NCWIT Announces 2025 National AiC High School Award Recipients

Four Hundred U.S. High School Students Recognized for Technological Achievements

NCWIT proudly announces the 2025 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) High School Award national recipients, honoring 400 high school students from 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. overseas military bases.

Each year, U.S. high school students in grades 9 through 12 receive recognition for their unique talents, aptitude, and aspirations in technology and computing. This year, 40 national winners and 360 honorable mentions were selected from over 3,700 exceptionally talented young applicants.

The NCWIT AiC High School Award is sponsored by
Apple, Bank of America, Google, Jane Street, and Microsoft.

2025 National Winners

Mary Adegbesan: Houston, TX; Laurel Springs School
Toluwakitan Akinsola: Antioch, TN; Valor College Prep
Melissa Alfaro-Zeledon: Dallas, TX; Dubiski Career High School
Allison Andreyev: Rockville, MD; Thomas S. Wootton High School
Citlali Avila Sanchez: Charleston, SC; Porter-Gaud School
Sydney Batts: Drexel Hill, PA; The Academy of Notre Dame de Namur
Andra Campos: Downey, CA; Warren High School
Claire Cao: Portland, OR; Jesuit High School
Emma Capaldi: Andover, MA; Phillips Academy
Line Cherrelus: Naples, FL; Barron Collier High School
Ryka Chopra: Fremont, CA; Mission San Jose High School
Tae Esperanza Cooper: Tucson, AZ; Sequoia Choice Arizona Distance Learning School
Namyanzi Edwards: New Britain, CT; Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
Sophia Fu: Carmel, IN; Carmel High School
Yunseo Ha: Auburn, AL; Alabama School of Math and Science
Michelle Han: Granite Bay, CA; Granite Bay High School
Carolyn James: Bakersfield, CA; Garces Memorial High School
Rida Karim: Fairfax, VA; Wilber Tucker Woodson High School
Marry Kassa: Southfield, MI; University High School Academy
Angelina Kim: San Diego, CA; The Bishop’s School
Kiarra King: Normal, IL; Normal Community West High School
Emma López: Brookfield, IL; Riverside Brookfield High School
Ashley Malkin: Greenwich, CT; Greenwich High School
Julia Manevitz: Roslyn Heights, NY; Mineola High School
Natalie Maytesyan: Austin, TX; Westwood High School
Melanie McNair: Las Vegas, NV; Acceleration Academy
Ayushi Mehrotra: Irvine, CA; Troy High School
Oluwagbemiga Odebode: Pittsburgh, PA; Avonworth High School
Siona Pramoda: Guaynabo, PR; Baldwin School of Puerto Rico
Shreya Rao: Chapel Hill, NC; Durham Academy
Reeti Rout: Edison, NJ; John P. Stevens High School
Jessica Schmilovich: Boca Raton, FL; Pine Crest School
Susie Schug: Williston, ND; Williston High School
Varsha Shashishekar: San Antonio, TX; Ronald Reagan High School
Niharika Shukla: Mechanicsburg, PA; Cumberland Valley High School
Libbi Stell: Tuscaloosa, AL; Tuscaloosa Academy
April Surac: Windermere, FL; West Orange High
Jesha Vigil: Colorado Springs, CO; Pine Creek High School
Victoria Wahlig: Falmouth, ME; Falmouth High School
Emily Zhou: Woodbury, MN; East Ridge High School

2025 National Honorable Mentions

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Alabama

Rhea Arya: Prattville
Campbell Cartes: Fort Payne
Jhaylin Taylor: Phenix City
Makayla Woods: Hoover

Alaska

Xinlan Tanner: Kenai

Arizona

Sargun Bhatia: Chandler
Kiley Davis: Phoenix
Melina McKenzie: Phoenix
Riddhi Motiwala: Phoenix
Caley Suarez Ortega: Phoenix
Casey Suarez Ortega: Phoenix
Madeline Taylor: Phoenix

