, GA Binuri Hapuarachchy Grade: 10 Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School Indianapolis, IN Caleb Harrigan Grade: 8 Brown Middle School Harrison, TN Lucy Harrill Grade: 11 Central High School Englewood, TN Emma Harris Grade: 5 Kay Road Elementary School Byron, GA McKenzie Harrison Grade: 11 Ketchikan High School Ketchikan, AK Emily Hartzler Grade: 11 Tempe Preparatory Academy Tempe, AZ Mia Haschert Grade: 8 Stevensville Middle School Stevensville, MD Kyra Hawes Grade: 5 Sandymount Elementary School Finksburg, MD

Winter Hawk Grade: 9 Governor Thomas Johnson High School Frederick, MD Olivia Haworth Grade: 11 Elkhart Central High School Elkhart, IN Julia Hayunga Grade: 5 Eldersburg Elementary School Eldersburg, MD Elisa Hein Grade: 5 Roosevelt Elementary School Neenah, WI Camden Hensley Grade: 4 Cleveland Bailey Elementary School Midwest City, OK Emily Hernandez Grade: 8 Shiloh Middle School Hampstead, MD Israel Hernandez Grade: 11 John Hancock High School Chicago, IL Kiara Hernandez Grade: 11 Douglas High School Douglas, AZ Giselle Herrera Grade: 11 Thomas Kelly High School Chicago, IL

Samantha Hess Grade: 8 Marine View Middle School Huntington Beach, CA Landyn Higginbotham Grade: 5 Treeline Elementary School Fort Meyers, FL Jesse Hines Grade: 11 Chisholm Trail Academy Keene, TX Shaylynn Hinman Grade: 4 Verona Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Adam Hoffman Grade: 10 Robert M. Beren Academy Houston, TX Chloe Holland Grade: 10 Snow Hill High School Snow Hill, MD Andre Hollins Grade: 5 Urbandale Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Ava Homer Grade: 6 Charles R. Drew Charter School Atlanta, GA Zhy'yon Hoover Grade: 8 Northwest High School Indianapolis, IN

Katherine Hopper Grade: 8 Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts Chattanooga, TN Kinsey Hostetler Grade: 4 Cash Valley Elementary School LaVale, MD Audrey Houle Grade: 5 Mechanicsville Elementary School Mechanicsville, MD Courtney Houston Grade: 7 Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School Laurel, MD Olivia Hoynes Grade: 11 J.H. Rose High School Greenville, NC Leonna Huddleston Grade: 11 Arsenal Technical High School Indianapolis, IN Fiona Hull Grade: 11 Tri-City College Prep High School Prescott, AZ Lauren Hullum Grade: 11 Battle Creek Central High School Battle Creek, MI

Madeline Hunsicker Grade: 7 Northwestern Middle School Battle Creek, MI Emily Hurst Grade: 8 Lukfata Public School Broken Bow, OK Maximus Iacono Grade: 7 St. Edmond's Academy Wilmington, DE Rwan Ibrahim Grade: 10 James Madison High School San Antonio, TX Harrison Idol Grade: 11 Ledford High School Thomasville, NC Vicente Iglesias Grade: 11 Towson High School Towson, MD Dianabel Imas-Mendez Grade: 11 Medical Academy for Science and Technology Homestead, FL Meghana Iragavarapu Grade: 11 The Early College at Guilford Greensboro, NC Bethany Jablon Grade: 7 Jackson Heights Middle School Oviedo, FL

John Jackline Grade: 6 St. Wendelin School Butler, PA N'Jhari Jackson Grade: 8 The Paideia School of Tampa Bay Tampa, FL Alyssa Jacobs Grade: 11 Carl Sandburg High School Orland Park, IL Sachin Jaishankar Grade: 10 Hamilton High School Chandler, AZ Amna Jamal Grade: 5 Freetown Elementary School Glen Burnie, MD Nanthaniel Jauregui Grade: 4 Pittsburgh Arsenal PreK-5 Pittsburgh, PA Ibrahim Javaid Grade: 11 Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience St. Louis, MO Isabella Jenkins Grade: 5 Allen Elementary School Soddy Daisy, TN Morgan Jenkins Grade: 9 Crean Lutheran High School Irvine, CA

