Semifinalists – California
| First Name | Last Name | High School | Hometown | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron | Averill | Aliso Niguel High School | Aliso Viejo | CA |
| Oscar | Paredes | Anaheim High School | Anaheim | CA |
| Leonardo | Jimenez | Foothill High School | Bakersfield | CA |
| Josue | Sepulveda | Foothill High School | Bakersfield | CA |
| Marbella | Avalos | Golden Valley High School | Bakersfield | CA |
| Isabella | Busacca | Liberty High School | Bakersfield | CA |
| Sophia | Busacca | Liberty High School | Bakersfield | CA |
| Alicia | Chen | Baldwin Park High School | Baldwin Park | CA |
| Kilee | DeLaney | Twin Pines High School | Banning | CA |
| Michelle | Guan | Carlmont High School | Belmont | CA |
| William | Nelson | Christian School Of The Desert | Bermuda Dunes | CA |
| Yaniv | Sadka | Beverly Hills High School | Beverly Hills | CA |
| Aaron | Lamb | Bishop Union High School | Bishop | CA |
| Anabel | Barajas | Bloomington High School | Bloomington | CA |
| Laura | Alcaraz | Borrego Springs High School | Borrego Springs | CA |
| Tania | Fuerte | Borrego Springs High School | Borrego Springs | CA |
| Cameron | Bishop | Brea Olinda High School | Brea | CA |
| Kayla | Tinucci | Canyon High School | Canyon Country | CA |
| Allyson | Choi | Carlsbad High School | Carlsbad | CA |
| Delaney | Miller | Pacific Ridge School | Carlsbad | CA |
| Isaac | Carrera | California Acad Math & Science | Carson | CA |
| Marlee | Gallitto | Cathedral City High School | Cathedral City | CA |
| Tristan | Pettersen | Cathedral City High School | Cathedral City | CA |
| Alejandra | Garibay-Gutierrez | San Juan High School | Citrus Heights | CA |
| Hannah | Huyck | Clovis High School | Clovis | CA |
| Aaron | Ramadan | Floyd B Buchanan High School | Clovis | CA |
| Carlos | Rios | Floyd B Buchanan High School | Clovis | CA |
| Sylvia | Akar | Centennial High School | Corona | CA |
| Christina | Chu | Centennial High School | Corona | CA |
| Samantha | Merchant | Centennial High School | Corona | CA |
| Yuhui | Liu | Monta Vista High School | Cupertino | CA |
| Litawn | Gan | Cypress High School | Cypress | CA |
| Joel | Rojas | Cesar E. Chavez High School | Delano | CA |
| Vrajesh | Shah | Diamond Bar High School | Diamond Bar | CA |
| Monica | Sliwa | El Cajon Valley High School | El Cajon | CA |
| Malcolm | Au | El Segundo High School | El Segundo | CA |
| Michael | Ma | Franklin High School | Elk Grove | CA |
| Kamina | Wilkerson | Franklin High School | Elk Grove | CA |
| Jose Antonio | Soto | Torrey Pines High School | Encinitas | CA |
| Victoria | Zelaya | Animo Leadership Charter High School | England | CA |
| Brittany | Martin | Escondido High School | Escondido | CA |
| Alyssa | Anderson | Etiwanda High School | Etiwanda | CA |
| Carolyn | Elder | Fairfield High School | Fairfield | CA |
| Anna | Gomes | Ferndale High School | Ferndale | CA |
| Monique | Magdaleno | Jurupa Hills High School | Fontana | CA |
| Aishwarya | Aravind | Irvington High School | Fremont | CA |
| Akshay | Mahajan | Washington High School | Fremont | CA |
| Lisa | Yang | Sunnyside High School | Fresno | CA |
| Tristan | Chester | University High School | Fresno | CA |
| Kishan | Patel | Sunny Hills High School | Fullerton | CA |
| Kelsey | O'Donoghue | Galt Joint Union High School | Galt | CA |
| Mary Catherine | Serafin | Saint Lucy's Priory High Sch | Glendora | CA |
| Jason | Li | Glen A Wilson High School | Hacienda Heights | CA |
