2022 LI high school students' awards in science, music

A sampling of Long Island high school students who won competitions, scholarships and other honors in the 2021-22 academic year.

Compiled by Judy Weinberg

National Merit Scholarship Corp.

Corporate-sponsored winners

$2,500-$10,000 

Chai, Lawrence Yu, Mount Sinai HS

Joneleit, Amber C., Herricks HS

Kong, Stanley, Manhasset HS

Kotlyar, Jeremy N., Great Neck HS South

Lin, Alexander L., Ward Melville HS

Lorenzo, Samuel, Patchogue-Medford HS

Vemuri, Anshul V., Jericho HS

Weissman, Sophie G., Oceanside HS 

Merit Scholarships

Winners $2,500

Auer, Adam H., St. Regis HS (Manhattan)

Baldwin, Matthew J., St. Anthony’s HS

Barcelona, Donovan J., St. Regis HS (Manhattan)

Chai, Lilly, Smithtown HS East

Chan, Justin, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS

Channapatna, Suchitha, Bethpage HS

Chen, Sabrina, Syosset HS

Cheung, Andrew, Jericho HS

Chiu, Ethan A., Syosset HS

Cho, Rebecca, Jericho HS

Dendukuri, Pranav, Jericho HS

Espinosa, Sanchez Nic, W. Tresper Clarke HS

Estejab, Amir H., Half Hollow Hills HS East

Ge, Ivan, Ward Melville HS

Hua, Ian C., William Floyd HS

Iannone, Charlotte G., The Wheatley School

Jain, Siddhant A., The Wheatley School

Lee, Andrew, Jericho HS

Li, Lily Y., Jericho HS

Liu, Amy Z., Ward Melville HS

Nagler, Emma R., Garden City HS

Nambiar, Anand J., Half Hollow Hills HS East

Patnam, Pranati, Herricks HS

Ram, Rahul, Ward Melville HS

Sahar, Juliet Tartak, Great Neck HS North

Salkinder, Daniel, Half Hollow Hills HS East

Soni, Keneil, Herricks HS

Syed, Aaquib A., Smithtown HS West

Tsui, Matthew R., Great Neck HS South

Wang, David F., Syosset HS

Wang, Isabel Z., Great Neck HS South

Wang, Wesley, Jericho HS

Ward, Emma L., Lynbrook HS

Williams, Ross J., Great Neck HS South

Wong, Jansen C., Great Neck HS South

Wu, Dylan S., Manhasset HS

Zelefsky, Ari S., Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva HS for Boys

Zinkin, Alana B., Half Hollow Hills HS East

Zhu, Caroline, Syosset HS

College-sponsored winners

$500-$2,000

Bajda, Conrad J., East Meadow HS

Chen, Jessica X., Roslyn HS

Chung, Ho Young, Ward Melville HS

Galinanes, Tyler J., Centereach HS

Graber, Eliezer S., Rambam Mesivta HS

Kalich, Richard M., Mattituck HS

Kwan, Anson I.,John Glenn HS

Lent, Angelina, Smithtown HS East

Lungu, Andre, Great Neck South HS

Pecullan, Talya, J., Paul D. Schreiber HS

Sagiraju, Sahishnu V., Hauppauge HS

Schiff, Benjamin M., Paul D. Schreiber HS

Tan, Hayley V., Massapequa HS

Taylor, Kevin H., Paul D. Schreiber HS

Voses, Alexander, Great Neck HS South

Wang, Katherine Y., Great Neck HS South

Ye, Kyla, Herricks HS

Regeneron Science Talent Search

Third-Place $150,000

Luo, Amber, Ward Melville HS

Finalists $25,000

Chiu, Ethan, Syosset HS

Ghotra, Rohan Singh, Syosset HS

Lopez, Roberto, Brentwood HS Ross Center

Luisi, Christopher, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Luo, Amber, Ward Melville HS

Rigaurd, Desiree, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Youn, Hailee, Roslyn HS

