Hinsdale Central Announces National Hispanic Scholar and Commended Scholars for Class of 2016

Submitted by Hinsdale Township High School District 86.

Hinsdale Central High School today proudly announced its National Hispanic Scholar and Commended Scholars for the Class of 2016. Students are automatically screened for the College Board’s National Merit Scholar program when taking the PSAT/NMSQT test in October of their junior year.

Also a part of the program, the College Board’s National Hispanic Recognition Program annually recognizes about 5,000 of the 250,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors who take the test. Matthew F. Hillock earned the distinction of National Hispanic Scholar as well as Commended Scholar.

The following students earned the Commended Scholar distinction: Rafia Ali, Neha S. Basti, Alex E. Blye, Jasper T. Brown, Clare I. Caruso, Dhruv Chempakasseril, Andrew J. Coyner, Paul E. Cumberland, Thomas H. Dunphy, Brian H. Dvorak, Saadia Elahi, Brian R. Glowniak, Dwight G. Hooten, Daniel Hu, Leotingen Huang, Armen C. Kelikian, Ellis R. Kritzer, David Kwok, Grant J. Labedz, Daniel C. Lillard, Alexandra R. Lithgow, Connor M. Magnesen, Beatrice E. Makdah, Matthew J. Medick, Mitchell J. Parse, Mita Ramani, Mina A. Rao, Peter X. Ren, Hana G. Rimawi, Katherine Rodgers, Margarite P. Schwarz, Madeline A. Sullivan, Riva Uppal, Meaghan H. Woodward, Laura R. Wright and Hugo F. Zoells.

Hinsdale Central announced its National Merit Semifinalists earlier this month.