Plano ISD Student Recognitions - pisd.edu

Plano ISDStudent RecognitionsNovember 14, 2017

ACADEMICRecognitions207 Plano ISD Students Receive Commended Recognition from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano ISD Academy High School• Daniel K. Choi• Heather S. Kurtzman• Sean H. Newman• Samantha N. Stidd

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano East Senior High School• Faiz Ahmad• Yusuf A. Ahsanullah• John W. Allred• Nareen Z. Anwar• Kishan L. Asokan• Nathan D. Black• Jacob D. Bommersbach

• Jacob M. Browning• Mark Z. Cheng• Chesney A. Cherry• Van H. Chung• Anita Dey Barsukova• Jeffrey D. Dickenson• Andrea M. Doan

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano East Senior High School• Yesh S. Doctor• Kathryn G. Emerson• Sean T. Facey• Nicholas A. Ha• Malek I. ltani• Neil G. Jayarajan• Asad A. Jussa

• Safin S. Kasturi• Rakesh Kathiresan• Poorvaja Kolli• Iris Y. Kou• Nandu Krishnan• Mukund Kumar• Warren G. Lao

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano East Senior High School• Wesley G. Lao• Anna B. Le• Minh B. Le• Jonathan H. Lee• Rebecca A. Lee• Harsh Madaik• Akshay Mantri

• Salma P. Montero• Ashley B. Mueller• Guransh S. Nanda• Addison L. Newman• Amanda B. Ngo• Jason P. Pereira• Jackson D. Pierce

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano East Senior High School• Humza Qavi• Vivek R. Raghuram• Anika C. Rajesh• Benjamin A. Randoing• Sruthi M. Rudravajjala• Aubree L. Seibert• Rohan B. Shah• Liam R. Silagan

• Sean G. Silagan• Arun Sitsabeshon• Naasik A. Syed• Courtney E. Thomas• Thomas J. Truong• Caleb M. Warhurst• Nathan D. Wille• Shumpei Yasuda• Christina M. Yuan

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano Senior High School• Aria Bakhtiari• Burzin P. Balsara• Vincent E. Buccini• Morgan E. Castleberry• Austin L. Chambers• Jason P. Champion• Allison L. Chang• William E. Chang

• Melissa Chen• Warren H. Chen• Rhea M. D’Silva• Jacob A. Deutsch• Maria S. Galles• Danielle M. Kallas• Hwanseo Lee• Jennifer E. Lee

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano Senior High School• Corey Li• Tong Li• Jason Lin• Jason T. Luong• Nathaniel E. Mars• Claire H. McKinney• Navnit Mohan• Chetana Murali

• Sojeong Nam• Sachi Nayak• Duyen T. Nguyen• Julia N. Nguyen• Christine S. Park• Sonia M. Patel• Sujoy Purkayastha• Arvind Ravi Kumar

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano Senior High School• Alhan M Saadiq• Tarang A. Sane• Anusha S. Saraf• Vandana N. Seshadri• Pranali C. Shah• Neil Srivastava• Shoaib Syed• Nicholas B. Teachenor

• Leah G. Tomotaki• David J. Trink• Crystal M. Tse• Haoning Wang• Conway W. Xu• Allison S. Yi• Su S. Zheng• Caitlin Z. Zhu

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano West Senior High School• Feriha Ahmad• Anup S. Arvind• Thet Hmu Aye• Arati Bendapudi• Indira V. Bernal• Ira Bhat• Sanjna A. Bhatia• Gerilyn C. Boyle

• Bernardo Burboa Quiroga• Caroline E. Burg• Sristy Chaudhry• Daniel A. Che• Satya Chintapalli• Elsie Chiu• Brian H. Choi• Dominic M. Choo

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano West Senior High School• Agnes Chu• Sang Woo Chung• Zachary S. Desai• Elizabeth A. Deville• Kyle J. Diel• Gabrielle N. Dunn• Anthony J. Gaetjen• Shreyas Ganesh

• Sam M. Garrett• Megan L. Givens• Lauren M. Hale• Cindy Y. Hao• James S. He• Devin Himatsinghani• Nathan L. Huang• Da Hyun Jeong

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano West Senior High School• Esther Y. Jeong• Apoorva Kakkilaya• Shyla Kala• Srinivasavaibhav Kalluri• Mishan A. Kara• Christopher M. Karouta• Michael J. Kasper• Anu Khatri

