Al Neuharth Free Spirit Conference 2012


ALABAMA
Jason Frost, Sparkman High School

ALASKA
Charles Klein

ARIZONA
Tabitha Rees, Lake Havasu High School

ARKANSAS
Rachel Wilbourn, Little Rock Central High

CALIFORNIA
Haeeun Jee, Grover Cleveland High School

COLORADO
Charles Light, Monarch High School

CONNECTICUT
Angelina DeRosa, Naugatuck High School

DELAWARE
Anne McDonough, Wilmington Friends School

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Armonte Butler, Benjamin Banneker Academic High School

FLORIDA
Rachel Sharpe, Cooper City High School

GEORGIA
Dory Julia MacMillan, Clarke Central High School

HAWAII
Maile Greenhill, Iolani School

IDAHO
Rachel Goodman, Mountain Home Senior High School

ILLINOIS
Michael Geheren, Huntley High School

INDIANA
Neha Ramani, West Lafayette High School

IOWA
Ashton Duncan, West High School

KANSAS
Joseph Vosburgh, Topeka High School

KENTUCKY
Jessica Sproles, Corbin High School

LOUISIANA
Spencer Watson, United World College in Mostar

MAINE
Amber Perkins, Biddeford High School

MARYLAND
Michelle Chavez, Montgomery Blair High School

MASSACHUSETTS
Joon-Yeop Lee, Brookline High School

MICHIGAN
Kathleen Davis, Ernst W. Seaholm High School

MONTANA
Jordan Purinton, Great Falls High School

MINNESOTA
David Mengyang, Mounds View High School

MISSISSIPPI
Leah Yasmeen, Starkville High School

MISSOURI
Marlee Cox, Mehlville Senior High School

NEBRASKA
Jack Turman III, Papillion-La Vista South High School

NEVADA
Nathan Ruiz, Earl Wooster High School

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Stephen Wong, Londonderry High School

NEW JERSEY
Michael DeSocio, Communications High School

NEW MEXICO
Rachel Roth, Sandia Preparatory School

NEW YORK
Sijin Choi, Benjamin N. Cardozo

NORTH CAROLINA
Logan Ulrich, South Iredell High School

NORTH DAKOTA
Jaurdyn Gilliss, West Fargo High School

OHIO
Sallee Ann Ruibal, Wyoming High School

OKLAHOMA
Michaela Parker, Bishop McGuinness

OREGON
Mary Ruiz, Tualatin High School

PENNSYLVANIA
Molly Faith, Pottsville Area High School

RHODE ISLAND
Mary Cotter, South Kingstown High School

SOUTH CAROLINA
Olivia Nelson, Lugoff-Elgin High School

SOUTH DAKOTA
Kaden Greenfield, Lincoln High School

TENNESSEE
Frank Lyles, Hume-Fogg Academic High School

TEXAS
Talia Richman, Richardson High School

UTAH
Mary Rice, Grand County High School

VERMONT
Riya Patel, South Burlington High School

VIRGINIA
Aimee Cho, Langley High School

WASHINGTON
AnhViet Nguyen, Mountlake Terrace High School

WEST VIRGINIA
Amy Napier, Wayne High School

WISCONSIN
Mollie Cook, Homestead High School

WYOMING
Anthony Prosceno, Cody High School

2011 Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholars


ALABAMA
Basch Jernigan, Gulf Shores High School

ALASKA
Amy Owings, Ketchikan High School

ARIZONA
Samantha Stanley, Buckeye Union High School

ARKANSAS
Kimberly Harrison, Nashville High School

CALIFORNIA
Kelly Goss, Davis Senior High School

COLORADO
Cassa Niedringhaus, Ricky Mountain High School

CONNECTICUT
Isaac Kornblatt-Stier, Loomis Chaffee School

DELAWARE
Mary Bowers, Brandywine High School

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Angel Brock, McKinley Technology High

FLORIDA
Aiste Zalepuga, Saint Stephens Episcopal School

GEORGIA
Victoria Posmantur, The Lovett School

HAWAII
Guthrie Angeles, Iolani School

IDAHO
Justin Kirkham, Borah High School

ILLINOIS
Faique Moqeet, Northside College Prepatory High School

INDIANA
Madison Stacey, Zionsville Community High School

IOWA
Eleanor Marshall, Iowa City West High School

KANSAS
Alyssa Johnson, Sterling High School

KENTUCKY
Devyn Nance, DuPont Manual High School

LOUISIANA
Aaron Brown III, Catholic High School

MAINE
Sara Gatcomb, Nokomis Regional High School

MARYLAND
Rosemarie Murphy, Georgetown Visitation Preporatory School

MASSACHUSETTS
Naomi LaChance, Mount Greylock Regional High School

MICHIGAN
Daniel Dobras, Royal Oak High School

MONTANA
Sara Graybill, Great Falls High School

MINNESOTA
Ryan Levi, Hopkins High School

MISSISSIPPI
Ricky Dixon, Rosa Fort High School

MISSOURI
Anushri Thakkar, Mehlville Senior High School

NEBRASKA
Jackson Fisher, Lincoln East High School

NEVADA
Lena Figueroa, McQueen High School

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Meghan Rimol, Londonderry High School

NEW JERSEY
Hipple Patel, Egg Harbor Township High School

NEW MEXICO
Devonte Watson, Volcano Vista

NEW YORK
Delong Bao, Word Journalism Prepatory School

NORTH CAROLINA
Kristen Laubscher, Chapel Hill High School

NORTH DAKOTA
Carrie Sandstrom, Century High School

OHIO
Rachel Podnar, Lakota East High School

OKLAHOMA
Levi Pennington, Lawton High School

OREGON
Aidan Orellana, Madison High School

PENNSYLVANIA
Samantha Weiss, Pottsville Area High School

RHODE ISLAND
Emily Corsini, North Providence High School

SOUTH CAROLINA
Karli Wells, Richland Northeast High School

SOUTH DAKOTA
Erika Arpan, Wagner Community School

TENNESSEE
Jacob Steimer, Bearden High School

TEXAS
Sara Linsley, Crandall High School

UTAH
Braley Dodson, Davis High School

VERMONT
Rachel Margolis, Hanover High School

VIRGINIA
Ye Eun (Zoey) Jeong, James Madison High School

WASHINGTON
Erik Gomez, Brewster Jr/Sr. High School

WEST VIRGINIA
Lauren McMillen, Lincoln High School

WISCONSIN
Karnpal Cheema, Berlin High School

WYOMING
Jared Iler, Cody High School

2010 Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholars


ALABAMA
Alexander Isper, Bob Jones High School, Madison

ALASKA
Kris Adam Santos, Ketchikan High School

ARIZONA
Eliza Collins, Arcadia High School, Phoenix

ARKANSAS
Gareth Patterson, Bryant High School

CALIFORNIA
Andrew David King, Moreau Catholic High School, Hayward

COLORADO
Michael Auslen, Ralston Valley High School, Arvada

CONNECTICUT
Kristin Stoller, Newtown High School, Sandy Hook

DELAWARE
Elizabeth Lee, The Charter School of Wilmington

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Asha Johnson, Emerson College Preparatory School

FLORIDA
Noah Gray, Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Pinecrest

GEORGIA
Warner Wood, Fannin County High School, Blue Ridge

HAWAII
Samantha Neudorf, Moanalua High School, Honolulu

IDAHO
Alysa Hoskin, Mountain View High School, Meridian

ILLINOIS
Pamela Selman, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire

INDIANA
Nathaniel Tinner, Francis Joseph Reitz High School, Evansville

IOWA
Emma Murray, Abraham Lincoln High School, Council Bluffs

KANSAS
Nathaniel Zoschke, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park

