600+ high school seniors honored for 4.0 GPAs

LANCASTER – More than 600 high school seniors were honored for their academic achievements at the 17th annual 4.0 Student Recognition Celebration sponsored by the AV Fair & Event Center.

The event took place Tuesday night in the H.W. Hunter Pavilion. It honored 669 local seniors graduating with a cumulative 4.0 or higher GPA from 12 local schools, including Antelope Valley, Desert Christian, Eastside, Highland, Lancaster, Littlerock, Palmdale, Paraclete, Pete Knight, Quartz Hill, SOAR and The Palmdale Aerospace Academy.

Each 4.0 student was recognized on-stage and presented with certificates from elected officials and local dignitaries. Additionally, multiple cash scholarships were presented by event sponsors.

Congratulations to the 4.0 (and higher) seniors!

ANTELOPE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

• Celeste Milan Artiga
• Christine Aca-ac
• Ryan Anthony Albright
• Evelyn Arellano
• Megan Louise Baker
• Ebony Barnes
• Karen Alejandra Camacho Jimenez
• Guadalupe Araceli Carmona
• Javier Cerda Martinez
• Nathen Ray Chavez
• Jasmine Yamileth Contreras
• Matteo Cristofori
• Joleen Lucia Gomez
• Yamilexi Gonzalez
• Eugenia Hernandez
• Gloria Margarita Hernandez
• Tyler Lachelle Jackson
• Angel Mahei Mendoza
• Adan Isaac MontesDeOca
• Daisy Perez Perales
• Rosalinda Ramos Sanchez
• Sammy Jr Alcones Santiago
• Jessica Alejandra Vargas
• Zack Edward Alan Zinzow

DESERT CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL

• Ashley Cole
• Richard “Tre” Downer
• Kassondra Estrada
• Juliann Luke
• Vivien Maida
• Amber McComas
• Markus Saavedra
• Brooke Schweitzer
• Meng’er (Crystal) Shen
• Hannah Smith

EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

•  Neo Alaniz
• Martha Deanna Almanza-Esparza
• Georgina Giselle Alvarez
• Jacquelyn Anguiano
• Beau Raphael Arias
• Kaitlyn Emma Ann Benoit Wong
• Tionna Brand
• Monayjia Alamaray Brown
• Imani Shauntell Caddell
• Maritza Casillas Olivar
• Juan Ramcez De Jesus Castaneda
• Anthony Arayik Estrada Rivera
• Rene Estrada
• Valerie Lissette Fernandez
• Cristal Flores
• Spencer Michael Foley
• Briana Alaina Garcia
• Natalie Cortes Gavia
• Wendy Gonzalez
• Jose Manuel Granados
• Jamie N Griggs
• Isela Aylin Guevara
• Kamryn Harrold
• Rebecca Jaimes
• Yanira Alexsiz Jimenez Vargas
• Alvaro Jimenez
• Da’Quan Davionne Johnson
• Jaida Francis Paja Lee
• Danielle Nicole Linde
• Elda Abigail Lopez
• Gema Denise Lopez
• DeAndria Louise Madden
• Michael Martinez
• Jonathan James McAlister
• Jocelyn Eileen Mejia Andrade
• Guadalupe Mendoza
• Sean Y Moore
• Elena Morales
• Keyla Verenice Morales
• Rachelle Skye Morales
• Natalie Thu Nguyen
• Ceci Winam Odhiambo
• Alondra Lizbeth Pena
• Ashley Elisa Reales
• Rachelle Diana Recinos-Cruz
• Kassandra Yulexie Renteria
• Daniel Alejandro Reyes
• Ricardo Reynoso
• Jalen Anthonie Richardson
• Topacio Arely Rivera
• Anthony A Rizo
• Emily Paloma Rodriguez
• Cassandra Rojas
• Justice Raylene Smith
• AndRea Spears
• Maddison Angel Stephenson
• Daniel E Taylor
• Jacklyn F Thompson
• Megan Emily Tran
• Salma Pamela Trejo
• Anthony Valencia
• Rebeckah Vega Magallanes
• German Villafuerte
• James Villasenor
• Bilal Khalid Mohammed Wilburn
• Pualani Mariah Williams

HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL

•  Catalina Aguilar
• Daniel Benjamin Alvarez DeJesus
• April M Alvarez
• Fabricio P. Apuy
• Jocelyn Arroyo
• Ivan Alexander Ayon
• Erika Balderas Cruz
• Morgan Alexa Bohac
• Chelsea Rain Bozarth
• Michael A Buck
• Andrea C Buhrer
• Sarah Melissa Busbee
• Becca M Carter
• Raul Antonio Castillo
• Cinthia Johann Chacon
• Tasnia Jahin Chowdhury
• Dessia Chalet Coleman
• Jannon Cornwall
• Carinne Mae Biscocho De Leon
• Dianne Trinh Dinh
• Marlene Escobedo
• Salma Khaled Fawzi
• Ashley Elizabeth Flores
• Jason Patrick Foster
• Analeen Cirineo Franco
• Jesus Antonio Gomez Garcia
• Ezekiel Aleksei Grimares
• MariefelPauline Javellana Guijaro
• Anthony Gunn
• Amaya Joy Hernandez
• Anna Sophia Hernandez
• Shane Thomas Hixon
• Aerius Khamphoui Khommarath
• Eugene Kim
• Chase M Kross
• Amanda Marie Laughlin
• Viena Nguyen Le
• E’Jypt Nanigi Lewis
• Alayzha J Lord
• Jacqueline Estrella Luna
• Raquel Galang Maglalang
• Alejandra Maldonado
• Lily Gabrielle Mancia
• Vianney Rianne Delizo Mangyao
• Lindsey Raquel Martinez
• Abigail Paige Matheny
• Annette Kurian Mattappally
• Belen Naomi Medina
• Alondra Melendez
• Angel Mendoza
• Otto Alexander Meza
• Alvaro Munoz
• Ha Thi Thu Nguyen
• Airi Elizabeth Oakey
• Brian H Paek
• Christian Anthony Paredes
• Brian Loc Phan
• Breanna L Potenciano
• Param Arjun Preston
• Amr Rabie
• Matthew Guy Radke
• Moumita Hamida Rahman
• Christian Alonzia Ross
• Sujana S Saj
• Vincent Banzali Salazar
• Sabrina Melany Saldana
• John Marion Bondoc Sanchez
• Ethan A Santos
• Raven Angelo dela Fuente Santos
• Naomi Stubbs
• Mitchel Templos
• Jared Louis Tivis Watts
• Andrea Daniela Valiente
• Zoe Marie Vander Hyde
• Jason S Vieane
• Yasodhara Yovanka Villagran
• Kassandra Guadalupe Virgen Castaneda
• Alexandria Sonja Ybarra

KNIGHT HIGH SCHOOL

• Ivanna Amador
• Nicole Amador
• Jocelyn Andrade
• Kyrah Archibald
• Monica Ayala
• Juan Barajas Mendoza
• Louise Candeloza
• Arturo Casas
• Abraham Chavez
• Erin Cheves
• LaFrance Daniels
• Allanah Sophia Duero
• Alex Dunkwu
• Kylie Duran
• Kimberly Escalante
• Sebastian Escobar
• Stephanie Estanislao
• Juely Faqueda
• Cristyana Fletes
• Vikramjeet Gill
• Hector Gomez
• Jason Gomez
• Devan Graves
• Kenia Gutierrez
• Kiana Ha
• Lennix Hidalgo-Sigaran
• Nicole Iniguez
• Delaney Johnson
• Daniel Jones
• Miguel Llerenas Soto
• Tammie Malvin
• Argelee Mamangun
• Jasmine Manriquez
• Andrew Martinez
• Alfred Mendez
• Christina Merino
• Dimas Molina
• Breann Newsome
• Katherine Ornelas
• Rianne Palecpec
• Emely Pineda-Rivas
• Jose Portillo
• Briza Posadas Ramos
• Daizy Prieto-Murillo
• Martin Rocha
• Grissel Rodriguez
• Yossi Ruiz
• Leslie Salinas
• Cristian Santana
• Aseniq Shahid-Williams
• Larry Smith
• Edwin Sorto
• Lauren Suero Mayberry
• Ivy Ta
• Krystal Toribio
• Alanna Washington

LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL

•  Kristian Abad
• Jissel Aceves
• Tania Amador
• Iqra Arshad
• James Banales
• Kirsten Barrow
• Sophia Boyd
• Delia Bravo
• Justin Burkey
• Breanna Carmona
• Hailey M Carrillo
• Joshua Collins
• Brianna Contera Velazquez
• Vanessa Cruz
• Daniel A Cuyate Palomino
• Connor Dagg
• Audrey Dalsass
• Jeremiah Davis
• Sarah De Luna Stallworth
• Isabel Devera
• Tiara Dorta
• Angelina Ensley
• Diana Escobedo
• Daniel Flores
• Caleb Frazier
• Pricilla Gomez Lopez
• Tamara Gonzalez
• Elora Greenwale
• Austin Hilpipre
• Katelyn Jackson
• Beverly Kehinde
• Brittney Lasley
• Alexis Lloyd
• Chriselyn Manahan
• Edwin Martinez Lopez
• Cassidy Martinez
• Jazmine Martinez
• Meyer Millman
• Samuel Millner
• Tiahna Mitchell
• Jazren Mojica
• Allyza Monsanto
• Persja Moore
• Lester Morales Diaz
• Elizabeth Pabian
• Jenny Ramirez
• Lyndon Requena
• Vanessa Rodriguez
• Johnna Rogers
• Jouli Safi
• Edwin Sanchez Ochoa
• Louie Sanchez
• Bryanna Sandoval
• Ashley Serrato
• Bushra Shaia
• Lucky Simsuangco
• Vincent Sison
• Brendon Stutzman
• Temilola Suulola
• Thanadol Utain
• Samone West
• Evan Wupperfeld
• Ceseleigh Young

LITTLEROCK HIGH SCHOOL

• Cynthia Lopez Ayala
• Breanne Cierra Barnes
• Martha Leticia Barranco Luna
• Cassidy Noelle Bomberger
• Cristina Castillo
• Michele R. Chadwick
• Geyli Stephanie Contreras
• Justin Keith Crawford
• Hunter E. Daly
• Sophia Angela DiGiovanni
• Sofia Dominguez
• Gabriel Estrada Urrutia
• Jonpaul Funez
• Michelle Garcia
• Juan Carlos Hernandez
• Erick Jair Loza Daniel
• Britney Okalani Ly
• Kira Catherine McLean
• Karla Salud Melendrez
• Alison Tais Menjivar
• Makayla Lynn Moore
• Estreya Celeste Moreno
• Eduardo Antonio Ortega
• Edward Martin Perez
• Federico N. Ponce De Leon
• Adrian J. Rojas
• Alexi Salazar
• Irene Salazar
• Priscilla Tamayo
• Michelle K. Wolf
• Ada Graciela Zamora Montes

PALMDALE HIGH SCHOOL

• Austyn Adams
• Danielle Adili
• Julianna Amaya
• Jared Andrade
• Alexia Avina
• Tiffany-Brichel Azusada
• Sabrina Burgess
• Nahila Camorlinga
• Anahi Castro Zambrano
• Yazmin Cerros
• Karen Cornejo Morales
• Cierra Dawson
• Oswaldo Duenas
• Misty Esparza
• Alisha Gaitan
• Jenny Gomez
• Andro Gonzalez
• Sharis Guzman
• Denise Hernandez Lopez
• Adriana Hernandez
• Daniel Hernandez
• Chyna Hodges
• Marissa Jones
• Sherri Jones
• Hazel Lara
• Yesenia Lozoya
• Alan Marquez Hernandez
• Priscilla Martinez
• Jozelyn McFerson
• Alan Medrano Magana
• Edwin Morales
• Kaelynn Nadonza
• Jacqueline Olivas
• Mathew Ordonez
• Aaron Panduro
• Sarin Parsakhian
• Karina Plascencia
• Scarleth Pleitez
• Andrea Resendiz
• Joseph Reza
• Ashley Rugamas
• Tee Yara Townsend
• Alondra Valadez Chavez
• Leslie Zamora

