NCWIT Announces 2026 National AiC High School Award Recipients

Three Hundred U.S. High School Students Recognized for Technological Achievements

NCWIT proudly announces the 2026 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) High School Award national recipients, honoring 300 high school students from the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. overseas military bases. These recipients are a remarkable group of young individuals, each with their own unique talents and aspirations in the field of computing.

The NCWIT AiC High School Award is sponsored by

Apple, Bank of America, Jane Street, and Microsoft.

2026 National Winners

Srija Attur: Portland, OR; Sunset High School
Samantha Chulamorkodt: AZ; Cibola High School
Miranda Diaz: Chicago, IL; Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
Elianah Dollar-Simmons: Oakdale, MN; Tartan High School
Bianca Ehling: Galena, OH; Olentangy Orange High School
Nishini Fernando: Fort Myers, FL; Dunbar High School
Serena Gandhi: Sunnyvale, CA; Santa Clara High School
Noga Gercsak: Matthews, NC; David W. Butler High School
Arya Gurumukhi: Sachse, TX; Plano East Senior High School
Ridhi Gutta: Ashburn, VA; Independence High School
Sarika Hegde: Austin, TX; Westlake High School
Serena Huang: Chesterfield, MO; Parkway Central High School
Sabrina Huang: New York City, NY; New Utrecht High School
Shripriya Kalbhavi: San Jose, CA; Lynbrook High School
Sophia Le: Westminster, CA; Westminster High School
Jophy Lin: Freehold, NJ; Manalapan High School
Lauren Low: Hacienda Heights, CA; Northwood High School
Oma Makhija: Florham Park, NJ; Morris Hills High School
Ishita Masetty: Granger, IN; Penn High School
Avery Mills: Gibsonia, PA; The Ellis School
Annika Mondal: Sugar Land, TX; Dulles High School
Clara Nguyen: Corona, CA; Centennial High School
Jasmine Osorio-Antonio: Lilburn, GA; McClure Health Science High School
Lorena Pachiardi: San Juan, PR; Cupeyville School
Sapna Patel: Northfield, NJ; Mainland Regional High School
Majella Rajan: Cerritos, CA; Richard Gahr High School
Vaidehi Ramachandrula: Brookfield, WI; Brookfield Central High School
Sia Reddy: Avon, CT; The Hotchkiss School
Vaishnavi Sakthi: Bear, DE; Newark Charter School
Ananya Shah: Scarsdale, NY; Edgemont Junior-Senior High School
Ashika Sharma: Rocky Hill, CT; Rocky Hill High School
Aadya Syal: Sammamish, WA; Issaquah High School
Enkh-Undrakh Turtogtokh: Aurora, CO; Overland High School
Daniela Vasiliki Balodimas Staton: Delray Beach, FL; American Heritage High School
Eliana Wang: Potomac, MD; Montgomery Blair High School
Brooklynn Warner: Ponchatoula, LA; Hammond High Magnet School
Iris Yang: Barrington, RI; Barrington High School
Pearl Yu: Omaha, NE; Home School
Amy Yu: Collierville, TN; White Station High School
Sophie Zeng: San Diego, CA; The Bishop's School

2026 National Honorable Mentions

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Alabama

Janylah Moore: Tuscaloosa
Harmoni Sanders: Mobile
Greeshma Vinoy: Hoover

Arizona

Sophia Dumanski: Glendale
Aashvi Khandelwal: Phoenix
Ananya Lakkaraju: Chandler
Riddhi Motiwala: Phoenix
Yaswitha Prathi: Chandler
Sudharshini Ram: Phoenix
Kinsley Torres: Gilbert
Claire Zhan: Chandler

