68 Students Named AP® Scholars

The College Board has named 68 Kingswood Oxford students as AP® Scholars for 2020, based on their exceptional achievement on the Advanced Placement® exams they took in May 2020. 

 

The group included three National AP® Scholars, Esha Kataria ’20 of Ellington; Kush Kataria ’20 of Ellington; and Vishal Kumar ’20 of Unionville.

 

Kingswood Oxford also had 29 AP® Scholars with Distinction; 15 AP® Scholars with Honor; and 21 AP® Scholars. 

According to The College Board, the AP® Scholar designations are defined as follows: 

• National AP® Scholar: 

Students who receive an average of at least 4 on all AP® Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams; 

• AP® Scholar with Distinction: 

Students who receive an average of at least 3.5 on all AP® Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams; 

• AP® Scholar with Honor: Students who receive an average of at least 3.25 on all AP® Exams taken, and 3 or higher on four or more of these exams; and 

• AP® Scholar: Students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP® Exams.

National AP® Scholars (Students who receive an average of at least 4 on all AP® Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams):

Esha Kataria ’20, Ellington

Kush Kataria ’20, Ellington

Vishal Kumar ’20, Unionville

AP® Scholars with Distinction (Students who receive an average of at least 3.5 on all AP® Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams) 

Aiden Borruso ’20, Coventry

Alma Clark ‘20, West Hartford

Benjamin Clark ’20, West Hartford

Huaxu Dan ’21, Hartford

Jaden DiMauro ’20, West Hartford

Zeyu Duan ’21, West Hartford

Joseph Fago ’20, Amston

Braden Flowers ’21, West Hartford

Kyle Frankel ’21, West Hartford

Esha Kataria ’20, Ellington

Kush Kataria ’20, Ellington

Luv Kataria ’20, Ellington

Minseo Kim ’22, Nweington

Vishal Kumar ’20, Unionville

Amelia Levine ’20, West Hartford

Jingyun Liang ’21, West Hartford

Matthew Marottolo ’20, Wethersfield

John McLaughlin ’20, Plantsville

Aidan O’Loughlin ’20, Newington

Alyssa Pilecki ’20, Rocky Hill

Ethan Pinkes ’20, West Hartford

Yusef Rashid ’20, Cheshire

Spencer Schaller ’20, Avon

Brandon Stake ’20, Tolland

Nicholas Traver ’20, Glastonbury

Xiaohua Wang ’20, West Hartford

AP® Scholars with Honor (Students who receive an average of at least 3.25 on all AP® Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams) 

Juanita Asapokhai ’20, South Windsor

Jenn Blocher ’20, Southington

William Burstein ’20, Ellington

Leyao Cheng ’21, Beijing, China

Shane Dawson ’20, Rocky Hill

Juliana Kulak ’20, Glastonbury

Olivia Pear ’21, Moodus

Risha Ranjan ’21, South Windsor

James Ravelese ’20, West Hartford

Ella Schwartz ’20, Plainville

Hannah Shames ’20, Avon

Hayden Smith ’20, West Hartford

Marwynn Somridhivej ’20, South Windsor

Adam Theodorou ’21, West Hartford

Benjamin Zamstein ’20, West Hartford

AP® Scholars (Students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP® Exams) 

Matthew Bzowyckyj ’21, Tolland

Nicholas Choo ‘20, West Hartford

Michael Doyle ’20, Simsbury

Ling Fei ’21, West Hartford

Troy Gostyla ’20, Avon

Emma Henry ’21, South Glastonbury

Benjamin Iozzo ’20, Bristol

Molly Jones ’20, West Hartford

Mary Kaliszewski ’21, Durham

Lily Kuivila ’20, Middle Haddam

Christina Lu ‘21, Newington

Henry Mandell ’21, West Hartford

Ahana Nagarkatti ’21, West Hartford

Braeden Rose ’21, East Hampton

Avadh Shastri ’20, West Hartford

Esha Shrivastav ’20, Ellington

William Smith ’20, Glastonbury

Ishaa Sohail ’20, Tolland

Katheryn Westrick ’20, Avon

Jackson Wolff ’20, Ellington

Qiaorui Zhao ’22, Farmington