First Place

• Lily Zhang, North Allegheny Intermediate School, Wexford, PA Read Essay

Second Place

• Clarissa Grunwald, Easton Area High School, Easton, PA
• Claire Lee, Chapin School, New York, NY
• Hannah Mohr, Contemporary Education Academy, Bozeman, MT
• Ajay Prabhat, Colts Neck High School, Marlboro, NJ
• Cayla Yasukochi, Corona del Mar High School, Newport Beach, CA

Third Place

• Janet Chen, Fairview High School, Broomfield, CO
• Will Emery, Granville Middle School, Granville, OH
• David Gouldthorpe, Skyline High School, Mesa, AZ
• Andrew Lin, Radnor High School, Villanova, PA
• Kimberly Merkel, Roncalli High School, Indianapolis, IN
• Brendan Pierce, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Fanwood, NJ
• Amy Shen, Henry M. Gunn High School, Los Altos Hills, CA
• Esther Taati, St. Mary’s High School, Raleigh, NC
• Jonathan Whalen, Knoch High School, Saxonburg, PA
• Connie Zhang, Columbus Academy, Dublin, OH

Finalists

• Leigh Abramson, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Scotch Plains, NJ
• Noah Ballard, Landmark Christian School, Fairburn, GA
• Erin Barton, Downingtown High School West, Downingtown, PA
• Sarah Bearman, Skyline High School, Apache Junction, AZ
• Alex Blutman, Palo Verde High School, Las Vegas, NV
• Rachel Boone, Phoenixville Area High School, Phoenixville, PA
• Sam Brenner, Seminole High School, Sanford, FL
• Brooke Bullek, Hanover Area Junior Senior High School, Hanover, PA
• Jake Campbell, West Orange High School, Windermere, FL
• Leila Chang, Rodney Thompson Middle School, Stafford, VA
• Alex Chen, Seminole High School, Sanford, FL
• Katie Cheng, West Aurora High School, Aurora, IL
• Patrick Coen, Xaverian High School, New York City, NY
• Graham Cousins, Kittanning Senior High School, Kittanning, PA
• Alex Crawford, Schroeder High School, Webster, NY
• Eleanor Creedon, Henrico High School, Glen Allen, VA
• Evan Dulaney, Anderson Preparatory Academy, Anderson, IN
• Sarah Fakler, Xavier College Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ
• Chiara Galssetti, University High School, Irvine, CA
• Rachel Gillespie, Citrus Valley High School, Highland, CA
• Phoenix Goldstein, West Geauga High School, Chesterland, OH
• Katie Guyot, Lawrence Free State High School, Lawrence, KS
• Nick Haile, Lassiter High School, Marietta, GA
• Jordan Hennessee, Easley High School, Easley, SC
• Jaclyn Hoffman, Berlin High School, Berlin, CT
• Justin Hunsaker, Skyline High School, Mesa, AZ
• Kevin Hwang, Athens High School, Athens, OH
• Juliette Kang, Chapin School, New York, NY
• Mahdi Kassam, Seminole High School, Sanford, FL
• Samantha Konicki, Crown Point High School, Crown Point, IN
• Anna Matlin, Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights, NJ
• Nicole Michelson, University High School, Irvine, CA
• Natalie Noblett, Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove, CA
• Chandler Pearson, Pearson Christian Homeschool, Port Allen, LA
• Alyson Priest, Berkmar High School, Duluth, GA
• Rachel Rabideau, R. J. Grey Junior High School, Acton, MA
• Sneha Rajan, Henrico High School, Glen Allen, VA
• Apeksha Singh, Quartz Hill High School, Lancaster, CA
• Urvi Sinha, East Mecklenburg Senior High School, Pineville, NC
• Brandon Stickels, Marysville Getchell High School, Marysville, WA
• Alexander Stout, Skyline High School, Mesa, AZ
• Katie Tencza, John P. Stevens High School, Edison, NJ
• David Udelson, Bow High School, Bow, NH
• Kathryn Wong, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA
• Jacob Worthington, Orem High School, Orem, UT

