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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. 

Recognition SHOW

Watch the show (46:51), hosted by WFTV's Nancy Alvarez, that aired Tuesday, May 18.

2021 Rankings

Top 20 National Universities

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

Top 20 Liberal Arts Colleges

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

U.S. Service Academies

Air Force Academy, Coast Guard Academy, and Merchant Marine Academy

2021 Super Scholars

 Amherst College

• Ananda Santos Figueiredo, Cypress Creek
• Nicole Garcia, Cypress Creek
• Brianne LaBare, East River
• Eduardo Penaranda Romero, Freedom
• Kelsie Williams, Ocoee


Bowdoin College

• Imani Myers, Olympia
• Yanevith Pena, Winter Park


Brown University

• Kelsie Williams, Ocoee


California Institute of Technology

• Phuong Ton, Cypress Creek
• Diego Barros, Timber Creek
 

Carleton College

• Nicole Garcia, Cypress Creek
•Angelica Stewart, Evans
• Zaria Kelly, Oak Ridge


Colby College

• Mineily Rivera Nieves, Colonial
• Isabella Peña, Ocoee
• Janice Im, Olympia


Colgate University

• Jonathan Morris, Apopka
• Emily Maldonado, Cypress Creek
• Jesse Campbell, Freedom
• Justin Stewart, Timber Creek  

Columbia University

• Nickolas Jimenez, Boone
• Gabriel Ventura, Lake Nona


Cornell University

• Jonathan Peixoto, Cypress Creek
• Gavin Chuhak, Dr. Phillips
• Veronica Boahene, Dr. Phillips 
• Sydney Ihekwoaba, East River
• Lily Pham, Evans
• HaeJean Kwun, Lake Nona
• Geoffrey Miller, Olympia 
• Janice Im, Olympia
• Darian Lee, Wekiva
• Samantha Lambourne, Windermere
• Shanon Tang, Windermere

Dartmouth College

• Nickolas Jimenez, Boone
• Alina Nguyen, Edgewater
• Justin Lewis, Olympia
•Jack Cocchiarella, Winter Park

Davidson College

• Eduardo Penaranda Romero, Freedom
• Georgia Bernbaum, Winter Park


Duke University

• Austin Camacho, Apopka
• Kendall Lindsay, Apopka
• Julia Jamieson, Boone
• Nickolas Jimenez, Boone
• Anthony Ramirez, Cypress Creek
• AnnaLisa Hutchinson, Freedom
• Eduardo Penaranda Romero, Freedom
• Brianna Edwards, University
• Christian Arnold, Winter Park
• Jordan Gebaide, Winter Park
• Liane Xu, Winter Park


Hamilton College

• Imani Myers, Olympia


Harvard University

• Myles Wiley, Dr. Phillips
• Amber Wei, Windermere
•Julia Gendy, Winter Park

 Johns Hopkins University

• Fiza Ali, Cypress Creek
• Wesdjina Brevil, Wekiva
• Fabian Espinoza de Osambela, Freedom
• Sampada Iyengar, Olympia
• Nathan Mohit, Cypress Creek
• Julian Rocher, Freedom
• Erick Rocher, Freedom
• Deborah Roman, University
• Sebastian Uribe Leon, Freedom

Middlebury College

• Beverly Diaz, Oak Ridge
• Morgan Fink, Timber Creek 
• Nathan Mohit, Cypress Creek

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Guilherme Bejar, Windermere
• Sebastian Garcia, Boone
• Natalie Longtin, Timber Creek
• Binh Pham, Winter Park
• Pris Wasuwanich, Timber Creek

Northwestern University

• Youssef Aboukoura, Freedom
• Lee Ajisafe, University
• Jasmin Ali-Diaz, Lake Nona
• Wesdjina Brevil, Wekiva
• Dena Cher-Fils, Boone
• Blake Croft, Windermere 
• Sage Croft, Windermere
• Julia Demski, Cypress Creek
• Fabian Espinoza de Osambela, Freedom
• Sarah Gaudron, Cypress Creek
• Aldiery Gonzalez, Cypress Creek
• Kaitlyn Hanson, Boone
• Julian Rocher, Freedom
• Ella Grace Rodriguez, Winter Park
• Katherine Wurst, Boone

Pomona College

• Jada McCoy, Freedom
• Bryanna Pajotte, Edgewater

Princeton University

• Gedeon Guercin, Oak Ridge
• Touma Mack, Olympia
• Uma Menon, Winter Park
• Victoria Merengwa, Olympia
• Nathan Mohit, Cypress Creek
• Aster Zhang, Winter Park

Rice University

• Jasmine Barrett, Timber Creek
• Wesdjina Brevil, Wekiva
• Joshua Byrd, Lake Nona
• Fabian Espinoza de Osambela, Freedom
• Bryanna Pajotte, Edgewater
• Wanqi Yuan, Timber Creek

