2026 Awards
Category Awards
First Place
Kathryn Mayfield, Emily Klinedinst, Lorraine Robison, Gianna Papet, Paige Turnwald, Luke Pianowski, Arina Belyy, Louie Budd, Taylor Evans, Hayden Swenson, Luka Hauser, Tegan Baska, Ada Iams, Coral Cosme, Abby Lawrence, Blake Geans, Paul Curtis & Jessica Galvez, Evelyn Ciesielski, Elliot Corliss, Rosalyn Wallace, Kenton Harding, Cayden Sponseller, Mitchell Teall, Maddon Spicher, Jacob Pearson, Grant Bontrager, Alan Jiang, Kate Felde, Kristina Kuno, Riley Regan, Rhys Kattau & Jackson Witt, Isaiah Hochstetler, Max Meyer, Oliver Kurtz, Kynleigh Bahnerth & Harper Pearman, Natalie Kiefer, Grace Guisinger, Nathan Crowley & Eli Witt, Colin Antongiovanni, Jonah DeMeester, Michael Njuguna, Lillian Woodward, Allison Bacula, Ava Collins, Phoibe Vega, Owen Burns, Brielle Harman, Adeline Niemier, Jocelyne Ruiz, Noah DeVreese, Yaseen Ahmed, Mia Doverspike, Ellie Jacobs, Caroline Dyer, Morgan Rupert, Brynlee Reyna, Crossia Sullivan, Mauricio Tochimani, Ryan Johnson, Emerson Haeffel, Samantha Agostino, Reagan Schacht, Ethan Doane, Yunnie Lee, Eleanor Niemier, Paloma Rizzi, Kathryn Rivas, Dominic Metzger, Jaxson Travis, Alice Stockwell, Brynn Micinski, London Grove, Omar Sayed, Joseph O'Neil, Yoyo Sun, Viosa Hernandez, Mikayla Forward, Ada Liew, Jacob Pennington & Anthony Scott, Sarah Feeney, Katrina Xiao, Ethan Abbott, Carl Chen, Cole Dyer, Henry Dougherty, Dominic Tinervia, Jacob Tellez, Prajna Tammana, Brayden Cerney, Charles Madden, Bree Fei, Molly Sims, Leah Dainty, Leo Coates, Olivia Snell, Albert Lu, Isaac Dubash, Isabella Giglio, Kevin Shao, Marie Ahmed, Jacob Molnar, Sophie Xu, Brian Chrobot, Winnie Ma
Second Place
Dolly Henderson, Leia Linares, Noah Vargas, Isabel Larson, Anna Wharton-Pena & Brian Zelaya Diaz, Tiago De santos, Mateo Ocampo Garcia, Aaron Salazar-DeSantos, Hadley Vida, Kaitlin Brown, Ansel Kurtz, Clare Wojcik, Charles Newman, Rowan Walters, Nancy Herrera Gonzalez, Daisy Molina, Karina Ortiz, Lydia Troyer, Suhe Wang, Brynn Wells, Emmarie Landis, Haley Hudak, Ellie Jastrzembski, Lydia Shelton, Daniel Parkinson, Liam Andrews, Ezekiel Hammontree, Poppy McGrath, Ruth Hughes, William Scheidler, Jameson Bleile, Elsie Jaynes, Marian Johnson & Nhi Nguyen, Ke'Ari Pittman & Madilyn Vargas, Sophia Ragukonis-Cavinder, Maciela Almanza & Jenny Nguyen, Lexi Stanley, Yaretzi Diaz desantos, Rachel Risner & Selena Risner, Julian Favale, Elisabeth Brecht, Annabelle Duttlinger, Chloe Kidder, Nena Bingaman, Trent DeMarco & Edwin Scott, Christian Nino Petersen, Madeline Grimm, Charles Raybin, Avery Marie, Fredy Torres valdez, Jesus Hidalgo Rivera, Dianali Resendiz, Ethan Oltman, Lane Tibbs, Caleb Weninger, Chloe Cybulski, Kendall Bradley, Isabella Jenks, Vincent LeDuc, Maureen O'Connor, Graham Plonski, Samuel Holderbaum, Jonathan Lai, Jennifer Godoy-Lopez, Balbina Igisingizo, Oliver Sager, Samuel Brach, William Waltman, Jennifer Tran, Stephen Rozow, Declan Tomasek, Sophia Dibley, William Pairitz, Cynthia Deng, Michelle Dew, Lenny Zhou, Armando Pablos
Third Place
Emiliano Rodriguez & Angelo Romero, Harrison Byrnes, Abraham Aguirre, Dominic Jimenez-Alvarado, Carlos Ramirez, Aylin Castillo & Benjamin Olais, Brooke Weaver, Jozie Derifield & Kinley Stidham, Oliver Fullerton, Sebastian De santos, Ojominana Okene, Myles Scott & Carter Wyrick, Kahlia Jackson, Anthony Gasanovas & Benjamin Pietraszek, Olivia Dudeck, Veronica Perdomo & Kaydence Tunis-Lewis, Morgan Hauenstein, Sydney Kooistra
