AP® SCHOLAR AWARDS

For Immediate Release

Date: October 15, 2021

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) provides students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both from successful performance on the AP Exams. 

In May 2021, 776 students completed AP exams. Collectively, students took 1,657 exams representing tests from the Arts, English, History and Social Sciences, Math and Computer Science, the Sciences, World Languages and Cultures, and AP Capstone. Lovejoy High School students continue to demonstrate excellent achievement, both in classroom performance, and through the College Board’s external validation. 

The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams. 274 students at Lovejoy High School have earned 310 AP Scholar Awards and recognitions of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. 

At Lovejoy High School, 113 students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are Aidan Abramson, Colin Ashby, David Bao, Renee Barnes, Tanay Bawa, Anna Beard, Samatha Belatur, Elise Bell, Audrey Bensmiller, Joshua Bittlestone, Emma Boland, Kai Campbell, Kendall Carll, Amelia Carothers, Austin Chapman, Sydney Chapman, Madison Cinek, Hannah Cole, Caleb Coulson, William Craft, Keeran Cross, Jack Czyz, Kaya Czyz, Sadie Dale, Brynne Davies, Jordan Day, Bennett Dingwerth, Anika Dresser, Natalia Duran De La Vega, Ethan Edwards, Eric Esser, Kurtis Fails, Savannah Fanous, Grace Flinchbaugh, Nathan Fowler, Major Friesland, Jenna Garcia, Carlee George, Pahul Ghumman, Molly Gornell, Nathaniel Heinrich-Barna, Ella Hersley, Keira Ho, Lia Hopkinson, Lindsey Hughes, Meredith Hughes, Andrew Iovine, Neelesh Iyer, Andrew James, Reid James, Cameron Kennedy, Mitchell Laman, Sam Lamping, Emma Landry, Alyssa Lane, Justin Larimer, Joshua Lass, Olivia Lauter, Peyton Legg, Stefan Lingenfelder, Amber Liu, Katherine Lowe, Andrew Mao, Kristina Marshall, Rebecca Masterson, Alexandra McCaffity, Finnegan McGoldrick, Jack McPherson, Grace Milliken, Ashlan Morgan, Maximilian Mueth, Zachary Nakamura, Avae Odza, Chisom Okorafor, Wayne Pan, Hallel Pang, Cole Paulus, Alex Pedersen, Maci Perkins, Emily Perry, Elizabeth Ponder, Thomas Pottinger, Emma Powell, Trinity Powell, Neil Prakuzhy, Sanjeev Rajakamur, Lucas Ramirez, Sebastian Ramirez, Ella Reaugh, Ryan Schlimme, Rohan Sharma, Tajvir Singh, Avery Spencer, Madisyn Stutler, Taryn Sutherlin, Chayse Taylor, Sydnee Taylor, Sydney Thompson, Gianmarco Torres, Marcus Tsai, Aniketh Vellanki, Jannat Verma, John Wallaert, Eric Wang, Ryan Wang, Mark Wen, Jude Wheatley, Luke Whitfill, Kevin Xu, Holly Xue, Arturo Yundt-Pacheco, Jonathan Zanzuri, and Kelly Zhang.

49 students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are Olya Abdi, Jacob Beets, Samuel Bluestein, Kiley Boots, Julia Brochu, Eliza Coit, Lexie Collins, Maya Dandekar, Hannah Daniel, Kendall Dohmann, Caroline Duke, Lauren Dumin, Connor Dunn, Amelia Flinchbaugh, William Flinchbaugh, Emily Fluker, Daniel Hanna, Lauren Hathaway, Jason Holiman, Luke Hopkinson, Zachary Iovine, Gideon Johnson, Kunal Kapur, Meghan Karras, Jaidyn Lanum, Keeten Levin, Marissa Liebl, Hannah Mao, Jack Marsden, Megan McNeal, Geneva Miller, Davis Mosel, Matthew Murray, Alex Myers, Peyton Nicholson, Liam Palazzolo, Jake Piccirillo, Luca Rey, Caroline Roth, Bennett Sailer, Luis Sandoval, Cason Smitherman, Landon Snow, Brock Stevenson, Nabeel Syed, Dinah Thadikonda, Kayla Vigen, Tracy Wang, and Addison Wimbish. 

