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Achievement scholarship and recognition program

$10,000

$5,000 Taste of India

NATASHA DHAMANKAR

Princess Anne High School

EMILY MARTELL Maury High School

$5,000

Currituck County High School

ALEXUS BERNDT

$5,000

NICK ANDERSON

F. W. Cox High School

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Chesapeake Atlantic Shores Christian School

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Deep Creek High School

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Grassfield High School

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Great Bridge High School

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Greenbrier Christian Academy

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Hickory High School

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Indian River High School

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Oscar F. Smith High School

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StoneBridge School

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Western Branch High School

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Norfolk Booker T. Washington High School

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Granby High School

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Lake Taylor High School

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Maury High School

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Norfolk Academy

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Norfolk Christian Schools

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Norfolk Collegiate Upper School

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Norview High School

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Portsmouth Churchland High School

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I.C. Norcom High School

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Portsmouth Christian Schools

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Woodrow Wilson High School

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Suffolk King’s Fork High School

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Lakeland High School

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Nansemond River High School

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Nansemond-Suffolk Academy

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Suffolk Christian Academy

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RECOGNITION PROGRAM, established in 1961, is our annual salute to the best and brightest high school students from Hampton Roads, the Peninsula, the Eastern Shore, Western Tidewater and northeastern North Carolina.

Each participating high school selected a team of three to 24 students, depending on school size, who excel in academics, citizenship, school activities and community service. Each school chose a senior to compete for one of The Pilot’s three scholarships: $10,000 for first place and two runner-up scholarships of $5,000 each. Student achievements, career goals and college choices were reported through early March.

The judges’ criteria included transcripts, test scores, curriculums, leadership, service within the school and community, and financial circumstances. Finalists were interviewed by a panel of judges. The scholarships are awarded directly to the colleges of the students’ choice.

Students also competed for scholarships not funded by The Pilot: $5,000 from Taste of India, organized by the Asian Indian community in Hampton Roads, and the Dillard’s Samaritan Scholarship of $3,000, for which company executives served as judges (see back page for more information).

THE ASIAN INDIAN COMMUNITY values education, and we are committed to supporting students pursuing higher education. To achieve this objective, we awarded a $5,000 scholarship to a deserving high school senior who demonstrates outstanding personal leadership, service and academic excellence.

One of the best ways you can invest in the future of our community is to provide recognition and financial support to students with outstanding personal leadership and academic achievements. To find out how to sponsor a scholarship within this program, contact debbie.bellucci@pilotonline.com, or call 446-2012.

where are they now

Virginia Beach Bayside High School

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Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School

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Cape Henry Collegiate School

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First Colonial High School

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Floyd E. Kellam High School

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Frank W. Cox High School

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Green Run High School

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Kempsville High School

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Landstown High School

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Ocean Lakes High School

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Kara Daniels

Naveen Iyer

Taylor Cecil

Amy McMillen

Princess Anne High School

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2014 $10,000 winner

2014 $5,000 winner

2014 $5,000 winner

2014 $5,000 Taste of India

Salem High School

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Tallwood High School

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Virginia Beach Friends School

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Indian River High School graduate; attends the College of William & Mary

Ocean Lakes High School graduate; attends the University of Virginia

Manteo High School graduate: attends North Carolina State University

Grassfield High School graduate; attends the University of Virginia

Tell us about life at college.

Life at William & Mary is more stressful and demanding than I could have possibly imagined. You’re constantly surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the country and being exceptional at what you do is no longer special – It’s expected.

Tell us about life at college.

I’m attending U.Va. as a computer science major in the engineering school.

While I do miss my family, I’ve gotten the opportunity to meet some great friends, talk to inspiring professors and eat some mediocre dining hall food. Overall, it’s been a blast!

Tell us about life at college.

Life at N.C. State is amazing because there is always something going on, even at four o’clock in the morning.

It gave me the chance to totally reinvent myself and start spending time with the caliber of person I want to become.

You mentioned last year that you have strong time management skills. How have you used those skills in college?

Are you involved in many activities?

Time management skills have been critical while trying to balance my course load with my extracurriculars. Scheduling all of my commitments in a planner has proved to be invaluable in managing my time. I’m a member of the novice crew team. I’m a volunteer tutor for the College Partnership for Kids, and I volunteer at The Haven, which is the sexual assault resource center on campus.

You asked Mary Nazareno to go to prom with you in last year’s Scholastic Achievement publication. Did she accept?

Mary said yes, and she loved the way I asked her!

We went to prom together, and it was a really great experience.

Tell us about life at the University of Virginia. Have you found time to still play piano?

Life at U.Va. is a constant whirlwind that can seem overwhelming at first.

However, it is all about finding the right balance between classes, student organizations and personal time as well. Although it is difficult, I still manage to find time to play piano and am the choir accompanist for a local church.

Eastern Shore Arcadia High School

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Broadwater Academy

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Chincoteague High School

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Nandua High School

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Northampton High School

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Peninsula Bethel High School

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Peninsula Catholic High School

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Phoebus High School

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Western Tidewater Franklin High School

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Isle of Wight Academy

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Smithfield High School

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Southampton Academy

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Southampton High School

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Windsor High School

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North Carolina Albemarle School

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Camden County High School

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CamTech High School

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Cape Hatteras Secondary School

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Currituck County High School

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First Flight High School

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Gates County High School

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John A. Holmes High School

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JP Knapp Early College High School

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Manteo High School

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Northeastern High School

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Pasquotank County High School

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Perquimans County High School

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Have you decided on a major and career path?

I plan on double majoring in neuroscience and kinesiology and still hope to become a neurosurgeon.

What are your plans for the summer?

This summer, I plan to take classes on campus for a month and then return to volunteering at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center while beginning training to be a certified EMT.

Have you decided on a major and career path?

My first computer science course was awesome, and I realized that I really enjoyed the logical nature of CS. I plan on majoring in computer science, and then possibly getting a terminal coursework-based master’s degree at U.Va. What are your plans for the summer?

This summer, I’m going to India with my family to visit relatives. I also plan on developing an app or website to keep practicing computer science and get better.

How are things different from living in Manteo?

Life in Raleigh is different from life in Manteo in so many ways, prominently in night life and activities.

In Manteo, everything closes when the sun goes down, but in Raleigh, that is when most places are opening. I am a night person, so I love living in a city that hardly ever sleeps.

Have you decided on a major and career path?

I have decided to major in chemical engineering with a biomolecular concentration. I intend to work in a chemical engineering and genetics lab with the purpose of examining different neurological pathways for efficiency in the injection of nonpathogenic viruses containing genetic corrections to alter the initial genetic code.

What are your plans for the summer?

I plan to work in a few different restaurants over the summer so I can help pay my college bills. I also intend to spend any time off with my friends or at the beach.

Have you decided on a major and career path?

As of now, I’m still pursuing engineering but am not exactly sure what type yet.

In regards to a career, I’m hoping to pursue social entrepreneurship and possibly work in consulting or at a startup.

What are your plans for the summer?

After going to Spain for a month with my sister, I’ll be returning to Charlottesville to take classes and work with a fashion startup.

What’s the most valuable lesson you learned after your first year of college?

It is easy to get caught up in the daily routine of life, but it is important to take a step back and reflect on the things that truly matter to you the most.

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on the cover The new Slover Library in downtown Norfolk serves as the backdrop for this year’s scholarship winners.

Cover photo and headshots of this year’s winners by Rich-Joseph Facun, The Virginian-Pilot

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Emily Martell

Nick Anderson

Alexus Ivy Berndt

$10,000 scholarship winner

$5,000 scholarship winner

$5,000 scholarship winner

Natasha Dhamankar

Frank W. Cox High School, Virginia Beach

Currituck County High School, Barco, N.C.

$5,000 Taste of India scholarship winner

Math notes hold a fascination for Nick Anderson.

Somewhere in pi’s endless string of digits or the detailed calculations of higher-level calculus, this scholar hears echoes of music.

“Music theory, the math of music, is one of the reasons I’m interested in studying theoretical physics, understanding our place in the cosmos,” he said.

“I like seeing the connections in stuff.”

It started early. On his fourth birthday, Nick’s grandfather gave him a keyboard and music book. Nick looked at all that black and white – the strange dots and pennants climbing up and down the lines, the tempting length of glossy keys – and pressed his fingers to the start of his artistic life.

Now 17 years old and a long way from banging the board, Nick credits the experience with bringing harmony to his world.

“I think music balances as much as it may drive me,” he said.

“I’m analytic by nature and at home reading and understanding music, and I like how it then becomes an expressive, emotional thing.”

Being attuned to artistic and academic success means a dearth of leisure hours.

Consider these activities: acing 15 Advanced Placement courses at Cox; sitting as the Governor’s School for the Arts principal second violin in addition to playing piano and viola; performing with the Hampton Roads Chamber Players; working as King’s Grant Presbyterian Church’s pianist and achieving an Eagle Scout badge.

In rare spare moments, he reads Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Orwell and Heller, swims a little, runs a little, and watches classic films with Governor’s School pals. There’s a girlfriend in there, too. The oldest of three siblings, Nick attended Kemps Landing Magnet School.

“That prepared me for Cox and Governor’s School,” he said. He reveres the German composers, as well as Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Glass, and names Jeff Phelps, chairman of GSA’s Instrumental Department, as his most formative influence.

As an Echols Scholar at the University of Virginia, Nick’s contemplation of complex codes will continue. In addition to theoretical physics, he is considering classical studies, music or conducting.

“I’m drawn to those areas where you understand all the parts as they become a whole.”

His grandparents played a key role in his life, and he cherishes the memory of keyboard giver and grandfather Nick Nazar, who passed away in 2013.

“My family says I have his dry sense of humor, but I most hope to have his generous spirit,” he said. “I want to contribute to the world.”

Time to cue the music.

Meet success stealth bomber Alexus Ivy Berndt.

Alexus prefers discreet diligence over ostentatious effort.

“One of the biggest things that drives me to excel is that I am secretly very competitive,” she said.

“I keep quiet and try to be the best around.”

The silent strategy has worked across multiple fronts.

The oldest of five siblings, Alexus takes nothing for granted and has maximized every opportunity afforded her. With eight Advanced Placement classes under her belt in addition to four years of honors classes, Alexus, 18, has played varsity basketball and softball and participated in numerous school clubs, including Math Team, Science Olympiad and Beta Club.

Her community service ranges from Ruritan’s PuttPutt for Polio and Currituck Relay for Life to Kids Walk for Cancer. She also served as captain of the travel softball team Lady Cruisers.

“I spend almost all of my free time on the softball field,” she said, but allows for one guilty pleasure: “Being at the beach with a good book.”

Science has long been an interest, and Alexus has been particularly inspired by her AP environmental science teacher, David Gift.

“He not only teaches the curriculum but also things that will relate to us in real life,” she said.

“He’s taught me a lot about our society and current issues at hand and opened my mind to many new ideas.”

Another mind-opening experience was attending the Congress of Future Medical Leaders. Long committed to doing something to make a difference in the lives of others, Alexus said she found her mission at the Congress.

“It sparked my interest in technology and medicine,” she said, noting that she intends to pursue a degree in biomedical engineering at North Carolina State University.

More specifically, Alexus narrowed her sights when her best friend joined the Marine Corps last year. It provided the impetus for wanting to help develop technologies that allow prosthetic limbs to be controlled by the brain.

“This would be a great opportunity for all amputees but especially life-changing for our wounded soldiers.”

Government teacher Selina Jarvis describes Alexus as knowledgeable, affable and passionate about her career goals.

“She is truly a student that possesses not only an admirable work ethic, but a focused picture of her future.”

Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach

Maury High School, Norfolk A chance and brief, yet significantly meaningful, encounter with a homeless man gave Emily Martell a new look at life and the homeless population.

“Homeless people always frightened me,” said Emily, 18. “Not because I was afraid they would harm me, but because I saw them as fundamentally different.”

Emily, who will attend the College of William & Mary as a James Monroe Scholar, volunteered as part of her church’s emergency shelter team this winter.

It wasn’t the first time she’d helped out.

But it was the first time she ventured out from the safe confines of the kitchen to speak with a man named Robin.

“Before I had hardly seen this individual as a person,” Emily said. Her idea of homeless people has evolved.

“Now I realize it is no more than a description of financial hardship and not of character,” she said.

The connection Emily made with Robin could not be forgotten the day before she learned she was the winner of the $10,000 Scholastic Achievement Scholarship.

She spotted Robin on the street – months after their initial meeting. His stance and stained, ill-fitting clothing caught her attention. The juxtaposition of her situation versus his unnerved her.

The daughter of two classical musicians, Emily grew up in Colonial Place. In February, she started working her first paying job as a hostess in a Norfolk restaurant.

Emily, who also attends the Governor’s School for the Arts, has been involved with the Virginia Children’s Chorus since she was in the first grade. Now a veteran, she enjoys making an impact on those starting out.

“I try to seek out the younger singers to have fun with them and help them feel part of the group,” she said.

While Emily feels blessed by her circumstances, she knows that others might not be as fortunate.

She has made a decision to use her award and college experience to learn to represent marginalized people in society, those who by chance and circumstance have had their lives made more difficult.

“I cannot control the situations that led me to this gift, but I can control where I go from here,” Emily said.

Exactly where she is going in life isn’t completely clear yet, but Emily is excited about her future.

“Though I love history and international affairs, I am not certain what I will end up majoring in,” said Emily.

Whether she is ingesting the international section of the newspaper, going on a run, playing boisterous sections of Prokofiev on the piano, or raising her hand for the fifth time in class with another point to add in a debate, Emily Martell is taking it all in and enjoying life.

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Barbara Hamm Lee is the executive producer and host of “Another View,” a weekly talk show that examines today’s issues from an African American perspective and airs every Friday at noon on 89.5 WHRV-FM. She is also the managing director for SkillsOnline, WHRO-TV’s workforce/professional development website that provides affordable courses for industry certification in high-demand careers.

“This has special significance for me,” said Natasha Dhamankar regarding her selection as the $5,000 Taste of India scholarship winner.

“I have performed at the (Taste of India) event many times,” she said of her Indian classical and Bollywood dance performances.

The 17-year-old, who lives in Church Point, will graduate from Princess Anne High School’s International Baccalaureate program in June and head off to Harvard in the fall.

“After much deliberation, I felt that Harvard would give me the most academic flexibility and the opportunity to have wonderfully diverse experiences with a vibrant student body,” said Natasha, who admits she’s recently had a fascination with the Boston accent.

Her academic record, which includes many Advanced Placement classes, shows her determination and hard work.

Natasha’s lengthy list of extracurricular activities is impressive, too. She’s a member of the National Honor Society, Latin Honor Society, Forensics Team (co-captain and state champion), and president of the Student Council Association.

She is also a student commissioner for the Virginia Beach Human Rights Commission.

Natasha feels exhilarated to be surrounded by community leaders whom she views as wholly invested in the welfare of human rights in the region.

According to the city website, the commission provides education, serves as a forum and gives assistance to those who believe their rights have been violated by referring them to the appropriate government agency.

“Being a part of this group challenges me and makes me want to do more for others,” Natasha said. “It’s eye-opening and so critically important.”

“Even with her busy schedule, she has been able to take information back to her school and recruit other students to attend HRC meetings and other special events,” said Bonnie Beni, a Virginia Beach community relations specialist.

When it comes to wanting to do more for others, Natasha already has and will continue to while she pursues a degree in biomedical engineering.

She was a paid researcher in 2013 at Hampton University in its NanoHU Pioneers Program.

She was also one of 26 students selected from Virginia to attend an intensive four-week medical program through the Governor’s School for Medicine and Health Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University.

