California
List: National Merit semifinalists from California, class of 2025
The semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program — about 16,000 high school students, representing less than 1% of U.S. seniors — were announced on Sept. 11.
The semifinalists, from the graduating class of 2025, qualified based on their scores on the Preliminary SAT. About 95 percent are expected to attain finalist standing on the strength of an application detailing academic performance, school and community activities, and employment.
About half the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, to be announced in the spring.
Below are the semifinalists from California, listed alphabetically by city (in bold) and high school.
Also: The Class of 2025 semifinalist list for Bay Area schools
ACTON
VASQUEZ H. S.
AGOURA HILLS
AGOURA H. S.
- Fonkalsrud, Christian
- Gelb, Matthew
- Korob, Ian
ALAMEDA
ALAMEDA H. S.
- Handler, Myles A.
- Song, Jacob J.
ALAMEDA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
ENCINAL H. S.
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
ALBANY
ALBANY H. S.
- Batnairamdal, Altanshagai
- Fahn, Leilani
- Gold, Skylar
- Lam, Mabyn
- Lee, Bennett
- Rothstein, Samuel
- Watt, Liam
- Zhang, Dori
ALHAMBRA
ALHAMBRA H. S.
- San, Kaung H.
- San, Kaung M.
MARK KEPPEL H. S.
ALISO VIEJO
ALISO NIGUEL H. S.
- Halphide, Danielle
- Milby, Jackson
- Selvan, Noah
- Song, Ian
ANAHEIM
CANYON H. S.
- Hassain, Rohan
- Kim, Alexandr
ESPERANZA H. S.
- Hoang, Matthew
- Sharma, Shivali
FAIRMONT PREPARATORY ACADEMY
- Hollis, Francis
- Kim, Noelle
- Lee, Siheon
- Pau, Cheuk Fu Ian
- Shvartsman, Ava
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
ANTIOCH
ANTIOCH H. S.
ARCADIA
ARCADIA H. S.
- Athavale, Avani A.
- Cha, Minjun
- Cheng, Lewis
- Choy, Hei Yin
- Hussain, Syed S.
- Kulkarni, Dhruti G.
- Kumar, Avik
- Lin, Annette L.
- Liu, Mia Y.
- Luc, Don C.
- Ma, Max M.
- Ng, Zuni
- Prabhutendolkar, Atharv A.
- S. G. Yousuf Mohammed, Anas
- Wang, Catherine Z.
- Wang, Herrick X.
- Xu, Zejin
- Yen, Evan S.
ARROYO GRANDE
ARROYO GRANDE H. S.
ATHERTON
MENLO – ATHERTON H. S.
- Buerchner, Andrew
- Chen, Lilah S.
- Chien, Celine
- Djafari, Sara J.
- Goldman, Samuel S.
- Justice, Anna J.
- Kaushikan, Rohan
- Klingsporn, Rose B.
- Knox, William P.
- Lee, Valentine
- Margulis, Arden T.
- Mattal, Brandon C.
- Nam, Corbin M.
- Waitz, Anthony A.
- Weiss, Benjamin R.
MENLO SCHOOL
- Chen, Sophia
- Dokanchi, Anthony
- Hsia, Kate
- Kim, Amanda
- Klugman, Isabella
- Mangtani, Ruchi
- Palmer, Clifford
- Park, Benjamin
- Xin, Karen
SACRED HEART PREPARATORY SCHOOL
- Newby, Megan
- Smith, James
- Verner, Alexis
BAKERSFIELD
CENTENNIAL H. S.
LIBERTY H. S.
STOCKDALE H. S.
- Gaikwad, Kunal
- Natt, Ekamjot
BELLFLOWER
ST. JOHN BOSCO H. S.
BELMONT
CARLMONT H. S.
- Block, Linnea A.
- Cao, Mason Y.
- Ching, Camille I.
- Clusin, Audrey A.
- Crowther, Paige K.
- Crowther, Samantha J.
- Dastidar, Aviraj G.
- Feldman, Mitchell E.
- Hai, Zara A.
- Kumar, Manya S.
- Lennemann, Alinando
- Nobrega, Maximilian M.
- Ohashi, Shiyo K.
- Rui, Gabriel Y.
- Scholl, Tae L.
- Sneeringer, Jackson M.
- Wang, Catherine Y.
BENICIA
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
- Bowman, Hannah
- Bowman, Nathan
BERKELEY
BERKELEY H. S.
- Bianchi-McElwee, Max
- Cheng, Simon
- Cline, Amon
- Coleman, Anna
- Dernburg, Benjamin
- Nickolaus, Ilana
- Philhower, Violet
- Saenz, Alita T.
- Simic, Emanuel
- Srinivasan, Lucas
- Underwood, Calder
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE H. S.
- Osorio, Shai
- Wollitzer, Isaiah P.
BEVERLY HILLS
BEVERLY HILLS H. S.
- Bakshian, Benjamin
- Goldkorn, Tali
- Li, Vincent
- Smiler, Andrew
- Zhang, Sarah
BIG BEAR CITY
BIG BEAR H. S.
BREA
BREA OLINDA H. S.
BRENTWOOD
LIBERTY H. S.
BURBANK
BURBANK H. S.
- Missakian, Avedis
- Patel, Diya
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL LOS ANGELES
BURLINGAME
BURLINGAME H. S.
- Browdy, Zoe A.
- Keeley, Lucas C.
- Levitt, Alexandria A.
- Meng, David X.
- Nguyen, Brandon Z.
- Peng, Aaron Z.
CALABASAS
VIEWPOINT SCHOOL
- Dans, Julian
- Green, Samuel L.
CAMARILLO
ADOLFO CAMARILLO H. S.
- Hoang, Jadon N.
- Jiang, Ethan X.
- Thomas, Christopher K.
RANCHO CAMPANA H. S.
CAMPBELL
WESTMONT H. S.
- Hwang, Jocelyn
- Ranjith, Yash M.
- Wu, Alexander
CANYON COUNTRY
CANYON H. S.
CARLSBAD
ARMY AND NAVY ACADEMY
CARLSBAD H. S.
- Dee, Zaiden
- Dresios, Demetrios
- Dresios, Marianthe
- Dresios, Vassilios
PACIFIC RIDGE SCHOOL
- Santiago, Jaden
- Simpson, Carter
SAGE CREEK H. S.
- Caviness, Phillip
- Dougherty, Jacob
- Farrelly, Keenan
- Hao, Yunshu
- Lee, Emma
- Sakhranov, Ivan
CARMICHAEL
JESUIT H. S.
- Pryor, Luke L.
- Troppmann, Maximilian A.
- Yiakis, Benjamin A.
CARSON
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
- Choung, Isaiah
- Chung, Yuchan
- Kim, Justin
- Lunker, Titiksha
- Trinh, Phong
- Vu, Quan
CASTRO VALLEY
CASTRO VALLEY H. S.
- Chen, Sean
- Crowell, Haley J.
- Huang, Edison J.
CERRITOS
CERRITOS H. S.
GRETCHEN WHITNEY H. S.
- Anand, Aanya
- Chao, Benjamin
- Han, Jaden
- Huang, Ann
- Hui, Ethan
- Kim, Stanley
- Kumar, Luv
- Senanayake, Dineth
- Vida, Gavin-Kai
- Vu, Christopher
CHATSWORTH
SIERRA CANYON SCHOOL
CHINO HILLS
RUBEN S. AYALA H. S.
- Chao, Ryan
- Hong, Caden M.
- Kim, Ethan H.
- Mattison, Cole H.
CHINO HILLS H. S.
CHULA VISTA
OLYMPIAN H. S.
CLAREMONT
CLAREMONT H. S.
- Cheng, Leo L.
- Moore, Ian L.
- Ou, Sofia M.
- Rockwell, Simon P.
VIVIAN WEBB SCHOOL
- Duan, Kexin
- Hou, Danting
- Yang, Wen
WEBB SCHOOL OF CALIFORNIA
- Hu, Zhenghao
- Lan, Tingxu
- Pang, Jay
- Xu, Hanbo
- Yang, Aaron
CLOVIS
FLOYD B. BUCHANAN H. S.
- Beauchamp, Jack
- Fowler, Autumn
CLOVIS EAST H. S.
CLOVIS H. S.
CONCORD
CARONDELET H. S.
CUPERTINO
CUPERTINO H. S.