Arkansas

Saloni Choudhary: Little Rock

California

Mahado Abdirahman: San Jose
Ayushi Agarwal: Oak Park
Ariann Baldado: Placentia
Ananya Barjatiya: Anaheim Hills
Prisha Bhanushali: San Jose
Bianca Cardona: Hawthorne
Rahini Chanda: San Ramon
Emma Check: Westminster
Kunsel Chodak: Albany
Camille Chu: Palo Alto
Jeanelle Dao: San Jose
Jia Dave: Irvine
Denise Duong: Huntington Beach
Ashlyn Duran: Poway
Selma Emekci: San Jose
Helen Fang: Yorba Linda
Ava George: Corona
Risha Guha: San Diego
Maahi Gupta: Mountain View
Aanya Gupta: San Francisco
Marissa Huang: Irvine
Audrey Huang: Irvine
Donna Huynh: Westminster
Rini Jain: Dublin
Gurnoor Kaur: Corona
Joy Lee: Whittier
Michelle Liao: San Ramon
Sarah Lin: Eastvale
Katrina Liu: San Diego
Eva Liu: Saratoga
Emma Liu: La Jolla
Abigail Liu: San Jose
Kailani Lozada: Stanton
Chiara Luey: Hillsborough
Emily Ma: Foster City
Clarina Manuel: San Jose
Lauren McDonald: Palo Alto
Anandita Mukherjee: Palo Alto
Julianna Munoz: Pasadena
Krish Nachnani: San Jose
Rithmika Naveen: Simi Valley
Karvi Patil: Camarillo
Tara Puri: Calabasas
Anika Rajaram: Saratoga
Sana Raut: San Jose
Victoria Reilly: Pasadena
Brenna Ren: Saratoga
Michelle Sebastian: Simi Valley
Sathini Senthilkumar: Foster City
Neha Shaik: Cupertino
Anjali Sharma-Tiwari: San Jose
Lily Shi: Saratoga
Michelle Shim: Westminster
Olivia Skeete: Lake Forest
Sahana Srinivasan: Los Altos
Srishti Sripada: San Ramon
Sahana Sujith
Varsha Supreeth: Cupertino
Hollie Tang: Hacienda Heights
Nisa Thomas: San Diego
Claire Tian: Saratoga
Aadya Upreti: San Jose
Esha Verma: Saratoga
Driti Virani: Morgan Hill
Tingzhi Wang: Brea
Sophia Wong: Tustin
Kayley Xu: San Diego
Hannah Yang: Valley Village
Isabelle Yang: Irvine
Isabelle Zhen: Lake Sherwood

Colorado

Reyaa Divakar: Parker
Shaivi Koul: Highlands Ranch
Dhriti Ramesh: Highlands Ranch
Shibani Senthilkumar: Lafayette
Amy Zhang: Morrison

Connecticut

Olivia Ceres-Barber: Farmington
Suchita Srinivasan: Cheshire
Jesse Wang: Glastonbury

Delaware

Brianna McLaurin: Bear

Florida

Ana Albornoz: Pembroke Pines
Zeina Altawam: Orlando
Sarah Cantwell: Altamonte Springs
Carla Cruz: Kissimmee
Shirley Yaw: Saint Johns

Georgia

Aarsheya Gunjal: Kennesaw
Pragathi Kasani-Akula: Cumming
Ellen Kolesnikova: Decatur
Falyssa Ly: Duluth
Haleigh Mayes: Mableton
An Pham: Johns Creek
Celeste Roselli: Atlanta
Hannah Sundar: Cumming
Thanishkka Vijayabaskar: Cumming
Sophia Wang: Alpharetta
Sophia Yuan: Tucker

Hawaii

Summer Hall: Honolulu
Katie Ta: Honolulu

Idaho

Nishanta Parajuli: Meridian

Illinois

Lina Bhatia: Lake Forest
Angela Ho: Buffalo Grove
Vaidehi Matkar: Vernon Hills
Vanessa Nwauwa: Northlake
Emily Parent: Bloomington
Amritha Praveen: Buffalo Grove
Ethan Qin: Woodridge
Sophia Zheng: Chicago

Indiana

Divya Ariyur: Carmel
Bruna Carreira: Columbus

Iowa

Laura Chen: Ames
Vienna Rossmanith: Ames
Sarah Yao: Ames

Kansas

Anvita Rayabarapu: Overland Park

Kentucky

Annika Chadha: Prospect

Louisiana

Maya Trutschl: Shreveport
Amelia Willis: Houma

Maine

Vaishnavi Kuppala: Scarborough

Maryland

Jessica Hsieh: North Potomac
Saanvi Kakarlapudi: Ellicott City
Anshika Konatham: Clarksburg
Joseph Mathew: Clarksburg
Ahana Roy: Ellicott City
Siya Sharma: Laurel
Rabhya Sharma: Abingdon
Grace Xiao: Rockville
Stephanie Yang: Gaithersburg
Sophia Yeung: Bethesda
Zoey Zhang: Bowie
Chelsea Zhu: Rockville

Massachusetts

Vaanya Ahuja: Mansfield
Lucia Nanda: Billerica
Hanna Suzuki: Bedford
Grace Zhang: Natick

