North Carolina School of
Science and Mathematics
2015-2016 Awards
May 26, 2016
2:30 pm
ETC Auditorium
NCSSM Awards Welcome
Chancellor Todd Roberts
NCSSM Service Awards 2015-2016
150+ Hours of Service
Nimit Desai
Adrianne Huang
Dylan King
William Oles
Emily Pierce
Anna Scotton
Aviana Spruill
Kendall Williams
Alex Chen
Yesle Hahn
Anne Haunton
Karthik Kaundinya
Nikhil Milind
Victoria Nguyen
Ishaan Rao
Vinita Ravindran
Rachel Ruderman
Youngmin Shin
Sabrina Sholomon
Claire Yin
Alan York
ACADEMIC
PROGRAMS
UNC Social Entrepreneurship
Business Planning Competition, 2016
Undergraduate Category - 1st Place
Francisco Coch
Benjamin Fawcett
Deanyone Su
Nevin Wetherill
Financial Literacy - 1st Place
Aneesh Agarwal
Nikhil Milind
Joshua Zhou
Kevin Zhou
DECA
DECA State Conference, 2015
Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan: Team
Katherine Li - 1st Place; Team; Top 10
Jennifer Zou - 1st Place; Team; Top 10
Business Finance
Suk Won Jeong - Top 10
Principles of Business Management
Katherine Li - 2nd Place; Top 10
Jennifer Zou - 1st Place; Top 10
DECA
DECA State Conference, 2015
Principles of Finance
Michael Yang - Top 10
Kelly Zhang - Top 10
Larry Zhang - Top 10
Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Sunwoo Yim - Top 10
Principles of Marketing
Jodie Chan - 1st Place, Top 10
DECA
DECA State Conference, 2015
Sports and Entertainment Team Decision-Making
Natalie Sherman Jollis - 1st Place; Team; Top 10
International Conference, 2015
Principles of Marketing
Jodie Chan
Sports and Entertainment Team Decision-Making
Natalie Sherman Jollis
DECA
DECA District Conference, 2016
Principles of Hospitality & Tourism
Raymond Gao - 2nd Place Overall, Top Role Play, Top Ten Overall, Top Test
Anna Hattle - 1st Place Overall, Top Ten Overall, Top Test
Principles of Marketing
Tejas Dalvi- Top Ten Overall, Top Test
Rachel Dou - 1st Place Overall, Top Role Play, Top Ten Overall, Top Test
Sahil Gupta- Top Role Play
Emily Ives - 3rd Place Overall, Top Role Play, Top Ten Overall
Ishaan Rao– Top Ten Overall, Top Test
Rachel Ruderman - Top Ten Overall, Top Test
DECA
DECA District Conference, 2016
Principles of Marketing
Amruthansh Sriperumbuder - 4th Place Overall, Top Ten Overall
David Thole - Top Role Play, Top Ten Overall, Top Ten Overall
Elizabeth Yang - Top 10 Overall
Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Sunwoo Yim - Top Role Play, Top Ten Overall
Retail Merchandising
Suk Won Jeong - 3rd Place Overall, Top Ten, Top Test
Jin-Woo Lee - Top Ten Overall
DECA
DECA District Conference, 2016
Sports and Entertainment Marketing - Individual
Jodie Chan - 1st Place Overall, Top Role Play, Top Test
Sports and Entertainment Marketing – Team
Magd Bayoumi - Top Ten Overall, Top Test
Prabhath Kotha - Top Role Play, Top Ten Overall, Top Test
Michael Koceja - Top Ten Overall, Top Test
Adam Turner - Top Ten Overall, Top Test
Michael Yang - Top Ten Overall, Top Test
Alexander Ung - Top Role Play, Top Ten Overall
DECA
DECA District Conference, 2016
Travel and Tourism – Team
Grace Li - Top Ten Overall, Top Test
Katherine Li - Top Test
Ashvin Warrier - Top Test
Jennifer Zou - Top Test
DECA
DECA State Conference, 2016
Financial Services Team Decision-Making
Katherine Li - 2nd Place
Jennifer Zou - 2nd Place
Hotel and Lodging Management
Ravin Kantesaria - 3rd Place
Human Resource Management Series Event
Evan Rhodes - 3rd Place
DECA
DECA State Conference, 2016
Innovation Plan
Ravin Kantesaria - 3rd Place
Grace Li - 3rd Place
Katherine Li - 1st Place
Ashvin Warrier - 3rd Place
Jennifer Zou - 1st Place
Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Anna Hattle - 1st Place
Michael Koceja - 3rd Place
DECA
DECA State Conference, 2016
Principles of Marketing
Ishaan Rao - 1st Place
Retail Merchandising
Suk Won Jeong - 1st Place
Sports and Entertainment Marketing - Team
Natalie Sherman Jollis - 3rd Place
DECA
DECA State Conference, 2016
Travel and Tourism Marketing Team Decision-Making
Grace Li - 1st Place
Ashvin Warrier - 1st Place
International Conference, 2016
Principles of Marketing
Rachel Dou - Top 10
ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY
Computer Science
Computer Science Club
2015 Canadian Computing Competition
Certificate of Distinction
Andrew Spencer
2016 Canadian Computing Competition
Certificate of Distinction
Miguel De Los Reyes
Angela Deng
Nikhil Reddy
Luke Zeller
Computer Science
Computer Science Club
2016 College of Charleston Math Meet
1st Place Team
Miguel De Los Reyes
Kireet Panuganti
Nikhil Reddy
2nd Place Team
Andrew Spencer
Robert Zeller
Computer Science
Computer Science Club
2016 College of Charleston Math Meet
3rd Place Team
Sayan Dutta
Alan York
Matthew Zheng
Engineering
FIRST Robotics Competition
2015 World Championships
Curie Sub-division Winner
Member of 3rd-Place Championship Alliance
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Will Guthrie
