First Place

• Daniel Higginbotham, Heritage High School, Lynchburg, VA Read Essay

Second Place

• Christine James, Kentucky Country Day School, Louisville, KY
• Connor Shaughnessy, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville, FL
• Dennis McKenna, Islip High School, Islip, NY
• Hannah Atkinson Renglich, Academy for Gifted Children, Toronto, Canada
• James Utt, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO
• Jeanne Lichterman, Academy for Gifted Children, Toronto, Canada
• Josh Duncan, Hilliard Darby High School, Hilliard, OH
• Lauren Moore, Parkway West High School, Ballwin, MO
• Maren Daniel, Rex Putnam High School, Milwaukie, OR
• Ryan Newberry, Northwest Guilford High School, Greensboro, NC

Third Place

• Aaron Chiu, Academy for Gifted Children, Toronto, Canada
• Aaron Henry, Academy for Gifted Children, Toronto, Canada
• Ashika Bhan, Johansen High School, Modesto, CA
• Christine Utter, University City High School, San Diego, CA
• Chrystal Melton, Pocatello High School, Pocatello, ID
• Caryn Hassel, Hartland High School, Hartland, MI
• Elena Fabrikant, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA
• Ingrid Elise Van Swearingen, Edmonds-Woodway High School, Edmonds, WA
• Janina Moretti, Narbonne Math Science Magnet, Harbor City, CA
• Jessica Shafer, Dutch Fork High School, Irmo, SC
• Kelly Beahm, Butler Intermediate High School, Butler, PA
• Kristen Egan, Conrad Weiser High School, Robesonia, PA
• Laura Stafford, Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School, North Dighton, MA
• Natalie Spritzer, Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, Faribault, MN
• Rebecca Stein, Academy for Gifted Children, Toronto, Canada
• Rosalie Gilbert, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Chevy Chase, MD
• Sarah Beth Glicksteen, Bartram Trail High School, Jacksonville, FL
• Sean Sullivan, Prospect High School, Mount Prospect, IL
• Swarupa Pisupati, Passaic High School, Passaic, NJ
• Will Haw, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA

Finalist

• Audra Hilse, Coon rapids High School, Coon Rapids, MN
• Ben Cober, Mariemont High School, Cincinnati, OH
• Catherine Chang, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CA
• Chelsea Scecina, Douglas MacArthur High School, San Antonio, TX
• Christina C Thomas, St Thoams Aquinas High School, Hammond, LA
• Christina Ortega, Douglas MacArthur High School, San Antonio, TX
• Courtney Lare, Hilliiard Darby High School, Hilliard, OH
• Crysten McKenzie, Dulaney High School, Timonium, MD
• Daniel Streitfeld, Shepton High School, Plano, TX
• Drew Johnson, Burley Junior High School,k Burley, ID
• Elise Nickolaisen,Granite Hills High School, Apple Valley, CA
• Elizabeth Hillaker, Flafler Palm Coast High School, Burnell, FL
• Emily Etinger, Marblehead High School, Marblehead, MA
• Erin O’Brien, Tustin High School, Tustin, CA
• Ethan Wolk, Solomon Schechter High School, Glen Cove, NY
• Jack Loveridge, W.H. Burges High School, El Paso, TX
• Jacob Norton, Traverse City Junior High School, Traverse City, MI
• Jenny Downey, Pocatello High School, Pocatello, Idaho
• Joe Mische, Technical High School, Saint Cloud, MN
• Kaitlyn Bice, Granite Hills High School, El Cajon, CA
• Kalais Clyde, Hurricane High School, Hurricane, UT
• Katie Lupoli, Blackman High School, Murfreesboro, TN
• Kelcey Johnson, Windham High School, Willimantic, CT
• Kelly Thomas, George Jenkins High School, Lakeland, FL
• Kendra Noyes, San Marcos High School, San Marcos, CA
• Kristen Turner, Northside Christian Academy, Charlotte, NC
• Laurel Maughan, James River High School, Midlothian, VA
• Lauren Shawcross, Spanish River High School, Boca Raton, FL
• Lee A. Walsh, La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM
• Lisa Deuel, Webster High School, Webster, NY
• Louis Jordan, Clay High School, South Bend, IN
• Mae Ann Lindsey, Ada High School, Ada, OK
• Mara Phillips, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO
• Matt Bomberg, Ronald Reagan High School, San Antonio, TX
• Max Schaffer, Lamar High School, Houston, TX
• Michelle Sherger, Ridgefield Memorial High School, Ridgefield, NJ
• Pamela Collins, Amphitheatre High School, Tucson, AZ
• Rachel Dykes, Douglas MacArthur High School, San Antonio, TX
• Rebecca Faber, Solomon Schechter High School, Glen Cove, NY
• Rita Koganzon, Niles West High School, Skokie, IL
• Sara Leitnaker, Air Academy High School, USAFA, CO
• Scott Miller, Fargo South high School, Fargo, ND
• Stephen Gulick, Truman High School, Independence, MO
• Steve Dombek, Rockville High School, Vernon, CT
• Tanesha Fields, Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, OH