| Alexis | Costello | West Valley High School | Hemet | CA |
| Mariah | Tumbaga | Holtville High School | Holtville | CA |
| Patrick | Poss | Brethren Christian Jr-Sr HS | Huntington Beach | CA |
| Zaynab | AbdulQadir-Morris | Inglewood High School | Inglewood | CA |
| Neyat | Tefery | Saint Marys Academy | Inglewood | CA |
| Ellen | Key | Arnold O Beckman High School | Irvine | CA |
| Sonul | Gupta | Irvine High School | Irvine | CA |
| Yash | Gupta | Northwood High School | Irvine | CA |
| Maryam | Khan | Northwood High School | Irvine | CA |
| Param | Shah | Northwood High School | Irvine | CA |
| Thomas | Gui | University High School | Irvine | CA |
| Kevin | Huang | University High School | Irvine | CA |
| Kevin | Lee | University High School | Irvine | CA |
| Yu-chieh | Lee | Woodbridge High School | Irvine | CA |
| Blair | Brookes | Kelseyville High School | Kelseyville | CA |
| Daniel | Million | The Preuss School UCSD | La Jolla | CA |
| Connie | Nguyen | Laguna Hills High School | Laguna Hills | CA |
| Chelsea | Smith | Rim Of The World High School | Lake Arrowhead | CA |
| Elizabeth | Orgon | Lodi High School | Lodi | CA |
| Samuel | Andrews | Cabrillo High School | Lompoc | CA |
| Eduardo | Cardenas | Cabrillo High School | Lompoc | CA |
| Abrianna | Keller | Del Oro High School | Loomis | CA |
| Le Wen | Chiu | Los Alamitos High School | Los Alamitos | CA |
| Christopher | Yeh | Los Alamitos High School | Los Alamitos | CA |
| Hannah | Contreras | Bravo Medical Magnet High Sch | Los Angeles | CA |
| Chisom | Onyea | Bravo Medical Magnet High Sch | Los Angeles | CA |
| Mitchell | Flagg | Brentwood School | Los Angeles | CA |
| Lamaud | Franklin | Bright Star Secondary Charter Academy | Los Angeles | CA |
| Anika | Washington | Frederick K C Price III School | Los Angeles | CA |
| Mariann | Torres | James A Garfield High School | Los Angeles | CA |
| Opemipo | Akerele | King-Drew Medical Magnet H S | Los Angeles | CA |
| Taryn | Thrasher | King-Drew Medical Magnet H S | Los Angeles | CA |
| David | Zacarias | King-Drew Medical Magnet H S | Los Angeles | CA |
| Trent | Peltz | Los Angeles Co High Sch Arts | Los Angeles | CA |
| David | Lee | Los Angls Ctr Enrchd Stds | Los Angeles | CA |
| Andrew | Wallender | Loyola High School | Los Angeles | CA |
| Carlos | Yanez | Wallis Annenberg High School | Los Angeles | CA |
| Kaitlyn | Alanis | Los Banos High School | Los Banos | CA |
| Chantal | Narez | Los Molinos High School | Los Molinos | CA |
| Jami | Arceo | East Union High School | Manteca | CA |
| Carolina | Gutierrez | East Union High School | Manteca | CA |
| Naomi | Nunis | Sierra High School | Manteca | CA |
| James | McDaniels | Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts | Marysville | CA |
| Adela | Feceu | Marysville High School | Marysville | CA |
| Debora | Simon | Marysville High School | Marysville | CA |
| Luana | Xiong | Merced High School North | Merced | CA |
| Lauren | Killingsworth | Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley | CA |
| Emily | Adams | Capistrano Valley High School | Mission Viejo | CA |
| Carly | Duncan | Thomas Downey High School | Modesto | CA |
| Alexis | Castillo | Moreno Valley High School | Moreno Valley | CA |
| Patrick | Samones | Moreno Valley High School | Moreno Valley | CA |
| Tyler | Sadoff | Live Oak High School | Morgan Hill | CA |
| Gina | Rhee | Saint Francis High School | Mountain View | CA |
