January 18, 2023
Written by Korinna Kirchhoff
The College Board awarded more than 360 Frisco ISD students with academic honors as part of the National Recognition Programs.
The College Board National Recognition Programs create pathways to college for students from underrepresented communities by awarding them academic honors and connecting them with universities across the country.
To be eligible for the College Board's National Recognition Program, sophomores and juniors had to score in the top 10% on the PSAT/NMSQT or score a 3 or higher on two or more distinct AP Exams. In addition, students must have at least a 3.5 GPA and self-identify
as African American, Hispanic or Indigenous or attend school in a rural area or small town.
Congratulations to all of these students who earned at least one of the following awards from the College Board and were recognized at the regular January Board meeting:
National African American Recognition Award - NAARA
National Hispanic Recognition Award - NHRA
National Rural and Small Town Award - NRSTA
National Indigenous Award - NIA
Centennial
Eric Alonso - NHRA
Nicholas Echaniz - NHRA
Victoria Garcia - NHRA
Chima Ishiekwene - NAARA
Emma Kelly - NHRA
Leonardo Leyva-Duenas - NHRA
Colby Moore - NAARA
Halimat Omilabu - NAARA
Elliott Orellana - NHRA
Morgan Raley - NHRA
Lucas Ueta - NHRA
Frisco
Fernando Alvarez - NHRA
Olivia Bordere - NAARA
Sloan Borgarello - NHRA
Carly Clayborn - NAARA
Maci Curtis - NAARA
Karyn Dillon - NAARA
Ian Dimitrov - NHRA
Erich Florence - NHRA
Isabella Hermundson - NHRA
Julian Hoyle - NHRA
Jasmine Joiner - NAARA
Ava Jones - NHRA
Cruise LeBlanc - NAARA
Morgan London - NAARA
Keith Maddox - NAARA
Thandiwe Mulamba - NAARA
Anabelle Parra - NHRA
Alexander Pineiro - NHRA
Ava Shepard - NAARA
Brecher Sorin - NHRA
Arianna Thompson - NHRA
Leah Thompson - NAARA
Heritage
Kirin Chacchia - NAARA
Marianna Delgadillo - NHRA
Parker Horne - NAARA
Mariam Jalloh - NAARA
Brianne Johnson - NAARA
Madalyn Shaw - NAARA
Kennedy Sias - NAARA
Valeria Contreras Valdes - NHRA
Alizah Ortiz Villanueva - NHRA
Independence
Laney Abshier - NRSTA
Nicholas Araujo - NHRA
Talia Arris - NHRA
Ronav Aviur - NRSTA
Akshara Bade - NRSTA
Vaishnavi Boppana - NRSTA
Morgan Brady - NHRA
Yuzhu Cai - NRSTA
Chloe Callaway - NAARA
Saanvi Chandra - NRSTA
Aanya Chidananda - NRSTA
Sathvika Chilukuri - NRSTA
Minjae Cho - NRSTA
Victoria Ciriaco - NHRA
Sarvajith Dhatchinaamoorthy - NRSTA
Ihunanya Enyeribe - NAARA
Sarayu Gajula - NRSTA
Suhas Ghatti - NRSTA
Suman Gowda - NRSTA
Zoe Hughes - NRSTA
Dannah Je - NRSTA
Pranav Kalkunte - NRSTA
Nidhi Kashyap - NRSTA
Shreya Katam - NRSTA
Harshpreet Kaur - NRSTA
Ryne Kislig - NRSTA
Mishal Lakhani - NRSTA
Lauren Lazar - NRSTA
Pramiti Marimuthu - NRSTA
Meghan McIlroy - NRSTA
Bridget Mesch - NAARA
Shree Saanvi Mukkara - NRSTA
Mona Nad - NRSTA
Tanvi Naragoni - NRSTA
Aditi Nautiyal - NRSTA
Laura Northcutt - NRSTA
Venus Nyamao - NAARA and NRSTA
Saivishwateja Papaiahgari - NRSTA
Ayush Patel - NRSTA
Suhani Patel - NRSTA
Hasitha Putcha - NRSTA
Anika Raybarman - NRSTA
Arya Reddyvari - NRSTA
Joshua Reed - NAARA
Izaan Rizvi - NRSTA
Ava Schmich - NHRA
Sathvika Seeram - NRSTA
Shriya Shenoj - NRSTA
Aditya Shetty - NRSTA
Varun Talasila - NRSTA
Rujuta Thakurdesai - NRSTA
Svetlana Thoppay - NRSTA