KENTUCKY
Samuel Osborne, Bowling Green High School

LOUISIANA
Kimberly Alfred, Pope John Paul II Catholic High School, Slidell

MAINE
Ryan Fecteau, Biddeford High School

MARYLAND
Hojung Lee, Mount Hebron High School, Ellicott City

MASSACHUSETTS
Rebecca Quigley, Tewksbury Memorial High School

MICHIGAN
Olivia Najor, Royal Oak High School

MINNESOTA
Hyun-ji Lee, Edina High School

MISSISSIPPI
Lauren Sensing, Madison Central High School

MISSOURI
Matthew Bettonville, St. Louis University High School

MONTANA
Mary Koppy, Great Falls High School

NEBRASKA
Mary Hepburn, Westside High School, Omaha

NEVADA
Emma Makoba, Robert McQueen High School, Reno

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Jennifer DePiero, Londonderry High School

NEW JERSEY
Adam Offitzer, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Scotch Plains

NEW MEXICO
Rebecca Gonzales, Capital High School, Santa Fe

NEW YORK
Nicholas Fedyk, McQuaid Jesuit, Rochester

NORTH CAROLINA
Katia Martinez, Athens Drive High School, Raleigh

NORTH DAKOTA
Macy Egeland, Century High School, Bismarck

OHIO
Dana Sand, Lakota East High School, Liberty Township

OKLAHOMA
Emily Hopkins, Edmond North High School

OREGON
Anna Borges, Westview High School, Portland

PENNSYLVANIA
William Feldman, Central High School, Philadelphia

RHODE ISLAND
Lily O’Gara, North Providence High School

SOUTH CAROLINA
Emily Padget, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia

SOUTH DAKOTA
Eran Rea, Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls

TENNESSEE
Susannah Griffee, St. Mary’s Episcopal School, Memphis

TEXAS
Chase Wade, Crandall High School

UTAH
Aaron Dayley, Weber High School, Ogden

VERMONT
Julianne Conlon, Essex High School, Essex Junction

VIRGINIA
Alexandria Hiponia, Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax

WASHINGTON
Devon Geary, Shorewood High School, Shoreline

WEST VIRGINIA
Maryl Lambros, Wayne High School

WISCONSIN
Olivia Jeske, Shawano Community High School

WYOMING
Colter Bostick, Powell High School

2009 Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholars


ALABAMA
Charles Bice, Mountain Brook (Ala.) High School
Georgia Schrubbe, Alabama School of Math and Science, Mobile, Ala.

ALASKA
Macrina Dunaway, Frontier Charter School, Anchorage, Alaska
Kyle Seibel, Ketchikan (Alaska) High School

ARIZONA
Katelyn Bolnick, Sunrise Mountain High School, Peoria, Ariz.
Steven Torres, Bourgade Catholic High School, Phoenix, Ariz.

ARKANSAS
Joseph Person, Southside High School, Fort Smith, Ark.
Courtney Taylor, Bryant (Ark.) High School

CALIFORNIA
Zachary Garcia, San Dieguito Academy, Encinitas, Calif.
Maanvi Singh, Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, Calif.

COLORADO
Lindsay Hiatt, Elizabeth (Colo.) High School
Joshua Masin, Roosevelt High School, Johnstown, Colo.

CONNECTICUT
Joseph Dillard Jr., The Taft School, Watertown, Conn.
Tebben Lopez, Shelton (Conn.) High School

DELAWARE
Victoria Chang, The Charter School of Wilmington, Del.
Greg Fleming, Salesianum School, Wilmington, Del.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sarah Cox, Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington, D.C.
Mohammad Diallo, Friendship Collegiate Academy, Washington, D.C.

FLORIDA
Kathryn Schofield, Lincoln High School, Tallahassee, Fla.
Christopher Thomas, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, Melbourne, Fla.

GEORGIA
Adam Carlson, East Paulding High School, Dallas, Ga.
Ishani Mitra, The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, Ga.

HAWAII
Reece Farinas, Moanalua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Ariale Montgomery, Radford High School, Honolulu, Hawaii

IDAHO
Tyson White, Borah High School, Boise, Idaho
Ciyi Yao, Century High School, Pocatello, Idaho

ILLINOIS
Gabriel Bump, University of Chicago (Ill.) Laboratory Schools
Jamie Hausman, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Ill.

INDIANA
Jordan Denari, Brebeuf Jesuit College Preparatory School, Indianapolis, Ind.
Matthew Spears, Warren Central High School, Indianapolis, Ind.

IOWA
Honor Heindl ,Cedar Falls (Iowa) High School
Christopher Jessen, Southeast Polk High School, Pleasant Hill, Iowa

KANSAS
Paige Cornwell, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kan.
Stephen Nichols, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kan.

KENTUCKY
Brandon Goodwin, Henry County High School, New Castle, Ky.
Emily Miles, DuPont Manual High School, Louisville, Ky.

LOUISIANA
Holly Carter, Alfred M. Barbe High School, Lake Charles, La.
Cole Gulino, Catholic High School, Baton Rouge, La.

MAINE
Melinda Charest, Biddeford (Maine) High School
Taylor Gould, Nokomis Regional High School, Newport, Maine

MARYLAND
Jared Adkins, Paint Branch High School, Burtonsville, Md.
Mary Ryu, Century High School, Sykesville, Md.

MASSACHUSETTS
David Robinson, Leicester (Mass.) High School
Marina Villeneuve, Tewksbury (Mass.) Memorial High School

MICHIGAN
Cassandra Balfour, Forest Hills Central High School, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Matthew Buck, Plainwell (Mich.) High School

MINNESOTA
Benjamin Cramer, Robbinsdale Cooper High School, New Hope, Minn.
Leah Shepard, New Century Charter School, Hutchinson, Minn.

MISSISSIPPI
Kyle Sherman, Lafayette High School, Oxford, Miss.
Catherine Threlkeld, Oxford (Miss.) High School

MISSOURI
Nathan Bryant, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Mo.
Brittany Ruess, Mehlville High School, St. Louis, Mo.

MONTANA
Jeffrey Broere, Charles M. Russell High School, Great Falls, Mont.
Megan Gretch, Great Falls (Mont.) High School

NEBRASKA
Christopher Dorwart, Daniel J. Gross Catholic High School, Omaha, Neb.
Samantha Taylor, Westside High School, Omaha, Neb.

NEVADA
Breanna Lebsack, Canyon Springs High School, North Las Vegas, Nev.
Chase Sutton, Palo Verde High School, Las Vegas, Nev.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Eoghan Kelly, Londonderry (N.H.) High School
Mayesha Quasem, Nashua (N.H.) High School South

NEW JERSEY
John Connelly, Clayton (N.J.) High School
Marisa Stotter, Westfield (N.J.) High School

NEW MEXICO
Gabriella Ferrari, Eldorado High School, Albuquerque, N.M.
Cody Johnson, Eldorado High School, Albuquerque, N.M.

NEW YORK
Jonathan Alvarez, New Rochelle (N.Y.) High School
Paulina Karpis, Stuyvesant High School, New York, N.Y.

NORTH CAROLINA
Ryan Lee, West Forsyth High School, Clemmons, N.C.
Molly McGee Central Davidson Senior High School, Lexington, N.C.

NORTH DAKOTA
Samuel Forsey, West Fargo (N.D.) High School
Meagan McDougall, West Fargo (N.D.) High School

OHIO
Mario Harris-Rosser, St. John’s Jesuit High School, Toledo, Ohio
Trisha Patel, Lakota East High School, Liberty Township, Ohio

OKLAHOMA
Maggie Cannon, Edmond North (Okla.) High School
Cale Woodward, Bartlesville (Okla.) High School

OREGON
Alexandra Lim, Lake Oswego (Ore.) High School
Bradley Mills, Oregon City (Ore.) High School

PENNSYLVANIA
Aleah Goldin, Moravian Academy, Bethlehem, Pa.
Christopher Yakubisin, Hempfield Area High School, Greensburg, Pa.

