| Jeris Abuhouran |
Amman, Jordan |
King's Academy |
11 |
- Empower Peace Participant
- Mashrek Model United Nations
- Officer in Peace Around the World Club
- Kings Academy Model United Nations Delegate
- Writer/ Editor for the Rexonian Newspaper
- Junior Counselor for Summer Enrichment Program
- Writer/ Editor for Al-Majnoonah Magazine
- Living Room Project
Participant
- Varsity Soccer Player
- Varsity Volleyball
- Varsity Swimming
- Boxing Club
- Chess Club
- Diversity Appreciation President Participant
|
| Dana Alaskar |
Amman, Jordan |
King's Academy |
11 |
- Yearbook Committee- Visual Arts Member
- MUN- Delegate
- Dance- Senior Member
- Round Square Baraza- Baraza Leader
- Basketball League- Captain
- Volleyball- Captain of JV Team
|
| Mohammed Albustani |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
Alittihad Model School |
12 |
- Student Council President
- Represented the UAE at the Olympic Youth Camp in the Beijing Olympics
- Participated in the Arab-African Scout Camp in Libya- Commander of the UAE Scout
|
| Bernadette Alloway

|
Valrico, Florida |
Bloomingdale High School |
10 |
- Swim Team
- Children’s Church Leader
- 3 Mission Trips: Memphis, Narajo, Dominican Republic
|
| Faisel Altunaiji |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
Alittihad Model School |
12 |
- Student Council President
- Participated in several debate camps in the interior of the State of the United Arab Emirates
|
| John Baker

|
Maumelle, Arkansas |
Central Arkansas Christian |
10 |
- Quiz Bowl- Captain
- Debate- Vice President
- National Junior Honor Society- President
- Chess Club- State Qualifier
|
| Miles Barber

|
Marysville, Kansas |
Home school/ Veritas Christian |
10 |
- Basketball- Varsity Starter
- Gold Orchestra
- American Legion Oratorical Contest- District and State
- Church Youth Group
- Painted for hire at American Legion Post 163
|
| Rachel Lynn Basinger

|
Hilliard, Ohio |
Home on the Rock |
11 |
- Public Speaking Instructor
- Piano Instructor
- Youth Retreat
- Future Engineers Summer Camp
- Competitive Public Speaking
|
| Courtney Bonner

|
Grand Ledge, Michigan |
Grand Ledge High School |
11 |
- Scholastic Bowl, Secretary
- Debate Team, Debater
- Writer’s Club
- McDonald’s Service Crew Member
- Link Program (Helps Autistic Students Socially)
|
| Pat Brookhouser

|
Omaha, Nebraska |
Creighton Prep High School |
10 |
- Intergeneration Orchestra
- Creighton Prep Jazz Band
- Creighton Prep Soccer Camp Counselor
- Salvation Army Bell Ringer
- Heifer International Cows of Peace Chairman
- Rotary Club Christmas Tree Recycling
|
| Matthew Costello

|
Raynham, Massachusetts |
West Bridgewater High School |
12 |
- Vice President of Students Against Destructive Decisions
- Vice President of Student Council
- Treasurer of Debate Club
- Trumpet Section Leader, Concert Band
- Varsity Football Lineman
|
| Maddie K. Doucet

|
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Homeschool |
12 |
- Community Theatre
- Vacation Bible School
- F.R.O.G. Speech and ALETHEIA Debate Clubs
- NCFCA
- National Qualified Speech and Debate Speaker
- Teen Pact
|
| Wes Farley

|
Crescent Springs, Kentucky |
Beechwood High School |
11 |
- Speech and Drama
- Debate: Impromptu, Broadcasting, Duo Interp, Improv Duo
- Scholastic Trapshooting Shooting Assoc.
- Cincinnati Police SWAT Team Volunteer
- Nast Trinity Church Soup Kitchen Volunteer
- Runner, Cincinnati 10K
|
| Brendan Flynn

|
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Bishop Gorman High School |
10 |
- President, Student Government
- President/National Qualifier Speech and Debate
- 2-Time State Champion, Mock Trial
- National Thespian Society
- President, Varsity Quiz
|
| Justin J. Grubbs

|
Davenport, Iowa |
West High School |
11 |
- Speech and Debate team
- Swim Team
- Ink Writing Club- Founder/Editor
- Harvest Bible Chapel Youth Group
- Junior Statesman Participant
|
| Hope Hancock |
Hobart, Oklahoma |
Hobart High School |
10 |
- Secretary- Hobart's FFA Chapter
- Co-Captain of Hobart's Cheerleading Squad
- Washington Leadership Conference Participant
- AP Club Reporter
- Hobart Student Council Member
|
| Aaron Hanes

