Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Names 558 High Schoolers Semifinalists for College Scholarship
A group of 2023 Cooke Scholars pose together at last year’s Scholars Weekend convening.
Lansdowne, Virginia – Today, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced that 558 high school seniors have been named semifinalists for the highly competitive Cooke College Scholarship Program. The Cooke College Scholarship provides Scholars with the opportunity to graduate with as little debt as possible. The award, which is last dollar funding after all institutional aid, can provide as much as $55,000 per year to pursue a bachelor’s degree at any accredited undergraduate institution.
This year’s Cooke College Scholarship semifinalists were selected from the largest pool the Cooke Foundation has received to date. Applications will be reviewed once more to choose the finalists to receive the scholarship. The 2024 Cooke College Scholarship recipients will be announced in April.
“We are awed by the breadth and depth of applications we received this year; there are so many talented students across the country, and we’re honored to have the opportunity to recognize their hard work,” said Executive Director Seppy Basili. “These students experienced tremendous challenges due to COVID at the outset of their high school careers which makes their accomplishments even more impressive.”
Students applied from all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and Virgin Islands — representing more than 3,800 different high schools. A list of the semifinalists can be found below.
Cooke College Scholars are selected based on exceptional academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, service to others, and leadership. Students must be current high school seniors residing in the United States. Scholarships are awarded without respect to religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, geographic region, race or ethnicity. Learn more about the College Scholarship Program here and sign up to be notified when the next application opens in fall 2024.
Alabama
Isaac Alba – Enterprise High School
Ramatou Diakite – Pinson Valley High School
Emily Huang – Fayette County High School
Theresa Nguyen – Chelsea High School
Alaska
Royal Chukwuka – West Anchorage High School
Arizona
Aubrey Billups – Basha High School
Letom Kpea – Buckeye Union High Schoo
Landyn Kropp – Arizona Connections Academ
Maddox McShane – Phoenix Union Bioscience High School
Pamela Rodriguez – Chandler High School
Odree Uwancunguye – Cesar Chavez High School
Frankois Valdez – Desert View High School
Arkansas
Laura Avila – Fayetteville Senior High School
Jerry Igweh – Little Rock Christian Academy
Tianxin Li – Haas Hall Academy
California
Aneesa Ali – Canyon Crest Academy
Arianna Amezcua – South El Monte High School
Z’haria Anderson – Encinal High School
Alexis Ayala-Ochoa – Gonzales High School
Synaia Bolen-Holt – Woodrow Wilson High School
Camilo Duarte – Lifeline Education Charter School
Juan Fregoso – Nogales High School
Kyah Gaines – Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Rita Gerges – Royal High School
Shem Haile – Leuzinger High School
Carla Hau – San Gabriel High School
Joel Hernandez – Benjamin Franklin High School
Liliana Hidalgo – North Hollywood High School
Kevin Kim – Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies
Alex Lam-Tang – Rancho Alamitos High School
Alex Lee – Harvard-Westlake School
Hyunwoo Lee – William Howard Taft High School
Mia Lee – Northwood High School
Jeffrey Leung – Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Jake Li – Troy High School
Andy Lyek – Johansen High School
Nishia McCain – Middle College High School
Isaac Mendoza – Clovis High School
Gabriela Niño Herrera – Valley Region High School
Kevin Ortiz – Clovis East High School
