Myron Zhang
Salutatorian Award
Elaine Chou
Academic Honors
Honors
Alexander Amato, Kristine Johnston, Spencer Perry, Annie Barco, Alexandra Ju, Kushal Raj, Natalie Berg, Suh Young Kang, Alina Sample, Gautam Bhayani, Megan Kao, Ashwin Saxena, Serena Chan, Akash Kar, Nicole Shadman, Clara Chao, Rachelle Kim, Stephanie Shimizu, Nancy Chen, Tiffany Kim, Kevin Tam, Peter Chen, Alison Knysh, Ashley Tang, Sanjana Chetia, Ivan Lee, Allison Toh, Connie Chien, Sue Liang, Tiffany Tu, Sabrina Cismas, , Andrea Liu, Jeremy Veis, Cecilia Daolio, Victoria Lo, Christopher Vu, Alton Fong, Alexander Mabanta, Connie Wang, Joshua Harris, Miharu Morishita, Emily Williams, Daniel Hsu, Nobel Ng, Alyssa Wu, Cynthia Huang, Kristen Park, Crystal Yen, Vineet Jain, Alyssa Peck, Anna Zhang, Anika Jhalani
High Honors
Priyanka Arunkumar, Vivian LeTran, Arjay Parhar, Sneha Belkhale, Vivian Liao, Heather Persson, Shivani Chadha, Denise Lin, Krishnan Raman, Desmond Chan, Timothy Ling, Varsha Ramesh, Sofia Chang, Christine Liu, Sankash Shankar, Kellie Chiou, Vivien Lu, Parul Singh, Arnav Dugar, Isabel McPherson, Anshuman Siripurapu, Vishal Goel, Parthiv Mohan, Victor Sutardja, Danielle Hata, Ailene Nguyen, Kimberly Tsai, Cecilia Hollenhorst, Stephanie Ong, Nicholas Turpin, Vivian Hsu, Matthew Opatrny, Jason Wu, Jonathan Junqua, Kelsey Owyang, Megan Yen, Sarah Lensch, Kevin Pan
Very High Honors
Michael Chang, Viraj Parmar, Christine Tseng, Michael Chen, Hansen Qian, Paras Unadkat, William Edman, Manish Raghavan, Brian Wai, David Eng, Antara Rao, Jennifer Yang, Mei Gao, Meghana Rao, Evan Ye, Peter Hsieh, Roger Shen, Alissa Zhang, Sarah Hull, Vivian Tsai, Jimmy Zheng, Christopher Jones
ABC 7 Top Scholars Award: Michael Chang
Elizabeth W. Barron Journalism Awards: Christine Bancroft, David Eng
Dan Barry Memorial Scholarship: Brandon Gummow
Bay Area-All Star Scholarship Team:
Tiffany Kim, Kelly Leslie, Alfred Murabito
Mark Behnke Memorial Award:
Eric Van Noorden
Individual Sports Nominees: Badminton–Jeffrey Kuo; Soccer–Manish Raghavan; Baseball–Austin Firth; Swimming–Ian Burns; Basketball–Brandon Pak; Track–Mitchell Casas; Tennis–Nikhil Jayasha; Cross country–Simon Steinfeld; Water polo–Tyler Borch; Lacrosse–Eric Van Noorden; Wrestling–Alfred Murabito
California Scholarship Federation Scholarship: Shaun Chung
California School Employees’ Association Scholarship: Brian Leung, Kenneth Leung
California Teachers Association Teaching and Service Scholarship: Evan Ye
The Sue Hutchison Carroll P.E.O. Scholarship: Shannon Roseberry
Jayson Chang Memorial Scholarship Award: Stephanie Shimizu
CIF/Farmers Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award: Annahita Ashe, Mitchell Casas
CIF/Spirit of Sport Award:
Fall: Brandon Oliveri-O’Connor, Alison Knysh
Winter: Courtney Brandt, Jonathan Junqua
Spring: Brady Horn, Ailene Nguyen
College Scholarships
Biola University–Dean’s Academic Scholarship: Brandon Pak
Boise State University–Gem Scholarship: Courtney Brandt
DeAnza College–Chancellor’s Scholar Award: Brandon Oliveri-O’Connor
Grinnell College–Trustee Honor Scholarship Award: Natalie Berg
Indiana University–Athletic Scholarship: Karilyn Clark
New York University–Steinhardt Scholarship: Carolynn Choi
Purdue University–Presidential Scholarship: Gautam Bhayani, Davis Haba
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology–Catapult Scholarship, Merit Scholarship: Mark Van Aken
Trinity University Scholarship–Zachary Galvin
Santa Clara University–Presidential Dean’s Scholarship: James Huang