Semi-Finalists

• Emily Adamson, Douglas Freeman High School, Richmond, VA
• Rachel Adlis, Clear Falls High School, League City, TX
• Elena Anderson, The Bronx High School Of Science, Bronx, NY
• Kenneth Au, Downingtown High School West, Downingtown, PA
• Jared Auton, Pikeville High School, Pikeville, KY
• Vera Benkoil, The Bronx High School of Science, New York, NY
• Daniel Bevan, East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ
• Sarah Biggert, Hilliard Davidson High School, Columbus, OH
• Abby Bohrer, Hillcrest High School, Ammon, ID
• Sarah Bonnarens, Kentucky Country Day School, Prospect, KY
• Isabel Bradley, John Adams High School, South Bend, IN
• Thomas Breslin, Riverside High School, Greer, SC
• Amber Brough, Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Terre Haute, IN
• Ellis Brown, Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School, Saint Louis, MO
• Helene Brown, Homeschool, Tucson, AZ
• Gavin Browning, Hurricane Middle School, Hurricane, UT
• Stephanie Byars, Station Camp High School, Hendersonville, TN
• Gavin Campbell, Palmer Ridge High School, Monument, CO
• Stephanie Chen, Harker Upper School, Cupertino, CA
• Karizma Chhabra, The Bronx High School of Science, Flushing, NY
• Yun Sang Choi, California Academy of Mathematics and Science, Torrance, CA
• Mark Chung
• Dylan Clark, Ring Lardner Middle School, Niles, MI
• Andrea Clements, Heritage High School, Lynchburg, VA
• Chris Collum, Porter High School, Porter, TX
• Sidarth Conjeevaram, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA
• Megan Conrow, Schroeder High School, Webster, NY
• Riley Coyle, Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove, CA
• Sara Czafit, Seminole High School, Sanford, FL
• Ianna Dalina, Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Terre Haute, IN
• Laura Dameron, St. Mary’s High School, Raleigh, NC
• Michael Darby, Xaverian High School, Staten Island, NY
• Ashley De Peri, Franklin High School, Franklin, TN
• Laura Dedecker, Bishop Miege High School, Kansas City, MO
• Patrick Delong, East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ
• Madeline Demarco, Brighton High School, Brighton, MI
• Dana Drecksel, Pocatello High School, Pocatello, ID
• Ben Duong, Timber Creek High School, Orlando, FL
• Alyssa Eatherly, Seminole High School, Sanford, FL
• Grace Ferri, Austin Preparatory School, Saugus, MA
• Emily Fesnak, Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Lansdale, PA
• Noah Fields, Thousand Oaks High School, Thousand Oaks, CA
• Claire Finkbeiner
• Sarah Finnemore, Skowhegan High School, Norridgewock, ME
• Jeffrey Fiorentino, Downingtown High School West, Downingtown, PA
• Andy Foy, Concord community High School, Elkhart, IN
• Ian Gabalski, Webster Thomas High School, Webster, NY
• Robert Garza, Weslaco High School, Weslaco, TX
• James Gregory, Gregory Homeschool, Mendon, IL
• Mitch Hall, Downingtown High School West, Downingtown, PA
• Stephen Hall, St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, Fairlawn, OH
• Greg Hamilton, Willard High School, Willard, MO
• Madeleine Han, Dougherty Vally High School, San Ramon, CA
• Austin Hanna, Flour Bluff Junior High School, Corpus Christi, TX
• Kaitlin Harris, Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove, CA
• Kirsten Hawk, Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove, CA
• Sierra Heil, Edwardsville High School, Edwardsville, IL
• Brianna Heldt, Downingtown High School West, Downingtown, PA