Smith College

• Sasha Santiago, Timber Creek
• Pris Wasuwanich, Timber Creek

Stanford University

• Nathanie Doralus, Wekiva
• Benjamin Martinez, Timber Creek
• Omar Martinez, Colonial
• Uma Menon, Winter Park
• Nathan Mohit, Cypress Creek
• Bryanna Pajotte, Edgewater
• Dario Rico, Winter Park
• Emilio Rivas, Cypress Creek
• Evon Thompson, Evans

Swarthmore College

• Natasha Chisholm, Cypress Creek 
• Mary Tuyetnhi Tran, Timber Creek

University of California – Los Angeles

• Katherine Chen, Freedom
• Puja Chinasigari, Windermere
• Blake Croft, Windermere 
• Leslie Edward, Windermere
• Jenna Ho, Windermere
• Saman Jiwani, Cypress Creek
• Alec Johnson, Olympia
• Sadat Kasem, Cypress Creek
• Samitha Kosanam, Cypress Creek
• Ana Kostowski, Dr. Phillips
• Natalie Longtin, Timber Creek
• Christian Lopez, Timber Creek 
• Ajay Narain, Cypress Creek 
• Daisy Nguyen, West Orange
• Binh Pham, Winter Park
• Connor Roddy, Windermere
• John Sommerville, Edgewater

University of Chicago

• Jordan Campbell, Lake Nona
• Marco Batista Rudolph, Lake Nona
• Ana Ciro, Boone
• Sarah Gaudron, Cypress Creek
• Daniel Lindauer, Winter Park
• Benjamin Martinez, Timber Creek
• Marian Meneses, Winter Park
• Bryanna Reid, Freedom
• Anjana Vishnubhotla, Timber Creek
• Aster Zhang, Winter Park

University of Notre Dame

• Christine Mauvais, Ocoee

 

University of Pennsylvania

• Austin Camacho, Apopka
• Logan Fleming, Windermere


U.S. Air Force Academy


• Parker St. John, Boone
• Katherine Ruffing, Timber Creek
• Melina Thompson, Timber Creek


U.S. Coast Guard Academy

• Abigail Logan, Timber Creek



U.S. Military Academy at West Point

• Ayanna Bartley, Lake Nona
• Abigail Logan, Timber Creek
• Ashton Perez, Windermere
• Zachary Perez, Windermere


U.S. Naval Academy

• Greyson Crawford, Boone
• Cody Arnold, Windermere


Vanderbilt University

• Bergelanda Charlemagne, Apopka
• Taeler Bell, Apopka
• Kendall Lindsay, Apopka
• Julia Jamieson, Boone
• Nickolas Jimenez, Boone
• Suraiya Shiwnarain, Boone
• Ralph Francois, Cypress Creek
• Suhaah Nadir, Cypress Creek
• Aashi Mendpara, Dr. Phillips
• AnnaLisa Hutchinson, Freedom
• Danna Chacon, Lake Nona
• Ezinne Okonkwo, Lake Nona
• Dawn Royster, Timber Creek
• Nikhil Edouard, Wekiva
• Alex Allen, West Orange
• Christian Arnold, Winter Park
• Ian Babler-Madrid, Winter Park


Vassar College

• Siyeab Paek, Dr. Phillips
• Paola Torres, Cypress Creek 
• Sai Bhrugu Kondeti, Cypress Creek
• Nikhil Edouard, Wekiva

Washington and Lee University

• Roggernsy Jacotin, Wekiva
• Lakada Bryant, West Orange
• Georgia Bernbaum, Winter Park
• Kelly O'Grady, Winter Park


Washington University in St. Louis

• Mai-Ly Thompson, Boone
• Nickolas Jimenez, Boone
• Fabian Romero, Cypress Creek
• Zakaria Hanbali, Cypress Creek
• Kelsie Williams, Ocoee
• Jordan Oliver, Olympia
• Mariah Jacobs, Olympia
• Lakada Bryant, West Orange
• Jenny Chang, Winter Park
• Talya Cohen, Winter Park
• Felipe Frot, Winter Park


Wellesley College 

• Jaliyah Anthony, Freedom
• Isabella Peña, Ocoee
 

Wesleyan University

• Juan Morris, Freedom
• Alexis Morgan, Ocoee
• Janice Im, Olympia 

Williams College

• Eduardo Penaranda Romero, Freedom
• Jaliyah Anthony, Freedom
• Kelsie Williams, Ocoee
• Daedalus Fitzgerald, Windermere


Yale University

• Thomas Orozco, Jones
• Kelsie Williams, Ocoee
• Emily Borr, Wekiva