Axel Tipton - NHRA
Saanvi Tiruveedhula - NRSTA
Nikhil Turlapati - NRSTA
Kiara Uppal - NRSTA
Sriharshita Varanasi - NRSTA
Aditya Venkataraman - NRSTA
Nathan Walker - NRSTA
Benetta Wang - NRSTA
Melissa Weldum - NRSTA
Diyang Wu - NRSTA
Naina Zakkireddy - NRSTA
Mateo Alvarez Zamora - NRSTA and NHRA
Lebanon Trail
Micah Clark - NHRA
Brent Foxworth - NAARA
Daniel Martinez Garcia - NHRA
Mytae Hickman - NAARA
Jada Johnson - NAARA
Saba Mulugeta - NAARA
Helena Ocampo Ramos - NHRA
Bridgette Thomas - NHRA
Grant Thomas - NHRA
Olivia Thomas - NHRA
Liberty
Hardik Acharya - NRSTA
Olivia Aghamie - NAARA
Katherine Ashmore - NRSTA
Brian Bahk - NRSTA
Rithvik Boyana - NRSTA
Harim Chang - NRSTA
Sarang Cheler - NRSTA
Nathaniel Chen - NRSTA
Chioma Chukwuemeka - NRSTA and NAARA
Sarah Chung - NRSTA
Grace DeShetler - NRSTA
Sarthak Dhawan - NRSTA
Milla Dopson - NIA
Satvik Duddukuru - NRSTA
Aryan Manikishore Durgam - NRSTA
Anushka Dwivedi - NRSTA
Fletcher Edmunds - NRSTA
Srithvik Ellanki - NRSTA
Shrenick Gannamani - NRSTA
Eliana Lainez Garcia - NHRA
Anaya Garg - NRSTA
Tanmay Gupta - NRSTA
Takumi Harima - NRSTA
Cameron Homer - NRSTA and NRSTA
Nikhil Inja - NRSTA
Iman Jabbar - NRSTA
Asha James - NRSTA
Sadie Johnson - NAARA
Abhay Joshy - NRSTA
Jaden Jovan - NRSTA
Abigail Junan - NRSTA
Sehyun Jung - NRSTA
Brady Kaiser - NRSTA
Venkata Kota - NRSTA
Allyson Lastovica - NRSTA
Connor Lee - NRSTA
Chris Leung - NRSTA
Shane Logan - NRSTA
Chelan McNear - NRSTA
Akanksha Mehta - NRSTA
Kavan Mehta - NRSTA
Ayaan Mohammed - NRSTA
Laurel Moncada - NHRA
Vineet Musale - NRSTA
Hamza Mustafa - NRSTA
Umar Mustafa - NRSTA
Srividya Nalladdhighal - NRSTA
Chinmayee Narra - NRSTA
Manal Nasir - NRSTA
Samantha Lucille Natividad - NRSTA
Trevor Noon - NRSTA
Henry Nguyen - NRSTA
Joyce Ogola - NAARA
Ayooluwa Olotu - NRSTA and NAARA
Maria Jhoanne Oushalkas - NRSTA and NHRA
Jeremiah Owoh - NAARA
Anoushka Pai - NRSTA
Arya Patil - NRSTA
Vaughn Christopher Perez - NRSTA
Yukthasree Perneti - NRSTA
Urooj Qureshi - NRSTA
Samhitha Radhakrishnan - NRSTA
Sahana Raghuraman - NRSTA
Stephanie Raj - NRSTA
Tulsi Rampalli - NRSTA
Varun Saravanan - NRSTA
Aditya Seelaboyina - NRSTA
Pratham Shah - NRSTA
Purnoor Sharma - NRSTA
Dev Sheth - NRSTA
Jashanpreet Singh - NRSTA
Abigail So - NRSTA
Iliana Solis - NRSTA and NHRA
Anukriti Srivastava - NRSTA
Sanai Thomas - NAARA
Athena Tseng - NRSTA
Maria Vadan - NRSTA
Aadi Vasa - NRSTA
Vishnu Vasudev - NRSTA
Mark Violante - NHRA
Andrew Wang - NRSTA
Ethan Wang - NRSTA
Ashley Weidenbach - NRSTA
Marta Weimann - NRSTA
Ava Winnier - NAARA
Cooper Wixon - NRSTA
Madeline Wong - NRSTA
Jason Xie - NRSTA
Sophie Yang - NRSTA
Jayna Yoon - NRSTA
Jay Youn - NRSTA
Ifrah Zainab - NRSTA
William Zhang - NRSTA
Lone Star
Shivanshi Acharya - NRSTA
Eno Ambe - NAARA
River Aquino - NRSTA
Adam Azizi - NAARA and NRSTA
Amine Azizi - NRSTA
David Berger - NRSTA
Abhay Bindroo - NRSTA
Cayley Burgess - NRSTA and NAARA
Alexandra Casida - NHRA and NRSTA
Aryan Chaubey - NRSTA
Bruce Ciocan - NRSTA
Nicole Dadey - NAARA
Meghana Dasari - NRSTA
Jordyn DeVaughn - NAARA
Evan Duncan - NAARA and NRSTA
Margaret Durham - NRSTA
Esi Eshun - NAARA and NRSTA
Ashley Galbraith - NRSTA
Justin Garcia - NHRA
Alejandro Gonzalez - NHRA
Dheeraj Govu - NRSTA
Kody Grayson - NAARA
Vinay Gupta - NRSTA
