Over 200 U-46 seniors named Illinois State Scholars
In recognition of their academic performance, more than 200 seniors at Elgin Area School District U-46's five comprehensive high schools have been designated as Illinois State Scholars.
The award reflects approximately the top 10 percent of academic achievers among the Class of 2020 at each participating high school.
A total of 202 students at Elgin, Bartlett, Larkin, South Elgin, and Streamwood high schools recently received notification of the honor from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, the state program that administers the scholar program and works to make college more affordable through financial aid planning.
The U-46 honorees were among more than 17,000 students from 726 schools across the state who earned the designation this year, the 61st for the State Scholar program.
The scholars are selected based on their ACT and SAT exams and sixth semester class rank.
"We are so incredibly proud of our students for this achievement," said Lela Majstorovic, assistant superintendent for secondary schools. "Their hard work and dedication has earned them the recognition they deserve. We are grateful to our parents, schools, and communities for supporting them along their journey."
State Scholars receive a congratulatory letter and a certificate of achievement. They also receive a digital "badge" noting their award that can be displayed on social media platforms or can be shared through online profiles with friends and family as well as prospective colleges or employers.
The 2020 State Scholars from District U-46 high schools are listed below by high school:
Bartlett High School:
Margaret Arendt, Ishika Ashta, Victor Becerra, Lucy Beck, Allison Belliveau, Ryan Blake, Shreya Boyapati, Christopher Brumbaugh-Cayford, Samuel Burch, Ariel Byun, Kelli Carlos, Riyana Chacko, John Chang, Apoorv Chauhan, Ian Corsiga, Ishan Desai, Madelyn Donnelly, Ritwick Dwivedi, Anuj Gandhi, Nicolas Gomez, Kailey Halterman, Stephanie Hayes, Brian Hodge, Abigail Hultquist, Ashwin Jacob, Andrew Kasper, Sydney Kelly, Jack Kline, Krystian Kresso, Cameron Kunzer, Ryan Leo, Andrew Long, Miguel Luna, Sahithi Manne, Allyson Marchese, Anna Martucci, Victoria Martynko, Zev Meyer, Sharon Nguyen, Raj Parikh, Adesh Patel, Dev Patel, Jhil Patel, Mahir Patel, Pooja Patel, Rayna Patel, Sudip Patel, Urja Patel, Darien Perkins, Madelyn Polly, Jesse Purice, Ahmad Rajwany, Garrett Raver, Ethan Reif, Sharliz Reyes, Suleika Ruiz, Samuel Sampey, Julia Savov, Adam Schoenrade, William Schultz, Kaushik Selvakumar, Garima Shah, Priya Shah, Riya Shah, Rushabh Shah, Sareena Shah, Sonia Shah, Mikolaj Sordyl, Shriya Srikanth, Samra Syed, Jason Thompson, Tommy Ton, Jacob Anthony Valdez, Sean Watson, Jake Weihe and Dillon Williams.
Elgin High School:
Nada Abuomar, Shakira Acosta, Lindsey Anderson, Asiyah Arastu, Jan Misel Aygul, Armaan Bajpai, Joshua Benitez, Erie Berri, Roshan Betkerur, Shuchir Bhanage, Ramarko Bhattacharya, Ryan Blount, Lindsey Brownfield, Josephine Chavez, Maximillian Coryell, Esha Dahal, Edgar Espinosa, Grecia Espinoza, Matthew Esses, Nina Gambino, Yousif Giyo, Rohan Govind, Isabella Hernandez, Trevor Heydt, Alicia Horn, Jasmine Jacobson, Brendan Lemezis, Kushi Madadakere, Jaanve Mehta, Annabelle Mique, Finley Musser, Alfonso Napoles, Lorena Ortiz, Prem Patel, Shivam Patel, Nathan Patino, Mariam Rahman, Joshua Reyes, Edith Rivera, Tamara Sarmiento, Maja Stachnik, Ravi Thakkar, Jessica Thomas, America Torres, Geri Velinova, Sarah Welch and Elizabeth Wynn.
Larkin High School:
Abigail Anderson, Natalia Benesiewicz, David Betz, Nayeli Castillo -Tristani, Adriana Dinello, Chelsea Edemni, Isaac Exline, Brynne Farnsworth, Eduardo Gonzalez, Alexandra Kiss, Gillian Lee, Elianna Nielsen, Chelsea Pena, Victor Sanchez, Sara Spade, Julia Williams and Rebecca Winer.
South Elgin High School:
Yusra Ahmed, Thomas Alakkatt, Julius Andres, Jocelyn Aranda, Kira Baasch, Derryl Barnes, Kaitlyn Borgardt, Dominick Caldrone, Rylan Cruthers, Tristan Cruz, Allison Cunniffe, Mahima Dave, Kristin Delaney, Nicholas Delisi, Jayme Fortino, Haley Frazer, Zachary Gutierrez, Ryan Harvey, Andrew Jo, Penny Kapadoukakis, Pranav Khare, Rachel Kirby, Ryan Kuchta, Kaleigh Larue, Elijah Lopez, Arif Mahmudi, Kennedy McDonald, Makenna Metoyer, Samuel Miller, Emma Morano, Sophia Moreno, Angelina Negron, Meghan Niziolek, Ayush Patel, Dilan Patel, Kaitlyn Petratos, Paula Romanowski, Joshua Serpico, Daniel Skrzypchak, Sophia Smyth, Brandon Snipe, Alexandra Spires, Haley Szymczak, Kelly White, Trevor Wills, Anna Winterhalder and Emily Zozokos.
Streamwood High School:
Zoe Becker, Tyler Garza, Abril Gomez, Samuel Harris, Peyton Hedger, Chloe Herby, Sophia Inorio, Dominika Kedzior, Mikaela Koehler, Victoria Kopko, Jenna Manzano, Sonya Padilla, Charles Marvin Palapala, Ariana Ruth Vega and Angelo Santos.