- Bhagwat, Rohan
- Chaba, Zachary
- Chen, Matthew
- Cu, Aaron
- Do, Wonyoung
- Eranki, Bhargav
- Frake, Dylan
- Gokhale, Aakash
- Kandasamy, Shivanth
- Kang, Alvin
- Kang, Melody
- Khan, Zoya
- Kim, Ian
- Kuo, Brian
- Lee, Joyce
- Lee, Katherine
- Marfatia, Prachi
- Marfatia, Purva
- Mehta, Aarav
- Muliadi, Brandon
- Mupparthi, Ayaan
- Naphade, Atharv
- Naphade, Rohan
- Tomar, Avi
- Xie, Xiwen
- Xu, Grace
- Youn, Lina
- Yu, Faye
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
HOMESTEAD H. S.
- Anderson, Cecilia
- Belt, Atticus
- Bodke, Rohan
- Chang, Linda
- Chau, Hayden
- Chu, Alicia
- Dale, Dylan
- Fei, Jianwen
- Ferolito, Peter
- Giri, Adithya
- Khare, Aarush
- Kim, Ellia
- Mishra, Sanatan
- Ng, Matthew
- Noujeim, Clara
- Sirota, Alexander
- Tsai, Perry
- Yeung, Ezra Kai Lok
- Yuan, Samuel
MONTA VISTA H. S.
- Avadhanam, Pranav
- Bhandarkar, Anika
- Chatterjee, Nishant
- Dambalkar, Nandan
- Devakonda, Indu
- Eranti, Abhiraam
- Garg, Rohin
- He, Alicia
- Huang, Aiden
- Hung, Chloe
- Kamarshi, Hemani
- Kancherla, Saahithi
- Kaushik, Kanchan
- Ke, Carina
- Ke, Karen
- Kellogg, Ethan
- Li, Allen
- Liu, Lanhao
- Mehta, Annika
- Pullara, Maya
- Qin, Melissa
- Rastogi, Keshav
- Tai, Alan
- Vicchrilli, Elisabeth
- Wang, Selina
- Yang, Alyssa
- Yao, Sunny
- Yoon, Robin
- Zeng, Alexander
- Zheng, Dorothy
- Zhou, Charlotte
CYPRESS
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
OXFORD ACADEMY
- Le, Emily
- Lee, Janice D.
- Lee, Joseph J.
- Nguyen, Khanh K.
- Shao, Veronica Y.
- Yoon, Rachel J.
DALY CITY
SUMMIT SHASTA
WESTMOOR H. S.
DANA POINT
DANA HILLS H. S.
DANVILLE
ATHENIAN SCHOOL
- Molitor, Garrett M.
- Solomon, Michael J.
MONTE VISTA H. S.
- Atkinson, Kalen J.
- Bijlani, Trisha
- Cao, Stephanie Y.
- Chao, Rex S.
- Dolan, Liam K.
- Ferman, Emre
- Fernandez, Sofia F.
- Gandhi, Arshia
- Kabbarah, Bashar
- Kayari, Amanda E.
- Kuwahara, Callen M.
SAN RAMON VALLEY H. S.
DAVIS
DAVIS H. S.
- Ben Haj, Fatima
- Ding, Grace
- Jung, Wooyoung
- Kim, Jodie
- Koenig, Thomas
- Lee, Jennifer
- Mieske, Cole
- Parikh, Arav
- Qi, Brandon
- Rose, Noam
- Wang, Ryan
- Yang, Wenqi
DIAMOND BAR
DIAMOND BAR H. S.
- Chaisakulchai, Nattanicha
- Chen, Jayden
- Chung, Amanda
- Doratan, Janna Audrey
- Hoen, Ethan
- Jung, Cody
- Liu, Matthew
- Prasetyo, Daniel
- Xie, Donson
DUARTE
DUARTE H. S.
DUBLIN
DUBLIN H. S.
- Adiga, Greeshma R.
- Aravind, Anuraag
- Balupari, Laasya
- Bharadwaj, Kashyap R.
- Bhattiprolu, Vineel
- Chamberlain, Sonya W.
- Das, Aditya
- Fielding, Evan A.
- Geng, Kevin L.
- Gurusankar, Tarini
- Liu, Franklin J.
- Mittal, Isha
- Mukherjee, Abhijoy N.
- Noique, Matthew G.
- Suzuki, Kaito
- Wang, Emma L.
- Xiao, Eric Y.
- Zhou, Jason
QUARRY LANE SCHOOL
- Chen, William
- Chen, Yao
- Hu, Ricky
- Iyer, Dhruv V.
- Jain, Diya
- Ji, Ada
- Karippara, Harshitha
- Liu, Tiffany
- Mannava, Pranati
- Manyam, Krishiv
- Mehra, Dev
- Sridharan, Srinitha
- Valliappan, Saravanan
- Wong, Ryan
- Xie, Crystal
- Yan, Sam
- Zhuge, Elizabeth
EASTVALE
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT H. S.
EDWARDS
DESERT H. S.
EL CAJON
GRANITE HILLS H. S.
EL CERRITO
EL CERRITO H. S.
- Arkin, Oliver M.
- Seo, Daniel J.
EL DORADO HILLS
OAK RIDGE H. S.
- Boucher, Nola
- Feldman, Mason
- Ni, Andrew
- Pham, Ethan
- Tribble, Alexandra
EL SEGUNDO
EL SEGUNDO H. S.
VISTAMAR SCHOOL
ELK GROVE
COSUMNES OAKS H. S.
- Arnold, John M.
- Jiang, Benjamin
- Moua, Nu A.
- Tong, Matthew S.
- Tran, Viettam N.
PLEASANT GROVE H. S.
EMERYVILLE
EAST BAY GERMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ENCINITAS
THE GRAUER SCHOOL
SAN DIEGUITO ACADEMY
- Berman, Jonah
- Lo, Aiden
- Pai, Christopher
- Sarikonda, Aaditya
- Sleight, Dahlia
ESCONDIDO
CLASSICAL ACADEMY H. S.
SAN PASQUAL H. S.
FAIRFIELD
ANGELO RODRIGUEZ H. S.
FOLSOM
FOLSOM H. S.
- Ching, Kaelyn
- Datta, Ishan
- Koneru-Ansari, Sami
- Tiwari, Deepankar
VISTA DEL LAGO H. S.
- Borole, Anish
- Puritipati, Rahul
FOSTER CITY
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
FOUNTAIN VALLEY
FOUNTAIN VALLEY H. S.
- Nguyen, Benjamin
- Nguyen, Jaquelyn
FREMONT
ALSION MONTESSORI H. S.
- Hoang, Kenric
- Samsi, Anushree
AMERICAN H. S.
- Arya, Advika
- Ashwin, Aditi
- Baldwa, Avishi
- Chaurasia, Ayush
- Chen, Keane
- Das, Archit
- Edappily, Roger
- Fan, Alice
- Ganapathy, Thryambak
- Garg, Krishay
- Godavarthy, Abhiram
- Huang, Lucas
- Jegadheswaran, Nidhes
- Johar, Alfiya
- Karthikeyan Marudhavanan, Dharshini
- Kuang, Kallie
- Kulkarni, Riya
- Kumaraswamy, Anirudh
- Kwok, Ching Yeung
- Li, Howard
- Lian, Zikai
- Luo, Shijie
- Mohammad, Amaan
- Qiao, Benjamin
- Reddy, Anshuman
- Sharma, Shreeya
- Singh, Tegh
- Solanki, Avik
- Tian, Madison
- Tseng, Cher
- Veeramaneni, Saahith
- Wen, Max
- Zhi, David
BASIS INDEPENDENT
- Bachheti, Manya
- Bhatt, Romil
- Deshmukh, Atharv
- Gowda, Shamak
- Kiran, Aditi
- Li, Ryan
- Liang, Bridget
- Ni, Joshua
- Pilli, Rohan
- Soni, Aashna
- Wang, Joy
- Wong, Allyson
- Wu, Luoxi
- Yan, Kevin
- Zhang, Chloe
IRVINGTON H. S.
- Carthikeyan, Anandika
- Chakraborty, Aanya
- Chao, Abraham
- Chen, Jeremy
- Choi, Esther
- Dasgupta, Sahana
- Du, Jaden
- Gadre, Mihir
- Gao, Christopher
- Gu, Ruiyun
- Huang, Darren
- Jia, Ziqi
- Konda, Vaishnavi
- Kuan, Mason
- Lan, Eric
- Luo, Francis
- Prashantha, Shreya
- Rao, Avani
- Raviotta, Andrew
- Shen, Vinna
- Shu, Wynn
- Sun, Jerry
- Surana, Ritika
- Thodupunoori, Shubhankar
- Vairavan, Soundharya
JOHN F. KENNEDY H. S.