UC-Berkeley–Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship: Arnav Dugar, Antara Rao, Parul Singh, Evan Ye
UC-Davis–Undergraduate Scholarship: Jocelyn Pwu
UC-Santa Barbara–Regents’ Scholarship: Sarah Lensch
USC–Presidential Scholar: Danielle Hata, Heather Persson; Trustee Scholarship: Anshuman Siripurapu
University of Tulsa–Athletic Scholarship, Vision Scholarship: Helen Char
Washington College–Quill and Compass Scholarship, Washington Scholar Award: Harrison Hyde
Whitman College–D.K. Pearson Scholarship: Emily Williams
Yale University–Yale University Scholarship: Myron Zhang
Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship: Dominic Guercio
Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award: Anika Jhalani
Falcon Female Athlete of the Year Award: Ailene Nguyen
Falcon Male Athletes of the Year Award: Mitchell Casas, Troy Doles
Alice S. Fuller PEO Scholarship: Parneet Dhindsa
Gannon Foundation Scholarship: Hansen Qian
Gomersall Memorial Scholarship: William Edman
Shota Hasegawa Memorial Scholarship: Jessie Lin
Lee Hold Memorial Scholarship: Nicole Shadman
Immanuel Lutheran Trust Fund Scholarship: Alyssa Peck
Intel Scholarship
International Science and Engineering Fair Energy and Transportation Award: Hansen Qian
United Technologies Corporation Scholarship: Hansen Qian
Science Talent Search Finalist: Alissa Zhang
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Dr. Gordon Iwanaga Memorial Scholarship: Stephanie Shimizu, Emily Williams
Ryan Iwanaga Sequoia Scholarship: Nicholas Aske
Ivy Review Scholarship: Sophia Wang
Robert W. Kiersted Memorial Scholarship: Brian Leung, Kenneth Leung
Kiwanis Club of Los Gatos Scholarship Program
General Scholarships: Carolynn Choi, Kelsey Owyang, Shannon Roseberry
Turn-Around Scholarships: Valerie Peterson, Rebecca Smerdon, Katya Simpson, Soobin Yoo
Korean American Educational Research Center Outstanding Scholar Award: Kristen Park
Korean American Nursing Home of Northern California Exemplary Senior Scholarships: Megan Kao, Rachelle Kim, Mee-Sung Lee
Abby Leslie Memorial Athletic Scholarship: Sean Walsh, Alison Knysh
Lifesaver Award: Stephanie Shimizu
Lii Family Memorial Scholarship: Harrison Hyde
Los Gatos-Saratoga Girls Softball Association, Alexis Briski Memorial Scholarship: Talia Sisco
Mahatma Rice Univision Radio Scholarship: Brian Leung
Mary Jane Maxfield Memorial Award: Annahita Ashe
Individual Sports Nominees: Badminton–Angie Chang; Softball–Abigail Williams; Basketball–Campbell Oreglia; Swimming–Natalie Cheung; Cross country–Emily Williams; Tennis–Crystal Yen; Field hockey–Annahita Ashe; Track–Ailene Nguyen; Lacrosse–Carolynn Choi; Volleyball–Talia Sisco; Soccer–Karilyn Clark; Water polo–Alison Kynsh
Music Scholarships,
California Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Senior Award: Nikhil Panchal
Korean American Music Supporters’ Association, Inc.: Ivan Lee
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award: Matthew Ishikawa
National School Choral Award: Rebecca Chen
National School Orchestra Award: Ivan Lee
John Philip Sousa Award: Desmond Chan
Saratoga High School Music Boosters
Band: Thomas Ishikawa, Jimmy Zheng
Color Guard: Michael Woodruff
Orchestra: Daniel Hsu
Vocal: Rebecca Chen
Sue Worden Memorial Band Scholarship: Jasmine Grant
Susie Nagpal Scholarship for Promising Leaders: Ruchie Bhardwaj, Zara Sheikh
The National Hispanic Recognition Program: Alexander Amato, Roman Balogh, Danielle Hata
