New Hampshire
Records 16 through 30 out of 38

	Year: 2001 Michael A. Stawicki Alexandria, NH, New Hampton School   For nine of my eighteen years, I lived overseas. Growing up in Pakistan fostered my global worldview, and I hope has made me more tolerant and less parochial. A poor country, living there demonstrated my incredible good fortune in being born an American and made me determined not to squander this gift. In Pakistan, I attended the Karachi American School and found my great love in the elementary science lab. This love of science evolved into a passion for physics, which I intend to pursue by studying nuclear physics and nuclear propulsion. Some day this technology will make space travel much easier and open up the secrets of the universe. I believe this because I am an optimist who does not accept the word "never" because it limits possibilities. A man once said, "If you don't keep your mind open, you'll never discover anything." This motto guides my life.
	Year: 2002 Matthew M. Boelig Londonderry, NH, The Derryfield School College Plans: Yale University   I have been a New Hampshire resident for all eighteen years of my life. The extent to which this state is permeated by natural beauty has created in me affection for nature and a passion for being outdoors. Despite my propensity for using the adjective "wicked" far too frequently, one can tell that I am a typical New Hampsherite because I have been skiing for as long as I can remember. I am a member of my high school's varsity alpine racing, soccer, and baseball teams. My friends would describe me as amicable, funny, compassionate, and diligent in my studies. Some of my hobbies include reading, writing, watching Red Soxbaseball, and playing the alto saxophone. I live my life by the principle that our time in this world is finite, and that one must strive to invest energy and heart in every action and endeavor that is undertaken.
	Year: 2002 Christine M. DeLucia Manchester, NH, Manchester Central High School College Plans: Harvard University   Daughter of Michael and Alice DeLucia, Christine is a graduate of Manchester High School Central. She worked on The Little Green student newspaper for four years, serving as Editor-in-Chief her senior year, and is most proud of an award she receivedfor feature reporting. Christine has played the violin since third grade, and has performed in local pit orchestras, the Greater ManchesterYouth Symphony, and the NH All-State Orchestra. She studied literature and journalism in summer programs at Phillips Exeter Academy and Cornell University, and is a National Council of Teachers of English writing award winner and National Merit Scholar. Christine is also an avid art student and a Sunday School teacher at her church. She plans to study English and the humanities at Harvard, and eventually hopes to pursue a career in journalism.
	Year: 2003 Karthik R. Sridharan Nashua, NH, Nashua High School College Plans: Columbia University   I have never been one to sit on a bench and watch as life passes me by. I enjoy getting involved in various activities both in school and in my community. Whether it is being the Technical Editor of my school's newspaper, heading my school's JSA chapter, or playing on my school's tennis team, I love the interaction with other kids and feel that this has enriched my high school experience. The various community service activities I have participated in through the National Honor Society, of which I am Nashua High's chapter President, and as a volunteer at the local YMCA, have given me great personal satisfaction. For several years, I have had a great passion for business and finance. When in New York City for college, I hope to take advantage of the numerous internship prospects that the city's Financial District offers.
	Year: 2003 Bethany J. Tung Dover, NH, St. Thomas Aquinas High School College Plans: Boston College   Bethany is an artist as well as a scholar. She has been involved in the theater both in and out of school, recently touring with a production of “The Laramie Project.” A member of the select choir and extracurricular jazz choir at her school, she has won several awards at regional competitions. This expands on a musical history that dates back to her first piano lesson at age five and includes various church vocal and instrumental ensembles, which she has both participated in and directed. She is the “senior” junior volunteer at her hospital, with four years’ experience under her belt. She works as a medical transcriptionist for a local physician’s practice, and enjoys reading and writing fiction in her spare time. As a junior, she received the highest statewide score on the New Hampshire Classical Association’s Latin III exam; she intends to pursue a Classics major in college and to become a foreign language teacher at the high school level.
	Year: 2004 Megan L. Baxter Hanover, NH, Interlochen Arts Academy College Plans: Marlboro College   My name is Megan Baxter. I was born in the "live free or die" state, New Hampshire, in Hanover, the town where Dartmouth is a "voice crying alone in the wilderness." It is hardly a wilderness anymore after nearly three hundred years of human habitation, but the second growth forests are thick and all streams run to the Connecticut like veins to a heart. I attend school in another recovering ecosystem-- northern Michigan where the white pines were hauled out in Hemingway's time. The few tall pines that are left on Interlochen's campus are the victims of lightning and windstorms. After a year off, during which I plan on getting my hands dirty on a farm and perhaps traveling overseas to work with an environmental research team, I will attend Marlboro College in Vermont.
	Year: 2004 Christina Soyeon. Kang Hollis, NH, Hollis/Brookline High School College Plans: MA Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, or Rice University   I like long walks on the beach under the moonlight-- ooh, wrong introduction! Well... I'm a Korean-American living in the “wicked” cool state of New Hampshire. We have a great time cow-tipping and making bonfires! Despite this exciting state I live in, I find a lot of time to pursue my passions. This is quite a feat, because EVERYTHING interests me. I have a craving to learn every instrument, sport, language, craft, idea-- not to mention volunteering! I have fun, others benefit, everyone is happy! What can be more wonderful? And then getting honored for it-- absolutely scrumptious! Dr. Albert Schweitzer has inspired me to pursue my dreams of becoming a great humanitarian doctor (but first a malpractice lawyer!). I aspire to win the Nobel Peace Prize and to have my musical compositions performed by musicians everywhere. À toute à l’heure!