Kevin Jenkins,III Grade: 5 Hunter Elementary School Greensboro, NC Rachel Johannesen Grade: 11 Second Baptist School Houston, TX Camille Johnson Grade: 11 Southland College Prep Charter High School Richton Park, IL Emma Johnson Grade: 10 Evangelical Christian School Cordova, TN Gabrielle Johnson Grade: 5 Urbandale Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Jefferson Johnson Grade: 5 Carter G. Woodson Elementary School Crisfield, MD Madison Johnson Grade: 8 Selbyville Middle School Selbyville, DE Victoria Johnson Grade: 11 North Bay Haven Career Academy Panama City, FL Jolie Jones Grade: 5 Sunshine Elementary School Lehigh Acres, FL

Carter Jordan Grade: 5 St. Philip the Apostle Catholic School Camp Springs, MD Jakara Jordan Grade: 11 The Middle College at Bennett Greensboro, NC Benjamin Joseph Grade: 5 Temple Beth Am Day School Pinecrest, FL Jacquelyn Jozwiak Grade: 8 Saint Raphael Elementary School Pittsburgh, PA Gabrielle Kalantzis Grade: 5 Perry Lower Intermediate School Ellwood City, PA Christopher Kaminskas Grade: 8 Easton Middle School Easton, MD Kush Karki Grade: 5 Mary Lin Elementary School Atlanta, GA Julia Kashishian Grade: 11 New Hope Christian School Grants Pass, OR Kyle Keene Grade: 5 Allen Park Elementary School Fort Myers, FL

Anna Grace Keller Grade: 8 Severna Park Middle School Severna Park, MD Norah Keller Grade: 5 Old Forge Elementary School Hagerstown, MD Samantha Kennedy Grade: 7 Aberdeen Middle School Aberdeen, MD Matthew Kern Grade: 11 Springdale High School Springdale, PA Aubrey Kilduff Grade: 11 Sarasota High School Sarasota, FL Grace Kim Grade: 11 Brookwood High School Snellville, GA Jisoo Kim Grade: 11 Northwest High School Greensboro, NC Eleanor King Grade: 10 City Neighbors High School Baltimore, MD Paul Kinkopf Grade: 11 Loyola Blakefield Towson, MD

Victoria Kitley Grade: 8 Southwest Middle School High Point, NC Harrison Klein Grade: 11 Bishop Canevin High School Pittsburgh, PA Aissata Kone' Grade: 5 KIPP West Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School Philadelphia, PA Kathryn Koonz Grade: 11 U-32 Jr.-Sr. High School Montpelier, VT Ariana Krebel Grade: 5 Christopher Columbus Family Academy New Haven, CT Assanatu Kuyateh Grade: 5 Falkener Elementary School Greensboro, NC Robert Kwiat Grade: 11 Neshannock Jr./Sr. High School New Castle, PA Sana Lakdawala Grade: 11 George Walton Comprehensive High School Marietta, GA Mark Lamendola Grade: 11 Mt. Lebanon High School Pittsburgh, PA

Jacob Lampf Grade: 11 Atholton High School Columbia, MD Maggie Layman Grade: 5 Darlington Elementary School Darlington, MD Maya Lee Grade: 9 Liberty High School Eldersburg, MD Isabelle Leimkuhler Grade: 9 Century High School Sykesville, MD Deja Leviege Grade: 5 Pittsburgh Westwood K-8 Pittsburgh, PA Hannah Levin Grade: 7 Jacobson Sinai Academy Miami, FL Ava Katherine Levine Grade: 4 Nolan Elementary School Signal Mountain, TN Bret Leydig Grade: 11 South Park High School South Park, PA Carmen Li Grade: 11 Westinghouse College Prep Chicago, IL