Scholars $2,000

Atchley, Jacqueline, Paul D. Schreiber HS

Bhatia, Aurrel, Bethpage HS

Chai, Lawrence, Mount Sinai HS

Chan, Sarah, Jericho HS

Chen, Sabrina, Syosset HS

Chheda, Caitlin, Herricks HS

Chiu, Ethan, Syosset HS

Chung, Jonathan, Smithtown HS East

Fabricant, Lindsay, Roslyn HS

Franchetti, Abraham, Paul D. Schreiber HS

Ghotra, Rohan Singh, Syosset HS

Goel, Aanya, Herricks HS

Groothuis, Maya, Roslyn HS

Guerra, Bella, Sacred Heart Academy

Hamdan, Reem, Plainedge HS

Huang, Eric, Syosset HS

Kotlyar, Jeremy, Great Neck HS South

Labelson, Ethan, Friends Academy

Lee, Rachel, Manhasset HS

Lev, Abigail, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS

Lin, Brandon, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Lopez, Roberto, Brentwood HS Ross Center

Luisi, Christopher, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Luo, Amber, Ward Melville HS

McCreery, Evelyn, North Shore HS

Moon, Soyoun, Commack HS

Oliva, Gabrielle, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS

Patel, Shivani, Manhasset HS

Patel, Roshni, Herricks HS

Prainito, Christopher, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Rateshwar, Janice, Jericho HS

Rigaud, Desiree, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Saravanan, Varsha, Hauppauge HS

Schmidt, Olivia, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS

Schubel, Sarah, Smithtown HS East

Sehgal, Harshita, Roslyn HS

Su, Shannon, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Vesselinov, Alexandra, Paul D. Schreiber HS

Wang, Ethan, Jericho HS

Wang, Isabel, Great Neck HS South

Weng, Gene, Sayville HS

Yeroushalmi, Olivia, Great Neck HS North

Youn, Han Byur, Roslyn HS

Zbizika, Renee, Great Neck HS North

Zhang, Allison, Manhasset HS

Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair

Robert Horvitz Prize for Fundamental Research $10,000

Cho, Rebecca, Jericho HS

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

First Award $5,000

Zhu, Kevin, Jericho HS

Embedded Systems

First Award $5,000

Nagler, James, Garden City HS

Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation

Coca-Cola Scholars $20,000

Fuentes, Michael, West Babylon HS

Saravanan, Varsha, Hauppauge HS

Regional Finalists

Dong, Joshua, Jericho HS

Fuentes, Michael, West Babylon HS

Moore, Devin, Long Island Lutheran Middle & High School

Saravanan, Varsha, Hauppauge HS

U.S. Presidential Scholars Program

SCHOLAR

Chiu, Ethan A., Syosset HS

CANDIDATES

Bennett, Britney, Elmont HS

Chiu, Ethan A., Syosset HS

Clougher, Alexander, William Floyd HS

Channapatna, Ruthitha, Bethpage HS

Channapatna, Suchitha, Bethpage HS

Fikar, Michael, Deer Park, Homeschool 

Foster, Zavier, Baldwin HS

Gao, Tiffany, Syosset HS

Ghotra, Rohan S., Syosset HS

Han, Nathan, Syosset HS

He, Amy, Great Neck HS South

He, Shifan, Great Neck HS North

Kim, Daniel S., New Hyde Park HS

Kotlyar, Jeremy N., Great Neck HS South

Labenne, Charlotte A., Manhasset HS

Liang, David, Ward Melville HS

Lin, Brandon M., John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Lin, Samantha A., Great Neck HS South

Lopez, Roberto A., Brentwood HS

Luisi, Christopher V., John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Luo, Amber, Ward Melville HS

Marrone, Adam R., Babylon HS

Mathew, Joseph, Hauppauge HS

Riguad, Desiree, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Wang, David F., Syosset HS

