Tomball ISD Students Earn 664 National Merit & Recognition Honors

TOMBALL - Academic excellence continues to shine across Tomball ISD, as students from Tomball High School, Tomball Memorial High School and Tomball Star Academy earn prestigious honors through the National Merit and Recognition Programs, celebrating their accomplishments in the classroom and beyond.

Among TISD’s three high schools from the 2025-2026 school year:

• 11 students were named National Merit Semifinalists
• 34 students were named National Merit Commended
• 71 students earned National First Generation Recognition honors
• 548 students earned National School Recognition honors

Applications for Finalists recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Program are due in October.

TOMBALL HIGH SCHOOL

National Merit Semifinalist

• Andrew Findling
• Liam Warren

National Merit Commended

• Rowan Cleveland
• Nicholas Doan
• Daniel Hadzic
• Emma Lin
• Noah Lopez
• Quinn Marcello
• Carlos Martinez Badillo
• Rithvik Naduri
• Joseph Perez
• Tabitha Ray
• Finley Scott
• Haley Swick

National First Generation Recognition

• Suzanne Bucklin
• Sara Davis
• Joshua Dixon
• Alek Espitia
• Philopateer Esshak
• Zoe Gonzalez
• Ryder Johnson
• Sophia Loria
• Flor Morales
• Skye Mosier
• Ana Sofia Ortiz
• Kayla Rodriguez
• Brooklyn Tyson

National School Recognition

• Thomas Alvear Pareja, Regina Amaya Villarreal, Aubrey Ames, Sofia Amirali, Mason Anderson, Riley Andrews, Emilio Arangua Baston, Abigail Archuleta, Christian Banes, Lillian Bardo, Joshua Bayang, Ira Bhasin, Ignacio Bocchini, Scarlett Boone, Phoenix Botello, Benjamin Bridenstine, Basil Brunasso, Madeline Caldwell, Allegra Castano Chacon, Emilio Castellanos, Anais Chiselenco, Amelia Chiselenco, Addison Clark, Lila Coberth, Madalyn Conley, Daniel Corley, Anna Cox, Malcolm Curry, Carlos De Herrera, Marisa De La Vega Reynoso, Olivia Dela Garza, Colton Delery, Yash Deshpande, Aidan Diersen, Natalia Dominguez, Kristen Dougherty, Troy Douglas, Elias Dugue Verde, Philopateer Esshak, Linda Farias, Julia Flores, Cameron Frank, Presley French, Mack Ganucheau, Henry George, Rohan Ghosh, Julianne Gonzales, Zoe Gonzalez, Mateo Guerra, Clara Guillot, Cade Hall, Saydi Harding, Nathan Hennick, Lina Henry, Rebecka Hook, William Hopkins, Faith Howland, Kason Humberson, Lukas Janssens, Louise Janssens, Tyler Jilg, Ryder Johnson, Rohan Julapalli, Sana Kale, Cameron Kanewske, Eliana Karam, Melis Kaypak, Magnus Kenny, Meghan Kettler, Kiana King, Sophia Knowles, Meghan Laws, Michael Leigh, Adam Leigh, Riley Loftus, Jeremias Lopez Vielma, Joshua Lorenz, Sophia Loria, Daniel Lucas, Thomas Ludlow, Claire Marcello, Alejandro Martello Varon, Riley McGuire, Claudia McLendon, Diana Mijares Ornelas, Hudson Miller, Mackenzie Minshew, Claire Mize, David Monson, Flor Morales, Samantha Mounteer, Renata Munoz Bautista, Regina Narvaez Suarez, Graydon Nash, Cason Nishimura, Mariana Otero, Addison Patton, Abigail Perez-Machado, Weston Peterkin, Alex Pigford, Henry Prince, Sam Prince, Matias Proano Correa, Jacob Ramsey, Tabitha Ray, Audrey Rechtien, Emir Reyes Machado, Beatriz Reyna Amaro, Michelle Rodriguez Murrieta, Sean Russell, Brooke Sabatier, Maria Andrea Sanchez, Manuela Sanda Casanova, Finley Scott, Harmony Sherstad, Wyatt Smith, Bryan Smith, Shane Steffens, Rebin Tohidi, Pedro Tonda, Jack Tyler, Madison Van Den Bulck, David Villarreal, Sydney Watson, Aidan Way, Chase Webster, Alina Weeks, Toni Williams, Rylee Williams, Eric Wolfe, Abagail Wolfe, Anika Yedavelli, Rafael Zaia Vila