Semi-Finalist

• Aaron Frey, Los Angeles Centered for Enriched Studies, Los Angeles, CA
• Adriel Duncan, Beech High School, Hendersonville, TN
• Adrienne Masler, Homer Senior High School, Homer, NY
• Alan Barnes, Chagrin Falls High School, Chagrin Falls, OH
• Alessia Santarossa, International School of Beijing, PRC, Beijing
• Alexander J. Mendez, Lopez Island High School, Lopez Island, WA
• Alexandra Bennett, California Area High School, Coal Center, PA
• Amanda Eshenour, Big Spring High School, Newville, PA
• Ana Kadkhodayan, Collinsville High School, Collinsville, IL
• Andrew J. Whitmer, Fellowship Christian Academy, Meuthuen, MA
• Andrew Litaker, Douglas MacArthur High School, San Antonio, TX
• Andrew Ollett, William Floyd High School, Mastic Beach, NY
• Andrew Seal, Richmond High School, Richmond Indiana
• Andromeda Huff, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, MD
• Angie Danis, Parkway West High School, Bellwin, MO
• Ann Watts, Oldenberg Academy, Oldenberg, IN
• Anna Boatwright, Ashley Hall, Chatleston, SC
• Anna Moncure, Douglas Southall Freeman High School, Richmond, VA
• Anna Myers, Victor Valley High School, Victorville, CA
• Annie Rouff, Yuma High School, Yuma, AZ
• Ari Katz, Freehold Township High School, Freehold, NJ
• Ashlee Keeports, Air Academy High School, USAFA, CO
• Ashley Hartman, William Flemming High School, Roanoke, VA
• Ashley Iliff, Salina high School, Salinas, CA
• Ashley Kinsey, Lakewood Ranch High School, Bradenton, FL
• Ashley Monique Lusch, Port Zumwalt South High School, St. Peters, MO
• Asja Eckertson, Central Junior High School, Lawrence, KS
• Benjamin Frank Patterson, Fellowship Christian Academy, Methuen, MA
• Brad Rogers, Marblehead High School, Marblehead, MA
• Brandy Jacob, Keystone High School, Lagrange, OH
• Brent Franklin, West High School, Painted Post, NY
• Brianne Rice, Thousand Oaks High School, Thousand Oaks, CA
• Caitlin Golden, Walsington Academy, Williamsburg, VA
• Carl Reeder, Air Academy High School, United States Air Force Academy, CO
• Carly DiFulvio, Webster High School, Webster, NY
• Carolyn Watson, William Fleming High School, Roanoke, VA
• Cassidy Blackburn, Scottsbluff, Senior High School, Scottsbluff, NE
• Cassie Maue, Camplin Park High School, Champlin, MN
• Chris Nelson, James River High School, Midlothian, VA
• Cindy Cheng, International School of Beijing, P.R. China, Beijing
• Coby Kestner, Dublin high School, Dublin, TX
• Cory Angert, Kerr High School, Houston, TX
• Courtney Kildosher, Holy Family Academy
• Dan Erin, Serra Catholic High School, McKeesport, PA
• Dan Jones, Champlin Park High School, Champlin, MN
• Danielle Marie Franklin, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO
• Devon Reynoso-Scarber, Reedley High School, Reedley, CA
• Diana Comes, Lakewood Ranch High School, Bradenton, FL
• Dieu-Huong Huynh, Evergreen High School, Vancouver, WA
• Drake Allsop, Elk Ridge Middle School, South Jordan, UT
• Eastin Isaac, Douglas MacArthur High School, San Antonio, TX
• Edward Finley, St. Joseph’s Prep, Philadelphia, PA
• Elena Klevsky, Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, Miami, FL
• Elena Parker, Hammonton High School, Hammonton, NJ
• Elizabeth Gilbert, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO
• Elizabeth Joyce, Lamar High School, Houston, TX
• Emily Zettner, University of San Diego High School, San Diego, CA
• Erich Riegel, Heidelberg American High School, APO, AE
