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Hundreds of scholarships and awards go to area high school students

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Staff

Members of the Chapel Hill High School and East Chapel Hill High School classes of 2007 received hundreds of scholarships and awards.

Chapel Hill High student awards include:

• Lorena Alpuche – Gold Medal – Level VI National Spanish Exam;
• Eva Archer – Robert C. Byrd Scholarship, Morehead Scholar, National Merit College Sponsored Scholarship;
• Anahid Behrouzi – NCSU Park Scholarship, National Honor Society Scholarship, Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange and Chatham Counties Scholarship, Herald-Sun Front Page Award Nominee, Senior Service Learning Award, Silver Medal – Level VI National Spanish Exam;
• Jason Belch – NCSU Freshman Merit Scholarship, ROTC NSCU Scholarship; National Merit Commended Student;
• Caitlin Bennett – AVID Scholarship;
• Benjamin Blum – National Merit Corporate Scholarship;
• Shannon Brice – Fashion Design Competition;
• Eduardo Cervantes – Blue Ribbon Mentor Scholarship;
• Caroline Cook – St. Olaf College Buntrock Scholarship, Senior Service Learning Award, National Merit College Sponsored Scholarship;
• Aja Daniels – Martin Luther King Jr. Award, Terry Greenland Award;
• Tyler Denniston – National Merit Commended Student;
• Steve Dixon – Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties Scholarship;
• Anirudh Dhullipalla – Presidential Freedom Scholarship;
• Angelica Foushee – R.D. Smith Scholarship;
• John Gallagher – Loyola Magis Leadership Scholarship, AXA Community Service Scholarship, NFIB Young Entrepreneur, Student Government Scholarship;
• Anna Garson-Angert – Bertie Green National Spanish Honor Society Junior Travel Award to Mexico, National Spanish Honor Society Senior Scholarship, Herald-Sun Front Page Award Runner-up in Foreign Language, 2007 National Spanish Exam Gold Award;
• Jason Glassbrook – National Merit Commended Student;
• Laura Green – National Merit Commended Student;
• Elizabeth Goldbach – Campbell University Scott Ellis Scholarship;
• Katherine Hadley – SECU Foundation Scholarship;
• Kaitlin Hamilton – Campbell University Presidential Scholarship, Salem College Elizabeth Whitiker Scholarship, National Merit Corporate Scholarship, Honorable Mention – Level V National Spanish Exam;
• Jane Hannon    – DAR Good Citizen Award;
• Jurica Hargraves – AVID Scholarship;
• Kathryn Harrawood    – National Merit College Sponsored Scholarship, Bronze Medal – Level V National Spanish Exam;
• Chase Helpingstine – Elon University Athletic Scholarship;
• Xavier Hill – Blue Ribbon Mentor Scholarship;
• Rachel Hirsch – Stacy Guess Outstanding Musician Scholarship;
• Rebecca Johnson – National Merit Commended Student, Chapel Hill High School Athletic Booster Club Scholarship;
• Bekah Juarez     – PDK Foundation Charter Scholarship for Prospective Teachers;
• Grace Kan – Delta Kappa Gamma Society;
• Hye Won Kim – National Merit Corporate Scholarship;
• Casey Leeper – Triangle Educational Advancement Foundation;
• Caroline Long – National Merit Commended Student, Gold Medal – Level VI National Spanish Exam;
• Caitlyn Losee – National Merit Commended Student;
• Chris McLaughlin – McDaniel College Academic Scholarship, Chapel Hill High School Athletic Booster Club Scholarship;
• Tyler Moore – National Achievement Recognized Student;
• Clifford Mpare – National Achievement Recognized Student;
• Tayler Muir – Donald Clarke-Pearson Runner’s Scholarship;
• Colleen Murphy – UNC-CH James M. Johnston Scholarship, 2007 Most Valuable Student Elks Scholarship, Martin Luther King Jr. Award;
• Kaitlin Neagle – National Merit Commended Student;
• Sarah Nour – Gold Medal – Level V National Spanish Exam;
• Kaitlin Offen – National Merit Commended Student;
• Nora Offen – National Merit Commended Student;
• Alicia Outing – Butler University Academic Scholarship, National Achievement Scholarship; Gold Medal – Level VI National Spanish Exam;
• Kristina Paisant – Fries to be Wise Burger King Scholarship;
• Thomas Pearce – National Merit Commended Student;
• Kyle Peterson – National Football Foundation Athletic Scholarship;
• Samone Radcliff – Blue Ribbon Mentor Scholarship;
• Kelsey Salvesen – National Merit College Sponsored Scholarship;
• Noah Schwarz – National Merit Commended Student;
• Matthew Sellers – Kiwanis Club of Chapel Hill-Carrboro Citizenship Award, U.S. Army Appointment to West Point Military Academy;
• Alison Shay – National Merit Commended Student;
• Alison Shea – Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences Award for History, Delta Kappa Gamma Teaching Scholarship;
• Melanie Shivraj – Martin Luther King Jr. Award;
• Jaryd Snover – Savannah College of Art and Design Combined Honors Scholarship;
• Clair Superak – Skidmore College Porter Scholarship in Math and Science, Martin Luther King Jr. Award, National Merit Commended Student;
• Lauren Traugott-Campbell – Bronze Medal – Level V National Spanish Exam;
• George Van Arnold    – National Merit Commended Student;
• Elizabeth Wait – National Merit College Sponsored Scholarship;
• Samuel Ward – National Merit College Sponsored Scholarship;
• Adrienne Wollman – National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Florence Kidder Memorial Scholarship, Donald M. Clarke-Pearson Runner’s Scholarship, Martin Luther King Jr. Award, Richard E. Whitted Scholarship, National Merit Commended Student, Triangle Educational Advancement Foundation;
• Beth Wollman – Iota Phi Lambda Rho Chapter High School Scholarship, Donald M. Clarke-Pearson Runner’s Scholarship, Richard E. Whitted Scholarship, National Merit Commended Student;
• Bo Zhang – Young Epidemiology Scholars Regional Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction;
• Alexandra Zweig-Vinegar – ExploraVison Award, Herald-Sun Front Page Runner-up – Mathematics, AP Scholar, Best Buy Scholarship, National Merit Commended Student; and
• Yekta Zulfikar – Bronze Medal –  Level VI National Spanish Exam, Elizabeth Raney Vincent Award for Excellence in Foreign Language.