Jacqueline Liborio-Aragon Grade: 7 Northwestern Middle School Battle Creek, MI Caroline Lin Grade: 11 Marymount School of New York New York, NY Shannon Linder Grade: 11 Ramona High School Riverside, CA Tamara Lopez Grade: 5 Indian Pines Elementary Lake Worth, FL Rachel Lorfils Grade: 11 Coconut Creek High School Coconut Creek, FL Minerva Louka Grade: 8 Jackson Heights Middle School Oviedo, FL Alessandra Loza Grade: 8 Wilson Jr. High School El Centro, CA Samantha Lozano Grade: 11 Gabrielino High School San Gabriel, CA Lili Lugo-Mejia Grade: 4 Verona Elementary School Battle Creek, MI

Jude Luke Grade: 11 Great Mills High School Great Mills, MD Juliana Lu-Yang Grade: 11 Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Andy Macias Grade: 7 Cesar E Chavez Multicultural Academic Center Chicago, IL Devon Madison Grade: 11 Nicholas County High School Carlisle, KY Siara Maldonado Grade: 11 Cathedral High School New York, NY Ashley Manning Grade: 10 C.E. Byrd High School Shreveport, LA Andrea Mares Grade: 11 Western Center Academy Hemet, CA Alaina Marks Grade: 7 David E. Williams Upper Middle School Coraopolis, PA Katherine Marks Grade: 9 Montour High School McKees Rocks, PA

Gavin Martik Grade: 10 Elizabeth Forward High School Elizabeth, PA Georgia Martin Grade: 5 Hammond Elementary School Laurel, MD Nevaeh Martin Grade: 6 St. Leonard Elementary St. Leonard, MD Charlie Massaro Grade: 8 Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy Pittsburgh, PA Margaret Matous Grade: 8 Assumption School Bellevue, PA George Matta Grade: 8 Pittsburgh Mifflin PreK-8 Pittsburgh, PA Leilani McAdams Grade: 8 John Hanson Montessori Oxon Hill, MD Kristen McCampbell Grade: 11 Sequoyah High School Soddy Daisy, TN Crystal McCay Grade: 11 Hume-Fogg Academic High School Nashville, TN

Micah McConahay Grade: 4 Heritage Christian School Canton, OH Bailey McCormick Grade: 9 Quigley Catholic High School Baden, PA Hannah J. McDonald Grade: 10 Durant High School Durant, OK Tavion McDonald Grade: 4 Fremont Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Alyssa McGhee Grade: 5 Lakeside Academy Chattanooga, TN Kaya McGrath Grade: 5 Fremont Elementary School Colorado Springs, CO Quinn McIver Grade: 6 Westminster East Middle School Westminster, MD Daniel McKenzie Grade: 5 Berry Elementary School Waldorf, MD Meagan McLaughlin Grade: 10 Keene High School Keene, NH

Jilan McQuilkin Grade: 5 Trafalgar Elementary School Cape Coral, FL Ashley McWilliams Grade: 8 Queen of Angels School North Huntington, PA Ashlyn Meeks Grade: 10 Soddy Daisy High School Soddy Daisy, TN Zoe' Mele Grade: 11 Benet Academy Lisle, IL Emily Meoded Grade: 5 Wellwood International School Baltimore, MD Gabriela Meschino Grade: 8 Washington Irving Elementary Chicago, IL Adam Metz Grade: 8 Boonsboro Middle School Boonsboro, MD Aaron Meyer Grade: 11 Northgate Middle/High School Pittsburgh, PA Shaelyn Meyers Grade: 11 Common Ground High School New Haven, CT

Kamberleigh Mharagi Grade: 4 Urbandale Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Bryan Midlam Grade: 11 Seneca Valley High School Germantown, MD Richard Mihm Grade: 8 St. Alphonsus School Wexford, PA Alaina Miller Grade: 8 Middletown Middle School Middletown, MD Davis Miller Grade: 8 Walkersville Middle School Walkersville, MD Kaitlyn Miller Grade: 10 Union Christian Academy Fort Smith, AR Shardae Millington Grade: 5 Hall's Cross Roads Elementary School Aberdeen, MD Laila Mirza Grade: 10 Stephen Decatur High School Berlin, MD Brenda Moctezuma Mendez Grade: 4 Ann J. Kellogg Elementary School Battle Creek, MI