When it comes to the future, Natasha said, she doesn’t quite have it all figured out yet, but she does know she’d like to do some sort of good in the world.

Chances are we’ll be hearing the name Natasha Dhamankar again one day.

Gina Cassidy serves as campus director of career services with ECPI University. She is an educational administrator with more than 20 years of experience in many industries, including higher education, human services, and pharmaceutical research and development. Her educational background includes doctoral courses in organizational management/human resources, a master’s degree in human resources development and a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Mark Quan is the circulation director for Pilot Media. He started with Landmark Media Enterprises in January 2001 as home delivery manager and served as distribution manager prior to his current role. Before moving to South Hampton Roads in 2001, he was regional circulation manager for the Los Angeles Times under Tribune Co. ownership, and sales and distribution manager for the Los Angeles Times under Times Mirror Corp. ownership. Mark lives in Chesapeake with his wife, Gina, and three children: Britni, Matthew and Daniel.

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Gordon Pendleton joined the Royal Air Force in 1981. After many years in assignments in England, Belgium, Italy, Croatia, Germany, Afghanistan, Iraq and Turkey, he was posted to Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation in Norfolk in March 2012.

He serves as a concept development officer and is responsible for the NATO Urbanization Project. He is married and has two daughters. He earned a firstclass honors bachelor’s degree in business leadership and management.

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Matthew Boustany Senior. National Merit Scholarship finalist; district band; National Honor Society president. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in naval aviation.

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Perri Nelson Senior. Jefferson Book award; AP Student of the Year awards; Model United Nations chapter president.

Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in medicine.

Izabella Maxfield Senior. University of Virginia’s Jefferson Book award; Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership award; Chesapeake Public Schools’ Science and Medicine Academy. Plans to attend Florida Institute of Technology for a career in physics.

Catherine Nguyen Senior. Pediatric mentorship at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters; New Jersey’s Summer, Son and Song group leader; University of Virginia’s summer advance program.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in pediatric medicine.

Deep Patel Senior. SCA president; Chesapeake Public Schools’ Science and Medicine Academy; Governor’s School for Medicine and Health Sciences.

Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in physical therapy.

Joseph Gilmore Junior.

National Honor Society; ranked fourth in class; 4.39 GPA. Erin Kiemer Junior. National Honor Society; 4.42 GPA; costume design.

Kassidy Strosnider Junior.

Regional champion Scholastic Team; color guard captain; Girl Scout silver and bronze awards.

Andrew Wantz Junior.

Regional champion Scholastic Bowl team captain; varsity tennis team’s MVP; 4.525 GPA. Toomsin Chen Sophomore.

Sophomore class officer; hospital volunteer; plays piano and violin.

Kayla Nguyen Sophomore.

National Junior Honor Society; Deep Creek band director’s award; plays drums and bass guitar.

Kiersten Scott Sophomore.

Chesapeake Public Schools’ Science and Medicine Academy; all-district choir; wrestling team manager.

Jennifer Vega Sophomore.

Certificate of honor from Deep Creek High School; district chorus; drama club.

Simone Herron Sophomore.

Governor’s STEM Academy; Spanish Honor Society; Mu Alpha Theta.

Joshua Patton Sophomore. Regional TSA Music Production Competition first place; State TSA Video Game Design Competition third place; volunteering.

Camille Petersen Sophomore. VHSL state-winning theater company; Spanish Honor Society; International Thespian Society national qualifier.

GREAT BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL CHESAPEAKE

Brett Richardson Higgins

Grace Rovenolt

Senior. Studied molecular medicine at Oxford; Eagle Scout; maintains contact with friends all over the world. Plans to attend the University of Florida for a career in bioengineering and biology.

Christopher Lambert Gibbs Senior. 72nd Virginia Boys State delegate; Key Club and National Honor Society president; football. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in computer programming.

Jordan Alexander Hill Senior. Princeton Book award; American Red Cross volunteer; will play Division I soccer at Davidson College.

Plans to attend Davidson College for a career in medicine.

Parker Alan Clyde Irving Senior. 72nd Virginia Boys State delegate; German National Honor Society; senior class vice president. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in computer programming.

Irena Kesselring Senior. Fleet Reserve Association essay first place; Girl Scouts community service award; Red Cross volunteer.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in neurology.

Rea Grace Sanger Junior. All-PenSouth Conference soccer; AllGroup 5A South Region soccer; Virginia Olympic Development Program state team.

SCHOLARSHIP FINALIST

Patrick Lobo Senior. Eagle Scout; varsity swim team captain, regional and state qualifier; senior class vice president.

Plans to attend the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School for a career in politics.

Annalise Moose Senior. Marching band section leader; Dalia TriHi-Y service club vice president; AP Scholar. Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in law.

Cole Martin Junior. TSA sergeant at arms; Governor’s STEM Academy; varsity wrestling team cocaptain.

Grace Kathryn Breiner Sophomore. District band first chair, flute; Marching Wildcats, flute; volunteering.

Gretchen Marie Bruening Sophomore. Girl Scout Leadership Institute; senior regional orchestra; PTSA student representative.

GREENBRIER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY CHESAPEAKE

Hunter Staton Senior. Acceptance into Hampden-Sydney College with scholarship; Beta Club; restoring my 1969 Camaro SS. Plans to attend Hampden-Sydney College for a career in law.

Adam Mayhue Junior. Varsity lacrosse; Governor’s STEM Academy; Mu Alpha Theta.

Camden Smith Junior. Virginia Swimming 15-18 Open Water Swimmer of the Year; varsity swimming states team; Life Scout.

Michal Turkiewicz Junior.

Arts Alive! grand-prize winner; Technology Student Association vice president; Princeton Book award.

Dalianna Vaysman Junior.

Literary magazine editor in chief; National PTA Reflections first place for literature; VHSL Debate Tournament first place for public forum in the district.

Brendan Ackelson Sophomore. Sophomore class vice president; Governor’s STEM Academy; swim and dive team Rookie of the Year.

Abigail Gray Senior. Beta Club; receiving a $12,000 scholarship to Cedarville University; academic and Christian leadership awards. Plans to attend Cedarville University for a career in event planning.

Alexis Helmer

SCHOLARSHIP FINALIST

Melanie Carter Senior. Girls State; track captain; National Honor Society. Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in international relations.

Melissa Joye Senior. National Honor Society secretary; senior class vice president; Mu Alpha Theta secretary. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in engineering.

James Stroud Senior. Eagle Scout; National Honor Society; black belt.

Plans to attend the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, for a career in marine biology.

Katherine Wilde Senior. Bay Youth Orchestra; Senior Regional Symphony Orchestra; class office delegate.

Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in mathematics.

Rachel Olson Sophomore.

Beta Club; cheerleading; following Christ as Lord and savior.

Kenzie Shipe Sophomore.

Highest class average awards; eight years of piano lessons and presenting a 10-piece program from memory; cheerleading team.

Hunter Dominick Junior. 36 on ACT science section; VHSL 5A state qualifier for swimming; junior class treasurer.

Kristen Ferguson Junior.

Princeton Book award; ranked first in junior class; student ambassador.

Hannah Glasgow Junior.

Chesapeake women’s cross-country athlete of the year; student ambassador; crosscountry all-state.

Helen Query Junior. Miss Hickory 2015; National Honor Society secretary; Knights of Columbus young woman of the year.

Maren Sword Junior. AP European History student of the year; Chesapeake General Hospital student; William Crepps Award.

Johnathan Foster Sophomore. First chair district band; honor roll; fourth place, Band of America marching band.

Madison Kentch Sophomore. First chair district band; principal’s list; Youth Advisory Board.

Novalyn Miller Sophomore.

State track qualifier; third team at state, cross-country; Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters volunteer.

Jack Walker Sophomore.

Straight A’s; NJHS; serves actively in church.

INDIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL CHESAPEAKE

Vishakha Sehgal Senior. SCA and National Honor Society president; Jefferson Book award; varsity tennis. Plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University for a career in computer science.

Rachel Cannon Senior. National Merit Scholarship commended student; Key Club president; varsity field hockey team captain. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in civil engineering.

Kyle Flaherty Senior. AP U.S. History student of the year; Virginia Boys State delegate; Capernaum camp leader. Plans to attend Wake Forest University for a career in cybersecurity.

Sydney Martin Senior. Virginia Girls State delegate; National Merit Scholarship achievement award; physics student of the year.

Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in criminal justice.

Matthew Kirby Junior.

National Honor Society; Scholastic Bowl; church mission trips.

Olti Myrtaj Junior. Governor’s School for the Arts; concerto competition winner; attended the German Academy.

Casey Shepard Junior. Miss Virginia’s Outstanding Teen; Special Olympics coach; outstanding AP European History student.

Natalie Wells Junior.

Chesapeake Youth Committee student representative; Key Club; varsity volleyball.

Kaylee Allen Sophomore.

Excellence in math; Denise Wall’s Dance Energy dancer; nursing home volunteer.

Catherine Hall Sophomore.

New Life Church volunteer; varsity cheerleading; sophomore class president.

Andrea Thompson Sophomore. Marching Braves section leader; geometry student of the year; Early College Scholar.

Hannah Williams Sophomore.

Alpha Omega Phi Tri-Hi-Y; travel softball team; FBLA.

OSCAR SMITH HIGH SCHOOL CHESAPEAKE

Jonee Lillard Junior.

Receiving Jesus as my Lord and savior; National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude awards; national piano auditions local and district winner.

Rebekah Velloney Junior. First TeamAll Conference TCIS, soccer; committing as a junior to Cedarville University for college and soccer; Beta Club.

Senior. High school softball team and middle school softball team assistant captain; National Honor Society treasurer. Plans to attend Christopher Newport University for a career in elementary education.

Leela Shah Sophomore.

First chair district band; fourth piccolo in state; principal’s list.

Emily Noelle Triolet Junior. East Virginia Scholastic Rowing Association State Competition first-place team; Virginian-Pilot Scholastic Achievement team; forensics district conference championship first place.

Marshall Thomas Waggoner Sophomore.

Eagle Scout; JV and ODSC club soccer; superintendent’s honor roll.

Alina Creamer Junior.

Governor’s STEM Academy; NASA Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology scholar; varsity tennis team captain.

HICKORY HIGH SCHOOL CHESAPEAKE

Faith Helyn Rovenolt Junior. ASPIRE Program member; summer residential Governor’s School for Math, Science & Technology; varsity soccer.

Maya Harrington Senior. National Honor Society president; AP Scholar with distinction; varsity swim team conference champion.

Plans to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a career in medicine.

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Benjamin Lee Meinster Junior. Lacrosse captain; Life Scout; Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership ambassador.

Parker Scott Higgins Sophomore. National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience; hiked 75 miles at Philmont Scout Ranch; Life Scout.

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Danielle Barry Sophomore. Mu Alpha Theta; Spanish Honor Society; swim and dive team state qualifier.

Elizabeth Honeycutt Sophomore. Mu Alpha Theta; varsity swim team regional qualifier; Latin Honor Society.

Hannah Grace Rew Sophomore.

Christian Character Award for three years; district band; outstanding student awards.

Senior. Attended Virginia’s summer residential Governor’s School for Humanities; senior class secretary; Chesapeake Regional Medical Center volunteer. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in medicine.

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GRASSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Continued

Zoe Sargent Emily Lewis Junior. All-district Senior. National chorus; National Honor Merit Scholarship Society member; scored in the finalist; highest 92nd percentile on the 2014 GPA in 10th grade; PSAT. FCC Scholar Chase Weatherford Junior.

Cheerleader.

Highest GPA in the ninth and Plans to attend 10th grades; Student Body Liberty University Government member; National for a career Honor Society member. in clinical Anna Boustany Sophomore. psychology.

Highest GPA in ninth grade; Tri-M Music Honor Society; National Honor Society.

DEEP CREEK HIGH SCHOOL CHESAPEAKE

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Christine Odenwald Senior. Virginia youth female Referee of the Year; Jefferson Book award; varsity tennis team captain. Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in computer engineering.

Anthony D’Angelo Senior. Summer Residential Governor’s School for Medicine and Health Sciences; homecoming king; National Honor Society. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in architecture.

Navya Kanderi Junior. Black belt in karate; varsity tennis and track teams; Debate Club president.

Meghan Leber Junior. Alldistrict band; Chesapeake Animal Services volunteer; clarinet section leader for the marching band.

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Daniel Gallagher Senior. Scholastic Team three years in a row; IB program; helped found the Jam Club and Kazoo Orchestra. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in engineering.

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OSCAR SMITH HIGH SCHOOL Continued

Katelyn Isbell Senior. Marching band: first place in field show and parade competition at the Taxslayer Bowl Contest of Champions; National Merit Scholar semifinalist; Tiger Times school newspaper placed third in state competition. Plans to attend the University of Alabama for a career in engineering.

Travis Leathrum Senior. Rennselaer Medal; William & Mary leadership award; Hampton Roads Student Gallery honoree.

Plans to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a career in engineering.

Samantha Page Senior. Editor-inchief of the Tiger Times school newspaper; mission trip to Memphis, Tenn.; overcoming a medical issue while maintaining academics. Plans to attend Macalester College for a career in Spanish.

Chandni Patel Junior.

Accepted into the International Baccalaureate program; Scholastic Team; straight A’s.

Michael Schapowal Junior. Accepted into the International Baccalaureate program; Scholastic Team; earning an A in algebra in fifth grade.

Atman Soni Junior.

Accepted into the International Baccalaureate program; sports on the high school and Elite Club levels; volunteering.

Robert Young Junior. Black belt in taekwondo; Mu Alpha Theta copresident; varsity golf team.

Alexia Kaelber Sophomore.

4.31 GPA; third in the poetry category at the citywide forensics competition in eighth grade; JV field hockey team co-captain.

Youngkwang Lee Sophomore. Third in Virginia Taekwondo State Championship 2014; first in KoreanAmerican Scientists and Engineering Association Mathematics Competition 2014; first in Korean-American Scientists and Engineering Association Physics Competition 2013.

Reagan Martin Sophomore. Sunday School chair for church’s youth council; Mayor’s Ambassador in seventh and eighth grades; varsity field hockey and tennis.

Kara Reiser Sophomore.

Girl Scouts’ Silver Award; straight A’s; varsity field hockey.

Ria Williams Sophomore.

National karate championship; accepted into the International Baccalaureate program; 4.35 GPA. Nadia Zia Sophomore.

A average; managing time well; balancing responsibilities well.

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WESTERN BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL Continued Samuel Rosenberg Senior. National Honor Society president; Scholastic Bowl state finalist; 2014 varsity tennis MVP. Plans to attend the University of Virginia but has not decided on a field of study.

Julia Steiner Senior. Coaches award, field hockey 2014; church volunteer; peer tutoring. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in veterinary medicine.

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Elizabeth Trampenau Senior.

Scholastic Bowl captain; Appalachia Service Project mission trips; French Honor Society vice president. Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in neurology.

LAKE TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL NORFOLK

De’Ja Rogers Senior. Valedictorian, 4.5186 GPA; robotics team captain; over 1,200 hours of community service.

Plans to attend Randolph College for a career in civil engineering.

Jonathan Porter Sophomore. Fifth in class; advanced to the state track team for the 4 x 800 relay; mission trips to Nicaragua.

Christopher Clarke Senior. Cadet master chief petty officer in NJROTC; over 400 volunteer hours; swim team captain. Plans to enlist in the U.S. Navy for a career in aviation.

NORFOLK BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL NORFOLK

D’Aisha Exhem Senior. National Society of High School Scholars; National Honor Society; entering the military. Plans to enlist in the U.S. Army for a career as a medical specialist.

