Irving ISD Proudly Celebrates Students Awarded with Academic Honors from College Board National Recognition Programs

106 Irving ISD students earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs. These programs celebrate students’ hard work in high school and showcase their strong academic performance. 

For the first time, the academic honors recognized first-generation students, in addition to rural and small town, Black, Indigenous and Hispanic/or Latino students. Over 35,000 students nationwide received the inaugural National First-Generation Recognition Program Award.

The criteria for eligible students include:

• Earn a GPA of B+ (equal to at least 3.3 or 87% – 89%) or higher.
• PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10 assessment scores that are within the top 10% of assessment takers in each state for each award program or earned a score of 3 or higher on 2 or more AP Exams by the end of 10th grade.
• Attend school in a rural area or small town, or identify as African American/Black, Hispanic American/Latino, Indigenous/Native American or a first-generation college student.

Irving ISD students and the recognitions they earned are as follows: 

Irving High School

Jada Arredondo – First Generation

Anna Barrow – First Generation, Hispanic

Anders Chavez – First Generation

Ashmaan Dharani – First Generation

Helen Diaz Medrano – First Generation, Hispanic

Kevin Espinoza – First Generation

Jessica Espinoza – Hispanic

Christian Ferrusca – First Generation, Hispanic

Brandon Flores – First Generation, Hispanic

Diana Garcia – First Generation, Hispanic

Kevin Garcia Berrios – First Generation, Hispanic

Brandon Gomez Arellano – First Generation, Hispanic

Nayeli Govea – First Generation, Hispanic

Estirlitz Gutierrez – Hispanic

Arden Harrell – Hispanic

Jesus Munoz – First Generation, Hispanic

Jazmin Rangel – First Generation, Hispanic

Melina Saenz – First Generation, Hispanic

Rodrigo Sanchez – First Generation, Hispanic

America Serrano Ochoa – First Generation, Hispanic, Indigenous

Dalton Sevilla – First Generation, Hispanic

Rahma Shardow – African American

 

MacArthur High School

Idiatou Bah – First Generation

Annelise Burgess – Hispanic

Vanessa Cano – First Generation

Susana Coutino – First Generation, Hispanic

Elias Garcia – First Generation, Hispanic

Alessandra Gonzalez – First Generation

Fernanda Herrera Cuevas – First Generation, Hispanic

Charisa Hongwises – First Generation

Peter Ivanov – First Generation, Indigenous

Kalinda Nguyen – First Generation

Yesenia Ochoa – First Generation, Hispanic

Carlos Panameno Miranda – First Generation, Hispanic

Alexyss Pasillas – Hispanic

Valerie Ramos – Hispanic

Nayelie Rivas Molina – First Generation, Hispanic

Paola Rosas – First Generation, Hispanic

Haley Shelton – Hispanic, Indigenous

Kimorah Tucker – African American, First Generation

Marcela Valencia – First Generation

Aimma Zaidy – First Generation

Mahriz Zain – First Generation

Maheen Zubair – First Generation

 

Nimitz High School

Yunuen Benitez-Rodriguez – Hispanic

Diego Cavazos – Hispanic

Sabrina Cruz – First Generation, Hispanic

Andrea Gallardo – First Generation, Hispanic

Peter Lam – First Generation

Anthony Limon-Garcia – First Generation, Hispanic

Mauricio Loera – First Generation, Hispanic, Indigenous

Alexis Lopez Benitez – Hispanic

Anthony Machado Sagastume – First Generation, Hispanic

Caitlynne Patrick – First Generation

Natalia Pena – First Generation, Hispanic

Elizabeth Rodriguez – First Generation, Hispanic

Alan Tavares – First Generation, Hispanic

 

Singley Academy

Otto Alfaro – Hispanic

Tuba Ali – First Generation

Edward Andrade – First Generation, Hispanic

Lakshay Bhardwaj – First Generation

Nehemiah Braggs – African American, First Generation

Anston Bui – First Generation

Jesse Carrion – First Generation, Hispanic

Claudia Carrion – First Generation, Hispanic

Andrew Casas – First Generation, Hispanic

Carlos Coreas – First Generation, Hispanic

Valerie Cruz – Indigenous

Theilen Dang – First Generation

Anthony De La Rosa – Hispanic

Cypress Drake – African American, First Generation

Gabriel Esqueda – First Generation

Christy Figueroa – First Generation, Hispanic

Maylie Flores – First Generation, Hispanic

Ruben Franco Cuevas – First Generation, Hispanic

Emely Galo – First Generation, Hispanic

Valeria Garcia-Fraguada – African American, Hispanic, Indigenous

Dameion Hannible – African American, First Generation

Krishil Hapani – First Generation

Sophia Herrera – First Generation

Emily John – First Generation

Kaisa Le – First Generation

Vania Lezama – First Generation, Hispanic

Mason Li – First Generation

Hugo Lopez Flores – First Generation

Jihan Mohamed – African American

Kevin Murillo – Hispanic

Violet Nieto – First Generation, Hispanic

Faith Nwankwo – African American

Ethan Parada – First Generation, Hispanic

Yareli Pena – First Generation, Hispanic

Anthony Quinteros – First Generation, Hispanic

Alexandra Ramirez – First Generation

Yisel Reyes Canales – First Generation, Hispanic, Indigenous

Sanai Rhymes – African American

Angela Rojas – First Generation

Micaela Rosenberger – Hispanic

Ayah Salih – African American, First Generation

Marcelo Segovia – Hispanic

Kylie Sendaydiego – First Generation

Arhen Soto – First Generation, Hispanic

Roselyn Torres – First Generation, Hispanic

Michelle Ventura – First Generation, Hispanic

Julio Venzor – Hispanic

Jaylin Villatoro – First Generation, Hispanic

 

South Irving Collegiate Academy at Nimitz

Jacklyn Reyes – First Generation, Hispanic

 

Congratulations, students!