BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. (August 18, 2022) – College Board’s newly released Advanced
Placement Scholar Roster includes 142 Bartow County School System students – the highest
number ever recorded in Bartow County! The number of AP Scholars has nearly tripled from
2017!
College Board’s AP program provides motivated and academically prepared students with the
opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school. Students can earn
college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP exams
administered in high schools.
College Board recognizes three levels of achievement based on student performance and AP
exams. The highest level of academic honor is AP Scholar with Distinction, followed by AP
Scholar with Honor, and AP Scholar.
Twenty-nine students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average
score of 3.5 or higher on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these
exams. The honorees include Mark Brunson (AHS ’22), Sydney Irons (AHS ’22), Emma
Higueras (AHS ’24), Annie McCormick (AHS ’23), Callie Viktora (AHS ’24), Camden Briggs
(CHS ’22), Maki Barnes (CHS ’22), Carson Carroll (CHS ’22), Evelyn Lynch (CHS ’23),
Sydney Orr (CHS ’23), Andrew Ziemer (CHS ’23), Kylie Agan (WHS ’24), Kiconco Bassler
(WHS ’23), Bradley Benners (WHS ’24), Shelby Bishop (WHS ’22), Grace Card (WHS ’23),
Abigail Carlsen (WHS ’22), Kameron Chappell (WHS ’23), Taylor Chappell (WHS ’22), Jayla
Chastain (WHS ’22), Adam Edens (WHS ’23), Jolie Fannin (WHS ’23), Eryn Gentry (WHS
’22), Hannah Godfrey (WHS ’23), Delaney Matthews (WHS ’24), Benjamin Novo (WHS ‘22),
Emily Roach (WHS ’23), Christopher Tarver (WHS ’22), and Caden Wolf (WHS ’22).
Fourteen students received the AP Scholar with Honor Award after earning an average score of
at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.
The recipients are Connor Patterson (AHS ’22), Aldon Aquarian (CHS ’22), Gavin Davis (CHS
’24), Scarlett Hale (CHS ’24), Alexandra Pacheco (CHS ’24), Rey Ventura-Velasquez (CHS
’24), Breanna Chapman (WHS ’24), Aiden Cornette (WHS ’23), Mac Doran (WHS ’22), Jorden
Edens (WHS ’24), John Forsyth (WHS ’22), Sara Lowe (WHS ’24), Joseph Parker (WHS ’23), and Chloe Webb (WHS ’24).
Ninety-nine students earned the AP Scholar Award by earning a score of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. The honorees are Ella Baker (AHS ’24), Gracelyn Baker (AHS ’23), Cavender Barnes (AHS ’23), Adeline Bearden (AHS ’22), Melody Cress (AHS ’22), Alayna Findley (AHS ’23), Alex Gollaz (AHS ’24), Megan Gregory (AHS ’23), Kyoshi Harmon (AHS ’24), Lexi Heatherly (AHS ’24), Kayli Hilburn (AHS ’22), Lillian Kinsey (AHS ’23), Jaiden Leach (AHS ’23), Eden Lipham (AHS ’22), Samantha Lusian (AHS ’23), JoBeth O’Kelley (AHS ’23), Braden Potter (AHS ’24), Bryce Richardson (AHS ’22), Emily Rogers (AHS ’22), Nick Schmied-Tatransky (AHS ’24), Abigail Simpson (AHS ’22), Michael Spinks (AHS ’24), Tori Sprayberry (AHS ’24), Macy Wilson (AHS ’24), Alissa Winters (AHS ’24), Ansley Womack (AHS ’23), Melanie Armstead (CHS ’22), Jovany Contreras (CHS ’22), Alex De Anda Rodriquez (CHS ’22), Parker Dunn (CHS ’23), Eli Etheridge (CHS ’22), Gideon Fortner (CHS ’23), Alexander Ghavamian (CHS ’23), Laney Gordon (CHS ’24), Ryan Grant (CHS ’23), Chelsea Harris (CHS ’22), Dannyell Hendrix (CHS ’22), Aislen Hernandez (CHS ’22), Ryan Hillhouse (CHS ’24), Bryce Kresho (CHS ’22), Ricky Le (CHS ’22), Joseph Loh (CHS ’24), Justice Mason (CHS ’22), Alana McCoy (CHS ’24), Zachary McKnight (CHS ’23), Rylee Moore (CHS ’22), Cindy Muniz (CHS ’25), Jacob Peace (CHS ’22), Aniya Perry (CHS ’22), Dillon Sanford (CHS ’24), Gabe Self (CHS ’24), Destiny Smith (CHS ’22), Lily Taylor (CHS ’24), Kelli Young (CHS ’22), Deborah Ajao (WHS ’24), Lainey Baker (WHS ’22), Victoria Barbosa (WHS ’22), Erica Boatner (WHS ’22), Kimberly Braun (WHS ’22), Erin Bollwerk (WHS ’22), Leanora Brown (WHS ‘24), Abigayle Cates (WHS ’23), Tessa Ciavarro (WHS ’22), Parker Collins (WHS ’24), Shawn Davis (WHS ’23), Heaven Dennis (WHS ‘24), Peyton Dorn (WHS ’24), Ellie Eanes (WHS ’22), Jhon Gordon (WHS ’22), Alana Hennon (WHS ’22), Emily Higdon (WHS ’22), Gabriel Hull (WHS ’22), Adria Kalsi (WHS ’22), Christian Koontz (WHS ’24), Mason Lawson (WHS ’23), Savannah Lawson (WHS ’22), Rylee Leachman (WHS ’22), Esteban Martinez (WHS ’23), Kassidy McCool (WHS ’22), Mackenzie Miller (WHS ’24), Mya Moffit (WHS ’22), Marcus Muriithi (WHS ’24), Serena N’guessan (WHS ’22), Shanice N’guessan (WHS ’22), Faith Owens (WHS ’24), Haylee Roach (WHS ’22), Raegan Rothman (WHS ’23), Hunter Sennett (WHS ’23), Chloe Smith (WHS ’22), Matthew Stone (WHS ’22), Andrew Thayer (WHS ’23), Mason Tucker (WHS ’22), Camber Wallace (WHS ’23), Reagan Weightman (WHS ’24), Ava Whatley (WHS ’24), Gracie Williams (WHS ’24), Kyler Williams (WHS ’22), and Anthony Zhang (WHS ’23).

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