Record-Breaking 210 YHS Foxes Honored as AP Scholars

Yorkville High School has shattered its own record for academic excellence! 210 students have been recognized as 2026 AP Scholars, a remarkable increase from last year’s historic 193 honorees. This near 9% increase is a powerful testament to YHS students’ dedication, the teachers’ expertise, and the school’s commitment to academic challenge and opportunity.

Here’s the breakdown of this year’s honorees:

92 AP Scholars
Averaged 3 or higher on three or more exams

43 AP Scholars with Honor
Averaged 3.25 or higher on four or more exams

71 AP Scholars with Distinction
Averaged 3.5 or higher on five or more exams

3  AP Seminar and Research Certificate recipients

This is the highest number of AP Scholars in Yorkville High School history!

AP Scholar with Distinction – Alexander Amposta (Graduate), Mercedes Arias (Graduate), Alejandro Ayala (Graduate), Liam Baugh, Anthony Bieranowski, Isabella Brown, Ben Carlson, Nathaniel Conrad (Graduate), Taylor Corrado, Carter Cotes (Graduate), Sheamus Custer, Tristan Dhuse (Graduate), Andrew Diercks, Thomas Dyer (Graduate), Christopher Easley, Maximilian Egdorf (Graduate), Lila Englebrecht (Graduate), Sarah Erdman (Graduate), Alexander Fallon (Graduate), Maggie Forgue (Graduate), Liam Fortier (Graduate), Abigail Goins, Hayden Henkel, Owen Horeni (Graduate), Jacob Hosu, Carter Humbers (Graduate), Sean Humpage, Chase Iddings (Graduate), Lynze Jeffries, Sarah Johnson (Graduate), Niah Kallan, Chase Kauffold, Quinn Kauffold, Ethan Lapato, Rendll Mamaril (Graduate), Keira Maratea (Graduate), Ashley McCallough (Graduate), Victoria Miller (Graduate), Daniel Mokelke (Graduate), Reagan Morgart (Graduate), Olivia Morton, Cameron Murray, Kathryn Nabours, Michael Nabours, Elaina Newman (Graduate), Lola Nieto, Mark Olson, John Petty, Alexa Podzimek, Amelia Quezada (Graduate), Gianni Rabiola (Graduate), Payton Roberts (Graduate), Zach Roberts (Graduate), Dillon Rosine (Graduate), Rachel Rotramel, Matthew Schmieder (Graduate), Declan Schou, Lucas Schuster (Graduate), Caitlyn Seliga (Graduate), Madelyn Sester (Graduate), Christopher Shellhart (Graduate), Jackson Smogor (Graduate), Taylynn Stewart (Graduate), Joshua Stockl, Lillian Strait, Elizabeth Sullivan (Graduate), Nicholas Thomas (Graduate), Paige Timm, Benjamin Wade, Kenley Weidner, Elise Witwicki (Graduate)

AP Scholar with Honor – Devin Maurice Barros  (Graduate), Kailey Baughman, Joshua Baysinger, Leonardo Bello-Mendoza (Graduate), Reece Benjamin, Bacilio Bernal (Graduate), Jack Bourque, Logan Cassell, Charlotte Chaloka (Graduate), Anna Emmert (Graduate), Aftyn Hanna (Graduate), Alexander Heminthavong (Graduate), Lyla Jeeninga (Graduate), Maria Karimi, Isaac Kornsey, Jaxon Kornsey, Victoria Kucharik (Graduate), Nicole Labedz (Graduate), Katelyn Larson (Graduate), Ever Loher, Jayden Marquardt, Korissa Martin, Kyleigh Maughan, Ethan McGee, Madeline Mierwinski, Tyler Mleczko, Gavin Parker, Brodie Phillipp, Abigail Plank (Graduate), Benedict Purcell, Ella Rakow, Valentina Rivera, Darian Salas (Graduate), Brianna Sefah (Graduate), Clementine Uhlenhopp, Roberto Vaca, Hunter Van Eynde, Isabelle Varghese (Graduate), Nathaniel Varghese (Graduate), Melany Villa, Connor Voller, Mason Walter, Clare Whaley (Graduate)

AP Scholar –  Tristan Anderson, Jesse Arias, Yamilet Arroyo Duran, Nicholas Battaglia, Paige Baughman, Ariana Blau (Graduate), Evelyn Blomberg, Hunter Born, Kamryn Branning, Ethan Busse, Lili Casbarian (Graduate), James Cherney, Emma Dayal, Ashley Deutschle, Mary Divin, Logan Douglas (Graduate), Scarlett Dubs (Graduate), Isabella Edwards, Sophia Fiaccato (Graduate), Courtney Funkhouser (Graduate), Emma Garcia (Graduate), Jessica Goldsboro, Brady Griffin, Emery Gulbro (Graduate), Amy Guzman (Graduate), Eden Harris (Graduate), Josias Hauert, Jordan Heath (Graduate), Ronan Heffernan, Charles Horaz, Maximiliano Hospedales, Aidan Jensen (Graduate), Jayden Johnson, Rylan Johnson (Graduate), Zachary Johnston (Graduate), Matthew Keeley, Aubry Knutson, Abigail Koeller (Graduate), Illia Kolenchenko (Graduate), Ryan Koven (Graduate), Nat Lechowicz, Aaron Livingston, Leilani Maldonado (Graduate), Sidney Maly, Makayla Marek (Graduate), Hunter Martinson, Jacob McCallough, Khaila McElveen, Paige Mertl, Charles Mick (Graduate), Gabriel Miller, Trenton Miller, Tyler Morrison (Graduate), Tashyia Neal, Chloe Nelson, Miley Nevarez, Samuel Paetzold, Isabella Palacios, Harrison Parsons (Graduate), Yanelis Paz, Evan Penney (Graduate), Jennifer Perez, Gabriella Perricone, Brynn Pheney, Gavin Raney, Annabelle Reeder (Graduate), Caleb Reveter (Graduate), Lillian Rhody, Israel Rivera-Olmo, Jacob Rodriguez (Graduate), Tanner Sahuri, Riley Salesman, Ella Schlote, Noah Schou, Katherine Schumacher, Olivia Schwartz, Sariya Shaikh (Graduate), Nicole Sikora, Madelyn Srey, Caden Steg (Graduate), Amelia Stevens, Chloe Stevens, Rudy Stiles (Graduate), Brielle Surprenant, Quinn Sweeney (Graduate), Alayna Terry, Tristan Tucker (Graduate), Lizeth Viramontes, Emily Vollmer (Graduate), Rebecca Wasserberg, Peyton Zepeda (Graduate), Joshua Zimmermann (Graduate)

AP Seminar and Research Certificate - Zachary Johnston (Graduate), Lola Nieto, and Ava Russell