Faith Mohr Grade: 4 Cranberry Station Elementary School Westminster, MD Alfred Molina Grade: 11 St. John Bosco High School Bellflower, CA Thatcher Montgomery, Jr. Grade: 8 Sacred Heart Elementary School Pittsburgh, PA Brian Moore Grade: 11 Gilmer County High School Glenville, WV De'Shayla Moore Caldwell Grade: 10 The Howard High School Chattanooga, TN Jennifer Morales Grade: 5 Grove Park Elementary Palm Beach Gardens, FL Timothy Moran Grade: 8 Arbor Park Middle School Oak Forest, IL Robert Morgan, III. Grade: 5 Providence-St. Mel School Chicago, IL Gilsa Morlote Grade: 11 Miami Coral Park Senior High School Miami, FL

Carley Morris Grade: 5 Mt. Airy Elementary School Mt. Airy, MD James Morris Grade: 4 Callaway Elementary School Baltimore, MD Laila Morris Grade: 6 James E. Mcdade Classical School Chicago, IL Mercedez Morris Grade: 8 Brunswick Middle School Brunswick, MD Samantha Morris Grade: 9 Manchester Valley High Manchester, MD Emmoni Morrisey Grade: 11 McKinley Technology High School Washington, DC Madelyn Morrison Grade: 5 Apison Elementary School Apison, TN Zane Morrison Grade: 8 Oak Grove Middle School Winston-Salem, NC Joshua Mott Grade: 8 Plato Academy Clearwater Clearwater, FL

Morgan Motycki Grade: 8 Madonna Catholic Regional School Monongahela, PA Blythe Mudgett Grade: 11 East Forsyth High School Kernersville, NC Chase Muir Grade: 5 George's Creek Elementary School Lonaconing, MD Kadin Musco Grade: 5 Orange River Elementary School Fort Myers, FL Daniela Naumov Grade: 8 Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8Pittsburgh, PA Terese Navarra Grade: 11 Bellevue West High School Bellevue, NE Angela Neally Grade: 11 Lakewood High School Lakewood, CA Carli Needle Grade: 11 Winston Churchill High School Potomac, MD

Emily Neeson Grade: 11 Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences Chicago, IL Annika Nerney Grade: 5 Spring Creek Elementary School Bonita Springs, FL Kendall Newman Grade: 10 Paint Branch High School Burtonsville, MD Emily Nichols Grade: 8 St. Bartholomew School Pittsburgh, PA Ma'Leah Nichols Grade: 11 Easton High School Easton, MD Christine Nienhuis Grade: 11 The STEM Early College at N.C. A&T Greensboro, NC Chad Nislow Grade: 11 McDonogh School Owings Mills, MD Keshline Noel Grade: 11 North Fort Myers High School North Fort Myers, FL

Taylor Nuyen Grade: 5 LaMora Park Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Rufaro Nyandoro Grade: 8 Byron Craig Middle School Abilene, TX Caden O'Brien Grade: 7 Rolesville Middle School Rolesville, NC Kaitlyn O'Byrne Grade: 10 Glenelg High School Glenelg, MD April Oertle Grade: 11 Junipero Serra High School San Diego, CA Caleb Oh Grade: 5 Crofton Meadows Elementary Crofton, MD Olatokunbo Olaniyan Grade: 11 Glenelg Country School Ellicott City, MD Owen O'Neill Grade: 5 Warren T. Jackson Elementary School Atlanta, GA Adem Osmani Grade: 10 Oak Lawn Community High School Oak Lawn, IL

Wendy Osorio Grade: 11 Ramona High School Riverside, CA Thomas O'Toole Grade: 7 Saint Kilian Parish School Cranberry Twp, PA Marie Overman Grade: 5 Charles Carroll Elementary School Westminster, MD Sarveshwaran Palani Grade: 5 Orangewood Elementary School Fort Myers, FL Reese Pallone Grade: 6 Mary Queen of Apostles New Kensington, PA Jaela Paranilam Grade: 7 Morrell Park Elementary/Middle School Baltimore, MD You Jin Park Grade: 11 Dulaney High School Timonium, MD Troy Parker Grade: 8 Jackson Heights Middle School Oviedo, FL Hardi Patel Grade: 11 East Ridge High School Chattanooga, TN

