HISD Students Recognized as National Academic Award Winners
Each year, HISD recognizes the many students who are finalists in the National Achievement Scholarship, National Hispanic Recognition, and National Merit Scholarship programs. This year, that ceremony took place at the Westin Oaks hotel on May 18, and 97 students were honored—15 percent more than in 2009.
The National Achievement Scholarship Program was created in 1964 to assist outstanding African-American students. The National Hispanic Recognition Program, established in 1994, identifies academically outstanding students of Hispanic descent. National Merit Scholarship Program finalists are selected from students who score the highest in each state on the PSAT/NMSQT.
Below are the 2010 honorees from HISD.
Bellaire High School
National Achievement Scholarship
- Alithea McFarlane
National Hispanic Recognition
- Jennifer Cartwright
- Celeste Cleveland
- Kimberly Estupinan
- Gilbert Garcia
- Siegfried Hirczy
- Wolfgang Minskey
- Daniela Myers- Guzman
- Sarah Rodriguez
- Nicholas Schakel
- Matias Schakel
- Ericka Vazquez
National Merit Scholarship
- Celina Aldape
- Shayna Berkowitz
- Joshua Chang
- Karen Ding
- George Fan
- Shuo Feng
- Liang Gu
- Tiffany Huang
- Kara Ing
- Katherine Kabotyanski
- Lumeng Li
- Scott Lin
- Henry Lu
- Louise Lu
- David Mao
- Ian Mauzy
- Georgia McLendon
- Jimmy Moon
- Erik Nelson
- Mengwei Ni
- Joseph Ong
- Cassie Pan
- Wilma Qiu
- Joshua Rozner
- Leonardo Setyanto
- Rhiana Smith
- Evan Srnka
- Sharon Sun
- Zhuyi Sun
- Edgar Walters
- Caroline Weisman
- Dennis Wu
- Ann Zhu
- Zhida Zhu
Carnegie Vanguard High School
National Achievement Scholarship
- Joshua Echebiri
National Hispanic Recognition
- Gilberto Garcia
- Nancy Pohl
- Luz Rocha
- Megan Salazar
- Kendall Wright
- Marisol Yanez
National Merit Scholarship
- Larissa Little
DeBakey High School for Health Professions
National Achievement Scholarship
- Sierra Clark
- Chibuzo Onwuzuruike
- Jennifer Onyi Oradiegwu
- Olumayowa Willoughby
National Hispanic Recognition
- Emily Areta
- Pricilla De La Torre
- Carolina Lobo
- Abel Lopez
- Gustavo Resendiz
- Evelin Turcios
National Merit Scholarship
- Kshitij Desai
- Alexander Kortum
- Chibuzo Onwuzuruike
- Abdullah Shaikh
- Fatima Syed
- Eric Yuan
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
National Achievement Scholarship
- Leslie Thibodeaux
- Phillip Young
National Merit Scholarship
- Krucial Styslinger
- Ellen Taylor
- Javier Vazquez-Trejo
Lamar High School
National Achievement Scholarship
- Lehlohonolo Mosola
- Sesenu Woldemariam
National Hispanic Recognition
- Paul Bunch
- Alexandra Castro
- Juan Cavazos
- Joshua Lopez
- Elena Vann
National Merit Scholarship
- Paul Bunch
- Ross Michie-Derrick
- Tonhu Nguyen
- Austin Taghavi
- Travis Taghavi
- Sesenu Woldemariam
- Christopher Woodard
Westside High School
National Achievement Scholarship
- Nique Robinson
National Hispanic Recognition
- Raul Molina
- Alexander Oriani
- Nique Robinson
- Veronica Seng
National Merit Scholarship
- Niloufar Hafizi
- Yu-di Lin
- Garrett Reddin
- Caroline Straub
- Will Watson
- Lisa White