• Emma Hendryx, Bow High School, Bow, NH
• Julia Holter, Victor Central School District, Fishers, NY
• Alyssa Homan, Marion Local Schools, Chickasaw, OH
• Abigail Hooker, Dobyns Bennett High School, Kingsport, TN
• Kaelan Hoppe, Hamilton High School, Chandler, AZ
• Meg Jacoby, Glen Allen High School, Glen Allen, VA
• Cheyenne Jewell, South Hardin High School, Eldora, IA
• Charlotte Johnstone, Skowhegan High School, Skowhegan, ME
• Grayson Jones, Dobyns Bennett High School, Rogersville, TN
• Alexis Julovich, St. Richard’s School, Zionsville, IN
• Sonya Kapoor, Hilliard Darby High School, Hilliard, OH
• Emily Kiehn, Rutherford High School, Panama City, FL
• Kimmee Kim, St. Margaret’s Episcopal School, Aliso Viejo, CA
• Ethan Knowles, Lisbon High School, Lisbon Falls, ME
• George Koglmeier, Mariemont High School, Cincinnati, OH
• Fumika Kotobuki, Granada Hills Charter High School, Chatsworth, CA
• Emily Krasinski, West Aurora High School, Aurora, IL
• Avery Kratzer, Wantagh High School, Wantagh, NY
• Nicholas Kujawski, Crown Point High School, Crown Point, IN
• Christopher Kulwik, Walled Lake Central High School, Wolverine Lake, MI
• Ian Kurtz, Daniel Boone Area High School, Douglassville, PA
• Celine Kwon, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
• Christine Lai, Cherry Creek High School, Englewood, CO
• Olivia Laughter, Douglas Freeman High School, Richmond, VA
• Liem Le, Covington Catholic High School, Fort Wright, KY
• Riley Lesman, Central High School, Portage, MI
• Calvin Li, East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ
• Kim Lilienthal, Station Camp High School, Hendersonville, TN
• Irasec Liz, Mott Hall High School, New York, NY
• Hannah Long, Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Terre Haute, IN
• Marshall Makk, St. Xavier High School, Louisville, KY
• Amanda Marcinko, Timber Creek High School, Orlando, FL
• Kristen Marino, Mount Sinai High School, Mount Sinai, NY
• Dana Martin, Easley High School, Easley, SC
• Rodcelyn Matienzo, La Quinta High School, Indio, CA
• Christa Maxwell, Easton Area High School, Easton, PA
• Anna Meyer, Robbinsdale Cooper High School, Golden Valley, MN
• Paige Miller, Orange County High School of the Arts, Miller Place, NY
• Christy Mills, Victor High School, Victor, NY
• Molly Minnen, North Springs High School, Atlanta, GA
• Ashley Molnar, Hilliard Davidson High School, Hilliard, OH
• Alexandra Muck, Knoch High School, Butler, PA
• Marisa Natale, Home School, North Attleboro, MA
• Nathen Navon, Palisades Charter High School, Los Angeles, CA
• Jannatul Nayeem, Henrico High School, Glen Allen, VA
• Serena Ngoh, Henrico High School, Glen Allen, VA
• Jack Niebrugge, St. Anthony of Padua High School, Effingham, IL
• Marina Noblett, Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove, CA
• Shelby Oleksa, Lake Havasu High School, Lake Havasu City, AZ
• Esther Oloff, Skyline High School, Idaho Falls, ID
• Dylan Oncken, West Aurora High School, Aurora, IL
• Jace O’Ravez, Enterprise High School, Redding, CA
• Alyssa Ortiz, Willow Canyon High School, Surprise, AZ
• David Page, Roncalli High School, Indianapolis, IN
• Rose Paneno, El Molino High School, Santa Rosa, CA
• Priya Pasricha, East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ
• Kathryn Patrick, Palmer Ridge High School, Palmer Lake, CO
• Kathleen Patrick, Joilet West High School, Joliet, IL
• Amanda Pavot, Crown Point High School, Crown Point, IN