Melanie Ovalle – Chula Vista Learning Community Charter High School
Dhruv Patel – Rancho Bernardo High School
Arynn Patton – Middle College High School
Andraye Terell Salazar – El Camino Real Charter High School
Anthony Sarceno – Harbor Teacher Preparatory Academy
Simone Smith – Quincy Junior Senior High School
Tito Solomon – Lincoln High School
Reyaz Abdullah Sultani – Grant High School
Mark Tian – Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Pengyue Tian – Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Ty Torres – Birmingham High School
Dolphin Tran – Rock Academy
Nashla Turcios – New West Charter School
Joziah Uribe-Lopez – Gonzales High School
Colorado
Rayan Elhanan – The Denver School of Science and Technology
Cece Houseweart – North Fork High School
Muhammad Javed Paktinyar – South High School
Caleb Seward – Aspen High School
Grace White-Sandlin – Durango High School
Mahnaz Zahedi – KIPP Denver Northeast Leadership Academy
Connecticut
Petr Berlizov – The Hotchkiss School
Anthony Deras – Trumbull High School
Marcelo Deras – Trumbull High School
Em Ploss – Joel Barlow High School
Jessica Santos – Frank S Bunnell High School
Aaron Tiong – Litchfield High School
Michelle Wilson – Hartford Public High School
Delaware
Maddie Miller – Wilmington Friends School
Daniel Song – Polytech High School of Kent County
District of Columbia
Nardos Getachew – Columbia Heights Education Campus
London Haynie – Bard High School Early College DC
Jennifer Ramirez Aparicio – Roosevelt High School
Precious Ramonu – KIPP DC: College Preparatory
Jordan Rouse – Friendship Public Charter School: Collegiate Academy
Florida
Allan An – F W Springstead High School
Hadi Basil – Ridgeview High School
Freddy Bautista-Molina – International Baccalaureate School
Melissa Bermudez – American Heritage School Plantation
Myles Brown – F W Springstead High School
Juan Caicedo – Leto Comprehensive High School
Jazzlynn Cassady – Lake Wales High School
Hsuan Chang – North Bay Haven Career Academy
Jamara Chery – MAST at FIU Biscayne Bay Campus
Marlone Davermann – School for Advanced Studies Homestead
Lesly Delgado – School for Advanced Studies – North
Mykayla Graham – Booker High School
Santiago Giraldo – Coral Gables Senior High School
Darius Green – Berkeley Preparatory School
Aidan Griffin – Indian Rocks Christian School
Sellome Haile – Academy of the Holy Names High School
Aliciana Harvey-Lopez – Pine View School
Mya LaMarr – Berkeley Preparatory School
Ty Lipscomb – River City Science Academy: Beach Campus
Cynthia Medina – Braden River High School
Sarah Morales – School for Advanced Studies Homestead
Jaden Natividad – Saint Thomas Aquinas High School
Tuyen Nguyen – Saint Petersburg Senior High School
Carlos Nunez-Sosa – East River High School
Martin Palencia-Gomez – North Broward Preparatory School
Sophia Pasciotty – Treasure Coast High School
Timoteo Quinteros Hofkamp – Palm Beach Central High School
Christopher Raphael – Sheridan Technical High School
Marilin Recinos – Lehigh Senior High School
Jhennelle Reid – Winter Springs High School
Brianna Ricardo – College Academy at Broward Community College
Evelina Rolfe – Fleming Island High School
Maria Rueda – Immokalee High School
Johane Saintil – Lorenzo Walker Technical High School
Halle Saldivia – Osceola County School for the Arts
Amaiya Samuel – American Heritage School Plantation
Kaylee Sanchez – Manatee High School
Alexis Sapp – Evans High School
Woodnie Sauveur – Atlantic Community High School
Valeria Segura Mejias – West Orange High School
Nick Shikano – Dr Phillips High School
Alain Soto – School for Advanced Studies – South
Kenny Stephen – South Technical Education Center
Rena Wang – Saint Andrew’s School
Capri Wayne – Alexander W Dreyfoos School Of The Arts
Syriah Williams – Eustis High School
Rachel Xu – Eastside High School
Georgia
Sophia Ahn – Seckinger High School
Anaiia Carter – Robert L Osborne High School