110 students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Ainsley Abernathy, Brandon Affan, Ismaeel Ahmed, Ali Arbabi, Maria Arnold, Makenzie Aubel, Ella Babic, Birwa Balar, Judith Bardwell, Caleb Beets, Katharine Berman, Emma Bittlestone, Lily Bouldin, William Branum, George Burrus, Juliet Cano, Aurea Carlisle, Ryan Cocks, Cameron Coleman, Grant Collyer, Taylor Crosby, Blake Daehnert, Harlin Dean, Graham Doffing, Chloe Dorlon, Tyler Doyle, Caden Dragoo, Liesl Duchatelet, Patrick Dunleavy, Galen Ezell, Simi Fadel, William Frost, Peter Godipelly, Gabriella Grazioli, Arushi Gupta, Keagan Hall, Alexandra Harris, Joeley Hedgcoxe, Sean Huddleston, Katherine Jacob, Salena Jacob, Bryan Janssen, Marco Jelvez, Alison Johnson, Piper Jostrand, Amanda Karras, Alisha Khan, Eleanor Koehn, Dylan Koh, Ann Laos, Devon Larimer, Abigail Le, Lydia Ma, Audrey McCaffity, Mason McClure, Aidan Meek, Sarah Michal, Mackenzie Miller, Ahad Mirza, Robert Moore, Mason Muller, Christopher Newton, Kaley Nguyen, Veronica Nickell, Regan Novotny, Michelle Nwadilobi, Connor O’Dowd, Isabella Ospina, Elena Paharik, Jacob Parkinson, Ryder Peterson, Jacob Pickens, Samuel Pickens, Ayden Porter, Virginia Portera, Amelia Poulton, Tarini Ramasamy, Joshua Ringler, William Sailer, Zachary Saldivar-Garcia, Talia Sanford, Prachi Saxena, Stone Scalf, Braden Schlimme, Taylor Schreiber, Joseph Seidel, Luke Shull, Luke Smith, Shruti Subramaniyan, Drew Summers, Nicholas Sy, Naheel Syed, Xingjian Tao, Kaysey Taunton, Julia Thomas, Jax Thompson, Tyler Tucker, Kylee Tyra, Zachary Valentine, Joel Walenciak, Kylie Warren, Jordyn Watanabe, Brandon White, Karlee Williams, Ekaterina Wise, Natalie Wong, Hannah Wyrick, Viviana Yerkes, Paige Young, and Kaden Yow. 

25  students qualified for the AP Capstone Diploma by completing both AP Seminar and Research and earning a 3 or higher. Diploma students also earn a 3 or higher on four additional AP courses of their choosing.  The AP Capstone Diploma students are Birwa Balar, David Bao, Anna Beard, Juliet Cano, Amelia Carothers, Hannah Cole, Jack Czyz, Kaya Czyz, Sadie Dale, Brynne Davies, Eric Esser, Meredith Hughes, Alison Johnson, Cameron Kennedy, Mitchell Laman, Emma Landry, Peyton Legg, Robert Moore, Trinity Powell, Nicholas Sy, Nabeel Syed, Marcus Tsai, Aniketh Vellanki, Ryan Wang, and Kelly Zhang. 

13 students earned the AP Seminar and Research Certificate by earning a score of 3 or higher in both courses. They are Emma Boland, Ella Brumley, George Burrus, Aurea Carlisle, Amelia Flinchbaugh, Sophie Hannah, Piper Jostrand, Ann Laos, Alex Myers, Kaley Nguyen, Stone Scalf, Landon Snow and Kylee Tyra. 

Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuring that AP Exams are aligned with the same high standards expected by college faculty at some of the nation’s leading liberal arts and research institutions. More than 3,800 colleges and universities annually receive AP scores. Most four-year colleges in the United States provide credit and/or advanced placement for qualifying exam scores. Research consistently shows that AP students who score a 3 or higher on AP Exams (based on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest) typically experience greater academic success in college and have higher college graduation rates than students who do not participate in AP. 

Lovejoy ISD will honor each of the 2021 AP Scholar award winners at the 12th Annual Advanced Academic Banquet on January 9, 2022.

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