National Merit Scholarship Program
Letters of Commendation:
Alexander Amato, Cynthia Huang, Kevin Pan, Adrian Bedard, James Huang, Heather Persson, Sneha Belkhale, Sarah Hull, Ashwin Saxena, Natalie Berg, Alexandra Ju, Roger Shen, Serena Chan, Megan Kao, Stephanie Shimizu, Michael Chen, Jonathan Koo, Kevin Tam, Nancy Chen, Mee-Sung Lee, Ashley Tang, Natalie Cheung, Vivian LeTran, Vivian Tsai, Kellie Chiou, Vivian Liao, Nicholas Turpin, Shaun Chung, Denise Lin, Mark Van Aken, Arnav Dugar, Timothy Ling, Jeremy Veis, Madison Emery, Andrea Liu, Brian Wai, Mei Gao, Christine Liu, Alyssa Wu, Vishal Goel, Vivien Lu, Evan Ye, Joshua Harris, Alexander Mabanta, Megan Yen, Danielle Hata, Parthiv Mohan, Jimmy Zheng, Vivian Hsu, Vikas Nookala
Finalists:
Gautam Bhayani, Daniel Hsu, Antara Rao, Penelope Burgess, Justine Huang, Meghana Rao, Desmond Chan, Christopher Jones, Parul Singh, Michael Chang, Suh Young Kang, Anshuman Siripurapu, Sofia Chang, Isabel McPherson, Victor Sutardja, Sanjana Chetia, Ailene Nguyen, Christine Tseng, Alexander Chiang, Kelsey Owyang, Paras Unadkat, Elaine Chou, Viraj Parmar, Jason Wu, William Edman, Hansen Qian, Jennifer Yang, David Eng, Manish Raghavan, Alissa Zhang, Anoop Galivanche, Kushal Raj, Anna Zhang, Cecilia Hollenhorst, Krishnan Raman, Myron Zhang, Peter Hsieh, Varsha Ramesh
Scholarship Corporation: David Eng, Christine Tseng, Hansen Qian, Alissa Zhang
College-Sponsored Scholarship:
Carlton College: Sofia Chang
Northwestern University: Sanjana Chetia, Isabel McPherson
Rice University: Daniel Hsu
USC: Krishnan Raman, Anshuman Siripurapu
Washington University in St. Louis: Kushal Raj
Northern California Scholarship Foundation: Daniel Hsu
Organization of Chinese American Women Scholarship: Peter Chen, Kellie Chiou
Helen Oreb Yearbook Awards: Shilpa Nagesh, Ailene Nguyen, Alyssa Wu
Palo Alto Fire Department Scholarship: Courtney Brandt
Personal Best, Courage and Tenacity Scholarship: Amber Kingery, Valerie Peterson, Simon Steinfeld
President’s Education Awards
David Adler, Peter Hsieh, Arjay Parhar, Isabelle Albert, Daniel Hsu, Kristen Park, Alexander Amato, Vivian Hsu, Viraj Parmar, Michelle Arifin, Cynthia Huang, Alyssa Peck, Priyanka Arunkumar, James Huang, Spencer Perry, Lisa Asai, Justine Huang, Heather Persson, Annahita Ashe, Sarah Hull, Valerie Peterson, Roman Balogh, Christopher Hulme, Stephanie Poo, Christine Bancroft, Viet Huynh, Jocelyn Pwu, Annie Barco, Matthew Ishikawa, Hansen Qian, Sneha Belkhale, Thomas Ishikawa, Sophia Raggett, Robert Belpasso, Vineet Jain, Manish Raghavan, Megan Benzing, Salmaan Javed, Kushal Raj, Natalie Berg, Anika Jhalani, Krishnan Raman, Ruchie Bhardwaj, Darisha Jhutty, Varsha Ramesh, Gautam Bhayani, Kristine Johnston, Antara Rao, Roy Bisht, Christopher Jones, Meghana Rao, Tyler Borch, Alexandra Ju, Shannon Roseberry, Courtney Brandt, Jonathan Junqua, Alina Sample, Penelope Burgess, Suh Young Kang, Danielle Savage, Mitchell Casas, Megan Kao, Ashwin Saxena, Shivani Chadha, Akash Kar, Kyle Schulz, Desmond Chan, Shayda Khorasani, Tyler Schuppert, Serena Chan, Rachelle Kim, Paul Sehmbey, Angie Chang, Tiffany Kim, Nicole Shadman, Michael Chang, Alison Knysh, Sankash Shankar, Sofia Chang, Jonathan Koo, Roger Shen, Clara Chao, Ali Kothari, Mohammad Ali Shenasa, Helen Char, Kristal Kung, Ryan Sheu, Lawrence Chen, Jeffrey Kuo, Stephanie Shimizu, Michael Chen, Benjamin Laus, Sneha Shivkumar, Nancy Chen, Rachel Le, Katya Simpson, Peter Chen, Ivan Lee, Parul Singh, Rebecca