TOMBALL MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

National Merit Semifinalist

• Elina Chatterjee
• Ashley He
• Sophie Hong
• Thomas Ledford
• Jennifer Mai
• Preston Moody
• Vivian Nguyen
• Moiz Shaikh

National Merit Commended

• Aliaksanor Autushka
• Zachary Byon
• Rohon Dev
• Alexander Elam
• Nathan Fuentes Estrada
• Aaryan Karlapalem
• Yuvan Siddharth Katameneni
• Andrew Lopez
• Aniket Mandal
• Shantanu Patil
• Ethan Purba
• Jaclyn Thomas
• Minh Tran
• Aaron Vinoth
• George Watrous

National First Generation Recognition

• Justeen Abusada
• Adrian Amado
• David Angel
• Andrea Araniva
• Kamdon Atkins
• Jonathan Castelan
• Chi-Yu Chen
• Grace Clark
• Brendon Crouse
• Brooke Heinrich
• Kylee Heinrich
• Mateo Herrera Franco
• Vivian Hoang
• Lyric Hobby
• Aaron Huynh
• Erion Hyseni
• Stephanie Jennings
• Yi-Hsuan Kao
• Francois Kong
• Justin Le
• Ayden Mach
• Ethan Mikulin
• Elise Norris
• Jonathan Norris
• Tan Phan
• Natalie Pye
• Torrin Rosa
• Milan Sierra
• Logan Spruiell
• Patricia Tkhorenko
• Adrian Torres
• Edward Berum
• Ivan Chen
• John Davenport
• Kennedy Fraser
• Faith Gallagher
• Maddison Jordan
• Evelyn King
• Ivan Lin
• Grayson Pullen
• Reid Rosessler
• Ivan Sanchez Alvarez