• Erika Lugo, 50 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
• Erin Bala, Helix Charter High School, La Mesa, CA
• Erin Barr, Bishop Quinn High School, Palo Cedro, CA
• Erin Parkey, Beech High School, Hendersonville, TN
• Fadi, Awadalla, Ramapo High School, Wyckoff, NJ
• Freddie JiGuang Zhang, The international School of Beijing, Jiang Tai Road, Beijing
• Hiba Zakai, Rahima Academy High School, Khobar, AL
• Hilary Foucht, Salinas High School, Salinas, CA
• Jacob Fly, White Station High School, Memphis, TN
• Jake Smith, Haverford High School, Havertown, PA
• Jake Stewart, Clay High School, Oregon, OH
• Jame L. Schut, Highland High School, Hardy, AR
• Janna Michelena, Lyman High School, Longwood, FL
• Jason Meeks, Webster High School,
• Jason Niwa, Kaimuki High School, Honolulu, HI
• Jeff Nye, Pocatello High School, Arthur, ID
• Jehee Choi, West Brook Senior High School, Beaumont, TX
• Jennifer Boyd, Lamar High School, Houston, TX
• Jennifer Tibbett, Granite Hills High School, Apple Valley, CA
• Jessa Keller, Oswego High School, Oswego, IL
• Jessica Pevzner, Garden School, Jackson Heights, NY
• Jessica Ruiz, Tuloso-Midway High School, Corpus Christi, TX
• Jessica Schink, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Scotch Plains, NJ
• Johnny Sun, International School of Beijing, PRC China, Beijing
• Jonathan Berry, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO
• Joseph Menz, Milford, MA
• Joseph S. Preissig, Design and Technology Academy, San Antonio, TX
• Josh Tobias, Solomon Schecter High School of Long Island, Glen Cove, NY
• Joshua Matz, Suffern High School, Suffern, NY
• Joy Smith, Lakeside High School, Atlanta, GA
• J-P Verheul, James River High School, Midlothian, VA
• Julia Bobbitt, Broughton High School, Raleigh, NC
• Kalynn Moll, Lakewood Ranch High School, Bradenton, FL
• Karen Anne Carmichael, Oscoda Area High School, Oscoda, MI
• Katharine Bolen, Lamar High School, Houston, TX
• Kathleen Hackett, Berrien Springs High School, Berrien Springs, MI
• Kathleen McAlpine, Mirabeau B. Lamar Senior High School, Houston, TX
• Kathrine Stadelman, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO
• Kathryn Hefferman, Fox Chapel Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA
• Katie Hilliard, Penncrest High School, Media, PA
• Katie Phillips, PACE The Academy for Gifted Children, Richmond Hill, Ontario
• Katie Wierenga, C.S. Lewis School, Boise, ID
• Kalvin Wang, Saratoga High, Saratoga, CA
• Kimberly Nicole Snyder, Saratoga Springs, Junior High School, Saratoga Springs, NY
• Kristen Anderson, Boyertown Junior High School, Boyertown, PA
• Laura Dorough, F.W. Sprinstead High School, Spring Hill, FL
• Laura Malament, North Central High School, Indianapolis, IN
• Laura Richert, Pocatello High School, Pocatelo, ID
• Lauren Gentry, Stratford High School, Houston, TX
• Lauren Kleess, Boyd H. Anderson High School, Lauderdale Lakes, FL
• Leslie Tomac, Webster High School,
• Lindsay Brown, Marblehead High School, Marblehead, MA
• Lindsey R. Damron, Keystone High School, Le Grange, OH
• Liz Forsberg, Villa Maria Academy, Erie, PA
• Loryn Cesario, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO
• Manna Kopytkovskiy, Evergreen Jr. High School, Salt Lake City, UT
• Matthew Ruiz, Reedley High School, Reedley, CA
• Meaghan Callahan, Marblehead High School, Marblehead, MA
• Megan Morris, Clifton High School, Clifton, TX