Sophia Hernandez - NAARA and NHRA
Danny Huo - NRSTA
Hayden Isham - NRSTA
Samuel Just - NRSTA
Monish Kanneboina - NRSTA
Isabella Keck - NRSTA
Nikita Kelwada - NRSTA
Pranav Khanna - NRSTA
Jaylee Knight - NRSTA
Sahasra Koya - NRSTA
Lakshmi Krishnakumar - NRSTA
Shreyas Kumar - NRSTA
William Lee - NRSTA
Suhas Madala - NRSTA
Griffin Marshall - NHRA
Abigail Martinez - NHRA
Imae Mbede-Dihang - NAARA
Pooja Mohalkar - NRSTA
Tyler Mohr - NRSTA
John Murdock - NRSTA
Landon Murr - NRSTA
Arhaan Nisar - NRSTA
Maria Nguyen - NRSTA
Oluwateniola Ogunnoiki - NAARA
Lisa Oriaku - NAARA
Mia Prahl - NRSTA
Ashton Pulliam - NRSTA
Hannah Ramos - NHRA
Arjun Ramprasad - NRSTA
Leonardo Rangel - NHRA
Neha Ravinutala - NRSTA
Sophia Rios - NHRA
Megan Ripley - NRSTA and NHRA
Ramon Torres Rodarte - NHRA and NRSTA
Kevin Rodriguez - NRSTA and NHRA
Radoslaw Rymarz - NRSTA
Melissa Sampaio - NRSTA and NHRA
Elle Scott - NRSTA
Anah Shaikh - NRSTA
Ava Sharkey - NRSTA
Alyssa Shin - NRSTA
Jae'dyn Smith - NAARA and NRSTA
Kassidy Smith - NAARA
Clea Snell - NHRA
Inioluwa Sokoya - NAARA
Samhita Sreepathi - NRSTA
Alexandra Sundholm - NRSTA
Reyna Stanley - NAARA, NRSTA and NHRA
Levi Sterett - NIA
Kris Stottlemire - NRSTA
Nitin Sudarsanam - NRSTA
Idris Syed - NRSTA
Audrey Tan - NRSTA
Reet Taxali - NRSTA
Uriah Taylor - NAARA
Nandi Tonye - NAARA
Sydney Trahan - NAARA
John Truong - NRSTA
Geetika Vallurupalli - NRSTA
Lauren Vosburg - NRSTA
Malalay Wali - NRSTA
Ayesha Warach - NRSTA
D'Shaun Washington - NAARA
Nona Yarbough - NAARA
Erica Yi - NRSTA
Memorial
Mackenzie Askew - NAARA
Kyilee Bell - NAARA
Emily Bustillos - NHRA
Aba Collins - NAARA
Joshua Dogbey - NAARA
Chigemezu Eke - NAARA
Kobby Frimpong - NAARA
Javier Garcia - NHRA
Valerie Guzman - NHRA
Elizabeth Hernandez - NHRA
Toniah Hills - NAARA
Dylan Lacy - NAARA
Dominic Martinez - NHRA
Brooke McCartney - NHRA
Naomi McNew - NAARA and NHRA
Erika Ordonez - NHRA
Ogechukwu Ozuah - NAARA
Neena Pettigrew - NAARA
Madison Smith - NAARA
Carlo Soldi - NHRA
Justin Thogo - NAARA
Alena Vo - NHRA
Isabella Woodson - NHRA
Panther Creek
Zora Adams - NAARA
Sai Manasa Kilaru - NRSTA
Christian Wells - NAARA
Taylor Wilson - NAARA
Griffin Shelley - NHRA
Reedy
Noah Akinsola - NAARA
Amir Banks - NAARA
River Bernal - NAARA and NHRA
Nathan Chapa - NHRA
Mason Daniels - NAARA
Triana De La Fuente - NHRA
Tristan Dumas - NAARA
Andres Figueroa - NHRA
Zane Flores - NHRA
Sophia Gadson - NAARA
Barbara Gonzalez Gonzalez - NHRA
Francisca Rojas Jeria - NHRA
Caden Jones - NHRA
Adonia Makonnen - NAARA
Daniel Prieto Marquez - NHRA
Jacob Molina - NHRA
Brandon Nayestani - NHRA
Victoria Olabintan - NAARA
Favour Opreh-Jonathan - NAARA
Alyssa Rainey - NAARA
Michael Robles - NHRA
Nigel Tatem - NAARA and NIA
Kelsey Tsopze - NAARA
Solomon Tyler - NAARA
Mackenzie Urteaga - NHRA
Manoela Spinella Vaz - NHRA
Ideliza Romo Vazquez - NHRA
Sloan Vela - NHRA
Ryan Wallace - NIA
Robert Watkins - NAARA
Cristian Yohannes - NAARA
Wakeland
Alexa Adamez - NHRA
Amanda Alvarez - NHRA
Sadie Bridge - NHRA
Santiago Carrasco - NHRA
Isabella Scopin Charnet - NHRA
Sarah James - NAARA
Oscar Hernandez - NHRA
Matthew Klein - NAARA
Cristian Lara - NHRA
Malia Nguyen - NHRA
Nicholas Rodriguez - NHRA
Jaden Spurlock - NAARA
Willow Traylor - NAARA
Lukas Vetkoetter - NIA
Avery Wisdom - NHRA