• Alaa Z. Khurram• Fawaz Khurram• Travis D. Kidd• Pranav S. Konduri• Varsha N. Kumar• Adam N. Kwan• Richard Lee• Sharon S. Lee

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano West Senior High School• Nicholas M. Leung• Wenyao Li• Janelle Liew• Kevin Z. Lin• Edward H. Liu• Samuel J. Loh• Alexander L. Loudon• Jessie Luo

• Merry A. Mathew• Emily M. McCarthy• Collin P. McMahon• Kate J. Moloney• Sarah M. Motakef• Claire M. Nagel• Likhita Nandigam• Sandipan Nath

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano West Senior High School• An Nguyen• Dunia N. Noorzaie• Esha Paruchuri• Raul D. Patel• Rithwik K. Pattikonda• Rohit K. Prasad• Shreya S. Rajhans• Ashan L. Ranmuthu

• Erika J. Ren• Abigail E. Rex• Ali K. Rizvi• Enrique J. Rodriguez Cupello• Nicole S. Roos• Sanjay V. Salem• Manavi Shah• Deepanshi Sharma

2018 National Merit Commended Students

Plano West Senior High School• Megan Shen• Jaskaran Singh• Gauree Srinivasan• Junfeng Sun• Sydney S. Tay• Tanya A. Tejani• Ritu R. Trivedi• Rishab G. Vadvadgi

• Henry H. Weinstein• Brody P. Whalen• Ariana Y. Wu• Catherine Xie• Jason W. Zhang• Jiayi Zhu• Jesse M. Zou• Guangze Zu

ACADEMICRecognitions33 Seniors Named Finalists by the College Board's National Hispanic Recognition Program

College Board National Hispanic Scholars Finalists

Plano East Senior High School• Jeffrey Dickenson• Edgar Ferretiz• Joshua Horlander-Cruz• Leonard LeGrand

• Mariana Llambias• Dylan Reece• Gerardo Rios Trevino• Aubree Seibert

College Board National Hispanic Scholars Finalists

Plano Senior High School• Allison Bireley• Jacob Deutsch• Maria Galles• Cristina Keys• Joanna Martin• Elena Martinez

• Marisa Mendoza• Nadia Nuno• Allison Ogle• Eric Rohmer• Claire Taylor• Leah Tomotaki• Yonathan Zetune

College Board National Hispanic Scholars Finalists

Plano West Senior High School• Rodrigo Bavarian• Indira Bernal• Bernardo Burboa• Brendan Chanpong• Faye Coleman• Gunner Fussell

• Nicholas Garcia• Dante Herrera• Alexandra Marquis• Mauro Robles• Samir Slee• Santiago Vazquez

ATHLETICSRecognitionsUIL 6A State Cross Country

UIL 6A State Cross Country

•Ashlyn HillyardPlano Senior High SchoolThird Place

CTERecognitionsUniversity of Texas at Dallas Battle of the Brains Programming Contest

UTD Battle of the BrainsFirst Place Advanced

• Collin McMahonPlano West Senior High School

• An NguyenPlano West Senior High School

• Elizabeth ZouPlano West Senior High School

UTD Battle of the BrainsThird Place Advanced

• Aditya Arjun, Plano West Senior High School

• Dachey Lin, Plano West Senior High School

• Roy Xiong, Plano West Senior High School

UTD Battle of the BrainsThird Place Novice

• Richard Guo, Plano West Senior High School

• Autumn Tan, Plano West Senior High School

• Brian Wang, Plano West Senior High School

FINE ARTSRecognitionsNational College Board Advanced Placement Art Exhibit

National College Board AP Art Exhibit

•Annette HuiPlano West Senior High School

Yellow BandaidIndia ink pens, watercolor paint and Photoshop

National College Board AP Art Exhibit

•Caitlin Savage Plano East Senior High School

Urban Oasis Micron pens, white chalk pencil, white gel pen

SCIENCERecognitionsTexas Junior Academy of Sciences (TJAS) Competition

TJAS CompetitionGrand Prize Winners

• First Place: Andei Spiride IB World School at Plano East Senior

High School Engineering - General

• Second Place: Annie Zhi Clark High School Engineering - Energy

TJAS CompetitionFirst Place

• Aditya Arjun, Plano West Senior High School Engineering - General

• Meena Hari, IB World School at Plano East Senior High School ESS/Math/Physics

• Jacob Mammen, Plano West Senior High SchoolMedicine & Health

• Kavya Muralidhar, IB World School at Plano East Senior High School Behavior & Social Science