MISSION SAN JOSE H. S.
- Awasthi, Ishaan
- Chatterjee, Rajorshi
- Chen, Angelina
- Chen, Novak
- Chen, Pengyu
- Chen, Simeng
- Chu, Patrick
- Gupta, Aadi
- Hsiung, Issac
- Jani, Ashwika
- Jayaraj, Michelle
- Jonnadula, Monish
- Joseph, Jeremy
- Kamath, Atul
- Leng, Ester
- Liang, Sarah
- Liu, Kaylee
- Lu, Ivy
- Manur, Rishabh
- Nachiappan, Aghilan
- Patil, Shubham
- Prabhakar, Palak
- Prasanna, Lakshmi Narasimhan
- Rao, Varun
- Roy, Ishani
- Sen, Tuheen
- Tan, Jonathan
- Tunguturu, Saidivyesh
- Wu, Raina
- Wudaru, Vaibhav
- Zhao, Alexander
- Zhao, Andrew
- Zhao, Evelyn
- Zhou, Anika
- Zhou, Carina
- Zhou, William
WASHINGTON H. S.
- Alokozai, Edris
- Mehta, Bhavya
- Pamula, Lilian
- Rao, Anika
- Sankaran, Advait
- Vohra, Mahika
FRESNO
CLOVIS NORTH H. S.
- Estrada, Pauline Victoria
- Mehrotra-Varma, Shiv
- Rao, Sonia
- Shi, Zian
EDISON H. S.
UNIVERSITY H. S.
- Dimitrova, Alexandra
- Tran, Vien
- Xu, Angelina
FULLERTON
FULLERTON UNION H. S.
SUNNY HILLS H. S.
- Kim, Kiheon
- Lee, Celerina
- Ma, Matthew
- Shah, Zayne
TROY H. S.
- Babiker, Iman H.
- Bahng, Zoey C.
- Chan, Addison B.
- Chen, Evan Y.
- Choi, Eric W.
- Eng, Stephen
- Fu, Elizabeth J.
- Her, Andrew N.
- Hwang, Tristan L.
- Jang, Eunjun
- Kulkarni, Soham P.
- Lim, Nathan J.
- Liu, Sophia L.
- Ma, Xiyue
- Malladi, Bhavna
- Naranjo, Bianca Z.
- Nguyen, Noah T.
- Park, Justin K.
- Patel, Sara M.
- Peddi, Aditya R.
- Peng, Derek Y.
- Pramanick, Anya
- Rhee, Victoria M.
- Shi, Cloris F.
- Simmonds, Jack R.
- Sreedhar, Diya
- Takagi, Matthew Y.
- Tsai, Andrew W.
- Wang, Ethan H.
- Wang, Stanley M.
- Wu, Patricia Q.
- Yang, Yuqi
- Zhao, Zhuoran
- Zhou, Jacqueline R.
GARDEN GROVE
BOLSA GRANDE H. S.
PACIFICA H. S.
RANCHO ALAMITOS H. S.
GILROY
DR. T. J. OWENS GILROY EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY
GLENDORA
GLENDORA H. S.
- Prince, Carter
- Ravi Shankar, Diya
GOLETA
DOS PUEBLOS H. S.
- Avolio, Liam
- Davis, Ryan
- Gardiner, Alexander
- Harris, Malcolm
- Mayo, Rainier
- Palmer, Charles
- Van De Veire, Nathaniel
- Xie, Joy
GRANADA HILLS
GRANADA HILLS CHARTER H. S.
- Boodram, Victor
- Dinh, Stephanie
- Hendrix, Kaytlin
- Kim, Nicole
- Mayberry, Thomas
- Sun, Benjamin
GRANITE BAY
GRANITE BAY H. S.
- Miller, Aubrey
- Newlin, Molly
GRASS VALLEY
BEAR RIVER H. S.
HAYWARD
CALIFORNIA CROSSPOINT H. S.
MOREAU CATHOLIC H. S.
HEALDSBURG
HEALDSBURG H. S.
HILLSBOROUGH
CRYSTAL SPRINGS UPLANDS SCHOOL
- Booth, Greylin
- Brameld, Maximilian
- Dalal, Rohan
- Jang, Nicholas
- Liou, Brandon
- Ma, Brandon
- Mornell, Aidan
- Wilson, Henry
- Yang, Katherine
HUNTINGTON BEACH
HUNTINGTON BEACH H. S.
MARINA H. S.
IRVINE
ARNOLD O. BECKMAN H. S.
- Chang, Madeleine
- Kamble, Swaroop
- Ly, Tyler
- Nazareth, Rachel
- Nguyen, Andy
- Owyang, Luke
- Pradhan, Srishti
- Wang, Gabrielle
CREAN LUTHERAN H. S.
- Goddard, Luke
- Lai, Ethan
- Paek, Matthew
- Ranalli, Leo
IRVINE H. S.
- Gaikwad, Ishaan
- Judd, Madilyn
- Lai, Lauren C.
- Lee, Ryan J.
- Liu, Emily
- Sriram, Sumanth
NORTHWOOD H. S.
- Aithal, Shreya
- Au, Kelly K.
- Batra, Aadya
- Chai, Daniel
- Chen, Yufei
- Chung, Shao-Yuan
- Dhar, Arnav
- Dinh, Jocelyn Q.
- Dutta, Vidisha
- Godse, Neil
- Gupta, Riya
- Haydon, Cole L.
- Kadakia, Viraj H.
- Kang, Nathan
- Le, Jasmine T.
- Lim, Minseo
- Lin, Michael
- Michelsen, Nirav
- Nam, Christine Y.
- Pan, Ethan H.
- Suen, Stanley
- Wang, Jinsi
- Wong, Jayden L.
- Yang, Sophia J.
PORTOLA H. S.
- Bank, Gregory Y.
- Chae, Jongmin
- Chang, Vivian L.
- Chau, Luke D.
- He, Kyle Y.
- Kim, Tiffany
- Lee, Eric Y.
- Lu, Vivian M.
- Nunna, Mourya
- Salunkhe, Aditi A.
- Samudra, Ruhi V.
- Shah, Nirmit
- Shin, Jaehun
- Shin, Luke H.
- Xie, Leyu
- Xu, Zijing
- Yedla, Aarnav
- Zhang, Mingjin
UNIVERSITY H. S.
- Baek, Blake I.
- Barathan, Urmila
- Chao, Aaron
- Chen, Kenneth
- Chen, Yufei
- Dai, Sophia Y.
- Davis, Quinne S.
- Fang, Victoria W.
- George, Abel C.
- Hexun, Miles K.
- Jafar, Sky
- Jafary, Niklaus
- Jiang, Annie
- Jiang, Ashaley
- Kim, David Y.
- Kim-Ozaeta, Jed
- Lantz, Amy R.
- Lee, Handersen P.
- Li, Victor G.
- Liauw, Ocean K.
- Liu, Jingxuan
- Naganov, Aleksandr
- Naranatt, Anugrah
- Niktash, Daniel E.
- Peng, Jayden C.
- Piedad, Kayla N.
- Randhawa, Agam S.
- Szeto, Jonathan D.
- Villadelgado, Ryan C.
- Wen, Claire C.
- Zhang, David Z.
- Zheng, Zhe
- Zhong, Evan
WOODBRIDGE H. S.
- Chang, Matthew
- Funston, Layne
- Li, Xiang
- Lim, Alex C.
- Lu, Alyssa P.
- Pamarti, Sukruti
- Pham, Charlotte C.
- Wong, Derrick K.
KENTFIELD
MARIN CATHOLIC H. S.
LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE
FLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
- Bassuk, Clara
- Belzer, Kai
- Fong, Elise
- Geller, Michelle
- Liorsdottir, Steinunn
- Sue, Gregory
- Waldheim, Chase
- Zhong, Sophia
LA CANADA H. S.
- Hwang, Colin
- Kim, Eliya
- Kronson, Gabriel
- Petropoulos, Zoe
- Street, Samuel
- Thornburgh, Kaylee
- Wei, Aidan
ST. FRANCIS H. S.
LA CRESCENTA
CLARK MAGNET H. S.
CRESCENTA VALLEY H. S.