Oswin Cervantes – Paul Duke Stem High School
Madisyn Dennis – Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology
Jorden Edens – Woodland High School
Orit Endalk – Archer High School
Allen Garcia – Berkmar High School
Larkspur John – Shiloh High School
Quavion Jones – Riverwood International Charter School
Anna Kirk – DeKalb School of the Arts
Camila Luna – Meadowcreek High School
August Mobley – Columbus High School
Allyson Muller – Gilmer High School
Praise Oladiti – Brookwood High School
Victor Osele – Discovery High School
Kayla Raines – Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts
Mauricio Restrepo – Gwinnett School of Mathematics Science and Technology
Jordan Shealey – Denmark High School
Emerson Shi – Creekview High School
Kiersten Smith – Baldwin High School
Natalee Suggs – Lovejoy High School
Alejandro Valencia – Coffee High School
Samuel Woldegiorgis – Decatur High School
Leo Zeng – Riverside Military Academy
Guam
Destiny Paige Tumbucon – Tiyan High School
Hawaii
Maile-Lei Ji – Kealakehe High School
Edyn-Raquel Nakaahiki – Kauai High School
Idaho
Clay Koessler – Timberline High School
Jyoti Shrestha – Timberline High School
Illinois
Ishba Aftab – Chicago Mathematics and Science Academy
Shadan Al Zuhairi – Wheaton Warrenville South High School
Doanh Bao – Stephen T Mather High School
Waleed Binmahfooz – Glenbard East High School
Kenneth Bonto – Harry D Jacobs High School
Pablo Bravo – Prosser Vocational Academic Preparatory Center
Sophia Cabrera – West Leyden High School
Brian Campoverde – Francis W Parker School
Yailine Cano – Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center
Amy Chen – Hinsdale Central High School
Gerald Davis – Providence-Saint Mel High School
David Dickson – Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Miranda Dunford – Kenwood Academy
Tanner Egbert – La Salle-Peru High School
Ibilola Fasogbon – Theodore Roosevelt High School
Harrison Hunt – Adlai E Stevenson High School
Hannah Kolakowski – Elgin High School
Bobo Lin – Jones College Preparatory
Qianya Lin – Walter Payton College Preparatory High School
Miranda Mendez – Walter Payton College Preparatory High School
Lupe Miranda – DeVry Advantage Academy
Frida Mora Garcia – Plainfield East High School
Betrand Ngong – Glenbard West High School
Mateo Noguera Montoya – Wheaton Academy
Leonardo Orbea – Oak Lawn Community High School
Shirin Patel – Lane Technical High School
Tomas Ramirez – George Washington High School
Diana Roman – Noble Academy
Adi Rosas – Avila – Lane Technical High School
Iyanuoluwa Shonukan – Dundee-Crown High School
Madison Thompson – Hansberry College Preparatory
Nashra Younus – Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Indiana
Salah Ali – Elkhart Memorial High School
Jalyn Brannon – Munster High School
Haydan Gabbard – Cascade High School
Brendan Grubbs – Lapel Senior High School
Austin Guerrero – Boone Grove High School
Johnny Jimenez – The Culver Academies
Bruki Kassahun – Covenant Christian High School
Feranmi Kolawole Kolawole – Ben Davis University High School
Leonardo Olivares – Ben Davis High School
Avery Phillips – North High School
Zyden Pittman – Shenandoah High School
Oscar Quijada – Marian High School
Jetzabel Rivera-Lopez – Lawrence North High School
Emily Rudolph – New Tech Institute: Academies of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Leadership
Iowa
Siomara Luna-Garcia – Iowa City West High School
Olivia Marti – Waukon High School
Tommy Ngo – Urbandale High School
Saw Gee Dow Sow – North High School
Cody Whittaker – Burlington Community High School
Kansas
Sandra Vazquez Ulloa – Wichita High School North
Kentucky
Owen Cody – Mccracken County High School
Macy Germanis – Franklin-Simpson High School
Pranjal Sharma – Ballard High School
Louisiana
Joseph Davenport – Living School
Ahmed Elgamel – Lafayette High School