Stacie Doughtie

SCHOLARSHIP FINALIST

Tiffany Adams Senior. 2014 William & Mary Leadership award; Presidential Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement; Ms. Band 2014-15. Plans to attend Towson University for a career in business.

Cornelia Stokes Senior. Captain of the varsity cheerleading team; National Honor Society president; third in class. Plans to attend Middle Tennessee State University for a career in art.

Senior. Valedictorian; START internship at A. Reddix & Associates (2014); honor roll for four years. Plans to attend Virginia Wesleyan College for a career in English.

Lovely Jean De Guia Junior.

FBLA Regional Tidewater corresponding secretary; National Art Honor Society; FBLA chapter secretary.

Cintya GarciaHernandez Senior. 4.2473 GPA; National Honor Society; National Spanish Honor Society. Plans to attend Longwood University for a career in nursing.

Khaaliq Lamb Junior.

Varsity wrestling team; Jacox Elementary School volunteer; high GPA.

Senior. Top GPA in class; honor roll; allstate volleyball. Plans to attend The Art Institute of Tennessee - Nashville for a career in fashion design.

Kirsten Elliott Junior. Top GPA in class; high honor roll; dance productions and competitions.

Antonette Campbell Sophomore. Honor roll; high GPA; chorus member in ninth grade.

WESTERN BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL CHESAPEAKE

Sarah Frost Senior. Head marshal; forensics team; varsity tennis. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in business.

Grace Casalino Senior. Girl Scout Gold award; female scholar athlete; Girl Scout Council Woman of Distinction.

Plans to attend Clemson University for a career in bioengineering.

Reilly Casey Senior. Second in class; varsity tennis team captain; Horizons Hampton Roads Summer Program volunteer.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in child psychology.

James Godwin Senior. Junior class president; PTSA student board member; lettered in cross-country and outdoor/ indoor track.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia but has not decided on a field of study.

Lauren Elms Junior. Willett Service Club vice president; swimming; devotion to God, family, and friends.

William Evans Junior. 4.0 GPA; wrestling team captain; National Honor Society.

Payton Grimes Junior. Fifth in class; field hockey and soccer teams; Willett Service Club president.

Aidan Keverline Junior. State Scholastic Bowl; state semifinals in tennis; ran the Sub19-5K. Robert Kudlinski Junior. Black belt; Scholastic Bowl; Marshalls member.

Vincent Lin Junior. Scholastic Bowl district, conference and regional champions; USA Computing Olympiad contest, perfect score; National Latin Exam – Latin III, perfect paper.

Cameron Allen Sophomore.

Odyssey of the Mind member; volunteering; academic achievement.

Ashley Christenbury Sophomore. Academic achievement; Key Club; cheering.

Margaret Ennen Sophomore.

4.0 GPA; participated in A Time to Dance.

Susan Deutsch Senior. VHSL One-Act festival, state level; Fairfax Regional Kettlebell Competition best overall lifter; Model NATO Challenge student ambassador.

Plans to attend Middlebury College for a career in international relations.

Justine Gausin Senior. VASTS scholar; NORSTAR student; Scholastic Bowl.

Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in aerospace engineering.

Pratijna Nyaupane Junior.

Speaks three languages; Academic Challenge; 4.1072 GPA. Iman Akers Sophomore. GPA of over 3.5; great scores on the PSAT and SAT; honor rolls.

Courtney Fullilove Sophomore. National Junior Honor Society; ROTC; 3.5 GPA. Reece Reyes Sophomore. Art Honor Society; 3.85 GPA; volunteering.

Arieana Simmons Sophomore. Obama Award; ranked as a top student; Scholastic Achievement.

Senior. Jefferson Book award; AP Scholar with distinction; sailing team captain. Plans to attend the University of Virginia but has not decided on a field of study.

Shianne Randolph Sophomore. Auxiliary band; Miss Sophomore 2014-15; varsity softball.

Amelia Dobbs Senior. Voices of VA Japan cultural exchange; AP Scholar with distinction; Norfolk Public Library book review contest, first place. Plans to attend Coastal Carolina University for a career in theater.

Senior. Head counselor at Massanetta Springs; ODU Model UN Conference best delegate; Virginia Aerospace and Science Technology scholar. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in aerospace engineering.

Jefferson Cenese Senior. Strolling Silver Strings member; Future Problem Solvers team captain; Vivace Orchestra member. Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in electrical engineering.

Amy Nguyen Junior.

Academic Challenge; ranked first in class; speaks three languages, fluent in two.

Charlotte Hennessy

Caleb Freeman Sophomore. Varsity track and field; crosscountry; high GPA.

Brandon Griffin

Caroline Baylosis Senior. NROTC Scholarship; rowing team captain; Special Olympics volunteer. Plans to attend the United States Naval Academy for a career in electrical engineering.

Jaymes Nelson Junior. Varsity baseball; 4.0 GPA; National Honor Society.

MAURY HIGH SCHOOL NORFOLK

GRANBY HIGH SCHOOL NORFOLK

Kyle Clark Sophomore.

Top GPA in class; high honor roll every quarter; major roles in two drama productions per year.

Zuri Jules-Culver Junior.

Straight A’s; Overall Photogenic in a Pageant winner; Academic Challenge.

Ariana Walker Junior. High GPA; National Honor Society treasurer; FCCLA member.

STONEBRIDGE SCHOOL CHESAPEAKE

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Devin Mathis Sophomore. 2013 JV football MVP; 2013 and 2014 VHSL academic excellence award; varsity football.

Emily Parsons Sophomore. 4.1 GPA; performed at Carnegie Hall with the Western Branch High School Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra at the JMU Spring String Thing.

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Celeste Joly Senior. National AP Scholar; National Merit Scholar, commended; rowing team MVP. Plans to attend the University of Maryland but has not decided on a field of study.

Brooke Adams Junior. Fifth chair, district band; ASCAP Foundation Scholarship; crosscountry MVP. Asia Cuffee Junior. AP Scholar; second in State eCybermissions; National Honor Society.

Inga Mauzy Junior. Third in 2014 State Regatta; National Honor Society; Chemistry Olympiad.

Annemarie Lyons Senior. AP Scholar with honor; Model UN co-president; TCOYO Club field hockey captain.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in engineering.

Deionjalei Miller Junior.

National Honor Society; Moderated Teen Town Hall for PHAT; counselor for Camp Inspired Leadership Camp.

Colleen Schinderle Junior.

ODU Model United Nations honorable mention; Chemistry Olympiad; National Honor Society.

Fiona Teevan-Kamhawi Junior. Second at State Regatta; National Honor Society; Chemistry Olympiad.

Maria Centrone Sophomore. Varsity tennis, swimming and volleyball; HOBY Leadership Program; Model United Nations.

Natasha Chambers Sophomore. Straight A’s; NJHS in middle school; Virginia Beach Public Library volunteer.

Chloe Chiles Sophomore.

Region 1 ODP Olympic Development Program all-star soccer team; FBLA; National Honor Society.

Michael Cribb Sophomore.

Latin Honor Society; varsity baseball; Tanners Creek Elementary volunteer.

Claire DeMane Sophomore.

Varsity soccer; Model United Nations; FBLA. Emma Neukrug Sophomore. Model United Nations; chamber and Vivace Orchestra; Maury lacrosse team.

SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

Emily Martell Senior. AP Scholar with distinction; Norfolk Optimist Club music competition winner; Norfolk Public Library book review contest winner. Plans to attend the College of William & Mary but has not decided on a field of study.

Abigail Acheson Junior. NASA internship; Governor’s School Spanish immersion program; English student of the year.

Jonathan Cheatwood Junior.

Chemistry Olympiad regional finalist; National Honor Society; Brine Lacrosse All-American.

Taylor Davis Junior. Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership award; Strolling Silver Strings; National Honor Society vice president.

Kara Johnson Junior. National Society of High School Scholars; Washington Youth Summit on Environment; placed in State 5A varsity swimming.

Piper Smith Junior. VMEA all-district chorus; FBLA treasurer; High Honors.

Ryan Cooke Sophomore.

Scholastic Bowl; Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership program; Peterson Heart lacrosse award.

Madeline Crockett Sophomore. Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership program; Le Grand Concours Certificat de Reussite; National Honor Society.

Joseph Daus Sophomore.

Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership program; National Honor Society; Norfolk Public Libraries volunteer of the month.

Jorge Ilagan Sophomore.

English as second language; High Honors; ambassador.

Frances Moore Sophomore.

Chemistry Olympiad team; Hampton Roads lacrosse, all-conference second team; Highest Honors

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Jessica Strelitz Senior. Research assistant at the EVMS Diabetes Institute; state champion field hockey team member; Norfolk Academy Medical Scholar. Plans to attend the University of Pennsylvania for a career in neurology.

Leonard Ramsey

Zakar White

Senior. Cum Laude Society president; mechanical engineer for Robotics Team; six gold medals for national Latin and Spanish exams. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in medicine or business.

Senior. National Achievement Scholarship finalist; Norview App Development co-founder; Virginian-Pilot Scholastic Achievement. Plans to attend Carnegie Mellon University for a career in computer science.

Senior. National Honor Society; Vex Robotics excellence award; William & Mary leadership award.

Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in engineering.

Jakob Grzesik Junior.

Completed pre-calculus BC curriculum; Southeastern Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra; mechanical engineer on Robotics Team.

Hallie Griffiths Sophomore.

Norfolk Academy international fellow; ninthgrade highest achievement in Latin III; won division at Lexington Nationals AArated equestrian event.

Nicholas Warden Sophomore.

Royster Middle School science award; summa cum laude on national Latin exam; hiking Ampersand Mountain summit.

NORFOLK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS NORFOLK

Juliana Dajon Senior. National Honor Society; Crossfit; FBLA regional competition – Web design. Has not decided on a college but plans a career in business.

Caroline Bondi Junior.

Princeton Book award nominee; highest honors pre-calculus average for the year; honors chemistry award.

Parker Brodsky Junior. Varsity soccer; Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership ambassador; Future Business Leaders of America state competitor.

Meredith Fenton Sophomore.

FCC National Cheerleading Championship; high honor roll; class president.

Lauren Mekkes Sophomore.

Honor Council; soccer; National Junior Honors Society.

Sabrina Atkisson Senior. Swim team senior captain; 4.0 GPA; senior class officer. Plans to attend George Mason University for a career in accounting.

Eliseo Monzon Senior. Norview App Development founder; Chemistry Club founder; pre-college program at ODU. Plans to attend the University of California, Berkeley for a career in computer science.

Kayla Thorp Senior. Wrote a novel being copyrighted; Spanish Honor Society secretary; National Young Leaders Conference. Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in high school English education.

Mary Eunice Tovillo Senior. People to People Student Ambassador program nominee; U.Va. Jefferson Book award; Norview App Development cofounder. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in biomedical engineering.

Ayo Clark Junior. Straight A’s; salutatorian in middle school; Virginian-Pilot Scholastic Achievement.

Nancy Lin Junior. 4.0 GPA; tennis team; National Honor Society.

Joshua Munden Junior.

Wrestling MVP; Summer Governor’s School for the STEM Program; Norfolk Botanical Garden volunteer.

Riana Peskopos Junior. 4.0 GPA; 200 volunteer hours; honor roll.

Nia Tariq Junior. National Honor Society; over a 4.0; junior class president.

Helen Dekker Sophomore.

Norstar Robotics Program; French Honor Society; robotics competitions.

Cody Luong Sophomore.

Top five in class; perfect score on Algebra II SOL; 4.05 GPA. Sophia Moskowitz Sophomore. French Honor Society; honor roll; Virginian-Pilot Scholastic Achievement.

Samantha Stiles Sophomore. Leadership Center for the Sciences and Engineering; honor roll; National Junior Honor Society.

Catherine Kim Junior.

Managing editor of the student newspaper, The Oak Leaf; played the lead in school musical; high honor roll.

Thomas Batzel Sophomore.

National Junior Honor Society president; Excellence in Spanish Award; high honor roll.

Sarah Smallets Sophomore.

Student government representative; TCIS Second Team for soccer in 2013; high honor roll.

Kwonsha Washington Senior. Track team captain; 3.0+ Club; maintained an average above 4.0 for four years. Plans to attend Virginia Wesleyan College for a career in chemistry.

Moesha Parsons Junior.

CHKD and Churchland Elementary volunteer; superintendent’s scholar award; 3.0+ Club.

Catherine Wilson Junior.

National Honor Society; honor roll; Girl Scouts.

Markeil Blow Sophomore.

4.0+ Club; Brighton Rock A.M.E.Z. Church; volleyball rookie of the year.

Daria Ellis Sophomore.

Among top 10 in 2014; robotics team; The Power of Praise Team at Redeemed Christian Church.

DeJanelle Garland Sophomore. 3.95 GPA; straight A’s; varsity cheering squad.

PORTSMOUTH CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS PORTSMOUTH

Caitlin Clark

Senior. Class president; varsity basketball team captain; Eureka Debutante-Elect 2015.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in law.

Stephen Hill Senior. Junior marshal; ranked second in class.

Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in engineering.

Andrew Phelps Senior. Marching band field commander; National Honor Society secretary; scored 5 on AB and BC AP calculus tests. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in computer engineering.

Maya Rimmer Senior. Student Council treasurer; Spanish National Honor Society; volunteer work. Plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University for a career in marketing.

Makenzie Petroccia Senior.

Student body president; National Honor Society parliamentarian; William & Mary leadership award. Plans to attend Liberty University for a career in wildlife rescue.

Jeffrey Coulson Junior.

Varsity soccer captain; top 5 in class; superintendent’s scholar.

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Kara Doughtie Junior. Christian Cheerleaders of America Nation Cheer Scholar Award; Thornton M. Frye National Honor Society; Princeton Book Club nominee.

Steven Gunzelman Junior. Honor student in U.S. history dual enrollment class; peer tutoring mentor in math; active in church and community outreach programs.

Zac Clark Sophomore. Highest GPA in honors classes; fifth chair, first trombone in district band; varsity soccer.

Kayla McLeod Sophomore.

Missions trip to Haiti; straightA’s honor roll; church student ministry leadership team.

Tabitha Wetherbee Senior. Won Little League softball district tournament; honor roll; attending First College.

Plans to attend Tidewater Community College for a career in education.

Kiera Moore Sophomore.

DAR award; Bible Bowl award; honor roll.

Emma Sharrett Sophomore.

Swimming state championship; straight A’s; learning to play the guitar.

Meagan Whitfield Senior.

Accepted to Norfolk State University; passed AP history and language exams; received medal for academic success. Plans to attend Norfolk State for a career in education.

Sydney Billmeyer Senior. eXcel Leadership Academy; completed a macroeconomics class at Tidewater Community College with an A; Jefferson Book award. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in mechanical engineering.

Kayla Filio Senior. Organized a clothing drive; International Baccalaureate program member; presented research paper at Viva Voce.

Has not decided on a college but plans a career in medicine.

Lindsay Carlesi Junior. Honor roll; varsity softball; Robotics Club president.

Elizabeth Childs Junior.

Engineering biocatalyst research; Superintendent’s Student Advisory Board class representative; NASA Virginia Aerospace, Science and Technology Scholar.

Arielle Therese Reyes Junior.

International Baccalaureate student; varsity tennis team co-captain; National Honor Society.

Kaitlyn Finch Senior. Honor roll every year since freshman year; Southern Region Championships for Irish dance; Let’s Drive Out Hunger project. Plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University for a career in animation.

