Diana Zavela First place as part of an 8-member team, target altitude, Battle of the Rockets National Competition

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1 Aerospace Initiative Diana Zavela First place as part of an 8-member team, target altitude, Battle of the Rockets National Competition Biology Olympiad Akshay Balaji Placed in the top 54 on the University of Toronto National Biology (UTNBO) Competition James Ma Placed in the top 54 on the University of Toronto National Biology (UTNBO) Competition Neeraj Prasad 2017 Team USA Bronze Medalist Scored second out of 5489 students at 2017 Biology Olympiad (USABO) Competition ( Recognition of Academic Excellence by Center for Excellence in Education [CEE]) Placed in top 1% on the 2016 UTNBO Competition Scored in top 50 on the 2016 USABO Semifinal Exam ("Recognition of Academic Excellence" by CEE) Tied for sixth place on the 2015 UTNBO Competition Ashwin Srinavasan Placed in top 1% on the 2016 UTNBO Competition Scored in top 50 on the 2016 USABO Semifinal Exam ("Recognition of Academic Excellence" by CEE) Tied for sixth place on the 2015 UTNBO Competition Aadith Vittala

2 Placed in top 1% on the 2016 UTNBO Competition Tied for first place on the 2015 UTNBO Competition Certamen Arjun Guidroz, Kristen Myers, and Rebecca Mays Prestigious Book Awards, 2017 CAMWS National Latin Contest Chemistry Olympiad Joyce Tian Member of 2016 USA National Chemistry Olympiad Team Silver Medal, 2016 International Chemistry Olympiad Aadith Vittala Scored in Top 50 on 2016 USA Chemistry Olympiad Chess team Isuru Attanagoda Second place as part of a 10-member team, National Chess High School Championship Benjamin Lyons Second place as part of a 10-member team, National Chess High School Championship Congressional Debate Victoria Bevard

3 Virginia Student of the Year (National Speech and Debate Association), 2017 NSDA Academic All American, 2017 Exemplary Student Service Award (NSDA), top 6 national finalist, 2017, award given for outstanding service contribution to the speech and debate community Third place, 2016 Harvard Invitational National Forensics Tournament Fourth place, 2016 Tournament of Champions 2016 Senate National Champion (NSDA) Ranked 2nd nationally at the close of the season, Institute for Speech and Debate Seventeen lifetime bids to the Tournament of Champions Nash Hemrajani NSDA Academic All American, 2017 Economics Jacob Ajit and Heicheng Charles Zhao Members of 4-person team qualifying for 2017 National Economics Challenge Forensic Speech Thomas Mecherikunnel Qualifier, NSDA Grand National Tournament, 2017 Model United Nations Ari Anugu and Dan Qi Honorable (European Union), 2017 Ivy League Model UN Conference

4 Honorable (ECOSOC), 2017 William and Mary High School Model UN Conference (WAMHSMUN) Suzie Bae Verbal (UN Council on Social Development), 2017 ILMUNC Michelle Cao Verbal (ECOSOC), 2017 WAMHSMUN Laura Chu Gavel (Ad-Hoc), 2017 WAMHSMUN Deepshika Dhanasekar and Amritha Justin Outstanding (Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA 1975), 2017 WAMHSMUN Richa Gupta Verbal (Bonaparte Family Dinner), 2017 ILMUNC Outstanding (Kurdish State Formation), 2017 WAMHSMUN Nash Hamrajani and Nikhil Shirolkar Outstanding (UN Children s Emergency Fund), 2017 ILMUNC Amritha Justin and Subul Malik Honorable (NATO), 2017 ILMUNC Bailey Knight Gavel (UN Children s Emergency Fund), 2017 ILMUNC Gavel (African Union: Meeting of Health Ministers), 2017 WAMHSMUN Shivam Kollur and Shruti Anant Honorable (UN Commission on the Peaceful uses of Outer Space), 2017 ILMUNC

5 Neil Parikh Verbal (Nintendo Board of Directors), 2017 ILMUNC Neil Parikh and Shivam Kollur Outstanding (ASEAN), 2017 WAMHSMUN Gautum Ramanathan and Justin Lee Outstanding (SOCHUM), 2017 Washington Area Model UN Conference Giancarlo Valdetaro Honorable (Rio de Janeiro Olympic Planning Committee), 2017 WAMHSMUN Ocean Bowl Jennifer Baily Second place as Part of a 5-member team, 2017 Chesapeake Bay Bowl, sponsored by the National Ocean Sciences Bowl Physics Team Amit Gupta Bronze Medal, 2017 United States Physics Olympiad (USAPHO) Exam Bronze Medal, 2015 USPHO Exam Kody Stremick Silver Medal, 2017 USAPHO Exam Aadith Vittala Bronze Medal, 2017 USAPHO Exam

6 Quizbowl Ruyan Zhang Two-time International History Bee Qualifier Rubik s Cube David Chao Member of 8-member team, 2016 DC-Metro You Can Do the Rubik s Cube team competition, world record time of for solving 25 cubes Landon Chu Member of 8-member team, 2015 DC-Metro You Can Do the Rubik s Cube team competition, world record time of for solving 25 cubes Member of 8-member team, 2014 DC-Metro You Can Do the Rubik s Cube team competition, world's second best time of for solving 25 cubes Landon Chu and Anoop Kalra Senior coaches, 2016 DC-Metro You Can Do the Rubik s Cube team competition. Science Bowl Neeraj Prasad Second place as part of 5-member team, 2017 National Science Bowl Fifth place as part of a 5-member team, 2016 National Science Bowl Joyce Tian

7 Second place as part of 5-member team, 2017 National Science Bowl