One hundred District 202 high school seniors have earned recognition as scholars in several 2024-2025 national recognition programs based on their excellent academic performance.
High-achieving students from all 50 states and U.S. territories were eligible for the five programs: National African American Recognition Program, National Hispanic Recognition Program, National Indigenous Recognition Program, National Rural and Small Town Recognition Program, and for the first time, the National First-Generation Recognition Program.
Eligible students must meet the following criteria to qualify:
Earn a GPA of B+ (equal to at least 3.3 or 87 percent -89 percent) or higher.
PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10 assessment scores that are within the top 10 percent of assessment takers in each state for each award program or earned a score of 3 or higher on two or more AP Exams by the end of 10th grade.
Attend school in a rural area or small town, or identify as African American/Black, Hispanic American/Latino, Indigenous/Native American, or a first-generation college student.
No scholarships are awarded for these college board-sponsored program.
This year’s honorees are:
Plainfield High School-Central Campus
Andrew Adamiak - First Generation
Hannah Ait Boucherbil - African American, First Generation
Rafael Alvarez- African American, First Generation, Hispanic
Domantas Balsys - First Generation
Ezequiel Blanco - Hispanic
Kiara Boateng - African American, First Generation
Sanaa Caldwell - African American
Diego Cambray - Hispanic
Jacqueline Casillas - First Generation, Hispanic
Adrian Castillo - First Generation, Hispanic
Jasleen Chavez - Hispanic
Kevin Diaz-Albor - First Generation, Hispanic
Hailey Fay – First Generation
Tyler Ibarra - First Generation, Hispanic
Jordan Jackson - First Generation
Conrad Johnson - Hispanic
Victoria Martinez-Devaldivielso - Hispanic
Caleb McMillin - First Generation
Mikayla Medrano - Hispanic
Malaya Morris - African American
Taylor Murdock - African American
Ryan Nolan - First Generation
Aaron Poyner - First Generation
Isabelle Reyes - Hispanic
Natasha Rivera-De Leon - Hispanic
Aaliyah Rodriguez - African American
Ubaldo Rodriguez - Hispanic
Mia Rojo – Hispanic
Lydia Velazquez - Hispanic
Jordan Walton - African American
Holly Winiars - First Generation
Plainfield South High School
Nana Adansi Ofori – African American
Nathan Adjei – African American
Donovan Arnold – African American
Carisma Carrington – African American
Estevan Cisneros – Hispanic
Brennan Culpepper – African American
Isabelle Davis – African American, First Generation, Indigenous
Liam De Spain – First Generation, Hispanic
Donte Green – African American
Melgem Hadad – Hispanic
Bianca Hampton – African American
Annie Meyer – First Generation
Alyssa Nelson– Indigenous
Isabella Oceguera– Hispanic
Stephanie Okoroafor-Isaac – African American, First Generation
Fathia Olagunju– African American, First Generation
Shaunna Paton – First Generation
Jeremiah Ranceful – African American
Angela Tavares – Hispanic
Armando Velazquez – First Generation, Hispanic
Eric Villasenor – First Generation, HispanicBrandon Youngren – Hispanic
Plainfield North High School
Rachael Akinyoade – African American
Antonio Anderson, Jr. – African American
Sevak Atwal – First Generation
Juliet DelaPaz – Hispanic
Isabella Delgado – First Generation, Hispanic
Betsy Enriquez-Pompa – Hispanic
Gabriel Fazekas – Hispanic
Ava Florez – Hispanic
Harmony Freeman- First Generation
Elias Ghanayem, Jr. – First Generation, Hispanic
Mia Gonzalez – Hispanic
Fernanda Gonzalez-Garcia – Hispanic
Johanna Koldoff – Hispanic
Giuseppe Marino – First Generation
Amariah Mingle – African American, First Generation
Kaylie Mitchell – First Generation
Rabiha Othman – First Generation
Thomas Pena – Hispanic
Dennis Pezan – Hispanic
Maria Spinacce – Hispanic
Elysa Suga – First Generation
Nicholas Tetedje – African American, First Generation
Niah Trujillo – Hispanic
Plainfield East High School
Stella Abarca – Hispanic
Stephen Adegunleye – African American
Skyy Birge – African American
Stephanie Carranza– Hispanic
Evey Chen – First Generation, Indigenous
Obiamaka Chukwurah – African American
Ethan Cristobal – First Generation
Daniel Duenas – First Generation, Hispanic
Sophia Estrada – First Generation, Hispanic
Perla Hernandez – First Generation, Hispanic
Abigail Hernandez – Hispanic
Zahid Jaweed – First Generation
Kobe Jordan – African American
Bruno Lopez – First Generation, Hispanic
Zayna Misbahuddin – First Generation
David Moran – Hispanic
Devin Nemcher – First Generation
Ryan Nguyen– First Generation
Pari Patel – First Generation
Justin Santana – Hispanic
Abdul-Matin Shittu – African American
Caleb Sison – Hispanic
Gabrielle Swan – African American
Daniella Torres – Hispanic