Emma Taylor-Fishwick Junior. Cross-country sportsmanship award; Santa Claus Shuffle, third place for age group; Leaders Club vice president.

Nadim Barakat Sophomore.

International Baccalaureate student; straight A’s.

Angelo Cecchini Sophomore.

Passed AP Biology exam; first chair cellist in school orchestra; honor roll.

Rachel Gist Senior. National Honor Society. officer; Girls State delegate; Conference 18 field hockey player of the year. Plans to attend RandolphMacon College for a career in pediatric orthopedic surgery.

Rikia Freeman Sophomore.

Virginia Space Coast Scholars Program; tutor; cross-country and track.

Michaela Banks Senior. Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership representative; William & Mary Book Award; completed a sock and glove drive.

Plans to attend Clemson University for a career in law.

Michael Betts Senior. Honor roll; swim team MVP; Boys State. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in aerospace engineering.

Amelia Corl Senior.

Salutatorian; Science Club; Beta Club. Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in psychiatry.

Alana Tillery Sophomore.

NASA Virginia Space Coast Scholar; varsity crosscountry; scored a 4 on AP Biology exam.

David Chen Senior. Honor roll; FBLA; Latin Club.

Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in accounting.

Allora Vico Senior.

Valedictorian; keeping a job while getting good grades; buying a car. Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in nursing.

Jessica Blanchard Junior. Mu Alpha Theta; 2014 Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership alumna; National Honor Society.

Zachary Clark Junior. Soccer and swimming regionals; honor roll; Biology Club president.

Cindy Dixon Junior. National Honor Society; soccer regionals; Biology Club historian.

Demetra Jones Junior.

Accepted to go to Europe and received high school credit; academic scholar for math; Honor Society.

Julianna Durand Senior. Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership award; varsity soccer; state cross-country championship qualifier. Plans to attend Lincoln Memorial University for a career in veterinary technology.

Alyssa Jones Senior. Honor student throughout school; accepted into all colleges applied to; Presidential Scholarship at Virginia Union University. Plans to attend Virginia Union for a career in forensics.

Tori Arthurs Junior. Straight A’s; varsity volleyball coaches award; highest GPA in eighth-grade class.

Dixie Cox Junior. Ranked in top 5 percent of class; PLTW: Engineering; having time for friends and music.

Benjamin Dearborn Junior.

Project Lead the Way: Engineering; National Honor Society; AAU baseball.

Gregory Spiroff Junior. High GPA; Eagle Scout; Beta Club.

Jacob Bordeaux Sophomore. Helped raise over $500 for breast cancer awareness; all A’s; Beta Club.

Graylin Dalton Sophomore.

National Honor Society; Virginia Living Museum volunteer; honor roll.

Savannah Miller Sophomore. Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership; VTA 2014, first place for fulllength and one-act play; published in national magazine.

Mackenzie Roach Sophomore. varsity field hockey team captain; tied for valedictorian; varsity tennis.

Maya Venkataraman Senior. NSA marching band drum major; first chair alldistrict flute; varsity soccer most valuable defensive player. Plans to attend the University of Texas at Austin for a career in engineering.

Christopher Defreeuw Junior. Invited to biomedical summer program in Boston; invited to interview for Boys State summer program.

Jennifer Rockwell Junior.

Passed AP history; varsity soccer; cross-country regional qualifier.

Ariel Salerno Junior. 4.27 GPA; national indoor field hockey tournament; artwork displayed at the Suffolk Peanut Festival.

Cheyenne Salmon Junior.

Honor roll; dancer for 14 years; school record for butterfly stroke.

Myra Bailey Sophomore.

Honor roll; straight A’s; invited to Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Boston.

Matthew Allison Senior. VASTS program and summer academy; National Honor Society; National Merit semifinalist.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in astronomy.

Matthew Minter Junior.

Marching band; National Honor Society; varsity swimming.

Anuja Shah Junior. Suffolk Partnership for a Healthy Community, student board member; National Honor Society; Physicians for Peace service club founder and president.

Kaila Pfrang Sophomore.

Varsity sailing; Dr. K.M. Shaw Math and Science Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement; karate.

Chelsie Sherwood Sophomore. Dr. K.M. Shaw Math and Science Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement; Richmond ballet summer intensive.

Kayla Bonelli Sophomore.

FFA Green Hand Award; invited to Science Summer; honor roll.

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Jacquelyn Fowler Sophomore.

Principal’s honor roll; NYC mission trips; National Junior Honor Society.

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Katlyn Logsdon Senior. Governor’s School for the Arts, dance; Medical Honor Society vice president; Brickell Scholar 2014-2015. Plans to attend Christopher Newport University for a career in medicine.

Taja Arthurs Junior. Highest GPA in Basketball award; all A’s; Beta Club.

Tai Smith Sophomore.

Beta Club; first in TSA competition; 4.3 GPA.

Senior. National Student Leadership Conference for Engineering; AP Scholar; National Honor Society president. Plans to attend the University of Dayton for a career in engineering.

Mallory Sanders Senior. Biology Club treasurer; varsity volleyball captain; Jefferson Book award. Plans to attend James Madison University for a career in physical therapy.

Emily VanDorn Junior. National Honor Society; class president; soccer 2014 all-conference team.

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LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL SUFFOLK

Senior. Student Government Association president; National Honor Society secretary; varsity cheer squad co-captain. Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in nursing.

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Hailey Alspaugh Senior. FIRST Robotics Team 3168; homecoming princess; honor roll in all AP classes.

Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in electrical engineering.

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Brianna Ramos Sophomore.

3.9 GPA; all A’s and B’s; softball team.

Senior. Valedictorian; PLTW Scholar; associate degree. Plans to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a career in mechanical engineering.

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Dante Copeland Sophomore.

Invited to National Youth Leadership Conference; ranked ninth for district chorus; only baritone to audition for VA Chorale’s Young Singers Project.

Richard Hyman III

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WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL PORTSMOUTH

Daryn Damelio Sophomore.

School soccer team; passed advanced SOLs.

Charles Lawson Sophomore. French award; Magnet Art Scholars program; perfect SOL score on ninth grade Algebra II.

Aliyah McFall Sophomore.

Straight A’s; highest GPA in freshman class; nominated for a science award by Buzz Aldrin and Nobel Peace Prize winners in Boston, Mass.

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Juliette Wallace Junior.

Junior marshal; Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership ambassador; President’s Volunteer Service award.

Hayley Lawrence Sophomore. First chair violist for the Churchland High School orchestra; Crowley, Liberatore, Ryan and Brogan secretary; Tri-M Musical Honor Society secretary.

Amber Hughes Sophomore.

Vocal Music Department for the Governor’s School for the Arts; Calvary Baptist Church food closet volunteer; honor roll.

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Rachel Swinson Sophomore.

First in forensics competition; National Honor Society; all honors classes.

Najahe Eldridge Junior.

National Honor Society member; junior marshal; AP student.

David Hill Junior. Top 5 in class; superintendent’s scholar; Department of Veterans Affairs volunteer.

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DeVontae’ Morgan Sophomore. Crusader at church; ROTC staff; 4.0+ Club.

Senior. Thornton M. Frye National Honor Society; first chair trumpet; highest GPA in AP calculus, dual enrollment biology and dual enrollment English.

Plans to attend Geneva College for a career in genetics.

CHURCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL PORTSMOUTH

Christopher Bianchi

Jobin Chandi Junior.

Researched the significance of growth factors in cervical dysplasia; National Honor Society secretary; varsity basketball and tennis.

Jalaia Hazel Senior. Varsity cheerleading captain; Governor’s School for Math, Science and Technology; 4.0+ GPA. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in criminal justice.

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Naomi Whitaker Junior.

Track state and national qualifer; top two in class; volleyball MVP.

PORTSMOUTH

NORFOLK COLLEGIATE UPPER SCHOOL NORFOLK Senior. Appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy; delivered school’s annual Veterans Day address to the student body; Travis Manion Foundation.

Plans to attend the U.S. Naval Academy for a career in naval aviation.

Langston Forbes-Jackson Junior. Ranked second in junior class; ranked second in freshman class; Vex Robotics winter regional tournament winner.

Kalia Hartley Senior. 4.0 GPA; read over 1,200 books. Plans to attend Howard University for a career in architecture.

Alyssa Selhorst Sophomore.

Honor roll; Colombia missions trip volunteer; National Junior Honor Society.

Danyelle Honoré

Evan Maguire Senior. Eagle Scout; organized school’s first Model UN Conference; mission trip to El Salvador. Plans to attend American University for a career in foreign service.

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Mary Stuart Elder Junior.

Varsity crew coxswain; violin; Norfolk Academy peer counselor.

James Harrison Godfrey Senior. Eagle Scout; varsity swim team captain, qualifying for VISAA state meet; Nicaragua mission team.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in chemical engineering.

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Leewin Feng Senior. National Honor Society member; varsity crosscountry captain; volunteered over 205 hours at Equi-Kids Therapeutic Riding Program. Plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University for a career in physical therapy.

Katherine Fike Senior. Varsity Scholastic Bowl captain; Medical Honor Society member; St. George’s University Medical & Veterinary School Summer Leadership Academy attendee.

Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in orthopedic surgery.

Nisana Siman-Tov Senior. Completed Tufts University’s Adventures in Veterinary Medicine program; Virginia Beach SPCA volunteer; second in the senior class. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in veterinary medicine.

Robyn Toran Senior. Completed over 400 hours of student athletic training; 4.3 GPA; senior class treasurer. Plans to attend Radford University for a career in athletic training.

Emmalhee Foote Junior.

CPR certification; English award; Japanese award.

Trey Halsey Junior. Spanish IV student of the year; Governor’s School for the Arts; cellist for the Music and Medicine program at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Noel Miller Junior. DAR outstanding student in American history award; National Society of High School Scholars member; President’s Award for Educational Excellence 2009 and 2012.

Roseanna Quinanola Junior.

National Honor Society member; Medical Honor Society member; math analysis student of the year.

Melissa Webb Junior.

4.19 GPA; junior class treasurer; pianist and keyboardist at Deep Creek Baptist Church.

Sade Borders Sophomore.

Health Sciences Academy acceptance; best grade in human anatomy; outstanding student in chemistry award.

Elaine Joy Consolacion Sophomore. Historian for Bayside’s Asian American Society; 4.0 GPA for four years; church Sunday school teacher assistant.

Jordan Goodmurphy Sophomore. Health Sciences Academy and Governor’s School for the Arts, violin; internship at Eastern Virginia Medical School; research poster accepted for Third World Congress on Ultrasound in Medical Education.

Damian Martinez Sophomore. Bayside leadership workshop attendee; French, English, AP human geography awards; presidential awards.

Chineme Nwokoji Sophomore. All A’s for four years; perfect attendance for four years; 2012 Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair.

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Jessica Strelitz Senior. Research assistant at the EVMS Diabetes Institute; state champion field hockey team member; Norfolk Academy Medical Scholar. Plans to attend the University of Pennsylvania for a career in neurology.

Leonard Ramsey

Zakar White

Senior. Cum Laude Society president; mechanical engineer for Robotics Team; six gold medals for national Latin and Spanish exams. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in medicine or business.

Senior. National Achievement Scholarship finalist; Norview App Development co-founder; Virginian-Pilot Scholastic Achievement. Plans to attend Carnegie Mellon University for a career in computer science.

Senior. National Honor Society; Vex Robotics excellence award; William & Mary leadership award.

Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in engineering.

Jakob Grzesik Junior.

Completed pre-calculus BC curriculum; Southeastern Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra; mechanical engineer on Robotics Team.

Hallie Griffiths Sophomore.

Norfolk Academy international fellow; ninthgrade highest achievement in Latin III; won division at Lexington Nationals AArated equestrian event.

Nicholas Warden Sophomore.

Royster Middle School science award; summa cum laude on national Latin exam; hiking Ampersand Mountain summit.

NORFOLK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS NORFOLK

Juliana Dajon Senior. National Honor Society; Crossfit; FBLA regional competition – Web design. Has not decided on a college but plans a career in business.

Caroline Bondi Junior.

Princeton Book award nominee; highest honors pre-calculus average for the year; honors chemistry award.

Parker Brodsky Junior. Varsity soccer; Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership ambassador; Future Business Leaders of America state competitor.

Meredith Fenton Sophomore.

FCC National Cheerleading Championship; high honor roll; class president.

Lauren Mekkes Sophomore.

Honor Council; soccer; National Junior Honors Society.

Sabrina Atkisson Senior. Swim team senior captain; 4.0 GPA; senior class officer. Plans to attend George Mason University for a career in accounting.

Eliseo Monzon Senior. Norview App Development founder; Chemistry Club founder; pre-college program at ODU. Plans to attend the University of California, Berkeley for a career in computer science.

Kayla Thorp Senior. Wrote a novel being copyrighted; Spanish Honor Society secretary; National Young Leaders Conference. Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in high school English education.

Mary Eunice Tovillo Senior. People to People Student Ambassador program nominee; U.Va. Jefferson Book award; Norview App Development cofounder. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in biomedical engineering.

Ayo Clark Junior. Straight A’s; salutatorian in middle school; Virginian-Pilot Scholastic Achievement.

Nancy Lin Junior. 4.0 GPA; tennis team; National Honor Society.

Joshua Munden Junior.

Wrestling MVP; Summer Governor’s School for the STEM Program; Norfolk Botanical Garden volunteer.

Riana Peskopos Junior. 4.0 GPA; 200 volunteer hours; honor roll.

Nia Tariq Junior. National Honor Society; over a 4.0; junior class president.

Helen Dekker Sophomore.

Norstar Robotics Program; French Honor Society; robotics competitions.

Cody Luong Sophomore.

Top five in class; perfect score on Algebra II SOL; 4.05 GPA. Sophia Moskowitz Sophomore. French Honor Society; honor roll; Virginian-Pilot Scholastic Achievement.

Samantha Stiles Sophomore. Leadership Center for the Sciences and Engineering; honor roll; National Junior Honor Society.

Catherine Kim Junior.

Managing editor of the student newspaper, The Oak Leaf; played the lead in school musical; high honor roll.

Thomas Batzel Sophomore.

National Junior Honor Society president; Excellence in Spanish Award; high honor roll.

Sarah Smallets Sophomore.

Student government representative; TCIS Second Team for soccer in 2013; high honor roll.

Kwonsha Washington Senior. Track team captain; 3.0+ Club; maintained an average above 4.0 for four years. Plans to attend Virginia Wesleyan College for a career in chemistry.

Moesha Parsons Junior.

CHKD and Churchland Elementary volunteer; superintendent’s scholar award; 3.0+ Club.

Catherine Wilson Junior.

National Honor Society; honor roll; Girl Scouts.

Markeil Blow Sophomore.

4.0+ Club; Brighton Rock A.M.E.Z. Church; volleyball rookie of the year.

Daria Ellis Sophomore.

Among top 10 in 2014; robotics team; The Power of Praise Team at Redeemed Christian Church.

DeJanelle Garland Sophomore. 3.95 GPA; straight A’s; varsity cheering squad.

PORTSMOUTH CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS PORTSMOUTH

Caitlin Clark

Senior. Class president; varsity basketball team captain; Eureka Debutante-Elect 2015.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in law.

Stephen Hill Senior. Junior marshal; ranked second in class.

Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in engineering.

Andrew Phelps Senior. Marching band field commander; National Honor Society secretary; scored 5 on AB and BC AP calculus tests. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in computer engineering.

Maya Rimmer Senior. Student Council treasurer; Spanish National Honor Society; volunteer work. Plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University for a career in marketing.

Makenzie Petroccia Senior.

