June 4, 2024
Contact: Janese Heavin, heavinj@missouri.edu
More than 300 high school students from across the state will spend three weeks on the University of Missouri campus this summer participating in the Missouri Scholars Academy.
Nearing its 40th year, the Academy allows academically gifted students to take interdisciplinary courses, explore new interests through extracurricular activities and meet like-minded friends. The goal of the program is to provide gifted youth with special opportunities for learning and personal development to encourage them to realize their full potential.
This year, the Academy will run June 9 through June 29.
The 2024 scholars, listed by their respective counties and hometowns, include:
Adair County
Shrivats Manikandan, Kirksville
Audrain County
William Hernandez-Sampayo, Mexico, Missouri
Bates County
Quinn Dudley, Butler
Juliana Abend, Rich Hill
Bollinger County
Piper Lincoln, Leopold
Boone County
Logan Allen, Columbia
Alex Chen, Columbia
Reese Collier, Columbia
Elena Ireland, Columbia
Riley Johnson, Columbia
Jenna Lin, Columbia
Evan Marshall, Columbia
Jacob Marshall, Columbia
Jacob McCullough, Columbia
Ololade Odemuyiwa, Columbia
Mira Tosh, Columbia
Dietrich Pralle, Hallsville
Josephine Lambiotte, Hartsburg
Buchanan County
Asav Gupta, St. Joseph
Zion Pickett, St. Joseph
Zeke Simpson, St. Joseph
Butler County
Claire Funke, Poplar Bluff
Caldwell County
Liberty McSparren, Kidder
Callaway County
Ayotolunifesi Ilesanmi, Holts Summit
Laycee Jeffries, Tebbetts
Camden County
Rylee Clark, Sunrise Beach
Cape Girardeau County
Nicholas Dial, Cape Girardeau
Mark Richey, Cape Girardeau
Sankriti Srikant, Cape Girardeau
Caelyn Crittenden, Jackson
George Dean, Jackson
Cass County
Violet Clutter, Belton
Elizabeth (Leo) Daugherty, Belton
Elijah Gray, Belton
Lav Patel, Raymore
Chariton County
Hunter Cruse, Salisbury
Christian County
Dalton Jones, Nixa
Tyler Stankewitz, Nixa
Glennis Woosley, Nixa
Clay County
Nicholas Dunker, Excelsior Springs
Grady Leip, Gladstone
Brennan Judkins, Kearney
Kelsey Pratt, Kearney
Matthew Fang, Liberty
Michael Fang, Liberty
Eleanor Henderson, Liberty
Isabella Pritchard, Smithville
Logan Throm, Smithville
Clinton County
Layla Cottingham, Lathrop
Caitlyn Curtis, Plattsburg
Cole County
Arhyelle Battick, Jefferson City
Yashvitha Cheedella, Jefferson City
Ainslyn Ditch, Jefferson City
Kyle Duewell, Jefferson City
Jett Knipp, Jefferson City
Abhinav Pula, Jefferson City
Kira Rinehart, Jefferson City
Anna Stokes, Jefferson City
Norah Wood, Jefferson City
William Fleury, Wardsville
Cooper County
Callie Gann, Boonville
Kathryn Pefferman, Boonville
Dallas County
Aliyah Meeker, Buffalo
Dunklin County
Dalton Bailey, Kennett
Franklin County
Brennan Pfeiffer, Labadie
Sara Conover, Pacific
Grant Orris, Pacific
Cecelia Franklin, St. Clair
Abigail Peregoy, Sullivan
Lucas Gremaud, Union
Nathan Oreskovic, Washington
Eleanor Raeker, Washington
Gasconade County
Nolan Kopp, Hermann
Trinity Rossi, Owensville
Greene County
Baron Carey, Battlefield
