68 Students Earn AP Scholar Award Recognition

Sixty-eight students at the Honeoye Falls – Lima High School have earned Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar Award recognition for their exceptional achievement on AP exams.  The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP exams.

Twenty-three students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.  These students are Joshua Bassette, Patrick Carter, Rachel Deir, Kevin Fisher, John Fleming, Brian Guenther, Heather Henderson, Eric Laux, Philip Malley, Malcolm McCrumb, Shane McIntyre, Kevin McNamara, Carter Middleton, Amanda Moyer, Shanthi Purushotham, Peter Richter, Bryan Rose, Skylar Sarkis, Michael Scorsone, Evan Vaczy, Anna Weldon, Chelsea Wiggins and Katherine Young.

Eighteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.  These students are Justin Allan, Jessica Beiter, David Brummond, Thomas Colosky, August Conwell, Tess Downer, Jennifer Gay, Rebecca Gravenstede, Matthew Gretton, Katie Kazmarek, Katherine Lamendola, Madeline McGee, Kevin Pamper, Jyothi Purushotham, Samantha Queeno, Laura Reidy, Brandon Shufelt and David Volzer.

Twenty-seven students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher.  These students are Nathanial Bailey, Christopher Baldwin, Katherine Banford, Emma Barrett, Kelly Burgart, Anna Burke, Mackenzie Davitt, Marisa Delmonte, Mary Hallahan, Tara Hastings, Amanda Kattato, Matthew Kaufman, Kerry Keyes, Daniel Leferve, Alana Mango, Christopher Manzella, Kevin McCabe, Sean McLaughlin, Alexandra Mustardo, Zachary Porrey, Alexandra Rooke, Allison Stuckless, Michael Tichenor, Brittany Trelly, Michael Trinidad, Katlyn Yorks and Sean Zion.

In addition, AP Scholar with Distinction Award recipient, Peter Richter, also qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4.75 out of 5 on eight exams.

The College Board’s AP Program provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, earning college credit, advanced placement or both for successful performance on the AP exams.  About 18 percent of the 1.6 million students worldwide who took AP exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.

“Congratulations to all of this year’s AP Scholar Award recipeints,” said Dr. Michelle Kavanaugh, Superintendent of Schools.  “They are most deserving of this recognition.”