- Hamkins, Easan
- Kim, Aiden
- Ma, Garrison
- MacMillan, Alex
- Mansukhani, Jamie
- Zou, Lily
LA HABRA
SONORA H. S.
LA JOLLA
THE BISHOP’S SCHOOL
- Chen, Carley
- Chuckravanen, Sashi
- Gover, Mia
- Ha, Khai
- Kao, Emma
- Kim, Angelina
- Liang, Hao
- Lin, Audrey
- Liu, Serena
- Qin, Ryan
- Spiro, Dillon
- Wang, Logan
- Wang, Muping
- Wu, Yuanxiang
- Yi, Zoe
LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
LA JOLLA H. S.
- Abell, David
- Cairns, Dylan
- Cox, Katherine
- Jones, Elijah
- Lehman, Mira
- Lehman, Sarah
- Myers, Benjamin
- Sharma, Kyra
LA MESA
HELIX CHARTER H. S.
- Beer, Lukas R.
- Kertson, Peyton S.
LAFAYETTE
ACALANES H. S.
- Garcia, Zachary J.
- Hoeberechts, Kaya Y.
- Johnson, Julia H.
- Ristow, Carsten L.
- Yoshinaka, Jake M.
BENTLEY SCHOOL
- Chiang, Clifton
- Friedrichs, Olivia
- Peterson, Robert
- Ragins, Rachel
- Tao, Wilson
- Waltzer, Joseph
- Weiss, Theodore
LAGUNA BEACH
LAGUNA BEACH H. S.
- Butler, Frederic
- Hagen, Lyric
LAKE FOREST
EL TORO H. S.
LARKSPUR
REDWOOD H. S.
- Filler, Daniel
- Hartung, Nicholas
- Scott, Charles
LIVERMORE
GRANADA H. S.
- Dhanvantari, Sameer
- Iyer, Avi
- Mahesh, Rishabh
- Manley, Audrey
- Markel, Caspar
- Mehta, Aarav
- Mohammed, Ziad
- Mueller, Amelia
- van Waes, Kayla
- Wang, Kate
LIVERMORE H. S.
VINEYARD ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL
LONG BEACH
LONG BEACH POLYTECHNIC H. S.
- Deo-Dixit, Tejus
- Madden, Sarah
- Steege, Allegra R.
- Steege, Jade
LOS ALAMITOS
LOS ALAMITOS H. S.
- Carruth, Warren C.
- Leung, Jacob D.
- Li, Daniel C.
- Moore, Vivian M.
- Nguyen, Tracy A.
- Yew, Avery M.
- Zacheis, Mira
LOS ALTOS
LOS ALTOS H. S.
- Agarwal, Devansh
- Aron, Dhruv
- Avrahami, Noam
- Chatwin, Piper
- Chung, Sarah
- Feldman, David
- Hui, Kaihon
- Jamieson, Audrey
- Johnson, Oscar
- Li, Sophie
- Lin, Timothy
- Ma, Kaden
- Peter, Theodore
- Samek, Benjamin
- Tang, Joshua
- Xu, Michael
LOS ALTOS HILLS
PINEWOOD SCHOOL
LOS ANGELES
THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
BRENTWOOD SCHOOL
GEFFEN ACADEMY AT UCLA
- Koga, Bryce
- Wen, Matthew
- Wood, Jonah J.
HOLLYWOOD H. S.
LARCHMONT CHARTER SCHOOL
LOYOLA H. S.
- Algra, Turner J.
- Beerbower, Connor
- Brumbach, Lucas M.
- Lee, Samuel T.
- Mastandrea, John C.
- Nam, Chase H.
MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL
- Cheng, Yuan
- Grouf, Siena
- Melville, Emma
- Park, Ava
- Salkin, Margalit
- Shin, Eloise
- Williams, Beatrice
- Yang, Riley
MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
- Besterman, Lucas C.
- Simms, Samantha L.
VENICE H. S.
WINDWARD SCHOOL
- Granados-Puvvula, Aman
- Shubin, Quaid
LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS H. S.
- Dai, Leo
- Eldridge, Kyle
- Gan, Kevin
- Jones, Rohan
- Mai, Thien
- Mei, Jack
- Ohriner, Aryeh
- Pyle, Tatum
- Sahandi, Rosa
- Shankar, Tanav
- Sharma, Ria
MANHATTAN BEACH
MIRA COSTA H. S.
- Digilio, Eleanora
- Freelin, Colin
- Hughes, Cameron
- Kjar, Jack
- Kligys, Katherine
- Sagadevan, Hudson
- Witherell, Elizabeth
MARTINEZ
ALHAMBRA H. S.
MENLO PARK
SILICON VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
MILL VALLEY
TAMALPAIS H. S.
MILLBRAE
MILLS H. S.
- Chen, Anna
- Le, Emi L.
- Pak, Jonathan H.
MILPITAS
MILPITAS H. S.
- De Guzman, Jericho Paul Mari M.
- Dong, Leslie
- Gupta, Aditi
- Gupta, Ananya
- Le, Kyle V.
- Ma, Oliver
- Mehta, Lakshya
- Mito, William C.
- Xu, Daniel D.
MISSION VIEJO
CAPISTRANO VALLEY H. S.
- Grier, Justice T.
- James, Donovan
TRABUCO HILLS H. S.
- Jain, Jennifer
- Kerns, Colin
- Regier, Grace
- Shah, Sahil
- Smith, Gavin
MODESTO
JAMES C. ENOCHS H. S.
JOSEPH A. GREGORI H. S.
- Sibala, Mourya
- Sun, David
MODESTO H. S.
MONROVIA
MONROVIA H. S.
MONTEREY
SANTA CATALINA SCHOOL
YORK SCHOOL
MOORPARK
HIGH SCHOOL AT MOORPARK COLLEGE
MOORPARK H. S.
MORAGA
CAMPOLINDO H. S.
- Baker, Clare
- Chen, Anna
- Cheung, Chloe
- Chugh, Dilon
- Dong, Andrew
- Jia, Marilyn
- Liao, Grace
- Pawlik-Zwiebel, Ariel
- Yu, Chang
MORGAN HILL
OAKWOOD SCHOOL
MOUNTAIN VIEW
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
KHAN LAB SCHOOL
- Kunz, Charles
- Sikka, Varin
- Vemuri, Sita
- Wang, Lauren
MOUNTAIN VIEW H. S.
- Chainani, Yash
- Cheong, Arthur
- Copeland, Asher
- Eisenberg, Maya
- Fisch, Maxwell
- Hofmeister, Kenzo
- Jain, Arihant
- John, Naisha
- Kao, Carolyn
- Kirmse, Adam
- Kumpf, Alison
- Lawrence, Clara
- Lee, Gisella
- Lee, Kate
- Lin, Marisa
- Mathew, Meera
- McCauley, Helen
- Nishi, Thomas
- Ravishankar, Mia
- Rutherford, Hannah
- Ta, Valerie
- Tang, Ryan
- Walker, Michelle
- Weise, Atulya
- Wing, Ethan
- Xu, Alexander
- Yin, Ryan
ST. FRANCIS H. S.
- Byrer, James
- Garg, Simren
- Gklaros-Stavropoulos, Alexander
- Nadkarni, Tej
- Ponnuvelu, Divya
- Sakthivel, Rhishi Balaa
- Sweatt, Kenya
- Tao, Katie
- Vijay, Smriti
- Winton, Katherine
- Yalamanchili, Anvitha
MURRIETA
MURRIETA VALLEY H. S.
NAPA
NAPA H. S.
VINTAGE H. S.
NEWBURY PARK
NEWBURY PARK H. S.
- Kane, Allison
- McIntosh, Duncan
- Pamidi, Arhat
NEWHALL
WILLIAM S. HART H. S.
NEWPORT BEACH
CORONA DEL MAR H. S.
- Leehealey, James E.
- Sapru, Naiya E.
- Tauro, Camille A.
SAGE HILL SCHOOL
- Chao, Madeleine
- Chen, Emily
- Gabriel, Anna
- Gan, Katelyn
- Graham, Justin
- Haworth, Benjamin
- Isakov, Sophia
- Jiang, Wanlin
- Kim, Ian
- Lai, Harriet
- Lew, Jesse
- Li, Christine
- Lin, Frank
- Lin, Sophia
- Lynn, Jacob
- Pang, Bo
- Rybakova, Raquel
- Sueyoshi, Claire
- Wang, Evelyn
- Wang, Mingyue
- Zhang, Jiaming
- Zhou, Sophia
NORTH HOLLYWOOD
NORTH HOLLYWOOD H. S.
