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Each year, OCPS celebrates its "Super Scholars," those graduating seniors who were accepted into the nation's top 20 colleges and universities (as ranked by U.S. News and World Report) and U.S. service academies. 

Recognition SHOW

The show hosted by Nancy Alvarez from WESH 2 News premiered, Thursday, May 11, 2023.

2023 Rankings

Top 20 National Universities

Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, California Institute of Technology, Duke University, Northwestern University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, Vanderbilt University, Rice University, Washington University in St. Louis, Cornell University, Columbia University, University of Notre Dame and University of California Berkeley.

Top 20 Liberal Arts Colleges

Williams College, Amherst College, Pomona College, Swarthmore College, Wellesley College, Bowdoin College, Carleton College, Claremont McKenna College, Middlebury College, Washington and Lee University, Smith College, Vassar College, Davidson College, Grinnell College, Hamilton College, Barnard College, Colgate University, Haverford College, University of Richmond and Wesleyan University.

U.S. Service Academies 

U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, U. S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy

2023 Super Scholars

Amherst College

• Thu-Vy Pham, Winter Park
• Tuyen Truong, University

Barnard College

• Elizabeth Cary, Windermere
• Kathia Serrano Perez, Cypress Creek

Bowdoin College

• Ahana Manchanda, Winter Park

Brown University

• Srija Dey, Timber Creek
• Abieyuwa Otote, Timber Creek
• Brian Vo, Ocoee
• Kindell Welker, Winter Park
• Zetao Wu, West Orange

Carleton College

• Orion Francis, Ocoee
• Benjamin Hargrave, Ocoee
• Natalia Manna, Olympia
• Thu-Vy Pham, Winter Park

Claremont McKenna College

• Ahana Manchanda, Winter Park

Colgate University

• Lola Jean Baptiste, Oak Ridge
• Michael McCamy, Winter Park

Columbia University

• Trenton Campbell, West Orange
• Taylor Graham, West Orange
• Catherine Nollie, Edgewater
• Jonathan Pierre, East River
• Rafael Vanuno, Winter Park

Cornell University

• Keten Abebe, University
• Ashley Herrera, Winter Park
• Neha Jain, Dr. Phillips
• William McDonald, Boone 
• Jeevika Setzer, Timber Creek
• Andrew Tejada-Vega, Colonial

Dartmouth College

• William McDonald, Boone 

Duke University

• Thomas Costa, Horizon
• Lola Jean Baptiste, Oak Ridge
• William McDonald, Boone
• Ananya Misra, Horizon
• Jeevika Setzer, Timber Creek
• Amelia Skena, Winter Park
• Anya Stewart, Timber Creek
• Andrew Tejada-Vega, Colonial

Grinnell College

• Jordan Metellus, Ocoee

Hamilton College

• Thomas Hill, Winter Park
• Ahana Manchanda, Winter Park
• Jordan Metellus, Ocoee
• Gregory Nobleza, Cypress Creek

Harvard University

• Mahmoud AlThabata, Olympia
• Kathryn Robinson, Winter Park

Haverford College

• Yasmin Noor Choudhury, Freedom

Johns Hopkins University

• Trenton Campbell, West Orange
• Nathan Clarke, Dr. Phillips
• Thomas Costa, Horizon
• Lola Jean Baptiste, Oak Ridge
• Abieyuwa Otote, Timber Creek
• Christian Reinhardt, Lake Nona
• Jeevika Setzer, Timber Creek
• Anya Stewart, Timber Creek

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Thomas Costa, Horizon
• Dylan Isaac, Edgewater
• Thu-Vy Pham, Winter Park

Middlebury College

• Natalie Alfonso Alcaide, Colonial
• Trenton Campbell, West Orange
• Marianne Cartaxo, Ocoee
• Sebastian Cruz Loaiza, Colonial
• Mya Eugene, Ocoee
• Orion Francis, Ocoee
• Jenese Lawrence, Ocoee
• Layla Le, Ocoee
• Marla Leonce, Jones
• Ahana Manchanda, Winter Park
• Christopher Marshall, Ocoee
• Jordan Metellus, Ocoee
• Israel Ostos Escalante, Dr. Phillips
• Kayla Tulloch, Ocoee
• Nick Severe, Ocoee
• Robin Young, Ocoee

Northwestern University

• Trenton Campbell, West Orange
• Thomas Costa, Horizon
• Madison DeChurch, Winter Park
• Frenchia Dell, Colonial
• Taylor Graham, West Orange
• Lleyton Gunter, Winter Park
• Graydon "Camp" Magee, Edgewater
• Juno Marques Oda, University
• Diego Oliva, Lake Buena Vista
• Ethan Parekattil, Windermere
• Nyla Riley, Windermere
• Chelsea Vital, West Orange

Pomona College

• Srija Dey, Timber Creek
• Georgia Mckay Liao-Troth, Horizon
• Kathia Serrano Perez, Cypress Creek