RHODE ISLAND
Kassondra Cloos, La Salle Academy, Providence, R.I.
David Groccia II, North Providence (R.I.) High School

SOUTH CAROLINA
Ashley Brown, J.L. Mann Academy, Greenville, S.C.
Dylan Knight, Andrew Jackson High School, Kershaw, S.C.

SOUTH DAKOTA
John Lind, Stevens High School, Rapid City, S.D.
Ashley Palmer, Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls, S.D.

TENNESSEE
William Housley, Clinton (Tenn.) High School
Courtney Loose, Ravenwood High School, Brentwood, Tenn.

TEXAS
Megan Goodson, Crandall (Texas) High School
Michael Morton, Georgetown (Texas) High School

UTAH
Samantha Hager, Weber High School, Pleasant View, Utah
Joshua Harms, Viewmont High School, Bountiful, Utah

VERMONT
Carter Peterson, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, Vt.
Samantha VanSchoick, Arlington (Vt.) Memorial High School

VIRGINIA
Matthew Johnson, Oakton High School, Vienna, Va.
Grace Powell West Potomac High School, Alexandria, Va.

WASHINGTON
Travis King, Peninsula High School, Gig Harbor, Wash.
Kristen Steenbeeke, Emerald Ridge High School, Puyallup, Wash.

WEST VIRGINIA
Robert Netz, East Fairmont (W.Va.) High School
Casey Shreve, Wayne (W.Va.) High School

WISCONSIN
Bethany Reynolds, Shorewood (Wis.) High School
Daniel Tracy, Superior (Wis.) High School

WYOMING
Erin Jarnagin, Green River (Wyo.) High School
James Meyer, Cody (Wyo.) High School

2008 Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholars


ALABAMA
Natalie Applegate, Spain Park High School, Hoover, Ala.
Watson McGough, Fairhope (Ala.) High School

ALASKA
Christopher Frenier, South Anchorage (Alaska) High School
Alexis Krell, Colony High School, Palmer, Alaska

ARIZONA
Adrianna Amato, Seton Catholic High School, Chandler, Ariz.
Aureli Sinsuat, Mountain Ridge High School, Glendale, Ariz.

ARKANSAS
Quinton Parham, Southside High School, Fort Smith, Ark.
Alyx VanNess, Bryant (Ark.) High School

CALIFORNIA
Savannah Lake, Torrey Pines High School, Encinitas, Calif.
Skyler Reidy, San Dieguito Academy, Encinitas, Calif.

COLORADO
Laurelin Kruse, Alamosa (Colo.) High School
Kelley Robinson, Arapahoe High School, Centennial, Colo.

CONNECTICUT
Julievette Santiago, Waterbury (Conn.) Arts Magnet School
Kedzie Teller, South Windsor (Conn.) High School

DELAWARE
Naomi Parikh, Milford (Del.) Senior High School
Sean Ryon, Sanford School, Hockessin, Del.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Tabitha Wood, Washington International School, Washington, D.C.
Anthony Woodland, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, Washington, D.C.

FLORIDA
Kelsey Diaz, West Shore Jr., Sr. High, Melbourne, Fla.
Jaime Manheimer, West Boca Raton (Fla.) High

GEORGIA
Caroline Klibanoff, The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, Ga.
Christopher Miller, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Ga.

HAWAII
John Hendrick, Moanalua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Natalie King, Moanalua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii

IDAHO
Christopher Cole, Century High School, Pocatello, Idaho
Elaine Washam, Borah High School, Boise, Idaho

ILLINOIS
Sarah Eberspacher, Mattoon (Ill.) High School
Joseph Lewis, Oakwood High School, Fithian, Ill.

INDIANA
Mallory Jones, Zionsville (Ind.) Community High School
Jesse Squires, New Albany (Ind.) High School

IOWA
Timothy Corlette, Davenport (Iowa) Central High School
Torey Robinson, Johnston (Iowa) High School

KANSAS
Garrett Fardon, Shawnee Mission North, Overland Park, Kan.
Laura Nelson, Shawnee Mission East, Prairie Village, Kan.

KENTUCKY
Robert Giltner, Trinity High School, Louisville, Ky.
Kristin Skaggs, Pleasure Ridge Park School, Louisville, Ky.

LOUISIANA
Matthew Rist, Baton Rouge (La.) Magnet High School
Elizabeth Scott, C.E. Byrd High School, Shreveport, La.

MAINE
Julia Butler, Biddeford (Maine) High School
David Lafortune, Biddeford (Maine) High School

MARYLAND
Nathaniel Rosen, Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy, Rockville, Md.
Marion Smallwood, Lansdowne High School, Baltimore, Md.

MASSACHUSETTS
Jeffrey Bliss, Hopedale (Mass.) Junior Senior High
Kaitlin Sanders, Newton (Mass.) South High School

MICHIGAN
Patrick Evans, East Grand Rapids (Mich.) High School
Jillian Rodriguez, Royal Oak (Mich.) High School

MINNESOTA
Douglas Fish, Robbinsdale Cooper High School, New Hope, Minn.
Paula Skaggs, Fillmore Central High School, Harmony, Minn.

MISSISSIPPI
Taylor McGraw, Oxford (Miss.) High School
Melissa Powell, Oak Grove High School, Hattiesburg, Miss.

MISSOURI
Alex Johnson, Blue Eye (Mo.) High School
Kelly Moffitt, Clayton (Mo.) High School

MONTANA
Helen Miller, Great Falls (Mont.) High School
Michael Young, Polson (Mont.) High School

NEBRASKA
Natalie Ledford, Lincoln (Neb.) High School
Nathaniel Ruleaux, Waverly (Neb.) High School

NEVADA
Lauren Noorda, Shadow Ridge High School, Las Vegas, Nev.
Devin Sizemore, Robert McQueen High School, Reno, Nev.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Kaitlyn Lannan, Londonderry (N.H.) High School
Ryan Rivard, Londonderry (N.H.) High School

NEW JERSEY
Caroline McLaughlin, Roxbury High School, Succasunna, N.J.
Jesus Rosario, Barringer High School, Newark, N.J.

NEW MEXICO
Dmitry Kotlovsky, La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, N.M.
Kristina Medley, Los Lunas (N.M.) High School

NEW YORK
Kyle Reitan, Miller Place (N.Y.) High School
Snigdha Sur, Stuyvesant High School, New York, N.Y.

NORTH CAROLINA
Mark Abadi, East Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte, N.C.
Sarah Hinson, West Forsyth High School, Clemmons, N.C.

NORTH DAKOTA
Jessica Ballou, West Fargo (N.D.) High School
Gregory Larson, Century High School, Bismarck, N.D.

OHIO
Andrew Igdaloff, Gahanna Lincoln (Ohio) High School
Deanna Pan, Lakota East High School, Liberty Township, Ohio

OKLAHOMA
LaRon Chapman, Putnam City North High School, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Stephanie Taylor, Union High School, Tulsa, Okla.

OREGON
Sarah Allen, Century High School, Hillsboro, Ore.
Taylor Kanen, Oakland (Ore.) High School

PENNSYLVANIA
John Rogers, Chambersburg (Pa.) Area Senior High School
Audrey Snyder, Downingtown High School, East Campus, Exton, Pa.

