LI high school honors: Students who have won awards, scholarships and other accolades
Copiague High School senior Kemmora Simmons was named a Regeneron Science Talent Search semifinalist. Credit: Howard Schnapp
A sampling of Long Island high school students who won competitions, scholarships and other honors in the 2023-24 academic year.
Compiled by Judy Weinberg
REGENERON SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH
Finalists
$25,000
Jacob Gross, Roslyn HS
Vincent Huang, Syosset HS
Natasha Kulviwat, Jericho HS
Semifinalists
$2,000
Rebecca Bover, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Aidan Cazalet, St. Anthony’s HS, South Huntington
Alex Chen, Syosset HS
Hiuyi Cheng, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Jessica Curran, Westhampton Beach HS
Christiana Foufas, Mepham HS, North Bellmore
Benjamin Gordon, Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington
Molly Graff, Mepham HS, North Bellmore
Jacob Gross, Roslyn HS
Hon Griffin, Syosset HS
Samuel Hsu, George W. Hewlett HS
Luke Huang, Great Neck HS South
Vincent Huang, Syosset HS
Bradley Kelton, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
Syon Khatter, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS
Brandon Kim, Great Neck HS South
Natasha Kulviwat, Jericho HS
Katherine Liang, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
Brian Liu, Great Neck HS South
Katherine Lynch, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead
Sadie Muller, Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington
Christina Pan, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS
Tej Parekh, Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington
Daniela Parmigiani, St. Anthony’s HS, South Huntington
Heemali Patel, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Aayush Prakash, Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills
Ankur Raghavan, Bethpage HS
Hannah Rosenberg, Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington
Harrison Roth, Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington
Luigi Sartori, Mineola HS
Claire Schwartz, Bellmore JFK HS
Aryan Shah, Syosset HS
Kishan Shanmugananthan, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Cayden Shen, Roslyn HS
Dylan Shen, Smithtown HS East
Kemmora Simmons, Copiague HS
Samantha Stewart, Mineola HS
Victoria Tan, Jericho HS
Helen Tang, Great Neck HS South
Claire Tao, North Shore HS, Glen Head
Jack Voelker, Manhasset HS
Cole Wasserman, Bellmore JFK HS
Richard Wong, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS
Maggie Wu, Great Neck HS South
Alexander Xu, Great Neck HS South
Matt Yang, Mepham HS, North Bellmore
Michelle Yu, North Shore HS, Glen Head
Jonathan Zhang, Commack HS
Tiffany Zhang, Great Neck HS South
Shayla Zheng, Roslyn HS
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Jacob Gross of Roslyn High School was one of three high school seniors from Long Island to be named finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. Credit: Danielle Silverman
COCA-COLA SCHOLARS FOUNDATION
Scholar
$20,000
Yusef Lateef, Elmont HS
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Finalists
Detola Badmus, Fiorella H. LaGuardia HS, Elmont
Natasha Kulviwat, Jericho HS
Elaine Wang, Garden City HS
Ariana-Amanda Watson, Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Candidates
Yujay An, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
Detola Badmus, Fiorella H. LaGuardia HS, Elmont
Ana Bucevic, Garden City HS
Kirin Chan, Great Neck HS South
Amy Chen, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
Eric Chen, Earl L. Vandermeulen HS, Port Jefferson
Zhaotong Chen, St. Anthony’s HS, South Huntington
Zachary Cohen, Friends Academy HS, Locust Valley
Zixin Dou, Ross School, the Hamptons
Kylie Drakos, Cold Spring Harbor HS
Cole Goodman, Roslyn HS
Ahmed Hamdan, Plainedge HS, Massapequa
Benjamin Hasselbring, Syosset HS
Sierra Healy, Kings Park HS
