Nacogdoches High School students earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs for the 2022-23 year. These programs celebrate students' hard work in high school and showcase their strong academic performance.
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.
At NHS, 57 students received 64 honors for the 2022-23 academic year; 25 of the students were members of the Class of 2023. Those students are: Nicholas Bacarisse, Parker Bobo; Kailey Busby, Matthew Dossett, Aidan Finnerud, Noah Hewitt, Daniel Hook, Whitley Howell and Murphy Jacobie.
Also, Holden Kelly, Marco Morales, Uriel Morales-Ocana, Jessica Moreno, Christopher Nieberding, Vivyan Nieberding, Christian Ochoa, Joseph Pratt, Jordan Rankin, Noah Satir, Harrison Smith, David Taravella, James Teekell, Oswaldo Vega, Veronika Willardson and Kevin Zhu.
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.
Current students and their scholar award:
AP Scholars (students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams) – Seniors: (Back row, from left) Emma Welsh, Sterling Smith, Joe Still, Polina Willardson and Margaret Schaefer. (Front row) Grace Hao, Viviana Chavarria and Nayeli Carrillo. Not pictured: Luis Aguirre, Gianna Rubio
AP Scholars (students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams) – Juniors: (From left) Lilian Montes, Abigail Allman, Charles Hodge and Dereck Polo.
College Board National Recognition Award Winners (for National African American Recognition, National Hispanic Recognition, National Rural and Small Town and/or National Indigenous awards) – Back row (from left): Mark Sifuentes, Julian Pruit, Miguel Diaz, Ben Satir and Cole Windham. Front row: Taylor Hart and Justin Phillips.
College Board National Recognition Award Winners (for National African American Recognition, National Hispanic Recognition, National Rural and Small Town and/or National Indigenous awards) – Back row (from left): Grace Hao, Nixon Long, Jean Choi and Delayna Adams. Front row: Rees Runnells and Bigvai Morales.
AP Scholars (students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams) – Seniors: Sasha Chandler-Ezell and Adan Mandujano.
College Board National Recognition Award Winner (for National African American Recognition, National Hispanic Recognition, National Rural and Small Town and/or National Indigenous awards): Senior Kadie Callaway.