Academic Honors / Awards

AP SCHOLARS PROGRAM

2020 AP Scholar Awards

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school and earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.

Nineteen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. These students are Lauren Bahl, Madelyn Bier, Katherine Bill, Maria Blasingame, Abbie Coker, Macy Gamel, Jonah Heck, Kathryn Holland, Logan Holmes, Braden Johnson, Garrett Manahan, Christian Matthews, Maia Menzer, Timothy Mueller, Rebecca Riegler, Gabe Ryan, Andrew Trapp, Noel Trimbach, and Joseph Wilson.

Nine students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are Sydney Arthur, James Carroll, Erin Cheek, Lilly Dressman, Sarah Mahan, Emma Neiheisel, John Reding, Lillian Rolfsen, and Jonathan Schaefer.

Eighteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are Donovan Adkins, Erin Arthur, Sarah Bagshaw, Jacob Bahl, Isabelle Chapman, Brady Cline, Zoe Epplen, Katherine Evans, Anna Freihofer, Kyle Gish, Kelly Goetz, Aaron Ihrig, Sophia Laudenslayer, Casey McKinley, Zachary Owen, Meghan Pawsat, Colin Pritchett, and Kylee Sheldon.

Two students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students are Brady Cline and Meghan Pawsat.

2019 AP Scholar Awards

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school and earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.

Twenty seven students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. These students are Erin Arthur, Jordan Bautista, Alexa Beetem, Elizabeth Bihl, Jacey Blust, Dakota Burgess, Natalie Butler, Brady Cline, Samuel Connett, Ysabel Cordova-Elias, Patrick Cummings, Gabrielle Feinauer, Kyle Gish, Patrick Harmeling, Raymond Kluemper, Sophia Laudenslayer, Tim Mashni, Maia Menzer, Grace Mullikin, Zachary Owen, Natalie Pope, Colin Pritchett, Kylee Sheldon, Madelyn Taylor, Maria Tobergte, Nathan Welch, and Noah Wilson.

Fifteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are Jacob Bahl, Sarah Banks, Robyn Baute, Joseph Boudot, Julia Cullen, Zoe Epplen, Katherine Evans, Katherine Glaser, Carter Krumpelman, Audrey McCoy, Meghan Pawsat, Jonah Plummer, Brooke Reis, Zoe Robles, and Veronica Thomas. 

Twenty one students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are Bridget Bessler, Robert Blasingame, Paul Deis, Joshua Gray, Leah Hext, Nyah Hollman, Evan Ihrig, Chison Iloegbunam, Kayla Kluemper, Kameron Kraus, Eleanor Lehmann, Madison Middendorf, Emma Nienaber, Hayden Norris, Hailey Oldfield, Corissa Riegler, Alex Scheper, Margaret Tagher, Hannah Ubelhor, Anna Warshak, and Ruby Young.

Two students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students are Leah Hext and Margaret Tagher.

2018 AP Scholar Awards

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school and earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.

Fifteen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. These students are Cara Baute, Joshua Bisbee, Jacey Blust, Philip Bruni, Dakota Burgess, Joshua Gray, Malia Heck, Elizabeth Klein, Kameron Kraus, Abigail Leonhard, Hailey Oldfield, Justin Oleynik, Corissa Riegler, Margaret Tagher, and Hannah Wagner.

Thirteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are Lauren Handorf, Hannah Hesener, Leah Hext, Grace Holmes, Landen Kent, Carter Kunstek, Jonathan Martini, Sean McMahon, Ashton Miller, Anne Neiheisel, Hayden Norris, Jake Smith, and Catherine Syfert.

Seventeen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are Julia Barclay, Aidan Cahill, Kevin Chen, Thomas Cleary, Bradley Esselman, Jillian Fields, Adam Fisher, Brendan Hansen, Rebecca Hill, Eleanor Laudenslayer, Katherine Mapes, Jeffrey Mollman, Jade Nicely, Renee Oehler, Evan Strasburger, Grace Von Lehman, and Phillip Walker.

One student qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. This student is Grace Von Lehman.

2017 AP Scholar Awards

Fourteen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. These students are Taylor Behle, Bradley Esselman, Grace Hext, Jared Isler, Justin Ives, Samantha Lanyi, Jeffrey Mollman, Paige Noble, Jessica Roark, Andrea Sayer, Kimberly Spritzky, Grace Von Lehman, Phillip Walker, and Megan Wells.

Eleven students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.  These students are Logan Beechem, Kevin Chen, Bradley Deters, Jillian Fields, Daniela Foltz, Kelly Klein, Eleanor Laudenslayer, Ian Manahan, Gabrielle Meiman, Bridget Palmer, and Shania Young.

Seventeen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.  These students are Sydney Auteri, Paige Avery, Grant Bagshaw, Lindsay Beechem, Olivia Beechem, Abigail Glaser, Kirkland Grome, Paige Kappes, Kendall Kelley, Tanner Krumpelman, Allison Linkugel, Mackenzie Miller, Meghan Oldfield, Seamus Sweeney, Noah Tolbert, Matthew Wallace, and Harrison Webster.

Two students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.  These students are Allison Linkugel and Meghan Oldfield.

NATIONAL MERIT PROGRAM

2019 National Merit Program

Three students have been named Commended Student in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students receive this award based on their score on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).  We congratulate Donovan Adkins, Katherine Evans, and Meghan Pawsat on achieving this honor.

2018 National Merit Program

Congratulations to Veronica Thomas who has been named a Commended Student in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program.  Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

2017 National Merit Program

Four St. Henry District High School seniors have now been named Finalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program.  We congratulate Paige Avery, Paige Kappes, Allison Linkugel, and Seamus Sweeney.  As National Merit finalists, they will have a chance to earn one of 7,500 National Merit Scholarship awards, together worth more than $30 million. These students were selected based on their performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

Fellow seniors Sydney Auteri, Lindsay Beechem, Meghan Oldfield, and Bridget Palmer were notified that they had been selected as National Merit Commended Students.

More than 1.6 million students took the PSAT/NMSQT in October 2015. Approximately 16,000 students were designated as National Merit Scholar Semifinalists, and roughly 34,000 students were designated as Commended Students. Of those named as Semifinalists, around 90% attain Finalist standing and will be eligible for Merit Scholarships.  St. Henry District High School congratulates these students on their accomplishments.

2016 National Merit Program

St. Henry District High School is pleased to announce that Abigail Epplen and Christopher Hill have been selected by the National Scholarship Corporation as Finalists in the 61st annual National Merit Scholarship Program. To be considered for a National Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition.

Congratulations go out to seniors Nick Cummings, Jared Dejonckheere, Kendal Emerson, and Katie Koester for being named Commended Students in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program.