Chioma Onyemara – KIPP Renaissance High School at Frederick A Douglass High School
Sianna Paddie – Denham Springs Senior High School
Tom Wang – Caddo Parish Magnet High School
Maine
Kayley Lin – Marshwood High School
Maryland
Mariel Arevalo Ballon – Wheaton High School
Ayodele Ayoola – Western School for Technology and Environmental Science
Kaitlyn Bassford – La Plata High School
Gabriel Diaz – Wheaton High School
Melat Ghebreselassie – Springbrook High School
Ayat Hasan – Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Jehan Idsassi – Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Caylah Jones – Western School for Technology and Environmental Science
Beatrice Koffi – Henry E Lackey High School
Michelle Law – Western High School
Oumou Sall – Western High School
Rahwa Tesfay – Wheaton High School
Van Tran – Easton High School
Shantay Williamson – Western High School
Eric Zheng – Marriotts Ridge High School
Massachusetts
Avery Carr – Monument Mountain Regional High School
Ethan Casey – Shepherd Hill Regional High School
Nairobi Cepeda Fajardo – Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
Sierra Cotton – High School Of Commerce
Miguel Gomez – Roxbury Preparatory High School
Marie Kasongo – MATCH Charter Public High School
Santana Khan – Homeschool
Joanna Lin – Boston Latin School
Susan Luong – University Park Campus School
Htoo Naung – CATS Academy Boston
Uyen Nguyen – Boston Latin School
Amel Nurhussien – Worcester Technical High School
Farhiya Omar – Charlestown High School
Donachy Opont – Community Charter School of Cambridge
Tatiana Restrepo – Holyoke High School
Jamesna Sainvil – High School Of Commerce
Abdulhaleef Sotunbo – John D O’Bryant School of Math and Science
Rebecca St. Paul – Boston Latin Academy
Thalia Williams – High School of Commerce
Blessing Wisdomgold – Leominster High School
Michigan
Panna Akter – Hamtramck High School
Nabaa Al-Yasseri – Star International Academy
Hannah Cena – Holt High School
Aliyah Evans – Skyline High School
Rawan Fakih – Fordson High School
Siam Hossain – Cass Technical High School
Cesar Maya – Cass Technical High School
Isabella Mei – Adlai E Stevenson High School
Maite Reyes De La Cruz – Southwest High School
Ali Slim – Crestwood High School
Khaled Taifour – East Lansing High School
Olivia Thompkins – Holt High School
Rokhyatou Toure – University High School Academy
Minnesota
Elizabeth Alene – Highland Park Senior High School
Isai Alvarez – Shakopee Senior High School
Brant Bueno Fajardo – Columbia Heights High School
Naima Sheikh-Mohamed – Roseville Area High School
Mississippi
Noah Lee – Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science
Missouri
Angel Becerra – Rockhurst High School
Aleksandar Marinkovic – Fort Zumwalt South High School
Montana
Heaven Diaz-Morgieau – Saint Ignatius High School
Nebraska
Kee Copeland – Benson High School
Amelia-Michelle Forlemu – Lincoln Southeast High School
Nevada
Jacob Arrazola – Valley High School
Allyson Trump – Silverado High School
Zihan Wang – Coronado High School
New Hampshire
Ayaan Akhtar – Phillips Exeter Academy
Jen Guo – Keene High School
Katherine Guo – Keene High School
Delilah Smock – Gilford High School
New Jersey
Jeffrey Abdurakhmanov – Elizabeth High School
Kayla Cheng – Tenafly High School
Kathleen Chung – Ridgefield Memorial High School
Valeria De La Cruz – Union City High School
Guerna Demosthene – North Star Academy Charter School of Newark
Joshua Dos Santos – Dwight Morrow High School
Priscilla George – Clifton High School
Sofiia Goncharuk – West Morris Central High School
Ava Gonzalez – Lyndhurst High School
Aidan La France – Williamstown High School
Alisona Le – Bergen County Academies
Abdullah Mohit – Highland Regional High School
Emiliano Mucka – Garfield High School
Amira Mustafa – Clifton High School
Yuga Patel – McNair Academic High School
Ashley Pavlovsky – Colts Neck High School