Student body president; National Honor Society parliamentarian; William & Mary leadership award. Plans to attend Liberty University for a career in wildlife rescue.

Jeffrey Coulson Junior.

Varsity soccer captain; top 5 in class; superintendent’s scholar.

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Kara Doughtie Junior. Christian Cheerleaders of America Nation Cheer Scholar Award; Thornton M. Frye National Honor Society; Princeton Book Club nominee.

Steven Gunzelman Junior. Honor student in U.S. history dual enrollment class; peer tutoring mentor in math; active in church and community outreach programs.

Zac Clark Sophomore. Highest GPA in honors classes; fifth chair, first trombone in district band; varsity soccer.

Kayla McLeod Sophomore.

Missions trip to Haiti; straightA’s honor roll; church student ministry leadership team.

Tabitha Wetherbee Senior. Won Little League softball district tournament; honor roll; attending First College.

Plans to attend Tidewater Community College for a career in education.

Kiera Moore Sophomore.

DAR award; Bible Bowl award; honor roll.

Emma Sharrett Sophomore.

Swimming state championship; straight A’s; learning to play the guitar.

Meagan Whitfield Senior.

Accepted to Norfolk State University; passed AP history and language exams; received medal for academic success. Plans to attend Norfolk State for a career in education.

Sydney Billmeyer Senior. eXcel Leadership Academy; completed a macroeconomics class at Tidewater Community College with an A; Jefferson Book award. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in mechanical engineering.

Kayla Filio Senior. Organized a clothing drive; International Baccalaureate program member; presented research paper at Viva Voce.

Has not decided on a college but plans a career in medicine.

Lindsay Carlesi Junior. Honor roll; varsity softball; Robotics Club president.

Elizabeth Childs Junior.

Engineering biocatalyst research; Superintendent’s Student Advisory Board class representative; NASA Virginia Aerospace, Science and Technology Scholar.

Arielle Therese Reyes Junior.

International Baccalaureate student; varsity tennis team co-captain; National Honor Society.

Kaitlyn Finch Senior. Honor roll every year since freshman year; Southern Region Championships for Irish dance; Let’s Drive Out Hunger project. Plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University for a career in animation.

Emma Taylor-Fishwick Junior. Cross-country sportsmanship award; Santa Claus Shuffle, third place for age group; Leaders Club vice president.

Nadim Barakat Sophomore.

International Baccalaureate student; straight A’s.

Angelo Cecchini Sophomore.

Passed AP Biology exam; first chair cellist in school orchestra; honor roll.

Rachel Gist Senior. National Honor Society. officer; Girls State delegate; Conference 18 field hockey player of the year. Plans to attend RandolphMacon College for a career in pediatric orthopedic surgery.

Rikia Freeman Sophomore.

Virginia Space Coast Scholars Program; tutor; cross-country and track.

Michaela Banks Senior. Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership representative; William & Mary Book Award; completed a sock and glove drive.

Plans to attend Clemson University for a career in law.

Michael Betts Senior. Honor roll; swim team MVP; Boys State. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in aerospace engineering.

Amelia Corl Senior.

Salutatorian; Science Club; Beta Club. Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in psychiatry.

Alana Tillery Sophomore.

NASA Virginia Space Coast Scholar; varsity crosscountry; scored a 4 on AP Biology exam.

David Chen Senior. Honor roll; FBLA; Latin Club.

Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in accounting.

Allora Vico Senior.

Valedictorian; keeping a job while getting good grades; buying a car. Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in nursing.

Jessica Blanchard Junior. Mu Alpha Theta; 2014 Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership alumna; National Honor Society.

Zachary Clark Junior. Soccer and swimming regionals; honor roll; Biology Club president.

Cindy Dixon Junior. National Honor Society; soccer regionals; Biology Club historian.

Demetra Jones Junior.

Accepted to go to Europe and received high school credit; academic scholar for math; Honor Society.

Julianna Durand Senior. Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership award; varsity soccer; state cross-country championship qualifier. Plans to attend Lincoln Memorial University for a career in veterinary technology.

Alyssa Jones Senior. Honor student throughout school; accepted into all colleges applied to; Presidential Scholarship at Virginia Union University. Plans to attend Virginia Union for a career in forensics.

Tori Arthurs Junior. Straight A’s; varsity volleyball coaches award; highest GPA in eighth-grade class.

Dixie Cox Junior. Ranked in top 5 percent of class; PLTW: Engineering; having time for friends and music.

Benjamin Dearborn Junior.

Project Lead the Way: Engineering; National Honor Society; AAU baseball.

Gregory Spiroff Junior. High GPA; Eagle Scout; Beta Club.

Jacob Bordeaux Sophomore. Helped raise over $500 for breast cancer awareness; all A’s; Beta Club.

Graylin Dalton Sophomore.

National Honor Society; Virginia Living Museum volunteer; honor roll.

Savannah Miller Sophomore. Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership; VTA 2014, first place for fulllength and one-act play; published in national magazine.

Mackenzie Roach Sophomore. varsity field hockey team captain; tied for valedictorian; varsity tennis.

Maya Venkataraman Senior. NSA marching band drum major; first chair alldistrict flute; varsity soccer most valuable defensive player. Plans to attend the University of Texas at Austin for a career in engineering.

Christopher Defreeuw Junior. Invited to biomedical summer program in Boston; invited to interview for Boys State summer program.

Jennifer Rockwell Junior.

Passed AP history; varsity soccer; cross-country regional qualifier.

Ariel Salerno Junior. 4.27 GPA; national indoor field hockey tournament; artwork displayed at the Suffolk Peanut Festival.

Cheyenne Salmon Junior.

Honor roll; dancer for 14 years; school record for butterfly stroke.

Myra Bailey Sophomore.

Honor roll; straight A’s; invited to Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Boston.

Matthew Allison Senior. VASTS program and summer academy; National Honor Society; National Merit semifinalist.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in astronomy.

Matthew Minter Junior.

Marching band; National Honor Society; varsity swimming.

Anuja Shah Junior. Suffolk Partnership for a Healthy Community, student board member; National Honor Society; Physicians for Peace service club founder and president.

Kaila Pfrang Sophomore.

Varsity sailing; Dr. K.M. Shaw Math and Science Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement; karate.

Chelsie Sherwood Sophomore. Dr. K.M. Shaw Math and Science Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement; Richmond ballet summer intensive.

Kayla Bonelli Sophomore.

FFA Green Hand Award; invited to Science Summer; honor roll.

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Jacquelyn Fowler Sophomore.

Principal’s honor roll; NYC mission trips; National Junior Honor Society.

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Katlyn Logsdon Senior. Governor’s School for the Arts, dance; Medical Honor Society vice president; Brickell Scholar 2014-2015. Plans to attend Christopher Newport University for a career in medicine.

Taja Arthurs Junior. Highest GPA in Basketball award; all A’s; Beta Club.

Tai Smith Sophomore.

Beta Club; first in TSA competition; 4.3 GPA.

Senior. National Student Leadership Conference for Engineering; AP Scholar; National Honor Society president. Plans to attend the University of Dayton for a career in engineering.

Mallory Sanders Senior. Biology Club treasurer; varsity volleyball captain; Jefferson Book award. Plans to attend James Madison University for a career in physical therapy.

Emily VanDorn Junior. National Honor Society; class president; soccer 2014 all-conference team.

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Senior. Student Government Association president; National Honor Society secretary; varsity cheer squad co-captain. Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in nursing.

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Hailey Alspaugh Senior. FIRST Robotics Team 3168; homecoming princess; honor roll in all AP classes.

Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in electrical engineering.

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Brianna Ramos Sophomore.

3.9 GPA; all A’s and B’s; softball team.

Senior. Valedictorian; PLTW Scholar; associate degree. Plans to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a career in mechanical engineering.

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Dante Copeland Sophomore.

Invited to National Youth Leadership Conference; ranked ninth for district chorus; only baritone to audition for VA Chorale’s Young Singers Project.

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WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL PORTSMOUTH

Daryn Damelio Sophomore.

School soccer team; passed advanced SOLs.

Charles Lawson Sophomore. French award; Magnet Art Scholars program; perfect SOL score on ninth grade Algebra II.

Aliyah McFall Sophomore.

Straight A’s; highest GPA in freshman class; nominated for a science award by Buzz Aldrin and Nobel Peace Prize winners in Boston, Mass.

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Juliette Wallace Junior.

Junior marshal; Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership ambassador; President’s Volunteer Service award.

Hayley Lawrence Sophomore. First chair violist for the Churchland High School orchestra; Crowley, Liberatore, Ryan and Brogan secretary; Tri-M Musical Honor Society secretary.

Amber Hughes Sophomore.

Vocal Music Department for the Governor’s School for the Arts; Calvary Baptist Church food closet volunteer; honor roll.

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Rachel Swinson Sophomore.

First in forensics competition; National Honor Society; all honors classes.

Najahe Eldridge Junior.

National Honor Society member; junior marshal; AP student.

David Hill Junior. Top 5 in class; superintendent’s scholar; Department of Veterans Affairs volunteer.

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DeVontae’ Morgan Sophomore. Crusader at church; ROTC staff; 4.0+ Club.

Senior. Thornton M. Frye National Honor Society; first chair trumpet; highest GPA in AP calculus, dual enrollment biology and dual enrollment English.

Plans to attend Geneva College for a career in genetics.

CHURCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL PORTSMOUTH

Christopher Bianchi

Jobin Chandi Junior.

Researched the significance of growth factors in cervical dysplasia; National Honor Society secretary; varsity basketball and tennis.

Jalaia Hazel Senior. Varsity cheerleading captain; Governor’s School for Math, Science and Technology; 4.0+ GPA. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in criminal justice.

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Naomi Whitaker Junior.

Track state and national qualifer; top two in class; volleyball MVP.

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NORFOLK COLLEGIATE UPPER SCHOOL NORFOLK Senior. Appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy; delivered school’s annual Veterans Day address to the student body; Travis Manion Foundation.

Plans to attend the U.S. Naval Academy for a career in naval aviation.

Langston Forbes-Jackson Junior. Ranked second in junior class; ranked second in freshman class; Vex Robotics winter regional tournament winner.

Kalia Hartley Senior. 4.0 GPA; read over 1,200 books. Plans to attend Howard University for a career in architecture.

Alyssa Selhorst Sophomore.

Honor roll; Colombia missions trip volunteer; National Junior Honor Society.

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Evan Maguire Senior. Eagle Scout; organized school’s first Model UN Conference; mission trip to El Salvador. Plans to attend American University for a career in foreign service.

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Mary Stuart Elder Junior.

Varsity crew coxswain; violin; Norfolk Academy peer counselor.

James Harrison Godfrey Senior. Eagle Scout; varsity swim team captain, qualifying for VISAA state meet; Nicaragua mission team.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in chemical engineering.

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Leewin Feng Senior. National Honor Society member; varsity crosscountry captain; volunteered over 205 hours at Equi-Kids Therapeutic Riding Program. Plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University for a career in physical therapy.

Katherine Fike Senior. Varsity Scholastic Bowl captain; Medical Honor Society member; St. George’s University Medical & Veterinary School Summer Leadership Academy attendee.

Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in orthopedic surgery.

Nisana Siman-Tov Senior. Completed Tufts University’s Adventures in Veterinary Medicine program; Virginia Beach SPCA volunteer; second in the senior class. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in veterinary medicine.

Robyn Toran Senior. Completed over 400 hours of student athletic training; 4.3 GPA; senior class treasurer. Plans to attend Radford University for a career in athletic training.

Emmalhee Foote Junior.

CPR certification; English award; Japanese award.

Trey Halsey Junior. Spanish IV student of the year; Governor’s School for the Arts; cellist for the Music and Medicine program at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Noel Miller Junior. DAR outstanding student in American history award; National Society of High School Scholars member; President’s Award for Educational Excellence 2009 and 2012.

Roseanna Quinanola Junior.

National Honor Society member; Medical Honor Society member; math analysis student of the year.

Melissa Webb Junior.

4.19 GPA; junior class treasurer; pianist and keyboardist at Deep Creek Baptist Church.

Sade Borders Sophomore.

Health Sciences Academy acceptance; best grade in human anatomy; outstanding student in chemistry award.

Elaine Joy Consolacion Sophomore. Historian for Bayside’s Asian American Society; 4.0 GPA for four years; church Sunday school teacher assistant.

Jordan Goodmurphy Sophomore. Health Sciences Academy and Governor’s School for the Arts, violin; internship at Eastern Virginia Medical School; research poster accepted for Third World Congress on Ultrasound in Medical Education.

Damian Martinez Sophomore. Bayside leadership workshop attendee; French, English, AP human geography awards; presidential awards.

Chineme Nwokoji Sophomore. All A’s for four years; perfect attendance for four years; 2012 Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair.

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Lauren Branche Senior. Salutatorian and Jefferson Book Award winner; class president; varsity field hockey captain.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia but has not decided on a field of study.

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GREEN RUN HIGH SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH

Michael Huss Senior. National Honor Society; Japanese Honor Society president; 4.00 GPA. Has not decided on a college but plans a career in biomedical engineering.

Ryan Remias Junior.

Presidential Volunteer Service award; Virginia Aquarium docent; mixed martial arts black belt.

Patrick West Junior. National Ocean Science Bowl captain; Princeton Book award; varsity crosscountry, track and field, jazz band.

Senior. Cum Laude Society; National Merit Scholarship letter of commendation; Dartmouth College Book award. Plans to attend North Carolina State University for a career in engineering.

Abigail Finn Junior.

Volleyball TCIS champion/ second-team All-TCIS; National Honor Society; nationals three times for club volleyball.

Conor Somers Junior.

Excellence in Spanish language; Virginian-Pilot Scholastic Achievement; headmaster’s list.

Madison Old Sophomore.

Laila Serpe Merit Scholarship; TCIS final field hockey/defensive MVP; Socrates award.

Andrew Roberts Sophomore.

National Young Leaders Conference; USTA National Sportsmanship Award; excellence in honors English award.

FIRST COLONIAL HIGH SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH

Hayley Hester Senior. Senior class vice president; National Honor Society; AP Scholar with honors. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in environmental engineering.

Reilly King Senior. All-state volleyball; Jefferson Scholarship nominee; was ranked No. 1 in class. Has not decided on a college but plans a career in communications.

Alexandra Lehnhard Senior. Green Schools National Conference 2015 committee director; Virtual Enterprise Business CEO; varsity cheerleading team captain.

Plans to attend the University of Alabama for a career in civil engineering.

Alexander Ratajczak Senior. Academic award for basketball and football; DECA state finalist; basketball city champion. Has not decided on a college but plans a career in business.

Emily Williams Senior. National Honor Society secretary; Brickell Scholar; AP Scholar with distinction.

Plans to attend Florida Southern College for a career in neonatology.

Senior. National AP Scholar; National Honor Society president; Virginia Beach United Methodist Church volunteer. Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in international relations.

Delaney Busching Junior.

Four honor societies; senior company at Bella Dance Studio; 2260 SAT score.

Wyndham Ermini Junior. AP Government student of the year; World History I student of the year; Camp Gonnawannagoagain volunteer.

Adam Hefti Junior. Club lacrosse captain; KLMS earth science student of the year; Hunt Club Farms volunteer.

Ian Roberts Junior. Top scorer varsity soccer 2013-14; $1,000 Lead 2 Feed project winner; second team all-district soccer.

David Vann Junior. Ran a 2:08 800-meter race in 10th grade; Life Scout in Boy Scouts; plays piano and guitar.

Yann Chemali Sophomore.

Governor’s School Concerto Competition winner; rode a camel across West Africa without falling off.