Students advancing to HSEF
| Student | School |
| Adeline Niemier | Schmucker Middle School |
| Avery Marie | Kankakee Valley Middle School |
| Caleb Weninger | St Thomas The Apostle School |
| Chloe Cybulski | Marian High School |
| Cole Dyer | Marian High School |
| Coral Cosme | Boone Grove Elementary |
| Crossia Sullivan | Saint Anthony De Padua School |
| Eleanor Niemier | Penn High School |
| Eli Witt | Kankakee Valley Middle School |
| Ellie Jacobs | John J Young Middle School |
| Elliot Corliss | Prairie Vista |
| Emerson Haeffel | Marian High School |
| Ethan Abbott | Marian High School |
| Ethan Doane | Penn High School |
| Feiqi Chen | Culver Academies |
| Fredy Torres Valdez | St Vincent DePaul School |
| Isaac Dubash | Marian High School |
| Kahlia Jackson | Culver Middle/High School |
| Kathryn Rivas | Marian High School |
| Lane Tibbs | Walkerton Elementary School |
| Lexi Stanley | Christ The King School |
| Luke Pianowski | St Thomas The Apostle School |
| Marie Ahmed | Jimtown High School |
| Natalie Kiefer | St Thomas The Apostle School |
| Nathan Crowley | Kankakee Valley Middle School |
| Nena Bingaman | Saint Anthony De Padua School |
| Noah DeVreese | John J Young Middle School |
| Olivia Snell | Marian High School |
| Paloma Rizzi | Marian High School |
| Riley Regan | Prairie Vista |
| Rosalyn Wallace | Concord Ox-Bow Elementary School |
| Seoyoon Lee | Culver Academies |
| Sophie Xu | Culver Academies |
| Sydney Kooistra | Marian High School |
| Viosa Hernandez | Penn High School |
| Winnie Ma | Culver Academies |
| Yicheng Shao | Culver Academies |
| Brayden Cerney - Alternate | Marian High School |
| Kendall Bradley - Alternate | Marian High School |
Additional Awards
| Student | Award |
| Maciela Almanza and Jenny Nguyen | American Psychological Association Prize |
| Jocelyne Ruiz | Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Prize |
| Adeline Niemier | Citadel Securities Innovation Prize |
| Leah Dainty | Citadel Securities Innovation Prize |
| Trent DeMarco & Edwin Scott | DNA Learning Center Award for Enthusiastic Excellence |
| Gianna Papet | DNA Learning Center Award for Outstanding Elementary Research |
| Kathryn Mayfield | DNA Learning Center Award for Outstanding Elementary Research |
| Veronica Perdomo & Kaydence Tunis-Lewis | DNA Learning Center Award for Outstanding Research - Any Division |
| Graham Plonski | DNA Learning Center Award for Outstanding Research - Any Division |
| Coral Cosme | Emil T. Hofman Award |
| Balbina Igisingizo | Feynman Award for Enthusiasm and Scientific Curiosity |
| Hayden Swenson | Gabriella Tyler Award |
| Tegan Baska | Gabriella Tyler Award |
| Eleanor Niemier | Harper Cancer Research Institute Award |
| Alice Stockwell | Harper Cancer Research Institute Award |
| Luke Pianowski | Hubot CDMO - Elementary First place |
| Hayden Swenson | Hubot CDMO - Elementary Runner-up |
| Nathan Crowley & Eli Witt | Hubot CDMO - Junior first place |
| Nena Bingaman | Hubot CDMO - Junior Runner-up |
| Paloma Rizzi | Hubot CDMO - Senior First Place |
| Kathryn Rivas | Hubot CDMO - Senior Runner-up |