|
Foley, Alabama |
Chargers Speech and Debate Club |
12 |
- Civil Air Patrol
- Toastmasters International, Secretary
- National Christian Forensics and Communication Assn.
|
| Cody Hoagland

|
Meriden, Kansas |
Plymouth Academy |
10 |
- 4-H Club President, past Club Treasurer
- Kansas State Poultry Judging Team
- Kansas State Shooting Sports Team
- 4-H Junior Leader Speech and Debate
- Swimming
- Track Cycling
- Triathlons
- Choir and Orchestra
|
| Samuel Johnson

|
Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Harbor Light Academy (Home School) |
10 |
- NCFCA Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- The Leadership Institute Youth Leadership School
- Student Group Leader
- Competitive Classic Soccer, Team Captain
- Shodor SUCCEED apprenticeship
- FIFA Certified Soccer Referee
- BSA Eagle Scout
|
| Steven Johnson

|
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Baton Rouge Speech and Debate |
11 |
- Teen Pact
- 4-H member, 7 years, Vice President, 1 year
- Violin, Youth Orchestra
- Young Marines
|
| Kevin Johnstun

|
Mona, Utah |
Juab High School |
11 |
- National Honor Society Member and Chapter Vice President
- FBLA
- Cross Country and Track
- School Musicals: Bye Bye Birdie, Guys and Dolls
|
| Antoine Kajangwe |
Gacuriro, Kigali, Rwanda |
Green Hills Academy |
12 |
- Prefects: Head Boy
- Green Hills Debate Club Member
- National Team Debate Member
- Prefects: Discipline prefect
- Student Council Treasurer
- Class Representative
- Head organizer for the “Walk for Survivors”
- Mother Teresa Volunteer Worker
- Basketball Team Member Captain, Vice- Captain
|
| Frederick “Leon” Kennedy |
Madison, Alabama |
Bob Jones High School |
10 |
- Cinematography Club, Writer, Assistant Director, Producer
- 4Robotics, Computer Aided Draft
- Debate Team, Participant/Event Organizer
|
| Jon Law

|
Aurora, Colorado |
Regis Jesuit High School |
11 |
- Mock Trial Participant
- National Honor Society
- Freshman Retreat Leader, Link Crew
- Mexico Service Trip
- Varsity Lacrosse, JV Tennis, JV Cross Country
- Ping Pong Club
|
| Andrew Lovato

|
Los Lunas, New Mexico |
Los Lunas High School |
11 |
- Track and Cross Country- Varsity
- Marching and Symphonic Band
|
| Anthony Mitchell

|
Farmington, Utah |
Davis High School |
11 |
- Vice President, Debate Team
- Liaison to 9th Grade JH Debate program
|
| Irene Morse
 |
San Marcos, Texas |
San Marcos High School |
11 |
- Varsity ladies and Mixed Choir, Alto
- Academic Decathlon, Honors Competitor
- JV Cross Country
- Junior State of America, Secretary
- Martindale Baptist Church Youth Group
|
| Glory Nwaugbala

|
Houston, Texas |
Westbury Christian School |
12 |
- Varsity Track and Field
- National Honor Society, Publicity Manager
- Hospital Volunteer
- Science Club/HOSA
- Varsity softball player and manager
|
| Richard O’Connell

|
Atlanta, Georgia |
Holy Spirit Preparatory School |
11 |
- Delta Omega, Treasurer
- Debate Society
- JV Basketball
- Varsity Tennis, 4th in region
- Running Sound/Tech in School Plays
- National Honor Society
|
| Anna Peterson

|
Billings, Montana |
Billings West High School |
11 |
- Forensics Team– Vice President
- Ecology Club
- Amnesty International
- Youth Group
- Montana Behavioral Initiative (MBI)
|
| Ajla Porca

|
Wylie, Texas |
Wylie High School |
11 |
- Student Council, Class President
- Wylie Pegleg Newspaper, Business Manager, Writer, Contributing Columnist
- Council of International Affairs President
- Sports Medicine Trainer
- Cashier at Brookshires’s
- National Honor Society
- Spanish Club
- Friends of Rachel Member
|
| Joshua Powelll

|
Prattville, Alabama |
Prattville Christian Academy |
12 |
- Drama Club, President
- National Beta Club, President
- Student Government Association, Treasurer
- National Honor Society
- Environmental Club
- Chess Club
- Key Club
- PCA Panther Mascot
- Boys State of Alabama
|
| Haden Edward Quinlan

|
West End, North Carolina |
Pinecrest High School |
10 |
- Debate Team- Junior Member
- Debate Team- Varsity Member
|
| Paul Reitz

|
Greenville, Ohio |
Greenville High School |
10 |
- Football- JV
- Debate Team- Founder/ President
- S.A.D.D. Club Member
- Spanish Club Member
|
| Jocelyn Ridenour