RHODE ISLAND
Andrea Kszystyniak, Cumberland (R.I.) High
Adam Speakman, Barrington (R.I.) High School

SOUTH CAROLINA
Victor Jiao, Goose Creek (S.C.) High School
Catharine Sydow, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, S.C.

SOUTH DAKOTA
Jennifer Adams, Madison (S.D.) High School
Erik Nyberg, Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls, S.D.

TENNESSEE
Branden Asemah, Middle College High School, Memphis, Tenn.
Shunitra Ingram, Trezevant High, Memphis, Tenn.

TEXAS
Amanda Bankston, Irvin High School, El Paso, Texas
Andrew Rowell, Midlothian (Texas) High School

UTAH
Steven Godfrey, Weber High School, Pleasant View, Utah
Brianna Wilson, Park City (Utah) High School

VERMONT
Margaret Dodge, Brattleboro (Vt.) Union High School
Maxx McNall, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, Vt.

VIRGINIA
Samuel McCann, West Potomac High School, Alexandria, Va.
Sarah Vogel, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Va.

WASHINGTON
Taylor Buck, Peninsula High School, Gig Harbor, Wash.
Kyle Gootkin, Bellarmine Preparatory High School, Tacoma, Wash.

WEST VIRGINIA
Emily Barksdale, Saint Mary’s (W.Va.) High
Tyler Wolfe, Ripley (W.Va.) High School

WISCONSIN
Justin Stanaszak, Notre Dame Academy, Green Bay, Wis.
Rachel Zidon, Platteville High School

WYOMING
Jorden Escamilla, Torrington (Wyo.) High School
Jayme Fraser, Cody (Wyo.) High School

2007 Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholars


ALABAMA
Andrew Paulus, Foley (Ala.) High School
Emily Wood, Hoover (Ala.) High School

ALASKA
Ryan Gray, Ketchikan (Alaska) High School
Brenna O’Tierney, South Anchorage (Alaska) High School

ARIZONA
Kathleen Conti, Canyon del Oro High School, Oro Valley, Ariz.
Matthew Culbertson, McClintock High School, Tempe, Ariz.

ARKANSAS
Colton Croy, Bryant (Ark.) High School
Kelsey King, Southside High School, Fort Smith, Ark.

CALIFORNIA
Alex Melamed, Shalhevet School, Los Angeles
Lindsay Schrupp, Davis (Calif.) Senior High School

COLORADO
Young Lim, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colo.
Heather Sherrod, Bear Creek High School, Lakewood, Colo.

CONNECTICUT
Edward Resnikoff, Middletown (Conn.) High School
Lauren Woodard, New Milford (Conn.) High School

DELAWARE
Tierra Fair, Charter School of Wilmington, Del.
Joshua Shannon, Charter School of Wilmington, Del.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Cheyenne Glenn, Friendship Collegiate Academy, Washington, D.C.
Fireu Retta, Roosevelt Senior High School, Washington, D.C.

FLORIDA
Pedro Falci, American Heritage, Plantation, Fla.
Nicole Roberti, Cocoa Beach (Fla.) Junior/Senior High School

GEORGIA
Jessica Cruel, Albany (Ga.) High School
Brian Mink, Central High School, Carrollton, Ga.

HAWAII
Aprilyn Baniaga, Waianae (Hawaii) High School
Bryant Nguyen, Kaimuki High School, Honolulu, Hawaii

IDAHO
Jeffrey Gajda, Weiser (Idaho) High School
Sophia Sestero, Bishop Kelly, Boise, Idaho

ILLINOIS
Philip Jacobson, University High School/Laboratory Schools, Chicago
Elizabeth Schiffman, Lyons Township High School, La Grange, Ill.

INDIANA
Stacie Grissom, Franklin (Ind.) Community High School
Christopher Lea, Elkhart (Ind.) Memorial High School

IOWA
Charles Bourjaily, Iowa City West High School
Briana Byrd, Davenport (Iowa) Central High School

KANSAS
Amanda Allison, Shawnee (Kansas) Mission East
Alexander Sandmoen, Blue Valley High School, Stilwell, Kansas

KENTUCKY
Mitchell Hammond, Bellevue (Ky.) High School
Alison Sumner, Henry Clay High School, Lexington, Ky.

LOUISIANA
David Bush, Baton Rouge (La.) Magnet High School
Margaret Jumonville, St. Joseph’s Academy, Baton Rouge, La.

MAINE
William King, Camden Hills Regional High School, Rockport, Maine
Katherine Poirier, Biddeford (Maine) High School

MARYLAND
Isaac Arnsdorf, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.
Alexandra O’Hora, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

MASSACHUSETTS
Joseph Pelletier, Westport (Mass.) High School
Mary Jo Pham, SABIS International Charter School, Springfield, Mass.

MICHIGAN
Ayla DeTroyer, Chelsea (Mich.) High School
Matthew Muscat, Catholic Central High School, Grand Rapids, Mich.

MINNESOTA
Jenna Gibson, Stillwater (Minn.) Area High School
Ian Yue, Edina (Minn.) High School

MISSISSIPPI
Jajuan McNeil, Lafayette High School, Oxford, Miss.
Stephanie Seal, Poplarville (Miss.) High School

MISSOURI
Benjamin Hansen, Boonville (Mo.) High School
Lucy Sun, Central High School, Springfield, Mo.

MONTANA
Joshua Barone, Great Falls (Mont.) High School
Jennifer Tiskus, Polson (Mont.) High School

NEBRASKA
Maxwell Griffith, Westside High School, Omaha, Neb.
Abigail Schmid, Papillion (Neb.) LaVista South High School

NEVADA
Ivet Contreras, Incline High School, Incline Village, Nev.
Ricardo Lopez, Advanced Technologies Academy, Las Vegas, Nev.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Jeffrey Cardoni, Exeter (N.H.) High School
Dara Fisher, Hollis/Brookline High School, Hollis, N.H.

NEW JERSEY
Mickey Hennessey, Bayonne (N.J.) High School
Reem Nasr, Noor Ul-Iman School, Monmouth Junction, N.J.

NEW MEXICO
Elliot Pearson, Eldorado High School, Albuquerque, N.M.
Alyson Zepeda, Capital High School, Santa Fe, N.M.

NEW YORK
John Springli III, Shenendehowa CSD, High School East, Clifton, N.Y.
Tiffany Wong, Stuyvesant High School, New York, N.Y.

NORTH CAROLINA
Daniel Bethea, West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, N.C.
Daniela Nogueira, Wakefield High School, Raleigh, N.C.

NORTH DAKOTA
Joseph Connor, West Fargo (N.D.) High School
Molly Spaeth, Fargo (N.D.) South High School

OHIO
Caitlyn Zachry, Lakota East High School, Liberty Township, Ohio
Christopher Ziler, John Glenn High School, New Concord, Ohio

OKLAHOMA
Tracy Pfeiffer, Cascia Hall Preparatory, Tulsa, Okla.
Jordon Shinn, Claremore (Okla.) High School

OREGON
Nicole Clark, Newberg (Ore.) High School
Andrew Kendoll, McKay High School, Salem, Ore.

PENNSYLVANIA
John Jones, Pottsville (Pa.) Area High Schoold
Elizabeth Wagner, Northern Lehigh High School, Slatington, Pa.

RHODE ISLAND
Colin Brody, Barrington (R.I.) High School
Katelyn Enzer, Barrington (R.I.) High School

SOUTH CAROLINA
Tenell Felder, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, S.C.
Javy Gwaltney, Bamberg-Ehrhardt (S.C.) High School

SOUTH DAKOTA
MacKenzie Barber, Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Kelsey Wehde, Dell Rapids (S.D.) High School

TENNESSEE
Caitlin Lindstrom, Tullahoma (Tenn.) High Schooll
Silas Vassar III, Overton High, Memphis, Tenn.

