Students at Alvin High School, Manvel High School, Shadow Creek High School, and Iowa Colony High School earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs. These programs celebrate students' hard work in high school and showcase their strong academic performance. The academic honors for rural area, Black, Indigenous, and/or Latino students are an opportunity for students to share their strong academic achievements with colleges and scholarship programs that are seeking to recruit diverse talent.
“We’re thrilled to celebrate our students and recognize them for the great work they’ve been doing. We’re proud of their strong academic performance in the classroom and on College Board assessments like the PSAT/NMSQT®, PSAT™ 10, and AP® exams,” said Amanda Smith, Alvin ISD’s Director of Advanced Academics. “There’s so much that makes our students unique, and receiving this honor reinforces this as an asset for their future.”
The criteria for eligible students include:
GPA of 3.5 or higher.
PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10 assessment scores that are within the top 10% of assessment takers in each state for each award program or earned a score of 3 or higher on 2 or more AP Exams in 9th and 10th grade.
Attend school in a rural area or small town, or identify as African American/Black, Hispanic American/Latino, or Indigenous/Native.
Eligible students are invited to apply on BigFuture during their sophomore or junior year and are awarded at the start of the next school year in time to share their achievements in high school as they plan for the future. At the same time, colleges and organizations using College Board’s Student Search Service can connect directly with awardees during the recruitment process.
Congratulations to the following students:
Alvin High School
Korrigan Wright - National African American Recognition Award
Alessandra Guerrero - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Davian Yzquierdo - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Gavin Page - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Jocelyn Leija - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Leilani De La Cruz - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Marcos Mata - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Rebekah Guerrero - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Davian Yzquierdo - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Iowa Colony High School
Adarynn Randolph - National African American Recognition Award
Madison Wesley - National African American Recognition Award
Alan Moreno - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Manvel High School
Brayden Gibson - National African American Recognition Award
Camden Howe - National African American Recognition Award
Cyara Eason - National African American Recognition Award
Elizabeth Oketunmbi - National African American Recognition Award
Jalen Judie - National African American Recognition Award
Jasmine Washington - National African American Recognition Award
Kadija Gassama - National African American Recognition Award
Kaelyn Scott - National African American Recognition Award
Kalea Long - National African American Recognition Award
Preston Lemond - National African American Recognition Award
Rianne Show - National African American Recognition Award
Anitsel Serrano - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Bianca Barrera - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Daniel Le - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Hailee Lopez - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Isabelle Morris - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Joaquim James - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Paola Garcia - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Adriana Palacios - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Aleigha Sampson - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Arianna January - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Brayden Gibson - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Brayden Hood - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Chloe Kerlin - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Don Farell Evangelista - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Eliana Almuete - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Elijah Cantu - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Elizabeth Oketunmbi - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Ella Pasquale - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Evan Cohen - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Faith Cheng - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Hailee Lopez - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Jace Hutson - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Jaqueline Pichardo Rico - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Jasmine Washington - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Joaquim James - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Jordis Magness - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Kadija Gassama - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Kalea Long - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Kirsten Ang - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Landon Grimm - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Mario Ramos - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Miranda Lee - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Pablo Diaz - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Penelope Seagraves - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Preston Lemond - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Safia Gbamgbola - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Sidharth Nair - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Spencer Cheng - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Violet Balestrier - National Rural and Small-Town Award
Shadow Creek High School
Aidan Lowman - National African American Recognition Award
Alonzo Edmond - National African American Recognition Award
Amber Jackson - National African American Recognition Award
Ashlin Dennis - National African American Recognition Award
Bryant Hunter III - National African American Recognition Award
Carl Fuller - National African American Recognition Award
Chiamaka Dike - National African American Recognition Award
Christian Jackson - National African American Recognition Award
David Elhor - National African American Recognition Award
Dawn Flowers - National African American Recognition Award
Dorian Carter - National African American Recognition Award
Emily Owusu - National African American Recognition Award
Ethan Judge - National African American Recognition Award
Isabella Carter - National African American Recognition Award
Jonathan Obi - National African American Recognition Award
Kayden Smith - National African American Recognition Award
Kirsten THomas - National African American Recognition Award
Landin Earnest - National African American Recognition Award
Madison Franklin - National African American Recognition Award
Mya Glaze - National African American Recognition Award
Nathan Clarke - National African American Recognition Award
Nathan Crews - National African American Recognition Award
Sydney Robinson - National African American Recognition Award
Angel Rodriguez - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Ashley Emery - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Isabella Carter - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Justin Cornett - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Krysta Morales - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Olivia Sanders - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Paris Gabriel - National Hispanic Recognition Award
Steven Rodriguez - National Hispanic Recognition Award