Jack Jacobs Sophomore.

Scored a 5 on AP European exam; scored in the 99th percentile of ninth-graders for the PSAT; Legal Studies Academy Student of the Year.

Isabel Mastrangeli Sophomore. Debate championship team; Legal Studies Academy student of the year; mentoring and LSA leadership.

Saiaana Sahadeo Sophomore. Legal Studies Academy mentor; Spanish Honor Society; Princess Anne Middle School tutor.

Nelson Slade Sophomore.

Club soccer team captain; straight A’s; FBLA.

Rylee Charbeneau Junior.

FACT organization for autistic children volunteer; church youth group leader; National Honor Society.

Samuel Dyer Junior.

Outstanding U.S. history student from the Daughters of the American Revolution; Knights of Columbus young man of the year; Scored 5 on AP European History exam.

Aubrey Follante Junior.

Founding National Science Honor Society; over 4.0 GPA; competitive dancer.

Sianna Haws Junior.

National Honor Society; representative for Leadership Workshop; French horn in all-district band.

Joseph Provenzano Junior.

Scholastic Achievement awards; JV soccer captain; National Honor Society.

Margaret Sullivan Junior.

Junior class president; National Honor Society; Princess Anne Recreation Center volunteer and lifeguard.

Jordan Benderoth Sophomore. Sophomore class secretary; National Honor Society; Principal’s List.

Michael Ferguson Sophomore. Varsity baseball; Science National Honor Society; National Honor Society.

Heather Hughes Sophomore.

National Honor Society; SPCA volunteer; lettered in tennis.

Grace Jeffrey Sophomore.

National Honor Society member; class treasurer; Girl Scout silver award.

Anne Vincelette Sophomore.

National Honor Society; IEA regional horse show; National English Honor Society.

Nicholas Anderson Senior. 2400 SAT score; All-State viola; Eagle Scout. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in physics.

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Casey Bowler Senior. Virginia Aquarium volunteer; Cox Leadership Workshop program delegate and staff member; Echols Scholars Program at the University of Virginia. Plans to attend the University of Virginia but has not decided on a field of study.

Amanda Kubicki Senior. Brickell Scholar; dance team captain; catechism teacher at Church of the Holy Family. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in environmental architecture.

Molly Schmidt Senior. Graduating with 14 completed AP classes; Science National Honor Society president; Virginia Institute for Sports Medicine volunteer. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in medicine.

Matthew Tuckman Senior. Recipient of the Jefferson Book award; varsity tennis team captain; yearly JT Walk team leader. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in computer science or engineering.

Veronica Brobst Senior. Class of 2015 Brickell Scholar nominee; senior class historian; Green Run Leadership Workshop staff member. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in architecture.

Morgan Dee Senior. National Honor Society president; theater troupe secretary; First Home Care behavioral therapy program volunteer.

Plans to attend the College of William & Mary but has not decided on a field of study.

Kia Lockney Senior. Class treasurer; Green Run Leadership Workshop staff; National Honor Society leadership team. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in engineering.

Katherine Degner Junior.

Winner of the 200 freestyle at the 6A regional swimming championships; AP Scholar; involved in six honor societies.

William Goldstein Junior.

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution outstanding student of American history; B’Nai B’rith Youth Organization chapter president; Sense Before Sending Club cofounder.

Jack Muriano Junior. Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars program; crew club member; helped organize CHKD and United Way benefit events.

Seimi Park Junior.

National Honor Society; Elementary SCA Leadership Workshop staff; Cambodia Medical Missions team member.

Brendan Vachris Junior. AllState orchestra for bass; lacrosse team member; played in benefit concerts with rock band ZigZag. Elizabeth Korte Sophomore.

Travel volleyball team captain; church vacation bible school volunteer; over a 4.0 GPA. Charles Prince Sophomore.

Principal’s lists; JV soccer team captain; member of Winter Watch program for the homeless.

David Scherrer Sophomore.

4.0488 GPA; New Balance National Freshman AllAmerican Track, 4:28 mile; DAR good citizen award.

Ashton Smith Sophomore.

Scored a 5 on AP exam, over a 4.0 GPA; SCA executive board; CHKD Love Run, Angel Tree Donations.

Frayser Wall Sophomore.

Over a 4.0 GPA; SCA historian/reporter; Operation Smile International Student Leadership Conference in Ireland.

Lloyd Britt Junior.

Academics; first chair in band; varsity soccer.

Kennedy Hatcher-Wilson Junior. Academics; S2S representative; step team captain.

Grace McCulloch Junior.

Junior class treasurer; sophomore class treasurer; SCA Publicity Committee chairman.

Katherine Seranni Junior.

Principal’s list; VA District 2 chorus; soccer.

Sophia Williams Junior.

Principal’s list; honor roll.

Austin DeRosa Sophomore.

Madrigals; swimming regionals; swim team.

Alexandria O’Brien Sophomore. Art awards; vet volunteer; helped elderly with house chores.

Jorden Santos Sophomore.

Honor roll; basketball team; Special Olympics volunteer.

Cheyenne Suamataia Sophomore. Varsity basketball; volunteering; honor roll.

Kayla Wise Sophomore.

Honor roll; principal’s list; SCA.

Lawrence Mikel Jr. Senior. George Mason University acceptee; Brickell Scholar; VBCPS Compass Keeper.

Plans to attend George Mason University for a career in engineering.

KEMPSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH

Emily Barritt Senior. Ambassador of the United States through a show tour in Japan; performed in Carnegie Hall; founded Kempsville’s Mu Alpha Theta chapter. Has not decided on a college but plans a career in chemical engineering.

Douglas Whitney Sophomore. National Honor Society; thespian in Troupe 2326; tech supervisor.

FRANK W. COX HIGH SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH

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Lauren Miller Senior. Varsity field hockey captain; executive council for National Honor Society; varsity soccer.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in medicine.

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Senior. U16 Whalers hockey captain; Psychology Club captain; German National Honor Society president. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in naval aviation.

Susan Donaldson

Kylor Kerns Senior. SCA treasurer and historian; Spanish Honor Society president; varsity swimming. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in biomedical engineering.

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CAPE HENRY COLLEGIATE SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH

Zachary Flegal Senior. Lacrosse team captain; top 5 percent of class; balancing working parttime throughout high school.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in medicine.

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Senior. Valedictorian and AP Scholar with Honor; Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholar; varsity volleyball and soccer. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in engineering.

Madison Powell Sophomore.

Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Conference participant; yearbook editor; Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters volunteer.

Michelle Brennaman Senior. HB National Level Horse Management Certification for the U.S. Pony Club; Brickell Scholar; AP Scholar with distinction. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in engineering.

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Caroline Foley Sophomore.

Founder and co-president of Eco Club; varsity crosscountry and lacrosse; Equip Kids program volunteer.

Bradley Skeen Senior.

Headmaster’s list; Cum Laude Society; Harvard University Book award. Has not decided on a college or a field of study.

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Oliver Burke Senior. Chemistry field days with Kempsville Elementary; Leader for Employment; AP Scholar. Has not decided on a school but plans a career in chemistry.

Reid Hasher Senior. William & Mary leadership award; Army Strong Student Athlete; Math Honor Society president. Plans to attend West Virginia University for a career in biomedical engineering.

Morgan Reid Senior. Top 10 at DECA’s State Leadership Conference; Compass Keeper for Virginia Beach City Public Schools; National Honor Society. Plans to attend George Mason University for a career in the military.

Allyson Will Senior. E.E. Brickell Scholar; yearbook editor in chief; Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters junior volunteer. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in biomedical engineering.

Xiaofan Lin Junior. Math Honor Society; honor roll; 100-plus hours community service.

Lorber Miller Junior. Crosscountry rookie award; principal’s list; Math Honor Society.

Jessica Milo Junior.

Principal’s list; Sentara volunteer; academic award.

Samantha Pittman Junior. Varsity softball; leadership workshop staff; states for DECA. Nathaniel Whitman Junior.

Eagle Scout; Math Honor Society; varsity baseball and track.

Annie Clarke Sophomore.

Math Honor Society; youth team praise band.

Evan Jones Sophomore.

Principal’s list; varsity soccer; top Soccer volunteer.

Gloria Pezzella Sophomore.

Sophomore class president; Spanish Honor Society; academic athlete.

Kali Roomsburg Sophomore.

JV field hockey team co-captain; DECA state leadership conference; pursing Gold Award for Girl Scouts.

Jason Zabel Sophomore.

NJHS; presidential leadership award; 4.0 GPA.

LANDSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH

Barry Chin Senior. Ranked first in class; National Honor Society executive committee; letter of recognition from TAG Group of TCC Joint-Use Library. Has not decided on a college but plans a career in psychiatry.

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Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in chemical engineering.

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LANDSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL Continued

Bram Bullard Senior. AP Scholar with distinction; led night of prayer at church; supporting church.

Has not decided on a college but plans a career in automotive engineering.

James Gonzalez Senior. Ranked seventh in the class; Japanese Culture Club president; tutored students in Japanese. Has not decided on a college but plans a career in mechanical engineering.

Thomeka Watkins Senior. 4.1 GPA ; Key Club secretary; over 160 service hours.

Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in psychology.

Kenneth Watson Senior. 4.1 GPA; Advanced Technology Center; volunteered at center’s open houses. Has not decided on a college but plans a career in computer programming.

Brian Chin Junior.

President’s Education Award; National Honor Society officer; volunteering.

Colten Derr Junior. Virginia Space Coast Scholars Program; Gifted Club treasurer; Principles of American Citizenship for Fairness Award.

Jacob Kansco Junior.

4.0 in class at Cornell University; varsity golf, tennis and debate captain; created documentary on homelessness.

Kourtney Reese Junior. AP classes; employee of the month; founded Green Run Youth Leaders.

Jacen-Paul Manning Sophomore. National Latin exam silver medal; Student Council Association representative; judo club volunteer.

Kianna McNeil Sophomore.

Scored a 4 on the AP Human Geography exam; Oceana Youth Center volunteer; church volunteer.

Maya Sinchongco Sophomore. Straight A’s; Spanish Honor Society; Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters volunteer.

Senior. Eagle Scout; Dynamic Dolphin Award; citywide SCA communications officer.

Plans to attend the University of Notre Dame for a career in finance.

Rachel Boyce Junior. Varsity cross-country, indoor/ outdoor track; principal’s list; St. John the Apostle Catholic Church volunteer.

Bradley Hilliard Junior.

Principal’s list; class president; Sandbridge Community Chapel praise band drummer and international missionary.

Connor Penny Sophomore. SCA executive board; straight A’s; second place and honorable mention at the Tidewater Regional Science Fair.

Andrew Sorenson Sophomore. Eagle Scout; 4.0 GPA; National Leadership Seminar certification.

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Doreen Devasia Senior. First-place photography, Neptune Festival; second place, Ocean View Art Show; Gold Key – National Scholastic art and writing awards.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in law.

Sophie Liao Senior. First place, presentation ENACTUS at U.Va. team; Model U.N. president; KLMS Leadership Workshop counselor. Has not decided on a school but plans a career in law.

Julia Parkhurst Senior. Ranked in the top 1 percent of class; teaching children how to swim; Camp Gonnawannagoagain counselor. Has not decided on a school but plans a career in medicine.

Nico Salafranca Senior. First-place state business presentation; One Act, two-time district champion; forensics, fourth place for states.

Has not decided on a school but plans a career in business.

Thomas Mathwig Junior.

2014 STIHL Manufacturing Technology Summer Camp STEM scholarship; SMARTS Camp staff member; Children’s Surf and Sand Mission volunteer.

Spencer Plutchak Junior.

2014 Destination Imagination Global finalist; school high score on the American Math Challenge Exam; Virginia Space Coast Scholar.

Sean Burtner Sophomore.

Straight A’s; JV soccer team captain; VHSL State Sportsmanship Award.

Senior. Forensics team cocaptain; ODC Leadership Workshop director; Student Cooperation Association president.

Plans to attend Harvard for a career in biomedical engineering.

Janice Egalla Senior. AP Calculus BC student of the year; tennis MVP; Brickell Scholar.

Plans to attend the United States Naval Academy for a career in the Navy.

Delaney Caverly Sophomore.

French Honor Society; varsity field hockey; American Cancer Society volunteer.

Garret Walker Senior. Virginia Senior Honors Choir; Vocal Strand student president; over 4.0 GPA. Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in psychology.

Trenton Ward Sophomore.

4.0 GPA; Algebra II/Trig student of the year; National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists award of excellence.

Tristan Schuiteboer Sophomore. Leadership Workshop; NJHS; no grade below A- on report card.

Hannah Bookert Monica Abouelsaad Junior. More Senior. National than 350 hours of community Honor Society service; organized a student vice president; exchange between Tallwood and top 5 percent of Kellam; above a 4.0. class; chamber Margaret Aydlett Junior. Honor orchestra concert roll; National Academy of mistress. Plans Future Physicians and Medical to attend the Scientists award of excellence University of nominee; track and crossVirginia for a country state competitor. career in medicine.

Kaitlyn Gallagher Junior. Scoring a 4 on AP World History exam; Maria Desimone GPA above 4.0; Daughters of the Senior. National American Revolution award for Honor Society outstanding student in AP U.S. president; global History. studies delegate Samantha Pitz Junior. International at the Moss, Peace Symposium in Moss, Norway, Youth Norway; National Youth Peace Symposium; Leadership Forum on National field hockey Security; gold medal in Russian team captain. language essay contest.

Plans to attend the University Brianna Soccio Junior. Global of Virginia for a Studies Honor Society; exchange career in business. student to Germany; junior

Shelby Shearon Junior. Crew team captain; debate team captain; AP Scholar with distinction.

Samantha Strohm Junior. AP Scholar with distinction; class secretary; 5A field hockey state champion.

Madison Waterman Junior.

Girl Scout Council of the Colonial Coast delegate; AP Scholar with distinction; varsity sports.

Richard Chen Sophomore.

Concertmaster at Senior Regional Prep Orchestra; Boy Scout; PAHS Scholastic Bowl.

Kevin Hong Sophomore.

Varsity Scholastic Bowl; Governor’s Economic Challenge captain; math tutor.

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Cheryl Ngo Senior. District symphonic band; Brickell Scholar; Optimist Club outstanding senior award.

Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in business or mathematics.

Andrew Murphy Sophomore.

First place, Virginia Insurance and Risk Management 2014 FBLA Competition; NJROTC distinguished cadet; St. Gregory Children’s Choir.

Allen Shen Sophomore. Fifth in Regional Forensics Tournament; first in 2013 Stock Market Game; VSCS scholar.

Emmanuel Ocampo Senior. World Quest Team captain; soccer defensive player of the season; volleyball coach’s award. Plans to attend Virginia Military Institute for a career in the military.

Sungmin Woo Sophomore.

All-state orchestra; Student Congress debate captain; Boy Scout.

Aaron Betancourt Sophomore.

Student of the Month, November 2014; National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists Award of Excellence; class publicity coordinator.

Mia Casciani Sophomore.

Conference 1 diving champion; MVP varsity swimming; Arabic award.

Richard Fetter Sophomore.

America Israel Friendship League Exchange; Sister Cities Association of Virginia Beach board of directors student member; third place in band competition.

Enya Pfeiffer Sophomore. Class president; geometry award of excellence; qualifying for states in cross-country.

Brendan Shull Sophomore. United States Sea Cadet Corps Sea Cadet of the Year; United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps drill team commander; John Jock Leadership, Education, Achievement and Progress Medal.

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Gabrielle Martinez Junior.