Karina Patel Grade: 8 Fairmont Private Schools - Anaheim Hills Campus Anaheim Hills, CA Raj Patel Grade: 11 Lincoln-Way East High School Frankfort, IL Riya Patel Grade: 10 CICS Northtown Academy Chicago, IL Nadia Patterson Grade: 11 KIPP Atlanta Collegiate High School Atlanta, GA Cierra Patton Grade: 5 Thomas Heathe Slater Elemementary School Atlanta, GA Ramya Payne Grade: 6 Ann J. Kellogg Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Deborah Payton Grade: 11 Trimble County High School Bedford, KY Olivia Pelaez Grade: 11 Coral Gables Senior High School Coral Gables, FL

Brenda Perez Grade: 5 Cesar E Chavez Multicultural Academic Center Chicago, IL Sidney Petersen Grade: 8 Earle B. Wood Middle School Rockville, MD Haley Peterson Grade: 8 Lockerman Middle School Denton, MD Logan Petsinger Grade: 11 Hutchinson High School Hutchinson, MN Suphitha Phawapoothanon Grade: 11 New Hope Academy Landover Hills, MD Mary Pilcher Grade: 6 Heritage Christian School Canton, OH Aaliyah Pinkney Grade: 5 Taneytown Elementary School Taneytown, MD Hannah Piquett Grade: 7 Southampton Middle School Bel Air, MD Chandler Plante Grade: 5 Camp Verde Elementary School Camp Verde, AZ

Kadie Platt Grade: 11 Penn Hills Senior High School Pittsburgh, PA Emma Polster Grade: 11 Hamilton High School Hamilton, TX Hannah Powell Grade: 7 Three Oaks Middle School Fort Myers, FL Ashleigh Pyke Grade: 8 Wyoming Seminary Forty Fort, PA John Radzanowski Grade: 8 Our Lady of Grace School Pittsburgh, PA Evelyn Ramirez Grade: 11 Animo South Los Angeles Charter High School Los Angeles, CA Mayra Ramirez Grade: 11 Gorman High School Gorman, TX James Rankin, III Grade: 8 St. Rosalia Academy Pittsburgh, PA David Rapids Grade: 7 New Windsor Middle School New Windsor, MD

John Reed Grade: 11 Aquinas Academy Gibsonia, PA Kailanee Reid Grade: 5 Tropic Isles Elementary School North Fort Myers, FL Angel-Marie Reincke Grade: 4 Urbandale Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Brady Rhodes Grade: 5 Runnymede Elementary School Westminster, MD Iyana Rice Grade: 8 William Pinderhughes Elementary School Baltimore, MD David Riley, II Grade: 4 Charles R. Drew Charter School Atlanta, GA Alexis Riske Grade: 8 St. Louise de Marillac School Pittsburgh, PA Alexandra Ro Grade: 11 Eastside High School Gainesville, FL

Chloe Robbins Grade: 4 Friendship Valley Elementary School Westminster, MD Katharine Roberts Grade: 8 South Dorchester K-8 Church Creek, MD Christian Robles Grade: 11 San Ysidro High School San Diego, CA Rocio Robles Grade: 11 John W. North High School Riverside, CA Carlos Rodriguez Grade: 11 Animo Pat Brown Charter High School Los Angeles, CA Daniel Rodriguez Grade: 11 Mission Hills High School San Marcos, CA Sadie Rosenfeld Grade: 5 Summit Park Elementary Baltimore, MD Jacob Rotert Grade: 11 Everett High School Everett, WA Madigan Roxberry Grade: 9 Slippery Rock High School Slippery Rock, PA

