Katy ISD Students Recognized in National Scholarship Programs

(Oct. 13, 2009) – A total of 63 Katy Independent School District seniors have been selected to advance in 2010 scholarship consideration sponsored by the National Merit, National Achievement and Hispanic Scholar programs. In addition, 79 were named National Merit Scholarship Commended Students.

National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

  • Cinco Ranch High School: Anirudh Ajith, Jessica Cao, Gargi Chaudhuri, Hanna Chen, Gabriel Cunha, Tania De Souza, Gregory Despard, Mary Gates, Dulcie Head, Paul Hodge, Vivek Karun, Connie Meng, Glen Miglin, Ankur Roy, Keh-Farn Tan, Melody Tan and William Tangney
  • Katy High School: Jon Blacklock, Nicole Julian and David Mason
  • Mayde Creek High School: Sarang Joshi and Andrew Mowery
  • Morton Ranch High School: Haley Jones
  • Seven Lakes High School: Kevin Cheng, Neil Flattery, Dion Hubble, Mason Kushnir, Louis Liao, Christopher Nady, Steven Wan
  • Taylor High School: David Finol, Matthew Gargani, Christina  Katsampes, Vivaswath Kumar, Lindsay Langford, Paul Lee, Ellen Liu, Yue Xu, Stephanie Yu and Xiaoyan Zhu

National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars

  • Cinco Ranch High School: Jonathan Ramos and Juan Ruiz
  • Katy High School: Jessenia Montoya, Olivia Rousseau and Robert Stagg
  • Mayde Creek High School: Javier Casas
  • Morton Ranch High School: Paul Amador, Enrico Calvo and Marvin Espinoza
  • Seven Lakes High School: Jorge Hidalgo, Melanie Medina, Maria Moya-Gallego, Juan Prieto, Maria Rodriguez and Enrique Rojas
  • Taylor High School: Francesca Aloisio, Artemio Cervantes, David Finol and Maria-Paula Munoz

National Achievement Scholarship Semi-Finalists

  • Cinco Ranch High School: Cassandra Smith
  • Mayde Creek High School: DeAndre Ward
  • Morton Ranch High School: Ambila Bobmanuel and Vanessa Palmer

National Merit Scholarship Commended Students

  • Cinco Ranch High School: Matthew Allen, Blake Ardrey, Anna Beyer, Kennan Bieber, Annamarie Blaha, Kelsey Button, Katrina Chan, Brett Clarke, Richard Cochrane, Joseph Cox, Olivia Davis, Alexander Decker, Lisa Driver, Eric Gros, Alexandra Hemmings, Brian Huang, Stephanie Hufnagel, Emily Hyde, Michael Jaska, Hannah Kinne, Ryan Learned, Elynn Lee, Jaewon Lee, Smith Leggett, Anthony Li, Litan Li, Joshua Ling, Deyu Liu, Lisa Liu, Erik McKenny, Mark Metzinger, Benjamin Miller, Steven Mladenka, Stephanie Penick, Sarah Raker, Juan Ruiz, Katherine Sanders, Chayanit Sasiponganan, Robert Teas, Meredith Whitman and Farjad Zaim
  • Katy High School: Mark Doré and James Spiares
  • Mayde Creek High School: Sarah Ali, Eliza Coleman and Inka Johnson
  • Seven Lakes High School: Xavier Beynon, Michael Bourgeois, Elizabeth Broussard, Megan Chang,  Luke Chen, Rachel Crooks, Korey Dunn, Andrew Golding, Kirsten Higgs, Lucas LeBlanc, Thomas Liu,  Kelsey Mitsdarffer, Marshall Newton, Anny Pan, George Polson, Maria Rodriguez and Enrique Rojas
  • Taylor High School: Annabelle Anderson, Nischay Bhan, Anderson Bussing, Lauren Corbett, Emily Dudek, Barnaby Fryer, Saakshi Jatar, David Leinig, Steven Macapagal, Kevin Maurin, Maria-Paula Munoz, Anand Muthusamy, Rachel Sellers, Evan Wilson and Hyun-woo Yoo. The name of an additional commended student from Taylor High School was withheld at parent request.