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Academic
General
- Annelise Beck: Captain of Quiz Bowl, Orono High School
- Alex Chen: State Debate Co-Champions, 5th Consecutive Classic Debate State Championship
- Matthew Cossack: Honorable Mention, NSA’s USAMTS
- Mara DeMers: Quiz Rally, 1st Place Team
- Patrick Grogan: 1st Place (In 3 events: Related Technical Math, Trade Math, and Health Occupations Professional Portfolio), Skills USA (state); 4th Place in Technical Related Math, Skills USA (National); American Junior Academy of Sciences Delegate
- David Groomes: Participant in Young Author’s Conference
- Christopher Ho: Perfect ACT Mathematics Score;
- Kelsey Larson: 'A' Honor Roll
- Dah On (Nicole) Lee: NAGC – Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award Winner
- Sean Litsey: Captain of Quiz Bowl; Editor, Minnetonka High School Newspaper
- Andres Lopez-Pineda: 'A' Honor Roll
- Jordan Maiers: Knowledge Bowl Team Winner, Becker Middle School
- Anne Marshall: 1st Place Regional, 3rd Place State, Valley View Middle School Academic Triathlon
- Andrew Peters: Award Recipient, 2005 Midwest Academic Talent Search
- Matthew Quan: Math Student of the Year (2004)
- Teresa Yang: A Honor Roll
- Ian Yue: Distinguished Academic Achievement Award
- Ben Segal: Scored 30 in American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME)
- Michelle Wang: A Honor Roll
- Ning Yang: Social Study Student of the Month
- Joanna Liu: 1st Place in Dakota Hills Middle School Math Team
- Ben Weitz: 2nd Place in American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), Highland Park Senior High A Honor Roll
- Tim Pallarino: 2nd in State, 1st in Regional, 1st in all 3 Robin Meets, Academic Triathlon
- Dan Ojalvo: Hill-Murray Academic Excellence Award; Sectional Contestant for Mock Trial; 3rd Place Quiz Bowl
- Kenneth Steinhauser: ACT Math Score 28; ACT Composite Score 28
- Trevor Vossberg: Student Success Award
- Cole Stephan: 2nd Place Regional in Academic Triathlon
- Peter Freese: A Honor Roll;7th Place Regional for Varsity Knowledge Bowl
- Gianna Arciero: 2nd in School USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO)
- Alexander Twaites: 1st Place in Destination Imagination
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Knowledge Masters Tournament
- Shivani Bhatt: 1st Place State
- John Scoggin: 1st Place State, 6th Place World
- Lucy Hesby: 1st Place State
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National Merit Scholarships
- Annelise Beck, Janet Li, Jun Li, Sean Litsey, Heather Stoller, Robert Trump, Tapan Sharma, Michael Diedrich, Daniel Gibson, Brinton Ahlin
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President's Award for Educational Excellence
- Shivani Bhatt, Alex Chen, Edithstein Cho, Tarim Goyal, Ian Liu, Andres Lopez-Pineda, Theresa Ma, Rachel Nesser, John Scoggin, Dawen Shen, Ning Yang, Joanna Liu, Alison Ludwig, Kenneth Steinhauser, Joshua Tollefson, Lucy Hesby, Ricardo Caraballo
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Language
- David Kinney: 2nd Place MMTA Original Composition Contest
- Kevin Anderson: Yale Book Award
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Music and Fine Arts
- Shivani Bhatt: Winner, Upper Midwest Music Festival
- Christopher Ho: Minnesota Music Teachers Association Senior B Piano Winner
- Alex Hsiao: Stages Theatre Company, Main Role in “Test Taking Tips for 4th & 5th Graders”
- Kelsey Larson: Minnesota Honor Band; Co-1st Chair French Horn; Concert Band; Jazz Band
- Tim Liu: High Distinction, MMTA Piano Exam
- Albert Lou: 1st Place 2004 Minnesota State Fair Education Exhibition; 5th Grade Colored Pencil
- Ross Ma: Philharmonic Orchestra, Minnesota Youth Symphonies
- Theresa Ma: Honorable Mention MMTA Junior Young Artist
- Jordan Maiers: Alto Saxophone Section Leader, Becker Middle School
- Anne Marshall: 1st Place Clarinet Solo-fest, Valley View Middle School
- Matthew Quan: Superior Rating, Piano Recital organized by the Minnesota Federation of Music Club and National Federation of Music Club
- Megan Schaenzer: AU-City Orchestra
- Dawen Shen: Group Intermediate Finalist, MMTA Piano Annual Contest; ‘With High Distinction,’ Piano Level VII Comprehensive Examination (MMTA)