Adonis Rubio Grade: 11 Woodrow Wilson High School Long Beach, CA Deborah Ruiz Grade: 5 North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts Fort Myers, FL Morgan Russell Grade: 8 Hillsboro Elementary/Middle School Franklin, TN Megan Rutkai Grade: 11 South River High School Edgewater, MD Emily Rybicki Grade: 5 Pittsburgh Minadeo PreK-5 Pittsburgh, PA Miriam Sachs Grade: 11 Science Leadership Academy Philadelphia, PA Phillip Sackett Grade: 5 Freedom District Elementary School Sykesville, MD Allayna Safley Grade: 5 Manchester Elementary School Manchester, MD

Christopher Samek Grade: 8 North American Martyrs Monroeville, PA Emily Schildwachter Grade: 7 Northwest Middle School Taneytown, MD Haley Schnitzer Grade: 8 Pikesville Middle School Pikesville, MD Kaitlyn Schueler Grade: 5 North Harford Elementary School Pylesville, MD Caeden Schulte Grade: 5 Matapeake Elementary School Stevensville, MD Trevor Scupholm Grade: 5 Fremont Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Marcus Seay Grade: 5 Deer Park Elementary School Owings Mills, MD Ramiro Segovia Grade: 4 Dudley Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Aaron Sellow Grade: 5 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School Waldorf, MD

Ricardo Serrano-Smith Grade: 11 Atrisco Heritage Academy High School Albuquerque, NM Khadeeja Shahid Grade: 11 Uplift Community High School Chicago, IL Carly Shearer Grade: 5 Wolfsville Elementary School Myersville, MD Mackenzie Shephard Grade: 4 Rising Sun Elementary School Rising Sun, MD Flaviana Shkoza Grade: 8 St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin School Pittsburgh, PA Eben Shriner Grade: 4 Thrasher Elementary School Signal Mountain, TN Latorian Silmon-Poe Grade: 10 John Marshall Harlan Community Academy High School Chicago, IL Grace Singh Grade: 5 Harns Marsh Elementary School Lehigh Acres, FL

Alyssa Singleton Grade: 11 Bronzeville Scholastic Institute Chicago, IL Morgan Sinkfield Grade: 9 Eleanor Roosevelt High School Greenbelt, MD Maya Sitaram Grade: 10 Charter School of Wilmington Wilmington, DE Ryan Skandalis Grade: 5 Hickory Elementary School Bel Air, MD Hayden Slade Grade: 5 Hartman Intermediate School Ellwood City, PA Sydney Smichnick Grade: 8 California Middle School Coal Center, PA Benjamin Smith Grade: 5 Gulf Elementary School Cape Coral, FL Brennan Smith Grade: 11 Pope John Paul II High School Hendersonville, TN

Catherine Smith Grade: 5 Fifth District Elementary School Upperco, MD Freeston Smith Grade: 10 West Port High School Ocala, FL Isabella Smith Grade: 5 Gateway Elementary School Fort Myers, FL Kara Smith Grade: 11 HOPE for Hyndman Charter School Hyndman, PA Kayla Smith Grade: 11 Shortridge Magnet High School for Law and Public Policy Indianapolis, IN Samantha Smith Grade: 11 Hammond High School Columbia, MD Sasha Smith Grade: 7 Wellington Landings Middle School Wellington, FL Sierra Snigier Grade: 11 Seaford Senior High School Seaford, DE

Carson Snyder Grade: 7 Westminster West Middle School Westminster, MD Finali Solivan Grade: 5 Bessemer Elementary Greensboro, NC Hannah Song Grade: 11 Roland Park Country School Baltimore, MD Nitish Sood Grade: 11 Alpharetta High School Alpharetta, GA Natasha Soriano Grade: 4 James Shields Elementary Chicago, IL Hayley Spicknall Grade: 4 Barstow Elementary School Prince Frederick, MD Ruth (Olivia) Sprinkle Grade: 4 Hampstead Elementary School Hampstead, MD Ethan Stambaugh Grade: 8 Canonsburg Middle School Canonsburg, PA Lauren Stammen Grade: 10 St.Henry High School St.Henry, OH