Williams, Ross J., Great Neck HS South

New York State School Music Association

ALL-STATE

NASSAU

Instrumental Jazz

Bosworth, Charles, Paul D. Schreiber HS

Eisenberg, Kevin, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS

Massimo, Stephanie, Syosset HS

Vazquez, Daniel, Garden City HS

Wotman, Sophia, Great Neck HS South

Mixed Chorus

Bass, Maxwell, Syosset HS

Becker, Samantha, Great Neck HS North

Blumenthal, Ella, North Shore HS

Carle, Zachary, Farmingdale HS

Chan, Karly, Great Neck HS South

Cohen, Hunter, Syosset HS

Cortale, Emilia, Jericho HS

Cruz, Antonio, Freeport HS

Ferretti, Nicole, Massapequa HS

Gibbons, Connor, Manhasset HS

Gonzalez, David, Herricks HS

HarvinJaden, Lynbrook HS

Hoffman, Ben, Farmingdale HS

Huang, Alan, Syosset HS

Inglima, Anastasia, George W. Hewlett HS

Ji, Kayley, Syosset HS

Kenjesky, Rebecca, Farmingdale HS

Kezys, Ella, St. Mary's HS

Marino, Katherine, Farmingdale HS

Mastromarco, Logan, Roslyn HS

Meyers, Kyle, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS

Mullen, Devin, South Side HS

O'Shea, Victoria, Wellington C. Mepham HS

Owen, Kaitlin, Floral Park Memorial HS

Rafaeil, Sara, Great Neck HS North

Rivera, Jaxon, Farmingdale HS

Shaub, Bryson, Paul D. Schreiber HS

Turetsky, Tyler, Roslyn HS

Urrutia, Antonio, Carle Place HS

Wettstein, Jaiden, South Side HS

Zindman, Jared, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS

Symphonic Band

Ahmed, Izhaan, New Hyde Park Memorial HS

Baade, Brandon, Hicksville HS

Bhasin, Matthew, Farmingdale HS

Blumberg, Melissa, Bellmore-Merrick JFK HS

Decker, James, Chaminade HS

Dwyer, Tobey, South Side HS

Eder, Stephen, North Shore HS

Fair, Spencer, Garden City HS

Friel, Emma, East Meadow HS

Glenn, Tyler, Garden City HS

Gould-Anderson, Bryce, Sanford H. Calhoun HS

Hinz, Kelly, Wantagh HS

Ignatiou, Christopher, East Meadow HS

Ikawa, Hannah, North Shore HS

Jain, Garima, The Wheatley School

Kane, Harrison, Jericho HS

Laurence, Meiling, Paul D. Schreiber HS

Lim, Seokhyun, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS

Lintott, Fraser, Cold Spring Harbor HS

Liu, Daniel, Roslyn HS

Marino, Massimo, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

McMahon, Michael, North Shore HS

Mizrahi, Ilana, George W. Hewlett HS

Moses, Cameron, Long Beach City HS

Ng-Leyba, Christina, Valley Stream Central HS

Prainito, Christopher, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Rodriguez, Matthew, North Shore HS

Shen, Annabel, Cold Spring Harbor HS

Song, Joy, Great Neck HS South

Srinivasan, Ranjani, Herricks HS

Stabile, Brian, Farmingdale HS

Sun, Shuyuan Julie, Great Neck HS North

Wang, Katherine, Great Neck HS South

Wu, Mengyu (Amy), Great Neck HS South

Zhu, Angela, Jericho HS 

Symphony Orchestra

Baltes, Dylan, Lynbrook HS

Biggiani, Kevin, Oyster Bay HS

Blumberg, Jessica, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Chen, Gavin, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