- Teresa Yang: 1st place, 2005 Young Artist Scholarship Competition
- David Kinney: MMTA State Piano Contest Winner
- Krishnan Ramanujan: 7th and 8th Grade State Honor Band
- Michelle Wang: Junior Young Artist Winner for Minnesota Music Teacher Association Piano Competition
- Alison Ludwig: Princeton Middle School Honors Recital (flute ensemble)
- Annemarie Ryu: Honorable Mention in Concerto Competition; 1st Violin in Orchestra; High Distinction for Level 7 Piano Comprehensive Exam
- Martin Camacho: Winner MMTA Piano Competition; MMTA Music Theory Examination with Distinction for Perfect Score (Level 2); Honorable Mention for Northwestern College Piano Festival
- SoYoung Johng: Finalist Dorian Music Festival; 2nd Honorable Mention for Clements Piano Competition in Rochester; 1st Violinist for Minnesota Music Educators Association
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Science
- Annelise Beck: 1st Place in Experimental Design, State Level Science Olympiad
- Janet Li: International Finalist at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair
- Patrick Grogan: 2nd Place Team, State Level Science Olympiad
- Matthew Quan: 3rd Place, National Science League
- Chhugani Shweta: Regional Science Fair, 3rd Place in Behavioral and Social Science, Outstanding & Best 8th Grade Project, Best Kellog Project, $125 Sponsorship to State,
State Science Participant in Discovery Channel for National Young Scientist Challenge, Gold Medal Award for Top 5% of Projects, 1st Place in Junior Category, Seagate 1st Year Award
- Alexander Diedrich: MN State Science Fair, Outstanding Project in Computer Science; Rochester Regional Science Fair, Outstanding Project in Computer Science;2nd Place Team & 2nd Place Individual in Astronomy for MN State Science Olympiad
- David Kinney: Blue Ribbon, Southwest/South Central Regional Science and Engineering Fair
- Rohan Agrawal: 1st Place Individual State Science Olympiad
- Brian Wille: Blue Ribbon at Regional Science Fair; State Participant at Science Fair
- Martin Camacho: Participant of MN Academy of Science State Fair; Purple Ribbon in Twin Cities Regional Science Fair; 1st Place Team Science Olympiad
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Social Science
- Tarim Goyal: Finalist in District 196 Spelling Bee; 1st Place in Minneapolis’ Spelling Bee
- Alex Hsiao: 6th Grade Senator, Eagle Ridge Academy
- Brandon Kuschel: 1st Place District Spelling Bee
- Janet Li: Regional Post Winner, Voice of Democracy Essay Contest
- Jun Li: Youth Representative, City of Shoreview Human Rights Commission; Moundsview High School Art Club Captain; President and Founder of Moundsview High School Asian Cultures Club
- Andres Lopez-Pineda: 10th grade Advanced Placement in History
- Jack Overby: 3rd Place, Archdiocesan Spelling Bee
- Andrew Peters: 1st Place Multi-Regional State Spelling Bee; 1st Place Southeast Minnesota Regional Spelling Bee
- Teresa Yang: Certificate of Achievement, National History Day
- Nicholas Grossman: 1st Place District 742 Spelling Bee
- Chhugani Shweta: 3rd Place in Regional Math Bee
- Rohan Agrawal: State Champion AAA High School Geography Travel Challenge
- Mitchell R.H. Erickson: 2 ½ -week stay/experience in Armenia with a host family
- Trevor Vossberg: 3rd Place, Chaska Middle School East Geography Bee
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Mathematics
American Mathematics Contest
- Teresa Yang: 1st Place in Class, AMC 8
- Chhugani Shweta: 3rd Place, AMC 8
- Ben Segal: Scored 105.5 in AMC 12
- Ben Weitz: Scored 109 in AMC 12
- Benjamin Hoegh: Top School Scorer, Bronze Award Winner, AMC 12
- Rohit Agrawal: 3rd Place, AMC 8
- Martin Camacho: 1st Place in Grade 5 and 3rd Place in School, AMC 8; 1st Place in Grade 5 and 2nd Place in School, AMC 10
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Mathcounts (Regional)
- Eric Baudry: 1st Place Individual
- Mitchell R.H. Erickson: Tied for 1st Place Individual
- Christopher Ho: 2nd Place Individual
- Jordan Maiers: 1st Place
- Anna Ross: 1st Place Team
- Justin Wheeler: 1st Place Team
- Chhugani Shweta: 1st Place Team
- Michelle Wang: 2nd Place Team
