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April 22, 2015 – One-hundred and eighty three graduating seniors from schools across
Georgia have been recognized as 2015 Georgia Scholars, the Georgia Department
of Education announced today.
Through the Georgia Scholar
program, the Department identifies and honors high school seniors who have
achieved excellence in school and community life. The program is coordinated by
the Department’s Excellence Recognition Office and through local coordinators
in each public school system and in private schools throughout the state. Each
Georgia Scholar receives a seal for his or her diploma.
“I want to congratulate our
2015 Georgia Scholars,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said. “In
addition to academic success, I believe we have to teach our students about
life and the importance of soft skills. These students have shown that they
possess both, and I am confident we will be hearing much more about these
students’ accomplishments in the near future.”
Students eligible for Georgia
Scholar recognition are high school seniors who exhibit excellence in all
phases of school life, in community activities, and in the home. Georgia
Scholars are students who have carried exemplary course loads during the four
years of high school; who performed excellently in all courses; who
successfully participated in interscholastic events at their schools and in
their communities; and who have assumed active roles in extracurricular
activities sponsored by their schools.
Georgia Scholar Program
Winners
|
District/Private
|
School
|
First Name
|
Last name
|
|
Appling
|
Appling County High
|
Ashton
|
Davis
|
|
Atlanta
|
North Atlanta High
|
Tyler
|
Ball
|
|
Atlanta
|
D.M. Therrell High
|
Mya
|
Green
|
|
Atlanta
|
North Atlanta High
|
Anna
|
Gustafson
|
|
Atlanta
|
Grady High
|
Lucy
|
Lombardo
|
|
Atlanta
|
North Atlanta High
|
Richie
|
McClure
|
|
Atlanta
|
North Atlanta High
|
Spencer
|
Shelton
|
|
Atlanta
|
North Atlanta High
|
Paul
|
Spiegl
|
|
Atlanta
|
North Atlanta High
|
Chaz
|
Torres
|
|
Banks
|
Banks County High
|
Paul
|
Coughlin
|
|
Banks
|
Banks County High
|
Sam
|
Hill
|
|
Barrow
|
Apalachee High
|
Jessica
|
Pujols
|
|
Bremen City
|
Bremen High
|
Caroline
|
Brown
|
|
Bremen City
|
Bremen High
|
Caitlin
|
O'Dea
|
|
Bremen City
|
Bremen High
|
India
|
Williams
|
|
Butts
|
Jackson High
|
Sam
|
Costley
|
|
Carroll
|
Central High
|
Scott
|
Anderson
|
|
Carroll
|
Central High
|
John
|
Jones
|
|
Catoosa
|
Lakeview-Fort
Oglethorpe High
|
Anna
|
Kim
|
|
Chattahoochee
|
Chattahoochee County
High
|
Natalie
|
Brown
|
|
Cherokee
|
Cherokee High
|
Maura
|
Currie
|
|
Cherokee
|
Cherokee High
|
Jamie
|
Dowis
|
|
Cherokee
|
Cherokee High
|
Sydney
|
Holloway
|
|
Cherokee
|
Cherokee High
|
Kate
|
Huller
|
|
Cherokee
|
Etowah High
|
Kelsey
|
Keith
|
|
Cherokee
|
Etowah High
|
Michaela
|
LaDuca
|
|
Cherokee
|
Creekview High
|
Kevin
|
Langston
|
|
Cherokee
|
Creekview High
|
Natalie
|
Perkins
|
|
Cherokee
|
Creekview High
|
Andrew
|
Teal
|
|
Clarke
|
Clarke Central High
|
Nicholas
|
Byrne
|
|
Cobb
|
Hillgrove High
|
Courtney
|
Anderson
|
|
Cobb
|
Walton High
|
Leila
|
Bond
|
|
Cobb
|
Alan C. Pope High
|
Davis
|
Burson
|
|
Cobb
|
Hillgrove High
|
Ana
|
Maslesa
|
|
Cobb
|
Walton High
|
Sanket
|
Mehta
|
|
Cobb
|
Walton High
|
Harrison
|
Rubin
|
|
Cobb
|
Walton High
|
Austin
|
Wang
|
|
Cobb
|
Walton High
|
Claudia
|
Wittich
|
|
Columbia
|
Grovetown High
|
Brittany
|
Hayes
|
|
Columbia
|
Evans High
|
Mitchell
|
Petras
|
|
Coweta
|
Northgate High
|
Haley
|
Alain
|
|
Coweta
|
Northgate High
|
Erica
|
Anstey
|
|
Coweta
|
Newnan High
|
Rebecca
|
Barron
|
|
Coweta
|
Newnan High
|
Maycess
|
Dukes
|
|
Coweta
|
Newnan High
|
Anna
|
Haydon
|
|
Coweta
|
Northgate High
|
Molly
|
McCoy
|
|
Coweta
|
Newnan High
|
Caleb
|
Schenck
|
|
Coweta
|
Newnan High
|
Hannah
|
Thomas
|
|
Dade
|
Dade County High
|
Zane
|
Henderson
|
|
Decatur City
|
Decatur High
|
Jacob
|
Haythorn
|
|
Decatur City
|
Decatur High
|
Bella
|
Reiss
|
|
Decatur City
|
Decatur High
|
Lexi
|
Ritter
|
|
Decatur
|
Bainbridge High