Vivianna Deken, Republic
Ariana Abbott, Springfield
Shiv Bansal, Springfield
Annie Barbara, Springfield
Jade Dunn, Springfield
Sydnee Durbin, Springfield
Oliver Frazier, Springfield
Ni Hnem, Springfield
Sylvie Hudson, Springfield
Hunter Odom, Springfield
Hannah Rico, Springfield
Alessia Roten, Springfield
Rachel Smitherman, Springfield
Lillian Alford, Strafford
Zachary Gugel, Willard
Howard County
Archer Dudenhoffer, Fayette
Nolan McGowan, New Franklin
Iron County
Reese Brogan, Ironton
Jackson County
Gavian Fluharty, Blue Springs
Hope Ontman, Blue Springs
Mikias Sprink, Blue Springs
Mace Thompson, Blue Springs
Alina Wackerman, Blue Springs
Tristyn Zinkiewicz, Blue Springs
Laila Hamilton, Grain Valley
Ashley McMurray, Grain Valley
Trevin Conway, Independence
Miru Lee, Independence
Ethan Rader, Independence
Caitlyn Alexander, Kansas City
Sulayman Al Wafie, Kansas City
Elizabeth Breshears, Kansas City
Emerson Brown, Kansas City
Jamin Callaway, Kansas City
Emily Chen, Kansas City
Bea Colbert, Kansas City
Mouayed Daffaallah, Kansas City
Alana Fizer, Kansas City
Malcolm Hunt, Kansas City
John (Kyle) Hurt, Kansas City
Caleb Johnson, Kansas City
Anastasia Kuzemka-Randle, Kansas City
Lincoln McKinnis, Kansas City
Cameron Molina, Kansas City
Emery Patterson, Kansas City
Madison Scholdberg, Kansas City
Shan Senoga, Kansas City
Olivia Smith, Kansas City
Kai Soo, Kansas City
Carmen Tang, Kansas City
Angela Hope Villamayor, Kansas City
Sadeen Alawnih, Lee's Summit
Asher Clements, Lee’s Summit
Joshua Cooper, Lee’s Summit
Shiv Patel, Lee’s Summit
Riley Voll, Lee's Summit
Jill Elizabeth Siemens, Lee's Summit
Jayla Walker, Lee's Summit
Kiera Walsh, Lee’s Summit
Madeline Collins, Raytown
Johnny Felder, Raytown
Jasper County
Corinne Merrell, Carl Junction
Luke Pointer, Carthage
Seth Brown, Joplin
Tad Curtis, Joplin
Ava Perez, Joplin
Rylan Davis, Webb City
Caitlin Norton, Webb City
Carter Slinker, Webb City
Jefferson County
Ella Montgomery, Festus
Payton Noce, Festus
Clare Hinkamper, High Ridge
Jack Walker, High Ridge
Lucas Brown, Imperial
Matthew Muessig, Imperial
Johnson County
Sean Anstine, Holden
Elizabeth Claxton, Holden
Lafayette County
Lorelai Kuecker, Concordia
Gillian Davenport, Higginsville
Journey Platt, Odessa
Lincoln County
Payton Barciszewski, Troy
Madeline O'Brien, Troy
Linn County
Jayson Graves, Marceline
Nora Vadneloecht, Marceline
Marion County
Tegan Herold, Palmyra
Ralls County
Bethany Devlin, Hannibal
Nathan Kibbler, Hannibal
Moniteau County
Preston McMillian, California
Monroe County
Orion Gordham, Madison
Montgomery County
Rachel Harris, Mineola
Morgan County
Karyna Lopez, Versailles
Nodaway County
Andrew Lager, Conception Junction
Ozark County
Corissa Strain, Clarkridge, Arkansas (attends Gainesville High School)
Logan Funk, Thornfield
Perry County
Ashli Berkheimer, Perryville
Josephine Robinson, Perryville
Pettis County
Gabriel Toderescu-Stavila, Sedalia
Phelps County
Rebekah Cook, Rolla
Valery Liang, Rolla
Isabel Morris, Rolla
Sophia Yang, Rolla
Pike County