Brialis Phan – Toms River High School North
Daejah Purnell – Triton Regional High School
James Ramundo – Cliffside Park High School
Timothy Schwarcz – Montgomery High School
Celina Shao – Old Bridge High School
Greiky Suriel – William L Dickinson High School
Breanna Thompson – East Orange STEM Academy
New York
Begad Abouelnaga – Beacon School
Sunya Afrasiabi – Williamsville High School North
Umar Ahmed – Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School
Raghad Alakoub – East Syracuse-Minoa Central High School
Kenzy Amin – Academy of American Studies
Marlei Armstrong – Falconer Middle-High School
Christian Auguste – Uniondale High School
Zenab Bakayoko – Stephen T Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School
Mekhi Barnett – Hillcrest High School
Rabbia Batool – Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice
Robert Bernhardt – Regis High School
Colleen Burbridge – Suffern High School
Ryan Cabrera – Garden School
Juzette Claire Celis – Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy International High School
JJ Cham – Bronx Lab School
Rachel Chan – Townsend Harris High School
Qiyue Chen – Francis Lewis High School
Yeranny De La Cruz – Nuasin Next Generation Charter School
Catalina Echavarria – Suffern High School
Mariem Elmahy – Bard High School Early College II
Orhan Eski – Port Chester High School
Perla Fernandez – Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice
Jude Hare – Hilton Central High School
Marianna Hodgins – Palmyra Macedon High School
Aemen Iqbal – Babylon Junior-Senior High School
Cindy Jiang – High School of American Studies
Jayden Johnstone – Hunter College High School
Nicole Julia – High School for Health Professions and Human Services
Shinyoung Kang – Bronx High School of Science
Sanji Kegiarikov – James Madison High School
Serena Kesha – Marymount School
Maggie Li – East Meadow High School
Camille Lin – Townsend Harris High School
Jiaqi Lin – New Utrecht High School
Kyler Lin – Queens Metropolitan High School
Abrar Mahmoud – Tottenville High School
Tasneem Meem – Bronx High School of Science
Emily Munoz – Harry S Truman High School
Md Rahman – Uncommon Preparatory Charter High School
Kelsey Robinson – Saint Johns Preparatory
Yuliana Rossi – New York City Museum School
Ruth-shamard Thomas – Uncommon Preparatory Charter High School
Richie Tran – Clarkstown High School South
Ley Valeus – High School For Public Service
Izabella Vargas-Laine – Oceanside High School
Alice Wang – Tottenville High School
Isabella Watson – Nazareth Regional High School
Jacklin Xie – Brooklyn Technical High School
Hanni Yang – Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria
Amy Zhu – Staten Island Technical High School
North Carolina
Joshuah Argueta – Rowan County Early College
Aiden Bryant – Columbia High School
Josue Cadena – Wallace Rose Hill High School
Chloe-ann Detwiler – Wake Early College of Health and Sciences: North Campus
Norhan Elshamshery – Yadkin Early College High School
Jose Espinoza Ambrosio – Montgomery County Early College
Ashleigh Grieves – Brevard Senior High School
Emmanuel Hernandez Castaneda – Jordan Matthews High School
Marie Hostak – Providence Grove High School
Cassie Jay – Person High School
Lilly Kohout – Chapel Hill High School
Oscar Lin – Edgecombe Early College High School
Caroline McLeod – North Wake College And Career Academy
Maira Mendez Claudio – East Wake High School
Sophie Miller – North Carolina School Of Science & Maths Morganton
Laci Morefield – South Stokes High School
Layna Nixon – Heide Trask High School
Daisy Pace – Homeschool
Jasmine Polk – Anson County Early College
Carolina Ramirez-Contreras – Triton High School
Dyiamon Robinson – East Bladen High School
Ta’Marion Scott – Hillside High School
Marwa Sharib – STEM Early College at North Carolina A&T
Spencer Stott – Merancas Middle College High School