Cho, Rebecca, Jericho HS

Dean, Angela, Seaford HS

Director, Andrew, Lynbrook HS

Ditrano, Kathryn, North Shore HS

Floreska, Nigel, Baldwin HS

Hoffman, Ben, Farmingdale HS

Kang, Genesis, Herricks HS

Kim, Andrew, The Wheatley School

Kim, Ian, The Wheatley School

Kowal, Daniel, East Meadow HS

Lan, Michael, Syosset HS

Lau, Carolyn, Herricks HS

Lee, Tae, Sewanhaka HS

Lu, Isabelle, South Side HS

Marcino, Kate, H. Frank Carey HS

Massimo, Stephanie, Syosset HS

Monfort, Emily, Valley Stream Central HS

Mosia, Shane, Plainedge HS

Park, Kaylee, Jericho HS

Shen, Sophia, Cold Spring Harbor HS

Soni, Keneil, Herricks HS

Tan, Liam, Herricks HS

Urgen, Emma, Lawrence HS

Urgen, Ilia, Lawrence HS

Valle, Thomas, The Wheatley School

Wang, Joshua, The Waldorf School of Garden City

Wang, Madeleine, Herricks HS

Wei, Tiantian Emily, Great Neck HS North

Wu, Dylan, Manhasset HS

Wu, Jacqueline, Ward Melville HS

Yang, Joy, Great Neck HS South

Yu, Dayoung, Great Neck HS South

Zheng, Jenny, Garden City HS

Zhu, Shirley, Syosset HS

Vocal Jazz

Coles, Isabella, South Side HS

Fruman, Sean, George W. Hewlett HS

Lazicky, Grace, Farmingdale HS

LoCascio, Jacob, Long Beach HS

Lopez, Arwen, Mineola HS

Scott, Anna, Paul D. Schreiber HS

Shaub, Bryson, Paul D. Schreiber HS

Varone, Sofia, West Hempstead HS

SUFFOLK

Mixed Chorus

Caminiti, Rocco, Hauppauge HS

Campos, Anthony, Bay Shore HS

Caserta, Haylee, Walt Whitman HS

Cirasole, Cara, St. John The Baptist Diocesan HS

DeCamp, Shane, Smithtown HS East

DiGiorgio, Gioianna, Half Hollow Hills HS West

DiRaffaele, Isabella, Eastport-South Manor Jr.-Sr. HS

Goldstein, Lila, Half Hollow Hills HS East

Hearth, Tristan, East Islip HS

Herman, Mason, Half Hollow Hills HS East

Hernandez, Annabella, Smithtown HS West

Hren, Emma, East Hampton HS

Kerr, Isabella, Connetquot HS

Kiernan, Brenna, Rocky Point HS

Kwan, Anson, John Glenn HS

Lerebours, Sophia, Half Hollow Hills HS East

Lim, Brandon, Commack HS

Mendolia, James, East Islip HS

Meyer, Toni, John Glenn HS

Mineo, Grace, West Islip HS

Montgomery, Hunter, Westhampton Beach HS

Pagano, Alyssa, Patchogue-Medford HS

Piver, Daniel, East Hampton HS

Quinn, Makayla, Bay Shore HS

Richards, Elliot, Patchogue-Medford HS

Ritter, Nina, Northport HS

Surrusco, Luke, Smithtown HS East

Van Eycken, Jake, Commack HS

Wronski, Alyssa, Lindenhurst HS

Symphonic Band

Arloro, Andrew, Half Hollow Hills HS East

Armenia, John, Connetquot HS

Carrero, Joseph, Brentwood HS

Dong, Owen, Ward Melville HS

Dwyer, Luke, Miller Place HS

Fitt, Alexandra, Westhampton Beach HS

Galletta, John, Smithtown HS West

Gilligan, Nicholas, Northport HS

Gitelson, Samuel, Ward Melville HS

Isaacson, Benjamin, Eastport-South Manor Jr.-Sr. HS

Kagiwada, Peter, Smithtown HS West

Kauffmann, Dominic, Connetquot HS

Leshnower, Jacob, Half Hollow Hills HS East

Lundquist, Luke, Sayville HS

McKay, Dylan, Sachem HS East

Palermo, Vincent, Sachem HS North

Peragine, Mark, West Islip HS