Chen, Mason Lee, Anshuman Siripurapu, Ariel Cheng, Mee-Sung Lee, Talia Sisco, Sanjana Chetia, Sarah Lensch, Victor Sutardja, Natalie Cheung, Kelly Leslie, Jocelyn Takahashi, Alexander Chiang, Vivian LeTran, Kevin Tam, Connie Chien, Brian Leung, Ashley Tang, Kellie Chiou, Kenneth Leung, Allison Toh, Olivia Chock, Sue Liang, Anthony Tsai, Carolynn Choi, Vivian Liao, Kimberly Tsai, Elaine Chou, Denise Lin, Vivian Tsai, Benjamin Chung, Timothy Ling, Christine Tseng, Derek Chung, Andrea Liu, Kylie Tseng, Shaun Chung, Christine Liu, Tiffany Tu, Sabrina Cismas, Natalie Liu, Nicholas Turpin, Claire Couch, Victoria Lo, Paras Unadkat, Michelle Cummins, Vivien Lu, Mark Van Aken, Cecilia Daolio, Sarah Lum, Jeremy Veis, Sachi Dholakia, Connie Lun, Eren Veziroglu, Troy Doles, Alexander Mabanta, Christopherr Vu, Arnav Dugar, Mishal Maniar, Brian Wai, Jason Duong, Kathleen McLellan, Claudia Walsh, Zoltan Earnst, Isabel McPherson, Connie Wang, William Edman, Kendall Milton, Eric Wang, Madison Emery, Aanchal Mohan, Abigail Williams, David Eng, Parthiv Mohan, Emily Williams, Justin Fang, Miharu Morishita, Michael Woodruff, Alton Fong, Mikayla Morrison, Alyssa Wu, Anoop Galivanche, Connor Mullaney, Amanda Wu, Zachary Galvin, Alfred Murabito, Jason Wu, Mei Gao, Shilpa Nagesh, Jennifer Yang, Michael Gaus, Shriya Nagpal, Yukai Yang, Vishal Goel, Nobel Ng, Evan Ye, Jasmine Grant, Ailene Nguyen, Andy Yee, Dominic Guercio, Ryan Nguyen, Crystal Yen, Louise Guy, Vikas Nookala, Megan Yen, Joshua Harris, Brandon Oliveri-O’Connor, Ariella Yendler, Danielle Hata, Amanda Olson, Alissa Zhang, Stanton Ho, Stephanie Ong, Anna Zhang, Samantha Hoffman, Matthew Opatrny, Myron Zhang, Cecilia Hollenhorst, Kelsey Owyang, Jimmy Zheng, Kevin Hsieh, Kevin Pan
Principal’s Leadership Award: Anshuman Siripurapu
Prudential Spirit of Community Award: Katya Simpson
Dr. Hugh Roberts Mock Trial Scholarship: Michael Chang, Jimmy Zheng
The Nicola Rooke and Eleanor Patrick Bright Spirit Award: Zoltan Earnst, Abigail Williams
Saratoga Elementary Teachers’ Scholarship: Kelly Leslie
Saratoga Foothill Club Scholarships
Fine Arts Scholarship: Matthew Opatrny
Social Studies Scholarship: Christine Bancroft
saratogahigh.com Scholarship: Robert Belpasso
Saratoga High School ASB VIP Award: Christine Bancroft
Saratoga High School Community Service Award
David Adler, Sarah Hull, Heather Persson, Isabelle Albert, Harrison Hyde, Jocelyn Pwu, Michelle Arifin, Darisha Jhutty, Hansen Qian, Priyanka Arunkumar, Kristine Johnston, Kushal Raj, Christine Bancroft, Akash Kar, Varsha Ramesh, Robert Belpasso, Austin Kerby, Antara Rao, Megan Benzing, Ida Khadem, Meghana Rao, Natalie Berg, Rachelle Kim, Nicole Shadman, Gautam Bhayani, Tiffany Kim, Zara Sheikh, Roy Bisht, Alison Knysh, Roger Shen, Nicole Borda, Raphael Kohler, Mohammad Ali Shenasa, Serena Chan, Jonathan Koo, Ryan Sheu, Michael Chang, Kristal Kung, Stephanie Shimizu, Sofia Chang, Fredrick Lee, Katya Simpson, Clara Chao, Ivan Lee, Parul Singh, Lawrence Chen, Kevin Lee, Anshuman Siripurapu, Lillian Chen, Mee-Sung Lee, Jocelyn Takahashi, Peter Chen, Sarah Lensch, Kevin Tam, Ariel Cheng, Kelly Leslie, Allison Toh, Sanjana Chetia, Brian Leung, Wade Troyer, Natalie Cheung, Kenneth Leung, Kimberly Tsai, Alexander Chiang, Denise Lin, Vivian Tsai, Kellie Chiou, Timothy Ling, Christine Tseng, Carolynn Choi, Andrea Liu, Kylie Tseng, Shaun Chung, Christine Liu, Tiffany Tu, Karilyn Clark, Natalie Liu, Mark Van Aken, Katherine Cummins, Victoria