Students named All-State Scholars for excelling in academics
Wisconsin’s 120 All-State Scholars for 2008 share a common foundation: excellence in their
academic achievement.
“These students worked hard and devoted themselves to their academic studies,” said State
Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster. “While parents, families, and teachers provide invaluable support,
it is the personal effort of these students that brought them success and the All-State Scholar award.”
The students were chosen as All-State Scholars by a committee of school administrators based on
overall grade-point average and scores for the ACT or SAT college admissions tests. This year’s All-State
Scholars were among more than 650 students nominated by their high school principals. Schools with 400
or fewer students were entitled to nominate one graduating senior to the program. Schools with
enrollments between 401 and 999 students could nominate two students, and schools with 1,000 or more
students could nominate three graduating seniors for the award.
The All-State Scholars program was founded in 1986 as one of the first of its kind to recognize
students for their dedication to academic studies. A year later, the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
was added to support students’ future academic studies. Pending full funding at the federal level, Byrd
scholarships may provide a scholarship of $1,500 per year, for up to four years. Students may use the
scholarship at any postsecondary educational institution in the United States.
“I am very proud to be part of the Wisconsin tradition that recognizes student academic
achievement,” Burmaster said. “I encourage these young people to pursue further education and to
contribute to the democratic principles and economic prosperity of our state and nation.”
The Association of Wisconsin School Administrators’ Foundation for Educational
Administration, Wisconsin State Journal, WEAC, and Department of
Public Instruction sponsor the All-State Scholars program.
Congressional District 1
Adam Barron
Case High School, Racine
Allena Berry
Park High School, Racine
Ashwini Bharatkumar of Big Bend
Mukwonago High School
Nathan Bollig
Parker High School, Janesville
Molly Dobberke
Mukwonago High School
Anaya Gonda
Muskego High School
Ryan Gregornik
Williams Bay High School
Danielle Mabrey
Franklin High School
Anthony Nguyen
Craig High School, Janesville
Jacob Oberman of Janesville
Milton High School
Timothy Pflugrad
Park High School, Racine
Kristina Rogahn
Greendale High School
Miranda Steege
The Prairie School, Racine
Danling Yu
Case High School, Racine
Joanna Zurko,
Muskego High School
Congressional District 2
Ruth Davis
West High School, Madison
Philip Ebben
Fort Atkinson High School
Reuben Henriques
West High School, Madison
Brian Ji
Memorial High School, Madison
Kyle Martin
Verona Area High School
Jenna Myers
Mount Horeb High School
Richard Pang
West High School, Madison
Julia Potter
Oregon High School
Maren Raab,
Memorial High School, Madison
Timothy Reasa
Baraboo High School
Kirsten Rhude of Cross Plains
Middleton High School
Eleanor Shoshany Anderson
LaFollette High School, Madison
Jeffrey Theisen
Middleton High School
Alexandro Trevino
Memorial High School, Madison
Qichen Zhang
Whitewater High School
Congressional District 3
Laura Bartos
Onalaska High School
Ian Begemann of Chaseburg
Westby High School
Samuel Bruning
Mondovi High School
Russell Buehler
Onalaska High School
Leah Clementi
Dodgeville High School
Alexandra Gendreau
Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School
Nicole Goodrich
New Richmond High School
Charlie Hammond
Hudson High School
Michael Harper
Hudson High School
Vanessa Johnson
Durand Junior/Senior High School
Cynthia Kocik
Hudson High School
Saamia Masoom
Platteville High School
Ravi Shah
Holmen High School
Marissa Swanson
Menomonie High School
Rachel Zidon
Platteville High School
Congressional District 4
Brett Benka
South Milwaukee High School
Callie Grebe of Wauwatosa
Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Milwaukee
Patrick Grimes,
Saint Francis High School
Besma Jaber of Oak Creek
King High School, Milwaukee
Martha Mahmoud
King High School, Milwaukee
Kristy Moeller
Nathan Hale High School, West Allis
Ramona Novak of Oak Creek
St. Thomas More High School, Milwaukee
Elise Pellmann of Fox Point
Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Milwaukee
Brenda Poppy of Greenfield
Wisconsin Lutheran High School, Milwaukee
Kourtnei Robinson
King High School, Milwaukee
Aaron Roszak
South Milwaukee High School
Andrea Sottile of West Allis
Hamilton High School, Milwaukee
Tyler Vivian
South Milwaukee High School
Colleen Woyach
Cudahy High School
Nicholas Zajdel
Nathan Hale High School, West Allis
Congressional District 5
Lili Behm
Slinger High School
Daniel Ewert
Germantown High School
Sarah Lehmann
East High School, Brookfield
Jason Muth of Delafield
Kettle Moraine High School, Wales
Heidi Nelson
Whitefish Bay High School
Alex Palmer of Elm Grove
East High School, Brookfield
Elizabeth Pierson
Shorewood High School
Robert Qi
Eisenhower High School, New Berlin
Jiangchuan Qiu
West High School, Waukesha
Travis Serebin
Germantown High School
Michael Smigelski
Homestead High School, Mequon
Spencer Stroebel of Saukville
Cedarburg High School
Angela Zeng of Menomonee Falls
Hamilton High School, Sussex
Lily Zhou
Homestead High School, Mequon
Yunhao Zhu
Homestead High School, Mequon
Congressional District 6
Jacob Blain
Fond du Lac High School
Scott Blasczyk of Appleton
Kimberly High School
Leah DeYoung of Oshkosh
Winneconne High School
Laura Edison
Neenah High School
Joshua Ehlert
Neenah High School
Bryan Englebert of Menasha
St. Mary Central High School, Neenah
Robin Karlin
West High School, Oshkosh
Broderick Martin of Kohler
Sheboygan Falls High School
Ashley Nault
Fond du Lac High School
Sara O’Connell
Menasha High School
Brenna Schuster
Fond du Lac High School
Benjamin Simmons
North High School, Sheboygan
Jessica Stuyvenberg
Kimberly High School
Brianne Williams
Neenah High School
Angela Xie
West High School, Oshkosh
Congressional District 7
Samuel Balinghasay
Marshfield High School
James Byrnes
Rice Lake High School
Anna Drewry
East High School, Wausau
Marcus Ewert
Marshfield High School
Wesley Fox of Arpin
Pittsville High School
Adam Johnson
Osceola High School
Kathryn Leifheit
Marshfield High School
Katherine Magee
Stevens Point Area Senior High School
Madeline Marshall
Hayward High School
Elizabeth Miller
West High School, Wausau
Daniel Nadeau
West High School, Wausau
Benjamin Peterson
Nekoosa High School
Sarah Pitts
West High School, Wausau
Emily Prazak
Grantsburg High School
Dustin Schallert
Amherst High School
Congressional District 8
Amanda Detry
Southwest High School, Green Bay
Ariel Dickinson
Oconto High School
Laura Dickinson
East High School, Appleton
Rebecca Furdek
Clintonville High School
Weston Gaines of Greenleaf
Wrightstown High School
James Harder
Preble High School, Green Bay
Hillary Jenny
Southwest High School, Green Bay
Rebecca Li
North High School, Appleton
Weston Maier
Sturgeon Bay High School
Eric Rentmeester of Green Bay
Pulaski High School
Matthew Wage
East High School, Appleton
Eric Weinlander of Greenville
Hortonville High School
Tyler Will
Luxemburg-Casco High School
Brittany Wright
North High School, Appleton
Caleb Yeung, of Arbor Vitae
Lakeland Union High
School, Minocqua
Posted May 7, 2008