CCSD Students Honored with 2025 College Board Awards

The College Board has honored Cherokee County School District students with National Recognition Programs Awards for exceptional academic achievement!

The program awards academic honors to high-performing high school juniors and seniors to celebrate their hard work.  To be considered for recognition, students must have a GPA of at least 3.3 and earn scores of 3 or higher on two or more distinct Advanced Placement (AP) exams before their junior year and/or top 10% scores on the PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10 among test takers at their high school (School Recognition Award - SRA), among first-generation college students in their state (First Generation Recognition Award - FGRA), or among the state’s rural or small town test takers (Rural or Small Town Achievement Award - RSTRA).  

Congratulations to our 473 honorees and their teachers and thank you to our School Board for its laser focus on ensuring our students are learning more, growing more, and achieving more in our classrooms than they could anywhere else!

2025 National Recognition Programs Award Winners

CHEROKEE HIGH SCHOOL
Caitlyn Berutich, RSTRA, SRA
Elli Blanton, RSTRA, SRA
Tyler Bramblett, SRA
Madison Burnett, FGRA, RSTRA, SRA
Sadie Cohen, RSTRA, SRA
Ava Crossman, RSTRA, SRA
Ebani Cux, RSTRA, FGRA, SRA
Grace Dai, RSTRA, SRA
Dillon Dailey, SRA
Kevin Dehigama, FGRA, RSTRA, SRA
Noah Denney, FGRA, RSTRA, SRA
Kavya Desai, RSTRA, SRA
Edilberto Dionisio, FGRA, RSTRA
Shamus Disclafani, RSTRA, SRA
Gavin Dodd, RSTRA
William Dragoone, SRA
Jacob Duncan, SRA
Parker Duncan, RSTRA, SRA
Lizbeth Fierros, FGRA, RSTRA, SRA
Madeline Flournoy, RSTRA, SRA
Lucy Fox, SRA
Zachary Fullen, RSTRA, SRA
Reid Gaither, RSTRA, SRA
Miguel Garcia Lopez, FGRA
Ryan Gorski, RSTRA, SRA
Bryce Grant-Baul, RSTRA
Julia Haymore, RSTRA, SRA
Audrey Hopkins, RSTRA, SRA
Chase Horton, RSTRA, SRA
Leila Iovino, SRA
Joseph Jarvis, SRA
Diego Kricke, FGRA, RSTRA
Madeline Kwasny, FGRA, RSTRA, SRA
Tanner Lawson, FGRA
Adeline Lionbarger, RSTRA, SRA
Andrew Lockwood, RSTRA, SRA
Haylie Marsh, SRA
Natalie McBride, RSTRA, SRA
Molly McCarty, SRA
Maddox McGovern, RSTRA, SRA
Lillian Meeks, FGRA, RSTRA
Amanda Michno, RSTRA, SRA
Lucas Miller, RSTRA, SRA
William Mizelle, RSTRA, SRA
Morgan Moon, RSTRA, SRA
Alex Morales, RSTRA, SRA
Cherokee Munoz-Santos, FGRA, SRA
Grant Olds, RSTRA, SRA
Sebastian Perez, RSTRA
Grayson Prien, RSTRA, SRA
Peyton Riggins, RSTRA, SRA
Margarita Roudoi, RSTRA
Chase Russell, FGRA, SRA
Jaiden Samuels, SRA
Shane Saulinskas, SRA
Aoife Stewart, RSTRA, SRA
Russell Taylor, RSTRA
Kevin Thai, FGRA
Carson Thompson, RSTRA, SRA
Andrew Trowers, RSTRA, SRA
Bailey Vinette, FGRA, RSTRA, SRA
Alexander Watkins, SRA
Reese Wendel, SRA, RSTRA
Elijah Williams, SRA
Blake Young, SRA, RSTRA
Ian Zeller, SRA
Victor Zinchuk, FGRA, RSTRA

CREEKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
Amelia Babcock, RSTRA and SRA
Robert Bagwell, SRA
Brenna Bain, RSTRA, SRA
Faith Bayer, RSTRA
Holden Berumen, RSTRA, SRA
Bryson Box, RSTRA
William Brooks, RSTRA, SRA
MaryJo Brown, RSTRA
Alexis Bush, SRA
Adyson Byrd, FGRA, SRA
Alexander Cain, RSTRA, SRA
Sophia Carr, RSTRA, SRA
Ty Castro, RSTRA, SRA
Cedric Edward Rey Coggon, RSTRA
Jacob Cohrs, RSTRA, SRA
Samuel Cohrs, RSTRA, SRA
Levi Cone, SRA
Emeline Cromer, RSTRA, SRA
Joshua DeLima, SRA
Harry DellaPenna, RSTRA, SRA
Aaron Dickson, RSTRA, SRA
Hadley Duncan, SRA
Leighton Duncan, RSTRA, SRA
Cassady-James Foran, RSTRA
Peter Frey, RSTRA, SRA
Henry Gilmore, SRA
Jack Gluckson, RSTRA, SRA
Colin Greco, RSTRA, SRA
Marley Greenwell, RSTRA, SRA
Lila Haase, RSTRA
Riley Hamilton, RSTRA
Austin Hand, RSTRA, SRA
Gabriel Hardin, RSTRA, SRA
Allison Hefner, RSTRA
Cristopher Holderness, RSTRA, SRA
Winry Hughes, RSTRA
Carter Hutchison, RSTRA, SRA
Landon Jenkins, RSTRA
Aiden Johnson, RSTRA, SRA
Chase Johnson, SRA
Owen Kreh, SRA
Anaya Lawrence, SRA
Annabelle Lindsey, RSTRA
Winston McArthur, RSTRA, SRA
John McDaniel, SRA
Isabel Mulkey, RSTRA, SRA
Christopher Nash, FGRA, RSTRA, SRA
Matthew Niles, SRA
Levi Norris, RSTRA, SRA
Micah Owens, RSTRA, SRA
Bella Pastor, SRA
Ryan Pattillo, RSTRA, SRA
Karen Phillips, RSTRA, SRA
Eden Pope, SRA
Timothy Powell, RSTRA, SRA
Autumn Purcell, RSTRA, SRA
Christopher Ray, FGRA, RSTRA
Caleb Reece, FGRA, RSTRA
Asher Rich, RSTRA
Mignon Retief, SRA
Abigail Rickert, RSTRA, SRA
Caleb Rouse, RSTRA, SRA
Maile Rowley, RSTRA, SRA
Noah Rushing, RSTRA, SRA
Mackenzie Sanchez, FGRA, RSTRA, SGA
Lilah Schilling, RSTRA
Caroline Schlueter, RSTRA, SGA
John Seguin, RSTRA
Ella Silvia, RSTRA, SGA
Lorah-Alice Smith, RSTRA, SGA
Campbell Stell, RSTRA
John Williams, SRA
Matthew Woods, RSTRA

ETOWAH HIGH SCHOOL
Mohammed Alam, FGRA, SRA
Cooper Albrecht, SRA
Jasem Amer, FGRA, SRA
Caleb Archer, SRA
Arden Ashuri, SRA
Lauren Bryant, SRA
Alan Calderon, FGRA, SRA
Avery Cheatham, SRA
Kaiden Cribbs, SRA
Kathryn Dallas, SRA
Aiden Daugherty, SRA
Laney Davis, SRA
Brian Devedzhiev, SRA
Mitchell Drought, SRA
Dylan Fallin, SRA
Lila Flood, FGRA, SRA
Mia Godwin, SRA
Charlie Hanchey, SRA
Kairi Hartman, SRA
David Holbrook, SRA
Ava Horan, SRA
Wanjohi Iruku, SRA
Olivia Jackson, SRA
Kamilla Jaramillo, FGRA, SRA
Jackson Josef, SRA
Taylor Kallbreier, SRA
Aahana Karanji, SRA
Ryker Karp, FGRA, SRA
Lamarr Kemp, FGRA, SRA
Ansley King, FGRA, SRA
Kendra Koschewa, SRA
Colby Kuleszynski, SRA
Juliette Kvenild, SRA
Bennett Lawless, SRA
Gavin Letendre, SRA
Dean Loa, SRA
Alexander Lu, SRA
Amelia Ludwiczak, SRA
Norah Luin, SRA
Caitlin Marietta, SRA
Emma Maszerowski, FGRA, SRA    
Kelsie Mattson, SRA
Amora McClintock, SRA
Colton McKinney, SRA
Hayden McKinney, SRA
Carson Moore, SRA
Samantha Moore, SRA
Santiago Morales Vides, SRA
Matthew Ndumbi, SRA
Adriel Ontibon, SRA
Rosa Maria Ordonez Guzman, SRA
Alexander Overcash, SRA
Rohan Pandya, SRA
Allegresse-Zipola Panga, SRA
Lydia Paul, SRA
Skylee Poirrier, FGRA, SRA
Victoria Ramos-Jackson, SRA
Areli Rico-Zuniga, FGRA, SRA
Jared Riddick, SRA
Lily Riggins, SRA
Braxton Ruddock, SRA
Mihini Senanayake, SRA
Lila Sewell, FGRA
Adrian Shaffer, SRA
Daniel Silveira, FGRA, SRA
Gustavo Strougo, SRA
Bryson Tharpe, SRA
Alex Tomsey, SRA
Payton Truelove, FGRA, SRA
Juliana Turner, SRA
Pradhyumna Vasishta, SRA
Sophia Wadsworth, SRA
Skye Wilson, SRA
Hailey Yager, SRA
Aady Zain, FGRA, SRA

RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
Ilias Arabi, FGRA
Johan Fides Bacaron, SRA
Madelyn Blair, SRA
Bryson Boldin, SRA
Logan Bradford, SRA
Preston Buchanan, SRA
Matthew Burdette, SRA
Ellinor Charles, SRA
William Coleman, FGRA, SRA
Taylor Daugherty, SRA
Santiago de Lira, SRA
Riyapreet Deol, SRA
Neil Duggal, SRA
Molly Eyrich, SRA
Christian Farmer, SRA
Jordan Fisher, SRA
Alexis Fitch, SRA
Auhdrina Flores, SRA
Ryan Foley, SRA
Alexis Freeman, SRA
Elizabeth Gallion, SRA
Udi Gitau, SRA
Ethan Grindle, SRA
Toryn Grunke Guevara, SRA
Ian Haas, SRA
Katelynn Hain, SRA
Alexander Henninger, SRA
William Herson, SRA
Camryn Hooks, SRA
Hailey Howard, SRA
Maggie Jones, SRA
Pratiksha Kandasamy Tamilselvi, SRA
Leony    Kartasurya, FGRA, SRA
Margaret Kennedy, SRA
Luke Kenney, SRA
Isabella Kennison, SRA
Olivia Kennison, SRA
Gavin Kew, SRA
Kamren Kirklen, SRA
Liam Langston, SRA
Kauan    Lemos, FGRA, SRA
Mason Malcom, SRA
Lillian Mann, SRA
Victoria Marin Garzon, SRA
Peter Marshall, SRA
Wyatt McCarty, SRA
Natalie Melton, SRA
Sophia Miller, FGRA, SRA
Aris Mixon, SRA
Devon Mooney, SRA
Gabriella Morales, SRA
Sabrina Nattrass, SRA
Sophia Ochoa, SRA
Joli Palmquist, SRA
Claire Park, SRA
Jackson Patchett, SRA
Briya Patel, SRA
Kishan Patel, SRA
Krish Patel, SRA
Marlee Peppers, SRA
Camila Perez, FGRA, SRA
Paige Pouliot, SRA
Josephine Powers, SRA
Elizabeth Prusa, SRA
John Rabun, SRA
Aariz Rao, SRA
Nicholas Rury, FGRA, SRA
Aleksandr Shiltsov, FGRA, SRA
Kara Simard, SRA
Tyler Stacey, SRA
Hannah Steinbrenner, SRA
Marco Strazzullo, SRA
Miranda Torrans, SRA
Ryan Tucker, SRA
Nicholas Waters, SRA
Peyton Westbrook, SRA
Taylor Westbrook, SRA
Carter Zwerk, SRA