• Joe Pearman, Rosemount High School, Rosemount, MN
• Jeffrey Picariello, Hammonton High School, Folsom, NJ
• Eddie Popescu, Rancho Buena Vista High School, Vista, CA
• Anthony Pronichenko, Palisades Charter High School, Los Angeles, CA
• Cheryl Puryear, Henrico High School, Glen Allen, VA
• Katie Quinn, Courtland High School, Spotsylvania, VA
• Samantha Rafalowski, Henrico High School, Glen Allen, VA
• Stephen Rakoczy, Phoenixville Area Senior High School, Phoenixville, PA
• Kamia Rathore, Seven Lakes High School, Katy, TX
• Deepti Ravi, East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ
• Laura Ribble, Hilliard Bradley High School, Galloway, OH
• Gabriella Richard, St. Mary’s High School, Raleigh, NC
• Melissa Richards, Derry Area High School, Derry, PA
• Esther Rodriguez, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY
• Kenna Roland, Lamar High School, Lamar, MO
• Joshua Rooney, Faith Heritage Academy, Whiteville, TN
• Christina Rosendahl, Westlake High School, Austin, TX
• Saba Saberi, Palisades Charter High School, Los Angeles, CA
• Ellery Sadler, Homeschool, Gloucester, VA
• Daniela Santamarina, Park Vista Community High School, Lake Worth, FL
• Vanessa Santos, Reseda Senior High School, Winnetka, CA
• Alexander Saunders, El Molino High School, Cazadero, CA
• Elizabeth Scannell, Stratford High School, Goose Creek, SC
• Erin Schaeffer, Norwich Free Academy, North Franklin, CT
• Maggie Schmaedick, Henry D. Sheldon High School, Eugene, OR
• Hannah Schmidt, Henrico High School, Glen Allen, VA
• Nicole Schow, Palmer Ridge High School, Monument, CO
• Emma Schulte, Brighton High School, Brighton, MI
• E. J. Schwartz, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Scotch Plains, NJ
• Allison Scribe, Mathews High School, Hallieford, VA
• Rylan Setness, Park River High School, Park River, ND
• Yingying Shang, Conestoga High School, Paoli, PA
• Phillip Shepard, Northmont High School, Dayton, OH
• Darwin Shire, Independence High School, Independence, KS
• Peyton Sikorski, Willow Canyon High School, Surprise, AZ
• Allison Silverman, Menlo-Atherton High School, San Francisco, CA
• Karanbir Singh, Kentridge Senior High School, Kent, WA
• Mamie Smith, McIntosh High School, Peachtree City, GA
• Morgan Spaulding, Boston Latin School, Charlestown, MA
• Nick Stanley, Pickerington Central High School, Reynoldsburg, OH
• Jessica Steigerwald, Forest Grove High School, Forest Grove, OR
• Deaven Theriault, Ludlow Senior High School, Ludlow, MA
• Michaela Townsend, Piggott High School, Piggott, AR
• Tessa Trimble, Desert Hills Middle School, St. George, UT
• Rachel Truong, West Ranch High School, Valencia, CA
• Vincenzo Volpe, St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
• Chris Waddell, Walter Murray Collegiate, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
• Brennan Wakey, Springfield High School, Springfield, IL
• Michael Walker, Pickerington Central High School, Pickerington, OH
• Kianna Wan, Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Anna Wang, Port Moody Senior Secondary School, Coquitlam, BC, Canada
• Rebecca Weidman, Schroeder High School, Webster, NY
• Connor Wilkinson, River Ridge High School, Woodstock, GA
• Alex Wilson, Lake Havasu High School, Lake Havasu City, AZ
• George Wolcott, Moscow Senior High School, Moscow, ID
• Benjamin Yi, Eaglebrook School, Towaco, NJ
• Angel Zhang, Lake Ridge Academy, Westlake, OH
• Julia Zuercher, Deep Run High School, Glen Allen, VA