Sunshine State Scholars Program Recognizes North Florida
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Sunshine State Scholars Program Recognizes North Florida's Top Stem Students
- Program honors Florida students who excel in science, technology, engineering, and math -Tallahassee, Fla., February 27, 2013 - North Florida's highest-achieving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students joined their peers from across the state in Orlando to be honored during the 2013 Sunshine State Scholars program. The two-day awards and recruitment event celebrated the accomplishments of these elite students and provided a unique venue for Florida's colleges and universities to recruit their talents. Each school district selected the top eleventh-grade STEM scholar to participate.
The Sunshine State Scholars program is possible because of collaboration among the Florida Education Foundation, the Division of Florida Colleges, the State University System of Florida, and the Florida Department of Education. Event sponsors of this year's program include AT&T, State Farm, Helios Education Foundation, Universal Orlando Resort, Gulf Power Company, The Florida Lottery, Florida Trend Magazine, and Capital City Bank. For more information about the event, visit Sunshine State Scholars.
A list of North Florida's Sunshine State Scholars is below.
| District | Scholar | School |
|---|---|---|
| Alachua | Alexandra Sourakov | Eastside High School |
| Baker | Malory Osteen | Baker County High School |
| Bradford | Wisam Fares | Bradford High School |
| Clay | John Murphy | Ridgeview High School |
| Columbia | Caleb Bundy | Fort White High School |
| Dixie | Eli Long | Dixie County High School |
| Duval | Katherine Gaines | Atlantic Coast High School |
| Duval | Katrina Bueser | Douglas School of the Arts |
| Flagler | Benjamin Jones | Flagler Palm Coast High School |
| Florida School for theDeaf and the Blind | Jason Antal | Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind |
| Gilchrist | Nikki Bolender | Bell High School |
| Hamilton | Wade B. Norris III | Hamilton County High School |
| Lafayette | Ashlin Morgan | Lafayette High School |
| Levy | Christian Knappins | Williston High School |
| Marion | Christopher Polack | Vanguard High School |
| Nassau | Robert Landrum | Yulee High School |
| Putnam | Ashley Adams | Palatka High School |
| St. Johns | Marissa Rice | Ponte Vedra High School |
| Suwannee | Bo Cameron | Suwannee High School |
| P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School | James Heacock | P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School |
| Union | Holly Tucker | Union County High School |
| Volusia | Barbara Sanchez | Deltona High School |