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Super Scholars

Each year, OCPS celebrates its "Super Scholars," those graduating seniors who were accepted into the nation's top 20 colleges and universities (as ranked by U.S. News and World Report) and U.S. service academies. 

2017 Rankings

Top 20 National Universities

Princeton University, Harvard University, University of Chicago, Yale University, Columbia University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, Dartmouth College, California Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, Brown University, Cornell University, Rice University, University of Notre Dame, Vanderbilt University, Washington University in St. Louis, Emory University, Georgetown University, and University of California - Berkeley

Top 20 Liberal Arts Colleges

Williams College, Amherst College, Wellesley College, Middlebury College, Swarthmore College, Bowdoin College, Carleton College, Pomona College, Claremont McKenna College, Davidson College, Washington and Lee University, Colby College, Colgate University, Hamilton College, Haverford College, Smith College, U.S. Naval Academy, Vassar College, Grinnell College and U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

U.S. Service Academies 

U.S. Air Force Academy, Coast Guard Academy, and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

2017 Super Scholars

Amherst College
  • Yasmina Bassi, Cypress Creek HS
Brown University
  • Najat Abdu, Winter Park HS 
  • Jaqueline Aguilar, Evans HS
  • Meeti Mehta, Olympia HS 
  • Giana Ortiz, Timber Creek HS
Carleton College
  • Courtney Rosa, Lake Nona HS
Colby College
  • Long Le, Winter Park HS
Colgate College
  • Julianne Cheatham, Boone HS
Columbia University
  • Cami Amein, Dr. Phillips HS 
  • Roodolphe Gouin, Winter Park HS 
  • Sidney Matthew Roman, Boone HS
Cornell University
  • Luiza Baroni, Olympia HS
  • Tyreek Billups, Wekiva HS 
  • Catalina Castano, Dr. Phillips HS 
  • Chesley Chan, Boone HS
  • Valeria Vega Martinez, Timber Creek HS
  • Anna Steltenkamp, Winter Park HS
Dartmouth College
  • Kristalle Liang, Dr. Phillips HS
  • Long Le, Winter Park HS
  • Kevin Li, Winter Park HS
  • Amy Tsai, Dr. Phillips HS
Davidson College
  • Kathryn Abely, Winter Park HS
  • Patricia Abely, Winter Park HS
  • Julianne Cheatham, Boone HS
  • Sarah Lane, Timber Creek HS
  • Madeline Schmitt, Winter Park HS
Duke University
  • Angela Avonce-Malavet, Lake Nona HS 
  • Akylah Cox, Dr. Phillips HS
  • Philip Khoury, Dr. Phillips HS
  • Milan Shah, Winter Park HS
  • Anna Steltenkamp, Winter Park HS
  • Elijah Williams, Edgewater HS
  • Michael Williams, Olympia HS 
  • Kiara Zambrana, Boone HS
Emory University
  • Najat Abdu, Winter Park HS 
  • Nayameye Adom, University HS
  • Karim Aloul, Freedom HS
  • Shreya Atmakuri, West Orange HS
  • Yasmina Bassi, Cypress Creek HS
  • Gustavo Borjas, Lake Nona HS
  • Carly Casey, University HS 
  • Chesley Chan, Boone HS
  • Priyanka Chandrashekar, University HS
  • Basil Hashimi, Olympia HS
  • Samantha Hilsee, Olympia HS
  • Corey Hsiao, University HS
  • Emad Kashif, Timber Creek HS
  • Mayank Kotadia, Cypress Creek HS
  • Liana Marulanda, Freedom HS
  • Kennedy Rand, Winter Park HS
  • Siri Ravuri, Cypress Creek HS
  • Michael Williams, Olympia HS
  • Brooke Worthington, Winter Park HS
  • Kiara Zambrana, Boone HS
Georgetown University
  • Bryce Badger, Dr. Phillips HS
  • Dennese Javier, Apopka HS
  • James Morrison, Wekiva HS
  • Taylor Pearson, Winter Park HS
  • Mikayla Rodriguez, Timber Creek HS
  • Jackson Saffold, Timber Creek HS
  • Vincent Zhu, Winter Park HS
Grinnell College
  • Jessica Metzger, Timber Creek HS
  • Courtney Rosa, Lake Nona HS
Hamilton College
  • Long Le, Winter Park HS
Harvard University
  • Gayoung Choi, Freedom HS
Haverford College
  • Xiangruo Dai, Cypress Creek HS
  • Noah Sinyangwe, Winter Park HS
Johns Hopkins University
  • Kevin Li, Winter Park HS
  • James Morrison, Wekiva HS
  • Kayla Ortiz, Timber Creek HS
