Dr. Mark Henry, left, CFISD superintendent of schools, congratulates Cypress Woods High School senior Benjamin Yonas on being a National Merit Semifinalist during a recognition ceremony on April 12 at the Berry Center. Yonas was among 13 CFISD students confirmed as semifinalists and among more than 350 recognized as National Merit Scholars or College Board National Recognition Scholars.
April 21, 2022—Three hundred fifty-one CFISD students were recognized as National Merit Scholars or College Board National Recognition Scholars and honored at a ceremony on April 12 at the Berry Center. Of those recognized, 13 were confirmed as semifinalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Of nearly 1.5 million entrants to the National Merit Scholarship Program, approximately 50,000 qualify for recognition. Those honorees placed among the top percentage of students who entered the program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
National Merit semifinalists from Cy-Fair High School are: Alejandro Cantu, Lillian Chang, Catherine Sabotta and Carson Stark.
Cypress Creek High School’s National Merit semifinalist is Yahya Sohail.
Cypress Falls High School’s National Merit semifinalist is Jenny Lu.
Cypress Ranch High School’s National Merit semifinalist is Miguel Kalen Alarcon.
National Merit semifinalists from Cypress Woods High School are: Tanvi Khandekar, Phuc Le and Benjamin Yonas.
Jersey Village High School’s National Merit semifinalist is Issac Sal.
National Merit semifinalists from Langham Creek High School are: Parnika Mandewalkar and Ashvin Ramabadran.
Cypress Falls High School students pose following the CFISD Recognition Ceremony for the 67th Annual National Merit/College Board National Recognition Programs, held April 12 at the Berry Center. Sixteen Cypress Falls were honored as National Merit Scholars or College Board National Recognition Scholars.
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The 13 semifinalists were among the approximately 16,000 throughout the U.S. selected by officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Finalists advance to have the opportunity to win one of approximately 7,500 Merit Scholarship awards, while roughly 1,100 outstanding participants who are not finalists are eligible for special scholarships. Semifinalists placed among the top 1 percent and Commended Students placed among the top 3 percent of about 1.6 million students who entered the Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). CFISD has 79 total Commended Students.
Bridgeland High School’s 11 Commended students are: Anika Adkar, Austin Gabino, Elisa Grillo, Katherine Holt, Jennifer Lin, Nicholas Matias, Jack Myles, Riley Oxford, Allison Pawlak, Varsha Ravi and Divya Tulluri.
Cy-Fair’s 12 Commended students are: Audrey Arroyave, Anna Beasley, Rebecca Bishop, Austin Fang, Sarah Hart, Brynn Hausman, Madison Hrncir, Elise Lefler, Syna Sogi, Tamima Tahsin, Andrew Tran and Carson Wiley.
Cypress Creek’s eight Commended students are: Eva Davila, Joshua Fagan, Elizaveta Filonova and Lilia Hayduchok.
Cypress Falls’ Commended student is Maddie Pearson.
Cypress Park High School’s Commended student is Minh Quan Duong.
Cypress Ranch High School’s six Commended students are: Sara Bills, Gabriel Bizi, Dennis Gao, Thuy Nguyen, Reina Patel and Carla Silva Mendez.
Cypress Ridge High School’s four Commended students are: Kayla Bui, Elizabeth Jung, Alexandra Kim and Christina Pham.
Cypress Woods High School’s 20 Commended students are: Dorina Balogh, Brianna Bowers, Natalie Cornejo, Sean Dunham, Zachary Hays, Ramya Iyer, Kylie Johnston, Kalen Kim, Daniel McIver, Cameron Murdoch, Nathan Nguyen, Victor Nguyen, Riya Pendse, Russell Rivard, Pranav Tenneti, Ruchi Tiwari, Sala Tran-Huu, Ryan Vos, Eshal Warsi and Pan Zhou.
Jersey Village High School’s eight Commended students are: Sarah Bisher, Rachel Dong, Amy Duong, Kristine Ly, Hannah Nguyen, Rhea Patkar, Adithi Reddy and Kris Villanueva.