- Chang, Dylan E.
- Ghasemi, Arman
- Isayan, Michael
- Kim, Matthew M.
- Lee, Andrew
- Meka, Hriday V.
- Minton, Nathan A.
- Swain, Penelope C.
- Thomson-Tribe, Eno
- Wood, Aeneas M.
OAKWOOD SCHOOL
- Cleckler, Markus
- Reich, Louis
SCIENCE ACADEMY STEM MAGNET
- Said, Gideon E.
- Tang, David S.
OAK HILLS
CEDAR LIFE ACADEMY
OAK PARK
OAK PARK H. S.
- Chu, Joy Z.
- Kim, Daniel K.
- Kladopoulos, Penelope I.
- Mehta, Kavya
- Nicks, William
- Patil, Siddhant S.
- Pourmohammadi, Armin
- Ruan, Margaret
- Rydman, Raja I.
- Wan, David P.
OAKDALE
OAKDALE H. S.
OAKLAND
COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
- Agarwal, Mira
- Arreola, Bernice
- de Figueiredo, Caetano
- de Figueiredo, Tiago
- Distiller, Jesse
- Fromson-Mayhew, Julia
- Helft, Rafael
- Hosten-Mittermaier, Orhan
- Lee, Katelyn
- Rakowski, Taryn
- Rees, Gardner
- Saphir, Otto
- Saxonov, Anne
- Schul, Manon
- Wolff-Merovick, Jules
- Zhu, Eric
- Zhu, Ruoxi
HEAD – ROYCE SCHOOL
BISHOP O’DOWD H. S.
- Kerley, Andrew
- Kerley, August
- Song Schnitzler, Joaquin
OAKLAND TECHNICAL H. S.
- Morehead, Steven J.
- Myall-Martin, Reba
- Schafer, August B.
OCEANSIDE
EL CAMINO H. S.
OJAI
THE THACHER SCHOOL
ONTARIO
CHAFFEY H. S.
ORANGE
ORANGE LUTHERAN H. S.
ORINDA
MIRAMONTE H. S.
- Anderson, William
- Crisologo, Jacob
- Hagendoorn, Logan
- Rguem, Preston
- Rivera-Gu, Abigail
- Wong, Chase
- Wong, Emma
OXNARD
RIO MESA H. S.
PACIFIC PALISADES
PALISADES CHARTER H. S.
- Ball, James
- Hurd, Annalisa
- Sonnett, Samantha
PACIFICA
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
PALO ALTO
CASTILLEJA SCHOOL
- Cham, Mika
- Kim, Abigail
- Nukala, Ananya
- Ryu, Christine
- Verma, Diya
HENRY M. GUNN H. S.
- Bogart, Tessa
- Cha, Hamin
- Dhingra, Siyona
- Gao, Grace
- Goel, Agastya
- Guo, Jerry
- Humphreys, Lionel N.
- Humphreys, Owen N.
- Kass, David
- Kim, David
- Knutson, Mei T.
- Kou, Daniel
- Le, Anh
- Liu, Benjamin
- Liu, Siqi
- Lum, Brian H.
- Mao, Caroline X.
- Murase, Noah
- Nam, Sophie
- Nanevicz, Joseph J.
- Ni, Eric
- Oh, Justin
- Qian, Charlotte
- Ren, Samuel Y.
- Sane, Nikita
- Satpathy, Sangeet
- Seo, Jiho
- Su, Stella
- Tang, Alyssa R.
- Tsen, Janus Ling An
- Vasanawala, Sauram
- Wang, Michael
- Weinstein, Jonah
- Xiao, Aleena
- Yue, Alan W.
- Zeineh, Esme S.
- Zhang, Daniel
KEHILLAH JEWISH H. S.
- Follmer, Anton
- Zucker, Isaac
PALO ALTO H. S.
- Akin, Rory A.
- Avital, Noam
- Cho, Kanghee
- Chou, Forrest
- Grewal, Sarina K.
- Huang, Cynthia C.
- Huang, Joyce
- Ji, Lambert H.
- Jiang, Nathan
- Johnson, Moss K.
- Kim, Justun J.
- Konduri, Samhita
- Lee, Holden
- Li, Andrew
- Lin, Crystal M.
- Liu, Bryan
- Lu, David
- Migliore, Kevin
- Motwani, Divij
- Pujji, Keerath K.
- Rao, Angela
- Rescorla, Darwin
- Tamura, Arun
- Tuteja, Maxwell Akash G.
- Valouev, Aleksey
- Wu, Vince X.
- Xia, Katherine J.
PALO CEDRO
FOOTHILL H. S.
PALOS VERDES ESTATES
PALOS VERDES H. S.
- Fu, Michael Q.
- Kao, Olivia J.
- Tydlaska, Avery K.
- Yu, Allison S.
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA
CHADWICK SCHOOL
- Hatch, Bryce
- Lee, Diane
- Matsunaga, Noah
- Saket, Ryan
- Segil, Jack
- Yoon, Ashton
PASADENA
LA SALLE H. S.
- Hoskins, Jake
- Lin, Ethan
- Liu, Annie M.
- Liu, Xinyan
- Truong, Lucas A.
MARANATHA H. S.
MARSHALL FUNDAMENTAL SCHOOL
PASADENA H. S.
- McConnell, Paulina
- Paz, Matthew
POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL
- Kim, Ashley
- Kim, Evelyn
- Sim, Ennio
- Teng, Ava
WESTRIDGE SCHOOL
- Leizman, Sarah
- Li, Yeuk On
PEBBLE BEACH
STEVENSON SCHOOL
- Eum, Wonjin
- Lee, Gordon K.
PIEDMONT
PIEDMONT H. S.
- Detlefsen, Maximo
- Glass, Sophia
- Gudiksen, Ellen
- Jajodia, Aman
- Olliphant, Sabrina
- Sauer, Ava
- Tang, Aliana
- von Metzsch, August
PLACENTIA
VALENCIA H. S.
- Choi, Samuel
- Chung, Makayla H.
- Keum, Saebyeok
- Park, Yoojun
PLACERVILLE
EL DORADO H. S.
SKY MOUNTAIN CHARTER SCHOOL
PLEASANTON
AMADOR VALLEY H. S.
- Barik, Arianna
- Bian, Ziyu
- Chawla, Gauri
- Chen, Alayna
- Chen, Eric
- Cheng, Zachary
- Chugh, Tejasveer
- Das, Aryan
- Deshpande, Aditi
- Dmitriev, Filipp
- Erigineni, Archith Datta
- Gao, Catherine
- Garg, Abhinav
- He, Zhiheng
- Hoang, Helen H.
- Jones, Christian
- Kalkunte, Varadan
- Kazempour, Skye
- Panicker, Dia
- Pranadi, Skyler J.
- Prashanth, Vidhaat
- Ravishankar, Sanjay
- Singhania, Vardaan
- Sreekumar, Raghav
- Sundar, Anusha
- Wang, Alex
- Xie, Leran
- Xu, Jennifer T.
- Zhang, Angela
- Zhang, Leyuan
FOOTHILL H. S.
- Bajpai, Advay
- Bhandari, Prisha
- Biswal, Aahana
- Chakraborty, Ratul
- Chui, Karisa
- Cooper, Emily
- Cowger, Kellyn
- Gupta, Kabeer
- Huber, Clarissa M.
- Jaiswal, Nirav
- Kallu, Anish
- Lin, Phil
- PalaniThangavelappan, Lakshanya
- Penumuchu, Harini
- Sun, Iris Z.
- Zhang, Kylie
- Zhen, Alex
POMONA
DIAMOND RANCH H. S.
- LeFevre-Dhore, Ryan N.
- Sykes, Shakari J.
PORTOLA VALLEY
WOODSIDE PRIORY SCHOOL
- Buddin, Elise
- Duh, Andrew
- Hurlbut, Andrew
- Kawaja, Cole
- Lee, Cara
- Ozaki, Spencer
- Zhou, Rui
POWAY
POWAY H. S.
- Bizjack, Donovan G.
- Chu, Landan Y.
- Gregg, Elizabeth A.
- Kirschbaum, Megan S.
- Stewart, Gabriel J.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
- Abdou Bishay Baris, Arsany M.
ETIWANDA H. S.
LOS OSOS H. S.
- Diep, Alexandria L.
- Jang, Wilson
RANCHO CUCAMONGA H. S.