|
Maegan
|
Harrison
|
|
Decatur
|
Bainbridge High
|
Trey
|
Walker
|
|
DeKalb
|
DeKalb Early College
Academy
|
Matthew
|
Knight
|
|
Dougherty
|
Westover High
|
Adam
|
Landin
|
|
Dougherty
|
Westover High
|
Mark
|
Pickett
|
|
Douglas
|
Chapel Hill High
|
Elijah
|
Boykins
|
|
Douglas
|
Lithia Springs High
|
Doria
|
Hudson
|
|
Douglas
|
Chapel Hill High
|
Daryl
|
Mitchell
|
|
Early
|
Early County High
|
Jonathan
|
Jones
|
|
Effingham
|
South Effingham High
|
India
|
Nelson
|
|
Effingham
|
South Effingham High
|
Austin
|
Norwood
|
|
Effingham
|
Effingham High
|
Patrick
|
Todd
|
|
Emanuel
|
Swainsboro High
|
Rhys
|
Gribbin
|
|
Fayette
|
Starr's Mill High
|
Alex
|
Casado
|
|
Fayette
|
Starr's Mill High
|
Cody
|
Clements
|
|
Fayette
|
Fayette County High
|
Emily
|
Marin
|
|
Floyd
|
Armuchee High
|
Rachel
|
Garland
|
|
Floyd
|
Coosa High
|
Alex
|
Mitchell
|
|
Forsyth
|
West Forsyth High
|
Noah
|
Causey
|
|
Forsyth
|
West Forsyth High
|
Cassie
|
Haller
|
|
Fulton
|
Milton High
|
Allie
|
Albright
|
|
Fulton
|
Cambridge High
|
David
|
Ashcom
|
|
Fulton
|
Milton High
|
John
|
Brolly
|
|
Fulton
|
Alpharetta High
|
Willie
|
Chang
|
|
Fulton
|
Chattahoochee High
|
Divya
|
Chawla
|
|
Fulton
|
Roswell High
|
Juni
|
Dasgupta
|
|
Fulton
|
Chattahoochee High
|
Sahrudh
|
Dharanendra
|
|
Fulton
|
Alpharetta High
|
Sebastian
|
Fernandez
|
|
Fulton
|
Alpharetta High
|
Shadman
|
Ibnamasud
|
|
Fulton
|
Johns Creek High
|
Ketaki
|
Kini
|
|
Fulton
|
Northview High
|
Justin
|
Lee
|
|
Fulton
|
Chattahoochee High
|
Jaspal
|
Mahal
|
|
Fulton
|
Alpharetta High
|
Annelisse
|
Papantonis
|
|
Fulton
|
Roswell High
|
Ramya
|
Prabhakar
|
|
Fulton
|
Milton High
|
Amy
|
Ruiz
|
|
Fulton
|
Cambridge High
|
Noah
|
Sannes
|
|
Fulton
|
Chattahoochee High
|
Khushboo
|
Sarda
|
|
Fulton
|
Chattahoochee High
|
Preet
|
Shah
|
|
Fulton
|
Chattahoochee High
|
Ankita
|
Varman
|
|
Glynn
|
Glynn Academy
|
Alex
|
Kalinin
|
|
Glynn
|
Glynn Academy
|
Kate
|
Lane
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Lauren
|
Balotin
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Ashley
|
Barnes
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Dacula High
|
Haley
|
Beach
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Grayson High
|
Reid
|
Clyburn
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Parkview High
|
Julia
|
Ding
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Norcross High
|
Elizabeth
|
Doherty
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Norcross High
|
Michelle
|
Fisher
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Parkview High
|
Jack
|
Fontana
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Collins Hill High
|
Nathanial
|
Forrester
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Gwinnett School of
Mathematics, Science and Technology
|
Janel
|
Gale
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Grayson High
|
Josh
|
George
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Brookwood High
|
Renie
|
George
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Norcross High
|
Powell
|
Harris
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Grayson High
|
Shah
|
Khan
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Collins Hill High
|
Jenny
|
Kim
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Ethan
|
Locicero
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Collins Hill High
|
Cody
|
Lum
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Collins Hill High
|
Christina
|
Mathew
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Gwinnett School of
Mathematics, Science and Technology
|
Jeet
|
Patel
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Grayson High
|
Thuy-An
|
Phan
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Grayson High
|
Josh
|
Philliber
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Gwinnett School of
Mathematics, Science and Technology
|
Archana
|
Premkumar
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Dacula High
|
Jessie
|
Rankin
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Brookwood High
|
Ordain
|
Ravula
