Uncategorized | 01/26/2015

By: Lauren O'Brien

2015 Regional Finalists

ALABAMA
John	Hill	Cherokee County High School	Centre	AL

ARIZONA
Meagan	Bethel	Tucson Magnet High School	Tucson	AZ
Anvita	Gupta	Basis Scottsdale Charter School	Scottsdale	AZ
Shrey	Gupta	Basis Scottsdale Charter School	Scottsdale	AZ
Joley	Hamilton	Morenci High School	Morenci	AZ
Alondra	Sanchez	Franklin Police & Fire High School	Phoenix	AZ
Alex	Stoken	Mountain Pointe High School	Tempe	AZ

CALIFORNIA
Shruti	Aggarwal	Oak Park High School	Oak Park	CA
Benjamin	Beltran	Nevada Union High School	Nevada City	CA
Riley	Beres	054055	San Pedro	CA
Liesl	Eibschutz	San Luis Obispo High School	San Luis Obispo	CA
Teresa	Gaspar	El Camino High School	Oceanside	CA
William	Hang	Scripps Ranch High School	San Diego	CA
Joy	Jin	Henry M Gunn Sr High School	Palo Alto	CA
Karen	Malacon	Gretchen Whitney High School	Cerritos	CA
Abhishek	Mangla	Saint Francis High School	Santa Clara	CA
Guy	McEleney	Huntington Beach High School	Long Beach	CA
Grace	O'Brien	Tesoro High School	Rancho Santa Margarita	CA
Joseph	Orosco	Pomona High School	Pomona	CA
Anant	Pai	Redlands High School	Redlands	CA
Oliver	Piltch	San Marcos High School	Santa Barbara	CA
Marc	Robert Wong	French American International School	San Francisco	CA
Alap	Sahoo	Stockdale High School	Bakersfield	CA
O'Brian	Santos	South Gate Senior High School	South Gate	CA
Kathleen	Schwind	Arroyo Grande High School	Arroyo Grande	CA
Scott	Silva	Napa High School	Napa	CA
Lisa	Sobajian	Venice High School	Los Angeles	CA
Netta	Wang	Aragon High School	San Mateo	CA
Ji Whan	Yoon	Oxford Academy	Cypress	CA
Hugh	Zhang	Valley Christian High School	San Jose	CA
Sophie	Zhang	San Ramon Valley High School	Concord	CA
Ted	Zhu	Walnut High School	Diamond Bar	CA

COLORADO
Michael	Anthony	Smoky Hill High School	Aurora	CO
Madelyn	Bollig	Fort Collins High School	Fort Collins	CO
McKenzie	Cook	Eaglecrest High School	Centennial	CO
Daniel	Kwon	Bear Creek High School	Lakewood	CO
Amy	Lightfoot	Rampart High School	Colorado Springs	CO
Tiana	Menon	Palisade Senior High School	Grand Junction	CO
Zaria	Noble	Kent Denver School	Denver	CO
Sydney	Oswald	South High School	Denver	CO
Suraj	Renganathan	Fort Collins High School	Fort Collins	CO

CONNECTICUT
Grace	Mazzarella	East Catholic High School	Tolland	CT
Jeffrey	Noonan	Bacon Academy	Colchester	CT
YooJin	Yoon	Hamden High School	Hamden	CT

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sydney	Kamen	Georgetown Day High School	Washington	DC
Dayzia	Terry	Episcopal High School	Washington	DC

DELAWARE
Hannah	Cho	Charter School of Wilmington	Bear	DE

FLORIDA
Leila	Abdelrahman	Coral Reef High School	Miami	FL
Jude	Alawa	American Heritage School Plantation	Miami	FL
Esha	Bansal	Phillips Academy	Indialantic	FL
Ernest	Barral	Belen Jesuit Preparatory School	Miami	FL
Sarah	Curtis	Olympic Heights Community HS	Boca Raton	FL
Kimberly	Foreiter	Dr. Michael M. Krop Sr. HS	North Miami Beach	FL
Namita	Khajanchi	Miami Coral Park Sr High Sch	Miami	FL
Stephanie	Levine	Miami Palmetto Sr High School	Pinecrest	FL
Lauren	Maunus	South Fork High School	Palm City	FL
Shelbi	McCall	Dixie County High School	Mayo	FL
Belen	Mella	Miami Beach Senior High School	Sunny Isles Beach	FL
Daniela	Michanie	Dr. Michael M. Krop Sr. HS	Miami	FL
Cindy	Rajkumar	Ocoee High School	Ocoee	FL
Dan	Sicorsky	Dr. Michael M. Krop Sr. HS	Aventura	FL
Samuel	Vilchez	Colonial High School	Orlando	FL