- Goh, Vinessa
- He, Duojia
- Vista, James R.
UNITED CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
RANCHO MIRAGE
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
RANCHO SANTA FE
HIGH BLUFF ACADEMY
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA
SANTA MARGARITA CATHOLIC H. S.
TESORO H. S.
- Ganguly, Ayush
- Guo, Michelle
- Li, Jessie
REDLANDS
REDLANDS H. S.
- Howo, William
- Liu, Amanda
- Moenius, Marlon
- Pidaparthi, Abhinav
- So Lee, Tiffany
- Zhang, Ellie
REDONDO BEACH
REDONDO UNION H. S.
- Carson, Paul
- Chae, Christian
- Douglas, Kyler
- Kurihara, Madison
- Leto, Amelia
- Lu, Tristan
- Son, Yijun
REDWOOD CITY
DESIGN TECH H. S.
- Baggott, Eli
- Berger, William
- Chan, Mackenzie
- Crawford, Skye
SEQUOIA H. S.
- Chang, Christine
- Kokal, Rikhil
- Torkos, Soren
- Wu, Shangheng
SUMMIT PREPARATORY H. S.
RESEDA
RESEDA H. S.
RIALTO
WILMER AMINA CARTER H. S.
RIVERSIDE
JOHN W. NORTH H. S.
RIVERSIDE POLYTECHNIC H. S.
RIVERSIDE STEM ACADEMY
ROCKLIN
ROCKLIN H. S.
- Moniz, Brook N.
- Tzeng, Noah J.
WESTERN SIERRA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA H. S.
- Aye, Emily Y.
- Baghoolizadeh, Neekta S.
- Chai, Meizhu
- Choo, Ray Z.
- Espinoza, Leila M.
- Fast, Charlotte M.
- Lee, Abigail F.
- Lin, Brandon K.
- Lin, Juliette J.
- Lu, Eric Y.
- Ma, Jacob A.
- Monzon, Aaron S.
- Rhoades, Alena C.
- Shu, Mason W.
- So, Hyunbin
- Tom, Bryce R.
- Wang, Angelina Y.
- Xu, Zhian
ROSEVILLE
OAKMONT H. S.
WEST PARK H. S.
ROSS
BRANSON SCHOOL
- Jayaraman, Ishwar K.
- Johnson, Nathaniel G.
- Moon, Alexander
- Rudy, Rebecca
- Xu, Owen
ROWLAND HEIGHTS
JOHN A. ROWLAND H. S.
- Hagiwara, James Y.
- Liang, Arthur C.
SACRAMENTO
BRADSHAW CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS H. S.
MIRA LOMA H. S.
- Bodducherla, Tanay
- Chen, Celina X.
- Crowder, Otis L.
- Hou, Nicole Z.
- Karanam, Nishanth T.
- Mahendra, Arnav
- Morasa, Arya
- Namozov, Dilshodbek B.
- Prasad, Nandini
NP3 H. S.
RIO AMERICANO H. S.
- Golden, Mia
- Pannell, Daphne
SACRAMENTO COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
ST. FRANCIS H. S.
SAN ANSELMO
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
SAN DIEGO
CAL COAST ACADEMY
THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL
- Chin, Alexander
- Chin, Ethan
- Lee, Jeong-Chan
- Sinha, Zachary
CANYON CREST ACADEMY
- Amihai, Noam
- Backues, Alexander
- Bai, Ryan
- Bayraktaroglu, Ozan
- Bhat, Neha
- Bhatmuley, Shail
- Chadha, Arav
- Chen, Kaitlyn
- Chen, Stephen
- Criqui, Tate
- Fehmi, Ali
- Gao, Sarah
- Goodsell, Koe
- Guo, Brian
- Huang, Sierra
- Jiang, Helena
- Kim, Elly
- Lau, Celine
- Lesmes, Leo
- Li, Anlin
- Liu, Allen
- Long, Giada
- Lu, Emily
- Lutsenko, Kirill
- Malhotra, Nav
- Mandadi, Krish
- Mao, Albert
- Minna-Choe, Kailani
- Mock, Ella
- Mostowfi, Kimia
- Palyada, Aahana
- Shao, Elaina
- Song, Audrey
- Sun, Haowen
- Tak, Minkyu
- Tian, Andrew
- Uchiyama, Misa
- Wang, Jintong
- Wang, Sarah
- Wu, Larry
- Wu, Ryan
- Zhang, Alan
- Zhang, Emily
- Zhang, Maggie
- Zhang, Noel
- Zhou, Andrew
DEL NORTE H. S.
- Akella, Satvik
- Bansal, Rishi
- Chang, Sean
- Chu, Brandon
- Darugar, Rayyan
- Dewasurendra, Pahan
- Khattar, Zinia
- Kimber, Allison
- Lalwani, Nikhil
- Marilla, Isabel
- Mondal, Raunak
- Ni, Chenjia
- Partridge, Alyssa Jane
- Patel, Shreeya
- Patel, Tanay
- Patil, Tanisha
- Pulivendula, Ankit
- Rajasekar, Jeevika
- Ramamurthy, Chinmay
- Reddy, Alekhya
- Shah, Ayanna
- Sheng, Raymond
- Simon, Noah
- Tang, Sophia
- Tejada Oviedo, Andres
- Wadhwani, Dishti
- Xiao, Alex
- Xu, Kate
- Zhang, Jason
- Zhu, Steven
MISSION BAY H. S.
MORSE H. S.
- Grilli, Elena
- Reinstein, Miles
MOUNT CARMEL H. S.
- Kalyanaraman, Anirudh
- MacIsaac, Kayden A.
- Nudurupati, Aneesh
- Palacios, Daniel
- Wen, Raine
MOUNT EVEREST ACADEMY
FRANCIS W. PARKER SCHOOL
- Brown, Jonas
- Li, Eric
- Manda, Abhiram
- Ohta, Jason
- Parikh, Anika
- Soule, Nicholas
RANCHO BERNARDO H. S.
- Dinh, Nathaniel
- Kwack, Joyce
- Slape, Peyton
- Thienpreecha, Pukaphol
- Yang, Christopher
SCRIPPS RANCH H. S.
- Bai, Nicholas
- Cai, Michelle
- Chan, Andrea
- Choi, Hyein
- Colbourn, Robert
- Henderson, Lauren
- Manikandan, Rithvik
- Pacal, Edward
- Ramamurthy, Aditi
- Riehl, Quinner
- Rosing, Alisa
- Sanigepalli, Shashank
- Su, Ian
- Tran, Delbert
- Wang, Vivian
TORREY PINES H. S.
- Chang, Joshua
- Chen, Liuqing
- Jiao, Siyuan
UNIVERSITY CITY H. S.
- Deutsch, David
- Nordstrand, Noah
WESTVIEW H. S.
- Chen, Chloe J.
- Chen, Trevor B.
- Deng, Dylan M.
- Devadiga, Jyotsna Y.
- Lerdworatawee, Ryan L.
- Sun, Chloe J.
- Thayillam, Breanna M.
- Xie, Anne J.
- Yousuf, Ilana
- Zheng, Kyle X.
SAN FRANCISCO
JEWISH COMMUNITY H. S. OF THE BAY
LICK – WILMERDING H. S.
- Collomb, Leonard
- Mishra, Saahil
- Park, Frances
- Park, James
- Roberts, Harper
- Tseng, Alexander
ABRAHAM LINCOLN H. S.
LOWELL H. S.
- Koster, Sebastian
- Ngo, Issac
- Nguyen, Pierce
- Shuster, Ilya G.
LYCEE FRANCAIS
PROOF SCHOOL
- Hung, Allison
- Marvit, Lachlan
- Son, Nathaniel
ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN H. S.
SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY
SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY H. S.
- Chrisman, Dorothy
- Garcia, Gabriela
- Gupta, Aria
- Hsu, Skye
- King, Chapel
ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
- Chen, Wilson
- Duffy, Ciel R.
- Huang, Caden W.
- Liu, Adrian
- Miller, Luke W.
GEORGE WASHINGTON H. S.
SAN GABRIEL
GABRIELINO H. S.
- Chan, Kaden C.
- Vuong, Brandon
SAN GABRIEL H. S.
