CCSD Students Honored with 2024 College Board Awards
The College Board has honored 128 Cherokee County School District students with National Recognition Programs Awards!
The programs are designed by the College Board to provide recognition opportunities for high school seniors and juniors in underrepresented groups. Students may apply for the National African American Recognition Award (NAARA), National Hispanic Recognition Award (NHRA), National Indigenous Recognition Award (NIRA) and National Rural and Small Town Recognition Award (NRSTA). For the first time, this year students also could apply for First Generation recognition if they, upon college graduation, would be the first in their family to earn a bachelor’s degree.
To be considered for recognition, students must have a GPA of at least 3.5 and either exceptional test scores placing them in the top 10% in their state on the PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10, or scores of 3 or higher on two or more Advanced Placement (AP) exams.
Congratulations to CCSD’s honorees!
CHEROKEE HIGH SCHOOL
Tyler Bramblett, NRSTA
Camille Bruu First Generation
Carly Burke, NRSTA
Chloe Cross, NRSTA
Charles Dahlen, NRSTA
Dillon Dailey, NRSTA
Eric Dogini, NAARA and NRSTA
William Dragoone, NRSTA
John Dugas, NRSTA
Jacob Duncan, NRSTA
Marina Federico, NRSTA
Lucy Fox, NRSTA
Sola Hulbert, NRSTA
Leila Iovino, NRSTA
Branson Isaacs, NRSTA
Joseph Jarvis, NRSTA
Elijah Key, NAARA and First Generation
Molly McCarty, NRSTA
Henry Morgan, NRSTA
Cherokee Munoz-Santos, NHRA and NRSTA
Daniel Pablo-Raymundo, NHRA, NRSTA and First Generation
MacKenzie Peddycoart, NRSTA
William Rusbridge, NRSTA
Shane Saulinskas, NRSTA
Joseph Shipley, NRSTA and First Generation
Camryn Smith, NRSTA
Jorianna Teutsch, NRSTA
Mateo Tobar, First Generation
Felisa Vazquez, NHRA and NRSTA
Alexander Watkins, NRSTA
Anneliese Wildermuth, NRSTA
Michael Zarate, NHRA and NRSTA
Ian Zeller, NRSTA
CREEKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
Amber Arellano, NHRA, NIRA, NRSTA and First Generation
Tripp Bagwell, NRSTA
Noah Boynton, NRSTA
Alexis Bush, NRSTA
Olivia Caleca, NRSTA
Lauren Chapman, NRSTA
Ryan Chase, NRSTA
Levi Cone, NRSTA
Joshua DeLima, NHRA and NRSTA
Hadley Duncan, NRSTA
Chloe Feibus, NRSTA
Henry Gilmore, NRSTA
Samantha Khanimov, First Generation
Chase Johnson, NRSTA
McKenna Lamp, NRSTA
Abigail Lane, NRSTA
Anaya Lawrence, NAARA and NRSTA
John McDaniel, NRSTA
Abigail Moore, NRSTA
Matthew Niles, NRSTA
Marissa Poette, NRSTA and First Generation
Eden Pope, NRSTA
Mignon Retief, NRSTA
Kathryn Rickert, NRSTA
Cooper Rose, NRSTA and First Generation
Amanda Sylvester, NRSTA
Lauren Vasiloff, NRSTA
Palmer Vining, NRSTA
John Williams, NRSTA
ETOWAH HIGH SCHOOL
Hans Avellan, NHRA
Luiza Carvalho Menezes, NHRA
Haylee Castens, First Generation
Sharhya Clarke, NAARA
Julian Hamlin, NAARA, NHRA and First Generation
Olivia Jackson, NHRA
Dean Loa, NIRA
Erick Martinez, NHRA and First Generation
Amora McClintock, NAARA
Santiago Morales Vides, NHRA
Rhys Moritz, NHRA
Peter Nguyen, First Generation
Adriel Ontibon, NHRA and First Generation
RosaMaria Ordonez, First Generation
Hayden Raffield, NHRA
Jared Riddick, NAARA
Jose Solis-Ocampo, First Generation
Hannah Todd, First Generation
Alex Tomsey, First Generation
Juliana Turner, NIRA
RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
Adrienne Beavers, First Generation
Kyriaki Chroni, First Generation
Sidney Fialdini, NHRA and First Generation
Udi Gitau, NAARA
Olivia Kennison, NHRA
Isabella Kennison, NHRA
Lillian McKamey, First Generation
Christina Nicholson, First Generation
Manuel Tombe Tamga, NAARA
SEQUOYAH HIGH SCHOOL
William Bailey, NRSTA
Taylor Bell, NRSTA
Emalee Bennett, NRSTA
Abigail Buchanan, NRSTA
Jack Coburn, NRSTA
Emma Fistel, NRSTA
Madison Gantt, NRSTA
Addison Herring, NRSTA
Andrew Hunter, NAARA and NRSTA
Sarrah Janad, NRSTA
Benoit Kanga, NAARA and NRSTA
Andrew McNeal, NRSTA
Sebastian Murillo, NHRA and NRSTA
Troy O’Sullivan, NHRA
Logan Parrott, NRSTA
Derik Pedro-Espinoza, NHRA, NRSTA and First Generation
Abigail Quezada, NHRA
Abigail Reiner, NRSTA
Kelly Rojo, NHRA, NRSTA and First Generation
Charles Smith, NRSTA
Max Swain, NRSTA
Ian Sweazey, NRSTA
Mengxi Tang, First Generation
Clara Williams, NRSTA
WOODSTOCK HIGH SCHOOL
Tyler Barbera, First Generation
Alexandra Clark, NIRA
Kaydence Edwards, NAARA
Ashley Graham, NAARA and NIRA
Ella Graziano, NAARA
Mmesomachi Igwilo, NAARA
Sebastian Lamprea, NHRA
Andrea Maldonado, NHRA and First Generation
Fidel Mukama, NAARA
Kai Schultz, NIRA
Lily Shrader, First Generation
Ana Suarez, NHRA
Kadence White, First Generation and NIRA
*Additional students may earn this honor before the end of the school year.
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