| Adeline Niemier | IUSB Junior Researcher Award in Life Science |
| Ellie Jacobs | IUSB Junior Researcher Award in Physical Science |
| Aylin Castillo & Benjamin Olais | Jay Caponigro Enthusiasm & Excellence Award |
| Kenton Harding | Jay Caponigro Enthusiasm & Excellence Award |
| Charles Newman | Jay Caponigro Enthusiasm & Excellence Award |
| Abby Lawrence | Jay Caponigro Enthusiasm & Excellence Award |
| Emiliano Rodriguez & Angelo Romero | Jay Caponigro Enthusiasm & Excellence Award |
| Paige Turnwald | Jay Caponigro Enthusiasm & Excellence Award |
| Liam Andrews | Joan Chapman Award for Enthusiasm & Curiosity |
| Taylor Evans | Joan Chapman Award for Enthusiasm & Curiosity |
| Arina Belyy | Joan Chapman Award for Enthusiasm & Curiosity |
| Ethan Oltman | Karen Morris Award |
| Jacob Pearson | Kathleen Delanghe Award (Physics) - Junior |
| Nena Bingaman | Marian High School 8th Grade Award |
| Brielle Harman | Marian High School 8th Grade Award |
| Riley Regan | Mario Borelli Award |
| Rosalyn Wallace | NASA Earth System Science Award |
| Blake Geans | ND Center for STEM Education Award (upper elementary) |
| Kahlia Jackson | ND Center for STEM Education Award (upper elementary) |
| Dianali Resendiz | ND Energy - Top Junior Energy Related Award |
| Charles Raybin | ND Energy - Top Junior Energy Related Award |
| Olivia Snell | ND Energy - Top Senior Energy Related Award |
| Yuzhi Fei | ND Energy - Top Senior Energy Related Award |
| Caleb Weninger | Notre Dame ACMS - Junior |
| Sophie Xu | Notre Dame ACMS - Senior |
| Mitchell Teall | Notre Dame ACMS Award - Elementary |
| Kathryn Mayfield | Notre Dame Biology - Elementary |
| Allison Bacula | Notre Dame Biology - Junior |
| Ethan Doane | Notre Dame Biology - Senior |
| Madeline Grimm | Notre Dame Chemistry - Junior |
| Seoyoon Lee | Notre Dame Chemistry - Senior |
| Albert Lu | Notre Dame College of Engineering Dean Award |
| Eleanor Niemier | Notre Dame College of Science Dean Award |
| Elliot Corliss | Notre Dame Federal Credit Union/ELEVATE - Innovation Award - First Place Elementary |
| Avery Marie | Notre Dame Federal Credit Union/ELEVATE - Innovation Award - First Place Junior |
| Winnie Ma | Notre Dame Federal Credit Union/ELEVATE - Innovation Award - First place-Senior |
| Rhys Kattau & Jackson Witt | Notre Dame Federal Credit Union/ELEVATE - Innovation Award - Runner-Up Elementary |
| Christian Nino Petersen | Notre Dame Federal Credit Union/ELEVATE - Innovation Award - Runner-Up Junior |
| Yuzhi Fei | Notre Dame Federal Credit Union/ELEVATE - Innovation Award - Runner-up Senior |
| Alan Jiang | Notre Dame Mathematics Department Award - Elementary |
| Brynlee Reyna | Notre Dame Mathematics Department Award - Junior |
| Isaac Dubash | Notre Dame Mathematics Department Award - Senior |
| Emerson Haeffel | Notre Dame Psychology Department Award - Senior |
| Natalie Kiefer | Notre Dame Psychology Department Award - Junior |
| Emily Klinedinst | Notre Dame Psychology Deptartment Award - Elementary |
| Noah DeVreese | Nripen Biswas Award (Physics) - Elementary |
| Eleanor Niemier | Regeneron Biomedical Science Award |
| Adeline Niemier | Ricoh Sustainable Development Award |
| Jacob Pennington & Anthony Scott | Science Policy Initiative Award |
| Rosalyn Wallace | Serim Research Awards - Elementary |