Benjamin Hogan, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Connie Huang, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Vincent Huang, Syosset HS
Matthew Kang, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS
Meghan Kelly, Westhampton Beach HS
Natasha Kulviwat, Jericho HS
Maxwell Lee, Syosset HS
Weijie Jay-Li, Jericho HS
Katherine Liang, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
Ian Laurence, Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington
Lillian Lin, Great Neck HS South
Calvin Nguyen, Deer Park HS
Alyssa Pascale, Commack HS
Jordan Perlman, Jericho HS
Blesson Ren, Syosset HS
Brendan Shek, Jericho HS
Kevin Shi, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
Casey Simon, Syosset HS
Holly Simon, Portledge School, Locust Valley
Aberan Sriganesh, Syosset HS
Aman Thawan, Great Neck HS South
Brandon Tran, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS
Elaine Wang, Garden City HS
Jocelyn Wang, Jericho HS
Cole Wasserman, Bellmore JFK HS
Ariana Amanda Watson, Lawrence HS
Xiongningfan Wang, Great Neck HS North
Isabella Wu, Stony Brook, Choate Rosemary Hall (Connecticut)
Matt Yang, Mepham HS, North Bellmore
Michael Zhang, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
Wenhan Zhang, The Stony Brook School
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
Corporate-sponsored winners
$1,000-$10,000
Tanjeed Alam, East Meadow HS
Matthew Keegan, Mepham HS, North Bellmore
Yi Jun Liu, Syosset HS
Hagen Lu, Syosset HS
Syeda Nowroz, Division Avenue HS, Levittown
Max Marro, Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington
Ann Potekhin, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
Arsh Singh, Bethpage HS
Alison Tae, Jericho HS
Fiona Wong, Sanford H. Calhoun HS, Merrick
Benjamin Wu, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
Stephanie Yeh, Roslyn HS
Michael Zhang, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
$2,500
Rayan Afzal, Half Hollow Hills West HS, Dix Hills
Jack Beaudette, Hicksville HS
Anna Bloch, Portledge School, Locust Valley
Sean Chae, Jericho HS
Julia Cherchever, Garden City HS
Hannah Cho, Northport HS
Kaitlyn Choi, Jericho HS
Jack Damato, Commack HS
Darius Fan, Syosset HS
Alex Gao, Division Avenue HS, Levittown
Cole Goodman, Roslyn HS
Jacob Gross, Roslyn HS
Griffin Hon, Syosset HS
Connie Huang, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Simeon Hur, Syosset HS
Matthew Kang, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS
Maggie Li, East Meadow HS
Lillian Lin, Great Neck HS South
Sara Maltempi, Bellmore JFK HS
James Masson, Syosset HS
Jordyn Morris, Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills
James Nagler, Garden City HS
Daniel Ng, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Harrison Roth, Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington
Myra Saeed, Great Neck HS South
Jonathan Sanders, Great Neck HS North
Stasya Selizhuk, Half Hollow Hills East HS, Dix Hills
Holly Simon, Portledge School, Locust Valley
Aberam Sriganesh, Syosset HS
Emily Su, Syosset HS
Evan Sun, Jericho HS
Victoria Tan, Jericho HS
Jack Voelker, Manhasset HS
Jill Ann Wang, Great Neck HS South
Cole Wasserman, Bellmore JFK HS
Katherine Wede, Manhasset HS
Richard Wong, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS
Isabella Wu, Stony Brook, Choate Rosemary Hall (Connecticut)
Maggie Wu, Great Neck HS South
Matt Yang, Mepham HS, North Bellmore
Hanah Youn, Roslyn HS
Jonathan Zhang, Commack HS
Amber Zhou, Cold Spring Harbor HS
NYS SCHOOL MUSIC ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE
NASSAU
Instrumental Jazz
Chase Aaronson, Syosset HS
Spencer Galfunt, Syosset HS
Daniel Nidetch, George W. Hewlett HS
Liam Osborne, Mepham HS, North Bellmore
Ariel River, George W. Hewlett HS
Matthew Schneider, Bethpage HS
Eve Siff-Scherr, Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington
Thomas Stylianos, Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington
Mixed Chorus
Cooper Arbisi, Massapequa HS
Sean Beatty, Hicksville HS
