Scholarship
nominees
The Star-Ledger • Sunday, May
22, 2005
Star-Ledger Scholars are chosen by
educators from nominees submitted by public and private high
schools in the newspaper's primary circulation area. Each
school may nominate one student.
Nominees must be high school seniors and
U.S. citizens. Children of Star-Ledger employees are
ineligible. The selection committee, appointed by the state
Department of Education, chooses 11 finalists and one Mort
Pye Scholar.
Awards are based strictly on academic
merit. Financial need is not a consideration. The selection
committee considers the difficulty of courses pursued, class
rank, grade- point average, courses taken at colleges and
summer programs, and achievement test scores. Nominees not
selected for scholarships are designated Star-Ledger
Scholars for their schools. They are:
ESSEX COUNTY
Vincent Kam, Belleville
Kristin Szuhany, Bloomfield
James Lin, Cedar Grove
Meredith Steck, Columbia
Alison Boyd, Glen Ridge
Katherine Harripersaud, Immaculate
Conception
Andrew Mangino, James Caldwell
Emily Vallillo, Lacordaire
Herschel Mukherjee, Montclair
Paul Cuneo, Montclair Kimberly
Katherine Griwert, Mt. St.
Dominic
Brendan Lyons, Nutley
Carlos Rodriguez, Seton Hall
Jessica Yip, Verona
Sumeet Goil, West Essex
Julia Milton, West Orange
GREATER ELIZABETH
Dahlia Safar, Hillside
Laura Allen, Koinonia Academy
Ann Mularz, Linden
Rosa Mendoza, Rahway
Vanessa Espinosa, St. Mary
GREATER NEWARK
Xiomara Benavides, Barringer
Nana Afriyie, Central
Farah Fenelus, East Orange
Stella Mimidas, East Side
Andrea Almeida, Essex Voc.
Tanesha Douglas, Irvington
Rikkiyah Muslin, Madrasatu Ahlis
Sunnah
Natasha Tucker, Orange
Christina Maldonado, Shabazz
Carlin Alcantara, Technology
Rashni Stanford, University
Megan Pitt, Weequahic
Lisa-Marie Bryan, West Side
HUNTERDON COUNTY
Christopher Garay, Delaware
Valley
Siyu Yang, Hunterdon Central
Jennifer Resvick, North
Hunterdon
Erin Buchanan, South Hunterdon
MIDDLESEX
Joseph Russell, Bishop Ahr/St.
Thomas
Katherine Levering, Cardinal
McCarrick
Vanessa Merker, Colonia
Patrick Pangan, Dunellen
Anmol Gupta, Edison
Anna Weltman, Highland Park
Nidhi Jain, JFK
Ricky Shah, J.P. Stevens
Rachel Ostrand, Metuchen
David Earl, Middlesex
James Kong, Middlesex Academy
Daniel Heimall, Middlesex Voc.
Simranjeet Sran, Monroe
Desiree Underwood, New
Brunswick
Victoria Torres, New Brunswick Sci
Tech
Pratik Patel, North Brunswick
Amanda Sherman, Old Bridge
Vanessa Rivera, Perth Amboy
Aakash Madhu, Piscataway
Joshua Esteban, St. Joseph
Elizabeth Szamreta, Sayreville
Michelle Tomaszewski, South
Amboy
Prasad Tare, South Brunswick
Kathleen Morgan, South
Plainfield
Joseph Adelino, South River
Claire Almog, Spotswood
Thomas Eck, Timothy Christian
Sydney Briggs,
Wardlaw-Hartridge
Lauren Yokomizo, W. Windsor- Plainsboro
South
Dana Rutherford, Woodbridge
MONMOUTH COUNTY
Steven San Filippo, Allied Health and
Science
Christina Butera, Allentown
Timothy Britton, Christian
Brothers
Christina Farah, Colts Neck
Swarup Swaminathan, Freehold
Borough
Mark Fuller, Freehold Twp.
Saranne Weimer, Henry Hudson
Kristin Beck, High Technology
Anupriya Singhal, Holmdel
Christina Rourke, Howell
Lori Zimmerman, Keyport
Virian Serei, Long Branch
Ryan Perumpail, Manalapan
Jamie Kapalko, Manasquan
Andrew Goon, Marlboro
Amanda Olson, Marine Academy
John Robinson, Middletown
North
Jennifer Lin, Middletown South
Decosy Hercules, Neptune
Michele Edelmann, Ocean
Rachelle Scolari, Red Bank
Catholic
Elizabeth Robinson, Rumson-Fair
Haven
Daniel Hartman, Shore
Amanda Cammarata, St. John
Vianney
Tyler Abrams, Wall
MORRIS COUNTY
Ola Aljawhary, Boonton
Karen Peltyszyn, Butler
Abigail Van Wyk, Chatham
Stephen Zoller, Delbarton
Kimberlee Koehler, Dover
Tiffany Tseng, Hanover Park
Courtney Giancaterino,
Kinnelon
Alexa Malishchak, Madison
Gianna Pelligrino, Morris
Academy--Law
Richard Lopez, Morris Academy-
Science
John Nunno, Morris Catholic
Amanda Rosen, Morris Hills
Kelly Rosencrans, Morris
Knolls
Alissa Cerny, Morristown
Brian Cantor, Mount Olive
Hannah Simon, Mountain Lakes
Jessica Ho, Parsippany
Aishwarya Bhake, Parsippany
Hills
Matthew Colombo, Pequannock
Shai Bronshstein, Randolph
Daniella Orton, Roxbury
Lauren Luther, St. Elizabeth
Robin Rabinowitz, Villa Walsh
Taylor Steffan, West Morris
Central
Nikhil Daftary, West Morris
Mendham
Benjamin Hsu, Whippany Park
SOMERSET COUNTY
Miroslav Milanov, Bound Brook
Justin Monticello, Bridgewater-
Raritan
Shazia Mehmood, Franklin
Jesse Waldman, Gill-St.
Bernard's
Karen Meyer, Hillsborough
Thomas Wiederhold, Immaculata
Neonila Levitsky, Manville
Stephanie Mok, Mt. St. Mary
Keith Trinh, North Plainfield
Allison Seebald, Pingry
Joseph Clark, Rutgers Prep
Roland Liang, Somerville
Richard Chen, Watchung Hills
SUSSEX COUNTY
Emily Vroegindewry, High Point
Lucy Chen, Hopatcong
Jill Carey, Lenape Valley
Abigail Scholz, Newton
Jason Lieb, Pope John XXIII
Amanda Prior, Sussex Tech
Sabrina Moran, Vernon
Andrew Cranisky, Wallkill
Valley
UNION COUNTY
Jenna Small, Arthur Johnson
Emily Clader, Cranford
Alexandra Pederson, David
Brearly
Boris Pivtorak, Jonathan
Dayton
Lauren Stokes, Kent Place
Katherine Panicali, Mother
Seton
Eugene Astrakan, New
Providence
Carol Szurkowski, Oak Knoll
Robert Crum, Oratory
Vishal Gandhi, Roselle Park
Nora Isack, Scotch
Plains-Fanwood
Varun Gehani, Summit
Paul Dupiano, Union
Lucy Guarnera, Union Magnet
Christina Cordeiro, Westfield
WARREN COUNTY
Steven Matinelli, Belvidere
Katherine Brandwood, Blair
Academy
Brian Wexler, Hackettstown
Martin Ackerman, North Warren
Clair Johnson, Warren Hills
Daniel McGarry, Warren Tech
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