Arkansas

Amrita Choudhary: Little Rock

California

Judi Abdelrazik: Los Gatos
Leila Armand: Placentia
Maanya Arora: Anaheim
Yunah Baek: Seaside
Aanya Bhardwaj: San Jose
Sanaa Bhorkar: Cupertino
Sania Bidurukontam: San Ramon
Bianca Cardona: Hawthorne
Sagana Chattanathan: Pleasanton
Anya Chauhan: Los Gatos
Emma Check: Westminster
Abigail Chiang: Rolling Hills Estates
Christine Choi: Alameda
Tvisha Choubey: Pleasanton
Ishani Chowdhury: Pacific Grove
Camille Chu: Palo Alto
Jeanelle Dao: San Jose
Azra Emekci: San Jose
Helen Fang: Yorba Linda
Anannya Gairola: Rocklin
Serena Gandhi: Sunnyvale
Sarah Gao: San Diego
Kelly Gao: Hacienda Heights
Eva Gezoukian: Pasadena
Aanya Gupta: San Francisco
Sally Han: Fremont
Juliana Herrera: Salinas
Marissa Huang: Irvine
Shiloh Huang: Mission Viejo
Shripriya Kalbhavi: San Jose
Emma Kao: La Jolla
Noelle Kim: Santa Ana
Sarah Kobayashi: Palo Alto
Samhita Konduri: Palo Alto
Alice Kuznetsov: Escondido
Samhita Lagisetti: San Diego
Grace Lee: Chula Vista
Jiena Lee: Studio City
Morgan Lee: Northridge
Emily Liu: San Jose
Katelyn Liu: Arcadia
Emma Liu: La Jolla
Lauren Low: Hacienda Heights
Nicole Lu: Irvine
Bhavna Malladi: Orange
Karen Martinez: Los Angeles
Kate Martinez: Los Angeles
Kaustavi Mukherjee: Newark
Clara Nguyen: Corona
Zalea Nunes: San Gabriel
Lauren Park: Los Altos
Ananya Pradhan: Saratoga
Anya Pramanick: Foothill Ranch
Ananya Raghu: San Ramon
Anisha Raghu: San Ramon
Anika Rajaram: Saratoga
Victoria Reilly: Pasadena
Brenna Ren: Saratoga
Maia Rocha: Manhattan Beach
Jamilette Rojas: Stanton
Azucena Sandoval: Watsonville
Drishti Sethia: Fremont
Manasi Sharma: San Jose
Nishka Sharma: Fremont
Anjali Sharma-Tiwari: San Jose
Sonali Sinha: Palo Alto
Srishti Sripada: San Ramon
Stella Su: Palo Alto
Hollie Tang: Hacienda Heights
Nisa Thomas: San Diego
Hima Thota: Saratoga
Leah Toutounjian: La Canada Flintridge
Skylar Urfrig: Manhattan Beach
Deanna Vuong: San Marcos
Chloe Wang: Sunnyvale
Kelly Wu: Fremont
Andrea Yang: Diamond Bar
Hannah Yang: Valley Village
Lillian Yao: Fremont
Angie Yao: Walnut Creek
Sophie Zeng: San Diego
Maggie Zhang: San Diego
Lily Zhuang: West Covina

Colorado

Rachel Arnold: Centennial
Evangelia Latsis: Denver
Dhriti Ramesh: Highlands Ranch
Siddhi Singh: Highlands Ranch
Yahelie Soto: Firestone
Miralisa Trivedi: Erie

Connecticut

Maryam Abdulkarim: Cheshire
Maya Acosta: Redding
Emily Cerasoli: North Haven
Olivia Ceres-Barber: Farmington
Emily Cho-Sayegh: Lakeville
Penelope Hentsch-Cowles: Greenwich
Naavya Jain: Glastonbury
Teniola Obayomi: Milford
Anya Reppa: Salisbury
Suchita Srinivasan: Cheshire

Delaware

Isha Kanchana: Hockessin
Chuiyee Kong: Dover

Florida

Ana Albornoz: Pembroke Pines
Diana Bisekeeva: Wesley Chapel
Megan D'Souza: Naples
Melita D'Souza: Naples
Jennifer Gonzalez: Lehigh Acres
Sai Lalitha Kodukula: Plantation
Paris Proffitt: Saint Augustine
Miranda Ramos: Naples
Daniela Staton: Delray Beach
Courtney Stokes: Tallahassee
Re’Niyah Tape: Lehigh Acres
Jayda Washington-Boothe: Coral Springs