Langham Creek High School’s eight Commended students are: Mahliya Dolan, Marvin Fung, Ryan Linton, Andrew Pattison, Amelia Steed, Anna Warring, Stephen Welsh and Dylan Yeang.
Tom Jackson, left, CFISD Board of Trustees president, congratulates Cypress Ridge High School senior Alexandra Kim for being a National Merit Commended student during a special recognition program on April 12 at the Berry Center.
COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM
To create pathways to college for underrepresented students, the College Board National Recognition Program honors and recognizes high-achieving students who are African American or Black, Hispanic American or Latinx, Indigenous, or attend school in a rural area or small town. Those scholars who excelled on their PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10 or Advanced Placement Exams are encouraged to apply for academic recognition as part of the College Board National Recognition Program.
Bridgeland’s College Board National Recognition Scholars are Theresa Akpobassa, Jada Armstrong, Audrey Ashie, Bryce Bickham, Leah Bonilla, Michael Burns, Tomas Caruso, Russell Cates, Donovan Conner, Adrian Corrales, Maria Belen Deiros Jedrysiak, Maribel Delgado, Isabella Feistauer, Marcos Flores, David Fontenot Jr., Moises Fuentes, Patrick Gluk, Emma Gonzales, Sharon Gonzalez, Nour Hatim, Mattison Hawkins, Carson Holcomb, Taseen Islam, Isabella Izaguirre, Chloe Johnson, Jacob Lemons, Alex Macin, Bryan Marion, Ryan Mazza, Sydney McGill, Teresita Mecchi, Itzamar Morales Mateo, Malainie O’Brien, Xavier Olivo, Vienna Pender, Andrew Peterson, Catherine Pfaffenberger, Enrique Rodriguez, Valeria Romero, Rida Sheikh, Nicholas Sheninger, Anna Silvestre, Edward Sperzel, Nicolas Tocchetto, Sara Vorhaben, Reid Zepeda, Gabino, Matias and Myles.
Cy-Fair’s College Board National Recognition Scholars are Ana Sofia Aranda Garza, Kyle Chambers, Roseliane Corona, Jessica Donalson, Juan Durante, Anna Enojado, Olivia Garcia, Sophia Guzman, Gabriella Hall, Sara Harjo, Isaac Izaquirre, Antonio Luna Pacheco, Edgar Perez, Rachael Rivas, Alyssa Santiago Olutayo Sogbesan, Olutomi Sogbesan, Liliana Toledo, Julian Vaca, Pearson Williams, Brooke Wolfram, Arroyave and Cantu.
Cypress Creek’s College Board National Recognition Scholars are Angelica Baquedano, Stephanie Baquedano, Matheo Bryce, Shariyana Bryson, Chanel Daniels, Maya Gantz, Camille Gonzales, Kathia Graciano, Kevin Hodge, Braeden Hoyt, Camille James, Rebecca Marquez, Melissa Mascorro, Christian O’Daniel, Jacob Rodriguez, Samantha Salazar, Joshua Salinas and Kylie Smith.
Cypress Falls’ College Board National Recognition Scholars are Lani Brewer, Danae Castillo, Lazaro Delgado, John Escalera, Justin Falke, Jeremiah Franklin, Orlando Haye, Anthony Mejia, Kwame Oteng-Manka, Jarik Perez, Fabian Sandoval, Jada Sowells, Sara Thompson and Brooke Ubieta.
Cypress Lakes High School’s College Board National Recognition Scholars are Eseohe Abulu, Jimena Garcia, Jasmine Idehai, Danny Martinez, Miracle Obianuwe, Sonya Ortiz, Eduardo Ramos, Ana Vasquez and Angeles Villatoro.