Tanya Mittal
Emily Crook
Noah Haskell
Gabriela Hall
Jikuan Xing
Adam Schmidt
Morgan Pyrtle
Chase Roycroft
Engineering
FIRST Robotics Competition
2015 Regional Competitions
North Carolina Regional Winner
Gracious Professionalism (NC Regional)
Xerox Creativity Award (SC Regional)
THOR and Rumble in the Roads Winner
Will Guthrie
Tanya Mittal
Emily Crook
Noah Haskell
Gabriela Hall
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Jikuan Xing
Adam Schmidt
Morgan Pyrtle
Chase Roycroft
Engineering
FIRST Robotics Competition
2016 North Carolina District Events
Innovation in Control - Wake County
Excellence in Engineering - Campbell University
Excellence in Engineering - State Championship
Ben Decker
Chase Roycroft
Gabriela Hall
Jikuan Xing
Melissa Nie
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Morgan Pyrtle
Noah Haskell
Sarah Phipps
Sicheng Zeng
Tanya Mittal
Engineering
National Society of Black Engineers
2014 Region 2 Fall Conference Try Math-a-lon
1st Place High School Upper Division
Maury Jackson
2nd Place High School Upper Division
Will Guthrie
Christine McDow
Engineering
National Society of Black Engineers
2015 National Convention Try Math-a-lon
1st Place High School Upper Division
Maury Jackson
2016 National Convention Technical Innovations Competition
3rd Place High School Division &
Best Abstract and Technical Paper
Maury Jackson
Sarah Morrow
Engineering
Rocketry
2015 NASA Student Launch Initiative
Best Looking Rocket Award
Best Website Award
Successful Rocket Roll Control System
Murali Saravanan
James Chapman
Chandler Marten
Engineering
Technology Student Association
2016 NC-TSA State Conference
1st place, HS Technology Bowl written exam
Anthony Bishop
3rd place, HS Engineering Design
Erica Sung
Laasya Renganathan
Ethan Wu
Evann Wu
Emily Zheng
Engineering
Technology Student Association
2016 NC-TSA State Conference
1st place, HS Structural Engineering
Maximillian Kremer
Nishma Vias
3rd place HS Photographic Technology
Nishma Vias
1st place HS Prepared Presentation
Fania Kozareva
HUMANITIES
Music
NC Honors Orchestra, 2014
Amanda Li
Michael Yang
NC Honors Orchestra, 2015
Sherry Chen
Emma Garval
Evan Jiang
Silvia Knappe
Amanda Li
Dory Li
Jade Wu
Michael Yang
Charles Zhu
Music
NC Honors Orchestra, 2016
Sherry Chen
Emma Garval
Evan Jiang
Silvia Knappe
Amanda Li
Dory Li
Stephen Li
Jade Wu
Michael Yang
Charles Zhu
Music
All-State Jazz, 2015
Caleb Caton
James Wood
All-State Jazz (Central Region), 2016
Caleb Caton
Nolan Miranda
James Wood
All-State Jazz, 2016
Nolan Miranda
Music
NAfME National Wind Ensemble, 2015
Dory Li
Kenneth Xu
All-National Wind Ensemble, 2016
Dory Li
Stephen Li
Ana Sofia Uzsoy
Music
NCMEA Eastern Regional Orchestra, 2016
Sherry Chen
Emma Garval
Evan Jiang
Silvia Knappe
Stephen Li
Nolan Miranda
Ziyun Niu
Erica Sung
Ana Sofia Uzsoy
Nishma Vias
Benjamin Woodcock
Lucy Wu
Michael Yang
Music
All-District Band, 2016
Anna Covington
Angela Deng
Jinny Gui
Andy Hoang
Seth Hollandsworth
Avra Janz
Stephen Li
Nolan Miranda
Ana Sofia Uzsoy
John Watters
Benjamin Woodcock
Jade Wu
Lucy Wu
Kenneth Xu
Music
All-State Band, 2016
Stephen Li
Nolan Miranda
Lucy Wu
NAfME National Honors Ensemble, 2016
Stephen Li
Michael Yang
Music
NC Honors Chorus, 2014
Morgan Pyrtle
NC Honors Chorus, 2015
Darvin Heo
UNC Men's Chorus Festival, 2016
Darvin Heo
Michael Williams
Quiz Bowl
Golden Eagle Bowl, Enloe High School, 2015
First Place
Alexander Allen
Ella Carter
Sherry Chen
Christian DeSimone
Raymond Gao
Sahil Gupta
Adrianne Huang
Jenna Israel
Suk Won Jeong
Josh Massey
Nolan Miranda
Brittany Qualls
Sachin Raghavendran
Ishaan Rao
Laasya Renganathan
Catherine Ryu
Nirbhay Sutaria
Abi Udaiyar
Ana Sofia Uzsoy
John Won
Ethan Wu
Evann Wu
Ashley Yang
Ren Zhang
Kevin Zhou
Quiz Bowl
Quaker Bowl, Early College at Guilford, 2015
First Place
Allen Alexander
Ella Carter
Syon Chand
Alex Chen
Sherry Chen
Raymond Gao
Adrianne Huang
Jenna Israel
Suk Won Jeong
Josh Massey
Cameron Mosley
Brittany Qualls
Sachin Raghavendran
Ishaan Rao
Laasya Renganathan
Jessica Sullivan
Abi Udaiyar
Sreeram Venkat
John Won
Ren Zhang
Kevin Zhou
Quiz Bowl
Bonfire of the Manatees, Raleigh Charter, 2015
First Place
Daniel Bortolussi
Ella Carter
Alex Chen
Raymond Gao
Adrianne Huang
Jenna Israel
Suk Won Jeong
Josh Massey
Cameron Mosley
Laasya Renganathan
Kevin Zhou
Model United Nations
Governor’s School Model United Nations, 2016
Collette Cambey - Best Delegate Kamakura Shogunate Committee
Virginia Model United Nations Conference, 2016
Colette Cambey - 2nd Place
Frank Duvall - 2nd Place
Lawton Ives - 3rd Place
Humanities
Triangle History Bowl, 2015
Second Place
Tanas Gangadhar
Andy Hoang
Economics Challenge, 2016
First Place, Junior Class
Raymond Gao
Christopher Kartawira
Lucy Wu
Kevin Zhou
Humanities
Trust for Sustainable Living (TSL)
2016 International Schools Essay Competition:
“Are Sustainable Cities Possible?’
