For Release: July 3, 2002
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
2002 Winners
Congressional District #1
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
|
Jeffrey Alexander |
Sewell |
Washington Twp High School |
|
Amy Averell |
Collingswood |
Collingswood High School |
|
Priya Bapat |
Voorhees |
Eastern Regional High School |
|
Samir Chheda |
Voorhees |
Eastern Regional High School |
|
Sarah Kaplan |
Woodbury |
Woodbury High School |
| Ann Kim | Voorhees | Eastern Regional High School |
| Francis Kim | Voorhees | Eastern Regional High School |
| Chenkay Li | Voorhees | Eastern Regional High School |
| Jeffrey Lugowe | Westmont | Haddon Township High School |
| Robert Moore | Glassboro | Glassboro High School |
| Lauren Pafumi | Woodbury | Woodbury High School |
| Robert Reamer | Barrington | Haddon Heights High School |
| Christina Sauper | Sewell | Washington Twp High School |
|
Shannon Troutman |
Collingswood |
Collingswood High School |
Congressional District #2
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
| Benjamin Cromartie | Egg Harbor City | Absegami High School |
| Yi Deng | Absecon | Absegami High School |
| Theresa D’Ottavi | Marmora | Holy Spirit High School |
| Louis Epstein | Woodstown | Woodstown High School |
| Jacquelyn Haynicz | Glassboro | Delsea Regional High School |
| Gregory Hellings | Cape May Court House | Middle Township High School |
| Sean Hutchinson | Mullica Hill | Clearview Regional High School |
| Daniel Koch | Cape May Court House | Middle Township High School |
| Callista Lawler | Egg Harbor Township | Egg Harbor Twp High School |
| Megan Leahey | Galloway | Absegami High School |
| Laura Magee | Monroeville | Delsea Regional High School |
| Caroline Merighi | Vineland | Vineland High School South |
| Shawn Puri | Vineland | Vineland High School South |
| Shad Qudsi | Vineland | Vineland High School South |
| Daniel Taub | Egg Harbor Township | Egg Harbor Twp High School |
| Anna Williams | Margate | Atlantic City High School |
Congressional District #3
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
| Matthew Berns | Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill High School East |
| Kathleen Degnan | Moorestown | Moorestown High School |
| Andrew Franklin | Toms River | Toms River High School North |
| Alex Goldstein | Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill High School East |
| Jordan Greene | Toms River | Toms River High School South |
| Nathan Haas | Riverside | Riverside High School |
| Matthew Merguerian | Toms River | Toms River High School North |
| Diana Miller | Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill High School West |
| Zhi Qiao | Delran | Delran High School |
| Rameez Qudsi | Toms River | Toms River High School North |
| Joshua Rissmiller | Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill High School East |
| Di Tang | Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill High School East |
| John Ward | Medford | St. Joseph’s Preparatory School |
| Adam Zuckerman | Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill High School West |
Congressional District #4
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
| Michael Austin | Colts Neck | Christian Brothers Academy |
| David DiGioia | Wall | Wall High School |
| Holly Duelfer | Perrineville | Allentown High School |
| Ryan Griffin | Colts Neck | St. John Vianney High School |
| Laura Harvey | Colts Neck | Red Bank Catholic High School |
| Catherine Jedrzejczyk | Trenton | Villa Victoria Academy |
| Jessica Lane | Jackson | Jackson Memorial High School |
| Melanie Leong | Hamilton | Hamilton High School East |
| Mairaed McCarthy | Freehold | Freehold Township High School |
| Matthew Oliver | Hamilton | Hamilton High School West |
| Matthew Ruprecht | Hamilton | Hamilton High School West |
| Robert Shemeley | Burlington | Burlington Township High School |
| Brian Thompson | Freehold | Freehold Township High School |
| Chris Tomson | Imlaystown | The Peddie School |
Congressional District #5
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
| Laura Baur | Glenwood | Vernon Township High School |