PARACLETE HIGH SCHOOL

• Cydnee Abaya
• Paul Adelantar
• Payton Anthony
• Ernesto Balcazar
• Cassie Barnett
• Jake Burnett
• Daniel Campbell
• Chad Carlile
• Alejandro Carrillo
• Caitlin Chan
• Michael Cheung
• Gabriel Cox
• Cody Csulak
• Nathan Davis
• Carter Dickinson
• Sophia Estrada
• Sheena Eustice
• Vanessa Fabela
• Odelon Fernandez Jr.
• Taylor Fix
• Jasmine Fuqua
• Alyssa Gallagher
• Aubrey Gilman
• Sarah Heffelfinger
• Rheannon Hill
• Nicholas Huerta
• Sarah Hunter
• Lexie Jorgenson
• Hailey Keidel
• Nate Kennedy
• Grace Kroll-Goldschlag
• Maya Kurian
• Zyre Lagarile
• Joel Landa
• Avary Lathrop
• Alec Lopez
• Mardoqueo Lorenzo
• Hannah Marin
• Julia Medina
• Kartik Misra
• Gabriella Palomino
• Hannah Parish
• Destiny Ramsey
• Lauren Rivas
• Annikka Rodriguez
• Edward Sabalburo
• Natalie Sanchez-Pleites
• Sara Sargeant
• Atira Shenoy
• Rebecca Singleton
• Julia Tieu
• Efe Umukoro
• Lucas Vasquez
• Jasmyn Vigilante
• Tyler Vogel
• Ian Vogenthaler
• Brooke Walsh
• Reno Wilson
• Anna Yan
• Vita Zhang
• Vivian (Wenhui) Deng
• Carlos (Zheng) Fang
• Alice (Yutong) He
• Julyssa Renteria

QUARTZ HILL HIGH SCHOOL

•  Emily Nicole Abramson
• Victoria Isabel Acuna
• Abigail Lane Adams
• Mya Simone Adolphus
• Tracie Naomi Aguirre Gonzalez
• Brianne Allen
• Kaleia Nichole Ashley
• Riley P Atrops
• Hyelim Ban
• Jarod D Becker
• Samantha Mae Blanchard
• Brendan Isaac Blasius
• Meghan Renee Bowers
• Spencer Kim Burke
• Jonai Tiffani Butler
• Denise Rosalinda Calderon
• Angela Y Castellano
• Danae Castillo
• Diane Castillo
• Matthew K Chartier
• Joseph Tyler Chavez
• Seerat Chawla
• Samantha Shin-Yi Cheng
• Cydney Thuc Chung
• Nicole Christina Cruz
• Jordan Dominique Mosay Dawes
• Simone Drew Decker
• Isaiah Raul Del Toro Hernandez
• Paola Daniela Diaz
• Brenda V Dominguez
• Jane Nicole Earley
• Nicolo Blaine Elliott
• Eston Edgardo Euceda
• Christian Enrique Ferrandino
• Weston R Fitzgerald
• Meaghan Riley Gallagher
• Taylor LeeAnn Garrett
• Marcos P George
• Marya P Ghafur
• Joseph Benjamin Gilbert
• Rosemarie Haiyan Giron
• Fernando Gomez
• Megan Grimes
• Zachary D Gunner
• Hannah Elizabeth Haas
• Madlena Hairabedyan
• Marina Moheb Hanna
• Clarisa Heredia
• Jasmin Hernandez
• Ian Gardner Hinds
• Alyssa Hoffman
• Natalie M Horton
• Ayden N Howell
• Aliyah Janan Hubbard
• Adam Ibrahim
• Isaac J Inocentes
• Caidon I Iwuagwu
• Samuel Jin
• Monica Marie Jones
• Shivani Kangakar
• Max Joseph Kelly
• Brandon Matthew Kelpis
• Vivian Minju Kim
• Genevieve Renae Knott
• Kanokporn Konngam
• Lanafaye Sakura Kovacs
• Inderpreet Singh Laly
• Ji Min Lee
• Connor L Levenson
• Tyler A Liegmann
• Dallas Andrew Lintemoot
• Gabriel J Lucas
• Helena Mahdessian
• Kevin D Maldonado
• Jocelyne Martinez
• Sophie M Mbela
• Brandon A Mead
• Olivia J Menin
• Margaret E Mihaljevich
• Emily Michelle Miller
• Gabrielle J Mohun
• Kevin N Moles
• Jacob Thomas Morreale
• Anthony Michael Myers
• Anita Nakoud
• Noorain Naz
• Lance Tiula Joseph Nua
• Nikki Ornelas
• Emely Ortega
• Laura M Pagliaro
• Emma Madelyn Palmer
• Triveni Pankaj Patel
• Francesco Pecile
• Anna Marie Pedersen
• Anjelica L Pena
• Samuel Perez
• Ian G Phelps
• Noah Abraham Plantinga
• Tia R Pratt
• Jonah Ruben Purcell
• Jalen Morales Puzon
• Jennifer L Quijada
• Kurt Ian C Ramones
• Lauren Y Rickert
• Alexa Blake Roehl
• Kelsey Odette Ruiz
• Jordan Diane Schultz
• Colt W Serrano
• Lari Christine Smith
• Meghan Teresa Mary Smith
• Sydney P Smith
• Bryce E St Pierre
• Rayen Franklyn Strasser King
• Nitesh Sunku
• Gracie Palmer Teed
• Josephine Alinea Umandap
• Chad C Valladares
• Cole Anthony Walls
• Justin Ethan Wells
• Cody D Wilson
• Michael Alan Wood
• Gabriel E Zermeno
• Angela Zhang