4.08 GPA; SHS Leadership Workshop staff; SCA executive council.

Senior. Captain and allconference team member for varsity basketball and volleyball; class president; National Honor Society. Plans to attend George Mason University for a career in education.

Tristen Nguyen Junior. Firstdegree black belt at King Tiger Martial Arts; Filipino American Cultural Society president; Salem VPAA vocalist.

Veridiana Silva Junior. Book Club president; over 40 hours of community service; 4.1 GPA.

Chase Jones Sophomore.

Principal’s list; class vice president; student of the year awards.

Senior. Leadership Workshop coordinator; Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society; Brickell Scholar. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in cardiology.

Anna Li Junior. AP Scholar with distinction; National Honor Society; ODC Leadership Workshop counselor.

Brianna Penkrot Junior. 3.94 GPA; 2014 VHSL Student Leaders Conference staff; National Honor Society.

Cayla Hannibal Sophomore. 4.0 GPA; varsity basketball and AAU teams’ captain; perfect score on Algebra II SOL.

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Nicholas Eda Senior. SCA President; William & Mary leadership award; Brickell Scholar. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in education or cybersecurity.

Elizabeth Oberley Senior. Varsity swim team captain; National Honor Society vice president; Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church religious education teacher. Plans to attend the Missouri University of Science and Technology for a career in engineering.

Katherine Johnson Junior.

National Honor Society; FBLA Tidewater regional vice president; SPCA volunteer.

Senior. National Honor Society senior corresponding secretary; summer residential Governor’s School for Humanities at Radford University; AP Computer Science student of the year.

Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in politics or education.

Cameron How Junior. National Honor Society; principal’s list; varsity basketball team captain.

Hannah Whitt-Linsly Sophomore.

Science fair winner; allconference volleyball team; service project trip to Ecuador.

Amanda Stamenkovich Junior. Above 4.0 GPA; youth soccer referee; varsity soccer.

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Merly Konathapally Junior.

VBCPS commendation of distinction for Project Blue Planet Contest; Outstanding 10th Grade Female Science Student; Senior Girl Scout Torch award.

Cyrus Morshedi Junior.

Straight A’s; Presidential Youth Service Award; ODSC travel soccer team captain.

Vashaana Sahadeo Senior. Brickell Scholar; National Honor Society president; varsity golf team Sportsman of the Year. Plans to attend Harvard for a career in pediatric medicine.

Nicolette Pember Sophomore. Outstanding ninth grade female student of the year in English, Social Studies and Fine Arts; St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children volunteer; Hampton Roads Chamber Players.

Dazzelle Bagtas Sophomore.

GPA above 4.0.; class president; led a clothing drive.

Michael Horth

Allison Magnant Senior. 4.44 GPA; varsity crosscountry, indoor/ outdoor track; leadership workshop staff.

Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in environmental science.

Natalie Simon Senior. Brickell Scholar nominee; AP Scholar with distinction; senior research project with the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in medicine.

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SALEM HIGH SCHOOL Continued

Rohan Joshi Sophomore. Model United Nations co-founder; sophomore class vice-president; Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital volunteer.

Taylor Smith Junior.

Governor’s STEM Academy; chamber orchestra concert master; volunteering.

Jason Euman Sophomore.

Honor roll; SCA representative; Sunday school assistant.

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William Gervais Sophomore. Sophomore class treasurer; Latin Honor Society historian; Camp Invention counselor.

Aaron Paul Abunal Junior.

4.04 GPA; Future Business Leaders of America vice president; National Honor Society.

OCEAN LAKES HIGH SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH

Parker Lee Senior. 4.45 GPA; scored 5’s on all AP tests; Special Olympics volunteer.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in medicine.

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OCEAN LAKES HIGH SCHOOL Continued

Victoria Withrow Sophomore. Received a plaque for academic excellence; Olympic City volunteer; raised over 4,500 books for Hope Haven.

John Costello Senior. Brickell Scholar; Philosophy Club founder and president; NASA Virginia Space Coast Scholars Program peer mentor. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in physics.

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Susan Dedicatoria Junior.

Varsity volleyball; 4-H president; attended Conference of Future Physicians.

Durwood Moore Junior. First in class; Eagle Scout; Dr. Robert Hawkins Memorial Scholarship.

Rosa Vasquez Junior. 4.0 GPA; student of the month; highest average for earth science and biology.

Jermaine Core Sophomore.

SOAR program member; honor roll; good GPA.

Alejandra Vansant Senior. Honor roll for four years; placed as regional first team all-aroundcheerleader; advanced studies diploma. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in anthropology.

Cody Custis Sophomore.

Seventh in class; soccer team goalie; takes advanced classes.

Alexis Kellam Sophomore.

First in class; first-place wins at junior and senior state Beta conventions; cheerleading.

BROADWATER ACADEMY EXMORE

William Sexauer Senior. Varsity football and golf captain; Student Council representative; Senate majority leader at Virginia Boys State. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in business.

Heather Custis Sophomore.

School coordinator for Go Red for Women Day; highest GPA award; varsity volleyball team captain.

Gavin Baker Senior. Cosalutatorian; National Honor Society; first place drumline/soloist.

Plans to attend Norfolk State University but has not decided on a field of study.

Murraysha MillerWilliams Senior. EMT-B certified; honor roll; dance team captain. Plans to attend Virginia State University for a career in nursing.

Garrett Richardson Senior. Recognized at Hampton Art Show; employed at Auto Bell Carwash; honor roll. Plans to attend Norfolk State University for a career in marketing and fashion.

Ciara Smith Senior.

Valedictorian; National Achievement Scholarship Program outstanding participant; AP Scholar with Honor.

Plans to attend Howard University for a career in medicine.

Matthew Lindsey

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SCHOLARSHIP FINALIST

Allison Abdallah Senior.

International Youth Volunteer Corps board; two-time state cross-country championship team; student ambassador.

Plans to attend Washington and Lee University for a career in law.

Senior. Jefferson Scholar nominee; William & Mary leadership award; Beta Club president. Has not decided on a college or a field of study.

Tyler Chandler Senior. VIMS Summer Institute; first team 1829 Robotics Assembly captain; Beta vice president.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia but has not decided on a field of study.

Taylor Sterling Wallace Senior.

Guatemala mission trip; VASTS, 2014; EMT certification.

Plans to attend Christopher Newport University for a career in

Harry Morgan IV Junior.

District swimming; volunteered at VA Hospital; attended Young Diplomats Program.

Starr Mullins Junior. National Honor Society; honor roll; FBLA. Joshua Owusu-Koramoah Junior. Started a business; traveling choir; athletics.

Tyra Pettus Sophomore.

Over a 3.0 GPA. Unique Purnell Sophomore.

Never failed a grade; becoming wiser; mending relationships.

Whitley Richardson Sophomore. Class president; flag line; won an award for writing.

NORTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL EASTVILLE

Caroline Hiler Senior. Valedictorian; Region A soccer player of the year; National Honor Society president. Has not decided on a college yet but plans a career in nursing.

Adolphus Ames Junior. A average for past three years; National Honor Society; Model U.N. Elizabeth Lilliston Junior.

First in class; district band; varsity in three sports.

Alexandra Froehlich Sophomore. A average; top in class; National Honor Society.

Stephanie Kellam Sophomore. Volleyball district champion; principal’s list; National Honor Society.

Senior. National Merit Scholarship finalist; National Honor Society; youth deacon, Hidenwood Presbyterian. Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in ophthalmology.

Benjamin Reilley Junior.

Eagle Scout; seconddegree karate black belt; National Honor Society.

Anna Dos Santos Sophomore. Principal’s list; two-time state crosscountry championship team; St. Therese Catholic Church cantor.

Senior. Valedictorian; Governor’s School student; softball, swim and golf teams’ captain.

Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in engineering.

Sadie Ulmen Senior.

Salutatorian; varsity field hockey; Girls State. Has not decided on a school but plans a career in geology.

Jacob Tatum Senior. Longtime member of Boy Scouts for America; ranked in the top of his class; overcoming challenges. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in computer science.

Timothy Kreider Junior. Lead role in “Frankenstein” theater production; holds the second-highest GPA in the junior class; completed first album with band “Sometime Tomorrow.”

Angela Bird Sophomore. National Junior Honor Society; Community Problem Solving Program; International CmPS Conference in 2016.

Erin Karmilovich Sophomore. 600 on geometry SOL test; cross-country/track team MVP; State Bowl for Future Problem Solvers.

ISLE OF WIGHT ACADEMY ISLE OF WIGHT

Jacob Wait Senior. Student Council president; tri-valedictorian; varsity football captain VISAA first team defensive line. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in construction.

Kayla Robichaud Junior. Student Teen Advisory Group vice president; Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce Student Leadership; National Honor Society.

Gabriella Hooper Senior. Senior Class president; Metro Conference girls basketball player of the year; Girls State delegate and mayor. Plans to attend Brigham Young University for a career in speech pathology.

Trish Webb Junior. Scholarship to University of South Carolina Upstate for softball; class of 2016 secretary; National Honor Society.

Peyton Baylous Sophomore. National Junior Honor Society president; National Honor Society; Battle of the Brains.

William Keyt Sophomore. Science student of the year; National Honor Society; Student Council secretary.

SMITHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SMITHFIELD

Logan Brich Senior. National Hispanic Honor Society president; Pre-Med/Pre-Vet Club founder and president; BETA Club. Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in medicine.

Grace Miner Junior. Threetime cross-country state championship team; National Honor Society; SCA treasurer.

Jessica Cordner

Kyler Horswill Senior. Varsity football; robotics team; Eagle Scout.

Plans to attend Grove City (Pa.) College for a career in mechanical engineering.

Ryan Godwin Junior. 2013 leader of J.L. Camp YMCA Leader’s Club; Honorable mention, Conference 21 (soccer); basketball coaches award.

Joseph Santos Sophomore.

National Honor Society; varsity baseball; HOSA president.

PHOEBUS HIGH SCHOOL HAMPTON

Noah Gear Senior. Varsity baseball second team all-conference; varsity golf; varsity swim.

Plans to attend Oberlin College for a career in business.

Senior. James L. Camp Jr. YMCA Leader’s Club; Virginia Aerospace Science & Technology Scholars Program; varsity volleyball team captain, MVP. Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in medicine.

Dedra Ruffin Sophomore.

Recommended for honors classes; maintaining a great biology grade; adjusted to a new school.

Gurubandaa Khalsa Sophomore. Hiking Half Dome in Yosemite National Park; cross-country state championship team; Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership nominee.

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Brianna Karmilovich

Kimberly Michie Junior.

Honor roll; CPT rank JROTC; employed at 16.

Meredith Woessner

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Jasmyn Gomez Junior.

National Honor Society; second on tennis team; high school athletic trainer.

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Senior. Civil Air Patrol; 4-H youth leader; FBLA president. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in aerospace engineering.

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Senior. 3.5 GPA; National Honor Society member; passed chemistry SOL. Plans to attend Old Dominion University for a career in information systems analysis.

Senior. Honor roll; Randolph College Book award; The Virginian-Pilot award. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in medicine.

Jenna Crockett Senior. Advanced studies diploma with dual enrollment; honor roll for four years; received full college scholarship. Plans to attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore for a career in high school English education.

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Melia Miller

Juan Gomez

Eric Church Jr. Senior.

Salutatorian; homecoming king; AP Scholar award. Plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University for a career in biomedical engineering.

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Benjamin Mabalot Junior. Highest GPA award; varsity football second team all-state; Princeton Book award.

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Matthew Burt Junior. Liberty Baptist student drummer; Robotics Club; Math Honor Society vice president.

Joely Brockwell Senior. Varsity cheerleading captain; Early College Scholar; accepted early decision to Virginia Tech College of Engineering. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in pharmacy.

Emma McIntyre Senior. 4-H camp counselor; varsity swimming; Governor’s School for Science & Technology.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in medicine.

Haley Province Senior. Governor’s School for Science & Technology; National Honor Society; varsity swimming. Plans to attend Johns Hopkins University for a career in medicine.

Kasey Cordner Junior. Skipper in sailing club; All-A honor roll; Math Honor Society.

Bailey Turpin Junior.

Governor’s School for Science & Technology; BETA Club; Healing Waters Worship Center Ministry Pulse leader and lead keyboardist.

Katelyn Yates Junior.

Governor’s School for Science & Technology biological strand; second in DECA district competition for hospitality and tourism; varsity tennis.

Jessica Bruner Sophomore.

Varsity field hockey; 4.2 GPA; Beta Club.

John Darden Sophomore.

First in class; PHR national champion 2012; Beta Club sergeant at arms.

Ashley Guishard Sophomore.

Debate team; bass player for jazz and symphonic bands; National Youth Leadership Forum in Medicine nominee.

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Paige Parker

Amira Aduma Sophomore.

Varsity track and field; All-A honor roll; Math Honor Society.

Senior. Valedictorian; James L. Camp YMCA Leaders Club president; Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference delegate. Plans to attend James Madison University for a career in medicine.

Michael Hendrickson Sophomore. Varsity soccer; robotics team leader; All-A honor roll.

Olivia Lazar Sophomore. All-A honor roll; varsity tennis; varsity volleyball.

Samara Silver Sophomore.

Concert and jazz band performer; honor roll; Algebra II academic award.

Cole Manfred Junior.

Varsity football; wrestling manager; Beta Club.

Brianna Peterson Sophomore. Great Computer Challenge; Girl Scouts’ Silver Award; BETA Club.

Megan Sidlo Junior.

Congressional art show candidate; All-A honor roll; City Refuge Church volunteer.

Jasmine Spencer Junior.

Graduating a year early; African American trivia bowl; two Advanced Placement classes.

Gabrielle Guill Junior. First at Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair for behavioral and social studies; Girl Scouts’ Silver Award; lettered in sailing.

Morgan Garris Junior. 4-H teen leader; BETA Club; class treasurer.

Caroline Nicholson Sophomore.

BETA Club; National Junior Honor Society; Capron UMYF.

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Rachel Brown Senior. Woodmen of the World award; Blue Ridge Leaders School; Student Government Association president. Plans to attend James Madison University for a career in conflict resolution.

Malik Phillips Senior. Receiving associate’s degree in May; Beta Club president; Franklin and Virginia Beach Special Olympics.

Plans to attend the University of Virginia for a career in pediatric medicine.

Ann Jackson Edwards Junior.

National Honor Society; Blackwater Volleyball Club assistant coach; Backpack Ministries at Boykins Baptist Church volunteer.

Warren Hastings Junior.

Class president; Key Club treasurer; Beta Club.

Marissa Haydu Junior. Third in class; class officer; Key Club.

Michaela Tiffany Junior. All-Albemarle cross-country; all-Albemarle track and field; National Honor Society.

Justin Wiltse Senior. Honor roll every year; Microsoft Wordcertified; world news section editor for the school paper. Plans to attend Northern Michigan University for a career in graphic design.

Camden Baxter-Baronas Sophomore.

All A’s for all of school; all-district band; band leadership.

Maria Sutton Sophomore. Traveled to Ecuador twice for mission trip; all A’s for all of school; over 225 volunteer service hours.

CAPE HATTERAS SECONDARY SCHOOL BUXTON

Britni Rausch Senior. Marching band; Virginian-Pilot scholastic team; graduation marshal.

Plans to attend Full Sail University in Orange County, Fla., for a career in music recording.

Devin Koehne Sophomore.

Governor’s School for the Arts; community service; ranked third in class.

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Carson Harvey Senior. Softball team captain; varsity soccer; Beta Club. Plans to attend Eastern Washington University for a career in psychiatry.

Rachel Miller Senior. Varsity tennis captain; senior Beta; Peru missions trip volunteer.