SEQUOYAH HIGH SCHOOL
Shiven Amrith, FGRA, RSTRA, SRA
Zahiris Ayala, RSTRA, SRA
William Bailey, SRA
Ella Baker, RSTRA, SRA
Molly Begley, RSTRA
Taylor Bell, SRA
Addison Branum, RSTRA
Riley Buck, RSTRA, SRA
Caleb Carr, RSTRA
Matthew Chemmala, RSTRA, SRA
Connor Dalluge, FGRA, RSTRA, SRA
Liliana DeFiore, RSTRA, SRA
Benjamin Derman, RSTRA, SRA
Gavin Dugas, FGRA, SRA
Caden Escarra, RSTRA, SRA
Emma Fistel, SRA
Isabella Foster, RSTRA
Anjali Gavalas, RSTRA, SRA
Yasmeen Gheith, SRA
Eleni Giannopoulos, RSTRA
Luke Griffies, SRA
Cassedy Griffin, RSTRA, SRA
Tony Ha, FGRA, RSTRA
Leif Hansen, RSTRA, SRA
Anastasia Hartung, RSTRA, SRA
Kaitlyn Hartung, RSTRA
Abagail Hude, RSTRA, SRA
Ema Hutchinson, RSTRA
Jesse Johnson, RSTRA, SRA
Elliott Jongbloedt, RSTRA, SRA
Nitin Kathiresan, RSTRA, SRA
Kourtney Kimberly, RSTRA, SRA
Daeun Ko, RSTRA
Benjamin Koster, RSTRA, SRA
Di La, FGRA, RSTRA, SRA
Henry Lane, RSTRA, SRA
Alexander Leljedal, RSTRA
Adalyn Liakakos, RSTRA, SRA
Ian Lightcap, RSTRA
Harlan Malecek, RSTRA
James Markham, RSTRA
Sloane McGhee, RSTRA, SRA
Kelly McKenna, RSTRA
Charles Miller, RSTRA, SRA
Sebastian Murillo, SRA
Alena Nelson, RSTRA
Austin Nelson, FGRA, RSTRA, SRA
Jonathan New, FGRA, RSTRA
Riley O'Neill, RSTRA, SRA
Brandon Palmer, RSTRA, SRA
Olivia Parks, SRA
Ethan Patsios, SRA
Natalie Pereira, RSTRA
Keely Price, RSTRA, SRA
Abigail Quezada, RSTRA, SRA
Abigail Reiner, SRA
Madalyn Reno, RSTRA, SRA
Rebekah Rogers, SRA
Dahlen Roth, RSTRA, SRA
Alexander Severson, SRA
Ilya Shulga, RSTRA
Tayler Sims, RSTRA, SRA
Aubrey Smith, RSTRA, SRA
Luke Sneed, RSTRA
Brady St. Peter, RSTRA, SRA
Bailey St. Vrain, RSTRA
Madison Stevens, RSTRA, SRA
Kushal Surepalli, SRA
Charlee Thompson, SRA
William Thompson, RSTRA, SRA
Nikolai Tillero, RSTRA, SRA
Mason Walters, RSTRA, SRA
Lily Ward, RSTRA
Carina Wheeler, FGRA, RSTRA, SRA
Piper White, RSTRA, SRA
Evelyn Witty, RSTRA, SRA
Lyle York, RSTRA
Emma Young, RSTRA

WOODSTOCK HIGH SCHOOL
Nathaneil Amakelew, SRA
Tyler Barbera, SRA
Wyatt Barnes, SRA
William Barsh, SRA
Cailey Baum, FGRA, SRA
Lenora Boggess Pardo, SRA
Rosemary Bragg, SRA
Finnegan Burke, SRA
Mia Bustelo, SRA
Daniel Cabra-Lara, SRA
Roxana Carrillo-Acevedo, FGRA, SRA
Jonathan Chang, FGRA, SRA
Erin Colegrove, SRA
Carolyn Dailey, SRA
Kaydence Edwards, SRA
Sawyer Edwards, SRA
Hannah Ellis, SRA
Callie Erler, SRA
Noel Gee, SRA
William Gee, SRA
Shelby Gibbs, SRA
Rachel Haynes, FGRA, SRA
Avery Hodasi, SRA
Grayson Hunter, RSTRA, SRA
Lauren Hunter, SRA
Logan Johnson, SRA
Logan Jones, FGRA, SRA
Peter Jones, SRA
William Kingston, SRA
Matthew Klein, SRA
Ivy Lamar, SRA
Andrew Lawrence, SRA
Grace Levermann, SRA
Ryan Maatmar, FGRA, SRA
Andrea Maldonado, SRA
Eli Mason, SRA
Brendan Maude, SRA
Lincoln May, SRA
Caroline McLain, SRA
Clayr Mobley, FGRA, SRA
Keelin Murray, SRA
Devan Parameswaran, SRA
Emily Pheifer, SRA
Trinity Preiser, SRA
Isla Price, SRA
Andrew Riddle, SRA
Lucas Rigsby, SRA
Lily Sachse, SRA    
Manasa Shankar, SRA
Aiden Shields, SRA
Jax Singleton, SRA
Haley Skipper, SRA
Matthew Smith, SRA
Emily Sonntag, SRA
Jackson Standish, SRA
Makayla Steele, FGRA, SRA
Cooper Stephens, SRA
McKenzie Taylor, SRA
Michael Thomas, SRA
Joshua Tomberg, SRA
Ryder Wall, SRA
Tyler Wilson, FGRA, SRA

*Additional students may earn this honor before the end of the school year.
 

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