| Jonathan Blum | Ringwood | Lakeland Regional High School |
| Craig Cagney | Upper Saddle River | Don Bosco Prep High School |
| Julia Cai | Wyckoff | Ramapo High School |
| Diana Feygin | Oradell | River Dell Regional High School |
| David Goldberg | River Vale | Pascack Valley High School |
| Ryan Heddy | Franklin | Wallkill Valley Reg High School |
| Viktoria Lazar | Tenafly | Tenafly High School |
| Erica Lee | Paramus | Paramus High School |
| Margaret Lynch | Ridgewood | Ridgewood High School |
| Arathi Rao | Wanaque | Lakeland Regional High School |
| Richard Rhee | Cliffside Park | Paramus High School |
| Caroline Rodda | Wyckoff | Ramapo High School |
| Yankun Shen | River Edge | Acad for Advancement of Sci & Tech |
| Fan Zhong | Tenafly | Tenafly High School |
Congressional District #6
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
| Damani Aaron | Edison | Edison High School |
| Elizabeth D’Addio | Piscataway | Bishop George Ahr High School |
| Huma Farid | Edison | Edison High School |
| Serena Fernandes | Old Bridge | Old Bridge High School |
| Prital Kadakia | Edison | John P Stevens High School |
| Shirley Lo | Dunellen | Dunellen High School |
| Ryan Marcelino | Edison | Edison High School |
| Ellen Minnihan | Somerset | Bishop George Ahr High School |
| Amar Narula | Hazlet | Monmouth Co Acad of Allied Health & Sci |
| Hemesh Rama | South Amboy | Rutgers Preparatory School |
| Brian Rock | Edison | Edison High School |
| Benjamin Scent | Piscataway | Piscataway High School |
| Kelly Shue | Highland Park | Highland Park High School |
| Joseph Walsh | Old Bridge | Old Bridge High School |
| Jenner Yeh | Edison | John P Stevens High School |
Congressional District #7
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
| Stephanie Cavagnaro-Wong | Belle Mead | Montgomery High School |
| Mark Chen | Warren | Watchung Hills Reg High School |
| Dwijen Gandhi | Edison | John P Stevens High School |
| Elena Goetz | Scotch Plains | Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child |
| Jaclyn LaSaracina | Warren | Watchung Hills Reg High School |
| Sarah Laskow | Skillman | The Lawrenceville School |
| James Ma | Bound Brook | Bridgewater-Raritan High School |
| Catherine Monticchio | Watchung | The Pingry School |
| Mridula Raman | Berkeley Heights | Governor Livingston High School |
| Martin Ryan | Gladstone | Oratory Preparatory School |
| Rahul Sharma | Warren | Watchung Hills Reg High School |
| Kevin Shi | Millburn | Millburn High School |
| Evan Shore | Watchung | The Pingry School |
| Vivek Venkatachalam | Berkeley Heights | Governor Livingston High School |
| Lauren Zeitels | Warren | Watchung Hills Reg High School |
Congressional District #8
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
| Lauren Denk | West Orange | West Orange High School |
| Matthew Dziublenski | Cedar Grove | Cedar Grove High School |
| Andrew Ebersbach | Wayne | Wayne Valley High School |
| Rodney Eng | Clifton | Clifton High School |
| Jeremy Ershow | West Orange | West Orange High School |
| Peter Golden | Bloomfield | Bloomfield High School |
| Jeremy Grubin | Passaic | The Frisch School |
| Richard McMahon | Upper Montclair | St. Peter’s Preparatory School |
| Sarah Otner | West Orange | West Orange High School |
| Emad Oughourli | Prospect Park | Manchester Reg High School |
| Christopher Pescatore | Bloomfield | Bloomfield High School |
| Lisanne Petracca | Glen Ridge | Glen Ridge High School |
| Sami Saba | Wayne | Wayne Hills High School |
| Julia Stefanczyk | Wayne | Wayne Hills High School |
| Laurence Tai | West Orange | Seton Hall Preparatory School |
Congressional District #9
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
| Anna Book | North Bergen | Academy of the Holy Angels |
| Mikhail Dyadyuk | Fair Lawn | Fair Lawn High School |
| Elizabeth Farrelly | Fair Lawn | Acad for Business & Computer Tech |
| Atara Hiller | Fair Lawn | Yeshiva High School for Girls |
| Livia Levine | Teaneck | Yeshiva High School for Girls |
| Anh-thu Ngo | Secaucus | Secaucus High School |
| Joel Pereira | Elmwood Park | Memorial High School |