GEORGIA
Amadou	Bah	Best Academy High School at Benjamin S Carson	Atlanta	GA
Kawther	Berhanu	South Gwinnett High School	Snellville	GA
Tristan	Gaskins	Jackson Co Comprehensive HS	Jefferson	GA
Carlan	Ivey	Rockdale County High School	Conyers	GA
Bashel	Lewis	Booker T Washington High School	Atlanta	GA
Paul	Serrato	Apalachee High School	Winder	GA
Aditya	Sood	Alpharetta High School	Alpharetta	GA
Austin	Wang	George Walton Comp High School	Marietta	GA
Ha Yun	Yoon	Johns Creek High School	Johns Creek	GA

HAWAII
Sarah	Jenkins	Molokai High Intermediate School	Kaunakakai	HI

IDAHO
Samuel	Cahoon	Kimberly High School	Twin Falls	ID
Wilson	Guo	Moscow Senior High School	Moscow	ID
Kathryn	Simonds	Timberline High School	Boise	ID

ILLINOIS
Sabrina	Aponte	Lane Technical High School	Chicago	IL
Taylor	Arends	Oak Park & River Forest HS	River Forest	IL
Calvin	Chu	Waubonsie Valley High School	Naperville	IL
Siqi	Liu	Naperville Central High School	Naperville	IL
Graham	Novak	Naperville North High School	Naperville	IL
Janki	Patel	Bartlett High School	West Chicago	IL
Anika	Rangianani	Lyons Township High School	Burr Ridge	IL
Devyn	Rigsby	Northside College Prep High School	Chicago	IL
Bushra	Shahid	Uplift Community School	Chicago	IL
Allen	Wang	Adlai E Stevenson High School	Buffalo Grove	IL

INDIANA
Daniel	Alber	Penn High School	Granger	IN
Justin	Garrard	Lebanon High School	Lebanon	IN
Joseph	Hurlocker	Kokomo High School So Campus	Kokomo	IN
Anika	Nishat	Lawrence North High School	Indianapolis	IN
Kaveet	Pandya	Center Grove High School	Greenwood	IN
Sarah	Rominger	New Palestine High School	New Palestine	IN
Shanze	Tahir	Zionsville Community School	Zionsville	IN
Erin	Thomas	Culver Educational Foundation	Culver	IN
Laan	Yeung	West Lafayette Jr-Sr High School	West Lafayette	IN

IOWA
Rachel	Kim	Ames High School	Ames	IA
Macy	Marek	Washington High School	Riverside	IA
Taylor	Wagner	Harlan Community High School	Harlan	IA

KANSAS
Samantha	Botros		Wichita	KS
Clara	Ma	Shawnee Mission East High School	Lenexa	KS
Shyam	Narayanan	Blue Valley West High School	Overland Park	KS
Matthew	Parodi	Louisburg High School	Louisburg	KS
Cooper	Yerby	Olathe North High School	Overland Park	KS

KENTUCKY
Jiningnan	Chen	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	Lexington	KY
Breanna	Crump	Montgomery County High School	Carlisle	KY
Seth	Drake	Montgomery County High School	Mount Sterling	KY
Ellen	Kendall	Notre Dame Academy	Ft. Mitchell	KY
Ye	Ma	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	Lexington	KY
Mark	Payton	Eminence School	Smithfield	KY
Morgan	Stephens	Fleming County High School	Ewing	KY
Eric	Xiong	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	Lexington	KY

LOUISIANA
Mason	Pearcy	Pope John Paul Ii High School	Slidell	LA

MAINE
Jared	Michaud	Community High School	Fort Kent	ME

MARYLAND
Jack	Andraka	North County High School	Crownsville	MD
Patrick	Cha	Bethesda Chevy Chase High School	Chevy Chase	MD
Athena	Kan	River Hill High School	Clarksville	MD
Meena	Sengottuvelu	River Hill High School	Clarksville	MD

MASSACHUSSETS
Trisha	Bhatia	Mount Saint Charles Academy	Bellingham	MA
Matthew	Cappucci	Sturgis Charter Public School	Plymouth	MA
Edith	Otabil	Burncoat Senior High School	Worcester	MA
Matthew	Salit	Seekonk High School	Seekonk	MA
Nikhil	Thakkar	Burlington High School	Burlington	MA

MICHIGAN
Asylah	Alghazali	Edsel B Ford High School	Dearborn	MI
Ashi	Arora	Novi High School	Novi	MI
Ryan	Comrie	Owosso High School	Owosso	MI
Curtis	Hsu	Athens High School	Troy	MI
Rebecca	Richards	Port Huron Northern High School	Fort Gratiot	MI
Michael	Shao	Detroit Country Day School	Northville	MI