TJAS CompetitionFirst Place

• Rishi Niranjan, Shepton High School Engineering- Energy

• Joseph Williams, IB World School at Plano East Senior High School ESS/Math/Physics

• Andei Spiride, IB World School at Plano East Senior High School Engineering - General

• Annie Zhi, Clark High School Engineering - Energy

TJAS CompetitionSecond Place

• Eric Chen, Plano Senior High School Chemistry

• Niki Djordjevic-Kisacanin, Jasper High School Computer Science

• Sujai Hiremath, Plano East Senior High SchoolMedicine & Health

• Krishna Kalluri, Plano East Senior High School Biochemistry/Microbiology

TJAS CompetitionSecond Place

• Rohan Khera, Plano West Senior High School Engineering - General

• Siddharth Krishnan, Plano West Senior High School Engineering - General

• Rachel Mannon, Vines High SchoolMedicine & Health

• Noah Mathai, Jasper High School Chemistry

TJAS CompetitionSecond Place

• Amanda Moon, Plano East Senior High School Botany- Zoology

• Ethan Moore, Plano Senior High School Engineering - Energy

• Likhita Nandigam, Plano West Senior High SchoolMedicine & Health

• Savannah Pas, Plano East Senior High School Biochemistry/Microbiology

TJAS CompetitionSecond Place

• Abhilash Potluri, Plano Senior High School Chemistry

• Rithvik Ramesh, Plano East Senior High School ESS/Math/Physics

• Khushi Thakkar, Jasper High School Environmental

• Nathan Wille, Plano East Senior High School Environmental

TJAS CompetitionThird Place

• Travis Brooks, Clark High School Engineering - General

• Peyton Browder, Plano ISD Academy High School Chemistry

• Jenna Chen, Clark High SchoolMedicine & Health

• Mark Farid, McMillen High School Computer Science

TJAS CompetitionThird Place

• Rahul Hayaran, Plano East Senior High School Computer Science

• Pratyush Mallick, Williams High SchoolMedicine & Health

• Brianna Phan, Jasper High School Chemistry

• Kushal Shah, Plano Senior High School ESS/Math/Physics

TJAS CompetitionThird Place

• Paritosh Suri, Plano West Senior High School Engineering - General

• Kunj Tapiawala, Williams High School Engineering - General

• Howard Yen, Plano Senior High School Biochemistry/Microbiology

• Shirui Zhong, Plano West Senior High School Environmental

TJAS CompetitionHonorable Mention

• Rahul Anand, Plano West Senior High SchoolMedicine & Health

• Diego Diaz, Vines High School Engineering- Energy

• Alex Lin, IB World School at Plano East Senior High School Computer Science

• Vivek Mathesh, Plano Senior High SchoolMedicine & Health

TJAS CompetitionHonorable Mention

• David McFearin, Clark High School Engineering - Energy

• Pranav Nathan, Jasper High School Engineering - General

• Sujoy Purkayastha, Plano Senior High School Engineering - General

SCIENCERecognitions2017 Siemens Competition Regional Finalists

2017 Siemens CompetitionRegional Finalists

• Brandon Chen, Plano West Senior High School

• Yesh Doctor, Plano East Senior High School

• Michael Ma, Plano West Senior High School

• Kshitij Sachan, Plano East Senior High School

SCIENCERecognitions2017 Siemens Competition Semifinalists

2017 Siemens CompetitionSemifinalists

• Burzin Balsara, Plano Senior High School

• Brandon Chen, Plano West Senior High School

• Yesh Doctor, Plano East Senior High School

• Zhiyuan Fan, Plano Senior High School

• Abhinav Godavarthi, Plano West Senior High School

2017 Siemens CompetitionSemifinalists

• Rahul Hayaran, Plano East Senior High School

• Vincent Huang, Plano West Senior High School

• Michael Ma, Plano West Senior High School

• Likhita Nandigam, Plano West Senior High School

• Kshitij Sachan, Plano East Senior High School

• Malav Shah, Plano Senior High School