TEXAS
Sarah Tiambeng, Duncanville (Texas) High School
Eric Webb, David Crockett High School, Austin, Texas

UTAH
Amanda Crittenden, North Summit High School, Coalville, Utah
Jared Pfost, Weber High School, Pleasant View, Utah

VERMONT
Caroline Sedano, Montpelier (Vt.) High School
Patrick Tyler, Essex High School, Essex Junction, Vt.

VIRGINIA
Brian Kapur, Bishop Ireton High School, Alexandria, Va.
Christine Stoddard, Yorktown Senior High School, Arlington, Va.

WASHINGTON
Cassandra Kapp, Peninsula High School, Gig Harbor, Wash.
Michael Stasiak, Bellarmine Preparatory School, Tacomaa, Wash.

WEST VIRGINIA
Carolyn Brewer, George Washington High School, Charleston, W.Va.
Jeremy Halstead, Sherman Senior High School, Seth, W.Va.

WISCONSIN
Jamie Dittmar, Wausau (Wis.) East High School
Logan Middleton, Wausau (Wis.) West High School

WYOMING
David Lowrey, Cody (Wyo.) High School
Caitlin White, East High School, Cheyenne, Wyo.

2006 Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholars


ALABAMA
Alexandre Fortier-Galarneau, Bob Jones High School, Madison, Ala.
Emily Roberson, Sparkman High School, Harvest, Ala.

ALASKA
John Dunaway, Chugiak High School, Eagle River, Alaska
Jamie Hallberg, Lathrop High School, Fairbanks, Alaska

ARIZONA
Samantha Blons, Pinnacle High School, Phoenix, Ariz.
Brandon Moore, Desert Mountain High School, Scottsdale, Ariz.

ARKANSAS
Elicia Dover, Bryant (Ark.) High School
Jonathan Willard, Western Yell County High School, Havana, Ark.

CALIFORNIA
Michael Chang, Irvine (Calif.) High School
Catherine Cheney, Palos Verdes High School, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.

COLORADO
Zachary Franklin, Douglas County High School, Castle Rock, Colo.
Karolyn Pearson, Monarch High School, Louisville, Colo.

CONNECTICUT
Ashley Binetti, Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk, Conn.
Andrew Klein, Staples High School, Westport, Conn.

DELAWARE
Benjamin Esparza, Brandywine High School, Wilmington, Del.
Rina Wagman, Concord High School, Wilmington, Del.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Thomas Mattera, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, Washington, D.C.
Gernethia Rich, Benjamin Bannekar Academic High School, Washington, D.C.

FLORIDA
Miles Doran, East Lake High School, Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Rebecca Farber, Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Pinecrest, Fla.

GEORGIA
Bonnie McClatchey, Alan C. Pope High School, Marietta, Ga.
Dustin Wilson, Dade County High School, Trenton, Ga.

HAWAII
Roxanne Dacuycuy, Waialua (Hawaii) High and Intermediate School
Ting-Cheng Wen, Kaimuki High School, Honolulu, Hawaii

IDAHO
Emily Craner, Sandpoint (Idaho) High School
Kevin Tucker, Vallivue High School, Caldwell, Idaho

ILLINOIS
Nathan Atkinson, home-schooled, Athens, Ill.
Karis Morrall, Belvidere (Ill.) High School

INDIANA
Jonathan Batuello, South Side High School, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Michelle Stawicki, Columbus (Ind.) North High School

IOWA
Ashley Allen, Davenport (Iowa) Central High School
Tyler Buller, Johnston (Iowa) High School

KANSAS
Lauren Keith, Maize (Kansas) High School
Stephen Montemayor, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas

KENTUCKY
Tanner Johnson, Highlands High School, Fort Thomas, Ky.
Dunja Zdero, Fern Creek Traditional High School, Louisville, Ky.

LOUISIANA
Nicholas Boudreau, Catholic High School, Baton Rouge, La.
Helen Moser, St. Joseph’s Academy, Baton Rouge, La.

MAINE
Benjamin Harris, Greely High School, Cumberland, Maine
Celia Whitehead, Morse High School, Bath, Maine

MARYLAND
Christopher Consolino, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.
Devna Shukla, Northwest High School, Germantown, Md.

MASSACHUSETTS
Tom Crosby III, Boston College High School, Dorchester, Mass.
Jennifer Leavey, Ashland (Mass.) High School

MICHIGAN
James Anderson, Southfield (Mich.) High School
Brianna Burgess, Shrine Catholic High School, Royal Oak, Mich.

MINNESOTA
Shane Delaney, Pipestone (Minn.) Area High School
Kara Nesvig, Climax-Shelly Public School, Climax, Minn.

MISSISSIPPI
Mohammed Badat, Meridian (Miss.) High School
Keeley Tatum, Ridgeland (Miss.) High School

MISSOURI
Camille Beckles, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, Mo.
Justin Myers, Nixa (Mo.) High School

MONTANA
Samantha Steven, Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School, Chester, Mont.
Roman Stubbs, Great Falls (Mont.) High School

NEBRASKA
Holly Miller, Bellevue (Neb.) West Senior High School,
Carson Vaughan, Broken Bow (Neb.) High School

NEVADA
Patrick Delaplain ,McQueen High School, Reno, Nev.
Brittany McComb, Foothill High School, Henderson, Nev.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Marie Cushing, Winnacunnet High School, Hampton, N.H.
Robert Michaelson, Hollis/Brookline High School, Hollis, N.H.

NEW JERSEY
Paul Hoferer, Roxbury (N.J.) High School
Hannah Mueller, Lenape Valley Regional High School, Stanhope, N.J.

NEW MEXICO
Kelcey Bridges, Cimarron (N.M.) High School
Benjamin Taylor, Eldorado High School, Albuquerque, N.M.

NEW YORK
Jeffrey Cohen, Suffern (N.Y.) High School
Hayley Negrin, Roy C. Ketcham Senior High School, Wappingers Falls, N.Y.

NORTH CAROLINA
Elisabeth Arriero, Providence Senior High School, Charlotte, N.C.
David Zoppo, Wakefield High School, Raleigh, N.C.

NORTH DAKOTA
Matthew Bergh, Fargo (N.D.) South High School
Chelsey Luger, Red River Senior High School, Grand Forks, N.D.

OHIO
Garrett Downing, Lincoln High School, Gahanna, Ohio
Abbey McMahon, Lakota High School, Liberty Township, Ohio

OKLAHOMA
Stephen Carradini, Union High School, Tulsa, Okla.
Katelynn McCall, Bartlesville (Okla.) High School

OREGON
Juan Braun, Dallas (Ore.) High School
Jennifer Kane, Lakeridge High School, Lake Oswego, Ore.

PENNSYLVANIA
Alexander Kauffman, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford
Rachel Wallace, Tamaqua (Pa.) Area High School

RHODE ISLAND
Samantha Turner, North Kingstown (R.I.) High School
Jared Vadenais, Cumberland (R.I.) High School

SOUTH CAROLINA
Holly Cian, Andrews (S.C.) High School
Justin Fenner, Stratford High School, Goose Creek, S.C.

SOUTH DAKOTA
Heather Fluit, Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Thomas Kludt, Huron (S.D.) High School

TENNESSEE
Marne Armstrong, Greeneville (Tenn.) High School
Melody Gordon, Treadwell High School, Memphis, Tenn.