Eduardo Vargas – Montgomery County Early College
Merry Wang – North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Ayauna Williams – Hoke County High School
Taylor Wynn – Northside High School
Liang Zhu – Onslow Early College High School
North Dakota
Nicole Kusi Appiah – Williston High School
Ohio
Liam Chadwick – Arcanum High School
Edmund Dyer-Essig – Toledo Technology Academy
Isabella Green – Hawken School
Ali Haleem – Springfield High School
Anthony Jackman – Stephen T Badin High School
Said Juhar – Finneytown High School
Karuna Karki – Reynoldsburg High School
Abid Khan – Ada High School
Hannah Mock – Northwest Ohio Classical Academy
Eric Robinson – Jackson High School
Emma Snyder – Fort Frye High School
Allison Spencer – Northwest High School
Lara Teri-Lyimo – New Albany High School
Zion Walker – Pickerington High School Central
Oklahoma
Brietta Chen – Classen School of Advanced Studies
Valeria González Padilla – Stillwater High School
Wendy Hernnadez – Tulsa Honor Academy High School
Lexy Poyner – Davis High School
Morgandee Sawatzky – Arapaho-Butler Public Schools
Oregon
Emerson Carella – Wilson Hill Academy
Kim Cortes-Martinez – Gresham High School
Justin Gurkin – Reynolds High School
Andrea Nguyen – David Douglas High School
Katrina Nguyen – David Douglas High School
Ananda O’Neill – Ashland High School
Fartun Said – American High School Skopje
Pennsylvania
Diane Arias Tejeda – MMI Preparatory School
Sofiia Berestetska – Merion Mercy Academy
Dane Brumbach – Carlisle High School
Yori Candidi – Central High School
Bao Chau – Central High School
Stephen Chuwan – Thomas Jefferson High School
Grace Daja – Liberty High School
Rayan Hansali – Upper Darby High School
Janiah Knouse – Littlestown Senior High School
Dorothy Liu – Exeter Township Senior High School
Savannah Lockwood – Dunmore Junior-Senior High School
Anais Ortiz Garcia – Kensington Health Sciences Academy
Bella Romeo – Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts
Somaia Sultana – Science Leadership Academy at Beeber
Micah Wood – Homeschool
Puerto Rico
Wilmar Galvez Alfonso – Benito Cerezo Vazquez High School
Rhode Island
Kayla Ramos – Saint Raphael Academy
Benjamin Rodríguez – Mount Pleasant High School
South Carolina
Keren Collins – Academic Magnet High School
Dre’Shon Jackson – Wilson High School
Alexavier Moore – North Augusta High School
Brittney Nguyen – Wade Hampton High School
Michaela Purdie – Union County High School
Sanders Rogers – Greenwood High School
Lucas Roman – Mauldin High School
Jade Sabillon – Beaufort High School
Jena Saleh – Spring Valley High School
Asia Shrestha – Summerville High School
Tristan Yi – Union County High School
Elissa Zamrik – North Myrtle Beach High School
South Dakota
Lauren Murphy – West Central High School
Tennessee
Ethan Allen – Franklin Christian Academy
Liannet Bergantino – Intrepid Prep-Independence Academy
Kidus Habtamu – Stewarts Creek High School
Liana Markos – White Station High School
Caden McMahan – Ooltewah High School
Gabby Meguiar – White House High School
Jacqueline Nguyen – Hillwood Comprehensive High School
Sho Toyooka – Loretto High School
Texas
Olutobi Adeyeri – Carnegie Vanguard High School
Liza Akpoli – Cesar E Chavez High School
Ruby Aleman-Rojas – KIPP Houston High School
Nathan Araya – Hebron High School
Haala Bhatti – Harmony School of Advancement
Abelardo Calderon – Idea Tres Lagos College Preparatory
David Coll Leon – Dayton High School
Erika Corona – East Early College High School
Marleny Diaz – International Leadership Texas Windmill Lakes-Orem High School
Michelle Do – Harmony School of Innovation – Sugar Land
Brandon Dunavant – Winnsboro High School
Pascal Gashe – Willowridge High School
Lola Giwa – High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Regina Gonzalez – Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep
Gabriel Guthua – North Forney High School
Jaelyn Hardaway – Antonian College Preparatory High School
Wade Hatfield – Klein Collins High School
Eduardo Hernandez – High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Pablo Hernandez – Ranchview High School
Nhung Huynh – Elsik High School
Holy Kankolongo – Saginaw High School
Seyma Kilic – Theodore Roosevelt High School
Andrew Kim – Allen High School
Jyotsana Lamsal – Byron Nelson High School
Avril Lara Lozano – W H Adamson High School
Luiz Marquez – West Oso High School
Elaine Masenda – International Leadership Of Texas Keller High School
Addison McKenna Goncalo – Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School
Fernanda Melendez Aleman – Harts Bluff Early College High School
Hamza Mohammed – Harmony School of Business
Jocelyn Moreno – Edcouch Elsa High School
Samantha Mujica – Lytle High School
Lindsey Nguyen – Mansfield Summit High School
Chikasi Nwachukwu – Harmony Science Academy – Garland
Neel Patel – Wagner High School
Kevin Pham – Carnegie Vanguard High School
Brigette Radilla – IDEA Academy and College Preparatory: Mission
Mauricio Ramos – L C Anderson High School
Rebecca Reyna – Nikki Rowe High School
Nicolas Rios – Edcouch Elsa High School
Angel Rivas – Captain John L Chapin High School
Ava Schreier – Theodore Roosevelt High School
Saeed Sharifi – Heritage High School
Zoya Siddiqui – Glenda Dawson High School
Dean Thai – I H Kempner High School
Johnique Thomas – Manor Early College High School
Hoang Anh Tran – Village High School
Joaquin Vela – Kingwood High School
Phuong Vu – Kerr High School
Walker Whitcomb – Memorial Senior High School
Elisa Zapata – Lyndon B Johnson High School
Utah
Nicolle Cama Rivera – American Preparatory Academy Accelerated School
Izry Garcia-Medina – Timpview High School
Vermont
Analia Cannon Bajek – Vermont Commons School
Virginia
Esam Abdelaziz – Wakefield High School
Muzammal Ahmed – Centreville High School
Owen Bales – Richlands High School
Husna Basiri – Annandale High School
Lenayah Beasley – Orange County High School
Emily Bravo-Rodriguez – George Washington High School
Charlotte Buzzard – Tallwood High School
Abigail Daniel – Centreville High School
Amen Fessha – James W Robinson Junior Secondary School
Damani Grayson – Cristo Rey Richmond High School
Saeema Habibzai – Freedom High School
Julia LaFountaine – Princess Anne High School
Royale Langhorne – Hermitage High School
Aaron Lin – Woodside High School
Elroe Midekssa – Thomas A Edison High School
Katelyn Miller – Loudoun Valley High School
Joan Murillo – Washington-Liberty High School
Andy Quach – Douglas S Freeman High School
Mohammad Rahman – Justice High School
Kyle Ryu – James W Robinson Junior Secondary School
Abi Santos – Gar-Field High School
Cameron Sasser – Tallwood High School
Nicole Talledo – Washington-Liberty High School
Edina Tedros – Justice High School
Sastha Tripathi – Douglas S Freeman High School
William Vo – CodeRVA Regional High School
Washington
Varun Atraya – Bellevue Big Picture School
Ayla Crowell – Camas High School
Paulina Gutierrez Naranjo – Okanogan High School
Fenet Guyassa – Bonney Lake High School
Emily Helms – Auburn High School
Hannah McDunnah – Tahoma Senior High School
Andy Mejia – Lincoln High School
Hikma Omer – Lincoln High School
Destiny Su – Franklin High School
Ebunoulwa Tokunbo – Auburn Mountainview High School
Mai Tran – Annie Wright School
West Virginia
Kamrie-lyn Alder – Spring Mills High School
Roberto Aparicio – Barbara Ingram School for the Arts
Kaya Toler – Winfield High School
Wisconsin
Paula Carmela Andres – Preble High School
Tina Davis-Pittman – East High School
Will Jepsen – Marshfield High School
Makiah Marson – Muskego High School
Iskander Rzaev – West High School
Twenty-four additional Cooke College Scholar Semifinalists did not opt into publicity.
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