• Megan Rolland, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO
• Meghan Brady, Hackettstown High School, Hackettstown, NJ
• Melanie Cheever, William Floyd High School, Mastic Beach, NY
• Melly J.Mendez, Lopez Island High School, Lopez Island, WA
• Michael Ellebogen, Douglas S. Freeman High School, Richmond, VA
• Michael Matthews, Rampart High School, Colorado Springs, CO
• Michael Salerno, South Plainfield High School, South Plainfield, NJ
• Michael Wright, Red Lion Area Senior High School, Red Lion, PA
• Miranda Selover, Hackettstown High School, Hackettstown, NJ
• Molly Mooney, Pocatello High School, Pocatello, ID
• Morgan Dwyer, James B. Conant High School, Hoffman Estates, IL
• Nathan Cannell, Reedley High School, Reedley, CA
• Nathan Thomas Hatridge, Memorial High School-Stroman Campus, Victoria, TX
• Natsu Carmony, Douglas MacArthur High School, San Antonio, TX
• Nicholas Favela, Memorial High School-Stroman Campus, Victoria, TX
• Niti Shah, The Webb School, Bell Buckle, TN
• Orly Bertel, Solomon Schechter High School of Long Island, Glen Cove, NY
• Paayal Gupta, Round Rock High School, Round Rock, TX
• Paola Guzman, University of San Diego High School, San Diego, CA
• Peter Allen, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO
• Peter Cao, Debakey High School for Health Professions, Houston, TX
• Rachael Wingerd, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO
• Rachel Brown, Carolina Forest High School, Myrtle Beach, SC
• Rachel Smith, Marblrehead High School, Marblehead, MA
• Raphaelle Labeurg, Ronald Reagen High School, San Antonio, TX
• Reid Ethan Johnson, Hayesville High School, Hayesville, NC
• Richard Adams, International School of Beijing, PRC, Beijing
• Rochelle Mellish, Northbrook High School, Houston, TX
• Ryan Patrick Mahony, Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, VA
• Sally Stowell, Air Academy High School, USAFA, CO
• Sam Richter, Spanish River Community High School, Boca Raton, FL
• Samantha Lopez, Highland High School, Hardy, AR
• Sarah Nabih Hassoun, Rahima Academy High School, Khobar-AL, Saudi Arabia
• Sarah Nelson, Champlin Park High School, Champlin, MN
• Sarah Rawlings, Stanton College Preparatory High School, Jacksonville, FL
• Sarah Robinson, The International School of Beijing, P.R. China, Beijing
• Sarina Mohan, Narbonne Math/Science, Magnet High School, Harbor City, CA
• Shana Hollis, Columbia Falls High School, Columbia Falls, MT
• Shane Wood, DISD, Dublin, TX
• Shannon Wagner, Red Lion Area Senior High School, Red Lion, PA
• Shiv Verma, Tracy High School, Tracy, CA
• Sophia Powe, Boyd Anderson High School, Lauderdale Lakes, FL
• Steve Peterson, International school of Beijing, PRC, Beijing
• Sue Lynn Walker, Flower Mound High School, Flower Mound, TX
• Tabitha Clark, Milford High School, Milford, MA
• Taeko Smith, Pocatello High School, Pocatello, ID
• Tiffany Brooks, Lamphere High School, Madison Heights, MI
• Tiffany Chang, Troy High School, Fullerton, CA
• Tony Lieu, Alief Hastings High School, Houston, TX
• Tosha Keffer, Bishop Quinn High School, Palo Cedro, CA
• Tracy Boutrus, Fellowship Christian Academy, Methuen, MA
• Travis Barrett, Richardson North Junior High School, Richardson, TX
• Valerie Seeley, Forest Hills Central, Grand Rapids, MI
• Vijnata Trivedi, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville, FL
• Whitney K. Clement, DeQuincy High School, DeQuincy, LA
• Will Lehmitz, Elk Ridge Middle School, South Jordan, UT