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Each year, OCPS celebrates its "Super Scholars," those graduating seniors who were accepted into the nation's top 20 colleges and universities (as ranked by U.S. News and World Report) and U.S. service academies. 

Recognition SHOW

The show hosted by Nancy Alvarez from WESH 2 News will premier, Tuesday, May 7, at 7:00 p.m.

2024 Rankings

Top 20 National Universities

Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, California Institute of Technology, Duke University, Brown University, Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, Columbia University, Cornell University, University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, Rice University, Dartmouth College, Vanderbilt University, University of Notre Dame.

Top 20 Liberal Arts Colleges

Williams College, Amherst College, U.S. Naval Academy, Pomona College, Swarthmore College, Wellesley College, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Bowdoin College, Carleton College, Barnard College, Claremont McKenna College, Grinnell College, Middlebury College, Wesleyan University, Davidson College, Hamilton College, Harvey Mudd College, Smith College, Vassar College.

U.S. Service Academies 

U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy,
U. S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy

2024 Super Scholars

Amherst College

• Carlos Nunez-Sosa, East River

Barnard College

• Brooke Chepenik, Winter Park
• Gabi Fabozzi, Boone
• Sophia Malkani Dias, Horizon

 Brown University

• Cai Bates, Edgewater
• Alejandro Bello, Timber Creek
• 
Kaitlyn Budhai, Evans
• Coral Gimbernard, Dr. Phillips
• Meghana Konda, Lake Buena Vista 

Carleton College

• Miranda Asad, Lake Nona
• 
Evensia Chery, Ocoee
• Sophia Hilmer, Winter Park
• Ethan Korkes, Apopka
• Mikayla Matthews, Ocoee
• Elijah Nuebel, Apopka
• Kishen Sukhu, Ocoee

Claremont McKenna College

• Jacob Davis, Apopka
• Sophia Malkani Dias, Horizon

Columbia University

• Mateo Bodon, Freedom
• Sharanya Chatterjee, Freedom
• Brooke Chepenik, Winter Park
• Ashlynne Graham, West Orange

Cornell University

• Mateo Bodon, Freedom
• 
Delaney Brinton, Winter Park
• Kamal Harris, Olympia
• Amira Razack, Lake Nona

Dartmouth College

• Claire Dvorak, Olympia
• Eduardo Gutierrez, Cypress Creek
• Carlos Nunez-Sosa, East River

Davidson College

• Camille Espinos, Dr. Phillips
• Courtney Johnson, Jones
• Jack Leary, Winter Park
• Brayden Pryor, Dr. Phillips


Duke University

• Cai Bates, Edgewater
• Sam Bernbaum,Winter Park
• Michelle Giffoni-Albor, Lake Nona
• Andre Graves, University

• Victoria Justiniano, Colonial
• Suhaib Mansour, East River
• Anamarie Martinez, Boone
• Bejthara Mauvais, Windermere

• Carlos Nunez-Sosa, East River
• Scarlett Seyler, Boone


Grinnell College

• Evensia Chery, Ocoee
• 
Reece Storey, Winter Park

Hamilton College

• Elliana Kirby, Edgewater
• Brayden Pryor, Dr. Phillips
• Ritchell Registre, Apopka

Harvard University

• Sam Bernbaum, Winter Park
• Ashley Ding, Lake Nona
• Carlos Nunez-Sosa, East River
• 
Kaden Shields-Dutton, Edgewater
• Camren Ware, Olympia

Johns Hopkins University

• Mirah Blanchard, Winter Park
• Mateo Bodon, Freedom
• Nghia Dang, Oak Ridge
• Ethan Korkes, Apopka
• Aditya Krishnan, Lake Nona 
• Carlos Nunez-Sosa, East River

• Anna Pantano, Lake Nona
• Sebastian Santa, Freedom
• Nicholas Shikano, Dr. Phillips
• Owen Zhu, Winter Park

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Jesus Caraballo Anaya, Freedom
• Sharanya Chatterjee, Freedom
• Carlos Nunez-Sosa, East River
• Sebastian Santa, Freedom


Middlebury College

• Evensia Chery, Ocoee
• Jacob Davis, Apopka
• Brian Duong, Lake Buena Vista
• Milani Ellis, Dr. Phillips
• Lyse Garilus, Dr. Phillips
• Alexander Green-White, Lake Buena Vista
• Savannah Kantor, Ocoee
• Issac Knight, Apopka
• Ethan Korkes, Apopka
• Diego Mosqueda-Sandoval, Ocoee
• Anthony Lim, Ocoee
• Huy Nguyen, Ocoee
• Richard Nguyen, Ocoee
• Absalina Plaisir, Ocoee
• Brayden Pryor, Dr. Phillips
• Matthew Scalzo Costa, Horizon
• Nathan Tran, Ocoee
 