TEXAS
Catherine Aranda, J.M. Hanks High School, El Paso, Texas
Rick Rojas, West Brook High School, Beaumont, Texas

UTAH
Celeste Chaney, Juan Diego Catholic High School, Draper, Utah
Matthew Jeffs, Weber High School, Pleasant View, Utah

VERMONT
Ryan Delaney, Burlington (Vt.) High School
Rosalind Vera, Cabot (Vt.) School

VIRGINIA
Stephanie Garcia, Broad Run High School, Ashburn, Va.
Christopher Sopher, Annandale (Va.) High School

WASHINGTON
Jaimie Hwang, Newport High School, Bellevue, Wash.
Sean Towey, Bellarmine Prep, Tacoma, Wash.

WEST VIRGINIA
Kaylin Adkins, Huntington (W.Va.) High School
Evan Minsker, Cabell Midland High School, Ona, W.Va.

WISCONSIN
Keenya Hofmaier, Riverside High School, Milwaukee, Wis.
Erik Williams, West Salem (Wis.) High School

WYOMING
Tyler Richards, Torrington (Wyo.) High School
Bailey Schreiber, Jackson Hole (Wyo.) High School

2005 Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholars


ALABAMA
Danielle Fortner, Hoover (Ala.) High School
Eric Tonn, Bob Jones High School, Madison, Ala.

ALASKA
Andrew Hennessy, Steller Secondary School, Anchorage, Alaska
Melissa Smith, Chugiak (Alaska) High School

ARIZONA
Annalyn Censky, Salpointe Catholic High School, Tucson, Ariz.
James King, Sunnyslope High School, Phoenix, Ariz.

ARKANSAS
Elizabeth Borné, Little Rock (Ark.) Central High School
Christopher Wolfe, Catholic High School for Boys, Little Rock, Ark.

CALIFORNIA
Joyce Chen, Lowell High School, San Francisco, Calif.
Praynel de Mesa, Glendale (Calif.) High School

COLORADO
Chelsea Levy, Poudre High School, Fort Collins, Colo.
Christopher Newton, Grand Junction (Colo.) High School

CONNECTICUT
Michael Lavigne, Shelton (Conn.) High School
Freesia Singngam, Francis T. Maloney High School, Meriden, Conn.

DELAWARE
Lindsay Kenton, Milford (Del.) Senior High School
Sean Tucker, Charter School of Wilmington (Del.)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
David Iscoe, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, Washington, D.C.
Michelle Jackson, National Cathedral School, Washington, D.C.

FLORIDA
Carolina Escalera, Leon High School, Tallahassee, Fla.
Greg Linch, Cypress Bay High School, Weston, Fla.

GEORGIA
Naihobe Gonzalez, Campbell High School, Smyrna, Ga.
Clayton Skinner, Jefferson (Ga.) High School

HAWAII
Krystal Choate, Lanakila Baptist High School, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Joshua Huff, Moanalua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii

IDAHO
Catalina Gorla,Vallivue High School, Caldwell, Idaho
Kevin Otzenberger, Jerome (Idaho) High School

ILLINOIS
John Legittino, University of Chicago (Ill.) Laboratory Schools
Whitney Wyckoff, Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove Village, Ill.

INDIANA
Audrie Garrison, New Palestine (Ind.) High School
Michael Sanserino, South Side High School, Ft. Wayne, Ind.

IOWA
Meghan Keck, Bettendorf (Iowa) High School
Cyrus Moussavi, Cedar Falls (Iowa) High School

KANSAS
Kaley Lyon, Hays (Kan.) High School
Kyle Rogers, Blue Valley High School, Stilwell, Kan.

KENTUCKY
Kathryn Koch, Assumption High School, Louisville, Ky.
Tony Rawlings Jr., Lafayette High School, Lexington, Ky.

LOUISIANA
Laura Bratcher, Baton Rouge (La.) Magnet High School
Alexander Demas, Catholic High School, Baton Rouge, La.

MAINE
Caitlin Coyle, Camden Hills Regional High School, Rockport, Maine
Matthew Forcier, Biddeford (Maine) High School

MARYLAND
Nicholas Leonhardt, Loyola Blakefield, Towson, Md.
Sara Sidransky, Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda, Md.

MASSACHUSETTS
Patrick Bigsby, Ashland (Mass.) High School
Mary Pelletier, Westport (Mass.) High School

MICHIGAN
Leslie Adkins, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Mich.
Timothy Keith, Plainwell (Mich.) High School

MINNESOTA
Brady Mallory, Austin (Minn.) High School
Alexandra Tweten, Climax-Shelly (Minn.) School

MISSISSIPPI
Emily Barnes, Oxford (Miss.) High School
David Wishik, Ocean Springs (Miss.) High School

MISSOURI
Joshua Barton, Bunker (Mo.) R-III High School
Sarah Handelman, Park Hill South High School, Riverside, Mo.

MONTANA
Spencer Gray, Great Falls (Mont.) High School
Shyla Reed, Huntley Project High School, Worden, Mont.

NEBRASKA
Elizabeth Granger, Westside High School, Omaha, Neb.
Brady Jones, Banner County High School, Harrisburg, Neb.

NEVADA
Rachel Hommel, Green Valley High School, Henderson, Nev.
Jordan Hosmer-Henner, Robert McQueen High School, Reno, Nev.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Andrew Clark, Dover (N.H.) High School
Alison McHenry, Dover (N.H.) High School

NEW JERSEY
Margaret Edinger, Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights, N.J.
Joseph Piarulli Jr., Cherry Hill (N.J.) High School West

NEW MEXICO
Deborah Francisco, Dash Academy Home School, Los Alamos, N.M.
Conor Sanchez, Santa Fe (N.M.) High School

NEW YORK
Andrew Donovan, New Hartford (N.Y.) Senior High School
Elizabeth Schumer, Immaculata Academy, Hamburg, N.Y.

NORTH CAROLINA
Rebecca Ledford, Franklin (N.C.) High School
Walter Storholt, Croatan High School, Newport, N.C.

NORTH DAKOTA
Kristen Daum, West Fargo (N.D.) High School
Todd Deutsch, Fargo North (N.D.) High School

OHIO
Christopher DeLotell, William Mason High School, Mason, Ohio
April Wang, Sycamore High School, Cincinnati, Ohio

OKLAHOMA
Nathan Arnold, Edmond (Okla.) Memorial High School
Amanda Black, Edmond (Okla.) North High School

OREGON
Taimi Arvidson, Jesuit High School, Portland, Ore.
William Oram, Nestucca High School, Cloverdale, Ore.

PENNSYLVANIA
Emily Tarconish, Pottsville (Pa.) Area High School
Brandon Taylor, Tamaqua (Pa.) Area High School

RHODE ISLAND
Nicholas Morrow, Portsmouth (R.I.) High School
Brittany Nugent, North Kingstown (R.I.) High School

SOUTH CAROLINA
Stephen Stanton, Lugoff-Elgin (S.C.) High School
Ashley Williams, Fort Mill (S.C.) High School

SOUTH DAKOTA
Andrew Erickson, West Central High School, Hartford, S.D.
Kari Owens, Aberdeen (S.D.) Central High School

TENNESSEE
Rachel Banks, Overton High School, Memphis, Tenn.
Michael Russom, Booker T. Washington High School, Memphis, Tenn.

TEXAS
Eric Gentry, DeSoto (Texas) High School
Kellie Gonzales, John Jay High School, San Antonio, Texas

UTAH
Robert Peterson, Weber High School, Pleasant View, Utah
Vicki Sedgwick, Viewmont High School, Bountiful, Utah

VERMONT
Stephen Brown, Essex High School, Essex Junction, Vt.
Anna Gevalt, Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, Vt.

VIRGINIA
David Grant, Lake Braddock High School, Burke, Va.
Sadia Latifi, Hayfield Secondary School, Alexandria, Va.