Second Place, Secondary Schools Category
Joshua Zhou
Humanities
MIT Inspire, 2016
Second Place, Art and Architecture
Karly Andreassen
Third Place, Politics
Kendall Futrell
Third Place, Literature
Joe Wiswell
Finalist, Economics
Jessica Yao
Speech & Debate
Northwest Guilford High Speech and Debate Tournament, 2014
1st Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Tejal Patwardhan
3rd Place, Debate Varsity Congress
Kailyn Price
Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament, 2014
Octafinals
William Oles
Terry Sanford Speech and Debate Competition, 2014
1st Place, Varsity Public Forum
Jonathan Kuo
2nd Place, Novice Public Forum
Larry Zhang
Speech & Debate
Pinecrest High Speech and Debate Tournament, 2014
1st Place, Impromptu Speaking
Arjun Bhatt
2nd Place, Varsity Public Forum
William Oles
1st Place, Novice Public Forum
Larry Zhang
Blake National Debate Tournament Minneapolis, 2014
Double Octafinalist, Lincoln Douglas Debate
Tejal Patwardhan
Wake Forest University National EarlyBird, 2014
Quarterfinalist, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Tejal Patwardhan
Speech & Debate
Cary High School Speech and Debate Tournament, 2015
1st Place, Varsity Oral Interpretation
Tasneem Essader
1st Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Nidharshan Ramesh
Durham Academy Speech and Debate Tournament, 2015
Semifinalist, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Nidharshan Rameshkumar
Speech & Debate
Tarheel East District Speech and Debate Tournament, 2015
National Qualifier, 1st Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Tejal Patwardhan
National Qualifier, 2nd Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Nidharshan Rameshkumar
Tarheel East District Congress National Qualifier, 2015
1st Alternate, National Qualifier, 3rd Place, Varsity Congress
Kailyn Price
Speech & Debate
Myers Park High Speech and Debate Tournament, 2015
Octafinalist, Public Forum
Brendan Geideman
Michael Yang
Semifinalist, Congress
Edwin Moore
Semifinalist, Debate, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Tejal Patwardhan
Octafinalist, Debate, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Nidharshan Rameshkumar
Myers Park High Speech and Debate, National Level, 2015
Semifinalist, Extemporaneous Speaking
Cheryl Wang
Speech & Debate
Billy Stanley Invitational, 2016
1st Place, Original Interpretation
Tasneem Essader
Pinecrest Open, 2016
3rd Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Cory You
Tarheel East District Tournament, 2016
3rd Place, Lincoln Douglas Debate
Tejal Patwardhan
Cumberland International Early College Qualifier, 2016
2nd Place, Original Interpretation
Tasneem Essader
Speech & Debate
Laird Lewis State Invitational, 2016
1st Place, Lincoln Douglas Debate
Tejal Patwardhan
Tarheel Forensic League State Tournament, 2016
Quarterfinalist, Varsity Public Forum
Nick Kuzma
Nimisha Pant
1st Place, Lincoln Douglas Debate
Tejal Patwardhan
Quarterfinalist, Lincoln Douglas Debate
Elizabeth Yang
Cory You
Speech & Debate
Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament, 2016
Qualifier, Original Oratory
Loulou Batta
Qualifier, Original Interpretation
Tasneem Essader
Qualifier, Varsity Public Forum
Final 32, Varsity Public Forum
Nick Kuzma
Nimisha Pant
Qualifier, Lincoln Douglas
Stella Wang
Finalist, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Earned bid to Tournament of Champions
Tejal Patwardhan
World Languages
North Carolina Chinese Writing Competition, 2015
1st Place, Heritage (12+)
Melissa Nie
ChinaPress National Chinese Speech and Essay
Competition
2nd Place
Maggie Zhang
World Languages
NSLI-Y Scholarship Program
for the Study of Critical Languages
2016 Semifinalists
Stephen Allen
Claire Amon
Janis Arrojado
Jamie Chamberlin
Anna Farlessyost
Matthew Gregoire
Kola Heyward-Rotimi
Natalie Sherman Jollis
Cassie Joynes
Joy Lu
Rob Mitchell
Emma Morris
Clarissa Somers
Katherine Kushner
Hannah Callahan
World Languages
NSLI-Y Academic Year Scholarship to Turkey
Natalie Sherman Jollis
NSLI-Y Summer Scholarship to South Korea
Katherine Kushner
NSLI-Y Summer Scholarship to China
Kola Heyward-Rotimi
World Languages
National French Exam, 2015
Level 1 - Bronze
Monica Mehareb
