Strake Jesuit Students Awarded with Academic Honors from College Board National Recognition Programs 2023

80 Strake Jesuit students earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs. These National Recognition Programs grant students with academic honors that can be included on college and scholarship applications and connect students with universities across the country, helping them meaningfully connect to colleges and stand out during the admissions process. 

This year, we have 8 students named National Merit Semifinalists: Alan Belloso ’24, Noah Chang ’24, Jonathan Daniel ’24, Ian Elfman ’24, Zachary Jones ’24, Vincent Jumalon ’24, Brendan Lyon ’24, and William Patel ’24. 

We also want to recognize the following students awarded with academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs. 

The following students were recognized as National Merit Commended Students: Lance Alonte ’24, Dylan Bentsen ’24, Matthew Cavers ’24, David Chiu ’24, Maximiliano Concha Pinto ’24, Garrett Connell ’24, Connor Couch ’24, Samuel Dachman ’24, Charles Donnell ’24, Gabriel Fernandes ’24, Xavier Gallart ’24, Owen Gibney ’24, Amar Griffin ’24, Dillon Hopper ’24, Luke Johnson ’24, Abel Kallely ’24, Hunter Lee ’24, Brody Leffler ’24, Jason Lin ’24, Lucas Marinovic ’24, Christopher Miller ’24, Matthew O’Neal ’24, Evan Pendleton ’24, Nicholas Puig ’24, Rishabh Raaj ’24, Luke Ritter ’24, Armando Saenz ’24, Ray Saenz ’24, Lucas Sieler ’24, Elliot Smythe ’24, and Patrick Sullivan ’24. 

The following students were recognized as National African American Recognition Scholars: Brandon Ukonu ’25, Brody Glover ’25, Chase Broadnax ’24, Christian Jones ’25, Henry Omanga ’25, Kole Metz ’25, Luke Omanga ’25, Matthew O’Neal ’24, Matthew Mead ’23, Robert Humber ’24, William Ellison ’24, and Zachary Marshall ’24.

The following students were recognized as National Hispanic Recognition Scholars: Adrian Cardenas ’24, Albert Dion ’24, Alejandro Cruz ’24, Alexander Saba ’24, Andrew Mitchell ’25, Brendan Lyon ’24, Carson Hopper ’24, Christopher Dangel ’25, Diego PanDavila ’25, Dillon Hopper ’24, Elias Al-Ramahi ’25, Felipe Riascos ’24, Henry Leeman ’24, Javier Hernandez-Molina ’24, Joaquin Martinez ’24, Josh Cortes ’24, Juan Pablo Marinovic ’24, Julio Ceno ’24, Kai Chong ’25, Lucas Marinovic ’24, Marcos Rodriguez ’24, Martin Mejia ’24, Martin Sierra ’25, Michael Rodriguez ’25, Miguel Gomez ’25, Oscar Valdes ’24, Patricio Parra ’24, Ramiro de Leon ’25, Richard Davis ’25, Robert Cabrera ’25, Robert Adamo ’25, Rodolfo Gonzalez Vidal ’24, Samuel Dachman ’24, Santiago Fernandez ’24, and Sebastian Khayat ’24. 

Robert Cabrera ’25 was recognized as a National Indigenous Scholar.