MINNESOTA
Gavin	Becker	Nevis High School	Nevis	MN
Janice	Guallpa	Columbia Heights High School	Roseville	MN
Marissa	Kunerth	Fulda High School	Brewster	MN
Emily	Matlack	Carlton High School	Carlton	MN

MISSOURI
Chelsey	Henry	Neosho Senior High School	Neosho	MO
Jackson	Roberts	Rockhurst High School	Kansas City	MO
James	Sykes		Saint Louis	MO
Meredith	Waites	Glendale High School	Springfield	MO

MONTANA
Trevor	House	Lone Peak High School	Gallatin Gateway	MT

NEBRASKA
Tymber	Long	Lincoln Southeast High School	Lincoln	NE

NEVADA
Ayleen	Perry	Canyon Springs High School	Las Vegas	NV

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Samarth	Desai	Nashua High School South Campus	Nashua	NH

NEW JERSEY
Leah	Cabo	Woodstown High School	Woodstown	NJ
Austin	Verissimo	East Side High School	Newark	NJ

NEW MEXICO
Esteban	Abeyta	Los Alamos High School	Espanola	NM
Raina	Wellman	Academy of Trades & Technology Charter High School	Santa Fe	NM

NEW YORK
Daniel	Brioso	West Hempstead Sr HS	West Hempstead	NY
Erika	Cabrera	Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School	Bronx	NY
Mitashee	Das	Hunter College High School	Bronx	NY
Tyler	Fenton	Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS	Plainview	NY
Raina	Kadavil	White Plains High School	White Plains	NY
Zachary	Marcone	Kings Park High School	Fort Salonga	NY
Luigi	Olinto	Somers High School	Baldwin Place	NY
Brook	Peters	Gramercy Arts High School	New York	NY
Akshay	Ramaswamy	Lakeland Senior High School	Mohegan Lake	NY
Benjamin	Schafer	Orchard Park High School	Orchard Park	NY
Jonathan	Schneck	Northshore Hebrew Academy High School	Dix Hills	NY
Quinn	Zsido	Cornwall Central High School	Highland Mills	NY
Ayyan	Zubair	East Meadow High School	East Meadow	NY

NORTH CAROLINA
Victor	Agbafe	Cape Fear Academy	Wilmington	NC
Emily	Ashkin	Providence Day School	Matthews	NC
Brianna	Baker	Western High School	Elon	NC
Keith	Beasley	Hillside High School	Durham	NC
Kristel	Black	Gray's Creek High School	Hope Mills	NC
Ariel	Kantor	Chapel Hill High School	Chapel Hill	NC
Briana	Landis	A L Brown Senior High School	Kannapolis	NC
Madison	Maloney	D H Conley High School	Greenville	NC
Casey	Sokolovic	D H Conley High School	Winterville	NC
McKayla	Webb	West Carteret High School	Morehead City	NC

NORTH DAKOTA
Samantha	Goerger	Wyndmere Public School	Wyndmere	ND

OHIO
Halle	Addison	Franklin Heights High School	Grove City	OH
Isaac	Goldstein	Sycamore High School	Cincinnati	OH
Lilly	Makee	West Geauga High School	Chesterland	OH
Cassie	McLean	Springfield North High School	Springfield	OH
Blake	Miller	Crestline High School	Crestline	OH
Ja'Laquan	Mitchell	Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School	Dayton	OH
Jacqueline	Roman	Coshocton High School	Coshocton	OH
Haylie	Schmoll	Licking Valley High School	Newark	OH
Emma	Shibley	Centerville High School	Dayton	OH
Andrew	Todaro	West Geauga High School	Chesterland	OH

OKLAHOMA
Sydney	Creager	McAlester High School	Crowder	OK
Tyler	Dang	Classen School Advanced Studies	Oklahoma City	OK
Heath	Jackson	Broken Bow High School	Broken Bow	OK
Cassandra	Mason	Stillwater High School	Stillwater	OK
Angela	Nwankwo	Putnam City North High School	Oklahoma City	OK
Austin	Stottlemyre	Kingston High School	Mannsville	OK
Gloria	Tso	Bartlesville High School	Bartlesville	OK
Amanda	Upton	Pauls Valley Sr High School	Pauls Valley	OK

OREGON
Valerie	Ding	The Catlin Gabel School	Portland	OR
Uma	Doshi	Jesuit High School	Portland	OR
Anabel	Moreno-Mendez	Umatilla High School	Umatilla	OR
Naily	Nevarez	North Marion High School	Aurora	OR
Anastasiya	Parvankin	Sam Barlow High School	Gresham	OR