Emily Pierce
National French Exam, 2015
Level 2 - Bronze
Kendall Futrell
Risper Ochieng
Joshua Krause
Julie Nguyen
World Languages
National French Exam, 2015
Level 3 - Bronze
Suk Won Jeong
Jack Robertson
Sarah Yuan
National French Exam, 2015
Level 1 - Silver
Hannah Callahan
Sarah Maragh
Madelyn Sealey
Sidney Stewart
James Wood
Adonis Mendez-Nunez
World Languages
National French Exam, 2015
Level 2 - Silver
Elena Ehrlich
Mary Christopher
Jingjing Jacobson
Anna Serenius
National French Exam, 2015
Level 3 - Silver
Margie Bruff
Chloe Fang
Marygrace Larsen
Safia Traore
Nidharshan Ramesh
World Languages
National French Exam, 2015
Level 1 - Gold
AJ Goren
Jade Wu
National French Exam, 2015
Level 2 - Gold
Curie Shim
Xavier Boudreau
World Languages
National French Exam, 2016
Level 1 - Bronze
Justin Kobler
National French Exam, 2016
Level 2 - Bronze
Magd Bayoumi
Alex Chen
Laydon Hutchins
Adonis Menendez-Nunez
Kireet Panuganti
Spencer Payne
Emily Pierce
Sidney Stewart
Alyssa Taylor
World Languages
National French Exam, 2016
Level 1 - Silver
Ethan Fenwick
Sidney Hillwig
Calvin Lane
Amrita Malur
Femi Olatidoye
World Languages
National French Exam, 2016
Level 2 - Silver
Hannah Adelman
Liam Becker
Ella Carter
Anna Clyburn
Charles Goodman
Sydney Hafner
Sophia Holmes
Rachael Shaughnessy
Anameeka Singh
Raechel Zeller
World Languages
National French Exam, 2016
Level 3 - Silver
Mary Christopher
Katherine Kushner
Anna Serenius
Margaux Winter
National French Exam, 2016
Level 1 - Gold
Ava Houck
Marcus Mefferd
World Languages
National French Exam, 2016
Level 2 - Gold
Elizabeth Dogbe
AJ Goren
Jennifer Jacober
Emma Morris
Adhithya Narayanan
Victoria Nguyen
Ryan Steed
James Wood
Jade Wu
World Languages
National French Exam, 2016
Level 3, Gold
Xavier Boudreau
Arianne Marcellin-Little
Cary Shindell
World Languages
National Latin Exam, 2015
Level I - Gold (Perfect Score), Summa Cum Laude
Alysa McGinnis
John Revelle
World Languages
National Latin Exam, 2015
Level I - Gold, Summa Cum Laude
Zachary Brotherton
Brendan Geideman
Samuel Murray
Donovan O'Daniel
Alexander Rodriguez
Sarah Thompson
Elizabeth Williams
Katherine Wilson
World Languages
National Latin Exam, 2015
Level I - Silver, Maxima Cum Laude
William Carpenter
Delane Dixon
Rosalyn D'Mello
Jacob Naccarato
Murali Saravanan
Justin Savage
Eric Seiler
Philip Sink
World Languages
National Latin Exam, 2015
Level II - Gold, Summa Cum Laude
Jonathon Kuo
Hunter Mayo
Level II - Silver, Maxima Cum Laude
Perry Healy
Sunwoo Yim
Level II - Magna Cum Laude
Alyssa Heinze
Madeline Hunt
Matthew Pendleton
World Languages
National Latin Exam, 2015
Level III - Silver, Maxima Cum Laude
Elizabeth Sheely
Poetry III - Gold, Summa Cum Laude
Benjamin Haydon
Poetry IV - Gold, Summa Cum Laude
Jennifer Zou
World Languages
National Latin Exam, 2016
Level I - Gold (Perfect Score), Summa Cum Laude
Michael Mizak
World Languages
National Latin Exam, 2016
Level I - Gold, Summa Cum Laude
Syon Chand
Steven Crouse
Zachary Dorsett
Samantha Foster
Kira Frazier
Liam Graf
Wyatt Jernigan
Cassandra Joynes
Cameron Mosley
Julie Realini
Sabrina Sholomon
Samuel Stewart
Meredith Tobin
World Languages
National Latin Exam, 2016
Level I - Silver, Maxima Cum Laude
Cassidy Baker
Jennifer Daiker
Abigail Fancher
Emily Leggett
Sarah Letchworth
Emma Perez-Navarro
Evelyn Taylor
Theresa Voyles
Level I - Magna Cum Laude
Ellis Ackerman
Dahee Jung
Darith Klibanow
Maximilian Kremer
Patrick Miller
World Languages
National Latin Exam, 2016
Level II - Gold, Summa Cum Laude
Sarah Grade
Level II - Silver, Maxima Cum Laude
Zachary Brotherton
Rosalyn D’Mello
Taehee Kim
Alysa McGinnis
John Revelle
Alicia Wang
World Languages
National Latin Exam, 2016
Level II - Magna Cum Laude
John Fussell
Brendan Geideman
Murali Saravanan
Jessica Sullivan
Sarah Thompson
Katherine Wilson
World Languages
National Latin Exam, 2016
Level III - Silver, Maxima Cum Laude
Amelia Guttentag
Alan York
National Latin Exam, 2016
Level III, Prose - Silver, Maxima Cum Laude
Sarah Perkins
Emalla Jeffries
Hunter Mayo
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2015
Level 1 - Bronze (Bronce)
Llana Abella
Daniel Craddock
Prathmesh Patel
Kelli Sudol
Ashley Thrasher
Grace Dodoo
Megan Moomaw