| Dustin | Lewis | Vintage High School | Napa | CA |
| Lee | Norgaard | Newbury Park High School | Newbury Park | CA |
| Dennis | Yeh | Newbury Park High School | Newbury Park | CA |
| Carmela | Albano | Nipomo High School | Nipomo | CA |
| Jacob | Hollman | Norwalk High School | Norwalk | CA |
| Selena | Cossio | Oak Hills High School | Oak Hills | CA |
| Kenneth | Jeffris | Yosemite High School | Oakhurst | CA |
| Alyssa | Moreno | Orcutt Academy Charter High School | Orcutt | CA |
| YingYu | Ren | North Bay Orinda School | Orinda | CA |
| Kia | Dargahi | Lycee International De Los Ang | Panorama City | CA |
| Maria | Rivera | Paramount High School | Paramount | CA |
| Leonardo | Silva | Paramount High School | Paramount | CA |
| Charles | Henderson | John Marshall Fundamental Sch | Pasadena | CA |
| Shelby | Lozano | Granite Hills High School | Porterville | CA |
| Brittnee | Bui | Quartz Hill High School | Quartz Hill | CA |
| Amanda | Regalado | Quartz Hill High School | Quartz Hill | CA |
| Anisha | Singh | Quartz Hill High School | Quartz Hill | CA |
| Kinsey | Wolanski | Quartz Hill High School | Quartz Hill | CA |
| Kelly | Muller | Rancho Cucamonga High School | Rancho Cucamonga | CA |
| Colton | Deaver | Enterprise High School | Redding | CA |
| Sage | Milestone | Shasta High School | Redding | CA |
| Megan | Hoffman | University Prep School | Redding | CA |
| Devanshi | Mathur | Redlands High School | Redlands | CA |
| Theodore | Teichman | Redlands High School | Redlands | CA |
| Taisha | Griffie | Sequoia High School | Redwood City | CA |
| Hannah | Cho | Salesian High School | Richmond | CA |
| Jonathen | Beliera | Riverbank High School | Riverbank | CA |
| Tristan | Rollin | Riverdale Unified School District | Riverdale | CA |
| Catherine | Cascavita | Arlington High School | Riverside | CA |
| Tyler | Castleman | John W North High School | Riverside | CA |
| Luis | Cortina | John W North High School | Riverside | CA |
| Danny | Abdalnour | La Sierra High School | Riverside | CA |
| Loren | Newton | La Sierra High School | Riverside | CA |
| Zoe Rose | Harness | Riverside Poly High School | Riverside | CA |
| Andrew | McFarland | Palos Verdes Peninsula HS | Rolling Hls Ests | CA |
| Samira | Tabatabaiepur | Palos Verdes Peninsula HS | Rolling Hls Ests | CA |
| Samantha | Wathugala | Palos Verdes Peninsula HS | Rolling Hls Ests | CA |
| Charet | Bolton | Roseville High School | Roseville | CA |
| Melinda | Chu | John A Rowland High School | Rowland Heights | CA |
| Luciano | Zuniga | Florin High School | Sacramento | CA |
| Valentina | Carrillo | Inderkum High School | Sacramento | CA |
| Chantay | Crawford | Sacramento High School | Sacramento | CA |
| Ariana | Almazan | Saint Francis High School | Sacramento | CA |
| Jackeline | Hinojosa | Salinas High School | Salinas | CA |
| Eric | Chen | Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego | CA |
| Catherine | Wu | Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego | CA |
| Jacob | Gardenswartz | Francis Parker School | San Diego | CA |
| Preetam | Soundararajan | Francis Parker School | San Diego | CA |
| De Shawn | Walker | Hoover High School | San Diego | CA |
| Tierra | Gonzalez-Hammonds | Mission Bay High School | San Diego | CA |
| Jessica | Cohen | Scripps Ranch High School | San Diego | CA |
| Ari | Krasner | University City High School | San Diego | CA |
| Balachandar | Kesavan | Westview High School | San Diego | CA |