| Cayden Sponseller | Serim Research Awards - Elementary |
| Madilyn Vargas | Serim Research Awards - Elementary |
| William Scheidler | Serim Research Awards - Elementary |
| Kate Felde | Serim Research Awards - Elementary |
| Luka Hauser | Serim Research Awards - Elementary |
| Kaitlin Brown | Serim Research Awards - Elementary |
| Gianna Papet | Serim Research Awards - Elementary |
| Ansel Kurtz | Serim Research Awards - Elementary |
| Harrison Byrnes | Serim Research Awards - Elementary |
| Kate Felde | SMAACS Award for an outstanding project in Chemistry by a female - Elementary |
| Madeline Grimm | SMAACS Award for an outstanding project in Chemistry by a female - Junior |
| Mikayla Forward | SMAACS Award for an outstanding project in Chemistry by a female - Junior |
| Isabella Jenks | Society for in Vitro Biology - 11th Grade Prize |
| Louie Budd | South Bend Medical Foundation Award - Elementary |
| Phoibe Vega | South Bend Medical Foundation Award - Junior |
| Chloe Cybulski | South Bend Medical Foundation Award - Senior |
| Tegan Baska | St. Mary's College - Dineen Award - Elementary |
| Lexi Stanley | St. Mary's College - Dineen Award - Junior |
| Viosa Hernandez | St. Mary's College - Dineen Award - Senior |
| Jacob Pennington & Anthony Scott | Stockholm Junior Water Prize - Senior |
| Adeline Niemier | Taking Pulse of the Planet Award - Senior |
| Yicheng Shao | The Best Use of the International System of Units - Senior |
| Christian Nino Petersen | Thermo Fisher Young Innovators Challenge |
| Ellie Jacobs | Thermo Fisher Young Innovators Challenge |
| Caleb Weninger | Thermo Fisher Young Innovators Challenge |
| Noah DeVreese | Thermo Fisher Young Innovators Challenge |
| Grace Guisinger | Thermo Fisher Young Innovators Challenge |
| Brooke Weaver | Thermo Fisher Young Innovators Challenge |
| Maciela Almanza and Jenny Nguyen | Thermo Fisher Young Innovators Challenge |
| Lillian Woodward | Thermo Fisher Young Innovators Challenge |
| Morgan Rupert | U.S. Air Force Office of Research- Junior/Senior |
| Kendall Bradley | U.S. Air Force Office of Research- Junior/Senior |
| Yunshu Xiao | U.S. Air Force Office of Research- Junior/Senior |
| Brayden Cerney | U.S. Air Force Office of Research- Junior/Senior |
| Lane Tibbs | U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps - Junior |
| Mia Doverspike | U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps - Junior |
| Brielle Harman | U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps - Junior |
| Feiqi Chen | U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps - Senior |
| Sydney Kooistra | U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps - Senior |
| Coral Cosme | Water Crusader Award - Elementary |
| Clare Wojcik | Water Crusader Award - Elementary |
| Ada Iams | Water Crusader Award - Elementary |
| Rowan Walters | Water Crusader Award - Elementary |
| Annabelle Duttlinger | Water Crusader Award - Junior |
| Lillian Woodward | Water Crusader Award - Junior |
| Ava Collins | Water Crusader Award - Junior |
| Jocelyne Ruiz | Water Crusader Award - Junior |
| Elisabeth Brecht | Water Crusader Award - Junior |
| Brynn Micinski | Women in Science Future Scientist Award |
| Ethan Abbott | Yale Science & Engineering Association Award - 11th Grade |