- Rohit Agrawal: 1st Place
- Alexander Ditter: 1st Place Individual NW Metro Chapter
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Mathcounts (State)
- Paul Kravik: 1st Place Team
- Anna Ross: 2nd Place Team
- Chhugani Shweta: 3rd Place Team
- Krishnan Ramanujan: 2nd Place Countdown
- Joanna Liu: 1st Place Chapter
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Math League (Regional)
- Eric Baudry: 2nd Place Individual, 1st Place Team
- Annelise Beck: Captain, High Scorer of School Team
- Matthew Cossack: 22nd Place Individual
- Matthew R.H. Erickson: 6th Place Individual
- Patrick Grogan: 2nd Place
- Christopher Ho: 1st Place Individual
- Rachel Ness: 3rd Place
- Jake Olson: 4th in Conference
- Anna Ross: 2nd Place Individual, 1st Place Team
- Alexander Diedrich: 2nd Place Team, Personal Academic Letter
- Rohit Agrawal: 4th Place Individual, 1st Place Team
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Math League (State)
- Ben Weitz: 2nd Place
- Rohan Agrawal: 1st Place Team
- Martin Camacho: 1st Place Team, 3rd Place Individual
- Daniel Gibson: One of the Top Individuals
- Nivedita Sarnath: 3rd Place Team
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Math Masters (Regional)
- Brandon Kuschel: 3rd Place overall
- Jack Overby: 2nd Place Individual
- Gaurav Singh: 1st Place Team, 1st Place Individual
- Albert You: 2nd Place Fact Drill & Team, 1st Place Individual
- Nicholas Grossman: 3rd Place Team
- David Kinney: 3rd Place Team
- Chhugani Shweta: 1st Place Team
- Ben Weitz: 3rd Place Team
- Ankan Ganguly: 1st Place Team, 1st Place Individual
- Rohit Agrawal: 2nd Place Individual, 2nd Place Fact Drill
- Martin Camacho: 1st Place Team, 1st Place Individual
- Gianna Arciero: 3rd Place Individual
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St Cloud State University Mathematics Contest
- Jae Chang: 1st in 9th Grade Division
- Alexander Ditter: 2nd Place
- Benjamin Hoegh: 1st Place Team, 1st Place Individual
- John Karlen: Top 10%
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Future Problem Solving
- Gaurav Singh: 2nd Place State
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Non-Academic
Community Efforts
- Matthew Cossack: Group Leader, Habitat for Humanity Work
- Andrew Cox: Special Olympics, Channel One, and other volunteer programs
- Janet Li: Presidential Service Award, National, for 300 hours of community service
- David Pitchford: DJ at dances for people with disabilities; serving meals for homeless families
- Ian Yue: Best Thespian Awards for Outstanding Performances & Tech Support, Edina High School
- Alison Liewen: University of Minnesota Leadership Conference
- Benjamin Hoegh: Life Scout, Boy Scout
- Kevin Anderson: National Honor Society Member
- Cole Stephan: Star Rank, Boy Scouts
- Louisa Savereide: Tech Crew for Chippewa Middle School, Morning Announcements
- David Xu: Teenlinks Advisory Board, Methodist Hospital Volunteer
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Sports & Recreation
- Annelise Beck: 2nd Place Singles Position, Orono High School Varsity Tennis Team
- William Chen:1st Place, Eden Prairie High School Varsity/JV Swim Team
- Alexander Cox: 1st Class, Boy Scouts; State Championship, Swim Team
- Mitchell R.H. Erickson: 2nd Place, U-13 Soccer Team Division
- David Groomes: 1st Place for Season, 7th Grade Edina Football
- Christopher Ho: Champion, Minnesota Youth Soccer Association
- John Karlen: 1st District, Traveling Basketball; Roseville Area Middle School Tennis Team
- Kelsey Larson: Varsity Letterman Tennis, St. Anthony High School, 5th Place Team USTA Team Tennis Midwest Sectional, Oklahoma
- Theresa Ma: Eagan Freshman Girls Tennis
- Jordan Maiers: 7th Grade Basketball Team, Becker Middle School
- Rachel Ness: 2nd Place Team, USA Swimming MN State Championship
- David Pitchford: 20 mile bike-a-thon for camp scholarships, raised $200
- Megan Schaenzer: Soccer Team Captain
- Maars Beltrandy y Rudquist: MYSA State Soccer Tournament U12
- Nicholas Grossman: Soccer Participant
- David Kinney: MYSA State Soccer Tournament Champion; 1st Place Maplebrook Soccer Tournament
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