Cypress Park’s College Board National Recognition Scholars are Grace Animadu, Carmen Bearden, Chisom Ezuma-Ngwu, Emily Gomez, Lisseth Gonzalez, Karla Gutierrez, Cassandra Guzman, Aria Hall, Celeste Harrison, Emmanuel Kajopelaye, Angie Medina Sandoval, Andres Menendez Lovo, Abeezer Munniwala, Angie Novoa, Amanda Rocio, Hannah Thomas, Terrence Tolden, Jesus Vega and Breanna Watkins.
Cypress Ranch’s College Board National Recognition Scholars are Evan Acuna, Tolulope Adams, Greatness Adewumi, William Adu-Gyamfi, Josue Belgodere, Christal Biney, Isabella Bozo, Allison Carlson, Ethan Carr, Karina Chaidez, Abbigail Charles, Sidney Charles, Camryn Clark, David Conner, Diego Conner, Matthew De Armas, Jayden Deyapp, Anabella Eyer, Dylan Flores, Kara Frederick, Julissa Garcia Reveles, Thierry Garcon, Andrew Harris, Ryann Hendrix, Mina Ibrahim, Christine Lee, Nicolas Lopez, Megan Matus, Micah McAfoose, Faith McCarthy, Garrett Nobles, Matthew Noriega, Veronica Patino, Victoria Pegues, Metzeli Perez Gonzalez, Enzo Poropat, Galilea Saavedra, Neel Sampangirama, Kristina Sanchez, Leonard Sanchez, Zuri Scott, Marcela Seminario, Zachary Smart, Dale Stringfellow, Davinderpal Toor, Lily Wachuku, David Wilson Jr., Zhongyou Wu, Alarcon, Bizi and Silva Mendez.
Cypress Ridge’s College Board National Recognition Scholars are Alondra Agundis, Valerie Celia, Anthony Corpuz, Mariana Cortez, Joao Garcia, Zachary Gonzales, Jaiden Hardeman, Yannick Mofor, Kyra Oladeji, Benjamin Pope, Daisy Rocha and Rex Worley.
Cypress Springs High School’s College Board National Recognition Scholars are Ayomide Dairo, Maria Gutierrez, Kechiyenum Ishiekwene, Dylan Magee, Julian Martinez, Aniya Pouncil, Alina Salinas, Sebastian Veazey and Melisa Velasquez.
Cypress Woods’ College Board National Recognition Scholars are Erika Aguirre, Jacob Arango, Eric Baquerizo, Megan Cornejo, Aaron Coronado, Christopher DeBetta, Matthew DeSouza, Alexandra Diaz, Ava Duhaime, Nadia Estrada, Sofia Gaitan, Matthew Garcia, Nicole Garcia, Ariel Gilmore, Kenned Hunt, Amaya Kirkpatrick, Ryan Kirkpatrick, Sydney Lagard, Taylor Lucas, Kayla Mendoza, Benjamin Miller, Jordyn Miller, Joshua Navarro, Ayana Obas, Adah Oche, Jeffrey Oke, Valentina Pelaez, Kinsley Reid, Kathleen Rodriguez, Juan Victoria, Natalie Cornejo and Yonas.
Jersey Village’s College Board National Recognition Scholars are Scholar Alexander, Roberto Allende Mejia, Caden Beck, Katya Buton-Rangel, Jonathan Flores, Romeka Foster, Alexander Hachem, Angie Hernandez, Gabriel Hernandez, Rocio Hernandez, Samantha Hill, Effua Jordan, Abigail Lee, Jorbick Lopez, Tiffany Martinez, Julianna Posada, Kenneth Sibrian and Haley Y’Barbo.
Langham Creek’s College Board National Recognition Scholars are Adebayo Adesina, Ademola Adeyemi, Bishoy Eskander, Similoluwa Fawehinmi, Ashley Fuentes, Kylie Galvan, Jadin Handy, Hannah Humphrey, Anna Jereb, Kayah Johnson, Seth Johnson, Jarret Kelley, Leslie Lopez, Andrea Martinez, Valeria Plazas Añez, John Richardson, Eric Serrano Chavez, Abril Tenorio, Valeria Vazquez and Linton.