Brianne Belizaire, Freeport HS
Charles Bruno, Chaminade HS, Mineola
Zachary Buxton, Lynbrook HS
Jack Ceglie, Lynbrook HS
Cody Chelune, Island Trees HS, Levittown
Davinder Chopra, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Tamara Compass Crawford, Freeport HS
Adam De Leeuw, Manhasset HS
Maria Dibello, Syosset HS
Samuel Friedmann, Great Neck North HS
Theodore Gaeta, Syosset HS
Maeve Gillespie, Garden City HS
Barbara Hogue, George W. Hewlett HS
Kelly Hon, Great Neck South HS
Raia Honig, Syosset HS
Christian Hunter, W. Tresper Clarke HS, Westbury
Sally Jamieson, Syosset HS
Daniel Karp, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS
Alyson Kingsley, Hicksville HS
Nicole Kuznetsov, George W. Hewlett HS
Anthony Lerro, Wantagh HS
Ryan Loughlin, Farmingdale HS
Arvin Mehra, Hicksville HS
Ava Monteleone, Farmingdale HS
Grace Muller, Kellenberg Memorial HS, Uniondale
Liam Mylan, Lynbrook HS
Austyn Park, Manhasset HS
Nathan Park, Great Neck South HS
Jayden Pearl, Massapequa HS
Sonia Purani, Manhasset HS
Blesson Ren, Syosset HS
Stephania Robinson, Long Beach HS
Ava Samba, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS
Madilyn Silverman, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Tristan Surajbali, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Joanna Turcinovic, Syosset HS
Viktor Vasic, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS
Margaret Zhang, Syosset HS
Symphonic Band
Dave Alavanza, East Meadow HS
Emily Brennan, Plainedge HS, Massapequa
Bernard Chan, Manhasset HS
John Ryan Chaplin, Hicksville HS
Hugh Choi, Great Neck South HS
Ryan Clarke, Baldwin HS
Michael Ducorsky, Long Beach HS
Grace Duguid, Syosset HS
Samantha Feingold, Long Beach HS
Boaz Gluck, Syosset HS
Teresa Greene, Massapequa HS
Kyle Hsieh, Syosset HS
Michael Jimenez, Mineola HS
Philip Joseph, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Benjamin Krieger, East Meadow HS
Jessica Lubell, Syosset HS
Paul Marquardt, South Side HS, Rockville Centre
Paul McKenna, Mineola HS
Elizabeth Neofitos, Plainedge HS, Massapequa
Roberto Oquendo, Gen. Douglas MacArthur HS, Levittown
Aidan O’Sullivan, W. Tresper Clarke HS, Westbury
Nathaniel Park, New Hyde Park Memorial HS
Luke Raymond, Massapequa HS
Anderson Wang, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Clayton Yu, New Hyde Park Memorial HS
Ellie Yu, Jericho HS
Symphonic Orchestra
Paul Adal, South Side HS, Rockville Centre
Austin Benedict, Massapequa HS
Alejandro Celis, Long Beach HS
Allison Cha, Division Avenue HS, Levittown
Samuel Chan, Garden City HS
Cadence Chen, Syosset HS
Keyi Chen, Long Beach HS
Kaitlyn Choi, Jericho HS
Nicole Christy, Syosset HS
Aaron Chu, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Julia Cohen, Bellmore JFK HS
Meredith Daly, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Lucas Giordano, George W. Hewlett HS
Jason Gutman, Oceanside HS
Shea Hiotidis, Farmingdale HS
Emma Hong, Syosset HS
Ayan Khazanchi, Syosset HS
Christian Kim, Manhasset HS
Dylan Kim, Great Neck South HS
Alston Leung, Great Neck South HS
Harrison Levin, North Shore HS, Glen Head
Victoria Lin, Great Neck South HS
Alexa Markowitz, East Meadow HS
Julia Murray, Kellenberg Memorial HS, Uniondale
Tinatin Narimanidze, Valley Stream Central HS
Daniel Perrino, Mineola HS
Marlon Teruel, Freeport HS
Veyd Trivedi, Syosset HS
Catalin Wong, Herricks HS, New Hyde Park
Vocal Jazz
Kieran Calderaro, Seaford HS
Owen Cashman, South Side HS, Levittown
Gavin Miller, Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington
Adrian Pereira-Jackson, Elmont Memorial HS
Robert Silverstein, Farmingdale HS
SUFFOLK
Instrumental Jazz
Ethan Benstock, Smithtown HS West
Peter Hoss, Harborfields HS, Greenlawn
Brandan Mazzullo, Sayville HS
Mixed Chorus
Maya Alexander, Rocky Point HS
Brooke Bassin, Commack HS
Marissa Beyhl, West Islip HS
Quinn Bruer, Southold Junior/Senior HS
Liva Camarata, Huntington HS
Porter Chetty, Walt Whitman HS, Huntington Station
Nicholas Cooper, East Hampton HS