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Collins Hill High
|
Claire
|
Rogers
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Parkview High
|
Matthew
|
Rollins
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Lanier High
|
Collin
|
Rusch
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Collins Hill High
|
Joseph
|
Schneider
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Collins Hill High
|
Jesse
|
Selph
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Grayson High
|
Yash
|
Shirsath
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Austin
|
Smith
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Parkview High
|
Brendan
|
Taliaferro
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Parkview High
|
Sida
|
Tang
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Grayson High
|
Sara
|
Thompson
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Collins Hill High
|
Jessica
|
Thornberry
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Collins Hill High
|
Kenneth
|
Williams
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Gwinnett School of
Mathematics, Science and Technology
|
Samuel
|
Zinga
|
|
Hall
|
Chestatee High
|
David
|
Lawson
|
|
Hall
|
Flowery Branch High
|
Hunter
|
McGhee
|
|
Henry
|
Ola High
|
Nathan
|
Loughner
|
|
Lincoln
|
Lincoln County High
|
Lincoln
|
LeRoy
|
|
Lincoln
|
Lincoln County High
|
Miles
|
Woodard
|
|
Marion
|
Marion County
|
Melanie
|
Rigsby
|
|
McDuffie
|
Thomson High
|
Caitlyn
|
Tam
|
|
Oconee
|
Oconee County High
|
Alyssa
|
Beckstead
|
|
Oconee
|
Oconee County High
|
Greg
|
Hamilton
|
|
Oconee
|
Oconee County High
|
Audrey-Ann
|
Lafontaine
|
|
Oconee
|
Oconee County High
|
Ashlie
|
Robertson
|
|
Private
|
Christian Heritage
School
|
Ben
|
Crawford
|
|
Private
|
Fellowship Christian
School
|
Kelsey
|
Royalty
|
|
Private
|
First Presbyterian Day
School
|
Faith
|
Engle
|
|
Private
|
Frederica Academy
|
Stephanie
|
Baione
|
|
Private
|
Hebron Christian
Academy
|
Ben
|
Brosofsky
|
|
Private
|
Hebron Christian
Academy
|
Joseph
|
Hoffman
|
|
Private
|
Hebron Christian
Academy
|
Drew
|
Murphy
|
|
Private
|
Hebron Christian
Academy
|
Sara
|
Schmitt
|
|
Private
|
Hebron Christian
Academy
|
James
|
Everson
|
|
Private
|
Lakeview Academy
|
Addison
|
Hicks
|
|
Private
|
Mount de Sales Academy
|
Chambers
|
English
|
|
Private
|
Mount de Sales Academy
|
Lauren
|
Kunselman
|
|
Private
|
Mount de Sales Academy
|
Michelle
|
Le
|
|
Private
|
Mount de Sales Academy
|
Caroline
|
Pearson
|
|
Private
|
Mount de Sales Academy
|
Elizabeth
|
Pearson
|
|
Private
|
Mt. Pisgah Christian
Upper School
|
Katherine
|
Gooding
|
|
Private
|
Our Lady of Mercy
Catholic High
|
Kentez
|
Craig
|
|
Private
|
Our Lady of Mercy
Catholic High
|
Alexander
|
Hennie-Roed
|
|
Private
|
Our Lady of Mercy
Catholic High
|
Elizabeth
|
Wolfe
|
|
Private
|
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
School
|
Jackson
|
Fan
|
|
Private
|
Stratford Academy
|
Lindsey
|
Read
|
|
Private
|
Valwood School
|
Will
|
Allen
|
|
Private
|
Valwood School
|
Will
|
Hawthorne
|
|
Private
|
Valwood School
|
Lanier
|
Langdale
|
|
Richmond
|
John S. Davidson Fine
Arts Magnet
|
Sarah
|
Vick
|
|
Rome City
|
Rome High
|
Sonora
|
Martinez-Summers
|
|
Rome City
|
Rome High
|
Winston
|
McCormick
|
|
Rome City
|
Rome High
|
Matthew
|
Nedvin
|
|
Savannah-Chatham
|
Savannah Arts Academy
|
Kaleigh
|
Coon
|
|
Savannah-Chatham
|
Savannah Arts Academy
|
Jacob
|
Iacino
|
|
Savannah-Chatham
|
Savannah Arts Academy
|
Carole
|
Kennedy
|
|
Savannah-Chatham
|
Savannah Arts Academy
|
Amanda
|
Royek
|
|
Savannah-Chatham
|
Savannah Arts Academy
|
Giuliana
|
Stovall
|
|
Thomasville City
|
Thomasville High
School/Scholars Academy
|
Donovan
|
Price
|
|
Tift
|
Tift County High
|
Whit
|
Carpenter
|
|
Tift
|
Tift County High
|
James
|
Ni
|
|
Tift
|
Tift County High
|
Asif
|
Sheikh
|
|
Valdosta City
|
Valdosta High
|
Eileen
|
Chen
|
|
Vidalia City
|
Vidalia High
|
Sam
|
Thompson
|
|
Whitfield
|
Southeast Whitfield
High
|
Brady
|
Barnett
|
|
Whitfield
|
Coahulla Creek High
|
Andrew
|
Fisher
|
|
Whitfield
|
Coahulla Creek High
|
Amber
|
Morgan
|