Meghan Stashak Grade: 11 Mission Vista High School Oceanside, CA Makenna Steele Grade: 4 Spring Garden Elementary School Hampstead, MD Alayna Steinmetz Grade: 5 Dr. James Craik Elementary School Pomfret, MD Victoria Stephan Grade: 4 Robert Moton Elementary School Westminister, MD Sylvia Sterling-Angus Grade: 11 Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) 6-12 Pittsburgh, PA David Stiltner Grade: 8 Coopertown Middle School Springfield, TN Gabrielle Stine Grade: 5 Elmer Wolfe Elementary School Union Bridge, MD Julia Stone Grade: 9 Laguna Blanca School Santa Barbara, CA

Darryl Stukes Jr. Grade: 5 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School Baltimore, MD Jillian Stutzman Grade: 5 Greensboro Elementary School Greensboro, MD Abigail Sullivan Grade: 5 Alamance Elementary Greensboro, NC Ashley Sullivan Grade: 8 Simmons Middle School Oak Lawn, IL Landyn Sullivan Grade: 4 Northwest Elementary School Kinston, NC Claire Surface Grade: 5 Christian Community School White House, TN Erik Svetin Grade: 11 Molokai High School Hoolehua, HI Edward Swart Grade: 11 Mirabeau B. Lamar High School Houston, TX Foster Swartz Grade: 11 Pine View High School Osprey, FL

McKenna Sweetman Grade: 5 Millington Elementary School Millington, MD Tristan Swihart Grade: 11 Northridge High School Middlebury, IN Samantha Tang Grade: 10 Eastern Technical High School Baltimore, MD Mackenzie Taranto Grade: 7 West Allegheny Middle School Imperial, PA Kenzie Taylor Grade: 11 Muldrow High School Muldrow, OK Pedro Tecum-Ajin Grade: 5 Pine Island Elementary School Bokeelia, FL Paiten Tensen Grade: 11 Ontario High School Ontario, OR Edwina Tepper Grade: 11 St. Timothy's School Stevenson, MD Adrieanna Thacker Grade: 11 Carver High School Winston Salem, NC

Ashlene Thomas Grade: 5 Villas Elementary School Fort Myers, FL Courtney Thomas Grade: 11 Pittsburgh Barack Obama Academy of International Studies Pittsburgh, PA Jaxon Thurman Grade: 5 Wallace A. Smith Elementary Ooltewah, TN Zadia Torres Grade: 7 Springfield Middle School Battle Creek, MI Alexandra Tourret Grade: 11 Grimsley High School Greensboro, NC Zaria Townsend Grade: 8 George Washington Community School Indianapolis, IN Andonetta Trageser Grade: 8 Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) 6-12 Pittsburgh, PA Kathy Tran Grade: 11 North Thurston High School Lacey, WA Mi Tran Grade: 8 James B. McPherson Chicago, IL

Zoe Trexel Grade: 5 Avonworth Elementary School Pittsburgh, PA Kaitlyn Trexler Grade: 11 Fallston High School Fallston, MD Jake Tyndall Grade: 5 The Alva School Alva, FL Victoria Uchman Grade: 6 Phoenix Academy of High Point High Point, NC Megan Unrath Grade: 11 Leavenworth High School Leavenworth, KS Jessica Vargas Grade: 11 George Washington High School Chicago, IL Kyle Vasquez Grade: 11 Somerset Academy Pembroke Pines, FL Hannah Verma Grade: 11 Lake Highland Preparatory School Orlando, FL

Justin Vigil Grade: 11 Fall River Junior/Senior High School McArthur, CA Adrianna Vilaysith Grade: 11 Crawford High School San Diego, CA Ashley Wagner Grade: 11 Mercy High School Baltimore, MD Lili Walker Grade: 5 Larchmont Charter School at Hollygrove Los Angeles, CA Marissa Walker Grade: 11 Sun Valley High School Aston, PA Allison Wallach Grade: 5 Winfield Elementary School Westminster, MD Brooke Walz Grade: 8 Bohemia Manor Middle School Chesapeake City, MD Julia Walz Grade: 5 Chesapeake City Elementary Chesapeake City, MD Anna Wan Grade: 11 Pittsburgh Allderdice High School Pittsburgh, PA