Jeremy Cruz, Sachem HS North, Lake Ronkonkoma
Alexandra DeMatteo, Center Moriches HS
Rocco Ferrandino, Bay Shore HS
Beth Ganser, North Babylon HS
Ariana Glaser, Smithtown HS East
Carlee Grucci, Patchogue-Medford HS
Emma Hall, Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills
Jordan Jastrzebski, Center Moriches HS
Mackenzie Kling, Mount Sinai HS
Julia Levinson, Commack HS
Justin Lowenhar, Harborfields HS, Greenlawn
Natalie Marroquin, Connetquot HS
Teagan McGuire, West Islip HS
Jackson Mendolia, Bay Shore HS
Anastasia Moraitakis, Patchogue-Medford HS
Jessica Ochoa, Northport HS
Renee Ortiz, Rocky Point HS
Kyla O’Sullivan, Patchogue-Medford HS
Isiah Owens, William Floyd HS, Mastic Beach
Aidan Passaro, Mount Sinai HS
Andrew Rewkowski, Connetquot HS
Daniel Rubinson, Islip HS
Elijah Shin, Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills
Samuel Soric, Huntington HS
Julianna Sparacio, The Stony Brook School
Robert Tacke, Shoreham-Wading River HS
Kaydee Tullo, Longwood HS, Middle Island
Alanna Wu, The Stony Brook School
Symphonic Band
Hannah Acero-Grant, William Floyd HS, Mastic Beach
Evan Amadio, Smithtown HS East
Thales Cheng, Earl L. Vandermeulen HS, Port Jefferson
Lily Eagen, Northport HS
Alysa Feldman, Connetquot HS
Ryan Flad, East Islip HS
Maximo Flores, Bay Shore HS
Matthew Gaudio, Longwood HS, Middle Island
Ava Glick, Commack HS
Christopher Halinski, Longwood HS, Middle Island
Katherine Hochberg, Commack HS
Alexandra Kotsonis, Connetquot HS
Matthew Lasher, Smithtown HS West
Kevin Mauri, West Islip HS
Rieve Nydegger, Hampton Bays HS
Lucas Portuese, Shoreham-Wading River HS
Tori Rudnick, Center Moriches HS
Jaden Rudnicki, Sachem HS East, Lake Ronkonkoma
Nicholas Thomas, Northport HS
Skyler Valderrama, Southold Junior/Senior HS
Tyler Varlack, Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills
Tyler Walters, Smithtown HS West
Devon Welsch, Earl L. Vandermeulen HS, Port Jefferson
Matthew Werner, Kings Park HS
Symphonic Orchestra
Stephen Buff, Center Moriches HS
Grant Burns, Eastport-South Manor Junior HS
Carlo Costigliola, Patchogue-Medford HS
Vivian Gallagher, West Islip HS
Diego Garcia, Bay Shore HS
Robin Gillespie, Sachem HS North, Lake Ronkonkoma
Chloe Gullo, Commack HS
Sierra Healy, Kings Park HS
Emily Helbock, Sayville HS
Joanna Huang, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
Kevin Huang, East Islip HS
Adeline Hwang, Smithtown Christian School
Nolan Jin, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
Emma Kuegel, Bellport HS
Carter Lam, Smithtown HS East
Davin Li, Elwood-John H. Glenn HS
Eadie Liu, Deer Park HS
Silas Lobenstein, Hauppauge HS
Julian Misut, Southampton HS
Michael Nesi, Bellport HS
Killian O’Reilly, Shoreham-Wading River HS
Daniel Pipitone, West Islip HS
Jesse Roth, Patchogue-Medford HS
Mikayla Terrana, Kings Park HS
James Young, Northport HS
Vocal Jazz
Maya Drame, Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills
Isaac Kim, Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills
Oliver Mauer, Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills
Nicole Passananti, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
John Schroeder, Eastport-South Manor Junior-Senior HS
Brianna Zenaty, Ward Melville HS, East Setauket
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'Beneath the Surface': A look at the rise in shark sightings off LI shores It seems shark sightings are dominating headlines on Long Island and researchers are on a quest to find out why more sharks are showing up in Long Island waters. NewsdayTV meteorologist Rich Von Ohlen discusses how to stay safe.
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'Beneath the Surface': A look at the rise in shark sightings off LI shores It seems shark sightings are dominating headlines on Long Island and researchers are on a quest to find out why more sharks are showing up in Long Island waters. NewsdayTV meteorologist Rich Von Ohlen discusses how to stay safe.