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2015
Level 2 - Bronze (Bronce)
Hannah Black
Sarah Morrow
Lakin Cahill
Erica Mullis
Caleb Caton
Vishal Naik
Mackenzie Harrison
Emma Railey
Mrinaj Janampalli
Andrew Spencer
Michael Koceja
Sarah Stephens
John Watters
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2015
Level 3 - Bronze (Bronce)
Rebecca Alderson
Ruth Alexander
Ian Bunner
Taesoo Daniel Lee
Jennifer Lin
Suhas Rao
Justin Zhang
Level 4 - Bronze (Bronce)
Kimberly Andreassen
Benjamin Fawcett
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2015
Level 1 - Silver (Plata)
William Jordan
Grace Marshall
Joe Wiswell
Robert Fisher
Colin Johnson
Simon Marland
Edwin Moore
Junmo Ryang
Kara Towery
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2015
Joshua Chabeda
Nathan Comer
Madison Fairbanks
James Goodnight
Angeli Gupta
Corinne Greenblatt
Camille Griffith
Level 2 - Silver (Plata)
Joshua Harris
Annabelle Holman
Austin Holmes
Stephanie Menten
Carrington Metts
Sarah Phipps
Allison Semands
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2015
Titilola Babatunde
Isabel Elssner
Lauren Emer
Lauren Gilbert
Ryan Gottberg
Andy Hoang
Allison Hopkins
Level 2 - Silver (Plata)
Chandler Marten
Akshay Patel
Kailyn Price
Anya Quenon
Deepika Senthil
Marci Sessions
Luke Zeller
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2015
Level 1 - Gold (Oro)
Esosa Asemota
Spencer Hoffman-Edminster
Natalie Sherman Jollis
Lauren Sprouse
Level 2 - Gold (Oro)
Sophia Chizhikova
Tejas Dalvi
Seth Hollandsworth
Rose Huang
Modesty Obasohan
Shreya Patel
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2015
Level 3 - Silver (Plata)
Juleo Amosah
Titilola Babatunde
Kate Branch
James Chapman
Kalleen Kelley
Jacob Richter
Chase Roycroft
Erik Salgado
Taylor Quinones
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2015
Level 3- Gold (Oro)
Jodie Chan
Annelise Gummere
Reid Herrera
Fania Kozareva
Taylor Manthey
Madeline Seagle
Edward Zhuang
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2015
Level 4 - Gold (Oro)
Vikram Aikat
Alisa Cui
Nimit Desai
Frank Kenny
Katherine Li
Kunal Lodaya
Tejal Patwardhan
Katherine Yang
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2015, NC State Awards
Level 2 - Fifth Place
Shreya Patel
Level 3 - Second Place
Jody Chan
Level 3 - Fourth Place
Taylor Manthey
Taylor Quinones
Level 4 - Fourth Place
Kunal Lodaya
Level 3 - Third Place
Edward Zhuang
Level 4 - Second Place
Tejal Patwardhan
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2016
Level 1 - Bronze (Bronce)
Katherine Bennett
Kyle Boyette
Eric Schichlein
Carson Supola
Sophia Walton
Anna Covington
Kelsey Halvorsen
Rachel Hefner
Ethan Manning
Tanasha Owens
Brittany Qualls
Jessalyn Smith
Connor Szurgot
Caleb Willis
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2016
Level 1 - Silver (Plata)
Akelo Agingu
Anais Bauer
Anthony Bishop
Skyler Higgins
Olivia Kachenchai
Frances Massey
Christa Parrish
Daniel Pezzi
Sa'mone Burton
Jeremiah Jackson
Claudia Sisk
Emma Smart
Clarissa Somers
Rachel Starr
Nicholas Turecky
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2016
Level 1 - Gold (Oro)
Anne Haunton
Hagan Miller
Evan Rhodes
Taylor Steele
Victor Yax
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2016
Level 2 - Bronze (Bronce)
Claudia Aiello
Esosa Asemota
Harper Atkins
David Borkowski
Genivieve Crites
Isaiah Fleming
Colin Johnson
Jordyn Jones
Emily Lee
Hong Kun Lu
Saigopala Reddy
Vinitha Ravindran
Rachel Ruderman
Natalie Sherman Jollis
Abinav Udaiyar
Joseph Wiswell
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2016
Level 2 - Silver (Plata)
Gabrielle Adams
Lindsey Bunch
Benjamin Bunze
Christopher Carter
Ella Castelloe
John Foster
David Griffith
Casey Hansen
Avra Janz
William Jordan
Simon Marland
Nikhil Milind
Edwin Moore
Miriam Okonkwo
Nikhil Reddy
Lindsey Ruderman
Anna Scotton
Emory Soper
Lauren Sprouse
Kelli Sudol
Eric Trollinger
Natasha Vaidya
Kelly Williams
Emily York
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2016
Level 2 - Gold (Oro)
Bolatito Babatunde
Michael Carter
Baldev Desai
Darvin Heo
Spencer Hoffman-Edminster
Jenna Israel
Prabhath Kotha
Courtney Lehning
Nandan Patel
Prathmesh Patel
Junmo Ryang
Ira Soltis