Plans to attend the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, for a career in environmental engineering.

Violet Krawchuk Senior. Haitian mission trip; discrete math award; English III award. Plans to attend Mid-Atlantic Christian University for a career in missionary work.

CURRITUCK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BARCO

Rachel Lowe Senior. Marshal; top 10; National Honor Society.

Plans to attend East Carolina University for a career in biology and chemistry.

Alexus Berndt

Lindsey Ball Senior. Forensics state qualifier; Chi Alpha; Governor’s School for Japanese Language.

Plans to attend Liberty University for a career in audiology.

Emilia Tumminello Junior. Isle of Wight Chamber Student Leadership Institute; varsity soccer; Scholastic Bowl.

SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

Emily Guilford Sophomore. 4-H president; church youth leadership team; volunteer at the local pound.

ALBEMARLE SCHOOL ELIZABETH CITY

Johannasen Alexopoulos Senior. Captain of the varsity basketball team for four years; secretary, vice president of SGA; livestock showing for nine years. Has not decided on a college but plans a career in dentistry.

Savannah Simpson Junior.

SGA president; volleyball tournament MVP; straight A’s for four years.

Jarrod Ballance Sophomore.

Basketball team captain; SGA member; blood drive volunteer.

Adriana Rojas Senior. Marshal; top 10; National Honor Society.

Plans to attend the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for a career in international relations.

Anna Griffin Junior. Top three in junior class; 2012 regional geometry competition winner; Beta Club vice president.

Noah Benjamin Smith Sophomore.

Principal’s list; National BETA Club; JV and varsity baseball manager.

NORTH CAROLINA

Senior. National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists award of excellence; National Honor Society; AP Scholar with Honor.

Plans to attend North Carolina State University for a career in biomedical engineering.

Destiney Carter Senior. Vice president of world language club; VirginianPilot Scholastic Achievement award; Presidential Community Service award.

Plans to attend the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill for a career in medicine.

Riley Dowdy-Green Senior. Attending Governor’s School; math team; club membership including Honor Court. Plans to attend North Carolina State University for a career in environmental engineering.

Taylor Itschner Junior. Fifth in state geometry competition; graduation marshal; among top five GPAs in class.

FIRST FLIGHT HIGH SCHOOL KILL DEVIL HILLS

Madeline Munoz Sophomore.

Third in state for National History Day performance; Women in Math first place for math sprints; Coastal Ten cheer competition, second place.

Brian Stallings Sophomore. 2013 Reserve Champion in 4-H state horse show; senior Beta; thirdhighest score for FFA state soil judging in 2014.

Laura Chappell Junior. Carson Scholars nominee; Fellowship of Christian Athletes; top 10.

Hailey Dunlow Junior. Top 10; Student Government; National Spanish Honor Society.

Madison Nance Junior. Student Government president; Key Club; Governor’s School nominee.

Emma Kelsey Sophomore.

Quiz Bowl; top 10; Student Government secretary.

Whitney Pierce Sophomore.

Leo Club treasurer; Student Government vice president; top 10.

Ellie Rinehart Sophomore.

Freshmen Cup award; Key Club social media officer; Triangle Youth Leadership Conference.

Senior. FBLA national competitor; FBLA state officer; earned more than 75 credits at College of The Albemarle. Plans to attend Brigham Young University for a career in engineering.

Sky Poshar Senior. Earned more than 65 credit hours at College of The Albemarle; N.C. Governor’s School; accepted to University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Plans to attend UNC for a career in medicine.

Matthew Thibodeau Senior. North Carolina Governor’s School; ROV Club team leader; potential valedictorian.

Has not decided on a college but plans a career in engineering.

CAMDEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL CAMDEN

Jessie Felton Sophomore. Senior Beta; Patriots Pen; volunteer work.

Alexandra Carter

Carson Bettinger Sophomore.

Winning tennis tournament; white belt in martial arts; placed highest in the school on college sample placement test.

Heidi Roberts Sophomore.

Top three in sophomore class; Beta Club; freshman marshal.

Madeline Simons Junior. Varsity volleyball; FFA federation and chapter president; senior Beta.

JP KNAPP EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL CURRITUCK

Raeven Waters Junior. Junior class president; Beta Club; varsity letter in sports.

Lauren Cutler Sophomore.

Varsity cheer team; ninthgrade marshal; Beta Club.

Kristen Kellogg Junior. Marching band section leader; senior Beta; summer camp counselor.

Senior. Chief marshal; Chuck Stone Scholars; National Honor Society. Plans to attend the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for a career in journalism.

Gabrielle Sadler Sophomore. English I honors award; DECA regional performance award; JV volleyball MVP. Aron Stowe Sophomore. Math II honors award; math competition team; All A’s in school.

Ashley Hall Junior. National Society of High School Scholars; North Carolina School of Science and Math Online Program; HOSA.

Bryant Chappell

Macy Quidley Junior. State finalist, DECA; voting delegate, N.C. Career Development Conference; allconference varsity basketball.

Waverli Taylor Junior. Publication of “Aborted” and “Hidden Home”; Governor’s School for Science & Technology; varsity tennis team captain.

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Gavin Kehler Junior. Student tech team; digital media award; English I.H. award.

Kaylee Brooke Smith Senior. Valedictorian; principal’s list; National BETA Club. Plans to attend Virginia Tech for a career in engineering or architecture.

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Brittany Forbes Junior. Varsity cheerleader; National Honor society; Scholastic Honors award.

Carrie Beale Sophomore.

First in class; active in youth group; youth mission work.

Hannah Overstreet Sophomore. Principal’s list; Teen Library Council secretary; participation in 30-hour famine while collecting money for World Vision.

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Jena Araojo Senior. Valedictorian; Key Club president; Virginia Girls State delegate and city mayor.

Plans to attend the College of William & Mary for a career in pediatric medicine.

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Zenaida Ramos Junior. More than 30 hours of credit at College of The Albemarle; student ambassador; Student Government officer.

Ciara Troitino Junior. Student ambassador; more than 36 credit hours at College of The Albemarle; Student Government.

Phoebe Lease Sophomore.

More than 20 hours of credit at College of The Albemarle; FBLA state competition 2014; SADD Club vice president.

Cammie McMahan Sophomore.

SGA senator at College of The Albemarle; 4-H community service; more than 25 credit hours at College of The Albemarle.

Ashlan Jolley Senior. Chief junior marshal 2014; Virginian-Pilot Scholastic Achievement award 2013-14; Coastal Ten Conference All-Academic Volleyball/Soccer 2014. Plans to attend North Carolina State University for a career in veterinary medicine.

Sarah Nelson Junior. Deputy battalion commander of the Junior Leadership Program; National Honor Society; Daily Advance All-Area Soccer award.

Lydia Shiel Senior. Camden County Board of Education student member; “Blue Heron Bowl” team; volunteer trip to El Salvador. Plans to attend the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill for a career in journalism.

Connor Winfield Junior. First in regional science fair; third in state science fair; Child of Character award.

John Foster Sophomore. Senior patrol leader of Boy Scout Troop 158; youth representative to Camden United Methodist Church administration; North Carolina State Math Competition.

Cadi Turner Sophomore. Society of Torch and Laurel; Science National Honor Society; certified Corolla Ocean Rescue.

CAMTECH HIGH SCHOOL CAMDEN

Cole Breit Junior. All-district band; JV baseball MVP; ranked second in class.

Matthew Gray Senior. Getting in shape and losing 30 pounds; AP Scholar with distinction; ROV Club main software engineer. Plans to attend North Carolina State University for a career in computer science.

Anastasia Ratti Senior. Accepted at North Carolina State School of Design early admission; art project chosen as a highlight piece in the local art show; ranked third in class.

Plans to attend North Carolina State University but has not decided on a field of study.

MANTEO HIGH SCHOOL MANTEO

Carla Hardy Junior. Accepted into the North Carolina Governor’s School; band captain; ranked third in class.

Hannah Smith Senior. Ranked first in class; yearbook editor-in-chief; color guard captain. Plans to attend the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for a career in high school history education.

Ian Kenny Junior. First at DECA regional competition; state runner-up soccer team member; third in the 2013-14 Skim USA Tour.

Ashley Jones Sophomore. First in the sophomore class; art project showcased; employed throughout the school year.

Kenzie Potter Sophomore. First place regionally in the Math II competition; taught myself honors pre-calculus; took AP BC calculus as a sophomore.

Samantha Surprenant Sophomore. JV cheerleading team captain; ranked third in sophomore class; Albemarle Band Clinic for flute.

GATES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GATESVILLE

Rabekah Mattix

Wesley Walton

Senior. Rotary student of the semester; chief junior honor marshal; vice president of the Student Government Association.

Plans to attend North Carolina State University for a career in graphic design.

Senior. Governor’s School participant; Senior Beta Club vice president; FBLA parliamentarian. Plans to attend the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for a career in business.

James Cahoon Senior. Exchange program/Italy; National Honor Society president; varsity football.

Plans to attend North Carolina State University for a career in mechanical engineering.

Columbus Dong Junior. No. 2 in class; attended NCTIES conference as a presenter; scored third place in AMC 12 math contest.

Jennifer White Junior. No. 1 in class; qualified for math state competition; attended National Academy of Future Physicians.

Daniel Mitchum Sophomore. No. 1 in class; academic award in cross-country; all-district band.

Sydney Pearce Sophomore. No. 2 in class; third place at Elizabeth City math contest for Algebra 2; class representative.

NORTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL ELIZABETH CITY

Xenia Boyer Senior. Honor student; JV basketball co-captain; food bank volunteer. Plans to attend North Carolina State University for a career in chemistry.

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Blake Hawkins Senior. Chief marshal; crosscountry captain; Fellowship of Christian Athletes treasurer.

Plans to attend North Carolina State University for a career in genetics.

PASQUOTANK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ELIZABETH CITY

Senior. Senior drum major; DAR good citizen; chief junior marshal. Plans to attend North Carolina State University for a career in aerospace engineering.

David Lynch Senior. Fourth in regional math contest; donating blood; MacCAE certification. Plans to attend East Carolina University for a career in mathematics.

Hannah Campbell Junior. Future Farmers of America secretary; Student Government Association class secretary; National Honor Society.

Mallory DeNunzio Junior. National Honor Society; medical mission trips to Ecuador; varsity sports.

Jared Taylor Junior. National Honor Society; varsity baseball; first in class.

Noah Edwards Sophomore. National Honors Society; top 3 in class; applied to NCSSM. Niamh Massey Sophomore. 2013 NCASA middle school student of the year; first in informative category for NCASA Quill Writing Competition; National Junior Honor Society.

Marcus Mefferd Sophomore. National Honor Society eligibility; second in class; SAT awards.

PERQUIMANS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HERTFORD

Taylor Pierce Senior. Chief honor marshal; Student Government Association president; National Society of High School Scholars. Plans to attend the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for a career in dentistry.

Jordan Chappell Senior.

Honor marshal; class president; homecoming princess and queen. Plans to attend the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for a career in dermatology.

Kaira Nickens Senior.

Yearbook co-editor; BETA Club; Rotary Interact Club. Plans to attend the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, for a career in marketing.

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Jena Foreman Senior. National Honor Society; North Carolina Governor’s School; top 10 in class. Plans to attend East Carolina University for a career in psychology.

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MARLINA MEJIA | NORFOLK ACADEMY

NORTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL Continued Thomas Albanese Senior. Squadron commander of JROTC; five varsity sports; student-ofthe-semester award. Has not decided on a college but plans a career in medicine.

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Taylor Chappell Junior. BETA Club; honor student; nominated for N.C. Governor’s School.

Charlesa Leigh Junior. Honor student; nominated for N.C. Governor’s School; BETA Club.

Brandon Winslow Junior. NCACC 2014 Perquimans youth delegate; honor marshal; media/lights team lead with Bagley Swamp Wesleyan Church.

Charles Maus Sophomore. First for category and division in the National AgriScience Fair; first in district for N.C. Intel Science Fair and N.C. Student Academy of Sciences; cross-country.

James Robertson Sophomore. Honor roll; baseball; top of class .

Brooke Suermann Sophomore. Getting a job at Woodard’s Pharmacy; top of class; lighting/sound for two plays at the Carolina Moon Theater.

E MAKE a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

These words, spoken by Winston Churchill, motivate me to perform good works in my community and in my home.

I am proudly serving my second year as the Norfolk Academy Reach/Interact club president. This position allows me to satiate my love of leading, organizing and performing good works within my community. I have also had the honor of attending leadership development programs where I have formed connections with other leaders in my area to promote global citizenship.

Additionally, as a student leader on the Norfolk Academy Community Service Board, I promote service-oriented collaboration between clubs, create volunteer opportunities and spread optimism in the greater community.

Furthermore, I have loved devoting my time to the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters for the past two years. Volunteering at CHKD has allowed me to incorporate my passion for children and engagement to become a catalyst for positive change in society. It has been a heart-warming experience to put smiles on the faces of children confronting acute illnesses.

In addition, I have dedicated much of my time in the community to bringing families together.

While serving at the Judeo-Christian Outreach Center and the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, I have encouraged the gathering of homeless and less fortunate families over much appreciated meals.

I have also prepared meals for the family members of sick children at the Ronald McDonald House. I feel a particular devotion to this establishment as it draws together families at a critical time when unity is difficult and sometimes financially unattainable.

Moreover, I have gathered and wrapped presents from Santa Claus for a class of underprivileged preschoolers, fostering a sense of joy and unity in their homes on Christ-

mas morning.

Not only am I a servant of my community, but I am also a loving sister, daughter and granddaughter. I value the time I spend with my family above anything else. My two younger sisters see me simultaneously as a role model and a best friend. They know that my bedroom door as well as my heart is always open for them. They freely and frequently come into my room to get clothes, books, outfit advice, social media guidance, homework help, or a shoulder to cry on. As my parents are both busy hard workers, I often find myself adopting the position of a caretaker for my sisters. I have repeatedly driven them to school, early morning band practices, and dance classes in addition to preparing their meals, proofreading their essays, and providing them with unconditional loving support.

My grandmother is my greatest role model. Since my infancy, she has been one of my primary caretakers while my parents both worked. I have vivid, jovial memories of racing down Mount Trashmore, playing hide-and-go-seek on wooden castle playgrounds, floating in matching pink inner tubes at the beach, and getting lost between bookshelves in the library with her. We have recently experienced a role reversal as she had fallen ill with stage-four cancer. I enjoy accompanying her during her fourhour chemotherapy appointments. I truly treasure every moment I have left with her. Her strength and perseverance have served as a source of inspiration in my life. I would do anything in the world for my grandmother.

Whether I am giving back to my community, guiding my sisters through life or caring for my grandmother, I strengthen my relationships by extending a helping hand to those around me. It is in these small endeavors and treasured moments between the servants and the served that I truly understand that while I will make a living with what I earn, my greatest rewards lie in making a life with what I give.

Whether I am giving back to my community, guiding my sisters through life or caring for my grandmother, I strengthen my relationships by extending a helping hand to those around me.

Congratulations...

Marlina Mejia Norfolk Academy

WINNER OF DILLARD’S

SAMARITAN SCHOLARSHIP! Congratulations Marlina Mejia for winning the Dillard’s $3000 Samaritan Scholarship. She has exhibited a commitment to her community and has shown responsibilities that have promoted family unity.

Way to go Marlina and all of the scholastic achievers!

Dillard’s is proud to recognize and congratulate all scholastic achievers.

We believe that education is the key to the success of the future and we’re committed to recognizing excellence in scholastic achievement. Keep up the good work!

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