WASHINGTON
Katherine Corder, St. John-Endicott (Wash.) High School
Tom Giratikanon, Edmonds (Wash.) Woodway High School

WEST VIRGINIA
Andrew Springer, East Fairmont (W.Va.) High School
Theodora Trimble, Burch High School, Delbarton, W.Va.

WISCONSIN
Jacob Spring, McFarland (Wis.) High School
Katie Vann, West De Pere (Wis.) High School

WYOMING
Jessie Berry, Cheyenne (Wyo.) East High School
James Kindle, Riverton (Wyo.) High School

2004 Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholars

ALABAMA
Nnamdi Nnedu, Auburn (Ala.) High School
Alyson Sheppard, Foley (Ala.) High School

ALASKA
Chris Dunaway, Chugiak High School, Eagle River, Alaska
Virginia Moore, A.J. Dimond High School, Anchorage, Alaska

ARIZONA
Jasmine Wiggins, Ironwood High School, Glendale, Ariz.
Dennis Mitchell, Greenway High School, Phoenix, Ariz.

ARKANSAS
Matt McDaniel, Bryant (Ark.) High School
Kim Wallace, Southside High School, Fort Smith, Ark.

CALIFORNIA
Deena Shakir, Leland High School, San Jose, Calif.
Jake Soberal, Clovis (Calif.) High School

COLORADO
Paul Gansky, William J. Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Crystal Paul-Laughinghouse, Kent Denver (Colo.) School

CONNECTICUT
Joshua Bednarsky, Shelton (Conn.) High School
Beth Maclin, Waterford (Conn.) High School

DELAWARE
Lauren Jumper, Lake Forest High School, Felton, Del.
Todd Perkins, Brandywine High School, Wilmington, Del.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Adina Ferguson, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C.
David Retland, Friendship Edison Collegiate Academy, Washington, D.C.

FLORIDA
Julie Chazyn, Coral Reef High School, Miami, Fla.
Doug Keller, Olympic Heights High School, Boca Raton, Fla.

GEORGIA
Lucero Bello, Lithia Springs (Ga.) High School
Cain Harrelson, Jr., Columbus (Ga.) High School

HAWAII
Noelle Chun, Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Abraham Mitnik, Kapa’a High School, Princeville, Hawaii

IDAHO
Kristen Mico, Sandpoint (Idaho) High School
Mack Perry, Idaho Falls (Idaho) High School

ILLINOIS
David Montgomery, Oak Lawn (Ill.) Community High School
Jesse Swakow, Wheeling High School, Arlington Heights, Ill.

INDIANA
Rochelle Revor, Franklin Community High School, Bargersville, Ind.
Matt Peyton, Carmel (Ind.) High School

IOWA
Brian Burton, Davenport Central High School, Blue Grass, Iowa
Tara Flockhart, North Cedar High School, Stanwood, Iowa

KANSAS
Kristin Pitts, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Lenexa, Kansas
Ben Hedges, Wamego (Kan.) Wamego High School

KENTUCKY
Jason McCartin, Louisville (Ky.) Male High School
Samantha Minyard, Estill County High School, Irvine, Ky.

LOUISIANA
Allison Anderson, Airline High School, Bossier City, La.
Bennett Sims, Catholic High School, Baton Rouge, La.

MAINE
Melanie Morin, Lewiston (Maine) High School
Ryan Peters, Wells (Maine) High School

MARYLAND
Becky Jefferies, Boonsboro High School, Hagerstown, Md.
Terry Li, Montgomery Blair High School, Rockville, Md.

MASSACHUSETTS
Amanda Outly, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, Sudbury, Mass.
Alex Shebar, Longmeadow (Mass.) Longmeadow High School

MICHIGAN
Katie Huston, Dondero High School, Royal Oak, Mich.
Robbie Sgro, Morley (Mich.) Stanwood High School

MINNESOTA
Emily Banks, Cannon Falls (Minn.) Jr.-Sr. High School
Bastian Bergmann, Totino Grace High School, Maple Grove, Minn.

MISSISSIPPI
Nyssa Juneau, Hattiesburg (Miss.) High School
Joe Wallace, Biggersville High School, Corinth, Miss.

MISSOURI
Kamara Jones, David H. Hickman High School, Columbia, Mo.
Josh Mosley, Clayton High School, St. Louis, Mo.

MONTANA
Katie Michel, C.M. Russell High School, Great Falls, Mont.
Chase Mohney, Great Falls (Mont.) High School

NEBRASKA
Tom Dorwart, Daniel J. Gross Catholic High School, Omaha, Neb.
Katie Nieland, Millard West High School, Omaha, Neb.

NEVADA
Dennis Dizon, Silverado High School, Las Vegas, Nev.
Calli Fisher, Robert McQueen High School, Reno, Nev.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Jennifer Fredholm, Alvirne High School, Hudson, N.H.
Greg Frank, Dover (N.H.) High School and Regional Vocational Center

NEW JERSEY
Heather Collura, Roxbury High School, Landing, N.J.
Stefan Ringel, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Ridgewood, N.J.

NEW MEXICO
Victoria Harben, Las Cruces (N.M.) High School
Steve Romero, Cimarron (N.M.) High School

NEW YORK
Kenneth Jerez, Cardinal Hayes High School, Bronx, N.Y.
Olivia Martin, East Syracuse-Minoa High School, Syracuse, N.Y.

NORTH CAROLINA
David Beard, West Rowan High School, Salisbury, N.C.
Heloisa Nogueira, Wakefield High School, Raleigh, N.C.

NORTH DAKOTA
Alex Sakariassen, Bismarck (N.D.) High School
Leigh Wilson-Mattson, Fargo (N.D.) High School

OHIO
Bryan Wroten, Lakewood (Ohio) High School
April Yee, Cincinnati (Ohio) Country Day School

OKLAHOMA
William Cunningham, Lawton (Okla.) High School
Krysten Sanders, Norman (Okla.) Norman North High School

OREGON
Linn Davis, Milwaukie (Ore.) High School
Mary Pilon, Winston Churchill High School, Eugene, Ore.

PENNSYLVANIA
Kate Naseef, Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Norristown, Pa.
John David Cella, Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, Pa.

RHODE ISLAND
Chris Curley, North Kingstown (R.I.) High School
Jennifer Shuman, Cranston (R.I.) High School East

SOUTH CAROLINA
Adam Keith, Irmo High School, Columbia, S.C.
Elizabeth White, Lugoff (S.C.) Lugoff-Elgin High School

SOUTH DAKOTA
Alana Black Bird, Tiospaye Topa High School, Ridgeview, S.D.
Altman Studeny, Plankinton (S.D.) Independent High School

TENNESSEE
Katie Lewis, Father Ryan High School, Old Hickory, Tenn.
Vincent Bradshaw, Kenwood High School, Clarksville, Tenn.

TEXAS
Abha Bhattarai, John B. Connally High School, Austin, Texas
Bradley Blackburn, Oak Ridge High School, The Woodlands, Texas

UTAH
Ben Dennett, Mountain View High School, Orem, Utah
Elizabeth Stitt, Weber High School, Huntsville, Utah

VERMONT
Michael Zabek, St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy
Chelsea Gray, Hartland (Vt.) High School

VIRGINIA
Shelby Bohn, Brooke Point High School, Stafford, Va.
Allen Scaife, Stafford Senior High School, Falmouth, Va.

WASHINGTON
Halley Griffin, Stadium High School, Tacoma, Wash.
Daniel Talevich, Mount Si High School, North Bend, Wash.