| Kassidy | Cuccia-Aguirre | San Dimas High School | San Dimas | CA |
| Vicki | Zhu | Mission Senior High School | San Francisco | CA |
| Daniel | Meier | Kehillah Jewish High School | San Jose | CA |
| Adam | Mickelson | Leigh High School | San Jose | CA |
| Varsha | Sathappan | Notre Dame High School | San Jose | CA |
| Kaesha | Freyaldenhoven | San Luis Obispo High School | San Luis Obispo | CA |
| Emily | Pang | Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon | CA |
| Regina | Brodell | Foothill High School | Santa Ana | CA |
| William | Oh | Golden Valley High School | Santa Clarita | CA |
| Marie | Aguinaldo | Saint Joseph High School | Santa Maria | CA |
| Alexis | Laggren | Saint Joseph High School | Santa Maria | CA |
| Faviola | Zamudio | Santa Maria High School | Santa Maria | CA |
| Daniel | Trinh | Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica | CA |
| Daniel | Perez | Santa Paula High School | Santa Paula | CA |
| Manjari | Daniel | Cardinal Newman High School | Santa Rosa | CA |
| Kyle | Lin | Maria Carrillo High School | Santa Rosa | CA |
| Carol | Shi | Maria Carrillo High School | Santa Rosa | CA |
| Carissa | Brones | Buckley School The | Sherman Oaks | CA |
| Regina | Leung | South San Francisco High Sch | So Sn Francisco | CA |
| Leilanie | Martinez | South Gate Senior High School | South Gate | CA |
| Jason | Wang | South Pasadena High School | South Pasadena | CA |
| Ye Eun (Eunice) | Hong | West Ranch High School | Stevenson Ranch | CA |
| Anthony | Madrid | Saint Marys High School | Stockton | CA |
| Franklin | Tarke | Sutter Union High School | Sutter | CA |
| Yessica | Prieto | Coachella Valley High School | Thermal | CA |
| Brisceida | Santos | Desert Mirage High School | Thermal | CA |
| Paige | Rosenberg | Thousand Oaks High School | Thousand Oaks | CA |
| Linghua | Jiang | South High School | Torrance | CA |
| Shreyas | Tirumala | South High School | Torrance | CA |
| Hussain | Mumtaz | Tulare Union High School | Tulare | CA |
| Sabrina | Gribble | Tulelake High School | Tulelake | CA |
| Shaina | Wood | Tulelake High School | Tulelake | CA |
| Mariah | Larwood | Ukiah High School | Ukiah | CA |
| Madilyn | Ontiveros | Upland High School | Upland | CA |
| Scott | Gardner | Christian Academy High School | Vacaville | CA |
| Breanna | Sewell | Vacaville High School | Vacaville | CA |
| Emari | Scurlock | Jesse Bethel High School | Vallejo | CA |
| Emily | Byrd | Central Valley Christian H S | Visalia | CA |
| Victor | Chen | Walnut High School | Walnut | CA |
| Minesh | Patel | Walnut High School | Walnut | CA |
| McKenna | Williams | Contra Costa Christian High Sc | Walnut Creek | CA |
| Brenda | Barraza | Wasco Union High School | Wasco | CA |
| Michael | Jones | Trinity High School | Weaverville | CA |
| Cheyanne | Noland | Trinity High School | Weaverville | CA |
| Elaine | Tran | West Covina High School | West Covina | CA |
| Dominic | Conti | Westlake High School | Westlake Village | CA |
| Amanda | Shi | Westlake High School | Westlake Village | CA |
| Monica | Shi | Westlake High School | Westlake Village | CA |
| Kevin | Ye | Westlake High School | Westlake Village | CA |
| Carlos | Flores | Whittier High School | Whittier | CA |
| Chidi | Oduma | Harbor Teacher Prep Academy | Wilmington | CA |
| Darien | Newton | Silver Valley High School | Yermo | CA |
| Kendell | Cheim | Yuba City High School | Yuba City | CA |
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