| Amanda Pezzano | Hawthorne | Hawthorne High School |
| Jonathan Sasson | Fair Lawn | The Frisch School |
| Patrick Seo | Englewood Cliffs | Bergen Catholic High School |
| Jamie Schwartz | Englewood | The Frisch School |
| Daniel Teitelbaum | Fair Lawn | Fair Lawn High School |
| Howard Wang | Palisades Park | Palisades Park Jr/Sr High School |
| James Wnorowski | North Arlington | Acad for Engineering & Design Tech |
Congressional District #10
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
| Rone Alonzo | Elizabeth | Roselle Catholic High School |
| Jasmine Bauknight | Roselle | Mother Seton Reg High School |
| Justin Ben-Asher | South Orange | Columbia High School |
| Roselyn Clemente | Roselle | Roselle Catholic High School |
| Andre DeOliveira | Hillside | Hillside High School |
| Alexander Frankel | South Orange | Columbia High School |
| Matthew Gline | South Orange | Columbia High School |
| Laura Holzman | South Orange | Columbia High School |
| Sarah Miller | Montclair | Montclair Kimberley Academy |
| Steven Pizza | Union | Roselle Catholic High School |
| Duncan Sahner | Maplewood | Columbia High School |
| Michael Szaro | Linden | Linden High School |
| Mika Tomczak | Maplewood | Columbia High School |
| Adam Wieczorkowski | Elizabeth | Elizabeth High School |
Congressional District #11
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
| Emma Baratta | Somerville | Somerville High School |
| Sonia Belliappa | West Caldwell | James Caldwell High School |
| Christopher Burnor | Rockaway | Morris Hills High School |
| Janine Catalano | Livingston | Livingston High School |
| Scott Gentile | Hillsborough | Immaculata High School |
| Robert Hetherington | Kinnelon | Kinnelon High School |
| Vivian Hsu | Pine Brook | Montville Township High School |
| Sophia Karas | Livingston | Livingston High School |
| Jacqueline McClester | Florham Park | Hanover Park High School |
| Caroline Nagy | Bridgewater | Bridgewater-Raritan High School |
| Jon Raffensperger | Mendham | W Morris Mendham High School |
| Matthew Tanwanteng | Pine Brook | Montville Township High School |
| Peter Tom-Wolverton | Neshanic Station | Immaculata High School |
| Jane Van Cleef | Madison | Madison High School |
| Chen Xue | Randolph | Randolph High School |
Congressional District #12
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
| Samir Amrute | Kendall Park | South Brunswick High School |
| Farah Bakar | East Brunswick | East Brunswick High School |
| Christopher Chan | East Brunswick | East Brunswick High School |
| Wamiq Chowdhury | Cranbury | The Lawrenceville School |
| David Cohen | Monroe Township | Monroe Township High School |
| Alexander Dahlen | Princeton | Princeton High School |
| Jennifer Hou | West Windsor | W Windsor-Plainsboro HS North |
| Eugene Kim | Lawrenceville | The Lawrenceville School |
| Justin Klein | Manalapan | Freehold Township High School |
| Maximilian Lee | Princeton | The Lawrenceville School |
| Joshua Porter | Pittstown | North Hunterdon High School |
| Stephen Relyea | Little Silver | Red Bank Regional High School |
| Prem Trivedi | Morganville | Freehold High School |
| James Wray | Princeton Junction | W Windsor-Plainsboro HS South |
| Jessie Yu | Princeton | Princeton High School |
Congressional District #13
| Student Name | Town of Residence | School |
| Nausheen Abbas | Hopelawn | Woodbridge High School |
| Brittany Bacon | Union City | Academy of the Holy Angels |
| David Benitez | Perth Amboy | Perth Amboy High School |
| David Cho | Woodbridge | Woodbridge High School |
| Timothy Czerwienski | Bayonne | Bayonne High School |
| Ehab Elmalak | Bayonne | Bayonne High School |
| Hebah Ismail | Newark | East Side High School |
| Eric Jakubik | Bayonne | Bayonne High School |
| Merene Joseph | Carteret | Carteret High School |
| Farhan Malik | Jersey City | St. Peter’s Preparatory School |
| Jean-Karl Martin | North Bergen | North Bergen High School |
| Bhavik Shah | Jersey City | McNair Academic High School |
| Brian Simons | Newark | Immaculate Conception High School |
| Shreya Vora | Bayonne | Holy Family Academy |