Nicholas Tapp-Hughes
David Thole
Omtej Vallabhapuram
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2016
Level 3 - Bronze (Bronce)
Carolina Carpenter
Tasneem Essader
Jonathan Fisher
Sahil Gupta
Joshua Harris
Hannah Kim
Tyler Minor
Rohan Patel
Allison Semands
Tia Sparks
Amruthansh Sriperumbudur
Jong Won
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2016
Level 3 - Silver (Plata)
Aneesh Agarwal
Adithya Balaji
James Boyd
Djelimory Diabate
Abbott Gaddy
Lauren Gilbert
Mukil Guruparan
Allison Hopkins
Lawton Ives
Rowan Jaynes
Carrington Metts
Mridu Nanda
Rohan Reddy
Michelle Roh
Marci Sessions
Vivian Snyder
Janelle Zeng
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2016
Level 3 - Gold (Oro)
Sherry Chen
Miguel De Los Reyes
Sophia Hurr
Vivian Kirby
Alivia Kliesen
Nolan Miranda
Micah Mullarkey
Ishaan Rao
Skanda Sastry
Nishma Vias
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2016
Level 4 - Bronze (Bronce)
Gabriel Lima
Level 4 - Silver (Plata)
Sachin Raghavendran
Level 4 - Gold (Oro)
Fania Kozareva
Dory Li
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2016
Level 5 - Bronze (Bronce)
Katherine Yang
Level 5 - Gold (Oro)
Alisa Cui
Raymond Gao
Evan Jiang
Frank Kenny
Silvia Knappe
World Languages
National Spanish Exam, 2016, NC State Awards
Level 2 - First Place
Darvin Heo
Level 3 - Fifth Place
Sherry Chen
Level 4 - First Place
Dory Li
Level 4 - Fifth Place
Gabriel Lima
Level 5 - Third Place
Raymond Gao
Silvia Knappe
MATHEMATICS
Mathematics
American Mathematics Competition (AMC-12), 2015
February 3
School Team 2nd Place
Sarah Wu
February 25
School Winner 1st Place
Sarah Wu
Kelly Zhang
Mathematics
American Mathematics Competition (AMC-12), 2016
School Team 1st Place
Nikhil Reddy
School Team 2nd Place
Angela Deng
School Team 3rd Place
Lloyd Liu
Mathematics
American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME), 2015
Jackson Briones
Dominick Carbone
Sharon Chen
Ben Fawcett
Richard Lang
Junmo Ryang
Deanyone Su
Rishi Sundaresan
Sarah Wu
Annie Xie
Michael Yang
Sunwoo Yim
Luke Zeller
Sicheng Zeng
Kelly Zhang
Larry Zhang
Matthew Zheng
Jennifer Zou
Mathematics
American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME), 2016
Jackson Briones
Angela Deng
Evan Jiang
Lloyd Liu
Nolan Miranda
Melissa Nie
Kireet Panuganti
Nikhil Reddy
Cary Shindell
Emory Soper
Rushi Sundaresan
Sreeram Venkat
Sarah Wu
Annie Xie
Alan York
Kelly Zhang
Matthew Zheng
Luke Zeller
Justin Zhang
Mathematics
USA Mathematics Olympiad (USAMO) 2016
Angela Deng
Lloyd Liu
Nikhil Reddy (advances to summer training camp)
Mathematics
State Math Contest, 2015
Top 20 Individual
Sarah Wu
Matthew Zheng
State Math Contest, 2016
2nd Place
Angela Deng
Top 20 Individual
Raymond Gao
Shenghao (Lloyd) Liu
Nikhil Reddy
Sarah Wu
Mathematics
High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM), 2016
Meritorious Solutions
Peter Cheng
Vinit Ranjan
Rishi Sundaresan
Kelly Zhang
Caleb Cox
Ben Fawcett
Michael Yang
Sicheng Zeng
Finalist Solution (top 40 of all teams)
Anna Hattle
Rose Huang
Annie Xie
Katherine Yang
Mathematics
High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM), 2016
National Finalist Solutions (top 11 of all teams)
Taesoo Lee
Akshay Patel
Suhas Rao
Murali Saravanan
Kunal Lodaya
Sarah Wu
Sunwoo Yim
Jennifer Zou
Outstanding Solutions (top 4 of all teams)
James Chapman
Jonathan Kuo
Tejal Patwardhan
Vibha Puri
Jeffrey He
Simon Marland
Justin Zhang
Edward Zhuang
Mathematics
Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM), 2016
Outstanding Solution (top 5 of all teams) & INFORMS Award
James Chapman
Tejal Patwardhan
Vibha Puri
Outstanding Solution (top 5 of all teams) & Pareto Award
Anna Hattle
Katherine Yang
Sicheng Zeng
Mathematics
Math Prize for Girls
2nd place
Angela Deng
Who Wants to be a Mathematician
2nd runner-up
Kelly Zhang
Virginia Tech Regional Mathematics Contest, 2016
Leaderboard (Top 5%)
Nikhil Reddy
Mathematics
North Carolina Student Academy of Science
1st Place Mathematics Division
Kelly Zhang
Vinit Ranjan
Peter Cheng
Wylie Mathematics Tournament (Furman University),
2016
3rd Place Team
Nikhil Reddy
Andrew Spencer
Rosemary Yin
Luke Zeller
Mathematics
College of Charleston Mathematics Meet, 2016
1st Place - Physics Brainstorming