Georgia

Safiyyah Akanmu: Lilburn
Freedom Archie: Atlanta
Brianna Brathwaite: Kennesaw
Alexa Chase: Alpharetta
Sahiti Dasari: Cumming
Anointed Enahoro: Douglasville
Aarsheya Gunjal: Kennesaw
Layla Harris: Stone Mountain
Pragathi Kasani-Akula: Cumming
Kushi Kashyap: Cumming
Malaysia Kelsey: Augusta
Colette Kriegel: Augusta
Hannah Lang: Loganville
Alayna Lee: Johns Creek
Hari Lesmes: Norcross
Sophie Lin: Johns Creek
Falyssa Ly: Duluth
Jasmine Osorio-Antonio: Lilburn
Celeste Roselli: Atlanta
Nyambura Sallinen: Sugar Hill
Shriya Sawant: Cumming
Fnu Sumiya: Norcross
Ananya Tadepalli: Alpharetta
Hanyamin Wang: Alpharetta
Sophia Yang: Douglasville

Hawaii

Lilly Hunter: Hauula
Angelina Nakata: Honolulu

Idaho

Olivia Rutkowski: Boise

Illinois

Bavya Chowdavarapu: Lisle
Miranda Diaz: Chicago
Noor Elbanna: Champaign
Sofia Grimm: Chicago
Smriti Kumar: Buffalo Grove
Allison Miranda: Chicago
Cindy Wang: Hoffman Estates
Kristelle Widjaja: Northbrook

Indiana

Adegbakinro Ajibola: Indianapolis
Divya Ariyur: Carmel
Valerie Fu: Carmel
Annabelle White: Greenwood

Kentucky

DaYou Choi: New Castle
Laura McClanahan: Morning View
Madison Reynolds: Burlington
Danica Stephens: Glasgow

Maine

Kalei Kieu: Scarborough

Maryland

Naima Aubry-Romero: Rockville
Saanvi Kakarlapudi: Ellicott City
Morgan Megginson: Baltimore
Aishat Olawunmi: Upper Marlboro
Ahana Roy: Ellicott City
Amitha Sabbani: Ellicott City
Tejusvi Vijay: North Potomac
Eliana Wang: Potomac
Noha Yousif: Fruitland
Athena Zhou: Parkton

Massachusetts

Samantha Diggs: Peabody
Vienna Lau: Salem
Adrita Samanta: Medford
Hanna Suzuki: Bedford
Elena Wisniewski: Arlington

Michigan

Eera Bhatt: Troy
Emily Fry: Troy

Minnesota

Hamda Aden: Minneapolis
Manasi Alegaonkar: Maple Grove
Eman Ali: Medina
Advika Chaudhari: Eagan
Jordyn Johnson: Saint Paul
Bethelehem Kebede: Rosemount
Afomia Mesfin: New Brighton
Neha Nandhakumar: Plymouth
Laasya Pandari: Apple Valley
Cecilia Ratemo: Shakopee
Mikhala Rivers: Maple Grove
Julia Rosenman: Minneapolis
Sara Rosenman: Minneapolis
Riddhi Singhvi: Woodbury
Ivanka Sonkusare: Woodbury
Ariya Tikoo: Medina
Zhoujinyi Wen: Savage
Isabella Wittwer: Milaca

Mississippi

Tingrui Xie: Hattiesburg

Missouri

Isha Chaudhari: O'Fallon
Serena Huang: Chesterfield
Elyse Townsend: Florissant

Montana

Robyn Mathison: Fairfield

Nebraska

Meghna Adduri: Omaha
Thanvi Bhat: Omaha

Nevada

Chaerish Severin: Henderson

New Hampshire

Danielle Cornelissen: Meredith

New Jersey

Divyashree Balaraman: East Brunswick
Nina Barnes: Somerset
Victoria Bojorquez: Belleville
Carolyn He: Randolph
Victoria Hole: Guttenberg
Heidi Hu: East Brunswick
Anjali Kapilavai: Edison
Suhani Khare: Edison
Danielle Kim: Fort Lee
Gauri Kshettry: Edison
Angelina Lin: Washington
Jophy Lin: Freehold
Tanvi Mareddy: Old Bridge
Suhani Modha: Metuchen
Radha Munver: Englewood Cliffs
Divyansha Nashine: Bridgewater
Luna Pitanza: Red Bank
Heer Rana: Clifton
Ameya Srinivasan: Edison
Dana Tafliovich: Fair Lawn
Kasey Wilkens: Belford
Annabelle Yao: Morristown

New Mexico

Marwa Zameer: Albuquerque

New York

Arty Basilio: New York
Aryana Hou: West Nyack
Jasmine Jacobs: Brooklyn
Bianca Jain: Briarcliff Manor
Morgan Lin: Brooklyn
Nora Moor: New York City
Motunrayooluwa Ogunwusi: Troy
Arianna Roland: Medford
Ananya Shah: Scarsdale
Grace Wang: Amherst