	Year: 2004 Brian E. Malley Exeter, NH, Phillips Exeter Academy College Plans: Massachusetts Institute of Technology   I am a Roman Catholic scholar/athlete from New Hampshire. I love the outdoors, and especially the snow. I love to travel and my second favorite place on earth, behind New England, is Northern Australia. In my life, to shamelessly steal a quote from The Great Gatsby, I try to be “the most limited of all specialists, the well-rounded man.” I try to be the best I can be at everything, but so long as I’ve given my all, it’s alright if there is someone better at it than I am. In college I plan to major in Aeronautical Engineering since I’ve loved flying for as long as I can remember. In my free time I do community service and play computer games or sports. I love sports, whether it be following the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots, playing pickup games of just about anything, or being the Captain of Varsity Track.
	Year: 2005 Evan Brand Antrim, NH, ConVal High School College Plans: Dartmouth College   I have three brothers. My oldest brother says that he will buy me a car when I graduate from college. If he could afford to, he really would buy me a car. He was never much of a student, nor has he ever been recognized in some national competition, but he deserves praise as much as I do. Anything that I have accomplished is due mostly to the support of my family, and if I could I would pass this award on to them. My greatest hope in life is that I can be as great of a blessing to my brothers and my parents as they have been to me. Thank you Mom, Dad, Nathan, Philip, and Peter.
	Year: 2005 Sonia Lahr-Pastor Lyme, NH, Hanover High School College Plans: University of Chicago   When I was a first grader, I knew I was going to be a scientist when I grew up. The only condition was that I didn’t like dinosaurs. That’s what all the other little future scientists wanted to study, and I never wanted to do what everyone else did. By the time I reached sixth grade, however, even dinosaurs were okay. By the time I hit high school, my love of literature, always strong, was increasing, fed by a range of books from Moby Dick to Rayuela to Crime and Punishment. I spent my junior year in Barcelona, Spain, and found that back-breaking work was tolerable, given the Mediterranean sun. This makes my choice of college slightly ironic, but I digress. Somewhere along the way, I picked up a deep love of music, a connection to the outdoors, a love of writing, high school debate, pottery, and the list goes on.
	Year: 2005 Gordon Powers East Kingston, NH, Phillips Exeter Academy College Plans: Harvard College   Everyone has an obstacle to overcome in his life, and I am no exception. I was born with a moderate hearing loss and a speech disorder, both of which have greatly impacted my life. However, I accept them as part of who I am and do not let them prevent me from achieving my goals. Academically, I have always excelled in mathematics, but I have discovered that my true passion lies in biological science. I will be pursuing biology as my college major, but am unsure of my career plans at this time. Outside of classes, I am actively involved in a number of organizations, but my most important extracurricular activity is the Sign Language Club that I co-founded. This organization allows me to share my knowledge of sign language with others, and I hope that my peers have become more sensitive of individuals with physical differences in the process.
	Year: 2006 Quentin E. Smith Hollis, NH, Lawrence Academy at Groton College Plans: Massachusetts Institute of Technology   “Hey, this is cool!” has been a daily thought ever since I received my first computer at the age of four. Since then, there has been an array of computer hardware and electronic components strewn about my desk, closet, floor, and even my school. In high school, I embarked on formal study in computer science: AP Computer Science in ninth grade, Comp. Sci. 211 at Cornell University the summer after tenth grade, research in parallel processing at the Research Science Institute (RSI) at MIT last summer, and this summer, an engineering internship at Google. Other interests/hobbies include asking questions (I was voted “most likely to question a Nobel laureate” at RSI); managing WRLA, my school’s radio station; theater tech crew; IP law; a cappella singing; FIRST Robotics; Envirothon; digital photography; journalism; blogging; and MIT hacking. I can’t wait to leave my mark on the world.
	Year: 2006 Laura H. Tabor Exeter, NH, Phillips Exeter Academy College Plans: Dartmouth College   After four years at Exeter, I am going to Dartmouth next year hoping to study environmental sciences/policy and engineering. Though I’m not sure how to best go about it, I’d like to work on improvement of environmental policy and technology in this country and around the world. This interest stems from a life of enjoying the outdoors and a strong sense that many problems facing us now are rooted in environmental issues. In high school I have been involved in environmental groups on campus as well as run varsity cross country and track since freshman year. I also enjoy music, backpacking, and doing trail work in the mountains.
	Year: 2007 Erin Jaeger Keene, NH, Keene High School College Plans: Dartmouth College   Music and writing have been constants in my life ever since I learned the alphabet (or, at least, the first seven letters of it) from stickers my mom placed on our piano keys. I play three types of saxophone, guitar, bassoon, piano, and the organ. I’m never without a novel, usually by either Woolf, Wilde, or a Brontë, and I’m the Editor-in-Chief of my school’s literary magazine. Yes, I’ve won numerous academic awards and will be graduating as Salutatorian, but I know that there is much more to life than scoring a 4.0. As President of Interact, I’ve traveled to El Salvador on three mission trips to build houses and visit orphanages. This has given me an appreciation for global service and using my resources to better the world. After four amazing years at Dartmouth studying English, writing, and, yes, music, I’d love to become a National Geographic correspondent.
	Year: 2007 Richard J. Walsh Bedford, NH, Manchester High School West College Plans: Stanford University   Although some might tell you I’m a “computer nerd,” I also love the outdoors. I have worked for the past two years at a small software company in my hometown, and have “risen through the ranks” to develop my own software for the company. When I’m not staring at the computer screen, I am an active member and Eagle Scout in Troop 414 in Bedford. I love climbing New Hampshire’s White mountains, and am on my way to summiting all four thousand footers. I’m also a member of my school’s math and FIRST Robotics teams, both of which were winners this year! I hope to continue my love of math and computers next year at Stanford, and work on the DARPA Grand Challenge project. Whether it’s grad school or my own startup company, I’m ready for whatever is coming next in my future!

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