Michigan

Header Algaraawi: Dearborn
Diya Ramakrishnan: Saginaw

Minnesota

Samhita Krishnamurthy: Excelsior
Afomia Mesfin: New Brighton
Aaratrika Mondal: Maple Grove
Justina Nguyen: Woodbury
Cecilia Ratemo: Shakopee
Julia Rosenman: Minneapolis
Sara Rosenmann: Minneapolis
Riddhi Singhvi: Woodbury

Mississippi

Jiarui Xie: Hattiesburg

Nebraska

Nandini Bansal: Elkhorn
Regina Ho: Omaha

Nevada

Camille Schwartz: Henderson
Charles West: Reno

New Hampshire

Abigail Evansic: Bedford

New Jersey

Nathan Ankrah: Franklin Township
Maya Baireddy: Holmdel
Divyashree Balaraman: East Brunswick
Sinclair Bangurah: Newark
Eiaa Dev: Short Hills
Anjali Kapilavai: Edison
Mahika Kasarabada: West Windsor
Varnika Kirthi: Bridgewater
Hanvit Lee: Montvale
Kayla Peng: Warren
Veer Sardana: East Brunswick
Tanya Shah: Livingston
Sharada Suresh: Jersey City
Eesha Vanamala: Morris Plains
Kathleen Wang: Green Brook
Kavita Yadav: Jersey City
Annabelle Yao: Morristown
Abdullah Zahir: Wayne

New Mexico

Raj Bhakta: Carlsbad
Helena Welch: Los Alamos

New York

Ivy Chen: Troy
Simran Mohile: Rochester
Ariya Mukherjee-Gandhi: New York
Alissa Patane: Commack
Jeanette Trinidad: Selden
Emma Wong: New Hyde Park

North Carolina

Aarush Jain: Cary
Angelina Li: Cary
Sejal Solkhan: Apex

Ohio

Anna McCracken: Westerville
Anuki Mudalige: Lewis Center
Samantha Welsh: Shaker Heights
Elena Zhu: Columbus

Oregon

Bella Barnett: Portland
Anwesha Bhattacharya: Hillsboro
Vishnupriya Chunduri: Portland
Anisha Dhoot: Portland
Katie Jin: Portland
Tara Reddy: Lake Oswego
Chelsea Teh: Portland
Sophia Wang: Portland
Nidhi Yadalam: Portland

Pennsylvania

Karla Aguay: Wyomissing
Connor Chang: Pittsburgh
Elanor Conger: Bryn Mawr
Ahjung Kim: Newton
Angelina Li: Sewickley
Ana Momiroski: Pittsburgh
Calleigh Newbert: Bala Cynwyd
Mahika Ralhan: Newton Square
Allison Tan: Wynnewood

South Carolina

Sydney Poliakoff: Charleston

Tennessee

Piper Thompson: Nashville

Texas

Eden Asemlashe: Pflugerville
Huda Azeem: Coppell
Lakhisha Balaji: Irving
Nikhil Chowdhary: Sugar Land
Raani Dharamcy: Sugar Land
Rhea Ghosal: Austin
Venika Kakarla: Cedar Park
Nidhi Kumar: Sugar Land
Michelle Li: Frisco
Tejasvi Manoj: Plano
Kutemwa Ogbu: Corpus Christi
Tanvi Padala: Flower Mound
Arihant Panwar: Frisco
Anushka Polapally: Katy
Sanvi Porwal: Plano
Suhasini Prakash: Cedar Park
Trisha Sahu: Sugar Land
Stephanie Shen: Houston
Lauren Simonsen: San Antonio
Rory Sorola: San Antonio
Shriya Vaidya: Missouri City
Athena Wen: Westlake
Sahasra Yellepeddi: Allen
Yuegelica Yeong: Austin

Utah

Lavanya Mohnani: Sandy

Virginia

Tasbih Bakshi: Herndon
Saina Bhandari: Glen Allen
Aarav Dinesh: Chantilly
Vivian Fourtz: Charlottesville
Gabriella Henriquez: Falls Church
Isabel Jung: Centreville
Joelle Rice: Fairfax
Anvitaa Rudharraju: Herndon

Washington

Shyla Agrawal: Bothell
Anusha Arora: Bellevue
Emily Gallardo: Sunnyside
Aishwarya Kumaran: Bothell
Tvisha Mishra: Bothell
Siri Mutalik Desai: Redmond
Hamsini Ramanathan: Sammamish
Vaanya Sharma: Redmond
Cindy Yang: Redmond
Natalie Zhang: Sammamish

Wisconsin

Aditi Muduganti: Onalaska
Shayla Pavelchik: Greendale

Puerto Rico

Berlishka González Rodríguez: Ponce