Vinit Ranjan
Sunwoo Yim
Alan York
Luke Zeller
1st Place - Varsity Team Elimination
Lloyd Liu
Nikhil Reddy
Matthew Zheng
Kelly Zhang
Mathematics
College of Charleston Mathematics Meet, 2016
1st Place Written Test Level 3
Nikhil Reddy
2nd Place Written Test Level 3
Lloyd Liu
3rd Place Written Test Level 3
Matthew Zheng
Mathematics
Duke Mathematics Meet, 2015
1st Place Individual
2nd Place Individual
Nikhil Reddy
Angela Deng
1st Place Team
Angela Deng
Lloyd Liu
Sarah Wu
Raymond Gao
Nikhil Reddy
Matthew Zheng
Duke Mathematics Meet, 2014
3rd Place Team
Jennifer Zou
Matthew Zheng
Sarah Wu
Mathematics
Moody's Mega Math Challenge, 2016
Finalist/Top 6 of all teams
Simon Marland
Vinit Ranjan
Katherine Yang
Sunwoo Yim
Kelly Zhang
Top 12 of all teams
Rose Huang
Rishi Sundaresan
Michael Yang
Sarah Wu
Sicheng Zeng
Science
Science
AAAS/American Junior Academy of Science
2015
William Jordan
2016
Charles Maus
Science
Blue Heron/Ocean Science Bowl Regional
2015
1st Place, Team
Johnathan Gay
Katherine Yang
Justin Zhang
Science
Bowman Brockman Award
2015
Adam Bowker
Melissa Nie
Sicheng Zeng
Nimit Desai
Prathmesh Patel
Rishi Sundaresan
Lee Taesoo
Matt Zheng
Garima Tomar
Sophia Hu
Amanda Li
Laasya Renganathan
2016
Arjun Bhatt
Austin Holmes
Joseph Chen
Caleb Cox
Aneesh Agarwal
Joshua Zhou
Kevin Zhou
Stella Wang
Nikhil Milind
Jinny Gui
Tiffany Tang
Annie Xie
Nathan Gantt
Alex Wade
John Barkley
Ana Sofia Uzsoy
Joshua Zhou
Science
Envirothon
State, Regional, 2016
Janis Arrojado
Ella Carter
Kelsey Rae Seets
Margaux Winter
Kenneth Xu
Science
Health Occupations Students of America
State, 2015
Llana Abella
Colleen Yang
Arjun Bhatt
Nimit Desai
Sophia Hu
Justin Savage
Murali Saravanan
Michael Yang
State, 2016
TI Babatunde
Katie Barnes
Baldev Desai
Sahil Gupta
Yesle Hahn
Sophia Hurr
Belton Moore
Dian Niu
Nandan Patel
Saigopala Reddy
Michelle Roh
Murali Saravanan
Youngmin Shin
Alicia Wang
Claire Yin
Kendra Zhong
Edward Zhuang
Science
Health Occupations Students of America
Leadership Conference
National, 2015
Nimit Desai
Dory Li
Sophia Hu
Science
Intel Science Talent Search
Semifinalist
Sophia Hu
Taesoo Daniel Lee
Vibha Puri
Michelle Sun
Rishi Sundaresan
John Watters
Katherine Yang
Science
I-SWEEEP
International Sustainable World (Energy,
Engineering, & Environment) Project
Bronze Medal, Energy
Taesoo Daniel Lee
Science
North Carolina International Science
Challenge
Nimit Desai
Jonathan Kuo
Science
North Carolina
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
2015
Sharon Chen
2016
Arjun Bhatt
Sharon Chen
Alisa Cui
Amanda Li
Michelle Sun
John Watters
Joshua Zhou
Science
North Carolina Future Problem Solving
State, 2015
2nd Place, Global Issues Problem Solving, Team
Amanda Li
Melissa Nie
Laasya Renganathan
Sicheng Zeng
Science
North Carolina Regional Science Bowl
2015
Rishi Sundaresan
Dylan King
Erik Salgado
Sarah Wu
2016
Angela Deng
Raymond Gao
Dylan King
Vinit Ranjan
Rishi Sundaresan
Science
NCSEF Science Fair, Region 3b, 2016
Kimberly Andreassen
Michael Carter
Alisa Cui
Angela Deng
Kenny Hoang
Colin Johnson
Raphael Kim
Taesoo Daniel Lee
Dory Li
Shreya Patel
Sarah Perkins
Vibha Puri
Justin Savage
Rishi Sundaresan
Shiaoching Tse
Karl Westendorf
Sarah Wu
Ashley Yang
Elizabeth Yang
Katherine Yang
Matthew Zheng
Science
North Carolina Science & Engineering Fair
State Winners
2016
2015
Kimberly Andreassen
Sharon Chen
Taesoo Daniel Lee Michael Carter
Alisa Cui
Angela Deng
Kenny Hoang
Raphael Kim
Taesoo Daniel Lee
Shiaoching Tse
Karl Westendorf
Science
North Carolina Science & Engineering Fair - ISEF
2015
Sharon Chen
Daniel Taesoo Lee
2016
Kimberly Andreassen
Alisa Cui
Taesoo Daniel Lee
Rishi Sundaresan
Katherine Yang
Intel International Science & Engineering Fair
Grand Awards
2015
Sharon Chen
Daniel Taesoo Lee
Rohan Patel
Josh Zhou
2016
Alisa Cui
Taesoo Daniel Lee
Rishi Sundaresan
Science
North Carolina Science Olympiad
2015, State
Vikram Aikat
Arjun Bhatt
Peter Cheng
Alisa Cui
Austin Holmes
Dylan King
Amanda Li
Hunter Mayo
Vinit Ranjan
Erik Salgado
Rishi Sundaresan
Sarah Wu
Kelly Zhang
2015, National Ready
Vikram Aikat
Vinit Ranjan
Arjun Bhatt
Suhas Rao
Joseph Chen
Erik Salgado
Peter Cheng
Rishi Sundaresan
Alisa Cui
Sarah Wu
Austin Holmes Kelly Zhang
