McAllen Memorial High School Celebrates Students Awarded with Academic Honors from College Board National Recognition Programs
Awards recognize high-performing students and help them stand out to colleges
[McAllen, Texas] – Students at McAllen Memorial High School 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. The academic honors for rural area, Black, Indigenous, and/or Latino students are an opportunity for students to share their strong academic achievements with colleges and scholarship programs that are seeking to recruit diverse talent.
At McAllen Memorial High School, 61 students received the academic honor:
Jorge Acosta
Ryan Avila
Chloe Barreiro
Kyndal Barron
Lucas Bejarano-Gomez
Isabella Brenner
Ciro Caceres
Noah Carrera
AnaSylvia Chow
Mya Cortez
Yannelli Cruz
Marcos Cuevas
Alonso Delgado
David Espinosa
Linda Flores
Jordan Fluegel
Nereida Garcia
Paola Garcia
Gabriela Garza
John Garza
Ernesto Gomez
Athenea Gonzalez
Diana Gonzalez
Etziel Gonzalez
Isabella Gora
Hannah Guerra
Fernanda Guerrero Gallegos
Catherine Guiza
Horacio Gutierrez
Daniela Gutierrez Beltran
Amare Hernandez
Kayla Johnson
David Lopez
Vicente Martinez
Madyn McCarthy
Evan Mcgurk
Fabiola Morales
Leonardo Moro-Ochoa
David Munoz
Maria Navarro
Amani Nguma
Kayla Ortega
Karen Oviedo
Ryan Ozuna
Juan Pablo Manrique
Marcelo Pacheco
Elise Palacios
Guadalupe Perales
Ashley Perez
Martin Perez
Angelique Pulido
Danna Reyna
Santiago Rocha
Ashley Salinas
Jacob Sanchez
Alessandra Santos
Nicole Silberman
Madison Thomas
Sara Tijerina
Gustavo Uribe
Mariana Valdez
“We’re thrilled to celebrate our students and recognize them for the great work they’ve been doing. We’re proud of their strong academic performance in the classroom and on College Board assessments like the PSAT/NMSQT®, PSAT™ 10, and AP® exams,” said Pedro Alvarez, Jr., principal of Memorial High School. “There’s so much that makes our students unique, and receiving this honor reinforces this as an asset for their future.”
The criteria for eligible students include
• GPA of 3.5 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 in 9th and 10th grade.
• Attend school in a rural area or small town, or identify as African American/Black, Hispanic American/Latino, or Indigenous/Native.
Eligible students are invited to apply on BigFuture during their sophomore or junior year and are awarded at the start of the next school year in time to share their achievements in high school as they plan for the future. At the same time, colleges and organizations using College Board’s Student Search Service™ can connect directly with awardees during the recruitment process.
“It’s becoming increasingly hard for students to be ‘seen’ during the college recruitment process. We’re exceptionally proud of the National Recognition Programs for celebrating students who are at times overlooked but have shown their outstanding academic abilities,” said Tarlin Ray, senior vice president of BigFuture® at College Board. “This is a benefit not only for students but also for colleges and universities committed to recruiting diverse and talented students.”
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About McAllen Memorial High School
McAllen Memorial High School is rated one of America’s Best High Schools by U.S. News and World Report. Additionally, this campus is an AP Capstone Diploma School and is recognized by the Texas Education Agency for having earned all distinctions in the annual accountability rating. The Memorial Counseling Department was recently awarded the Counseling Reinforcing Excellence for Students in Texas (CREST) Award. McAllen Memorial High School takes pride in providing a rigorous curriculum and exceptional award-winning programs led by outstanding teachers and staff which continuously lead to student success year after year.