National School Recognition

• Jessica Abraham, Justeen Abusada, Sara Agostini, Zachariah Ahmed, Ayowunmi Akosile, Adrian Amado, Kamdon Atkins, Sophia Beaudoin, Jack Bishop, Al Bolongaita, Mary Bowles, Kelly Brown, Victoria Bui, Sofia Canepa Davila, Taylor Cegielski, Gracie Cheeseman, Chi-Yu Chen, Brendon Crouse, Zainab Daham, Matthew Dang, Addison Day, Andrew De Clute-Melancon, Evelyn DeForest, Rohan Dev, Lucas Douglass, Alexander Elam, Ramzi El-Hoss, Hannah Ferguson, Dimitriy Garcia, Omri Garza, Conrad Grimme, Daniel Hatfield, Kylee Heinrich, Christopher Heki, Mateo Herrera Franco, Anthony Hoang, Diep Hoang, Vivian Hoang, Lyric Hobby, Aaron Huynh, Anthony Huynh, Erion Hyseni, Benjamin Johnson, Arjun Jutley, Yi-Hsuan Kao, Aaryan Karlapalem, Charles Kennedy, Mysha Khan, Ty Kirkham, Francois Kong, Ali Latif, Jadon Le, Justin Le, Analeigh Lopez, Ayden Mach, Bhargav Mahadevan, Arwen McDermott, Ethan Mikulin, Layal Mimassi, Sameeha Seereen Mohiaddin, Nuzhat Monowar, Claire Montizaan, Preston Moody, William Moore, James Moseley, Brooke-Ann Mueller, Santiago Murillo-Lermas, Joshua Murphy, Micha Nail, Ethan Nguyen, Katelyne Nguyen, Jonathan Norris, Emilio Ojeda, Cipriana Othersen, Harsh Patil, Christopher Pearce, Robert Pham, Tan Phan, Lily Phelan, Natalie Pye, Kevin Ramirez, Carson Rand, Nathan Rasch, Dylan Ridley, Alexander Ros, Torrin Rosa, Eliska Rutkowski, Siena Scardino, Addison Schild, Lydia Schmitz, Allie Seals, Zohair Shaikh, Rayan Sheikh, Shreya Shewale, Victoria Shillings, Milan Sierra, Logan Spruiell, Jewel Taylor, Brooklyn Terry, Patricia Tkhorenko, Adrian Torres, Mia Torres, Adrian Urdaneta Castillo, Noelia Urena, Adriana Vela, Camilla Velasquez Perez, Dan Vo, Ashley Ward, Cailey Warren, George Watrous, Grant Watson, Charles Weber, John Wheat, Brian Wilson, Meganne WInkelmann, Ava Wright, Ethan Wu, Aidan Zappa, Alejandro Alvarado Moya, Zian Aerith Margrett Antivo, Jacob Broome, Syril Angelo Brual, Mia Call, Roberto Cavazos-Lopez, Anvika Chevuri, McKensie Clawson, Harrison Collins, John Davenport, Gabriela De Souza Cardoso, Rachel Forsgren, Kennedy Fraser, Madelyn Frazelle, Luigi Geer Apruzzese, Evelyn Hall, Sadie Jacobs, Tatiana Jimenez-Schivley, Crosby Lee, Andrew Lin, Madison Mai, Stella Mejia, Zachary Merkel, Samuel Missoi, Ibrahim Mohammed, Sara Mundy, Kaelynn Murphy, Benjamin Nguyen, Lam Nguyen, Lena Nguyen, Lilyan Nguyen, Long Nguyen, Maanit Patel, Tyler Pauley, Surabhi Phatak, Noelle Pierce, Nathaniel Reyes-Terrazas, Kayde Richards, Jackson Ridenour, Bailey Sausse, Matthew Schlanser, Lucas Setiadi, Madison Sheppard, Julene Shyju, Eshaan Sinha, Abudulkhaliq Tijani, Adelaide Tomlinson, Paloma Toscano, Camille Velasquez, Richard Vo, Haorui Wang, Owen Watrous, Mason Winkelmann, Brooks Wuthrich

TOMBALL STAR ACADEMY

National Merit Semifinalist

• Lev Averin

National Merit Commended

• Zain Abdallah
• Abhiram Chada
• Zoee Clesi
• Trenton Grange
• Ekenedilichukwu Moghalu
• Nathaniel Silva
• Sophia Suazo

National First Generation Recognition

• Aiden Allen
• Yousef Alreaahy
• Abigail Barrandey
• Liani Djuli
• Adisyn Hardcastle
• Anuyah Holder
• Stanley Lam
• Kelsa McRae
• Lucas Nunez
• Yaromir Olefir
• Leonardo Quintanilla
• Riley Salas
• Brandon Stagg
• Joseph Torres
• Diego Tzul
• Lawrence Williams

National School Recognition

• Aiden Allen, Yousef Alreaahy, Stephen Atanasov, Abigail Barrandey, Luke Blunt, Abhiram Chada, Ana Colombelli, Elijah Davis, Rylie Foreman, Zoe Garcia, Hayden Griffin, Nicole Haase, Adisyn Hardcastle, Havilyn Harris, Jess Henzeler, Peter Hoglund, Ethan Huynh, Adam Lacourse, Rodrigo Manzano Robles, Amelia Martin, Joseph Merlano, Andrea Morales, Amora Muoz, Dainam Nguyen, Yaromir, Cristian Paiz, Christian Pham, John Derek Salas, Riley Salas, Viviana Salazar, Jeremy Shinsato, Damian Silva, Stillian Stoytchev, Addison Theriot, Camila Vignali, Taanya Virigineni, Norah Waggoner, Lawrence Williams, Dylan Winfield, Andrew Xie, Rayan Zahid, Gabriel Zaia Vila, Victor Vila 

ABOUT TOMBALL ISD
Tomball ISD educates students to become responsible, productive citizens by providing innovative, individually rigorous, and personally valuable educational experiences. Founded in 1908, Tomball ISD now encompasses 83 square miles in northwest Harris County and southwest Montgomery County, and is located approximately 30 miles from downtown Houston. The district currently educates over 23,300 students across 26 campuses.