There are 173 Baylor students and recent graduates who earned 185 Advanced Placement Scholar Awards for 2019 in recognition of their achievement on AP Exams.
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 to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams taken in May. Traditionally, about 20 percent of approximately two million students worldwide who take AP Exams perform at a sufficiently high level to earn an AP Scholar Award.
Nine Baylor students were named National AP Scholars, receiving an average score of at least 4 (on a five-point scale) on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. Baylor’s National AP Scholars are 2019 graduates Jackson Collette, Elizabeth Hayslett, Jack Holcombe, Sydney Anne Sutherland, and Lily Zabel; and current seniors Jade Liu, John Liu, Candice Xie, and Kenny Zheng.
Seventy-four Baylor students, including the nine named above, were granted the AP Scholar with Distinction Award for students receiving 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. AP Scholar with Distinction winners are, along with the nine National AP Scholars, Jenna Azzouz ’19, Olivia Bettis ’19, Izzy Boyd ’19, Jeremy Brien ’19, Carson Brinn ’20, Ridley Browder ’20, Dawson Brown ’19, Taegan Bunch ’19, Morgan Burnette ’20, Antonio Cacicedo ’19, Monica Cheng ’19, Maggie Clark ’20, Brianna Costilow ’19, Alec Coussoule ’19, Nolan Cummings ’19, Connor Duffy ’20, Ke’Lynn Enalls ’19, Gracen Ford ’20, Lea Hunter ’20, William Ingraham ’19, Anika Iqbal ’20, Jonyca Jiao ’19, Eric Jin ’19, Sloan Johnson ’19, Miles Kadrie ’19, Kristopher Kennedy ’19, Leah Kessler ’20, Rachel Kleban ’20, Jacky Li ’19, Liz Li ’19, Jenny Liu ’19, Natalie Lopez-Durel ’20, Mary Ma ’20, Elias Marler ’19, Sorya Meyer ’20, Sarah Miller ’19, Atherton Mook ’19, Caroline Moon ’20, Thomas Nimon ’20, Elodie Nix ’19, Andrew Pace ’19, Kate Padilla ’19, Nick Perlaky ’19, Anh Phan ’19, Wiley Pippenger ’19, Ellie Raughton ’20, Genna Ringler ’19, Alex Robinson ’19, Cecilia Rodriguez ’19, Hannah Rosser ’20, Robert Rowan ’20, Eric Shibata ’19, Hunter Smith ’20, Jacky Song ’20, Maddy Toledano ’20, Shannon Urey ’19, Ryker von Klar ’19, Charlotte Wang ’20, Job White ’19, Sophie Wisenbaker ’19, Sophie Workinger ’20, Zoe Xie ’20, Alex Xuan ’20, Maggie Yi ’19, and Charlie Zhang ’20.
Thirty students from Baylor were recipients of the AP Scholar with Honor Award, granted to students who receive 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. Winners of the AP Scholar with Honor Award are Matthew An '21, Abigail Bowen '19, Defne Bozbey '20, David Chen '19, Kali Cromie '20, Dillan Desai '19, Lexie Edwards '19, Erik Fong '19, Riley Grove '19, Eric Huang '19, Seth Johnson '20, Erika Lammon '20, Greyson Linderman '19, Alex Mozingo '19, Charlsey Newman '19, Ray Qian '22, Chase Radpour '20, Grace Rollins '20, Enoch Sun '19, Julia Surface '19, Lucy Townsend '20, Kit Turner '19, Zoe Ubamadu '20, Rhiannon von Klar '21, Katy Waddell '20, Dakota Wagner '20, Kennedy Watson '20, Jake Weekley '20, Alexander Weidlich '19, and Shirley Zhang '21.
Sixty-nine more Baylor students were granted the AP Scholar Award for receiving scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams. AP Scholar Award winners are Rosa Anderson Barrera '21, Taniya Barot '20, Orly Berke '21, Grace Bostock '20, Sydney Cansler '19, Hannah Casteel '19, Ashlyn Celichowski '20, Zoë Chamberlain '19, Krishna Chanamolu '20, Megha Chanamolu '21, Madison Cope '20, Pearl Cornell '19, Nicholas Daniels '19, Avery Davis '19, Amos Du '21, Brinley Garrison '19, Emily Hale '20, Julia Hartman '20, Camille Henry '19, Lauren Hill '20, Starr Hinton '21, Rachel Hruby '19, Ashleigh Huang '21, Matthew Huinker '19, Caroline Imsand '20, Lucia Jackson '20, Mac Jett '20, Grant Johnson '20, Lucy Jones '19, Elisabeth Lau '21, Gabriella Lemus '20, Eva Liu '20, Rachel Liu '19, Ada Ludwick '19, Maddie McLennan '19, Colette McMahon '19, Jamee Mitchum '19, Max Montague '20, John Musick '19, Katie Nelson '20, Matthew O'Brien '19, Sophie Peirano '21, Franny Pettway '19, Grace Pippin '20, Willa Pitts '19, Bailey Priddy '19, Maddie Reap '19, Charlie Rehm '19, Tess Rolleston '19, Marina Rosenlund '21, Mani Ross '19, Mike Rouse '19, Sarah Rutledge '20, Paige Ryan '21, Autumn Seymour '20, Alex Smith '19, Carter Smith '19, Charlsey Sullivan '19, Baird Thoni '19, Zach Thornton '19, Maddy Tindall '20, Elizabeth Van Deusen '20, Chapman Varnell '19, Nathan Webb '20, Belle Wilson '19, Zoe Xu '21, Alexander Yu '21, Elaine Zhang '19, and Rex Zhu '20.
Additionally, AP International Diplomas, awarded to students who have applied to a university outside the United States, went to three students named above – Elizabeth Hayslett ‘19, who is attending the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Jacky Li ‘19, and Jade Liu ‘20.