Suk Won Jeong
Dylan King
Amanda Li
Katherine Li
Michael Li
Hunter Mayo
Melissa Nie
Science
North Carolina Science Olympiad
National Ready
2016, JV
Sherry Chen
Ana Sofia Uzsoy
Angela Deng
Sreeram Venkat
Raymond Gao
Nishma Vias
Austin Holmes Alicia Wang
Katherine Li
Sarah Wu
Michael Li
Ashley Yang
Stephen Li
Elizabeth Yang
Kireet Panuganti
Tejal Patwardhan
Suhas Rao
Hannah Shaw
2016, Varsity
Ella Carter
Evan Jiang
Dylan King
Aneesh Agarwal
Adithya Balaji
Peter Cheng
Alisa Cui
Miguel delosReyes
Amanda Li
Dory Li
Sarah Perkins
Vinit Ranjan
Saigopala Reddy
Youngmin Shin
Rishi Sundaresan
Karl Westendorf
Kelly Zhang
Kevin Zhou
Science
North Carolina Student Academy of Science 2015
Ryan Chen
Peter Cheng
Nimit Desai
William Jordan
Dylan King
Jonathon Kuo
Taesoo Daniel Lee
Amanda Li
Katherine Li
Sehyun Park
Vinit Ranjan
John Robertson
John Watters
Jade Wu
Kelly Zhang
Science
North Carolina Student Academy of Science 2016
Renzo Benavides
Michael Carter
Angela Deng
Kenny Hoang
Seokgyu Hong
Wyatt Jernigan
Emily Lee
Dory Li
Claire Liu
Amrita Malur
Mridu Nanda
Nimisha Pant
Nandan Patel
Sarah Perkins
Rohan Reddy
Michelle Roh
Brinda Sarathy
Justin Savage
Youngmin Shin
Shiaoching Tse
Sreeram Venkat
Karl Westendorf
Elizabeth Yang
Emily Zheng
Science
President’s Environmental Youth Award
2015 National Winner
Sharon Chen
U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
2016 Presidential Scholar
Sharon Chen
Science
Siemens Competition
Regional Finalist
Shreya Patel
Vinit Ranjan
Semifinalist
Margie Bruff
Sophia Hu
Shreya Patel
Vinit Ranjan
Michelle Sun
Rishi Sundaresan
Sarah Wu
Katherine Yang
Science
Singapore International Science Challenge
2015
Lauren Gullett
Katherine Li
Prathmesh Patel
Science
Conrad Foundation Spirit of Innovation Challenge
2015
2016
Pete Conrad Scholars
Vikram Aikat
Jeffrey He
Kunal Lodaya
John Watters
Michael Yang
Power Pitch Winners
Adithya Balaji
Christopher Kartawira
Nolan Miranda
Sreeram Venkat
Kireet Panuganti
Grayson York
Power Pitch Winners
Erik Salgado
Sarah Wu
Science
United States Biology Olympiad
Angela Deng
Raymond Gao
Dory Li
Hannah Shaw
Rishi Sundaresan
Sreeram Venkat
Charles Zhu
United States Chemistry Olympiad
2015
Rishi Sundaresan
2016
Rishi Sundaresan
Sreeram Venkat
United States Physics Olympiad
2015 National Semifinalist
Sarah Wu
2016 National Team
Sarah Wu
Science
The Dupont Challenge
Essay Competition
Rishi Sundaresan
Stockholm Junior Water Prize, State
2015
Vibha Puri
2016
Josh Zhou
World Food Prize/Global Youth Institute
Student Delegate 2014, Borlaug-Ruan Internship 2015
Edwin Moore
Departmental
Awards
Departmental Awards
Biology
Esosa Asemota
Departmental Awards
Chemistry
Daniel Taesoo Lee
Departmental Awards
Physics
Margie Bruff
Departmental Awards
Engineering & Technology
Hunter Mayo
Departmental Awards
Engineering & Technology
Tanya Mittal
Departmental Awards
Engineering & Technology
Deanyone Su
Departmental Awards
Humanities
Karly Andreassen
Departmental Awards
Humanities
Mack Harrison
Departmental Awards
Humanities
Max Schlenker
Departmental Awards
Mathematics
James Chapman
Departmental Awards
Mathematics
Dylan King
Departmental Awards
Mathematics
Kelly Zhang
NCSSM
Teaching
Awards
NCSSM Teaching Awards
Exceptional Contribution
Service to Students: Ryan Pietropaolo
NCSSM Teaching Awards
Exceptional Contribution
Classroom Innovation: Hong Li
NCSSM Teaching Awards
Exceptional Contribution
Outreach: Bob Gotwals
NCSSM Teaching Awards
Exceptional Contribution
Scholarship: Christine Muth
NCSSM Teaching Awards
Outstanding Teacher
Cheryl Gann
NCSSM Teaching Awards
Outstanding Teacher
Meredith Murphy
NCSSM Teaching Awards
Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching
Philip Rash
Chancellor’s
Awards
The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence
Kathy Jackson
Golden Cupola
Golden Cupola
Alisa Cui
Golden Cupola
Golden Cupola
Kunal Lodaya
Golden Cupola
Golden Cupola
Belton Moore
Golden Cupola
Golden Cupola
Erica Mullis
Golden Cupola
Golden Cupola
Adam Schmidt
Golden Cupola
Golden Cupola
Godgive Umozurike
Closing Remarks
Stay Seated!
2015-2016 End-of-the-Year Slide Show
Starts Now…….
Dinner: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Air Band: 7:00 pm