SAN JOSE
BASIS INDEPENDENT SILICON VALLEY
- Ahmad, Aya
- Avula, Shreyas
- Balmin, Joshua
- Das, Rohan
- Fazel-Rezai, Hamed
- Jin, Henry
- Khattar, Yashas
- Lai, Xiaoyue
- Li, Andrew
- Li, Sophia
- Liu, Cindy
- Liu, Samuel
- Liu, Stephanie
- Luo, Alex
- Mao, Ruinan
- Nair, Srilalitha
- Pillai, Diya
- Qi, Oliver
- Sar, Sonya
- Shao, Yourui
- Sun, Kenneth
- Sun, Xinyue
- Tan, Aindra
- Wang, Antony
- Wang, Luofei
- Zhang, Allison
- Zheng, Brianna
- Zhu, Michael
BELLARMINE COLLEGE PREPARATORY
- Ajiwibawa, Josh
- Arya, Arjun
- Chau, Elijah
- Choe, Ian
- Chu, Daniel
- Deshmukh, Samarjit
- D’souza, Zane
- Ghosh, Ayush
- Ho, Jonathan
- Irudayaraj, Akshay
- Jaison, Aaron
- Jiang, Daniel
- Jun, Luke
- Kennedy, Reid
- Krishna, Vayun
- Lekkelapudi, Avi
- Li, John
- Lin, Samuel
- Ling, Winston
- Park, Calvin
- Qian, Derek
- Raghav, Samskrith
- Rana, Abhijay
- Rohana, Jule
- Santos, Eli
- Tu, Arthur
- Zhao, Brian
- Zheng, Shuwen
BRANHAM H. S.
- Chen, Richfield
- Chua, Jie Ru
- Chua, Zhi Quan
- Do, Matthew
- Huang, Cassia
- Ji, Eulina
- Toren, Kevin
EVERGREEN VALLEY H. S.
- Abdulavahid, Rihana K.
- Agrawal, Pratinav
- Chiu, Audrey J.
- Chou, Matthew Z.
- Chung, Owen C.
- Dong, Kathleen N.
- Ganti, Ananya V.
- Garimella, Raghav V.
- Jonnalagadda, Nishant P.
- Kappagantula, Chandrasekhar
- Kashi, Neel
- Kweon, Jian
- Manamala, Harsha R.
- Pitre, Ishaan R.
- Shekar, Deshna
- Shetty, Tanish V.
- Singamsetty, Sahil
- Tran, Huy L.
- Yang, Rick K.
THE HARKER SCHOOL
- Affaki, Maya
- Agarwal, Savya
- Apte, Rajas
- Balaji, Shiven
- Bao, Aaron
- Bhargava, Saanvi
- Biswas, Fern
- Blennemann, Marcus
- Chakravarty, Shreyas
- Chen, Aaron
- Chen, Daniel M.
- Chen, Felix
- Chen, Harrison
- Chen, Jiazhi
- Cheng, Audrey
- Cheng, Claire
- Chung, Anderson
- Cui, Kyra
- Feng, Audrey
- Fu, Benjamin
- Gautham, Satvika
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- Guo, Aaron
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REDWOOD CHRISTIAN H. S.
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SAN MARCOS H. S.
SAN MARINO
SAN MARINO H. S.
- Chwang, Caitlin
- Feng, Leo
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- Wu, Fei
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ARAGON H. S.
- Birkelund, Charles L.
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- Liu, Melody
- Ma, Felix R.
- Moskewicz, Erika L.
- Mudoi, Ruhi M.
- Paramasivam, Akilan
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- Arron, Eleanor
- Bodnick, Carly
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- Cho, Oliver
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- Lu, Vinca
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- Wong, Margaux
- Zhang, Yunzhi
- Zhu, William
SAN MATEO H. S.
- Gogi, Siddharth S.
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- MacAvoy, Julia B.
- Sabadra, Trisha A.
- Wang, Henry H.
- Zhang, Bruce M.
JUNIPERO SERRA H. S.
- Gibbs, Grant
- Hollister, Justin
SAN RAFAEL
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TERRA LINDA H. S.
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CALIFORNIA H. S.
- Cheung, Meghan G.
- Chu, Isaac L.
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- Li, William Y.
- Liang, Kadon O.
- Nayak, Sahil S.
- Piggott IV, William T.
- Rudrakshi, Naman S.
- Srinivasan, Amritha
- Thippavajjula, Srikar
- Zhao, Cindy Y.
DOUGHERTY VALLEY H. S.
- Agarwal, Prisha
- Agrawal, Aryan
- Bhaskara, Aditya
- Bian, Hunter
- Challa, Varun
- Chandrasekhar, Aditya
- Chen, Josiah
- De, Aarush
- Krishna, Adithya M.
- Kumar, Vainavi
- Lee, Jayden D.
- Malani, Rohan V.
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- Mei, Andy L.
- Mishra, Plaban
- Nadhan, Pallavi
- Naidu, Nirav M.
- Narayan, Aditya
- Park, Aiden D.
- Park, Sejun
- Pham, Michael K.
- Rajkumar, Shalini S.
- Sandadi, Rohit
- Shen, Katherine X.
- Wang, Joy
- Wang, Joyce
- Wang, Justin
- Wei, Hongyi
- Wu, Joyce C.
- Xu, Victoria C.
- Zhang, Joshua Z.
- Zhang, Timothy Y.
- Zhao, William J.
SANTA ANA
FOOTHILL H. S.
- Afable, Gabriela M.
- Chew, Alexis
- Doughty, Elle
ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
- Bay, Matthew
- Chung, Yeeun
- Conroy, James
- Keyoung, Estella
- Kim, Hennah
- Kim, Katherine
- Martono, Matthew
- Parigela, Samuel
- Sparnicht, Kaya
SANTA BARBARA
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
SAN MARCOS H. S.
- Butler, Anna
- Hale, Sophia
SANTA CLARA
SANTA CLARA H. S.
- Kulkarni, Om S.
- Solaiman, Maryam S.
- Ticau, Daniel A.
- Vetcha, Aakash S.
ADRIAN C. WILCOX H. S.
- Bose, Shaan
- Breslin, Megan
- Hecomovich, Brian
- Perwez, Yusuf
- Seerapu, Neelesh
SANTA CLARITA
ACADEMY OF THE CANYONS
SANTA CRUZ
PACIFIC COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
SANTA CRUZ H. S.
- Grant, Carson
- Marini, Giovanni
SANTA MONICA
CROSSROADS SCHOOL
- Koskoff, Rowan
- Ma, Sophie
- Shaheen, Benjamin A.
PACIFICA CHRISTIAN H. S.
SANTA MONICA H. S.
- Benun, Phoebe R.
- Gage, Naomi Z.
- Lee, Connor H.
- Moses, Isabella C.
- Sullivan, Henry H.
- Thompson, Avelaine R.
- Yamashiro-Hergert, Emi
SANTA ROSA
MARIA CARRILLO H. S.
- Armstrong, Scarlett
- Ling, Jonathan
SANTEE
WEST HILLS H. S.
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PROSPECT H. S.
- Aggarwal, Arnav
- Hung, Matthew
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SARATOGA H. S.
- Berger, Katherine
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SAUGUS
SAUGUS H. S.
SHERMAN OAKS
THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL
- Barrett, Thomas
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NOTRE DAME H. S.
- Caballero, Anton
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SIMI VALLEY
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- Ironhill, Nolan
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- Pandian, Jadon
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SOQUEL H. S.
- Marcus, Ruben
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SOUTH PASADENA H. S.
- Chang, William
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STOCKTON
LINCOLN H. S.
- Chan, Atticus
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MIDDLE COLLEGE H. S.
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CAMPBELL HALL
- Braun, Christopher
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HARVARD – WESTLAKE SCHOOL
- Aghnatios, Sasha S.
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- Esak, Disha
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- Chen, Jayden
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THE KING’S ACADEMY
- Bhattacharya, Benjamin
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- Wang, Maximillian
TEMECULA
GREAT OAK H. S.
- Le, Jane H.
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- Fong, Allison
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THOUSAND OAKS
THOUSAND OAKS H. S.
TORRANCE
BISHOP MONTGOMERY H. S.
- Choi, Caden
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- Choi, Alexis
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WEST H. S.
TRACY
JOHN C. KIMBALL H. S.
TRACY JOINT UNION H. S.
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VERDUGO HILLS H. S.
TUSTIN
LEGACY MAGNET ACADEMY
- Cheng, Justice
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UKIAH
UKIAH H. S.
UNION CITY
JAMES LOGAN H. S.
- Cheng, Lindsay
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VACAVILLE
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VALENCIA
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- Kim, Michaella
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- Lee, Hannah S.
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VAN NUYS H. S.