North Carolina

Arianna Lee: Greenville
Danielle Li: Cary
Ishika Meel: Charlotte
Riva Patel: Cary
Janiya Shah: High Point
Sejal Solkhan: Apex
Ramya Srinivasan: Chapel Hill
Wisdom Walker: Charlotte
Brianna Xin: Cary

North Dakota

Lauryn Brynjulson: Grand Forks

Ohio

Afia Ava: Parma
Mahee Shah: Twinsburg

Oklahoma

Yasmina Bruton: Barnsdall
Erina Katoh: Tulsa

Oregon

Luna González: Portland
Joanna Mei: Portland
Pranavi Sammidi: Portland
Ashvika Singhal: Portland
Angie Wang: Portland
Sophia Wang: Portland
Sophia You: Portland

Pennsylvania

Aashi Bhatt: Murrysville
Zara Dawodu: Birmingham
Anvita Kallam: Chester Springs
Haneen Maarouf: Wynnewood
Nandana Menon: McDonald
Avery Mills: Gibsonia
Isabelle Mingo: Philadelphia
Calleigh Newbert: Bala Cynwyd
Amanda Okwara: Langhorne
Shivika Varshney: Exton
Sarah Winikoff: Pittsburgh

South Carolina

Jennifer Liu: Irmo

Tennessee

Kymanie Louis: Murfreesboro
Hanifah Mohammed: Johnson City
Amy Yu: Collierville

Texas

Nimah Ahmed: Austin
Abena Benewaah: Fort Worth
Gbemisola Bolarinwa: Royse City
Kyra Ezikeuzor: Richmond
Shreya Goel: Plano
Alexis Holmes: San Antonio
Isabel Hunt: Canyon
Tarini Konanki: Frisco
Nakshatra (Nikki) Kothapalli: Sugar Land
Juana Leon: Comfort
Karime Lopez: El Paso
Aliya Macknojia: Sugar Land
Annika Mondal: Sugarland
Vaishnavi Moturi: Frisco
Chinualumogu Nwosu: Cypress
Siri Peddinti: Lucas
Ella Ramsey: The Woodlands
Advika Rapolu: Austin
Tavishi Sinha: Sugar Land
Saanvi Srivastava: Frisco
Angelin Trinh: Waco
Tisya Verma: Sugar Land
Airlia Vivekanand: Frisco
Crystal Yang: Katy
Priscilla Ye: Parker

Utah

Xiaocheng Ai: Draper
Amber Cruz: Bluffdale
Ariana Soto: Layton

Vermont

Allison Rowe: Essex

Virginia

Gabrielle Addotey: Richmond
Alexa Agama Guevara: Alexandria
Saina Bhandari: Glen Allen
Simal Butt: Richmond
Sanvi Challa: Dulles
Mya Elmagraby: Arlington
Crystal Feng: Crozet
Adya Garg: Ashburn
Avni Garg: Ashburn
Shriya Joshi: Glen Allen
Amy Key: Great Falls
Deepthi Kumar: Oak Hill
Jasmine Ma: McLean
Monique McEnhimer: Richmond
Suha Nalluri: Ashburn
Jahnavi Nandanavanam: Herndon
Rhea Nirmal: Chantilly
Medha Pappula: Brambleton
Joelle Rice: Fairfax
Lillian Schmidt: Henrico
Ishita Sengar: Aldie
Cathy Smolka: Glen Allen
Olivia Wu: Herndon
Abby Zhang: Glen Allen

Washington

Lames Abdalla: Federal Way
Kailani Cruz: Chelan
Allison Huang: Mercer Island
Eesha Jain: Bellevue
Usha Roshini Kalla: Redmond
Hamsini Ramanathan: Sammamish
Imelda Ramirez: Seattle
Sawar Saini: Redmond
Sanj Saini: Redmond
Vaanya Sharma: Redmond
Denali Srivastava: Issaquah
Aadya Syal: Sammamish
Anisha Vaish: Kirkland
Sarah Wen: Redmond

West Virginia

Kennedy Fisher: Barboursville

Wisconsin

Vivian Dinh: New Berlin
Alexandra Orejuela: Brookfield
Vaidehi Ramachandrula: Brookfield
Claire Tian: New Berlin
Deriya Wilson: Greenfield

Wyoming

Padmalakshmi Ramesh: Laramie

Guam

Jaydie San Jose: Yigo

Puerto Rico

Lorena Pachiardi: San Juan