Lo, Jeremy Veis, Nicolas Doyen, Connie Lun, Brian Wai, Arnav Dugar, Jennifer Lydon, Sean Walsh, William Edman, Kathleen McLellan, Connie Wang, Madison Emery, Isabel McPherson, Emily Williams, David Eng, Kendall Milton, Alyssa Wu, Nicole Fetsch, Aanchal Mohan, Jennifer Yang, Zachary Galvin, Shilpa Nagesh, Evan Ye, Danielle Hata, Stephanie Ong, Megan Yen, Stanton Ho, Matthew Opatrny, Soobin Yoo, Cecilia Hollenhorst, Kelsey Owyang, Anna Zhang, Brady Horn, Tracey Oyuela, Myron Zhang, Vivian Hsu, Kevin Pan, Jimmy Zheng, James Huang, Alyssa Peck
Saratoga High School Memorial Scholarship: Dominic Guercio
Saratoga High School PTSO Scholarship: David Adler, Isabelle Albert, Annie Barco, Louise Guy, Harrison Hyde, Christopher Jones, Kelsey Owyang, Mark Van Aken
Saratoga High School Theatre Arts Senior Legacy Scholarship
Leadership: Joshua Harris,
Performance: Penelope Burgess
Technical Crue: Natalie Berg
Saratoga High School Three Sport Athlete Award: Mitchell Casas, Talia Sisco
Saratoga Rotary Club Scholarships General Scholarship: Tiffany Tu
Dr. Gordon Iwanaga Award: Evan Ye
Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year Award (SAMMY 2011): Troy Doles
Clint Scrivner Memorial Scholarship: Joshua Harris
Siemens Competition Scholarship: Hansen Qian
Silicon Valley Junior Olympic Development Archery Scholarship: Tiffany Kim
Silicon Valley Realtors Charitable Foundation Scholars Program: Zara Sheikh
Stanford Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship: Sachi Dholakia
Jeff Swanberg Scholarship: Brandon Oliveri-O’Connor
Sammy Ting Memorial Scholarships
Band Scholarship: Matthew Opatrny
Most Outstanding Student in Science: Alissa Zhang
Most Improved in Science: Robert Belpasso
Toyota/Steve Young Scholar-Athlete Award: Crystal Yen
2012 U.S. Presidential Scholar Award: Elaine Chou, Isabel McPherson, Peter Hsieh, Alissa Zhang
United States Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award: Natalie Cheung, Brandon Pak
United States Marine Corps
Distinguished Male Athlete Award: Harry Curtis
Distinguished Female Athlete Award: Karilyn Clark
Scholastic Excellence Award: Manish Raghavan
Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence: Isabel McPherson
Vernon Trimble Memorial Scholarship: Anshuman Siripurapu
Wayne Wengert Memorial Scholarship: Cecilia Hollenhorst
Wendy’s High School Heisman Scholarship: Michael Chen
Writing Awards, California Federation of Chaparral Poets, Inc.
2nd Place Light or Humorous Poem: Suh Young Kang
3rd Place Light or Humorous Poem: Darisha Jhutty
1st Place Day and Night Poem: Sanjana Chetia
2nd Place Day and Night Poem: Suh Young Kang
1st Place Aileen Jaffa Memorial Award, Youth’s View of Humanity Poem: Suh Young Kang
2nd Place Aileen Jaffa Memorial Award, Youth’s View of Humanity Poem: Darisha Jhutty
1st Place Roscoe Fortson Memorial Award, I Remember: Suh Young Kang
3rd Place Roscoe Fortson Memorial Award, I Remember: Darisha Jhutty
Honorable Mention Roscoe Fortson Memorial Award, I Remember: Sanjana Chetia
Chinese American Citizens Award National Essay Contest Scholarship: Alexander Mabanta
KSPS Student Poetry Contest: Darisha Jhutty
National Council of English Teachers’ Essay Contest: Parthiv Mohan
National League of American Pen Women Poetry Contest: Darisha Jhutty
Soul-Making Literary Competition–1st Place: Sanjana Chetia
Larry D. Williams Memorial Award: Joshua Harris
Catherine Yang Journalism Award: Kimberly Tsai
Gerald Zappelli Memorial Scholarship: Harrison Hyde