East Chapel Hill High student awards include:

• Aliah Saarah Abdul-Rauf – AVID Essence Award, MLK University/Community Planning Corporation Scholarship;
• Ashley Abraham – The Blue Ribbon Scholarship;
• Paul Alperin – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Nikki Angelos – Meredith College Academic Scholarship;
• Sarah Anscher – Triangle Educational Advancement Foundation Scholarship;
• Alexander Barnes – CHCCS Public Schools Foundation Scholarship, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Scholarship, Class of 2006 Scholarship, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Kevin Barnett – National Merit Finalist, UNC-CH National Merit Scholarship;
• Evan Bonertz – Carolina Hill Laundon Memorial Scholarship;
• Alexandra Boulton – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar, Meredith College Academic Scholarship, Meredith College Arts Scholarship;
• Anthony Bynum – AVID Inspiration Award;
• Nicolas Caceres – UNC-CH Distinguished Scholar Award;
• Lea Calderon-Guthe – National Merit Finalist, Outstanding Achievement in Spanish Award;
• Hugo Campos – The College & Career Information Center’s College Tech Prep Scholarship;
• Joshua Canon – Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business Merit Scholarship;
• Joanna Carmel – National Merit Finalist;
• William Crabtree – EISAI, Inc. Scholarship;
• Irma Davis – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar, Barton College Academic Scholarship;
• Tanya Davis-Castro – Nelson and Leigh Eddy Scholarship;
• Jennifer De La Cruz – R.D. Smith Scholarship, CHCAEOP Scholarship, Cross Roads Snacks Scholarship, Terry Greenlund Award;
• Chen Ding – National Merit Finalist, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Eric Estes – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Tiffany Eubanks – The Blue Ribbon Scholarship;
• Jerry Feng – National Merit Scholarship Award, National Merit Finalist;
• Liang Feng – National Merit Finalist;
• Carolyn Ferreira – Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Scholarship;
• Troy Fiss – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Samuel Flake – National Merit Finalist, UNC-CH National Merit Scholarship;
• Nicholas Ghysels – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Devin Giddens – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Matthew Graham – National Merit Finalist;
• Felicia Harper – State Employees Credit Union Scholarship;
• Joshua Hartzog – K.C. Chavis and R.D. and Euzelle Smith Future Teacher Scholarship, Mike Chadwick Troop 820 Scholarship;
• Meng Xiao He – Science Department Award, National Merit Finalist, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar, Front Page Award for Science;
• Eryn Heying – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Andrew Hibbard – Kiwanis Citizenship Award, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Giovanni Hickerson – The Blue Ribbon Scholarship;
• Mary Hill – National Merit Finalist;
• Nadia Hoekstra – Caroline Hill Laundon Memorial Scholarship, Young Epidemiology Scholars Award;
• Adam Holmes – National Merit Finalist, UNC-CH Robinson Scholarship;
• Lin Hu – National Merit Finalist, UNC-CH National Merit Scholarship;
• Amanda Huffman – East Carolina University School of Music Scholarship;
• Vriti Jain – National Merit Finalist, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Electra Jarvis – AVID Excellence Award;
• Pawel Jarzynski – Aubrey Lee Brooks Scholarship;
• Alexander Jones – Triangle Educational Advancement Foundation Scholarship;
• Clara Kim – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Lucas Lallinger – Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship, National Achievement Scholarship Award, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• James Lee – National Merit Finalist;
• Thomas Lewis – Fordham University Presidential Scholarship;
• Lauren Li – The College/University Prep and the College Tech Prep Double Major Scholarship;
• Bill Marbury – Sodexho Scholarship;
• Noah Marks – Burger King of Carrboro Scholarship, Outstanding Achievement in Social Studies, National Merit Finalist, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar, ASA Community Scholarship;
• Natasha Masand – MLK University/Community Planning Corporation Scholarship, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar, New York University Trustee Scholarship;