PENNSYLVANIA
Kevin	Biju	Methacton High School	Collegeville	PA
Camille	Holt	Abington High School	Abington	PA
Catherine	Lucchi	Selinsgrove Area High School	Shamokin Dam	PA
Drew	Myers	Franklin Regional Sr High School	Murrysville	PA
Jessica	Pasquarello	Saint Maria Goretti High School	Philadelphia	PA
Martin	Schneider	Upper Dublin High School	Dresher	PA
Dominic	Scicchitano	Berwick Area Sr High School	Berwick	PA
Sydney	Sherman	Archbishop Wood High School	Wrightstown	PA
Courtney	Thurston	Commonwealth Connections Academy	Mechanicsburg	PA
Theresa	Tran	Garnet Valley High School	Garnet Valley	PA
Catherine	Zhang	North Allegheny Sr High School	Wexford	PA
Jacob	Zimmer	NW Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy	Erie	PA

RHODE ISLAND
Sam	Foer	Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center	Charlestown	RI

SOUTH CAROLINA
Caroline	Daly	Academy for the Arts Science and Technology	Myrtle Beach	SC

TENNESSEE
Aamna	Kabani	East Hamilton High School	Chattanooga	TN
Bethany	Kirkpatrick	Battle Ground Academy	Franklin	TN
Anita	Norman	Arlington High School	Arlington	TN
Anna	Raheem	Collierville High School	Collierville	TN
Anne	Raheem	Collierville High School	Collierville	TN
Michael	Zietz	Oakland High School	Murfreesboro	TN

TEXAS
Akintobi	Akinseye	Frisco High School	Frisco	TX
Perry	Alagappan	Clear Lake High School	Houston	TX
Janelle	Chavez	Port Isabel High School	Port Isabel	TX
Ria	Chhabra	Plano Senior High School	Plano	TX
Paul	Duke	Clear Creek High School	League City	TX
Jocelyn	Hernandez	Robert E Lee High School	San Antonio	TX
Denise	Kwong	Clear Lake High School	Houston	TX
Sharon	Li	Glenda Dawson High School	Manvel	TX
Sarah	Meidel	The Woodlands College Park High School	The Woodlands	TX
Isaiah	Murray	Brooks Academy of Science & Engineering	San Antonio	TX
Hunter	Pfaff	Lovejoy High School	Lucas	TX
Patricia	Rodarte	Riverside High School	El Paso	TX
Samantha	Smith	Bellaire Senior High School	Bellaire	TX
Hunter	Snowden	John H. Guyer High School	Lantana	TX
Ilanna	Villagran	Young Womens Leadership Academy	San Antonio	TX

UTAH
Brandon	Cui	Hillcrest High School	Sandy	UT
John Wesley	Orton	450393	Salt Lake City	UT
Bovey	Rao	Hillcrest High School	Draper	UT
Jacob	Warner	Lone Peak High School	Alpine	UT

VIRGINIA
Sreya	Atluri	Thomas Jefferson HS Sci & Tech	Centreville	VA
Bryce	Badura	Clover Hill High School	Midlothian	VA
Wyatt	Booth	Hampton High School	Hampton	VA
Amber	Gonzalez	Stonewall Jackson High School	Mount Jackson	VA
Shane	Hulse	471525	Fairfax Station	VA
Jack	Lohmann	Douglas S Freeman High School	Henrico	VA
Ahmad	Shawwal	Massaponax High School	Fredericksburg	VA

WASHINGTON
Fatima	Al-Shimari	Health Sciences Human Services High School	Seattle	WA
Michael	Bervell	Kamiak High School	Snohomish	WA
Dansil	Green	Granite Falls High School	Granite Falls	WA
Timothy	Lann	Squalicum High School	Bellingham	WA
Alka	Pai	Nikola Tesla Stem High School	Redmond	WA
Aneesh	Pappu	Pullman High School	Pullman	WA
Reesab	Pathak	Camas Senior High School	Camas	WA
Alexandra	Smerekanych	Newport High School	Bellevue	WA
Meera	Srinivasan	Interlake High School	Bellevue	WA

WEST VIRGINIA
Kelsey	Lantz	Robert C Byrd High School	Clarksburg	WV
Noah	Mancuso	Parkersburg High School	Vienna	WV

WISCONSIN
Rachel	Ley	Stevens Point Area Sr High School	Stevens Point	WI
Deena	Whitwam	Hudson Senior High School	Houlton	WI

WYOMING
Edward	Atter	Big Horn High School	Sheridan	WY