Northwestern University

• Oluwatunmise Afolabi, West Orange
• Cai Bates, Edgewater
• Mateo Bodon, Freedom
• Evensia Chery, Ocoee
• Alyssa Connelly, University
• Sanaa Douglas, Evans
• Elijah Nuebel, Apopka
• Samuel Nuebel, Apopka
• Carlos Nunez-Sosa, East River
• Dylan Rodriguez, East River
• Tonisha Saint Fleur, Olympia

Pomona College

• Ashlynne Graham, West Orange

Princeton University

• Andre Graves, University 
• Miguel Palacios, Freedom
• Ashtyn Sims, Windermere
• Elan Zhang, Dr. Phillips

Rice University

• Zachary Cohen-Neamie, Winter Park
• Belinda Rodriguez-Vasquez, Dr. Phillips

Smith College

• Lisa Nguyen, Ocoee

Stanford University

• Ashley Ding, Lake Nona
• Benjamin Graham, Boone
• Jayden Moore, Lake Nona
• Alexis Sapp, Evans

Swarthmore College

• Keyla Imbert Suarez, Oak Ridge
• Courtney Johnson, Jones
• Diego Mosqueda-Sandoval, Ocoee

U.S. Air Force Academy

• Noah Daniels, Winter Park
• Guy Fox, Lake Nona
• Elias Lopez, West Orange
• Laila Reyes Rivera, Colonial
• Rachael Yim, Dr. Phillips


U.S. Coast Guard Academy

• Jordan Blais, Winter Park

U.S. Military Academy at West Point

• Joshua Lee, Timber Creek
• Carlos Nunez-Sosa, East River
• Aiden Pezzutti, Timber Creek

U.S. Naval Academy

• Kayana Adlam, Boone
• Madden Bourst, Olympia
• Darren Nguyen, West Orange
• Sandy Scott, Olympia
• Taylor Woerner, Colonial

University of California - Berkeley


• Sara Casey, Windermere
• Amelie Halon, Winter Park
• Arjun Nanduri, Lake Nona

University of California - Los Angeles

• Stephanie Altemburger, Timber Creek
• Mateo Bodon, Freedom
• Cindy Doan, University
• Amelie Halon, Winter Park
• Maddox Hunziker, Winter Park
• Suhaib Mansour, East River
• Arina Nemati, University
• Emerson Self, Edgewater
• Breonne Trotman, Cypress Creek
• Ethan Wiseman, Winter Park

University of Chicago

• Tristan Kidwell, Windermere

University of Notre Dame

• Samantha Fernandez, East River
• Mariana Florez Aramburo, Cypress Creek
• Diego Mosqueda-Sandoval, Ocoee
• Samuel Nuebel, Apopka
• Carlos Nunez-Sosa, East River
• Kamila Rodriguez, Cypress Creek
• Stella Xu, Winter Park

University of Pennsylvania

• Sam Bernbaum, Winter Park
• Mateo Bodon, Freedom

• Evensia Chery
, Ocoee
• Samuel De La Espriella, Lake Nona
• Ashlynne Graham, West Orange

• Valeria Mercado
, Cypress Creek
• Matthew Nguyen, Apopka
• 
Mariana Nijensohn, Windermere
• 
Bryce Ownby, Olympia
• Brayden Pryor, Dr. Phillips

Vanderbilt University

• Sam Bernbaum, Winter Park
• Alanii Cason, Ocoee
• Brooke Chepenik, Winter Park

• Keyla Imbert Suarez, Oak Ridge
• Haris Kajevic, East River
• Arjun Nanduri, Lake Nona
• Jaycie Nguyen, Colonial


Vassar College

• Karina Ferreira, Timber Creek
• 
Sophia Hilmer, Winter Park
• 
Elijah Nuebel, Apopka
• Brayden Pryor, Dr. Phillips
• Kishen Sukhu, Ocoee
• Helen Thornberry, Winter Park

Wellesley College

• Sophia Malkani Dias, Horizon
• Lisa Nguyen, Ocoee

Wesleyan University

• Athanel Brooks, Evans
• Elijah Nuebel, Apopka
• Brayden Pryor, Dr. Phillips

Williams College

• Kishen Sukhu, Ocoee

Yale University

• Olivia Barton, University
• Mateo Bodon, Freedom
• Reilly Harris, Winter Park
• Diego Mosqueda-Sandoval, Ocoee
• Matthew Nguyen, Apopka

• Carlos Nunez-Sosa, East River
• Thony Ramos, Apopka