Princeton University

• Mahmoud AlThabata, Olympia
• Gabriel Centeno, Colonial High
• Sophia Fletcher, Winter Park High
• Sharon Leonard, Lake Buena Vista High
• Ahana Manchanda, Winter Park
• Torian Roberts, Winter Park High
• Tran Ton, Cypress Creek High

Rice University

• Anya Stewart, Timber Creek
• Andrew Tejada-Vega, Colonial

Smith College

• Kaylee Burt, Dr. Phillips High
• Rachel Maretsky, Dr. Phillips High
• Kathia Serrano Perez, Cypress Creek

Stanford University

• Edwin Pena Soriano, Cypress Creek
• Julian Wittig, Boone

Swarthmore College

• Adrian Duran, Dr. Phillips
• Lola Jean Baptiste, Oak Ridge
• Georgia Mckay Liao-Troth, Horizon

U.S. Air Force Academy

• Tanner Kramer, Horizon
• Jackson Meyerer, Apopka

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

• James Lewless, Winter Park

U.S. Military Academy at West Point

• Timothy Harrington, West Orange
• James Lewless, Winter Park
• Amber Matlach, West Orange
• Alyssa Negron, Lake Nona
• Noah Nixon, West Orange
• Shelby Stachnik, Windermere

U.S. Naval Academy

• Maya Foley, West Orange
• Hannah Marvin, Freedom
• Zachary Marvin, Freedom
• Amber Matlach, West Orange
• Alyssa Negron, Lake Nona
• Ricky Singh, Jones
• Andrew Tejada-Vega, Colonial

University of California - Berkeley


• Mahmoud AlThabata, Olympia
• Ella Herbert, Winter Park
• Maya Lis, Dr. Phillips
• Brian Trinh, Windermere
University of California - Los Angeles

• Trenton Campbell, West Orange
• Shayne Gangle, Winter Park
• Sydney Jaryszak, Boone
• Bryana Lorenze, Boone
• Ava May, Winter Park
• Aksel Ostberg, Edgewater
• Sophia Schaked, Olympia
• Brian Trinh, Windermere

University of Chicago

• Stone Grayson, Olympia
• Cesar Rodriguez, Freedom

University of Notre Dame

• Priscilla Chau, Timber Creek
• Elizabeth Forness, Winter Park
• Thu Ngo, East River
• Andrew Tejada-Vega, Colonial

University of Pennsylvania

• Mahmoud AlThabata, Olympia
• Samaya Baggs, Lake Nona
• Trenton Campbell, West Orange
• Thomas Costa, Horizon
• Alondra Cubaque Alicea, Windermere
• Evan Fitzgerald, Winter Park
• Taylor Graham, West Orange
• Ramsey Makan, Timber Creek
• Carson Nordmann, Dr. Phillips
• Abieyuwa Otote, Timber Creek
• Deborah Pierre, Olympia
• Jordan Reed, Dr. Phillips
• Jon-Gabriel Salguero, Lake Nona
• Anya Stewart, Timber Creek

University of Richmond

• Luke Justice, Dr. Phillips
• Ahana Manchanda, Winter Park
• Tyler Player, Winter Park
• Ashley Voltaire, Evans


Vanderbilt University

• Abigail Barner, Edgewater
• Sarah Brown, Winter Park
• Trenton Campbell, West Orange
• Olivia Casola, Boone
• Jatorria Dixon, Evans
• Ann Moon, Winter Park
• Delano Sta. Ana, University
• Andrew Tejada-Vega, Colonial

Vassar College

• Gregory Nobleza, Cypress Creek
• Nicole Spangler, Boone

Washington and Lee University

• Muhummud Abid, Cypress Creek

Washington University in St. Louis

• Shreya Bhat, Olympia
• Lily Douglas, West Orange
• Espoire Fadhiri, Evans
• Elizabeth Forness, Winter Park
• Miriam Libow, Winter Park
• Diego Oliva, Lake Buena Vista
• Josefina Ontivero, Cypress Creek
• Abieyuwa Otote, Timber Creek
• Benedict Ridore, Ocoee
• Nicole Spangler, Boone

Wellesley College

• Kathia Serrano Perez, Cypress Creek
• Madeline Zornek, Winter Park

Wesleyan University

• Srija Dey, Timber Creek
• Maria Palmeira de Melo, Dr. Phillips
• Yu Wei, Oak Ridge
• Kevin Yang, Ocoee

Williams College

• Caleb Cavalcante, Horizon
• Srija Dey, Timber Creek
• Ahana Manchanda, Winter Park
• Ayah Shatara, Olympia

Yale University

• Kaley Alexandre-Burke, Horizon
• Zavier Avera, Jones
• Erika Nunez, Apopka
• Kathia Serrano Perez, Cypress Creek
• Andrew Tejada-Vega, Colonial
• Aidan Warner, Winter Park