• Elizabeth McIntyre – National Merit Finalist;
• Robert McVicker – Campbell University Presidential Scholarship;
• Emily Medlin – Meredith College Academic Scholarship;
• Todd Morecraft – Army Scholar Athlete Award, National Merit Finalist;
• Thomas Morrow – Carolina Hill Laundon Memorial Scholarship, MLK University/Community Planning Corporation Scholarship, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Scholarship, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Tiffany Morrow – MLK University/Community Planning Corporation Scholarship, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Jennifer Nakayama – New York University Tisch Scholarship;
• Thu-Nguyen Nguyen – Wal-mart of Hillsborough Scholarship;
• Kirsten Nielsen – Thomas J. Watson Memorial Scholarship, National Merit Finalist;
• Bridget Patterson – Front Page Award for Entertainment/Drama;
• Laura Paul – Julia Ann Harrison Scholarship, National Merit Finalist, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar, Kenyon College Distinguished Academic Scholarship;
• Julisa Pendergraph – The College and Career Information Center’s Career Prep Scholarship, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Alexanderia Poole – MLK University/Community Planning Corporation Scholarship, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Scholarship;
• Varun Puvanesarajah – Science Department Award, Robert C. Byrd Scholarship, National Merit Finalist, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar, French Club Service Award;
• Jennifer Pyatt – Guilford College Achievement Award;
• Travin Richardson – Caroline Hill Laundon Memorial Scholarship;
• Christy Rose – CHCAEOP Scholarship, Sertoma Club Scholarship, Kiwanis Scholarship, Today’s Woman Organization Scholarship, MLK University/Community Planning Corporation Scholarship, Dell Scholarship, Wildcat Service Excellence Award, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar, NAACP Scholarship;
• Alexander Safrit – National Merit Finalist;
• Antonio Sales – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Leadership Award;
• Justin Savage – North Carolina Central University Eagle in Flight Scholarship;
• Mary Scheible – National Merit Finalist;
• Crystal Scurlock – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Adam Sendor – The Sallie Markham Michie Trust Essay Contest Award;
• William Sendor – D.A.R. Good Citizen’s Award, The Sallie Markham Michie Trust Essay Contest Award;
• Gina Shannon – Principal’s Award for Outstanding Service;
• Jenny Shen – Front Page Award for Foreign Language;
• Elizabeth Shin – MLK University/Community Planning Corporation Scholarship, The College/University Prep and the College Tech Prep Double Major Scholarship, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Onysym Silivra – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar, UNC-CH Johnston Scholarship;
• Kyle Slosek – The College/University Prep and the College Tech Prep Double Major Scholarship, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Emily Swindal – Hollins University Vocal Talent Scholarship;
• Diane Taylor – National Merit Finalist;
• Cole Thompson – The College/University Prep and the College Tech Prep Double Major Scholarship;
• Arnav Tripathy – Seimens Award for Advanced Placement, Robert C. Byrd Scholarship, USA Today’s All-USA High School First Award, Presidential Scholar, National Merit Scholarship Award, National Merit Finalist, Front Page Award for Mathematics, Outstanding Achievement in French Award;
• Michelle Ashley Tsang – Presidential Scholar, National Merit Finalist;
• Kayla Turner – The Blue Ribbon Scholarship, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Richard Tyndall – Principal’s Award for Outstanding Service;
• Natasha Vos – MLK University/Community Planning Corporation Scholarship;
• Pengcheng Wang – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Morgan Williams – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Katherine Williamson – Army Scholar Athlete Award;
• Matthew Wilson – Outstanding Achievement in German Award, Virginia Tech Corp of Cadets Emerging Leader Scholarship, ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Chase Woodfin – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar;
• Christopher Zarzar – ECHHS Integrity Honors Scholar; and
• Jing Zang – The Pietas Award.

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