  • Sanuki Prematilleke, Freedom HS
  • Christina Romany, Olympia HS
  • Iolanda Weidgenant, Winter Park HS
  • Kimberly Williams, Lake Nona HS
  • Michael Williams, Olympia HS
  • John Churchill Willis, Olympia HS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Kristalle Liang, Dr. Phillips HS
Middlebury College
  • Julianne Cheatham, Boone HS
  • Long Le, Winter Park HS
Northwestern University
  • Courtney Larson, Winter Park HS
  • Santiago Chacin Marin, Cypress Creek HS 
  • Bijal Mehta, Winter Park HS
  • Giana Ortiz, Timber Creek HS
  • Kayla Ortiz, Timber Creek HS
  • Kimberly Williams, Lake Nona HS
  • Michael Williams, Olympia HS
Princeton University
  • Chesley Chan, Boone HS
  • Ramanand Sookdeo, West Orange HS
  • Isaac Ward, Winter Park HS
Rice University
  • Mehdi Baqri, Freedom HS 
  • Amelia Martin, Dr. Phillips HS 
  • Valeria Vega Martinez, Timber Creek HS 
  • Annelese Mascoe, Dr. Phillips HS 
  • Sana Mohamed, Dr. Phillips HS
  • Giana Ortiz, Timber Creek HS
Smith College
  • Sydney Davis, Winter Park HS
  • Dayana Meza Giraldo, Olympia HS 
  • Sarah Lane, Timber Creek HS
  • Leyla Remh, Timber Creek HS
  • Iolanda Weidgenant, Winter Park HS
Stanford University
  • Karim Aloul, Freedom HS 
  • Roodolphe Gouin, Winter Park HS
  • Alexandra Moore, Winter Park HS
Swarthmore College
  • Long Le, Winter Park HS
University of California - Berkeley
  • Angelica Acevedo, Freedom HS 
  • Jennifer Fleites, Lake Nona HS
  • Nihar Gupte, West Orange HS
  • Robert Martinez, Wekiva HS
  • Noah Sinyangwe, Winter Park HS
University of Chicago
  • Jessica Metzger, Timber Creek HS
University of Notre Dame
  • Hope Halvey, Lake Nona HS
  • Gabriela Kim, Olympia HS
  • Noah Sinyangwe, Winter Park HS
  • Paul Wasuwanich, Timber Creek HS
  • Michael Williams, Olympia HS
University of Pennsylvania
  • Armando Cabrera, Timber Creek HS 
  • Gayoung Choi, Freedom HS
  • Elyse Decker, Dr. Phillips HS
  • Michael Rosa, Edgewater HS
  • Nicolas Tola, Olympia HS
  • John Churchill Willis, Olympia HS 
  • Kiara Zambrana, Boone HS
U.S. Air Force Academy
  • Greg Skage, Winter Park HS
  • Rayce Main, Wekiva HS
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
  • Nicole Abruzzo, West Orange HS 
  • Sarah Passilla, West Orange HS
U.S. Military Academy at West Point
  • Briana Burnett, Timber Creek HS
  • Zoe Contogonas, University HS
  • Roman Guiseppi, Winter Park HS
  • Ivana Paul, Evans HS
  • Courtney Rosa, Lake Nona HS
  • Noah Sinyangwe, Winter Park HS
U.S. Naval Academy
  • Allie Batten, Olympia HS
  • Madelyn Bell, Winter Park HS
Vanderbilt University
  • Najat Abdu, Winter Park HS
  • Julia Finfrock, Winter Park HS
  • Corey Hsiao, University HS 
  • Kevin Li, Winter Park HS
  • Kayla Ortiz, Timber Creek HS
  • Taylor Pearson, Winter Park HS
  • Madeline Schmitt, Winter Park HS
  • Emily Sexton, Olympia HS
  • Kimberly Williams, Lake Nona HS
  • Hannah Zanibi, Cypress Creek HS
Vassar College
  • Ryan Duchemin, Winter Park HS
  • Taylor Pearson, Winter Park HS
  • Stuart Thomas, Winter Park HS 
  • Cristina Toppin, Timber Creek HS
Washington and Lee University
  • Matthew Marsel, West Orange HS
Washington University in St. Louis
  • Najat Abdu, Winter Park HS
  • Sarah Demsky, Dr. Phillips HS 
  • Caleb Diaz, Timber Creek HS 
  • Jennifer Fleites, Lake Nona HS
  • Michelle Hajdenberg, Winter Park HS
Wellesley College
  • Angela Avonce-Malavet, Lake Nona HS 
  • Hannah Geller, Winter Park HS
Williams College
  • Angela Avonce-Malavet, Lake Nona HS 
  • Rodrigo Bravo, Freedom HS 
  • Long Le, Winter Park HS 
  • Giana Ortiz, Timber Creek HS
  • Cristina Toppin, Timber Creek HS
Yale University
  • Angela Avonce-Malavet, Lake Nona HS 
  • Mehdi Baqri, Freedom HS 
  • Gayoung Choi, Freedom HS
  • Kayley Estoeesta, Timber Creek HS
  • Hannah Geller, Winter Park HS
  • Roodolphe Gouin, Winter Park HS
  • Kevin Li, Winter Park HS
  • Ahrman Mahanpour, West Orange HS
  • James Morrison, Wekiva HS
  • Kendall Oliver, Olympia HS