Congratulations to the NSHSS members below selected for USA Today’s 21st annual All-USA High School Academic Team. First Team members were selected from 1,200 high school seniors nominated by schools nationwide on the basis of academic record, leadership, breadth and depth of activities, and extending their ability beyond the classroom to solve problems. Twenty students were selected for each of the first three teams, and forty received honorable mention awards.
For information on 2007 winners and applications for 2008, please visit the USA All Stars website.
- 1st team
- Thilini Ariyawansa, Pullman, WA, Pullman High School NSHSS scholarship recipient)
- Patrick Lee, Barrington, IL, Barrington High School (NSHSS scholarship recipient)
- Lova Sun, Montgomery, Alabama, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School
- Meredith MacGregor, Fairview High School, Boulder, CO
- Johnny Hu, Grissom High, Huntsville, AL
- 2nd Team
- Gabriel Mendoza, Americas High School, El Paso, Texas
- Nathaniel Thomas, Palisades High School, Kintnersville, PA (NSHSS scholarship recipient)
- Rui Wang, Fairport High School, Fairport, NY (NSHSS scholarship recipient)
- 3rd Team
- Arhana Chattopadhyay, Plano East Senior High, Plano, TX
- Matthew Conti, North Allegheny Senior High, Wexford, PA
- Marshall Everett, Shoals Christian School, Florence, AL
- Congcong “Elizabeth” Guo, White Station High, Memphis, TN
- Allen Lin, Holmdel High, Holmdel, NJ (NSHSS scholarship recipient)
- Tina Liu, Ossining High, Ossining, NY
- David Tao, The McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN Lexington, KY
- Honorable Mention
- Jessica Miles, du Pont Manual High, Louisville, KY
- Prateek Kumar, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA (NSHSS scholarship recipient)
- Tristan Darling, McCook Senior High, Mc Cook, NE
- Bushra Wazed, Townsend Harris High, Flushing, NY
- Vijay Jain, Herricks High, New Hyde Park, NY
- Nandini Venkateswaran, Herricks High, New Hyde Park, NY