|
Spartansburg, South Carolina |
Homeschool |
12 |
- SC School for the Deaf and Blind Tutor
- Piano Coach
- Piano
- Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Program
- Masterworks Performing Artists Festival
- Orchestra First Chair Flute
|
| Briana Rodriguez

|
Anchorage, Alaska |
Highland Tech High |
10 |
- Re-Inventing Schools Coalition (RISC)
- Leadership Presentations
|
| Sadia Saifuddin

|
Stockton, California |
Lincoln High School |
11 |
- Speech and Debate Team
- Student Congress
- Libraries Change Lives Campaign, Chief
- Information Officer, Coordinator of Intern Program
- Cultural Heritage Board of Stockton- Board
- Member
- Muslim Girls Stockton Youth Group- Coordinator
|
| Austin Sell

|
Edmond, Oklahoma |
Edmond North High School |
10 |
- Spanish Club
- Key Club
- Debate Vice President 08-09
- Drummer in Church Praise Band
- Assistant Leader/Guitarist for Youth Praise Band
- Summer Volunteer at Local Library
- Web site Manager for the Bill Micklas Memorial
- Foundation
|
| Julia Clair Sharkey

|
Parma, Idaho |
Parma High School |
11 |
- Freshman Class Vice President
- Sophomore Class President
- Junior Class President
- ASB Secretary
- Leo’s Club Member
- National Honor Society Member
- Track, softball, cross-country, volleyball and basketball
- Regional Coalition
- Marching Band Drum Major
|
| Lydia Shumaker

|
Anchorage, Alaska |
Highland Tech High |
10 |
- Volleyball Captain
- 4-H council Secretary
- FFA
|
| Hashir Siddiqui

|
Wylie, Texas |
Wylie High School |
|
- Business Professionals of America
- Speech and Debate
- Multi Cultural Club Vice President
- National Junior Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- Muslim Students Association-Vice President
- Council of International Affairs
- Book Club
- Friends of Rachel Member
- Spanish Club
|
| Ashley Smier

|
Houston, Texas |
Westbury Christian School |
11 |
- Cheerleading Captain
- Journalism, Reporter/Editor
- Girl Scouts, Head in Sales
- Basketball
|
| Joshua S. Smith

|
Ingleside, Texas |
First Baptist Church |
12 |
- First Baptist Church Youth Group
- Homeschool Organization of South Texas Speech and Debate Club
- Ingleside City Council Meeting attendee
- Ingleside Index, covered two stories
- Volunteer, Todd Hunter Campaign for District 32, Texas State Representative 2008
|
| Michela Smith

|
Andover, Massachusetts |
Andover High School |
11 |
- Junior States of America Debate Team, Vice President
- Filmmaking Club, Founder and President
- Dance Classes
- National Honor Society
- The 28th Amendment Radio Show, Producer
- Girl Scouts
|
| Halli Spraggins

|
Abilene, Texas |
Abiline Christian High School |
11 |
- Junior Class Vice President
- Student Council Secretary
- Varsity Volleyball, Basketball, Track and Tennis
- First Chair Flute, Pep and Concert Band
- National Honor Society
|
| Sonashi Thabrew

|
Hillsboro, Oregon |
Century |
11 |
- Student Council, Treasurer/Secretary
- Sophomore Class Vice President
- Varsity Golf Athlete
- NHS Member
- Key Club International Member
- Raising Student Voice and Participation
- Unity Team Member
- Mock United Nation Facilitator
|
| Samuel James Tran

|
Diamond Bar, California |
Western Christian Private Satellite Program |
11 |
- Generation Joshua Orange County Chapter President
- Church Youth Group
- Academy of Business Leadership, Summer Business Institute
- PowerPlant Mission Trip
- Intern at Agile Approval, Inc.
|
| Landon Webber

|
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Louisiana Legislative Youth Advisory Council |
11 |
- Louisiana Legislative Youth Advisory Council, Secretary, Member
- Head Coach/Student Leader, Baton Rouge Speech and Debate Club
- National Christian Forensics and Communications Assoc.
- Greater Baton Rouge, Junior Classical League, President
- American Legion Oratorial Contest, State Winner
|
| Sean Wood

|
Edmond, Oklahoma |
Edmond North High School |
11 |
- School and Community Tennis Player
- Vocal Music and Show Choir
- Memorial Road Church of Christ Youth Group
|
| Ashish Yamdagni

|
Orlando, Florida |
University High School |
10 |
- Debate Club President
- Ecology Club
- Mu Alpha Theta
- Tennis Team
- Chess Club
|
| Allison Zwarycz

|
Houston, Minnesota |
Houston High School |
10 |
- MN Model Legislature, Vice Chair of Rules and Regulations Committee
- Speech, Original Oratory and Informative
- Knowledge Bowl
|