Petrelli, Jaclyn, Connetquot HS

Resnik, Adam, William Floyd HS

Rose, Sebastian, Sachem HS North

Salzano, Carly, Sachem HS North

Seely, Francis, Smithtown HS West

Shea, Benjamin, Northport HS

Sheehan, Fainne, Westhampton Beach HS

Smyrk, Charles, Patchogue-Medford HS

Varacchi, Michael, Longwood HS

Yang, Claire, Ward Melville HS

Zhao, Dustin, Hauppauge HS

Symphony Orchestra

Alpers, Geffrey, Newfield HS

Astudillo, Erik, Patchogue-Medford HS

Barnard, Max, St. Anthony's HS

Benkert, Elizabeth, Longwood HS

Crush, Samantha, Smithtown HS West

Ebanks, Alexandra, Harborfields HS

Gallagher, Michael, Longwood HS

Hochwald, Emelie, Harborfields HS

Huang, Zekey, Mount Sinai HS

Hummel, Christopher, Harborfields HS

Lee, Kendall, Half Hollow Hills HS West

Leshnower, Jacob, Half Hollow Hills HS East

Libbey, Samantha, Northport HS

Magnuson, Hunter, The Stony Brook School

Masone, Valentina, Northport HS

Mescallado, Julia, Northport HS

Min, Ryder, Deer Park HS

Morello, Joseph, Eastport-South Manor Jr.-Sr. HS

Muller, Rebecca, Longwood HS

Mulligan, Sofia, Ward Melville HS

Shapiro, Mark, Half Hollow Hills HS East

Shedlow, Angela, Walt Whitman HS

Skoldberg, Sofia, Southampton HS

Smith, Katlyn, Connetquot HS

Sun, Kate, Ward Melville HS

Ulrich, William, Longwood HS

Wang, Alice, Half Hollow Hills HS East

Wendt, Riley, Riverhead HS

Yao, William, Ward Melville HS

Young, Aidan, Eastport-South Manor Jr.-Sr. HS

Zhi, Lillian, Ward Melville HS

Vocal Jazz

Deutscher, Airlea, Bayport-Blue Point HS

Palermo, Vincent, Sachem HS North

National Association for Music Education, All National Honor Ensembles

CONCERT BAND

Clarinet 3

Crush, Samantha, Smithtown HS West

Euphonium

Friel, Emma, East Meadow HS

Tuba

Izhaan, Ahmed, New Hyde Park HS

Clarinet 3

Crush, Samantha, Smithtown HS West

Trombone 2

Massimo, Stephanie, Syosset HS

Percussion

Mescallado, Julia, Northport HS

Trumpet 3

Salzano, Carly, Sachem HS North

Tenor saxophone

Varacchi, Michael, Longwood HS

Trumpet 2

Zhao, Dustin, Hauppauge HS

Piccolo

Zheng, Jenny, Garden City HS

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

French horn 4

Bassin, Matthew, Farmingdale HS

Trombone 2

Dean, Angela, Seaford HS

Trumpet 1

Marcino, Kate, H. Frank Carey HS

Oboe 2

Prainito, Christopher, John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore

French horn 1

Soni, Keneil, Herricks HS

Viola

Tan, Liam, Herricks HS

Bassoon 2

Wu, Mengyu, Great Neck HS South

Violin 1

Yu, Dayoung, Great Neck HS South

MIXED CHOIR

Soprano 2

Cirasole, Cara, St. John the Baptist Doicesan HS

Soprano 1

Ferretti, Nicole, Massapequa HS

Tenor 1

Gibbons, Connor, Manhasset HS

Bass 2

Goldstein, Lila, Half Hollow Hills HS East

Tenor 1

Gomez, Leonardo, Herricks HS

Alto 1

Rafaeil, Sara, Great Neck HS North

Tenor 2

Shaub, Bryson, Paul D. Schreiber HS

Bass 1

Van Eycken, Jake, Commack HS

Bass 2

Wettstein, Jaiden, South Side HS

MODERN BAND

Bass

Palermo, Vincent, Sachem HS