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VILLA PARK H. S.
- Byun, Christopher
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- Bian, Jiarong
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- Sivakumaran Thangaraj, Harrshwin
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- Burenko, Mark
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CONNECTING WATERS CHARTER SCHOOL – EAST BAY
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EDGEWOOD H. S.
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CHAMINADE COLLEGE PREPARATORY
DE TOLEDO H. S.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE
OAKS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
- Brady, Troy P.
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LA QUINTA H. S.
- Nguyen, Bryan B.
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DR. RICHARD A. VLADOVIC HARBOR TEACHER PREPARATION ACADEMY
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PIONEER H. S.
WOODLAND HILLS
EL CAMINO REAL CHARTER H. S.
WOODSIDE
WOODSIDE H. S.
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YORBA LINDA H. S.
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YUCAIPA H. S.
California
Billionaire Steyer’s spending binge dwarfs rival campaigns in California governor’s race
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the wide-open race for California governor, billionaire Tom Steyer is on a spending binge.
The hedge fund manager-turned-liberal activist is using his personal fortune to saturate TV screens and mobile phones with advertising, while his competitors accuse him of trying to use his vast wealth to buy the state’s most powerful job.
Steyer’s ads — in which he promises to bring down household costs or rails against federal immigration raids — appear inescapable at times in heavily Democratic Los Angeles, the state’s largest media market. Data compiled by advertising tracker AdImpact show Steyer has spent or booked over $115 million in ads for broadcast TV, cable and radio — nearly 30 times the amount of his nearest Democratic rival.
If he makes it through the June 2 primary election, Steyer could easily eclipse the 2010 record set by Republican Meg Whitman, who spent $178.5 million in a losing bid for governor, much of it her own money. At the time, it was the costliest campaign for statewide office in the nation’s history.
Even when ad buys from all his major competitors are combined, along with ad purchases by independent committees supporting candidates, Steyer is outspending the field by tens of millions of dollars.
“Billionaire money is flooding our state in an attempt to buy this election,” former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, one of Steyer’s chief rivals, warned her supporters this month.
Mail-in ballots are set to go out to voters next month. Steyer is among a crowd of candidates hoping to seize a spotlight after former Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell’s dramatic departure from the race following sexual assault allegations that he denies.
But while Steyer has ticked up in polling amid his spending splurge, he has not broken away from the field, leaving some wondering if he’s getting value for his dollars.
“If your first round of ads doesn’t move you dramatically (in the polls), the third, fourth, fifth, six, seventh and eighth rounds won’t either,” said veteran Democratic strategist Bill Carrick, who for years advised the late Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. “There is something inherently holding Steyer back.”
In recent prior campaigns for governor, at this stage a leading candidate was taking control of the race. This year, voters appear to be shrugging at a contest that lacks a star candidate among seven leading Democrats and two Republicans.
“Somehow the campaign is frozen,” Carrick added.
History shows that money doesn’t always translate into votes.
Billionaire developer Rick Caruso spent over $100 million in 2022 in his bid to become Los Angeles mayor, much of it his own money, but he was handily defeated by Mayor Karen Bass, who spent a fraction of Caruso’s total. Billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent more than $1 billion of his own money on his 2020 presidential bid before dropping out. And Steyer’s money was unable to lift him into contention in the 2020 presidential contest, when he dropped out early in the year after a poor finish in the South Carolina primary.
Steyer has never held elected office.
In a 2019 interview with The Associated Press, Steyer was asked what he would say to people who think he’s trying to buy the presidency.
“I don’t think that’s possible,” Steyer said at the time, before adding, “I’m never going to apologize for succeeding in business. That’s America, right?”
His campaign did not respond directly when asked about similar criticism facing his run for governor.
“Tom now stands as the only Democrat with the grassroots energy, institutional backing and resources to advance to the general election,” spokesperson Kevin Liao said in a statement.
The governor’s race was recently reordered by two developments: Swalwell, a leading Democrat, abruptly withdrew from the race then resigned from Congress, following sexual assault allegations. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump endorsed conservative commentator Steve Hilton.
Still, there is no clear leader.
Polling in late March and early April by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found a cluster of candidates in close competition: Democrats Steyer and Porter, Republicans Hilton and Chad Bianco, and Swalwell. Other candidates were trailing. The polling was conducted before Swalwell withdrew.
Democrats have feared the party’s large number of candidates could lead to them getting shut out of the general election in November. That’s because California has a primary system in which only the top two vote-getters advance to the general election, regardless of party.
Leading Democrats are all claiming to have picked up support since Swalwell’s exit. Steyer nabbed one plum endorsement, when the influential California Teachers Association, which previously backed Swalwell, recommended him.
In his ads, Steyer promises to “abolish” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has been staging raids across California. In another, he laments the state’s punishing cost of housing, “Everybody needs an affordable place to live,” he says.
California
Tory Lanez Sues California Prison System for $100 Million Over Stabbing
Rapper was stabbed 16 times by fellow inmate in May 2025 while 10-year sentence in Megan Thee Stallion shooting case
Tory Lanez has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections stemming from a May 2025 incident where the rapper was stabbed in prison.
Lanez — born Daystar Peterson and currently serving a 10-year sentence after being found guilty in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case — also sued the warden and guards at the California Correctional Institute in Tehachapi, where the rapper was stabbed 16 times in an “unprovoked life-threatening attack” by another inmate, the lawsuit states.
Peterson was hospitalized following the May 2025 incident, suffering a collapsed lung among stab wounds to his back, torso, and head.
According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit criticized the Department of Corrections for housing Peterson with fellow inmate and alleged attacker Santino Casio, who was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder. “The choice to house Casio with Peterson was known or should have been a known danger,” the lawsuit said, adding that Tory Lanez’ “high-profile celebrity status” made him a target.
The lawsuit also said that prison guards were slow to respond to the shanking, and didn’t employ flash grenades or other measures to halt Casio’s attack.; Casio was not charged for stabbing Peterson, the Associated Press notes.
Lanez, who following his hospitalization was transferred to San Luis Obispo County’s California Men’s Colony, also alleges in the lawsuit that he never received his possessions from the California Correctional Institute in Tehachapi, including songbooks filled with lyrics to his unreleased music.
Lanez is serving a 10-year prison sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot during a confrontation in the summer of 2020. He was eventually convicted on several firearms charges, including assault with a firearm, in December 2022. In November 2025, his appeal was denied by a three-judge panel, and the 10-year sentence was upheld.
California
California DOJ cracks down on hospice fraud. Takes shot at Trump Administration
From one crackdown on hospice fraud to another.
A few weeks ago, the FBI arrested multiple people in Southern California that were accused of defrauding the government for millions of dollars.
In a more recent announcement last Thursday, California’s State Attorney General Rob Bonta held a press conference to announce a fraud bust of their own.
“Operation Skip Trace uncovered and ended a hospice fraud scheme that defrauded Medi-Cal of $267 million,” Bonta said. “So just to be clear, a quarter billion dollars over funds that are paid for by California taxpayers, funds that are meant to provide care to Californians in need. It is unacceptable. It is illegal and we will not stand for it.”
The operation saw a total of 21 suspects charged as a result and dismantled a major hospice fraud scheme, with two handguns and over $750 thousand in cash seized as well.
According to the state’s attorney general, this is just one of the many cases over the years the state has cracked down on.
“This is just the latest example of the California DOJ’s longstanding ongoing and successful efforts to combat hospice and medical fraud,” Bonta said. “We have been doing this work for years. We’ve been doing it successfully before certain people in this country decided to think about it for the first time. We will continue to do this work. Heads down, sleeves rolled up, important investigative work, prosecutorial work.”
He added to that by taking a shot at the Trump Administration’s latest fraud operations.
“While healthcare fraud might be President Trump’s shiny new political talking point, the California DOJ has been going after healthcare fraud since 1979,” Bonta said. “For decades, Trump is late to the party. Protecting taxpayer dollars and protecting programs sick and vulnerable Californians rely on have been our priority for nearly five decades.”
Governor Gavin Newsom also spoke out about this latest crackdown while taking a shot of his own at President Trump.
In a post to “X” the Governor’s Press Office wrote in part quote…
“California has been cracking down on hospice fraud long before Trump gutted oversight and pardoned the architect of the biggest health care fraud scheme in U.S. history.”
State Republicans have responded to this latest announcement from Attorney General Bonta, calling for a special session to demand accountability from the Governor on widespread fraud.
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