WEST VIRGINIA
Kyle Dyer, Wayne High School, Huntington, W. Va.
Jessica Huff, Huntington (W. Va.) High School

WISCONSIN
Brendan Gants, James Madison (Wis.) Memorial High School
Lynn Grochowski, Franklin (Wis.) Franklin High School

WYOMING
John Rando, Cheyenne (Wyo.) East High School
Danielle Young, Notrona County High School, Casper, Wyo.

2003 Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholars

ALABAMA
Charles Baer, Fairhope (Ala.) High School
Whitney Ingersoll, Booker T. Washington Magnet High School, Montgomery, Ala.

ALASKA
Lynsea Garrison, Valdez (Alaska) High School
Corey Rennell, Steller Secondary School, Anchorage, Alaska

ARIZONA
Richard Gray, Westview High School, Avondale, Ariz.
Lisa Walsh, Mesa (Ariz.) High School

ARKANSAS
Baira Clark, Marion (Ark.) High School
Patrick Kelley, Bryant (Ark.) High School

CALIFORNIA
Jeffrey Katz, Granite Bay (Calif.) High School
Adva Saldinger, Aragon High School, San Mateo, Calif.

COLORADO
Leah Silvieus, Rifle (Colo.) High School
Siddharth Singh, Rampart High School, Colorado Springs, Colo.

CONNECTICUT
Amie Martin, Griswold (Conn.) High School
Brian Reed, Shelton (Conn.) High School

DELAWARE
Jonathan Stein, Brandywine High School, Wilmington, Del.
Katherine Ward, Brandywine High School, Wilmington, Del.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Patrick Riley, Bell Multicultural High School, Washington, D.C.
Heather Tidman, Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, Washington, D.C.

FLORIDA
Adam Becker, Satellite High School, Satellite Beach, Fla.
Ashley Wilson, South Plantation High School, Plantation, Fla.

GEORGIA
Alicia Choi, St. Pius X Catholic School, Atlanta
Henderson Maddox, Stephenson High School, Stone Mountain, Ga.

HAWAII
Randy Compton, James Castle High School, Kaneohe, Hawaii
Kristen Kimokeo, James Campbell High School, Ewa Beach, Hawaii

IDAHO
Gunnar Larson, Culdesac (Idaho) High School
Rebecca Thilo, Lake City High School, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

ILLINOIS
Colin Bishop, New Trier High School, Winnetka, Ill.
Sarah Sutschek, Johnsburg High School, McHenry, Ill.

INDIANA
Lindsay Bowles, Jeffersonville (Ind.) High School
David Maus, Mann Road Christian School, Indianapolis

IOWA
Jason Brummond, City High School, Iowa City
Alondra Canizal, Muscatine (Iowa) High School

KANSAS
Teresa Meagher, Bishop Miege High School, Roeland Park, Kan.
Michael Phillips, Maize (Kan.) High School

KENTUCKY
Ashlee Clark, Louisville (Ky.) Male Traditional High School
Derek Gregory, Wayne County High School, Monticello, Ky.

LOUISIANA
John Dardenne III, Catholic High School, Baton Rouge, La.
Whitney Dunaway, Baton Rouge (La.) Magnet High School

MAINE
Jamie Cogar, Lincoln Academy, Round Pond, Maine
Daniel Hackett, Deering High School, Portland, Maine

MARYLAND
Heather Keels, Wilde Lake High School, Columbia, Md.
Eric Shansby, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.

MASSACHUSETTS
Benjamin Badler, Newton (Mass.) North High School
Jennifer Thomas, B.M.C. Durfee High School, Fall River, Mass.

MICHIGAN
Phillip Hornshaw, Novi (Mich.) High School
Erica Pluff, Monroe (Mich.) Jefferson High School

MINNESOTA
Leslie Kruempel, Mounds View High School, Arden Hills, Minn.
Gad Rouache, Henry Sibley High School, Mendota Heights, Minn.

MISSISSIPPI
Tametria Conner, Hattiesburg (Miss.) High School
Johnny Vasser Jr., Aberdeen (Miss.) High School

MISSOURI
Shannon Burke, Oakville Senior High School, St. Louis
Brandon Goodwin, Hillcrest High School, Springfield, Mo.

MONTANA
Brianne Burrowes, Polson (Mont.) High School
Daniel Davis, Billings (Mont.) Senior High School

NEBRASKA
Nathan Rohr, Beatrice (Neb.) High School
Sarah Sinovic, Westside High School, Omaha, Neb.

NEVADA
Genaye Channel, Pine Forge Academy Academy (Pa.), representing Nevada
Ryan Katausky, Edward C. Reed High School/Reno (Nev.) Technical Institute

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Kevin Koo, Nashua (N.H.) Senior High School
Micaela Rogers, Kennett High School, Conway, N.H.

NEW JERSEY
Jason Hipp, Scotch Plains (N.J.) Fanwood High School
Alexandra Rothman, East Brunswick (N.J.) High School

NEW MEXICO
Katherine Hurst, Del Norte High School, Albuquerque, N.M.
Armando Padilla, Los Lunas (N.M.) High School

NEW YORK
Russell Castro, Saint Francis Preparatory School, Fresh Meadows, N.Y.
Diana Scholl, Ossining (N.Y.) High School

NORTH CAROLINA
Sakura Christmas, Chapel Hill (N.C.) High School
James Elam, Chapel Hill (N.C.) High School

NORTH DAKOTA
Hunter Jones, Red River Senior High School, Grand Forks, N.D.
Shayna Melgaard, Bismarck (N.D.) Senior High School

OHIO
Kyle Bickford, John Glenn High School, New Concord, Ohio
Kathleen Pederson, Indian Hill High School, Cincinnati

OKLAHOMA
Jeffrey Austin, Owasso (Okla.) High School
Elizabeth Nichols, Nichols Hills Homeschool, Tulsa, Okla.

OREGON
Paul Weinert, David Douglas High School, Portland, Ore.
Yuxing Zheng, South Albany High School, Albany, Ore.

PENNSYLVANIA
Joshua Faltot, Mercer (Pa.) Area Junior-Senior High School
Maura Judkis, North Alleghany Senior High School, Wexford, Pa.

RHODE ISLAND
Ashley Lundh, Cranston (R.I.) High School West
John Radzinski, North Kingstown (R.I.) High School

SOUTH CAROLINA
Kelly Cavanaugh, Northwestern High School, Rock Hill, S.C.
George Stevens, Wando High School, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

SOUTH DAKOTA
Callee Bauman, Huron (S.D.) High School
Andrew Miller, Roosevelt High School, Sioux Falls, S.D.

TENNESSEE
Amanda Edens, Tullahoma (Tenn.) High School
Robert Sorrell, Greeneville (Tenn.) High School

TEXAS
Kristin Kramer, S.H. Rider High School, Wichita Falls, Texas
David Rosen, Alief I.S.D. Elsik High School, Houston

UTAH
Cameron Orr, Bingham High School, South Jordan, Utah
Erin Peterson, Woods Cross (Utah) High School

VERMONT
Charley Mull, Burr and Burton Academy, Manchester, Vt.
Kathleen North, Hartford High School, White River Junction, Vt.

VIRGINIA
Javiera Contreras, Granby High School, Norfolk, Va.
Philippe Podhorecki, Annandale (Va.) High School

WASHINGTON
Lindsay Johnson, Stanwood High School, Stanwood, Wash.
Thomas Senn, Ephrata (Wash.) Senior High School

WEST VIRGINIA
Christina Plymale, Wayne (W.Va.) High School
Richard Marshall Snyder, Lewis County High School, Weston, W.Va.

WISCONSIN
Ted Johnsen, Platteville (Wis.) High School
Lora Pabst, Hudson (Wis.) Senior High School

WYOMING
Kimberly Brökling, Pinedale (Wyo.) High School
Mark Taggart, Cody (Wyo.) High School

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