S.O.A.R. HIGH SCHOOL

•  Joshua Singh Alperin
• Mariah Amanda Amaya
• Lorraine Susan Barnes
• Ryan Alan Caamano
• Vanessa Viviana Camacho
• Aisley Carias
• Marc Anthony Cervantes
• Andrea Juliana Choy
• Jonah M Deocariza
• Maria Jose Diaz Zamora
• Beatriz Florecita Diaz
• Megan M Dinh
• Deniz Andrea Dokmeci
• Matthew Jordan Eisenman
• Madelen Flores
• Genessee Eileen Floressantos
• Cameron Colby Franklin
• Pablo Frayre
• Samyiah Nyeliah Garcia
• Anna V Garfield
• Catherine Gendy
• Koryn Ahilyn Gomez
• Diana Estela Gonzalez-Castillo
• Samantha Zapata Gutierrez
• Zoey Santo Domingo Hinson
• Shea A Husband
• Brandon Jackson Leggins
• Millenia Sue Lim
• Carolina S. Lombardi
• Emily Lopez
• Shelby Deon Mathews
• Bailey Rose Mia
• Luke Michael Monte
• Emma Navarro
• Annie G Olmedo
• Kelly Marie Perez Pagaza
• Chloe Jade Pitko
• Bryan John Casper Powell
• Jack Phillip Prewitt
• Carmen Krishtna Quintana
• Emelie Quintero
• Wesley M Rather
• Viviane-Lee Rose Reed
• Oscar Vinicio Reyes
• Saima Salam
• Vannessa Leigh Smith
• Arrianna Areja Tadiosa
• Miguel Luis Tan
• Michael Angelo Tauvar
• Midori J. Terrill
• Miwa Angel Tucker
• Angelique K Valiotis
• Guiselle Emily Vasquez
• Caroleen M Wissa
• Sarah Zakaria Zakhary
• Katherine Olivia Zimmer

THE PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY

• Mitzy Acevedo Castrejon
• Joseluis Aparicio
• Lesly Arredondo
• Victoria Ayala
• Crystal Bello Castillo
• Katherine Boiton Rodriguez
• Andrew Bowman
• Xavier Cajoux
• Dalia Calva
• Jose Camarena, III
• Melanie Cardenas
• Isabel Castillo
• Daniel Castro
• Giselle Chacon
• Ana Coles Eguiarte
• Aviti Darbari
• Andrea Delgado
• Isabel Dorn
• Jacklyn Flores
• Anthony Galeana
• Jazlyn Garcia
• Malaika Gilmer
• Letsy Gonzalez
• Viviana Gonzalez
• Raymond Guevara Lozano
• Andhika Hammond
• Jacqueline Henriquez
• Markus Hernandez
• Alexis Infante
• Hailie Kittner
• Stephanie Lemus
• Jerry Lopez
• Nancy Lopez
• Ashley Martinez
• Marian Martinez
• Emilia Martinez Rios
• Nathan McMurray
• Rosalinda Moreno
• Matthew Olivarez
• Dulce Pelayo
• Amber Ptacnik
• Sophia Quiroz Rea
• Leslie Ramirez
• Sabrina Rashid
• Armando Rendon
• Gianni Reynaldo
• Moises Santos
• Wendy Siguenza-Perez
• Ashley Silva
• Jacquelyn Silva
• Jeremiah Tassinari
• Aaron Turk
• Noel Villalpando – Huerta
• Raul Yparraguirre

Since 2009, the AV Fair & Event Center has made the 4.0 Student Recognition event possible by providing the venue and managing the event with the help of volunteers. The event was founded by James B. Jackson and production-assisted by the former Antelope Valley Athletic Club and its founders Herman Lewis and Gary Thomas.

[Information via the Antelope Valley Fair Association.]

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