Julie Wang Grade: 10 Centennial High School Ellicott City, MD Makala Wang Grade: 11 Archmere Academy Claymont, DE Pey-Yun Wang Grade: 11 Potomac Falls High School Potomac Falls, VA Stephanie Wang Grade: 11 Peters Township High School McMurray, PA Lanieta Waqanivalu Grade: 11 Brownsville Area High School Brownsville, PA Emily Ward Grade: 5 Diplomat Elementary School Cape Coral, FL Kenia Ward Grade: 5 LaMora Park Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Grace Warner Grade: 7 North Carroll Middle School Hampstead, MD Aim-ee Watson Grade: 11 Clarksville Academy Clarksville, TN

Brittany Watson Grade: 11 Mercer Area Middle-Senior High School Mercer, PA Jori Watson Grade: 5 Mary H. Matula Elementary School LaPlata, MD Kate Webb Grade: 5 Hollifield Station Elementary School Ellicott City, MD Tandi Weeks Grade: 8 Mitchell Elementary School Chicago, IL Diana Welliver Grade: 11 Westminster High School Westminster, MD DeAndrea West Grade: 5 West Manor Elementary School Atlanta, GA Israel White Grade: 8 Briggs Chaney Middle School Silver Spring, MD Monica Wilhelm Grade: 10 Antioch Community High School Antioch, IL

Meagan Wilkins Grade: 8 Northern Middle School Greensboro, NC Austin Williams Grade: 11 George Jenkins High School Lakeland, FL Brooklyn Williams Grade: 4 Dudley Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Sydney Williams Grade: 4 Leeds Elementary School Elkton, MD Tyshaan Williams Grade: 7 Northwestern Middle School Battle Creek, MI Weston Williams Grade: 5 Lake Forest Central Elementary Felton, DE Benjamin Williamson Grade: 5 William A. Diggs Elementary School Waldorf, MD Otto Wilson III Grade: 10 Aberdeen High School Aberdeen, MD Samantha Wilt Grade: 8 Northern Middle School Accident, MD

Donald Woelke Grade: 6 Gulf Middle School Cape Coral, FL Audrey Wohlscheid Grade: 8 Stringer Attendance Center Stringer, MS Nicole Woloszyn Grade: 8 Union Ridge Elementary School Harwood Heights, IL Carolyn Wong Grade: 11 Morristown High School Morristown, NJ Rachel Wood Grade: 11 Vallivue High School Caldwell, ID Joshua Woods Grade: 4 Parker Community Academy Chicago, IL Brelynn Wray Grade: 11 Atkins Academic & Technical High School Winston-Salem, NC Alivia Wright Grade: 6 Avonworth Middle School Pittsburgh, PA Mercer Wright Grade: 11 Walter Biddle Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences Philadelphia, PA

Samuel Wright Grade: 10 Battle Creek Central High School Battle Creek, MI Julia Wynne Grade: 8 Stillwater Christian School Kalispell, MT Terriona Wyrick Grade: 4 Ann J. Kellogg Elementary School Battle Creek, MI Jordan Yaffe Grade: 11 Gilman School Baltimore, MD Anna Yan Grade: 11 La Quinta High School La Quinta, CA Megan Zelch Grade: 6 Holy Redeemer School Ellwood City, PA Charles Zhang Grade: 10 Perry Hall High School Baltimore, MD Jennifer Zhang Grade: 11 River Hill High School Clarksville, MD Ricky Zheng Grade: 8 St. Vitus Catholic School New Castle, PA

Ngun Zi Grade: 8 Springfield Middle School Battle Creek, MI Joanna Zieglar Grade: 11 James B. Dudley High School Greensboro, NC Kate Zielinski Grade: 9 Rancho Buena Vista High School Vista, CA Alexis Zito Grade: 11 Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy Pittsburgh, PA Alyssa Zito Grade: 8 Pittsburgh Greenfield K-8 School Pittsburgh, PA