Michael Hays, Bowling Green
Emma Yoder, Bowling Green
Platte County
Lawson Stuhlsatz, Parkville
Connor Thompson, Parkville
Pulaski County
Serina Chen, St. Robert
Carson Sutphin, Waynesville
Ralls County
Lauren Haley-Clark, Center
Matthew Utterback, Perry
Ray County
Aleah Johnson, Lawson
Scott County
Autumn Clayton, Sikeston
St. Charles County
Sydney Moore, Cottleville
Charles Giraud, Lake St. Louis
Tabitha Musangali, Lake St. Louis
Rathi Thiagarajan, Lake St. Louis
Kyle Davis, O'Fallon
Andrew Fu, O' Fallon
Benjamin Kirubakaran, O'Fallon
Anna Kleckner, O'Fallon
Luke Knapp, O’Fallon
Cody Miller, O’Fallon
Rory Pieples, O'Fallon
Benjamin Rhoades, O'Fallon
Anooj Shah, O’Fallon
Kara Smith, O'Fallon
Elise Snyder, O'Fallon
Gavin Gegg, Ste. Genevieve
Lucy Griesenauer, St. Charles
Noah Jeremiah, St. Charles
Esther Lin, St. Charles
Vanessa Ng, St. Charles
Chidinma Okoli, St. Charles
Zackary Overstreet, St. Charles
Miranda Owens, St. Charles
Lillian Runion, St. Charles
Calvin Gray, St. Peters
Wyatt Hirsch, St. Peters
Theresa Strebeck, St. Peter’s
Mariana Langford, Wentzville
Allison McCallum, Wentzville
Mason Woodward, Wentzville
St. Clair County
Lydia Jones, Osceola
St. Francois County
Clare Maloney, Farmington
Paige Monroe, Park Hills
Neil Patel, Park Hills
Chase Warden, Park Hills
City of St. Louis
Ismael Alnusour
Simon Apprill-Sokol
Caroline Bahr
Elise Barbier
Alyssa Boehlje
Zurich Buchanan
Eric Chen
Janya Clark
Isabelle Cox-Garleanu
Olivia Dandridge
Anyea Dickerson
Yadira Enriquez
Edwin Ernst, V
Gabriel Estrada
Annabel Gainey
Sean Goddard
Cecelia Hahn
Allison (Ally) Horstmann
Linda Kerr
Elliot Kopitske
Beck Linton
Carsyn Ly
Titus Matheny
Nevaeh McClendon
Tanner Medina
Evan Moll
Sarah Mu
Taylor Nuzum
Samuel Ourth
Avunker Pieris
Umar Rafiq
Ross Rhodes
Suchir Ryali
Kenley Satcher
Malaya Santella
Jessie Sapp
Ethan Scott
Destiny Singleton
Prakhar Singh
Mae Slagle
Zeona Smith
Jaylyn Stringfellow
Gideon Taylor
Alexander Tung
Logan Wolff
Anthony Zhao
Dante Zou
St. Louis County
Lillian Edwards, Affton
Samantha Perz, Ballwin
Aksheetha Santhoshkumar, Ballwin
Dean Ullom, Ballwin
Dhruv Bhosekar, Chesterfield
(Yejun) Aiden Moon, Chesterfield
Nicole Paquette, Chesterfield
Eliana Furdek, Clayton
Mariana Gordon, Clayton
Nischal Mohan, Ellisville
Jackson Dalton, Eureka
Chengxi Li, Eureka
Jacob Lohmeyer, Eureka
Nathan Crutchley, Fenton
Lydia Lasater, Fenton
Robert Flick, Florissant
Naiya Garrett, Florissant
Alexis Wahome, Florissant
Samuel Feldman, Frontenac
Queen Kalenga-Luabeya, Hazelwood
Kyler Whitehead, Hazelwood
Elliot Storm, Maplewood
Scott Janson, Oakville
Jason Shi, Olivette
Sophia Besand, Webster Groves
Joseph Nowak, Webster Groves
Megan Parsons, Webster Groves
Katherine Feeney, Wildwood
Andres Moeller, Wildwood
Stone County
Ellianna Garcia, Blue Eye
Warren County
Collin McMahan, Marthasville
Rylan Arndt, Warrenton
Katelyn McJannet, Warrenton
Karsten Uhl, Wright City
Washington County
Violet Sisk, Potosi
Webster County
Mackenna Mendes, Marshfield
September Childress, Rogersville
